The crab farm in the palace was bigger than one’s own yard. It was a huge pond filled with crabs, but they were all small in size, and many of them lay motionless as if they were lifeless.

Fu An's worried words were still ringing in his ears, "Our Majesty likes to eat crabs. His Majesty has people raise these crabs in the palace. However, the crab farmer is not very capable. After raising them for a long time, the crabs have not grown and many of them die from time to time. I am so worried that I don't know what to do."

It turned out to be the case.

I didn’t expect that Emperor Yongqing actually likes to eat seafood.

Tang Qiyue squatted down, wrapped a motionless crab in a handkerchief, held it in front of her eyes and looked at it carefully again and again. After a while, she understood what was going on.

Fu An saw the smile on her lips and his eyes lit up, "Miss Tang, do you have any way to save these crabs?"

"Yes!" Tang Qiyue put away the handkerchief and smiled at Eunuch Fu'an. "Please prepare paper and pen."

"Okay, okay, please wait a moment. I will prepare it right away."

Eunuch Fu'an went to prepare paper and pen personally. Apart from the guards guarding the door, Tang Qiyue was the only one left in the huge crab farm.

Tang Qiyue looked around, held her breath and concentrated to sense the unusual movements around her. She found that there was no sign of anyone spying, and she felt relieved.

She came back to the pond and put her hand into it. Gradually, a faint green light appeared in the not-so-clear water and continued to spread around until it covered the entire pond.

After a long time, Tang Qiyue stood up and silently withdrew his supernatural powers.

Hopefully the healing ability will work for the crabs in this pond.

Eunuch Fu'an came back very quickly, almost as soon as Tang Qiyue got up. He strode over and handed paper and pen to Tang Qiyue.

Tang Qiyue took it, thought about it, and wrote down clearly on the paper the crab-raising methods and some details that she had written to Fang Haoze.

The handwriting on the paper was beautiful, and Father-in-law Fuan was fascinated as he watched. Wasn't she a wild girl from the countryside? How could she have such beautiful handwriting?

Tang Qiyue seemed unaware of Eunuch Fuan's scrutiny. She returned the paper and pen to him and said, "In the future, Eunuch Fuan can arrange for people to raise crabs according to the method I wrote. They will definitely be able to raise big and plump crabs."

She believed that with the healing power of her special powers, those sick crabs would be cured and would definitely taste delicious in the future.

Eunuch Fu'an thanked him quickly, folded the paper carefully and put it in his arms, then led Tang Qiyue out of the crab farm and walked towards the imperial study.

"stop!"

Suddenly, an arrogant female voice came from behind. Eunuch Fuan froze, turned around and ran behind Tang Qiyue and knelt down in front of the person who came, "Fourth Princess."

As Tang Qiyue turned around, she saw Xie Mingzhu in red walking towards her. The red dress looked very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere.

is her!

The woman in red that I saw in the Yingke Tower that day!

"Who is she? Why isn't she kneeling?"

Eunuch Fuan quickly pulled Tang Qiyue's dress and explained, "This is Miss Tang, who was summoned from outside the palace by His Majesty to treat the crabs in the crab farm. She is also the producer of the crab sauce today."

Tang Qiyue was helpless and was about to kneel down, but Xie Mingzhu grabbed her arm and said, "It's you! No need to kneel!"

Huh? Tang Qiyue was confused. She had tried hard to convince herself that since she was here, she should kneel down. When she made a great contribution to the country in the future, the first thing she would do was to ask Emperor Yongqing to exempt her from kneeling!

Who would have known that this fourth princess would actually...

"You should stand up too." Xie Mingzhu raised her chin towards Eunuch Fu'an, then turned to stare at Tang Qiyue, "Did you make all the popular sauces in the capital?"

Tang Qiyue bowed and said, "Your Highness, yes."

"Then do you have any sauce in your hand? The sauce in the capital is not easy to snatch now." Even if the princess was craving for the sauce, she could not use her status to pressure the Palace of Justice to send the sauce to her, because her father said that anyone who dared to use his status to oppress the people would not only be put in solitary confinement.

Tang Qiyue pursed her lips and said, "Princess Four, I don't have any at the moment, and the sauce in the workshop will take another half a month to be ready."

"Does it take so long? Do you have any crab roe sauce when you come to Beijing?" Although Xie Mingzhu was put in solitary confinement for a month, when the crab roe sauce was released a few days ago, she asked her guards to grab a pound of it. These days, she has either mixed it with noodles or rice, and there is not much left.

Now that the sauce maker is right in front of her, she must buy some, otherwise what will she eat?

"No!" Tang Qiyue lowered her eyes and answered with gritted teeth. She had already guessed that the cousin that the fourth princess mentioned must be Xie Changjin.

"Why is there nothing?" Xie Mingzhu was immediately angry.

Eunuch Fuan was afraid that the princess would lose control of her temper, so he quickly spoke up, "Your Highness, the Fourth Princess, His Majesty is still waiting for me to bring someone to report back, what do you think?"

"This princess wants to go too!" Today is the day she is out of confinement. She heard from Chunzhi that her cousin has entered the palace. She hasn't seen her cousin for half a year and she must see him today!

Not daring to stop Xie Mingzhu, Eunuch Fu'an could only take Tang Qiyue and follow her to the imperial study.

Along the way, Xie Mingzhu never stopped talking. She either asked Tang Qiyue how the sauce was made or was curious about how she could make such fresh food.

Tang Qiyue didn't feel annoyed, but felt that the princess was genuine and easy to talk to. She patiently answered her questions one by one.

Before he even approached the imperial study, he heard Emperor Yongqing's hearty laughter and the conversation between Marquis Wu'an and Xie Changjin.

When Xie Mingzhu heard the familiar voice, her eyes lit up and she rushed into the imperial study room with her skirt lifted up, "Cousin Jin, cousin Jin!"

Eunuch Fu'an chased after him and tried to stop him, but failed. He just knelt down in front of Emperor Yongqing and confessed his crime.

Emperor Yongqing waved his hand, "Nothing."

Tang Qiyue was the last one to come in. She happened to see Xie Mingzhu trying to put her arm around Xie Changjin. She paused and lowered her eyes.

Who knows…

"Are you okay?" Xie Changjin avoided Xie Mingzhu's actions, strode to Tang Qiyue, and asked carefully.

Tang Qiyue raised her eyes, smiled at him, and shook her head, "I'm fine."

Seeing Tang Qiyue and Xie Mingzhu coming in one after another, Xie Changjin was afraid that Tang Qiyue would be bullied and wronged.

"Do you know each other?" Xie Mingzhu widened her eyes, pinched her waist, and looked incredulous.

"Mingzhu, this is your future cousin-in-law." Emperor Yongqing called out softly from the side, and took the paper handed over by Eunuch Fu'an and started reading it. "Great, great, there are so many ways to raise crabs. I have learned a lot today!"

"Cousin? When did my cousin get married?" Xie Mingzhu looked at Tang Qiyue now without the admiration she had before, but with curiosity. To her, Tang Qiyue was a stranger, and she had never seen Tang Qiyue in the circle of noble ladies in the capital.

"Fourth Princess, Ajin's wedding date is still being chosen." Wu Anhou explained.

"Since it's not settled, how can she be my cousin's wife?"

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