On the last day of the fourth year, it was a sunny day in the middle of winter.
Ji Yunkai left the room, raised her head and looked at the sun which was hanging in the sky, and smiled...
Ji Yunkai received it and opened it on the spot …
There was no mark, no signature, not even a handwriting.
This thing... No one knew if it was a trap or if it really could help.
Ji Yunkai looked at the letter in her hand and did not reply for a long time.
"Princess?" The guard called out worriedly. Ji Yunkai replied and raised her head. However, she did not see the servant who delivered the letter: "Where's the person?"
"Huh?" The personal guard was stunned for a moment before reacting. His expression immediately changed and he knelt down on one knee. "Princess, please forgive me. I have failed in my duty."
"You are indeed remiss." Ji Yunkai was very clear on the abilities of the Prince Yanbei's Mansion's personal guards. For the other party to be able to slip away quietly under the watchful eyes of the personal guards, Ji Yunkai could see the other party's capabilities.
This place was not simple at all …
The personal guard lowered his head, not daring to even breathe loudly.
Ji Yunkai folded the letter in her hand and kept it in her bosom, "Let's go, to the Orchid Garden."
As for this letter?
If she hadn't thought of a way last night, she might have taken the risk of going.
The two hundred and twenty ladies of the Orchid Garden had not stopped since last night, and had been making the flowers Ji Yunkai wanted.
There was a single branch and an entire pot of flowers and plants. They looked very lifelike. As they were placed in front of each other, it dazzled everyone's eyes.
"Very good." Ji Yunkai nodded in satisfaction.
If one looked carefully, they would still be able to tell that they were fake flowers, but that didn't matter. The palace banquet was held at night, and when the time came, she could make these flowers more real than real flowers.
"Yes, Princess." To prevent any accidents, Winterpeak brought people to pack up their boxes. Soon enough, ten boxes of silk flowers were packed, and Ji Yunkai personally sent them to the palace.
At the entrance of the palace, before the guards could open the wooden chest, the eunuch by the emperor's side came in. "The emperor has given the order for the imperial concubine to enter the palace. The imperial concubine is to bring in all the things she has brought."
The guards knew that this was to prevent them from checking his intentions. Although they were curious about what was in the chest, they didn't dare to go against the imperial edict.
The guard stepped forward in place of the Prince Yanbei's Mansion's personal guard and followed behind Ji Yunkai while carrying the box.
The Emperor paid great attention to tonight's banquet and had the imperial guards carry the wooden boxes into the palace. He wasn't afraid that there might be an assassin hidden inside.
"What's inside?" The guard retreated, and the emperor asked while pointing at the tens of wooden boxes in the hall.
"Flowers for the palace banquet tonight." The emperor didn't even know what was inside the chest, yet he dared to ask someone to bring it to him. Was this self-confidence or was this foolishness?
Ji Yunkai believed that it should be the former, beside the Emperor … There was no lack of people to protect her, and the emperor didn't think she would have the guts to assassinate the emperor.
"Open it and take a look." Fortunately, the emperor was aware of the fact that safety was at stake, so he didn't step forward.
Inside the palace, other than the emperor and Ji Yunkai, there were only the eunuchs who stood by the emperor's side as protectors. Ji Yunkai resigned to her fate, stepped forward, and opened the wooden cases one by one …
The wooden chest opened, and the delicate fragrance of flowers wafted over. Zi Qian Hong's flowers appeared before the emperor. The emperor was startled. "These are …"
"Fake flowers." Ji Yunkai took out a stalk and gave it to the eunuch by the emperor's side. "It's made of silk and gauze, the emperor can take a look."
The eunuch took the flower and carefully examined it to confirm that it was harmless and not poisonous. After the time it took for half an incense stick to burn, he handed it over to the emperor. "Your Majesty, please take a look."
"This flower is made to look like it's real, there's even water droplets?" The more the emperor looked at it, the more astonished he became.
Naturally, there was no shortage of silk flowers made of cloth in the palace. In winter, they would be wrapped in cloth and wrapped around the tree branches. From afar, they looked like flowers blooming on the branches, but none of them could bear looking at them.
However, the flowers Ji Yunkai brought were different. Even if one looked at them from afar, they were extremely lifelike.
"To fake it, you have to do the best." She was looking forward to the expressions of those officials who were looking for trouble tonight, or those of the Wang family.
"Very good." It was rare for the emperor to be amiable towards Ji Yunkai, so he passed the flower in his hand to a eunuch at the side.
The emperor was also no longer afraid. He stepped forward and checked the flowers in the chest one by one, making sure that there were no problems with any of them. He nodded his head in satisfaction. "The flowers are very good, but the quantity is not enough."
Not only for the palace feast, even five days before the new year, flowers had to be placed in the palace. Not even tonight's palace feast.
"This was made by the embroidery ladies last night, and they are still making it now. I will make enough flowers before noon. At that time, I will ask the Emperor to send someone to fetch them. " Only the Emperor could bring things into the palace without alerting anyone.
"Now that the problem of the flowers has been resolved, what about the fruits? Do you have a way? " Flowers and fruits were only a small matter at a palace banquet, but they were enough to make anyone feel disgusted.
Of course, this matter was related to the old and new. The group of officials didn't dare to make a move on the important matters in order to avoid angering the emperor. They only dared to disgust the emperor over such a small matter.
"I've thought of a solution, but I still need the cooperation of the chefs." Ji Yunkai was not sure if the idea she thought of last night would work.
After all, some of the tools couldn't be found here.
However, she only wanted the taste and the shape, so she didn't need any nutrition. She just hoped that the chefs in the palace would be able to do it.
"You go and give it a try. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, I will forgive you." The emperor's mood seemed to be rather good, and his rare generous words surprised Ji Yunkai. "Your majesty, are you sure you're right?"
Has the emperor gone crazy from the smoke? He actually gave up the opportunity to cause trouble for her?
The emperor didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "What, it's not good for Zhen to forgive you?" He was not a tyrant, so naturally, he had to pay the fine.
Could it be that it was normal only because it was bad for Ji Yunkai?
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