The regent's spoiled princess wakes up

Chapter 11 Dihua Cake

"Shut up!" Empress Dowager Liu glared at her biological son, "The empress mother is... the empress mother said to the ancestors of the Taimiao in the palace, what do you know?!"

Yang Xuan glanced coldly at the three people in front of him, and suddenly thought of a sentence that said, "If you are not a family, you will not enter a family."

Zhao Hongyi pulled Zhao Shuang to sit down beside the table with a playful smile, pointed to the cakes on the table and explained to her one-on-one, "Sister Zhaohua, this pink rice cake is delicious and sweet, and this emerald green rice cake is delicious. It's not tasty, it tastes like eating grass."

"That's Qingai Cake!" Empress Dowager Liu put her hand on her forehead and rubbed between her brows helplessly.

This son is in his teens, and he is still a child at heart, he only knows how to eat, drink and play.If things go on like this, when will it be possible to take power in person?

Zhao Shuang glanced at the food on the table, and his eyes stayed on a plate of off-white petal-shaped pastries, "Mother, what is that?"

"Oh, that's what the Marquis of Yongchang just paid tribute to. It seems to be called... Dihua Cake, which is said to be a special product of Xunyang City. It's the first time my mother has seen it." Empress Dowager Liu ordered a little maid to bring the dish to Zhao Shuang. , and said with a cheerful smile, "Regent, Zhao Hua, try it."

As soon as Yang Xuan heard the name of Marquis Yongchang, Yang Xuan glanced at Zhao Shuang beside him. The latter suppressed his smile, took a piece with his chopsticks, and did not put it in his mouth for a long time.

"Marquis Yongchang... When did he enter the palace?" She suppressed the trembling in her voice and asked in a cold voice.

"I didn't enter the palace. I said I just arrived in Beijing. Last night, I sent a clever little girl to send a tribute. Among them was this Dihua cake, which was said to be a special product in Jiangnan." Empress Dowager Liu glanced at the two people opposite with a smile. , I feel so strange.

When these two people heard about Yongchang, their expressions changed, as if they had seen a ghost.

Xunyang City is thousands of miles away from Shangjing, they should have never seen the Marquis of Yongchang.

"Little girl?" Zhao Shuang clenched her fists and asked intently, "Is she called Honghu?"

"This... the queen mother didn't bother." Empress Dowager Liu straightened up and looked at her suspiciously. "That little girl looks thirteen or fourteen years old, with dark eyes, and looks very clever."

It's just a declining Marquis Mansion who sent a country girl here, why does Zhaohua care so much?

"Thirteen or fourteen?" Zhao Shuang sneered in his heart.

After the master gave them the elixir, the appearance of the two of them would never change over time. My appearance stayed at the age of 17, while Honghu stayed at the age of 14.

The master often goes out and travels, and he does not see anyone all year round.

The years in the mountains are easy to pass, and she and Honghu are far away from the troubles of the world, and I don't know how many years have passed.

At that time, she didn't realize that her junior sister Honghu, although she looked innocent like a girl on the surface, was actually a poisonous woman with deep scheming until her face was burned by the real fire.

Yang Xuan gently shook her hand.

"Sister Zhaohua, this Dihua Cake is not good! Try this Hibiscus and Osmanthus Cake," Zhao Hongyi ate the food on the table heartlessly, and brought her a plate of cherry pink glutinous rice cake, "I This is my favorite."

Zhao Shuang turned her head and saw that Zhao Hongyi's mouth was full of food, and he was looking at her with big eyes blinking.

She sighed, pinched Zhao Hongyi's thin face with a smile, "Your Majesty, why don't you gain weight by eating like this every day?"

"Oh, Hongyi has been weak since he was a child, and he has been sick twice in three days. I don't know how many times I have pulled him back from the ghost gate with great difficulty..." Empress Dowager Liu said, and began to wipe her tears again, "Every time this palace Burning incense and praying to Buddha every day, and giving him all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, he still doesn't gain weight..."

