Shaohua is Junqing

When Siyu woke up early the next morning, she was still wearing thick cotton clothes. Although she felt much better after taking a hot spring bath yesterday, it was winter and she was still very afraid of the cold.

Beitang Mo Ran wanted to see Si Yu, so he ordered the servant to invite her over, but Si Yu said it was too cold outside and didn't want to go out. If the prince had anything to say, he could just tell him directly. The servant didn't want to offend either side, so he could only report truthfully.

"Forget it, I'll go see her."

Beitang Mo Ran came to Si Yu's residence.

"Siyu."

"The prince is here. Caidie, serve the tea."

"I sent someone to invite you, but you didn't come, so I had to come here myself."

"Please forgive me, Your Majesty. It is really cold outside. I don't want to go out unless there is something special."

"Never mind. I don't have much to do. I just wanted to see you. I heard that you played chess with General Chu yesterday?"

"Yes, I didn't read the introductory book on Go that the prince gave me before because of the autumn hunt. I just finished it recently, so I went to practice with General Chu. I found that Go is really profound, and you can't play it without some talent." Siyu sighed.

"Talent is important, but hard work is also essential. Since you have nothing else to do, how about showing me your learning results?"

"Okay, but you are not allowed to be angry or scold me, Your Majesty."

"No." Beitang Mo Ran said gently.

Caidie set up the chessboard and the two began to play chess.

Siyu’s chess skills were just at the entry level, and she was defeated by Beitang Mo Ran not long after the game started.

"You have a good foundation and good understanding. As long as you practice more, you will improve slowly." Beitang Mo Ran encouraged.

"Since the prince has said so, I have no choice but to practice diligently."

"What do you want to eat at noon? I'll ask the kitchen to prepare it."

"I want to eat meat, braised pork, pork belly with fat and lean meat. It smells so good when stewed!"

"Little greedy cat, okay, what else do you want to eat besides the braised pork?"

"If possible, add a tomato egg soup and a small green vegetable, and it will be perfect."

"Okay, whatever you say. I'll go and tell the kitchen to prepare it. You can take a rest first."

Beitang Mo Ran called over Steward Cao.

"Manager Cao, please tell the kitchen to prepare braised pork for lunch. Use top-quality pork belly."

"Yes."

"Also prepare a tomato and egg soup and stir-fry some green vegetables."

"Yes, I have remembered it."

"Go."

"Yes, I will resign, old slave."

After Cao left, Su Xunxian asked, "Mo Ran, I haven't seen you since early in the morning, and now you're instructing the kitchen to prepare lunch. Where on earth have you been?"

"Do I need to report to you where I am going?"

"You don't need to report to me, but you called me here and ignored me. What does that mean?"

"Haven't you always wanted to come? Now that you're here, you complain that I don't care about you. What exactly does it take for you to be satisfied?"

"I'm just curious. I've always wanted to come here before, and I begged you many times, but you never brought me here. How come you came this time before I even mentioned it? And you didn't come here often before."

"Siyu is afraid of the cold, I'll take her to the hot springs, she'll feel better."

"If it's really for a woman, you weren't like this before."

"Why do you sound sour?"

"Is it sour? I haven't eaten anything sour today."

"And what was I like before?"

"Don't you know what you were like before? How many women in the capital admired the elegance of His Royal Highness Prince Chen and wanted to throw themselves into his arms, but you, let alone bringing anyone to the hot springs for a bath, didn't even look at them. I still remember the last autumn hunt, when Miss Yin toasted you, you didn't even give her any face, and you made her so choked that she wanted to find a hole to crawl into."

"She didn't understand the situation in the first place and made a random toast. The emperor didn't blame her, which was a great favor. I just reminded her."

"Well, that's a good reminder. You made the young lady lose face in front of all the civil and military officials. Only you, the Prince of Chen, who looks gentle on the surface but is actually cold as ice on the heart, can do that."

"Are you praising me or insulting me?"

"I dare not say anything bad about you, Your Majesty, but you really treat Princess Shaohua differently."

"Forget it. I won't argue with you about this. You can come to lunch too. Don't accuse me of being partial."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys your order."