When Mu Yanqin's leg injury was almost healed, the queen gave him some tribute gifts from foreign countries. They were twenty pieces each of gold-woven satin, plain satin, green silk, and fine linen, as well as black mink fur and white fox fur.
One piece, indispensable, is gold, copper, jade, bird's nest, duck breast, deer sinew and other delicacies from the mountains and seas.
According to Mu Yanqin's instructions, almost half of all the rewards were sent to Jian Yunyuan. However, Concubine Lian and Concubine Rong only received some cloth. His meaning couldn't be clearer.
A little later, he sent someone to Jian Yunyuan to say hello and said he would come over for dinner. Upon hearing this, Zixuan hurriedly packed up and went to the kitchen to choose some exquisite dishes that the prince usually liked.
Yitong waved his hand, "No, he is here to eat with us. Guests do as they please, of course they have to accommodate our taste."
Zixuan was completely defeated by Yitong, and said feebly, "Princess, that's the prince, I can't accommodate you."
Yitong smiled, "My Jian Yunyuan, these are the rules." She thought for a while and said, "Don't we have a stove? Go and prepare a few things for you."
She briefly mentioned a few dishes, and Zixuan was stunned in disbelief, "Princess, are you really going to make these for the prince?"
"Haha, go ahead."
"Hey, slave, let's go right now."
As soon as it got dark, Mu Yanqin came. When he saw the smoke burning in the yard, he raised his eyebrows curiously. When he walked in, he saw Yitong cooking vegetables with his sleeves rolled up, and Zixuan standing beside him to help.
When she saw him, she didn't even bother to say hello. She just said, "Go in and sit down, and we'll cook two more dishes."
Mu Yanqin stood there blankly for a long time before asking, "Are you cooking?"
"Don't worry, I won't take the opportunity to poison you." Yitong smiled, "These are commonplace things, so it's not a problem for me."
"It's very smoky in here, Your Majesty, you'd better sit inside." Zixuan led him into the room, then poured a hot cup, "This tea is newly picked, Your Majesty, try it."
Mu Yanqin picked up the cup, smelled it, and praised, "It smells good."
"The princess planted this herself when she first came to Jian Yunyuan."
"Really? I didn't expect that she would have such leisure and elegance." She took a sip, and the fragrance lingered on her teeth and cheeks.
At this time, Yitong had already walked in with dishes, "Okay, you can eat."
Mu Yanqin put down his tea cup and came to the round table to take a look.
There were four dishes and one soup. Although they were all vegetarian dishes, they looked mouth-watering. He sat down, picked up the chopsticks and tasted each of them. He raised his eyebrows and said, "Well, the craftsmanship is good."
Yitong sat opposite him and asked Zixuan to fill up two bowls of rice. "I'm used to eating delicacies from the mountains and seas. It's good to eat these light ones occasionally."
There was no fine wine, no music, no soft whispers. The two of them just chatted and ate. In just one cup of tea, Mu Yanqin ate two bowls of rice. Looking at the clean table,
Placing the bowl, he smiled with satisfaction, "It's been a long time since I've eaten so happily. I'm here today, it's a good idea."
Yitong raised his eyebrows and smiled calmly, "Oh? From what the prince meant, it seems that he didn't have any expectations in the first place."
"You can't blame me for this," Mu Yanqin said matter-of-factly. "In terms of gentleness and caring, you are not as good as Lian'er. When it comes to being popular, you are not as good as Ronger. What do you think this king should expect?"
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"Hey, shouldn't the prince say this before eating?"
Zixuan next to her broke into a cold sweat and lamented in her heart, hey, it's about to start again.