The Way of the Consort

It is cool on the mountain, even a bit too cold, but the summer at the bottom of the mountain is really here. Jinling in the yellow plum season is even more sultry, the sun is not full, but it is inexplicably scorching, and you can’t wear short sleeves. If it’s too hot at home, you can wear gauze However, when entering the palace, one has to dress properly, and there are at least three layers.

The carriage was not allowed to enter the palace, so it stopped at the entrance of the palace. Ji Zhao walked all the way to the East Palace. He didn't want to come to see the prince. It was so hot, even if there was a little eunuch to help him hold an umbrella, he would choose a shady place to walk. Ji Zhao still walked all the way. It's sweat. After finally reaching the gate of the East Palace, Ji Zhao let out a foul breath.

He is also a little worried, he is so uncomfortable, if the prince wants to reprimand him later, he will definitely quarrel with the prince again.

Although he is not afraid of arguing with the prince, who would like to quarrel all day long, and he would feel uncomfortable after the quarrel.

There were four young eunuchs waiting at the door, and when they saw him coming, they trotted out to greet him, smiling so much that only Bai Fang could be seen: "Your son-in-law, you are here! This way please! Is the son-in-law hot? There is an iceberg inside, go in." It won't be hot! Please! Please! Go where the sun doesn't shine! Slow down!"

Isn't this too polite?She is more considerate than ever before. Could it be that the neurotic inside is in a good mood?

Ji Zhao was brought by them to the steps of the main hall. He took the purse from his waist, threw it to them, and said with a smile, "Let's divide it up!"

The little eunuchs smiled and bowed to him to thank him, Ji Zhao took a deep breath, turned and walked into the main hall.

The East Palace was originally a gloomy place, so it was really cool. As soon as he entered the door of the main hall, Ji Zhao felt a burst of coolness approaching him. Every time he came back in the past, he had to wait for a while before the crown prince came.So after he came in, he was not in a hurry to take a seat, but looked around and saw that there were icebergs at the four corners, and there were three icebergs between the two rows of seats. He immediately picked the one closest to the iceberg. chair to sit down.

After sitting down, he breathed a sigh of relief, and tugged at his collar again.

"Isn't it cold..." The prince's voice suddenly sounded from inside the bead curtain, making Ji Zhao tremble and gasp for breath.

Zong Zhen was at a loss for words, is he so scary...

Ji Zhao patted his heart with the palm of his hand, got up panting, and saluted rudely: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Prince." But he was cursing in his heart. He was obviously there, and he didn't make a sound. He must have deliberately scared him. !

"sit down……"

Ji Zhao felt that the prince's voice was a little hoarse and the volume was low, but he didn't ask, he didn't mind meddling in other business, he sat down in the original seat, but the prince said again: "Sit in another place..."

"Why..." Ji Zhao was dissatisfied, should he care where he sits? He said, "It's cool here..."

"Sit forward..."

"No, I'm going to sit here."

"It's too cold in there..."

"I'm too hot, I'm going to sit next to the iceberg." Ji Zhao pouted.

"You—cough, cough, cough..." The prince started coughing before he finished speaking.

Ji Zhao remembered that he hadn't heard the prince cough for a long time. Out of instinct, he asked, "Your Highness, why are you coughing again? Are you sick again?"

What he said, Zong Zhen was so angry that his heart ached without realizing it. When he didn't see it, he was a little bit worried. When he saw it, Ji Zhao was always angry with him, and every word was angry at him. Said: "I suffered from the cold, if you are greedy for the cold, you will end up like me."

"No way, I'm in good health..." Ji Zhao was also a little scared, who would like to be sick.

"Go ahead and sit down."

"I feel hot……"

"Cough cough cough-"

Ji Zhao finally honestly sat down on the chair closest to the curtain. Although it was a little farther away from the iceberg, it was still cool, so he was a little more willing. Then he wanted to ask the prince why he wanted to come here, so he should finish speaking sooner. It's better to leave early, but the prince is coughing continuously, which makes Ji Zhao feel bad for him.

Out of humanitarian and humanitarian concern, Ji Zhao was still worried: "Your Highness, are you okay? Have you taken any medicine?"

In fact, the cough has gotten better in the past few days. Ji Zhao is coming over today, and the weather is so hot. He is afraid of Ji Zhao's heat, so he ordered people to put ice in the East Palace. After all, His Royal Highness is still sick. In the middle, he sat here waiting for Ji Zhao very early, and suffered a little bit of cold, and then he started coughing violently again, but there is absolutely no need to tell Ji Zhao about such things.

Ji Zhao is a wolf in rabbit skin, the most typical little white-eyed wolf.

Bao Qing, who was waiting beside Zong Zhen in the curtain, said: "When you return to the son-in-law, Your Highness has been taking medicine, but today—" Zong Zhen glared at him, Bao Qing didn't dare to continue.

