"Greetings to the Emperor, may the Emperor be blessed!"
"Get up quickly, you are pregnant, why are you still kneeling?" Emperor Yuan De said, helping Shen Ruoyi up.
Shen Ruoyi smiled slightly, "It's okay, this child is very well-behaved. When he saw Ama coming, he was anxious to see her!"
"Really?" Emperor Yuan De finally smiled and stretched out his hand to cut his bulging belly. "You take good care of her. When the child comes out, I will promote you to your position."
Shen Ruoyi's heart was filled with joy, and she even said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love. I deserve it!"
"It should be!" Emperor Yuande looked at the woman who was also pregnant in front of him and couldn't help comparing it. Well, this gentle one is better.
"What does this smell like?" Emperor Yuan De pretended to have just smelled it and sniffed deliberately, "Are you barbecuing?"
Shen Ruoyi was stunned for a moment, and Guizhi beside her hurriedly whispered: "Master, it's our fifth lady in the backyard!"
Shen Ruoyi suddenly realized, smiled and said hurriedly: "Maybe my sister is having a barbecue in the backyard. This girl is still a child at heart and is very greedy. I didn't know that you could come, Your Majesty. I'll forgive you. I'll go and let you go." Stop it."
"It doesn't matter! It doesn't matter!" Emperor Yuan De said with a smile: "I haven't taken a good look at your sister yet. I invited her to eat with her. You can't eat alone!"
"This..." Shen Ruoyi was a little uneasy, "My sister's craftsmanship is not good, so I'm afraid she won't be able to enter the elegant hall. If the emperor is hungry, why don't you ask the imperial kitchen to send some barbecue, and I will accompany you to eat some?" ?”
If you want to eat in the imperial dining room, why would you come here? Emperor Yuan De was thinking in his heart, but without showing his face, he said directly: "I have eaten enough in the imperial dining room, let's see how good my sister-in-law is! Chen Yuan, go there in person!"
Chen Yuan was puzzled, but he still walked in with Shen Ruochen and a handful of grilled meat skewers.
"Your Majesty, I wish you good luck!" Shen Ruochen lowered his head so much that he wished he could bury it in his clothes.
"Look up, I won't eat you."
Shen Ruoyi said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, my girl doesn't like to talk. Maybe she was frightened when she saw you. Don't blame me!"
Emperor Yuande smiled and said, "Why are you eating barbecue by yourself? Is it possible that your sister has treated you badly?"
Shen Ruochen said hurriedly: "No, my sister is very good to me. She is pregnant and can't eat this. I thought that my sister would be greedy after seeing her, so it would be better not to see her, so I hid..."
"Oh, that's what happened."
As if he was afraid that Emperor Yuan De would not believe it, Shen Ruochen added, "Sister is very kind to me. She even said that she would send me home when the child is born."
Shen Ruochen said this deliberately because he was afraid that his sister would regret it, so it was safer to say it out loud.
"Oh, really?" Emperor Yuande looked at Shen Ruoyi.
Shen Ruoyi smiled hurriedly and said: "Yes, you feel sorry for my concubine. I have let my sister stay with me for so long. I am very happy, but it is not a problem to be in the palace all the time. I thought I’m going back after the Chinese New Year. I don’t have to go back after seeing my little nephew!”
"That's right, you should take a look." It could be seen that Emperor Yuan De was very happy. His eyes changed when he saw the two sisters. Shen Ruoyi felt confused for a moment. Could it be that the emperor really didn't want to...
Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Emperor Yuande say: "It's not good to eat alone. Come on, give me a taste."
As he said that, he stretched out his hand for the barbecue.
Shen Ruoyi was so frightened that she hurriedly stopped her, "Your Majesty, how can my sister's tricks of playing house come into your mouth? This is not allowed!"
"It smells good. Besides, this barbecue doesn't require any skills. You can eat it once it's cooked!"
"No, Your Majesty, the little eunuch who tests the poison has to taste it!" Shen Ruoyi was so frightened that she stood up.
"No need, these meat skewers have to be hot and delicious. Besides, my sister-in-law grilled them, so why don't you worry!" Emperor Yuan De said and took a bite. It was really good!
"Well, not bad! What kind of meat is this?"
Shen Ruochen felt terribly distressed. He finally managed to get some food and let you eat it, but he had to answer, "As far as the emperor is concerned, it's mutton."
"Well, it's baked quite well!"
Chen Yuan's eyes widened. The emperor has not liked eating barbecue since he was a child, especially mutton. How come he tastes so delicious?
"How did you make it, so it tastes different from the imperial dining room?" Emperor Yuande looked at Shen Ruochen and asked, "Why does it still smell fruity when you eat it, like... oranges?"
"Your Majesty," Shen Ruochen said distressedly, "it just smells like oranges."
"Where did you get the oranges at this time?" Emperor Yuande was a little strange. Oranges are afraid of freezing. Other fruits in the ice cellar can be kept fresh for a while, but oranges are impossible!
"It's not fresh oranges, it's orange peels." Shen Ruochen answered honestly, "My daughter dried the orange peels in the autumn and boiled them with hot water. The juice was poured on the barbecue, so The meat has the aroma of oranges.”
"So that's what happened, it's interesting!" Emperor Yuan De smiled and nodded, and said to Shen Ruoyi: "You are such a thoughtful girl. You will definitely be someone who knows how to live in the future. When you get married in the future, tell me, I Add makeup!”
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shen Ruoyi hurriedly thanked her and greeted Shen Ruochen, "Why don't you thank Your Majesty quickly? This is a face that no one else has!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Shen Ruochen kowtowed expressionlessly.
"Then go," Shen Ruoyi said with a smile, but Shen Ruochen was reluctant to part with the meat skewers and was a little hesitant. But as soon as he thought about leaving the palace, he gave up and left with a distressed look on his face. Shen Ruoyi saw that His face was full of helplessness.
Deliberately in front of the emperor, he told Guizhi, "Go to the imperial kitchen to get some food to send to the fifth lady. Don't let her bake."
"Why, are you feeling distressed, girl?" Emperor Yuande said with a smile while eating. "Do you need me to compensate her with some meat?"
"Your Majesty is joking. This little girl is like this. She is very greedy. She doesn't know how to get married in the future. What can she do?" Shen Ruoyi asked with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't pay attention to her. How about you eating?" Do you need to use the imperial dining room..."
"No need to give it away anymore, it's not bad to change the taste once in a while." This was what Emperor Yuan De said deliberately. Otherwise, these people must think that they like to eat this bite, and I am afraid that the peel will become rare in this palace.
If this old thing like Chen Yuan keeps delivering it every day, I'll get bored just thinking about it!
"Well, seeing that you are raising well, I am relieved, so I will leave." Emperor Yuande left after a good meal.
Shen Ruoyi was left half leaning on the Arhat chair, thinking about something. Guizhi stepped forward and said, "Master, what's wrong with you? Are you angry?"
"No," Shen Ruoyi said thoughtfully: "I was wondering if the emperor came here today. Did he think of me, or was he... attracted by this fragrance?"
