Xingqing Palace Imperial Study Room!
Xuanzong urged Yang Sixu: "Tell someone to go to the palace gate to see if there is anything for me to eat from Shangyang Palace?"
The emperor refused to eat the dishes prepared in the imperial kitchen, but instead urged him several times.
If Yang Sixu hadn't been a calm person and always had no expression, he would probably have rolled his eyes at Xuanzong now.
Today, there is a pig-killing banquet in the Leng Palace. Most of the concubines in the palace are gone. The princess has also invited courtiers and familiar family members of the courtiers. How can she have time to attend to the emperor?
The emperor kept his airs and refused to go. At this moment, he was thinking about the pig-killing dishes in the cold palace.
Without waiting for Yang Sixu's reaction, Xuanzong complained angrily: "How dare this Xiao Shi completely forget about her father?"
"I wouldn't go to Shangyang Palace for the banquet unless it was my fault."
Xuanzong explained: "The queen has always been soft-hearted towards children. Only by asking the prince to go to Shangyang Palace can she be willing to move out of the cold palace."
"She still hates me for what happened to Wang Shouyi!"
Xuanzong was helpless with Queen Wang: "If I go, she will definitely be unwilling to leave the cold palace, and will give me a cold face in front of the courtiers and their families."
When Xuanzong said this, he was a little disappointed!
Yang Sixu wanted to laugh a little, but also felt that Xuanzong, who was thinking about the Queen now, was actually a little pitiful.
In the past, it was the Queen who always thought about the Emperor.
Things are changing!
Now the Emperor is thinking about the Empress. In order to get the Empress out of the cold palace to take charge of the Sixth Palace, even His Highness the Crown Prince has taken advantage of her.
Yang Sixu felt a little sorry for the prince, and the little eunuch on duty finally came in with excitement and reported: "Your Majesty, your highness the prince has returned from Shangyang Palace, and he has brought a basket of food. I think it is the food that the princess specially left for the emperor."
The food basket the prince was carrying was indeed what Li Sixu asked him to bring to Xingqing Hall for Xuanzong.
Entering the imperial study room, the prince opened the food basket. Xuanzong couldn't sit still when he smelled the fragrant fragrance. He had to sit with his back straight and watch the prince placing dishes on the royal table.
"What kind of food did Xiao Shi prepare for me?"
"Because there are too many people at the banquet today, the imperial sister prepared some side dishes for the father, and also asked the son-in-law to bring a cup of pork belly and chicken soup."
Pork belly?
Just as Xuanzong was about to say that he didn't want to eat pig offal, the prince scooped up a bowl of hot soup and presented it to him.
"The pork belly and chicken soup that the imperial sister came up with is stewed with pepper. It is best for nourishing the stomach and warming the body. If you drink a bowl of it in such a cold weather, your body will be warm."
"This pork belly and chicken soup, everyone who came to the banquet today was full of praise. Father, give it a try."
Xuanzong, who was about to refuse, felt that the white stewed soup was eye-catching. He also smelled the aroma of pepper and medicinal herbs in the soup, so he took a sip.
Sure enough, as the prince said, after taking a sip of the soup, his body felt hot and warm.
Xuanzong, who accepted the pork belly soup well, thought that he had eaten the soup anyway, so he picked up the pork belly and tasted it. It was unexpectedly refreshing and chewy, and he no longer resisted this pork belly and chicken soup.
Xuanzong told the prince: "The pork belly and chicken soup that your imperial sister came up with is good. Give the general of the country a bowl to try."
"I can do it myself, how dare I trouble His Highness the Crown Prince?"
The prince followed his instructions and asked to ladle the soup. Yang Sixu skillfully took the spoon from his hand, picked up the bowl and scooped out a bowl for himself, adding a few more pieces of pork belly and chicken.
The prince was a little dumbfounded!
Why don't you dare to help him? Eunuch Yang can't wait to drink the pork belly and chicken soup that the emperor's sister asked him to cook?
