Thinking about it this way, he had a number in his heart.

I think that Concubine Li Xian had been too diligent in sending soup to the Qianqing Palace before, and she was suspected of competing for favor and beauty, maybe Queen Zhou and the Xue family beat her.

Yuan Zhi couldn't help but shake his head, in front of his own brother, he didn't shy away from it, "Before, I thought that the queen was too generous, but I didn't expect her to be jealous, and I was also worried that Concubine Li Xian would compete for favor." ”

"Brother Huang thinks the queen is competing for favor?"

When Yuan Tao heard this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for Queen Zhou.

Motoji asked him rhetorically, "Isn't it?" ”

Xiao Kiko pursed his lips and didn't say anything, but Yuan Zhi glanced at his expression and knew that there was still an inside story here.

Yuan Tao told Yuan Zhi what Xue told him, "If the imperial brother thinks so, the younger brother will be aggrieved for the imperial sister-in-law." In fact, it doesn't matter if the imperial brother loves Concubine Li Xian, the important thing is Concubine Li Xian, she used her means to get the imperial brother's favor by the imperial sister-in-law. ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Brother Huang, do you still remember, why did you pamper Concubine Li Xian for the first time?"

Yuan Zhi recalled that that day was in Kunning Palace, Concubine Li Xian stewed soup for Queen Zhou, and it happened that he went to the palace of Queen Zhou, and saw that Concubine Li Xian was very humble and decent, so he went to her Changchun Palace that night.

Now that Yuan Tao said this, he immediately understood.

Concubine Li Xian didn't go early or late, and chose him to go to Kunning Palace when he went down to the court, knowing that he would go to Kunning Palace when he got down from the morning court on weekdays.

That's a good intention......

He looked at Xiao Jizi on the side, and Xiao Jizi said: "Don't ask the slave the emperor, the second prince is the emperor's younger brother, and what he said will naturally not be false." ”

This is the acquiescence to Yuan Tao's words.

Yuan Zhi couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he didn't expect Concubine Li Xian to be such a person, not as pure and harmless as he imagined.

Just thinking about it, a little eunuch suddenly announced outside, "The queen mother has arrived, and the second princess has arrived-"

It turned out that the two of them made snacks and sent them over.

Yuan Zhi turned his head to look out, and saw the two of them walking in with a smile, followed by three or four little palace maids, all carrying food boxes in their hands.

I don't know if the food box is not tightly covered, or the food inside is too fragrant to cover, the fragrance directly overflows.

Everyone who smelled it moved their index fingers, including Motoji.

Queen Zhou stepped forward and blessed her body, and said: "Let the emperor and the second prince wait for a long time, but they didn't do well, and please don't dislike the emperor and the prince." ”

Xue stepped forward and personally uncovered the lid of the food box in the palace maid's hand, and put the same delicate snacks on the table.

Motoji looked at it and recognized that one of them was the snack that Xiao Si and Xiao Wu had given him, although it was the leftover from them.

"The queen is really modest, isn't this exquisite?"

Queen Zhou said shyly: "This is made by the princess, and the concubine is made in another food box, and the emperor will not joke when he sees it." ”

So everyone was looking forward to it, staring at Xue Shi to open another food box.

Xiao Kiko stretched her neck even more, lest she miss this good show.

You must know that Queen Zhou has never been good at cooking, I only heard that she is good at female celebrities and housekeepers, and she is also proficient in literature and ink poetry, and her cooking skills have never been praised.

Xiao Jizi also wants to know what Queen Zhou can make dim sum.

He didn't want to be disappointed as soon as the food box was opened.

This food box is no different from the food box that was uncovered earlier, is it no different?

Not only is the type of dim sum the same, but even the appearance is similar, at most, Queen Zhou's dim sum is a little rough, and you can't see it if you don't look closely.

Yuan Zhi was also happy, and Yuan Tao said: "The imperial sister-in-law is indeed too modest, don't these two snacks look similar?" ”

Queen Zhou was immediately relieved when she heard such an evaluation, and only said: "Even if I do well, it is the princess who teaches me well, don't worry about it, I asked people to prepare freshly brewed Niuru tea, which is just right with dim sum, the emperor and the prince should try it." ”

Out of respect and inferiority, both of them wanted to taste the dim sum made by Queen Zhou first.

Unexpectedly, Queen Zhou's dim sum was put on the back table, a little far away, so Yuan Zhi and Yuan Tao both took the dim sum made by Xue's first.

Yuan Tao is used to eating, and Yuan Zhi has tasted it before, but he doesn't have today's fresh deliciousness, so he praised: "No wonder Xiao Si and Xiao Wu like the dim sum made by the princess so much, it's really delicious." I just told my second brother to ask the princess to make some more snacks for me to taste, but I didn't expect to taste it so quickly. ”

Xue Shi was ashamed, and said with a smile: "It was the idea of the queen's mother." said that they wanted to cook together, not only to learn from each other, but also to make some snacks for the emperor and express the queen's heart. ”

Queen Zhou lowered her head slightly when she heard this, and her ears were a little hot.

Yuanzhi was also hot, and this time the silver chopsticks stretched out a little farther and went to the snacks made by Queen Zhou.

As soon as the snack was eaten, the smile on his face suddenly froze.

Why do you eat it when it looks like the same dim sum......

"Brother Huang, how is it?"

Yuan Tao asked him, but Yuan Zhi didn't answer, so he took one by himself.

Motoji immediately pressed his hand.

At this time, everyone was surprised, and their eyes fell on Yuanji's hand.

Yuan Zhi quickly showed a smile, "Oh, it's nothing, I just want to say, second brother, you have to taste it carefully, this is your imperial sister-in-law's intention, don't live up to it-"

Failing those two words, he bit extraordinarily hard.

Yuan Tao didn't know what to do, and took a bite of the dim sum, and that moment was like an enlightenment, he understood......

"The heart of the imperial sister-in-law...... It's delicious. ”

"yes, it's delicious."

Yuan Tao is interested, Yuan Zhi's face does not change, and he follows Yuan Tao to speak.

The two brothers moved almost identically, quickly throwing most of the remaining snacks from the chopsticks into their mouths, and then swallowed them with a grunt.

"Really?"

Queen Zhou was surprised and delighted, and couldn't help but pick up the dishes and chopsticks in front of her, and wanted to taste one too.

She was so busy making dim sum that she didn't have time to taste it after she finished it, so she hurriedly sent it to Yuanji.

Originally, she was still a little apprehensive, feeling that she might not succeed in doing it for the first time, and she didn't want Yuanzhi and Yuantao to say that it was delicious, but her self-confidence came back.

Yuan Zhi didn't have time to stop it, but he saw that Queen Zhou had already sandwiched a snack and sent it to her mouth.

She gently opened her lips and bit it—

At that moment, Yuan Zhi almost regretted a little, regretting why he didn't learn martial arts better in the first place, like those masters of the rivers and lakes, and knocked off the dim sum in her hand with a brush.

It's a pity that there is no room for regret.

He watched as Empress Zhou's expression changed from delight to eccentricity, and finally from eccentricity to embarrassment......

Yuanzhi suddenly felt a little sorry for her, "I just feel good when I eat, don't you say?" Who dares to say that the dim sum made by my queen is not delicious, and I will never spare him! ”

Thinking that Yuan Zhi had swallowed all the dim sum, Queen Zhou was ashamed and moved.