The Royal Family's Orphan is on the Rise

Seeing how good the relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren was, Concubine Zhang watched with a proper smile.

"My Lady, how is the Tenth Prince doing these days?"

When the Empress Dowager mentioned her son, Concubine Zhang's smile became even gentler.

"The Tenth Prince is becoming more and more like a young man in fine clothes and a vigorous horse. The Emperor is planning to let him leave the palace and build his own residence."

The Queen Mother nodded and said, "The Tenth Prince is already fifteen, right? It is indeed time for him to move out of the palace and build his own residence. Has the Emperor said where?"

Concubine Zhang shook her head: "The Emperor is still asking the Ministry of Revenue to check it."

She looked at Princess Yongkang standing next to the empress dowager and was truly envious. Princess Yongkang was only ten years old, but she already had three mansions, two next to each other and one not far away. This kind of favor was truly unique in the imperial harem.

"Okay." The empress dowager thought of the mansion that Emperor Shun of Yuan Dynasty had given to the little girl some time ago, and asked kindly.

"Have you ever visited the Princess's mansion that your father gave you?"

"I've seen it, it's quite big. I felt it was too empty, so I asked people to plant different plants and medicinal herbs in it."

The Queen Mother smiled and joked, "Girl, you may not have been very interested in medicine before, but I didn't expect to grow so many medicinal herbs. This reminds my grandmother of the year when you provided so many medicinal herbs to the court. That really solved the difficulties of your father and the court."

After hearing what the Royal Grandmother mentioned, Shen Jiarou also remembered that incident.

"Grandmother, that was a coincidence. We just happened to have a lot of them planted in our palace."

The Queen Mother reached out and patted her little hands: "Your hobbies are pretty good."

Concubine Zhang left Fushou Palace first and walked out of the majestic palace gate, narrowing her eyes slightly.

"Let's go back to the palace."

Princess Yongkang is so favored. If she grows up in a few years, I wonder what kind of prince consort the emperor will choose for her.

If the prince consort comes from their Zhang family, I wonder if it is possible.

Shen Jiarou never thought that she had been targeted by many companies at the young age of ten.

After Concubine Zhang left, Fushou Palace became more lively.

"Grandmother, I'll go to the Utopia Market to buy treasures one by one in a few days, and bring them back to you."

The Queen Mother looked at her cute little granddaughter and smiled: "Good, the girl is thoughtful."

She noticed that after the imperial concubine left, the girl talked more. It seemed that the position of her, the imperial grandmother, in her heart was different after all.

The Queen Mother invited Shen Jiarou to have lunch with her, and Shen Jiarou enthusiastically picked up food for her.

"Grandmother, please try this Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix."

Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix is ​​a court dish during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, and was served as an auspicious dish for the Empress Dowager Cixi's 60th birthday.

This dish has a unique shape and delicious taste, and was highly praised by Empress Dowager Cixi.

The Queen Mother picked it up and tasted it happily: "Mm, not bad, it tastes delicious. The cooking skills of the Imperial Kitchen have improved recently."

Aunt Zhen and Nanny Gui served the two of them meals carefully.

"Queen Mother, Princess, this blood noodle soup is also very good." Aunt Gui recommended.

Blood powder soup is a soup in the palace menu. In the ancient palace, blood powder soup was regarded as a high-end cuisine along with other dishes such as tendons, fresh clam and radish soup, and kelp and pork belly soup.

Shen Jiarou picked up the blood vermicelli with the silver chopsticks and put it into the bowl, then put it into her mouth and chewed it.

"good to eat."

"It's delicious, you can eat more."

After dinner, the Queen Mother wanted to take a nap, but Shen Jiarou refused her request and returned to Fanghua Palace to take a nap.

Before the person woke up, the Thirteenth Prince came with Nanny Wang and Shi Moxue.

Aunt Zhenhua was stunned when she saw the three people: "Your servant greets the Thirteenth Prince."

