Baby brings his own shopping mall to travel through

as predicted,

The next day, after breakfast, Qi Xingyun entered the palace with the New Year gift that the Yang family wanted to give to the Empress Dowager.

Qi Xingyun passed through many palace gates and corridors and arrived at the bedroom where the Queen Mother lived. After the announcement, he was led into the palace by the palace maid.

The retired emperor and the empress dowager were playing chess. When they saw Qi Xingyun coming, they waved and said, "Xingyun, you came at the right time. Play a few games with your elder brother, so that he won't have to drag me to play with him all day long." Then they stood up and made room for him.

After Qi Xingyun bowed, he took over the chess piece from the Queen Mother.

Naturally, palace maids later brought in the Yang family's New Year gifts.

"How come you have time to come to the palace today?" asked the emperor.

"The Yang family has prepared some New Year gifts for you, and I brought them in on the way." Qi Xingyun replied.

"Why did the Yang family send in New Year gifts?" asked the Empress Dowager.

Qi Xingyun repeated Xiao Cao'er's original words to the Empress Dowager.

"Xiao Cao'er said that she has always been thinking about you and my brother and his wife. Whenever she comes across something good, she will keep it for herself. Now that the New Year is coming, she asked me to send these New Year gifts to show her love."

When the Queen Mother heard the word "good stuff", her lazy expression instantly became energetic, a gleam of light flashed in her eyes, and she couldn't wait to ask, "Oh? What new and wonderful thing has Xiao Cao'er come up with?"

Qi Xingyun explained after placing a chess piece, "Sister-in-law, this is not something Xiaocaoer made herself. It is a good thing she got by chance, but the quantity is limited and there is not enough to share, so I asked her to bring only one to you. As for the emperor, I didn't send it to him."

The Empress Dowager nodded in agreement after hearing this: "Yes, yes, yes, it's better to just send it to me. There's no need to send it to the Emperor."

However, at this moment, the retired emperor sitting beside him shook his head and said with a smile: "Humph, if the emperor knew that you got something good, he would definitely come to ask for it immediately!"

"If he comes, he can only take a look. Don't even think about taking anything away!" The Queen Mother said majestically while sitting on the phoenix chair.

At this time, a group of palace servants filed in, brought all the gifts brought by Qi Xingyun into the hall, and placed them neatly on one side. These gifts were dazzling and dazzling.

Xiao Caoer had prepared quite a few gifts for the Queen Mother: abalone, fish maw, red wine, white wine, salted and preserved eggs, Chinese sausages and preserved duck. In addition, there were a few plump taro lying quietly there.

Speaking of taro, Xiao Cao'er had specifically mentioned it to Qi Xingyun that day, because taro is also a kind of grain and can also fill the stomach.

Not only that, she also took out some taro and gave it to Qi Xingyun. She even looked for relevant information in the Xinhua Bookstore. After finding the specific method of growing taro, she carefully copied it down and gave it to Qi Xingyun.

On the day Qi Xingyun received this generous gift, he immediately began to make arrangements and would start planting when the time was right.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor were curiously studying the abalone and fish maw in their hands. After looking at them for a long time, they still didn't understand what they were looking at. Finally, they both turned their eyes to Qi Xingyun at the same time.

Qi Xingyun took out three sheets of white paper from his bosom without any hurry, and handed them to the nanny beside him, saying softly: "This is how to cook abalone and fish maw."

The Queen Mother raised her hand slightly and took the papers from the nanny beside her. She looked closely and saw that the handwriting on the paper was blooming like a beautiful flower, and every stroke was particularly delicate.

"This looks so complicated. Wouldn't it be extremely difficult to do it?" The Queen Mother couldn't help but frown and carefully examined the papers in her hand. After a long while, she finally glanced through the two or three sheets of paper and said slowly.

Upon hearing this, the retired emperor came forward to take a look, then pointed at one of the dishes and said, "Look at the dish prepared by the imperial kitchen. It doesn't take long and the method is relatively simple."

After hearing what the retired emperor said, the Empress Dowager nodded thoughtfully and agreed, "That's true." Then she gently handed the paper in her hand back to the nanny standing behind her.

Qi Xingyun conveyed Xiaocao'er's words to the Queen Mother: "Xiaocao'er asked that she plans to try making abalone at home in the next two days. After it is done, I wonder if she should send a bowl to you to try?"

Hearing this, the emperor hurriedly asked, "Send one bowl in?" He widened his eyes, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the amount, and then muttered, "Who can eat one bowl?"

The Queen Mother rolled her eyes at the Emperor and said angrily, "You must have heard it wrong. Xiao Cao'er must have said one bowl per person."

However, Qi Xingyun shook his head and explained, "There are so many people coming and going. If we send a bowl to each family, it will be a lot. How can we give each person a bowl?"