Inside the Kunning Palace.

Queen Zhang Yue sat in the house, drinking tea leisurely.

Xiao Tong, the maid next to her, blushed and stared at Hua Rongdao on the table, at a loss.

"Hah! Xiaotong, this is my new bureau, I guess you will definitely not be able to solve it, but you can't even walk down three steps, I really didn't guess. Zhang Yue sneered at Xiaotong proudly.

Xiaotong pouted, "Niangniang, you are much smarter than Xiaotong, and you are good at tricks, it's normal that I can't solve the game you made." ”

"Shao Poor Mouth, you followed me to take mental arithmetic classes in the academy back then, and your mental arithmetic level is at least middle or upper among the academy disciples, even if you can't solve it, you won't be trapped like this."

Zhang Yue suddenly smiled weirdly, "Is it that I have been with Mu Bin too much time recently, and I don't have the kung fu to think of a way to break the game?" ”

Xiaotong's face turned red instantly, and he hurriedly covered it up, "Niangniang, it's difficult for you Xiaotong, this game is so powerful, it's hard for the emperor!" Xiaotong is not broken, the slave maid went to the imperial dining room to see if the osmanthus crystal cake was cooked? With that, he turned and ran out.

Zhang Yue looked at Xiaotong's back and felt funny in his heart. Counting the days, it has been more than two months since she was named the queen, and her daily life is no different from before, Zhu Youzhu is not there except for the early dynasty and when he was dealing with the government, almost all of his diet and daily life are in Kunning Palace.

When he went to court during the day, she would read books in the palace, practice calligraphy, raise flowers, study new delicacies, and when Zhu Youzhu came back after dealing with a day's official duties in the evening, the emperor and queen would cook tea together, read poems and paintings, talk about the past and the present, just like the daily life of ordinary couples.

It's just that there are many restraints and etiquette in the palace, and after all, there is no ease outside. Although the emperor gave her a token to leave the palace, but now that she is named the queen, she can't always go out of the palace, and can only go out once in a while to relieve her boredom. Thinking of this, Zhang Yue felt a little helpless and emotional.

A burst of osmanthus fragrance came into the dormitory, interrupting Zhang Yue's thoughts, and Xiaotong walked in with a plate of delicate pastries.

"Niangniang, the imperial dining room has made the first osmanthus crystal cake according to your recipe and preparation method, you can taste it!"

The osmanthus cake is still hot, Zhang Yue twists a piece and puts it in his mouth, the delicate pastry melts in his mouth, a fragrance of osmanthus instantly overflows his lips and tongue, and the food passes through the esophagus, and a cool feeling comes.

"Good! Good! It's not a loss to be the imperial chef in the palace, and the taste is quite authentic! Today, the pastry chefs in the imperial dining room were rewarded with twenty taels of silver each. ”

Zhang Yue praised again and again, "Xiaotong, put this plate of pastries in the food box, the emperor should review and fold it in the imperial study, let's send it to him while it's hot." ”

Xiao Tong smiled and nodded, "Yes!" Niangniang, you are really good to the emperor!

Zhang Yue glanced at Xiao Tong with a teasing gaze, "It's okay, I also learned from others, I heard that someone sent hot meat buns to the lover on the night shift late at night....."

Xiaotong's face turned red again, Daming's queen mother was really a little gossipy, "Niangniang, the slave maid went to find the food box." ”

Zhang Yue thought about it, and put Huarong Dao on the table into his arms.

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In the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Youzhu was behind the imperial case at this time, concentrating on the review and recital, and the eunuch Huai En, who was the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, and Xiao Jing, the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, were on duty.

After reading a fold handed over by Huaien, Zhu Youzhang's eyes dimmed slightly, and he put down the fold in his hand.

"Huai Lao, the young eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch Zuo Yong is on the fold, please pre-select the lady to fill the harem?"

Huai'en's eyes flashed, "Your Majesty, the old slave has seen it when he was sorting out the folds. ”

Zhu Youzhu said unhurriedly, "Well, what do you think?" ”

"The old slave thinks that Young Eunuch Guo's recital is reasonable."

Zhu Youzhang's eyes were as deep as a pool, and he was silent for a moment, "Huai Lao, I remember that Guo Yong seems to be your apprentice, right?" ”

Huai En's face changed slightly, "Back to the emperor, Guo Yong is indeed an apprentice brought by the old slave. ”

"Hmm!"

Zhu Youzhu replied lightly, and then did not speak again, Guo Yong let him throw it to an inconspicuous corner of the imperial case. He continued to review the other notes as if nothing had happened.

Wynne looked at the recital in the corner, his cloudy gaze not taking away for a long time.

The eunuch on duty outside the door walked in and saluted the emperor respectfully, "Your Majesty, the queen asks to see you outside the palace." ”

The pen in Zhu Youzhang's hand stopped, and his eyes immediately lit up, "Hurry up." ”

Zhang Yue took Xiaotong into the study, and the two were about to give Zhu Youzhu a gift.

Zhu Youzhu helped Zhang Yue before he walked out of the imperial case, "Yue'er, why are you here?" ”

Zhang Yue said with a smile, "Your Majesty, I gave the secret recipe of the crystal osmanthus cake of the academy to the pastry chefs in the imperial dining room, today is the first finished product made, I tasted it just now, it is very delicious, so I took advantage of the heat and brought it to you." ”

Zhu Youzhu smiled, "I must taste the pastries brought by the queen herself." ”

Xiaotong hurriedly took out the plate of crystal osmanthus cake from the food box and respectfully served it to the emperor.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at the pastry, then at Zhang Yue, and said with a smile, "My hands are dyed with ink, Yue'er feed me." ”

"......" Zhang Yue looked at the eunuchs and palace maids around the imperial study, and blushed.

Zhu Youzhu glanced at the people left and right, "Everyone stand back." ”

The people in the house retreated instantly.

Before leaving, Wynne glanced at the two of them deeply, and a trace of melancholy flashed in his eyes.

"Yue'er, you can feed me now."

Zhang Yue picked up the plate, twisted a piece of pastry, and sent it to Zhu Youzhang's mouth, Zhu Youzhu opened his lips and bit the pastry one by one, and licked Zhang Yue's fingers a few times intentionally or unintentionally in the process, a warm feeling came, Zhang Yue's face became more and more ruddy, and he stuffed a plate of pastries in his hand into Zhu Youzhang's hand,

"The emperor can enjoy it himself!"

Zhu Youzhang's dark eyes showed a slight hint of smiling rather than smiling, picked up the pastry, and ate it elegantly.

Zhang Yue remembered something, and seeing that there were no outsiders in the house, he took out the box containing Huarong Dao from his arms, opened it and put it on the imperial case, and said proudly,

"Your Majesty, this game is something I just came up with, I have made Xiaotong cry in the past two days, you can also explain it, give you a day, and you will definitely give me the answer at dinner tomorrow."

Zhu Youzhu ate the pastry in his mouth, his eyes swept over Huarong Road, paused slightly, and his gaze left.

Zhang Yue thought that the emperor was disturbed by her difficult situation, and said proudly, "The difficulty is high enough, haha, I have studied it for a few days, if the emperor can solve it before dinner tomorrow, I will lose you 1,000 taels of silver, of course, if you can't solve it, the emperor will give me 2,000 taels of silver in turn......"