The Thirteenth Prince raised his hand: "Aunt Zhenhua, please don't be polite. Where is the Fourth Sister?"

Aunt Zhenhua smiled respectfully and said, "The princess hasn't woken up yet, would you like to play in the courtyard for a while, Thirteenth Prince?"

The Thirteenth Prince agreed obediently: "Okay."

As soon as Shen Jiarou got out of bed, Xie Youmu walked in.

"Princess, you're awake. The Thirteenth Prince is here and is playing on the swing in the courtyard."

Hearing this, Shen Jiarou paused in her action of getting up.

"How long have you been here?"

"It's been a quarter of an hour."

Shen Jiarou was stunned: "Why didn't you wake me up?"

Xie Youmu said, "We servants were reluctant to wake you up. Aunt Zhenhua asked the Thirteenth Prince if he wanted to play in the courtyard for a while, and the Thirteenth Prince agreed."

"Okay, help me change my clothes and do my makeup."

Xie Youmu bowed respectfully: "Yes, Princess."

At this time, An Yiyin and Yu Hanger walked in, bowed and started to work.

Shen Jiarou put on the light green dress she had worn in the morning and slowly walked out of the hall. Seeing her Thirteenth Brother having a lot of fun, she looked up and called out.

"Thirteenth brother."

"Fourth sister, you're awake." When the Thirteenth Prince saw her, he immediately got up from the swing and ran over.

"Run slower, don't fall."

The Thirteenth Prince's face was filled with smiles. "No, I can run steadily now. If you don't believe me, ask Shi Qing to learn from me."

Shi Qingxue quickly agreed: "Yes, Princess."

Shen Jiarou raised her hand and gently scratched his little nose: "You, are you sweating? Are you hungry?"

Hearing the concern of his Fourth Sister, the Thirteenth Prince felt so happy that he was about to bubble.

"Fortunately, I didn't sweat much. It was Shi Qingxue and Mo Wen who pushed me. But I am hungry." He lowered his head a little embarrassedly.

"Haha, the Fourth Sister seriously suspects that you are just here to eat for free."

The Thirteenth Prince retorted: "No, I'm thinking about my Fourth Sister."

Shen Jiarou held his little hand and they walked into the hall.

Shen Jiarou pulled her to sit down under the couch: "Sister Qingling, go get some lotus seed cakes, Chongyang cakes, pumpkin yam cheese osmanthus cakes, ginkgo cakes, and dragon beard cakes."

Ruan Qingling looked at the two siblings and smiled gently: "Yes, Princess."

"Sister Luosang, prepare some crispy tea, black plum soup, Elsholtzia drink, and autumn pear lung-moistening soup. Everyone should drink some."

Zhen Luosang smiled and bowed, "Yes, Princess. Thank you, Thirteenth Prince. We are all benefiting from the Thirteenth Prince."

The Thirteenth Prince laughed heartily when he heard this.

When talking about butter tea, many people know that it is a traditional drink of Tibetan herdsmen. Butter is a kind of fat solidified from cow or goat milk, which can be said to be the "prototype" of modern butter.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, ancient people often used ghee in their meals.

Historical records from the Tang Dynasty show that people added ghee to tea.

It is said that Emperor Dezong of Tang, Li Shi, was the first person to drink it this way. Even the famous prime minister at that time, Li Mi, wrote an advertising poem for him: "The swirling foam turns into a jade pool, and the addition of butter powder makes it into a glass eye." He compared the milk foam that appears after mixing milk tea to a "glass eye", which is a very beautiful metaphor.

The cakes prepared by Ruan Qingling were served first, and the Thirteenth Prince picked up a piece of Chongyang cake and started eating.

"The pastries here from the Fourth Princess are still the most delicious."

Shen Jiarou saw his chubby cheeks and thought they were so cute that she couldn't help but reach out and touch them.

"If it's delicious, you can eat it today. Pack up the rest and take it back home. Let the people in your palace have a taste too."

The Thirteenth Prince nodded: "Okay, thank you, Fourth Sister."