Seeing Xuanzong and Eunuch Yang having a bowl of pork tripe and chicken soup at the bottom, the prince placed a plate of red oil pig ears, a plate of soy pork trotters, a plate of tenderloin, and a plate of celery, lily, and peanuts on the table.
Worried that Xuanzong would not be able to accept the sauced pig's trotters, the prince explained: "This is the fifth brother's favorite food, so the emperor specially reserved a bowl for his father to try."
"The last time I ate pork dishes in the cold palace, I heard your imperial sister mention it."
Xuanzong took a piece of pig's trotters with rice and said, "Let me have a taste of the pig's trotters that your fifth brother likes to eat."
No need for the prince to say anything next, Xuanzong and Yang Sixu were enjoying themselves as master and servant.
The two of them swept away the food sent to the imperial study room. Xuanzong glared at Yang Sixu angrily, implying that he blamed him for eating too much.
Eunuch Yang's face was expressionless, his eyes a little innocent.
Prince: "..."
Seeing that his father and Eunuch Yang were busy eating, Jiang had forgotten everything he wanted to do when he went to the cold palace. The prince couldn't help but remind him.
"Why don't your father ask your son if your mother agrees?"
"No need to ask!"
Xuanzong said firmly: "Although you are not the queen's daughter, she treats you sincerely. If you go to Shangyang Palace, she will agree."
His father is really an old fox!
The prince sighed: "Hey, my father guessed wrong, and my mother did not agree to my promise."
"What?"
Xuanzong, who put down the bowl, was a little sluggish. He looked disappointed: "I can't even persuade your mother to leave the cold palace. What use do I need from a prince like you?"
Seeing that Xuanzong looked a little depressed for a moment, he stopped glaring at Eunuch Yang.
In the end, the prince couldn't bear it: "The queen mother did not agree to leave the cold palace, but she promised to restore the throne to my son. She also promised to help him arrange his wedding as his legitimate mother."
"The queen is just used to living in the cold palace, and she likes the medicine garden in the cold palace very much."
The prince’s explanation was simply a blur!
Realizing that he had been teased by the prince, Xuanzong said angrily: "You bastard, you went to Shangyang Palace and didn't learn from it, so you will use your imperial sister's tactics against me."
He was scolding the prince, but his tone was different from the usual harshness, and actually had a hint of doting.
"Since she loves living in Shangyang Palace, let her do as she wishes. I will take the time to go to Shangyang Palace to spend more time with her."
Xuanzong said in a good temper: "Shangyang Palace is a little far away from my bedroom. It's not impossible for me to move the scraps to Shangyang Palace for approval."
The prince went to Shangyang Palace for a banquet on behalf of Xuanzong. The prince received praise from Xuanzong. When he walked out of Xingqing Palace, he met Xue Xiu who was waiting for him and walked all the way to the Imperial Garden.
"My mother-in-law has lost so completely!"
The prince sighed: "She actually wants to replace her mother and become the queen of the world. After all, it is just a dream."
Xue Xiu was outside the cold palace today and personally witnessed that if it weren't for the prince, Concubine Shu would have committed a scandal that disturbed the courtiers attending the banquet. If the prince hadn't stopped it in time and spread the word, it would damage the prince's reputation. Those forces secretly coveting the prince's position could just do it. Make a fuss about this matter.
Xue Xiu asked the prince: "His Royal Highness, are you referring to what happened outside Shangyang Palace today?"
"So, but not entirely!"
The prince pondered for a moment: "My mother's mind is indeed incomparable. If it were another person, she would hate my mother and concubine. Today, I will never let Concubine De stop my mother and concubine from being stupid. I will definitely try my best to make her in He lost face in front of the courtiers and was thrown into the cold palace by his father's anger."
"The queen mother and the imperial sister were concerned about me, the prince, and they did not have the heart to attack her. Instead, she was instigated by Wu Chongyuan and wanted to go to the cold palace to trample the queen to death."
The prince felt this and said: "She and the queen mother are at odds!"
