Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

As Zhao Yuanzhen and the Queen were chatting, it was already noon.

"You can have lunch here at noon and try the food here."

The last time the Queen Mother sneaked out to stay at the beauty salon, she thought Zhao Yuanzhen's chef was good and the food was delicious.

Later, requirements were set for the chefs in the imperial kitchen, and slowly the quality of the imperial kitchen improved.

"Thank you very much, Queen, for your kindness and for letting a country girl like me taste the delicacies in the palace."

Zhao Yuanzhen had never eaten the delicacies from the imperial kitchen, so she wanted to try it if she had the chance.

After a while, the Queen's maid came to ask whether the meal should be served.

"Madam, shall we start serving the meal?"

"Well, let's pass on the food."

The Queen Mother took Zhao Yuanzhen to the restaurant.

The palace maids and eunuchs have already started serving the meals, and dishes are being brought up one by one.

Zhao Yuanzhen took a look and saw a large table full of things of all sizes.

Appetizers, post-meal dishes, main dishes, and fruits.

"Come, sit down and try it."

The Queen Mother sat down first but did not pick up her chopsticks.

Zhao Yuanzhen also sat down afterwards.

The palace maid next to her took a silver needle and started to prick her skin one by one.

Oh!

Oh, I forgot that all meals in the palace have to be tested for poison beforehand.

But this silver needle is not very rigorous.

When there are a lot of chemical reactions, the silver needle will turn black.

There are some poisons that cannot be detected even by silver needles.

She didn't say much, just waited quietly for the poison test to be over.

The poison test was soon over and the palace maids quickly retreated.

The Queen's personal maid came forward and brought chopsticks to the two of them.

The Queen started to eat.

"Try it and see how it goes?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Yuanzhen picked up her chopsticks and started eating.

Tasted a bit of each.

The dishes are all very delicate and beautiful, and the taste is okay, which is remarkable, but a little light.

But overall it's ok.

"It's worthy of being the meal from the Queen's palace. The color, the taste, and the presentation are all exquisite. The taste is even better. It's so delicious that it's so fragrant that it's enough to make your tongue drop."

Zhao Yuanzhen really can't stop flattering people.

"You guy."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, when did this guy learn how to flatter others with such smooth talk.

But she didn't pay attention to her face, her eyes and eyebrows were already smiling.

The meal was finished amid Zhao Yuanzhen's flattery and the Queen's smile.

After lunch, Zhao Yuanzhen said goodbye and went back.

The Queen also needs to take a nap.

After leaving the palace, Zhao Yuanzhen went back.

She was sleepy too.

After returning home, she tidied herself up and prepared to rest. However, just as she lay down, she heard a strange noise.

She listened carefully.

The voice sounds familiar, but I can't remember it for a while.

The strange noise lasted for about ten seconds and then disappeared.

After a while, calm returned.

Zhao Yuanzhen didn't find the source of the sound, so she lay down again.

Half asleep and half awake, about to fall asleep in a daze.

Zhao Yuanzhen suddenly remembered what that sound was.

It’s the sound of my computer starting up in my previous life!

But how could I have a computer here?

Could it be?

"System, system, are you here?"

"Return to the host, I'm here."

The mechanical voice of the system then rang in Zhao Yuanzhen's mind.

It really is a system!

The system is back.

Why did this system suddenly wake up again?

"System, where did you go before?"

Zhao Yuanzhen was really curious about where this system had gone before.

"Reporting to the host, there was a big hole in the coral sea at the bottom of the sea. It was an energy black hole. When I approached it, it absorbed a lot of energy, causing me to run out of energy and forced me to fall asleep."

It turns out that the problem is really the black hole under the sea!

Black holes absorb energy. This is something Zhao Yuanzhen had guessed before. It seems that the system is indeed an energy group.

"Then why did you suddenly wake up again today?"

I didn't seem to have done anything special today! How did the system wake up?

"I received an energy ball today and was able to turn it on. But most of the functions are still unusable."

"Energy ball? What energy ball? I didn't do anything today!"

The system has been forcibly shut down, and I cannot conduct transactions or provide energy to the system.

"Host, where did you go today?"

The system didn’t know what happened while it was sleeping, so it could only ask Zhao Yuanzhen.

"I went to the palace today."

The system looked confused. After going to the palace once, it shouldn't be able to absorb so much energy!

"Did anything happen in the palace?"

what happened?

I was just chatting and having a meal with the Queen! Nothing important happened!

"Nothing happened. I just had a meal with the Queen, chatted, and drank tea. I didn't do anything else!"

Eat and drink tea.

"That's probably because of the tea and the food. The items in the palace all have special energy. You ate and drank tea in the palace, and the energy entered your body. I absorbed it involuntarily while I was sleeping, and then I woke up."

