The Royal Family's Orphan is on the Rise

The third princess waited until she had digested some of the food before saying goodbye to Shen Jiarou and her husband.

"Sister, brother-in-law, I will take mother's food back to the palace first, and I will return the food box tomorrow." It was just right that she would come to play with her sister tomorrow.

Shen Jiarou smiled and nodded: "Okay, Third Sister, take care."

The third princess and her servant happily left Fanghua Palace carrying delicious cakes.

When Concubine De learned that they had returned, she saw the food box in Ouhe's hand and couldn't help but joked, "What good things have you brought back again?"

The third princess has become very thick-skinned because of Shen Jiarou, so she doesn't think it's a big deal.

"Mother, please stop teasing me. Come and try the mutton soup and cakes that my sister has made."

Fu Shou Palace

The Queen Mother heard about the situation in Fanghua Palace from the palace servants and looked towards the door with some anticipation.

"Didn't you say that the food was ready? Why didn't you send me any?"

Aunt Zhen and Nanny Gui smiled at each other. The Queen Mother's expectant look was quite amusing. She had completely lost her usual majesty and now looked like a lovely old lady.

A eunuch hurried in and said, "Your Highness, Princess Yongkang and her husband want to see you."

The queen mother showed surprise and said, "Hurry up and announce it."

The couple walked in one after the other, and Nami Mushiqi followed behind with a food box in her hand.

"I have met the Imperial Grandmother one by one. I pay my respects to her."

"I greet the Empress Dowager. May the Empress Dowager be well."

"No need to be polite, now that you are here, please sit down and talk."

The Queen Mother smiled even more happily when she saw the food box in Nami Mushiqi's hand.

Shen Jiarou saw her smile and pursed her lips to smile.

"Grandmother, I have prepared some food for you to try."

The Queen Mother smiled and said, "Oh, what did you do?"

Shen Jiarou smiled and said, "It's stewed radish and mutton soup, and two servings of cakes. Sister Nami, open them quickly and let the Royal Grandmother have a taste."

Nami bowed and walked forward, taking out the food from the food box one by one.

"Queen Mother, please enjoy your meal!"

The poison-testing eunuch first used a silver needle to test the poison and tasted each one. After confirming that it was correct, the empress dowager picked up a piece of cake to taste.

"It tastes really good. You are so thoughtful. By the way, did your father and mother send it?"

"Yes, there are also some for the East Palace and Thirteenth Brother. The Empress Defei's was taken back by Third Sister."

"The Third Princess went to your palace to eat?"

"Yes, they are so delicious that the master and servant will not miss this opportunity."

The Queen Mother smiled tenderly and lovingly after hearing this: "Her personality is somewhat similar to yours, she has become more eccentric."

Shen Jiarou pouted: "Grandmother, Yiyi didn't jump out of control, please don't wrongly accuse Yiyi."

The Queen Mother saw it and laughed: "Okay, okay, you are not jumping around, it is your third sister who is jumping around."

The Third Princess of Zhaolan Palace was watching her mother happily enjoying delicious food. Suddenly, she yawned four times in a row. Concubine De was frightened when she saw it.

"Xi'er, are you okay? But we need to call the imperial physician."

The third princess quickly refused: "Mother, no need, it may be that the Royal Grandmother and my sister said something bad about me."

Concubine De was stunned: "Princess Yongkang went to Fushou Palace?"

"Yes, I sent some delicious food to the Royal Grandmother. She will definitely be very happy."

The Queen Mother was indeed very happy. She drank two bowls of mutton soup and ate a lot of two kinds of cakes.

"This soup is really delicious, and the cakes are also good. Yi Yi is very thoughtful."

"As long as the Empress Dowager likes it."

Aunt Zhen and Nanny Gui went downstairs to drink mutton soup and eat cakes, while Shen Jiarou and Jiang Ruofan chatted with the Queen Mother.

"Grandmother, are you still hungry?"

The Queen Mother wiped her hands and patted her little hands: "You are full, you two should go for a walk with me."