Zhao Shuang looked at Zhao Hongyi's face.This child has good facial features, but he is not strong, and... he looks like he is not blessed.

"Empress Dowager, the emperor is still young, and his body will naturally become stronger when he grows up in the future." Yang Xuan took a glass of wine and drank it, watching the reunion of the three people as a family.

"Yes, yes." Empress Dowager Liu nodded quickly, and wiped away her tears again, "I heard that there is a small country rebelling in the southern border, and my palace and the emperor's orphans and widows can only rely on the regent..."

"Don't worry, Empress Dowager, with General Cui guarding the southern border, everything will be safe." Yang Xuan held the wine cup and glanced at Zhao Shuang. "This king also plans...to go to the southern border to inspect military affairs next month."

"That's good, that's good." Empress Dowager Liu laughed through her tears, and suddenly said, "A few days ago, General Zhang also mentioned that the regent has been with him since he was a child and has won countless battles. God blesses me with the regent here. .”

"General Zhang...is it alright?" the brocade-robed man's hand holding the wine cup froze suddenly, and he asked with downcast eyes.

Zhao Shuang turned to look at him, and saw an obscure light flashing in his eyes.

"General Zhang is old and has been living in the mansion for the elderly. Although he is free, there is nothing wrong with it." Empress Dowager Liu changed her style, suddenly glanced at Zhao Shuang, shook her head and said, "It's just his daughter-in-law Zhang Shier , it is said that she is married to a small official in the Ministry of War, and has been making peace and separation for the past two years. General Zhang is very troubled."

Zhao Shuang rolled his eyes.

Empress Dowager Liu would not mention this Zhang Shi'er for no reason, and even gave herself a meaningful look.Thinking back to what she said just now that the regent was with General Zhang when he was young, could it be...there is some unknown past between Zhang Shi'er and Yang Xuan?

In her previous life, when she lived in a Taoist temple on the mountain, she often looked for some folk tales to read when she had nothing to do. In the tales, there were many tragic stories about gifted scholars and beauties, and childhood sweethearts who were torn apart by the world.

Zhao Shuang seemed to understand something suddenly, and asked, "Who did Zhang Shier marry?"

If she found out who her husband was, asking Nanny Chang to pay some money to help with the management, and let him release him and bring him into the palace, wouldn't it be another good way to please the regent?

"Why are you asking this?" Yang Xuan tugged at her hand.

Zhao Shuang smiled embarrassingly.What's so embarrassing?

"It's the Ministry of Officials, oh no, it's a sixth-rank official from the Ministry of War. It seems to be called... Cheng Yu. He looks good, but he just does nothing." Empress Dowager Liu ignored Yang Xuan's cold expression and replied with a smile, " Far worse than the Regent."

A few people ate and chatted, and soon it was evening.

Yang Xuan ordered people to give all the gifts they brought to Empress Dowager Liu and Zhao Hongyi, and planned to leave.

Empress Dowager Liu took Zhao Shuang's hand reluctantly and said, "Zhaohua, it's the first time our mother and daughter meet, and the empress mother doesn't know what gift to give you."

"Why do you have to be polite, Queen Mother? Just now, Shuang'er was already full, so how could you have the nerve to take your things? Besides, I don't lack anything there." Zhao Shuang glanced at Queen Mother Liu and Zhao Hongyi, both of them were dressed in simple clothes, She was also embarrassed that the lion opened his mouth.

"Zhaohua, you live alone outside the palace. After thinking about it, the queen mother suddenly realized that you need a guard by your side." The queen mother Liu glanced outside the house, as if she had a flash of inspiration, "The queen mother sees that Ranyan and Ruoji are not bad. Clever, why don't you choose one to visit the nursing home?"

Empress Dowager Liu felt that the two dogs were getting more and more food, and there was a tendency that they could not afford to keep them, so she decided to throw one of them to the Prince Regent's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)