Qianlong sat down next to the Empress Dowager. Aunt Gao had already asked the palace maid to bring a new set of bowls and chopsticks, and also asked someone to remove the dishes on the table and replace them with new ones.

Fortunately, the Empress Dowager was eating soup pot today, so these things were not annoying, so she just served a new portion.

"Mother, let me accompany you for a while." Qianlong looked at the dishes and chopsticks in front of him.

The Empress Dowager said cheerfully, "Today the kitchen made this Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. I was thinking of asking Wei to bring you a bowl of it in the evening. Now that you are here, you can try it. This is the chef you sent me before."

Yu Suisui changed his seat and sat diagonally opposite Qianlong, leaving the space for the family to reminisce about the past to the Empress Dowager, Madam Niuhulu and Qianlong.

"Then I want to give it a try. I haven't tasted the cooking skills of this chef from Fujian yet." He was the one who gifted this chef last year, but a year has passed and he still hasn't tasted his cooking.

The Empress Dowager: "Then you must try it carefully. The chef you sent has excellent skills. I often invite your aunt and Wei girl to come over for dinner." The other dishes cooked by this Fujian chef were average, but the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was really delicious.

Madam Niu Hulu also praised: "Your Majesty, the Fujian cuisine here of the Empress Dowager is really unique. The Empress Dowager specially asked him to make a pot of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and asked me to bring it back to the old lady. The old lady ate it very satisfied."

The empress dowager was filial to the old lady and would send her gifts from time to time. She saw the old lady frequently in the past two years, but now the old lady has difficulty walking and it is too tiring for her to go back and forth.

As the old lady gets older, she doesn't like to go out anymore, for fear that something might happen to her in someone else's home.

While listening to the Empress Dowager speak, Qianlong secretly observed her and occasionally glanced at Yu Suisui. He saw that she was eating happily without even raising her head.

The Empress Dowager suddenly felt that she had endless things to say to Emperor Qianlong, and they chatted while eating, which lasted for nearly half an hour.

"Emperor, I feel that my memory has not been very good recently, and my mind has always felt confused lately." The Queen Mother thought back on what she had done during this period of time. She always felt confused and was completely different from before.

When Qianlong heard this, his brows furrowed and he said with concern: "Mother, I'll ask Envoy Chen to come and take a look at you later." When the Empress Dowager said this, Qianlong's heart skipped a beat. He had been having nightmares one after another because of the matter of Nara a few days ago. All the words his mother said were excuses for Nara.

He was thinking about what his mother had said about Nara, and he was angry too. That's why he didn't come over for a long time. As a result, his mother didn't send anyone to ask about it.

This is really not in line with her mother's usual style.

When Mrs. Niuhulu heard what the empress dowager said, she also said worriedly: "Empress Dowager, you should see the imperial physician. Maybe she has been too busy recently and is tired." In fact, she felt that the empress dowager might be old and past the age of 50. It is normal that her memory is not as good as when she was young.

The empress dowager sighed, "I need to see the imperial physician, but I have been confused during this period. I can't remember anything I said or did, and my mind is like paste." She had thought that there was nothing wrong with her, but after seeing the emperor, her mind was like a flash of lightning, and all the events during this period emerged one by one. She found that she was like someone who had been put under a spell. She acted and spoke like two different people.

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