When Ximen Yourong got some sleep, she felt like she had slept for an eternity, but it was quite good.
However, Dongling Yuanhao waited patiently for her for a long time and did not leave, which surprised her.
Not only did Dongling Yuanyong not leave, he even asked to stay for lunch.
Naturally, Ximen Yourong would not chase people away, but she also said that she only had simple food and food here, and no delicacies from mountains and seas to entertain.
Dongling Yuanhao is not picky about his food. He openly said that he is not particular about what he eats and he can eat even simple meals.
However, after the food was served, Dongling Yuanyong looked at a few steamed buns placed on the table, two plates of pickled vegetables of unknown origin, and a small vat that was not so much rice porridge as it was just a few pieces of rice porridge.
A grain of water. He looked at Ximen Yourong with extreme suspicion and asked:
"Well, Sister-in-law, is this your simple life?"
"It makes Prince Hao laugh, I usually eat these light things." The main reason is that her Lengyue Palace really doesn't have the ingredients for big fish and meat.
"Is this too bland?"
Dongling Yuanhao found that there was a big gap between his "coarse food" and Ximen Yourong's "coarse food".
He usually doesn’t talk about eight dishes and one soup, but after all, four dishes and one soup are basic!
Ximen Yourong didn't eat anything yesterday, and she slept for a long time because of sleeping pills today. It was like she hadn't eaten anything for almost two days. So, she didn't care whether Dongling Yuanhao ate or not, she picked up a steamed bun and put it aside.
While eating, he said:
"Prince Hao, what is it about my Lengyue Palace that attracts you and makes you spend a long time without leaving?"
Of course, Ximen Yourong would not think that Dongling Yuanhao was waiting for food from Lengyue Palace. He was afraid that he had "ulterior motives" again.
Dongling Yuanhao saw that Ximen Yourong was eating with gusto, so he picked up a steamed bun and took a bite without caring.
Unexpectedly, when he imitated Ximen Yourong and ate the pickles, he discovered that the steamed buns in his mouth had a very special taste. He pointed at the pickles and said inarticulately, almost in surprise:
"Sister-in-law, this is delicious, sour and sweet. Why haven't I seen this kind of pickled vegetables in the palace?"
Ximen Yourong looked at Dongling Yuanhao's unpretentious look, she smiled and said:
"This is not a palace dish. It is the camellia that I pickled myself. It is very suitable for mixing with porridge and steamed buns."
Speaking of food, when she lived in Ximen Mansion, her food was average, but when she arrived at Shengci'an, her food became even lighter.
However, she likes to pick some edible flowers, mosaics and leaves from the mountains and use them as food.
Over time, she found a way to make delicious and healthy vegetables from any edible flowers and leaves she saw.
Dongling Yuanhao didn't expect that Ximen Yourong could cook food, and the taste was so special.
After a while, Dongling Yuanhao ate up all of Ximen Yourong's pickled camellias with steamed buns without ceremony, and also drank a large bowl of porridge with only a few grains of rice.
Ximen Yourong sat back and waited for him to take the initiative to say "business". As expected, Dongling Yuanhao, who had eaten and drank enough, said with a funny smile:
"Sister-in-law, I heard that you were drugged, so you fell asleep and fell unconscious?"
Ximen Yourong said calmly, a little funny:
"I don't know if I was drugged, but if Xiang Qing hadn't mentioned the sleeping pills to me just now, I still wouldn't be able to figure out why I kept wanting to sleep all day long yesterday. Come to think of it, I might have actually taken them.
The sleeping pills are causing the problem."
"Then why do you look so indifferent? This is obviously someone maliciously drugging you. Don't you... feel scared?"
Dongling Yuanhao looked at Ximen Yourong's indifference and raised his eyebrows. If she was really drugged on her wedding day, someone obviously wanted to harm her, or wanted to see her laugh, otherwise the other party would not have drugged her.
It is a drowsy drug, but a fatal drug.
But this Ximen Yourong is really different. She doesn't have any strange emotions about it. Doesn't she know how easy it is for someone to plot and suppress her situation?
Ximen Yourong always smiled slightly, and she asked:
"It's just a little medicine that makes you sleepy. If you take it, you can have a good night's sleep and no one will die. What should I be afraid of?"
"The person who gave the drug may want you to fall asleep during the grand ceremony and make a fool of yourself in public, or make you lose etiquette in front of the emperor during the wedding night, thus ruining the good things between you and the emperor. If you are not careful,
You might offend the emperor, and in that case, wouldn't your life be even more difficult?"
"As long as my last name is Ximen, will my life be easy?"
Ximen Yourong spoke straightforwardly, which made Dongling Yuanhao speechless, but he suddenly smiled and said:
"I don't think the emperor's sister-in-law should be so pessimistic. At least the emperor's brother was in your palace last night. This is equivalent to telling the world that he recognized your identity."
"Your Majesty is a wise king who abides by etiquette and law. He respects the oath of his ancestors and has no choice but to accept me."
"Don't you think that the emperor's sister-in-law only accepts you because of the order of the ancestors? Maybe you are also attracted to him?"
"Does Prince Hao think it's possible?"
"Why is it impossible? Sister-in-law, you are very special, and..."
Dongling Yuanhao stared at Ximen Yourong's face with a naughty look. He laughed and said:
"Sister-in-law, although you are a bit unpretentious in dressing up, you are actually as beautiful as a fairy. If you dress up again, you will definitely be able to crush thousands of women and become the unique golden phoenix when you go out. I don't believe in you.
