675 Black Eggs and Consort Yun (3)
“No! I don’t have any official business.” The Emperor immediately interrupted her, as if she was going to go back on her word if he was a step later.
Consort Yun covered her face and smiled. She led a string of little black eggs into the house. The Emperor was still in a daze from her smile as he let Dabao lead him into the house.
“Your Majesty! Your Majesty!” In the Central Palace, the Empress was sitting in front of a large table of dazzling dishes, waiting for the Emperor to come and eat. Suddenly, an eunuch hurriedly walked in. “Your Majesty, His Majesty sent someone to tell you not to wait for him to eat.”
A trace of disappointment flashed across the Empress’s eyes. “Is there official business in the court again?”
The eunuch lowered his head and said, “No, there wasn’t any official business.”
The Empress was puzzled. “Then what’s going on? His Majesty has something on his mind and doesn’t want to eat anymore?”
The eunuch lowered his head even more.
The Empress’s gaze turned slightly cold. “If you have anything to say, just say it.”
“Yes,” the eunuch replied in a low voice. “His Majesty went to the Vermilion Bird Palace.”
The Empress’s expression changed. “What did you say? Where did His Majesty go?”
The servant stuttered in fear. “V-Vermillion Bird Palace, Honored Consort Yun’s bedchamber.”
The Empress’s eyes turned slightly cold as she asked strangely, “Why did His Majesty go there?”
In the morning, he had promised her that he would not see the honored consort again. Why did he break his promise?
Although the relationship between the Emperor and the Honored Consort was most likely not because of old feelings, as long as she thought of the Emperor appearing in the Honored Consort’s bedchamber, she would always feel uneasy.
The eunuch said, “I think… a relative of Her Highness, the Honored Consort came. The Emperor brought them to visit Her Highness.”
The Empress said indifferently, “The Shen family has long cut ties with her. Where does she have relatives?”
Besides, what relatives could be sent over personally by the Emperor? In a flash, the Empress realized something. She clenched her fists and asked, “What kind of relatives? How old is he? What does he look like?”
The eunuch thought for a while and said, “Three children, about two or three years old.”
The Empress closed her eyes. The little masters of the Helian family, the little Gu Elders of the Gu Palace, and the great-grandsons of Nanzhao! It was indeed them!
In the Vermilion Bird Palace, the food was served. The Emperor and Consort Yun sat down with the three little fellows.
This was the first time Consort Yun had dinner with her family since she entered the palace, and it was also the first time the Emperor had dinner with Consort Yun. What made the Emperor frown was that the table was filled with vegetarian food. It was obvious that the little fellows did not like vegetarian food.
It was true that they were not picky. They ate everything that was in their bowls, but eating happily was still different from eating with a frown.
The Emperor put down his chopsticks and called the chef from the small kitchen over. “Why is it all vegetarian?”
The chef knelt down and kowtowed. “Your-Your-Your-Your Majesty, Her Highness’ health isn’t good, and meat and fish can’t be eaten. That’s why we specially made vegetarian food to nourish Her Majesty’s body.”
The Emperor looked at Consort Yun, who was silently eating, and the little black eggs that looked like they had tasted wax. He said to the chef, “Go make a few meat dishes.”
“Yes!” The chef hurriedly left. He did not expect the Emperor to eat here. Otherwise, he would not dare to give him an all-vegetarian banquet even if he had a hundred guts!
The Emperor said to Consort Yun, “Tell them what you want to eat. Although your health is important, you don’t have to make things difficult for yourself.”
Consort Yun secretly rolled her eyes. If you have the ability, go and tell your Empress. Tell her not to find the imperial physician to take my pulse and not let anyone deduct my food!
Since the Emperor had personally given the order, the chef did not dare to be negligent. Not long after, he made braised pork, white braised mutton, steamed sea bass, steamed eggs with scallops, and crab roe tofu.
“Slurp ~” Consort Yun’s eyes lit up. She thought that she had hidden it well, but she did not know that the Emperor had already seen her.
The Emperor picked up the braised pork for the three little fellows one by one. When he picked up the fourth piece, which was also the fattest piece, Consort Yun drooled.
The Emperor’s hand trembled imperceptibly. He composed himself and placed the braised pork in Consort Yun’s bowl.
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