The two sat down and ate together face to face, and Zhu Youzhu ate very elegantly.

Zhang Yue ate unhurriedly today. She took a few bites, and said regretfully,

"This fish is really blind to good material for nothing."

Zhu Youzhu looked at her with a smile and said, "Since you are not satisfied with this taste, let Ji Quan change a batch of cooks tomorrow." ”

Zhang Yue hurriedly said, "Don't be, in fact, the cooking level of the chefs in the East Palace Dining Room is also good, but I have followed the master to eat good things over the years, and when I lived in the Senior Brother's Mansion before, the chefs in the Senior Brother's Mansion were also very powerful, which caused my tongue to eat badly." It's really not about the cook! ”

"But what if you can't get used to the taste?"

"Your Highness, don't worry, I asked for the key to the dining room today, and when I'm hungry, I can do it myself with Xiaotong." Zhang Yue said proudly.

"You want to do it yourself?"

"Not bad! How? Doesn't the East Palace let the crown princess cook for herself? Zhang Yue asked tentatively.

"It's not that you can't, but there is a condition."

"On what terms?" Zhang Yue looked at Zhu Youzhu with big eyes.

"You've made delicious food, and you want me to have a portion."

Zhang Yue laughed, "Of course it's no problem, we are good friends, naturally we have delicious food to eat together!" ”

When Zhu Youzhu heard the three words of good friend, a trace of waves flashed in his eyes, and then he disappeared.

There were bursts of laughter from the Mingde Hall, which had been quiet for a long time, adding a bit of vitality to this century-old palace.

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yue has been staying in the East Palace for more than a month, and during this time, she has become familiar with the daily life of the East Palace.

Zhu Youzhu has to go out to deal with government affairs during the day. As long as I come back early in the evening, I will have dinner with Zhang Yue. After dinner, Zhu Youzhu would go to the study again and be busy until late at night before coming back to rest, and leave early in the morning. Many times, Zhang Yue hardly knew when Zhu Youzhu would come back and when he would leave.

Zhang Yue's life is very free, and he gets up every morning to play a set of Sipingquan fitness taught by the academy teacher in the courtyard. After breakfast, he changed into men's clothes, secretly ran out of the side door, or went to Li Dongyang's mansion to chat with Liu's two nephews and play, or went to Yundingtian to find Yuan Mo to play chess and drink and chat.

It's just that every time he goes to play with Yuan Mo, he always advises Zhang Yue to get out of the East Palace as soon as possible and stop being this fake princess. Zhang Yue only agreed very obediently.

Occasionally, Zhang Yue was forced by Yuan Mo to be anxious, and she also went to Qin Tianjian Yang and Ma Jian Hou to drink and catch up, if Yang Jian Hou and Ma Jian Hou knew that this former colleague was the Ming Princess, it was estimated that their jaws would fall.

Every day before dinner, she will definitely return to the East Palace and have dinner with Zhu Youjiao.

At dinner, Zhang Yue told Zhu Youzhu what he heard during the day or what happened to him, and Zhu Youzhu always listened to Zhang Yue quietly and rarely commented.

After dinner, Zhu Youzhu would go to the study again to be busy until late. Zhang Yue studied and wrote in the room, and went to sleep when she felt tired. The days are spent leisurely like this.

On this day, Zhang Yue went fishing with Yuanmo to a private estate in the suburbs, and when he came back, he brought a basket of fresh cinnamon fish. After she returned to the Mingde Palace, she changed into a regular dress, called Xiaotong to carry the fish basket, and the two went to the dining room of the East Palace.

The dining room in the East Palace was very large, and the cooks were no longer as surprised and restrained as they were at the beginning when they saw their crown princess skillfully cooking Guiyu in front of the stove. Especially after the crown princess asked Mr. Ji to install a "baby" called a smoke blowing wood machine in the kitchen, when they stir-fry, the dining room no longer has such choking fumes. They didn't expect that the high-flying princess would care so much about the few cooks in the dining room, and they all felt grateful to Zhang Yue from the bottom of their hearts.

Sometimes when Zhang Yue came to the dining room, these cooks even dared to say a few words to the crown princess.

Soon, a pot of delicious eight-treasure cinnamon fish came out of the oven, and the fragrance spread along the edge of the pot, attracting people's index fingers.

Although those cooks are accustomed to food, they are also hungry at this time. Zhang Yue picked up a piece of fish meat with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

"Well, it's not bad!"

Xiaotong said with a smile next to him, "Niangniang, you still need to talk about your craftsmanship!" Your Eight Treasure Guiyu is unique in the world! When it's time for dinner, His Highness will definitely praise him! ”

Zhang Yue said happily while taking the fish out of the pot and putting it on the plate, "Mmmm, Xiaotong, I'm very comfortable with your sycophant!" ”

Everyone in the room burst out laughing.

At this time, a little eunuch ran in, and after greeting Zhang Yue, he said respectfully,

"Qi Yu Niangniang, Your Highness has official business, and I can't dine with you at dinner, so the special servant informed Niangniang."

Zhang Yue said with some regret, "Okay, I know, you can go down." The little eunuch went out in response.

Xiaotong looked at Zhang Yue with a slightly disappointed expression and said,

"Niangniang, Your Highness just won't come back at dinner, you will definitely come back tonight, let's send the fish to His Highness's study, His Highness will go to the study every night when he comes back, so that when His Highness comes back, he will eat your specialty!"

Zhang Yue's eyes lit up, "It's too, Xiaotong!" Or are you smart! ”

Saying that, Zhang Yue made two more delicious side dishes, and then took out a bowl of white rice, accompanied by Babao Guiyu, and put it in a sealed insulated wooden food box.

She asked Xiaotong to carry the food box, and was just about to go out, as if she remembered something, she turned back to a few cooks and said,

"There are a few fish in the pot, so you can try them too. The next time I come back, give me some advice. ”

Several cooks hurriedly knelt down to thank him.

Zhang Yue smiled and left the kitchen with Xiaotong. The two of them came to Zhu Youzhang's study with light steps, there was a guard guarding the door of the study, Xiaotong stepped forward to explain his intention to the guard, the guard hesitated, but let him go.

After entering the study, Zhang Yue put the food box on the bookcase. Just about to leave. Suddenly, I found a painting spread out on the bookcase.

Zhang Yue curiously stepped forward to take a closer look, this is a landscape idyll, there is a simple and elegant courtyard in the beautiful mountains, in front of the courtyard Yuli a handsome man, is looking at the window in the room with affection A woman who is dressing in the mirror smiles.

Although the painting has not yet been paid, Zhang Yue can see at a glance that it is Zhu Youjiao's work, like the prince's impromptu work, and it has not been paid in a hurry.

Zhang Yue looked at the artistic conception of this painting, and liked it very much, but for some reason, a few words from the upper part of the Xuanweilu flashed in his mind.

She subconsciously picked up the brush on the pen, dipped the inkstone on the desk with ink, held the pen in her left hand, and wrote a few words in the blank space of the painting.