Ji Zhao waited for a while, but didn't wait for the next sentence, he was a little dazed, and he couldn't bear to hear the prince's intermittent coughing, he said again: "Your Highness, why don't you remove all the icebergs in the hall? Since you are not feeling well, , I can’t catch cold, I’m no longer hot.”

Zong Zhen, who was bending over and coughing in pain, raised his head upon hearing this, and glanced at Ji Zhao.

Ji Zhao, who was outside, didn't know how soft his eyes were. Bao Qing, who was lucky enough to catch a glimpse, suspected that he was wrong, so he secretly rubbed his eyes vigorously, and then took a closer look. Those eyes were gone, Bao Qing I think he was wrong.

"Your Highness?" Ji Zhao, who couldn't wait for a response, called out again.

"Cough cough cough...no need..."

Ji Zhao frowned unknowingly. He found that the prince was not only sick, but also stubborn. No matter how much he hated the prince, he would not intentionally harm others. He couldn't hear it when he coughed like this. He thought for a while and got up immediately. Bending down to lift the plate with the iceberg on it, it will definitely not be able to move it, but——

"What is this for?" the prince asked while coughing.

Ji Zhao exerted his strength and said, "Since you don't want anyone to carry it, I will move it myself!"

"..." Zongzhen coughed for a while, fearing that his waist would slip away, he nodded helplessly at Baoqing, and then Baoqing went out and called a few young eunuchs to come in, and removed the icebergs between the seats , Ji Zhao showed a smug smile, and pointed to the four in the corner: "Move these too! Quick!"

Baoqing and the others looked into the curtain, and Ji Zhao said, "What are you looking at, listen to me, move away!"

Seeing that His Highness did not object, Baoqing and the others moved all the icebergs away.

Although the East Palace is gloomy all the year round, after all it is summer and the icebergs have all been moved away, it is still a bit hot. Ji Zhao heard the prince coughing as if he was about to die, and he must endure it, so he made a decision. He didn't look hot at all, and wanted to ask questions again.

Another group of young eunuchs walked in, each holding trays in their hands. They walked up to Ji Zhao and lined up.

Bao Qing walked over and said with a smile: "My son-in-law, this is something His Highness specially ordered someone to do when he knew you were coming."

Ji Zhao was taken aback, and couldn't help but glance into the curtain again, the prince has changed his temper?What is this for?Give him something to eat all of a sudden?This is the first time I have eaten in the East Palace!

Ji Zhao felt that one must have a backbone in life. Since the prince is temporarily sick, he can be hot, but that doesn't mean he wants to accept the prince's bribe!He came out with a serious face, and was about to say something when the prince coughed and said, "Taste..."

"... "

Bao Qing laughed again: "I don't know if the son-in-law likes it or not, just take a look."

In fact, they were all made according to Ji Zhao's taste. A row of eunuchs bent down and placed the trays in front of Ji Zhao.Looking at it, Ji Zhao was about to speak, especially the bowl in front of him, the crushed ice was poured with sweet-scented osmanthus honey, it was served in a glass bowl, and there were a lot of whole lychee pulp and honey beans lying on it. People want to eat it just by looking at it.

Ji Zhao looked away, determined not to eat!

Bao Qing smiled and brought the bowl with his own hands, and put it in front of him: "My son-in-law, try this, it's suitable for this weather."

"No more..." Ji Zhao turned his face to the side, but peeked out of the corner of his eyes, reluctantly refusing.

Baoqing laughed in his heart, and sat alone under the curtain. Zongzhen, who was still coughing, also thought it was funny when he saw Ji Zhao's mischief, and he didn't forget to say during his cough, "Taste, eat to quench your thirst, you just came back from outside. "

Ji Zhao refused a few more times, and Baoqing stuffed the small golden spoon in the shape of a leaf into his hand, and he was reluctant to put it away. Baoqing put the bowl in his hand: "The new cook from our palace , I also ask the son-in-law to help me taste it, so that I can give them some pointers."

Ji Zhao "reluctantly" said, "Then let me give them some pointers."

Before he finished speaking, the spoon was inserted into the crushed ice, and the lychee meat was dug out from under the ice, and he quickly put it in his mouth. Ji Zhao was so satisfied that he almost closed his eyes.

Delicious!

The lychee meat was soaked in ice, it was cold, the lychee itself was even sweeter, and the lychee flesh was stuffed with peach flesh, Ji Zhao really didn't know how to describe this taste, in short, it was so delicious !He hurriedly dug out another lychee, this time it was wrapped with half a grape!

As if digging for treasure, Ji Zhao dug spoonful after spoonful, and ate watermelon and honeydew melon, as well as cherries and lotus seeds without lotus heart. They were so delicious!

"My son-in-law, how does it taste?"

Ji Zhao hugged the bowl, only Kong Chao Baoqing gave a thumbs up, the eunuchs in the room didn't dare to laugh out loud, they all lowered their heads with smiles.