Zhao Yuanzhen was a little surprised. Although she knew that the items in the palace had dragon energy and were very beneficial to the system, she didn't expect that they would have such great benefits.

It seems I have to stay away from the items in the palace from now on.

We can’t let the system become too powerful, or we might end up being unable to handle it.

"Yeah, that's how it is! How is the system restored now? What functions does it still have?"

Is everything restored?

"Reporting to the host, I can only perform the most basic space transactions and scans now, and nothing else can be done."

Other things like shielding the body shape, breath, diving bubbles, etc., which require a lot of energy, cannot be done.

"Ah, how can you restore your energy?"

"Host, use the system mall services more often and conduct more system transactions to help me restore my energy."

As long as you have enough points, you can purchase energy from the main system to help yourself recover energy quickly.

"Okay, I'll make more trades."

It seems that I have to control the number and quantity of transactions.

The system cannot be restored too quickly or grow too large.

"Okay, host."

After asking all the questions she was curious about, Zhao Yuanzhen felt sleepy and stopped caring about the system and went to bed.

Zhao Yuanzhen slept until about three in the afternoon.

Thinking of sending books to the Empress, he packed two hardcover copies of Xiao Zhang's Travel Notes and asked someone to deliver them to the General's Mansion.

And tell Zhao Yuanlan to help him deliver it to the Queen Mother and His Majesty tomorrow.

I won’t go to see you off myself. I have to stay away from the palace.

The academy is on holiday.

The house is much more lively now, with all the grandchildren at home.

Although Zhang Zijin is fifteen years old now, he is still crazy when playing with a few little guys.

They all love playing in grandma's yard.

Therefore, Zhao Yuanzhen's yard is filled with children's laughter every day.

Zhao Yuanzhen designed an indoor amusement park in a large empty room.

There are wooden horses, slides, rock climbing, climbing, tunnels, ropes, suspension bridges and more.

We also made a fire basket here, and we had fun playing with it indoors, and we didn’t feel cold at all.

In front of others, they are all well-mannered, polite and graceful young masters and young ladies.

Here are all little crazy people.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at them making a fuss and couldn't help laughing. As expected, they were still children by nature.

Everything for the New Year has been prepared, we are just waiting for today to pass and the New Year to come next year.

The things were also prepared by the servants in the mansion.

But this year the preparations are extra grand.

Even the big red lanterns in the mansion were twice as many as in previous years.

At night, the whole Chengyuan is brightly lit, creating a festive atmosphere.

Everyone got up very early on New Year's Day, and Zhao Yuanzhen was no exception. She also got up early.

Lan Ying saw that she had gotten up and hurried over to help her wash and dress.

Zhao Yuanzhen directly gave a big red envelope as a prize.

"May the new year be smooth and safe!"

"Thank you ma'am."

Lan Ying happily accepted the red envelope given by his wife. He received the red envelope early in the morning. He hoped that the new year would be smooth and prosperous.

After packing up, I went to the restaurant to have breakfast.

Almost everyone has arrived.

Especially the children, they were all very excited.

Children are often happier than adults during the Chinese New Year.

After breakfast, it’s time to post couplets.

Zhang Xinshu was responsible for writing the couplets, and others were responsible for pasting them.

Everyone participated in it and enjoyed it very much.

Time flies.

After eating the New Year’s Eve dinner in the evening, the highlight of the year comes.

It’s time to start celebrating the New Year.

The younger ones came first.

Zhang Zijin, Zhang Ziyou, Zhang Zipei, Zhang Zian, Zhang Zitian, and a few other little ones, led by their older brother Zhang Zijin, first knelt down and kowtowed to Zhao Yuanzhen to wish them a happy new year and said auspicious words.

"Happy New Year, grandma. I wish you good health and a long life in the new year."

The little guys spoke in unison and started to kowtow right after they finished speaking.

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Each of them has three neat heads.

"Okay, okay, I also wish you academic success in the new year, success in the college entrance examination, and happiness every day."

"Thank you grandma!"

"Here, this is your New Year's red envelope, good luck!"

Zhao Yuanzhen took five red envelopes and gave one to each person.

Several little guys took the red envelopes and felt that they were thin, not very thick.

But they were all very happy.

It’s so thin, it must be a silver note, hehehe.

"Thank you grandma!"

"Okay, get up quickly."

Lan Ying came over and helped the little guys up.

Afterwards, these little grandchildren went to kneel down and kowtow to Zhang Xinbai and his wife, Zhang Xinnian and his wife, and Zhang Xinshuo to greet them.

Of course, I also received a large wave of red envelopes.

Holding the thick stack of red envelopes in his hands, he was smiling happily.

You have to know that their parents allow them to use the red envelopes they receive every year as they please. They can save them or spend them at will.

This is absolute freedom.