At dusk, the visitors in Fushou Palace have left one after another.

When Xiaoguo and Xiaobai were invited into the main hall, only the Empress Dowager was left inside, lying on the soft couch tiredly.

She was in good spirits, and when she saw them, she greeted them happily: "You are here, come and sit here!" ”

Xiaoguo has long been familiar with her, and there are no outsiders present, so she no longer pays attention to hypocrisy, and sits down next to the soft couch with Xiaobai.

"Why did you two remember to come over here?" Empress Dowager De touched Xiaobai's little face, but her eyes looked at Xiaoguo.

Xiaoguo smiled: "Xiaobai and I haven't seen you for many days, and I'm very worried!" A few days ago, because I was busy with the Hundred Flowers Society, my feet did not touch the ground, and Xiaobai was also busy with the king of Ding to meet the nobles of various countries, and it was time to rest! Today, things have finally come to an end for the time being, and I know that you are also very busy during the day, so you can only choose this time to come! ”

Empress Dowager De sighed: "Thank you for your hard work!" I don't have to worry about it here, although I'm busy, the hall is also lively, and it's more popular! ”

Xiao Bai's eyes slipped and looked at this and that, and seeing that everyone had ignored the most important thing, he couldn't help but hurriedly say: "Grandmother Huang, what did you see the queen mother and I brought?" ”

Only then did the Empress Dowager find that there was an extra food box on the mahogany table next to her.

She immediately came to her senses and wanted to get up and find out.

"Sit down, I'll take it!" Xiaoguo said in his mouth, got up and took out the cake, cut a small piece and handed it to the Empress Dowager.

The degree of love for cakes is beyond Xiaoguo's expectations, she not only likes the taste of cream in general, but also strongly asks Xiaoguo to teach her how to make it!

After eating the cake, the tiredness of the Empress Dowager seemed to be swept away, and she took Xiaoguo and Xiaobai with great interest to visit the newly-acquired baby.

She specially prepared a side room for these new and strange things.

At this time, a few red candles have been lit in the wing, and by the candlelight, you can see that there are rows of neat wooden shelves in the room, which are full of all kinds of rare treasures with unique shapes.

Empress Dowager De pointed to a wood carving carved into the shape of a flower, and there were several silver needles that were constantly swinging in the center of the flower, and introduced them to Xiaoguo: "Look, this is the flower needle sent by Zhang Queguo, which is the same as the hourglass we use, and it is used to calculate the hour!" ”

Xiaoguo carefully observed for a while, and found that it was similar to the clock she used in her previous life.

Empress Dowager De pointed to another model of a windmill and said, "This is the fan of the Dune Country!" ”

She glanced at the little eunuch beside her, who set the lantern aside and took the model off the shelf for a demonstration.

I saw him shake the log handle behind him with his hand, and the wind wheel in front of him turned rapidly, and a cool wind hit.

Xiao Guo nodded appreciatively, the same principle and function as the fan in the previous life, but the way of converting kinetic energy was different.

This thing aroused Xiaobai's strong interest, he tried to shake it a few times, and the more he played, the more he liked it and was reluctant to let go.

Empress Dowager De generously gave it to Xiaobai.

Empress Dowager De took them and walked inside, occasionally picking a few that she found interesting and rare, and showing them to Xiaoguo.

Whenever Xiaoguo and Xiaobailiu show their favorite expressions, or take a few more looks, she will generously give them them.

After stopping and stopping like this, after visiting the treasure house, Xiaobai's personal eunuch Xiaofuzi has already embraced it.

Even Xiaoguo was forced into a few brocade boxes containing novel jewelry.

After walking around, when the group walked outside, Xiaoguo suddenly stopped.

Empress Dowager De and Xiaobai turned their heads strangely, only to see Xiaoguo staring at a potted plant placed in the corner motionlessly.

Empress Dowager De walked to the flower pot and carefully looked at the plant, among the green branches and leaves, there were bunches of red and red fruits, she didn't see anything special, so she asked: "This is brought by the finch princess of Qingyun Kingdom, it is called Lantern Flower, it is the lucky flower of Qingyun Kingdom, which represents prosperity." Is there anything wrong with this flower? ”

Xiaoguo didn't seem to hear what she said, she approached the pot of plants one by one, and then picked a fruit with her hands, put it in her mouth and took a bite in everyone's surprised eyes.

"Ahh It's spicy! Xiaoguo hurriedly fanned her tongue with her hand, and she said excitedly while crying, "It's really chili!" I've finally found the chili! ”

Hot? What's that like?

Xiaobai looked curiously at Xiaoguo, who was crying and laughing, he followed Xiaoguo's example, and also picked a red fruit and put it in his mouth, and took a big bite.

I only heard a deafening cry that resounded through the sky, coming from Fushou Palace.

"Hurry up and ask for a doctor!" Empress Dowager De looked at Xiaobai, who couldn't stop crying, and was at a loss.

Xiaoguo was shocked to wake up by Xiaobai's cry, and after she asked the reason, she couldn't cry or laugh: "No need to call the imperial doctor!" Rinse your mouth with some tea and eat something sweet, and you'll be fine in a while! ”

So I was so frightened that the palace maids and eunuchs were busy, and I saw them carrying kettles, desserts, and mouthwashes, going in and out of a busy mess.

Xiaobai had a piece of osmanthus cake in his mouth, still sobbing intermittently, and the Empress Dowager helped him wipe the tears on his cheeks, and said worriedly: "But it still hurts?" ”

Xiao Bai had tears in his eyes, and said vaguely: "The imperial grandmother is not in pain, but the feeling of being burned." ”

Empress Dowager De asked Xiaoguo suspiciously: "This little fruit can actually burn in the mouth?" Queen Mother, if you don't look for a doctor, can it really be done? ”

Xiaoguo smiled: "This fruit is called chili, although the taste is spicy, it is indeed edible, it has the effect of sterilization and disinfection, and it will be fine!" ”

Empress Dowager De is still not at ease: "But..."

Xiaoguo took the mixed canned fruit in the hands of the palace maid, which was specially prepared for the Hundred Flowers Society and stored in the cellar and chilled: "Come, Xiaobai, take a bite of this, and your mouth will not be spicy!" ”

Xiaobai shed tears on Xiaoguo's hand and took a sip of the soup, the cold and sweet and sour taste covered up the residual hotness on the tip of the tongue.

Xiaobai only felt that the discomfort disappeared without a trace, his red and swollen eyes were still full of tears, narrowed into a slit, and choked up: "It's delicious!" ”

Empress Dowager De and Xiaoguo glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Red and spicy boiled fish, spicy fragrant pot, chili sauce, chili oil!

Xiaoguo's saliva can't stop flooding, she wants to use this pot of peppers as the mother plant and plant a large red pepper forest!

This pot of chili peppers was naturally brought back to Cining Palace by Xiaoguo.

That night, in order to compensate Xiaobai for the sin of eating chili peppers by mistake and to thank the Empress Dowager for her generous gift, Xiaoguo made their favorite salted duck, sauced beef, steamed mandarin fish and steamed eggs with shrimp.

After the meal, the three of them touched a few handfuls of the "Fighting Landlord" cards taught to them by Xiaoguo, and each went back to the palace to sleep.