Shen Jiarou looked at Jiang Ruofan and smiled, "Okay, I'll help you one by one."

The Queen Mother smiled and nodded: "Let's go."

Shen Jiarou helped the empress dowager up, and as they walked out of the hall, a gust of cold wind blew towards them.

"It's so cold, Grandmother, are you okay?"

"It's quite cold. Let's walk for a while and then go back."

Shen Jiarou agreed, "Grandmother Huang is right. Let's just walk around for a quarter of an hour."

The Queen Mother pursed her lips and nodded: "Okay."

There were yellow plums in the courtyard of Fushou Palace. Shen Jiarou walked up, picked one and came to the Queen Mother.

"Grandmother, let me show you how to put them in one by one."

"Okay." The empress dowager lowered her head lovingly, and Shen Jiarou carefully put it in her hair.

"It looks good, Prince Consort, take a look, isn't it very beautiful?"

Jiang Ruofan smiled and nodded: "It looks good."

With Shen Jiarou's company, the Queen Mother couldn't stop smiling today.

"Grandmother, it's getting dark. I'll come back to accompany you tomorrow."

"Okay, go back and have a rest." The Queen Mother looked at the Prince Consort who was sitting properly at the bottom and carefully instructed: "Princess Consort, take good care of the princess."

Jiang Ruofan stood up and saluted respectfully: "Grandmother, I obey your order."

"Okay, you two can go back. I'll go to bed early and have a good sleep."

The two of them bowed respectfully and took their leave. The empress dowager's eyes were full of love as she watched the couple, who looked like a perfect match, leave one after another.

Aunt Zhen glanced at her mistress and joked with a smile: "Queen Mother, you know what, the princess and her husband are really a perfect match."

"You're right. I hope they're both fine."

After returning to Fanghua Palace, Aunt Zhenhua arranged for someone to bring two basins of foot-bathing water with peppercorns.

"Princess and Prince Consort, hurry up and soak your feet. It will be warmer when you go to bed later."

"Aunt, the prince consort is like a furnace." Hearing her princess' words, Aunt Zhenhua pursed her lips and smiled.

"It's just like that when a man's yang energy is strong. But now that the prince consort can help warm the princess' bed, it's a good thing."

Jiang Ruofan saw Aunt Zhenhua talking as if no one was around, and her face turned red all the way to her ears.

"Aunt, if you keep teasing the Prince Consort, he won't be able to sleep tonight."

Aunt Zhenhua looked at Jiang Ruofan's rosy face and couldn't help but smile.

"Princess and Prince Consort, please soak first. I will leave first."

"Goodbye, aunt!"

Seeing that Jiang Ruofan was still shy, Shen Jiarou couldn't help laughing again.

"Don't mind it, Prince Consort. Aunt Zhenhua is just teasing you."

After they tidied up, they lay flat on the bed. After soaking their feet, Shen Jiarou felt warm all over. She looked at Jiang Ruofan with a smile on her face.

"I've been in the palace for a day today. How do you feel?"

Jiang Ruofan said: "I think it's good. It seems that the princess likes the life in the palace."

Shen Jiarou shook her head: "It's hard to say, each has its own advantages."

Jiang Ruofan frowned slightly: Princess, there is a deep meaning in what you said.

Shen Jiarou fell asleep without realizing it, with one hand exposed. Jiang Ruofan was worried that she would catch a cold, so he considerately tucked her hand back into the quilt.

The next day, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince woke up early to attend court, enduring the biting cold wind all the way until he stood outside the Golden Throne Hall.

"Oh, this weather is so cold."

"That's right."

Some ministers were discussing the bitterly cold weather today. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince listened quietly and did not find it strange.

"Your Highness, can you still bear it?"

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince nodded distantly: "You guys continue chatting."

Just as everyone was about to start chatting again, the door of the Golden Palace was slowly opened by two eunuchs.

When the ministers saw this, they immediately straightened their backs and walked into the Golden Palace one by one and stood in position.