Harem Daily Life

When the team entered Youzhou City, it was almost midnight. In order to hurry on, everyone only had a little dry food for dinner. After entering the city, they really hoped to have a good meal to make up for the hardship of traveling outside for so many days.

While sitting in the carriage, Tao Yanyan really wanted to eat something soupy. She didn't need any meat or fish. A bowl of shredded chicken porridge would be good enough.

The guards had separate residences, and after the main force entered the city, they split up. A small group followed Qi Yizheng to escort Prince Yong and Cairen Tao to Prince Yong's mansion.

In order to receive the emperor and his entourage, Prince Yong specially separated out most of the side courtyard of the palace for the emperor to temporarily work and for several concubines to live in.

If the emperor wanted to see him for something, he could go through the corridor to see him, which was convenient.

When they arrived at Prince Yong's mansion, Zhang Fuhai was already waiting at the door. When he saw the carriage coming, he came forward and said, "I am waiting for the prince and Lady Tao here on the orders of your majesty. When General Qi comes, please follow me in to see your majesty."

After that, Prince Yong and Qi Yizheng both got off their horses. The curtain of Tao Yanyan's carriage was opened, and Zhang Fuhai had someone put a stool aside so that Tao could get down more conveniently.

It was already dark. After walking all day, Tao Yanyan was extremely tired. She forced herself to get off the carriage, nodded to Eunuch Zhang, and had Xianglan carried down and sent to her yard first.

"Eunuch Zhang, Xianglan's condition is still unstable and needs to be watched by Doctor Liu at all times. Please help Doctor Liu arrange a place to live closer to my courtyard."

Zhang Fuhai knew that the emperor cared about Cairen Tao. How could he dare not disobey Tao's small request? He quickly called the eunuch who followed him to arrange it.

"Don't worry, everything will be arranged properly. I have lost some weight after not seeing you for a long time. I have prepared some food, which is all with Your Majesty. I will go with you to eat some, and then go back to the courtyard to rest."

In fact, Eunuch Zhang couldn't understand it. He could obviously prepare a separate meal for Tao Cairen and send it to the yard, but for some reason, His Majesty insisted on setting it up in his own yard and invited Prince Yong and Tao Cairen to have dinner together. Now with the addition of General Qi, it wouldn't be awkward.

What Eunuch Zhang didn't know was that He Linzhang was worried that the young talent was hot-tempered, so after arriving at Prince Yong's Mansion, he went straight back to the courtyard and would not take the initiative to find him. He didn't know whether he should put aside his self-esteem and face and take the initiative to find the young talent, so he resorted to this last resort and directly asked people to set up the meal in his own courtyard.

The little talent must not have eaten enough on the way. She will get angry if she doesn’t eat enough before going to bed. If you tempt her with delicious food, she will definitely come.

Otherwise, how could he forget the rules and let his talented woman eat at the same table with his younger brother, disregarding the strict rules between men and women?

However, Tao Yanyan had no concept of strict separation between men and women. She had eaten at the same table with Qi Yizheng and others many times, so she didn't even consider this.

When she heard that there was food to be had, she didn't think too much about it and followed everyone to the emperor's Xingqing Courtyard, with Qingfeng serving her.

Seeing that graceful figure again, He Linzhang was indescribably happy, but his face remained calm. He looked at her for a few times and confirmed that there was no big problem, then he was relieved. God knows how nervous he was when he received Qi Yizheng's letter, fearing that the group of reckless bandits would bump into her.

Fortunately, after ten days of not seeing, the beauty is still the same.

Prince Yong first greeted the emperor and said, "Brother, when I arrived with my men, General Qi had already wiped out the bandits, so I was not able to help much. I am really ashamed."

The emperor helped him up and said, "General Qi did not act in advance as planned because of the emergency. Ting Ye has also been traveling for several days. Thank you for your hard work."

This was the first time Tao Yanyan heard Prince Yong’s name - "He Tingye". He was bright and successful in his career. The late emperor must have really liked this son.

Qi Yizheng also greeted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, this time we eliminated the bandits and rescued 32 people from the disaster and seized 31,600 taels of gold and silver. In addition to the 1,600 taels of silver given to the people from the disaster, Mr. Tao, out of sympathy for the soldiers who risked their lives to eliminate the bandits, suggested giving each of them a reward of 100 taels. I think this is feasible, so I gave out 7,200 taels. I will take the rest back and ask Your Majesty to deal with it."

Tao Yanyan: "..." As soon as we met, you said that I gave him money without his consent. Is that okay? If he gets angry again and fines me, I will never forgive you!

Tao Yanyan looked at the emperor with a guilty conscience and bowed slightly: "Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a long time. Your Majesty seems to have become much more handsome."

He Linzhang: "..." The young talent is really young. Doesn't he know that it is wrong to speak without restraint in front of a foreign man? He really deserves to be beaten! But he felt a little irritated and his ears felt a little hot. What was going on?

Prince Yong He Tingye: "..." We look somewhat similar, why were you so indifferent to me at the beginning? It's really frustrating!

Qi Yizheng: "..." Tao Cairen, are you so brave? Don't you see there are two men standing here?

After Tao Yanyan finished speaking, seeing that He Linzhang didn't say anything, she tried to smooth things over by saying, "Well, I heard that a midnight snack was arranged. Can we eat first and then talk? I'm hungry!" Her voice was soft and tender, with a hint of grievance.

It's so late now, let's stop talking about money and business. You will have plenty of opportunities to discuss tomorrow. Let's eat first, brothers.

He Linzhang choked and coughed lightly: "Well, let's eat first. There is your favorite chicken porridge."

He Linzhang actually didn’t know what Tao Yanyan liked to eat, but when he was doing disaster relief in Mengcheng, he would go back very late at night and Yanyan would prepare some soupy porridge for him, and chicken shredded porridge appeared three times, so he thought that Yanyan must like chicken shredded porridge.

Tao Yanyan's eyes lit up, she was actually moved, she was just wanting to drink shredded chicken porridge!

Chicken doesn’t make you fat, and it’s fresh and nutritious. Drinking a bowl of it so late at night is really the best thing.

The two of them are quite in sync with each other.

Prince Yong He Tingye: “…” Very good, another knife in the heart.

It was late at night. One was the emperor's concubine, one was the emperor's younger brother, and one was the emperor's companion and favorite general. The emperor did not follow any rules. The four of them sat at a table and started a midnight snack, each with their own thoughts.

Looking at the delicious food on the table, Tao Yanyan's appetite was aroused. He was the first to serve a bowl of porridge and started to drink it.

"Don't be shy. You two can eat as well. You've worked hard these days. Go back and have a good sleep after eating. If there's anything else, we can discuss it tomorrow."

Prince Yong He Tingye and Qi Yizheng looked at each other, then picked up their bowls and started eating, but their moods were different.

He Tingye would occasionally glance at Tao Yanyan, but would quickly look away.

Qi Yizheng's eyes were fixed on the food. With delicious food in front of him, he had no time to pay attention to anything else. Eating was the most important thing.