There was also a smile in Zong Zhen's eyes, but he did not forget to teach him: "How old is he, but he is still so greedy."

Ji Zhao secretly rolled his eyes at him, and continued digging into his mouth if he didn't want to eat something delicious. Zongzhen said again: "Try the other ones too, don't stare at them."

Bao Qing immediately handed over a plate of lotus root pink sorbet: "My son-in-law, please try this."

Holding the bowl, Ji Zhao picked up a piece with golden chopsticks. It was made from dried lotus seeds and mixed with a little lotus root powder. The middle was filled with ebony stuffing and no sugar was added. When it was eaten, it tasted soft. It was slightly cool, fragrant, sweet and sour, and very delicious. Ji Zhao stuffed three pieces into his mouth, and when he stuffed the fourth piece, Zongzhen said, "It's almost..."

Ji Zhao lowered his head and rolled his eyes again, deliberately said: "Your Highness, you are still separated from me by the curtain, how can you see so clearly?"

"Cough cough cough..." Zong Zhen continued to cough.

Ji Zhao didn't let him go, and said again: "Your Highness, why do you always meet me through something? Are you afraid to see me? My good friend Qin Wen often dare not look at me directly, saying that he saw me I would feel ashamed of myself, don’t you too?” He was just eating happily, and he didn’t feel too timid towards the prince in his heart, after all, he and the prince had quarreled like that, and the prince gave him such delicious food , he felt that the crown prince was stern and soft-hearted, not scary at all, so these words came out of his mouth.

The rest of the people in the hall bowed their heads in fright and did not dare to laugh anymore.

Zong Zhen was angry and laughed at what he said, but he knew that he had nothing to care about with Ji Zhao. You and Ji Zhao cared about this, but Ji Zhao didn't feel it at all. In the end, it was you who was half-dead with anger .

Seeing that he had nothing to say, Ji Zhao proudly dug another spoonful of ice.

"Ahem, Baoqing, take down the ice bowl, don't let the son-in-law eat it." Zong Zhen ordered.

"I haven't finished eating yet!" Ji Zhao held the bowl.

"If you continue to eat, you will end up like me, cough cough..."

"..." The bowl in Ji Zhao's hand was still taken away by Bao Qing, Ji Zhao was not happy.Zongzhen coughed and said, "Ahem... Baoqing, let the son-in-law taste that plate of snails soaked in butter."

"okay!"

Bao Qing handed over a plate of golden ghee pickled snails. Ji Zhao was amazed when he saw it. This was the puff in his world. At that time, he was in poor health and had never eaten it. He could only look at it. I didn't expect that there would be similar food at this time.

He immediately stopped being angry. The buttered snails were very delicately made. He picked up a small one with a golden chopstick and threw it into his mouth. The freshly made snails contained something similar to butter mixed with peach juice. It bursts directly in the mouth after biting, smooth and milky, so delicious.He took one bite at a time, with all kinds of fruit flavors, and ate the whole plate. Zong Zhen wanted to stop it, but Ji Zhao threw it into his mouth too quickly.

After eating the pickled snails, Ji Zhao still wanted to eat them, but Zongzhen refused to let him eat them. He just had enough for lunch, so that's all for today. Finally, he asked Baoqing to serve him a bowl of warm mung bean paste, which contained Lotus seeds, Bao Qing said with a smile: "After eating so many iced ones, my son-in-law should eat some of these to warm his stomach."

Ji Zhao drank half a bowl in one sip. The mung bean paste was made mildly to relieve the heat, but it was also made warm. It really soothed the cold stomach without making people uncomfortable. After lunch, I happened to be a little hungry, and Ji Zhao ate eight times full, and was very satisfied.

Ji Zhao wanted to ask if there was anything else to eat, but Zong Zhen told them to leave, and there were only the two of them left in the hall.

As the saying goes, eating people is soft-mouthed, Ji Zhao felt that anyway, the prince is like this, what else can he do, he will always have to deal with it in the future, since the prince took the initiative to prepare food for him today, it should be a gesture of goodwill, so he followed the trend Let's go, he took the initiative to say: "Your Highness, although it is hot, you still have to take care of your body. At this time, some places in the south have already grown pears. You should ask them to buy some for stewed pear water."

"Got it..." Zong Zhen responded with a good attitude.

Ji Zhao was also quite satisfied, and simply said: "His Royal Highness, I will go out of the palace to buy it for you later, so that you don't have to send someone to go again."

"No need to—"

Ji Zhao interrupted him: "It's not a big deal! I'll do it!"

"..." Zong Zhen coughed a few more times, and responded softly, "Okay..."

Ji Zhao happily smiled at Zongzhen.

Zongzhen hadn't seen Ji Zhao smile at him like this for a long time, he was dazed for a moment, and suddenly felt that it was all worth it, and he also found that Ji Zhao was actually very coaxing, really nice good.

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