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After passing Zhidemen, it is the area of the Eastern Palace.
Although Tao Ti had just finished visiting the East Palace yesterday, she remembered it well, took out the posture of the hostess, and introduced the various parts of the East Palace with Princess Six.
The Sixth Princess looked around curiously with big bright eyes, and responded obediently from time to time.
When passing through the small garden, the double-petal roses bloomed brightly. Under the bright sunshine, the purple-red petals bloomed heavily, brightly, and fragrant.
Taoti stopped and said to the Sixth Princess with a gentle voice, "Let's pick some roses and go back."
The sixth princess's eyes flashed and she asked, "Does sister-in-law want to make fragrant dew with picking flowers?"
Tao Ti smiled and said, "Don't make fragrant dew, pick some to make snacks."
When she visited the small garden yesterday, she looked at it. These roses were all edible roses. If it weren't for yesterday's main purpose to step on the map, she would have picked them yesterday. Now it's okay, so she just picks a basket and goes back.
Seeing this, Linglong immediately asked the eunuch to prepare the basket and scissors.
Taoti took Princess Six to the garden while choosing flowers with excellent quality.
"Bencao Main Text" records: "Roses are clear but not turbid, harmonious but not fierce, soften the liver and awaken the stomach, relieve qi and promote blood circulation, promote stagnation and eliminate no pungent, warm, hard and dry. Among the qi and medicines, they are the most effective and dominant, and there is almost no match for the aromatic products."
After picking a basket of flowers, two girls, one big and one little girl, returned to Yaoguang Hall.
Taoti's Yaoguang Hall was very warmly arranged. After getting familiar with the supervisors of the Three Temples and Five Bureaus, she asked for a lot of flower and potted plants, and planted flowers and plants in the empty place of Yaoguang Hall. A piece of fruit trees also planted in the backyard, such as pear trees, peach trees, apricot trees, pomegranate trees, etc., she happily thought that if the fruits were born next year, she could pick them and eat them freshly.
Of course, she also thought that perhaps before the fruit was full, Pei Yan gave her and Li Shu... and Li Shu. From another perspective, it was also Pei Yan's death notice.
Taoti tried not to think about such sad things. She hoped that Pei Yan would live more time, at least taste the fresh fruits of the four seasons, and enjoy more of the little beauty of the world. At this time, when facing death, there might be less regrets.
The Sixth Princess was a little restrained, but Taoti didn't treat her as an outsider at all. She placed all kinds of candied pastries in front of her and said softly, "Feifei, sit and rest for a while, I'll make some desserts for you."
"Sister-in-law, don't bother..." She stretched out her little finger and pointed down the pastry and candied fruit on the table, "There is so much to eat."
Tao Tilian said there was no trouble, so she turned around and got into the kitchen.
Seeing the princess and sister-in-law so enthusiastic, the Sixth Princess felt warm. She sat on the couch and waited properly, not running around or moving, and only picked up a piece of pea cake and ate it in small mouthfuls.
She thought that the "very quick" of the princess and sister-in-law said it was just a casual talk, but she didn't expect that when the tea in her cup was still warm, the princess and sister-in-law came back.
"It smells so good..." The Sixth Princess smelled the sweet fragrance and looked at the tray in the palace servant's hands curiously.
Taoti signaled the palace servants to set up the desserts and sit down opposite the Sixth Princess.
On the kang table with red sandalwood carved crutch pattern, two desserts were placed in exquisite white porcelain bowls. The appearance looked not much different from ordinary sweet soup, but the strong milk and flower fragrance filled the entire hall, as if it was trapped in a sweet and beautiful dream.
"Sister-in-law, what kind of snack is this? It's the first time I've seen you."
"This dish is peach gum milk round soup. The other is rose-scented ginger milk... I didn't plan to make ginger milk, but I saw that the roses we picked were very fresh, so I made it." Tao Ti handed her a silver spoon and smiled slightly, "Take it."
Children love desserts, not to mention the fragrance of the sweet soup in front of them, which makes people's index fingers tremble.
The sixth princess tasted peach gum milk round soup first. As soon as she took a bite, her dark eyes as deer-like as dark as a deer lit up, "Sister-in-law, this sweet soup is so delicious. I have never tasted such a good sweet soup!"
The peach gum is soft and glutinous, and the snow-white small rounds are also very elastic. If you take a bite, there is also a sour and sweet mulberry filling inside. At this time, you will have a sip of the sweet milk soup. It will be fragrant and refreshing, and full of happiness.
Taoti held her cheek and looked at her with a smile, "Then try this ginger-bumping milk again."
The Sixth Princess actually doesn't like pungent ingredients such as onion, ginger, and garlic. However, after tasting peach gum milk round soup, she has a certain trust in Taoti's cooking skills. When she looks at the white and tender dessert that is condensed together, she can't help but feel a little more anticipated.
It was like tender water tofu, and easily cut a spoonful. Princess Six put the spoon into her mouth, and the next moment, she was stunned.
The tender, smooth and sweet milk jelly melts in the mouth. The ginger smell is not strong, sweet and spicy. The charming fragrance of roses is mixed with the fragrance of milk, warm and warm, as if a heart also becomes warm and gentle.
"How is it?" Tao Ti asked.
"..." The Sixth Princess didn't say anything, just buried her little head, and ate the ginger and milk in front of her.
A faint thunder sound came from outside the window. Tao Ti looked out with his side, and the sky in the distance was dark, and a few gray-blue clouds floated quietly.
Her voice softly and she murmured, "It's going to rain again."
