Early the next morning, Luo Lan sent someone to inform Luo Xue that she was going to the palace and that she would be the one to make the final decision regarding the Huichun Hall.
She specially brought two men into the palace today because she had something very important to bring into the palace.
When everything was ready, she took A Cai, A Hong and two male servants out.
The servant was driving, A Cai, A Hong and Luo Lan were sitting in the car together. Today's princess was very plainly dressed. She closed her eyes slightly and seemed to be thinking about something. After A Cai and A Hong winked at each other, they both He held his breath and didn't dare to disturb, for fear of disturbing the princess's thoughts.
The carriage quickly arrived at the palace gate. Her face and her identity as Princess Yu were already familiar to the people in the palace, so she did not need to show her token. After the gate guard checked her belongings, she let her go. She entered the palace.
She took A Cai and A Hong, and the two servants each held two full cloth bags. After entering the palace gate, she went straight to Furong Palace.
Her purpose of coming today is very clear, which is to find Concubine Li.
When she arrived at Furong Palace, the girl quickly ran in to report. After a while, the girl ran out.
"Princess Yu, please come in."
After Luo Lan nodded, he ordered A Cai, A Hong and the two male servants:
"Just wait here."
"Yes, Princess."
After receiving their responses, Luo Lan raised his feet and walked towards Furong Palace.
She had been to Furong Palace several times before, and it seemed a little deserted compared to before.
After she entered the main hall of Furong Palace, she saw no one around. She looked around here for a week, but there was no sign of Concubine Li. Could it be that she came too early and Concubine Li hadn't gotten up yet?
While she was thinking, Concubine Li's voice came from inside,
"Princess Yu, I'm so rude for keeping you waiting."
Luo Lan hurriedly looked for a voice and saw Concubine Li walking towards her with a tired face.
Judging from her attire, she must have just gotten up. The makeup on her face was very perfunctory, and obvious wrinkles could be seen in her clothes.
"I came to see you early in the morning. I've caused so much trouble. How can I dare to find fault with you?"
Concubine Li smiled lightly and waved to the girl at the door.
"Princess Yu is here, why don't you serve tea? They are a bunch of indifferent people."
After the girl hurriedly bowed, she quickly went to prepare tea.
Luo Lan shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
"Why are you so angry this morning? Is there something bothering you?"
"well!"
Concubine Li took a long breath of relief and said with self-pity:
"I have nowhere to talk about my troubles! I only have the title of noble concubine, but my life seems to be worse than that of the palace maid..."
"Why do you have such an idea? You live in the Furong Palace, wear silks and satins, eat delicacies from the mountains and seas, and have girls waiting on you. How can you feel that you are not as good as a girl?"
"hehe……"
Concubine Li gave a wry smile, raised her handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, murmuring,
"What's the use of being well-fed, well-clothed, and forgotten? The Emperor may return to the West one day, and he won't be buried with him when he does."
Hearing this, Luo Lan looked at her in astonishment.
"My Lady, please don't say that. The Emperor has recovered very well recently. If you say something like this, if people listen to you, you are violating a taboo in the palace!"
"So what? The emperor has almost recovered now. I went to pay him respects, but he never looked at me seriously. I heard that he went to Liyuan to spend the night last night and didn't come out until daybreak. I guess What? I don’t have any heirs around me, I’m just a chess piece that can be discarded at any time.”
At this point, she lowered her head in loneliness. The girl took the tray with tea and poured a cup of tea for each of them. Luo Lan ordered the girl:
"My wife and I have a few words to say. You all can go down."
The girl glanced at Concubine Li, and after getting her consent, she turned around to greet the rest of the people and retreated.
When Luo Lan and Li Guifei were the only two people left here, Li Guifei picked up the tea cup, lifted the tea lid, and slowly brushed away the foam on the tea cup. However, she did not drink the cup of tea, but placed it on the table again. superior.
She seemed restless and listless.
Looking at her expression, Luo Lan suddenly felt that she was somewhat similar to Yu Qiaoqiao. Although she lived a well-fed life, she felt extremely empty in her heart.
"My Lady, I heard that the Emperor is obsessed with the soup made by Concubine Li? Have you heard about this?"
"I've heard that someone's good cooking skills have captured the heart of the emperor. I can't help but envy him."
"Then why don't you use your own methods to tie up the Emperor?"
"hehe……"
Concubine Li laughed self-deprecatingly. She raised her eyes to look at Luo Lan, with desolation in her eyes.
"Me? I haven't touched Yang Chun Shui since I was a child. Apart from knowing how to eat, I can't do anything. What can I do?"
"Don't you want to try? Are you just going to give up?"
Luo Lan's question caused a dark look to appear on Concubine Li's face. She picked up the cup of tea again and repeated the actions just now, but still didn't take a sip of water, and put the cup down again.
After completing these actions habitually, she looked up at Luo Lan again and said calmly:
"Princess Yu came to my Furong Palace not only to chat with me, but this is not the first time we have dealt with each other. If you have anything to say, just say it. I believe in your character. You must come to me for my own good. .”
Luo Lan didn't expect that Concubine Li would be so happy, so she stopped beating around the bush. Seeing that the girls were all guarding the door and couldn't hear what they were saying, she said directly:
"I came today because I really want to help you. I want to help you tie the emperor's stomach, and then tie his heart."
Concubine Li looked directly at her and asked in astonishment:
"What do you mean by this? What do you mean by tying the emperor's stomach? Princess Yu, please clarify."
Luo Lan smiled lightly, picked up the teacup, took a sip, and the moment he put down the teacup, he raised the handkerchief, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said slowly:
"Concubine Li can tie the emperor's heart with a bowl of soup, why can't you Concubine Li?"
Seeing Luo Lan go back to her words, Concubine Li laughed at herself,
"I just said that I can't cook. Why does Princess Yu keep talking about this?"
"I can teach you……"
Luo Lan looked at her with mysterious eyes, "I originally wanted to teach you how to make several kinds of soup, but after thinking about it last night, it seemed a bit pretentious for Concubine Li to make soup and you to make soup, so let's make a dish that others don't know. Bar!"
"No one else can?"
Concubine Li looked at her curiously.
"There is also a dish that the royal chef in this palace doesn't know? What is it?"
Luo Lan blinked slyly and smiled, then clapped his hands to the people outside, "Bring in what I prepared."
Two servants came in carrying two cloth bags. Luo Lan waved his hands and they retreated. At the same time, A Hong and A Cai also walked in.
Luo Lan ordered the two of them:
"Open the bag and take out the contents."
Ah Cai and Ah Hong opened the bag together and took out the contents one by one.
Luo Lan glanced at Concubine Li, smiled at her, and walked towards Ah Hong and the others. Concubine Li also followed curiously.
At this time, she saw a strange pot and asked curiously:
"What's this?"
