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Chang Ge coughed to hold back his laughter, he had previously heard Gu Yinfeng boasting about how many girls he stole from the girls and he was still skeptical, but now that she saw Cao Ning Xiang's little daughter's delicate appearance, he could not help but believe it.

You must get what you want with your beauty.

She was speaking from the bottom of her heart. Cao Ningxiang had always been beautiful when she was younger. She could be the center of attention wherever she went, and she was also a famous talented woman in the capital.

Chang Ge, you, don't you want to become Crown Princess?

Chang Ge shook his head. "I don't want to. Besides, I don't know this crown prince either."

Do you really not want to … These words didn't sound like Cao Ning Xiang asking, but more like she was talking to herself.

The two chatted for a while longer. Some eunuchs came to tell them that a banquet had been set up in the empress's flower garden, inviting them to come over for a meal. Only then did the two of them go to the garden hand in hand.

Longsong rubbed his belly and laughed. "I've never eaten any of the best food in the palace, so I'll have to eat more later."

My aunt is Imperial Concubine Hong. Every time there is a banquet in the palace, she invites me to enter the palace. I think that she also wants me to marry into the imperial family.

Changge responded boringly. Actually, she was not the least bit interested in the matter of the noble dukedom. The only thing she was interested in was the palace cuisine she would be eating later.

Then recommend me which of the palace's dishes you think is delicious.

Cao Ningxiang rolled her eyes helplessly: "Even if it's delicious, you can't eat too much. Just eat a few mouthfuls and you'll have the meaning to do so, otherwise you'll lose respect in front of the Empress' Goddess and all her concubines. What, your mother didn't teach you before you entered the palace?"

Uh, she did teach him that, but when it comes to eating, his mother understood that her daughter had a gluttonous stomach, so she only warned her repeatedly not to eat whatever she wanted, other than eating heartily.

He looked at his waist, then glanced at Cao Ningxiang. Seeing her slender hands gripping onto something, Chang Ge couldn't help but sigh that he had really become a country girl. It was fine to not mention such an obvious gap between them.

When he arrived at the flower garden, he saw two rows of long tables placed on the grassland in the center. At the end of the long table was a row of seats for the Empress and her concubines.

Changge looked at their figures with envy in her eyes, but that was all. If she really became like that, she might not necessarily feel comfortable.

The empress took her place and everyone else did as well, but there was still one empty seat. Since no one was present, they could only wait.

The little girls were all joking around. Cao Ning Xiang raised her voice with a serious expression: "Little sister Chang Ge, I'll have to say what you said. You will never be able to eat delicious food in this palace kitchen. Don't bite your tongue later."

The Queen seemed to hear Cao Ning Xiang's voice, and inadvertently looked over, seeing Gu Changge's scrunched up face, Cao Ning Xiang was full of energy, she could not help but laugh, and lamented how good it was to be young.

When Cao Ningxiang saw the empress smile at her, she wanted to show off even more. In the past, there had been countless banquets of various sizes in the palace. The scale of the banquets were different, and the wine and food were also different! Take this Flowery God Festival as an example, it has to be of a second-grade scale. The tea we're drinking is a spring tea and it's already starting. Although this dessert is commonly eaten by almond buddhist hands, tea fruit cut, pleasing to the eye, auspicious cake, and the taste is very different from the outside, don't you want to try it?

After her introduction, the other famous ladies sitting around also smiled as they sipped on their tea and snacks. They even praised her heartfelt words of praise, "Ning Xiang, you really know a lot."

In other words, we only know about etiquette and not knowledge. As expected of the capital's most talented woman, Ning Xiang.

After being praised like this, she felt even more pleased with herself: dessert and tea were a little less used, and later she could still save up a box of first grade, the Four Pleasures had been done, the four sweet preserves, the appetizers fifth grade, the hot dishes fourth grade, the soy sauce fourth grade, and the food and soup first grade! The third grade imperial cuisine, the third grade, the second grade imperial cuisine, the second grade imperial cuisine, and then the first grade porridge. Only then would the first grade fruit be considered finished!

As she finished her sentence, everyone was flabbergasted. There were even some girls who were speechless. They had only known that they had tried the dishes in the past, but they had never known that there was such knowledge.

Chang Ge also felt that Cao Ning Xiang was a real talented girl, and that she also had a deep understanding of food. Unlike her, she had a greedy mouth and knew how to eat nothing else.

The Queen was not annoyed by Cao Ning Xiang's actions of showing off in front of so many young mistresses. She looked at them with a kind expression until the eunuch shouted: "Imperial Concubine Hong, Goddess has arrived!"

Imperial Concubine Hong, after arriving, inevitably wanted to exchange pleasantries with the empress and the others. What about your big sister? What about the emperor suddenly giving me a flower as a hairpin?

Some were disdainful, while others flattered. In any case, this girl had endless topics to talk about.

Changge and Cao Ning Xiang were restless. One of them was extremely excited because of the delicious food that was about to be served while the other was gesturing towards his aunt.

Not long after, the eunuch shouted again, "Serve the dishes!"

All the palace maids came up with a silver tray and placed a small porcelain bowl in front of each of them. The bowl was carved with a dragon and a phoenix carved onto it.

The tip of Chang Ge's nose had already smelled the fragrance. Beside him, Cao Ning Xiang was still muttering in confusion, Even if it wasn't a box full of grapes, plums and the like, they still had to be served first … If that wasn't a dried fruit, then why did it have to be some apple buns or something like that? Why did it have to be a bowl all of a sudden?

Zhang Ge however, was different. She had already looked fervently at the Goddess Empress who was seated at the front, waiting for her orders to comfort her stomach.

The empress seemed to know what she was thinking, and smiled warmly into her eyes. "Let's eat, everyone."

The palace maid stepped forward and lifted the lid of the bowl one by one.

Instantly, a clear fragrance filled the air, mixed with the fragrance of the flowers that filled the sky, refreshing the heart and soul.

Changge's eyes lit up as she looked at the food in the bowl, unable to contain her joy. She had never imagined that there would be such delicacies in the palace!

Cao Ningxiang's face was dark and gloomy. At the same time, the faces of the young girls who often came to the palace to feast also turned ugly. They never would have thought that the empress would use such a thing to entertain them while they were attending a banquet at the palace.

There were five or six small and exquisite yellow-white fish balls inside the small bowl. There were a few pieces of green onions and coriander floating above the clear soup. Although it was a fish ball, it didn't have any fishy smell.

Bastard!

Imperial Concubine Hong slowly opened her mouth, but scolded the eunuch on duty, "This is Flower God's Festival, could it be that the things given to the Cold Palace have been wrongly distributed here!?"