At this moment, a small movement suddenly came. She thought it was rain that fell. When she turned around, she realized that the sound was made by the Sixth Princess.
She was still eating the bowl of ginger and milk, but her head was buried very low, and her other hand was wiping her eyes from time to time.
Tao Ti felt something was wrong and cared about, "Feifei, what's wrong with you?"
The little girl didn't look up, her voice was soft and she was crying, "No, nothing."
Crying?!
Tao Ti's heart skipped a beat and hurried to her side, staring at the childish little face of the Sixth Princess, "What's wrong? Don't cry first, tell my sister-in-law if you have something to do, and I'll think of a solution with you, huh?"
Her gentle inquiry seemed to be a small key gently knocking open the sixth princess's closed heart.
Under the slightly dark light, the Sixth Princess slowly raised her little head. Her black eyes were like grapes stained with mist, and two lines of tears slid down her cheeks and the corners of her eyes were red.
Not to mention Tao Ti, even the palace people next to him were shocked: Are you happy to eat before, why did you suddenly cry?
The Sixth Princess's nanny was nervous, but due to the identity of the Crown Princess, she did not dare to go forward and ask rashly.
Taoti was at a loss and coaxed her, "What's wrong with you... don't cry first..."
Seeing her worry, the sixth princess quickly wiped her tears and twitched her nose, "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm fine. But the smell of ginger-beating milk reminds me of my mother..."
Taoti said: Ha???
As far as she knows, the recipe for ginger milk has not yet been made in this dynasty... So how did this dessert arouse the Sixth Princess's love for her mother? Could it be that the Sixth Princess' biological mother is also a time traveler?
The more she thought about it, the more she felt that it was possible. After all, there might be another time traveler who had broken system and dark socks in the underworld.
Thinking that there might be a modern fellow in the harem, Tao Ti reached out and patted Princess Six on the shoulder and comforted her, "Okay, don't cry anymore. I'll take you back later and go find your mother together?"
In an instant, the air around seemed to freeze.
The Sixth Princess' tears fell down like beads with broken threads.
Tao Ti, "…?" was very panicked.
Did you say something wrong?
She didn't know how to coax the child. She just used her instinct to reach out and hug Princess Six in her arms, and gently patted her back with her hand, "Don't cry, don't cry..."
When Pei Yan stepped into Yaoguang Hall, he happened to see the scene of the Sixth Princess crying in Tao Ti's arms.
Fu Xirui, who came in with his heels, took a breath: Is this... the Crown Princess bullied the Sixth Princess and cried?
Pei Yan's black eyes were filled with a deep cold light, and his hanging palms slowly tightened, and he strode forward.
"Your Highness..." Tao Ti looked at the person who came in surprise.
Pei Yan's pale lips pursed slightly, looked at everything in front of him quietly, and his voice was low, "What's wrong?"
Tao Ti's eyes were a little helpless, "Feifei misses her mother."
When the Sixth Princess heard the prince coming, she quickly put away her tears, suppressed her discomfort, left Tao Ti's arms, with big red eyes, and gently called "Brother Prince".
The chill in Pei Yan's eyes gradually faded away, and he changed back to the tolerance and tenderness he had in his usual daily life.
He asked in a warm voice, "Don't Xiaoliu don't like crying? Why do you cry like a little cat now?" As he said, he wiped her tears with a veil.
The light turned dark, and the sound of drizzling rain sounded outside the window. Tao Ti looked at the warm picture of the brother and sister in front of her and thought to herself: He is so gentle.
The Sixth Princess's mood gradually stabilized and she explained embarrassedly, "I used to make this dessert for me to eat. I thought I would never taste it again in my life... I suddenly tasted this familiar taste just now, and I couldn't control myself from my mother..."
She lowered her eyebrows and was full of apology, "Sister-in-law, I'm sorry, I worried you just now."
"It's okay." Tao Ti waved her hand, vaguely hearing something was wrong with the Sixth Princess' words. What does it mean that you can't taste it in your life? Could it be that the time traveler didn't make food for the little princess?
Even though Tao Ti had questions, she didn't speak, so as not to accidentally touch the little girl's sensitivity. It made her cry.
It was raining to stay guests, and Pei Yan and the Sixth Princess stayed in Yaoguang Hall.
Lunch was delivered from the kitchen, including cherry meat, shrimps, fish fillets, vegetarian stewed three fresh balls, crispy quail, and two dishes of vegetables, a soup, a sweet soup, and a few pastries. It was full of rich dishes.
Taoti heated up three salted duck eggs, one for each person.
As soon as the chopsticks were pierced, red oil emerged from it. She first dripped the red oil into the rice, then peeled the shell and ate the egg whites, leaving only the oily and bright egg yolks in a bowl, poked them with chopsticks, and mixed them with the rice to eat together.
The Sixth Princess looked at her eating method and felt it was fresh, "Sister-in-law, does it taste better to eat like this?"
Tao Ti said, "You'll know if you try it."
After the Sixth Princess cried in her arms, the distance between them was invisibly closer.
Seeing her say this, the Sixth Princess also followed suit. After eating a bite of rice mixed with salted egg yolks, her little face was filled with the pleasure of opening the door to the new world. "Wow, it's really delicious to eat like this, and you don't have to eat any more."
Taoti thought to himself, that's not the case. Modern bibimbap sauces are very good, such as salted mayonnaise and crab mayonnaise, but the price is not cheap.
Pei Yan unknowingly remembered the bowl of salted egg yolk fried rice last night, and also started eating them according to their way of eating.
The taste is indeed good, but...the fried rice from last night was still more fragrant.
Chapter completed!