The light cannot be seen by the emperor!"
Ximen Yourong was not tired of listening to Dongling Yuanhao's funny compliments. She poured a cup of tea for Dongling Yuanhao and herself, then picked up her own cup and took a sip of it before saying:
"Prince Hao has a deep brotherly relationship with His Majesty, and he must also hate the Ximen family to the core, but why are you willing to set foot in the Lengyue Palace and talk to me so freely?"
From the first time Dongling Yuanhao came to Lengyue Palace to "chat" with her, Ximen Yourong could feel that his temperament was true and sincere.
However, she didn't understand why he didn't look at her strangely like other people, or obviously wanted to ridicule her!
Dongling Yuanhao smiled, took a sip of tea, then scratched his nose and said:
"As the emperor's sister-in-law said, I have a deep relationship with the emperor's brother. Even though the emperor's brother hates it, I don't like it too much. To be honest with the emperor's sister-in-law, before I knew you, it was impossible for me to treat you. But I
I really want to see who you are, how could you be so unlucky to be this damn queen? But, I don’t know if it’s because I’m too kind, or because you, the emperor’s sister-in-law, are hiding soul-stirring skills, I drank you in the dark.
After a few cups of tea nectar, I actually silently agreed with you, the imperial sister-in-law who is several years younger than me."
"Oh, so I have to thank the tea trees in the back hall. If they hadn't been full of flowers, I wouldn't have had the chance to bribe you to see me."
Upon hearing this, Ximen Yourong knew that the tea nectar Dongling Yuanhao mentioned was referring to the several cups of nectar tea she entertained him on the first day she came to Lengyue Palace.
But when it came to the tea tree, Dongling Yuanhao laughed and said:
"Sister-in-law, don't you find it interesting to talk about it? Brother Huang wanted to embarrass you from the beginning, but at the same time, he also solved the problem for you. For example, the tea tree he planted allowed you to live in peace without eating it.
Is it a night without drinking? When I think of the emperor’s deliberate torment, but in the end it just makes me lonely, I feel so refreshed. I really hope that there will be more of this kind of thing in the future.”
Dongling Yuanhao's look of wishing he could see Dongling Yuanyong shriveled up really made Ximen Yourong want to laugh.
Everyone respects Dongling Yuanyong, but Dongling Yuanyong is different. He seems to be less taboo about Dongling Yuanyong's identity.
But since Dongling Yuanyong allows Dongling Yuanhao to be so unruly, it can be seen that he dotes on Dongling Yuanhao.
From this point of view, Dongling Yuanyong, who has become an emperor, has a warm heart.
But, I don’t know if his warmth can be more, just give her a little bit!
Ximen Yourong was silent for a while, and Dongling Yuanhao didn't know if she was overjoyed, or if Ximen Yourong's tea drinking behavior concealed her absent-mindedness, so that Dongling Yuanhao didn't see that she was thinking about other things.
He narrowed his eyes and stared at Ximen Yourong. He suddenly slapped his thigh and said cheerfully:
"Sister-in-law of the Emperor, I suddenly realized that you might be Brother Huang's nemesis in the future!"
In fact, Dongling Yuanhao didn't know why he felt this way, especially when he imagined that Dongling Yuanyong and Ximen Yourong, who were also overly calm, were getting together. He really had a suspicion that nothing would happen if they didn't happen.
Facing his unbridled imagination, Ximen Yourong just smiled and said:
"It's too late for me to look up to your brother. How can I dare to cause trouble for your brother and be his nemesis?"
"Well, it's hard to say, and it's hard to say. Anyway, I think it's very possible for you, Sister-in-law of the Emperor, to make the Emperor's brother suffer."
"Ha...!" Ximen Yourong smiled and avoided the topic. She looked at the sky and said:
"Prince Hao, I just heard that you were leaving the city to go to the military camp. I don't mind letting you continue chatting, but are you sure you still have time to stay?"
It wasn't that Ximen Yourong didn't want to entertain Dongling Yuanhao, the fact was that it was time for her to go see Concubine Yi. If she didn't leave, she would have to go back and forth in the dark.
But as soon as she mentioned going to the military camp, Dongling Yuanhao's face turned bitter, and he lamented resignedly:
"Let me just say, eating, drinking, having fun and chatting is my ambition in life. Just now I felt extremely happy. Sister-in-law, you are not opening any pot, and my happiness has stopped... Alas, I have to leave the city.
, if the imperial brother finds out that I am still slacking off in the palace, he will most likely whip me."
Dongling Yuanhao said, he stood up reluctantly, then looked at Ximen Yourong and said with a smile:
“I will come to Lengyue Palace again next time I come back. I like the food here!”
"Welcome anytime!" Ximen Yourong stood up and smiled.
Dongling Yuanhao had already taken a step, but he suddenly stopped and looked back at Ximen Yourong and said:
"Sister-in-law, this palace may be boring most of the time, or it may be very interesting. For example, you were inexplicably given sleeping pills on your wedding day. Don't you think this is very interesting?"
"Whether it's interesting or boring, I just want you to be in peace."
Ximen Yourong didn't care much about Dongling Yuanyong's subtle hints. She certainly knew what it meant that she was drugged.
It's just that she didn't expect that before she even started to adapt to the palace life, the palace had already laid out an intriguing banquet for her!