The queen has four sons and six daughters, and she can call the wind and rain

"I am Qi Yejing."

Qi Ye, Jing? !!!

This is not...

With a "click", the kitchen knife fell to the ground and Yun Zhining knelt down in panic.

"I am a concubine of the Yun Clan. I pay my respects to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor."

"Alright, we're not in the court, no need to be so polite, get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Although Qi Yejing had a gentle expression and seemed to have a smile in his eyes, Yun Zhining did not dare to slack off at all.

Because the man in front of me is a smiling tiger.

If you really think he is a gentle and easy-going person, then you will be devoured by him and you won't even know how you died.

But he also didn't like people who trembled when they saw him, so Yun Zhining could only remain calm.

"I wonder if the Emperor has anything to tell me when he comes to visit me so late at night?"

Qi Yejing did not speak, but turned his head to look at the steaming dishes on the table, his eyes darkening inch by inch.

Yun Zhining served him for several years in her previous life, and after her death she floated in the air and watched him for decades. She might be the person who knew him best in the world besides himself, so as soon as he glanced at her, she knew what he wanted.

"Your Majesty is very busy with government affairs, but you still remember to care about me so late at night. I am very touched. It just so happens that I made some extra tonight. If Your Majesty doesn't mind, please stay and taste my cooking."

"If Your Majesty likes it, I will do it for you every day in the future. How about that?"

Qi Yejing gave her a satisfied look, turned around and entered Yun Zhining's room.

Before entering, he already knew that Yun Zhining's room was very small, but only after entering did he clearly feel how crowded and narrow it was.

The entire room is not even as big as the dragon bed in his Longqian Palace. How can Yun Zhining smile so happily living in such a small room?

What on earth is on her mind?

Qi Yejing was puzzled.

However, he was the emperor of Daye after all, and even if there were turbulent waves in his heart, he would not show it on his face.

Dong Ling tactfully took out a handkerchief, helped him clean the stool, asked him to sit down, and poured him a cup of tea.

Qi Yejing frowned as soon as he took a sip.

"This is not tea, it's water."

Ok? ? ?

Dong Ling was stunned for a moment.

"That shouldn't be the case. Although Yun Changzai's position is low, she should also have her share of tea. Why would she drink water?"

"Could it be that the people below saw that she was of a low rank, young, and new to the job, so they deducted her little share?"

If that's the case, those people are doomed.

The emperor's biological mother, Empress Dowager Xiaoci, had a relatively low rank when she was young, and was often bullied by those opportunists in the palace. So he hated this situation very much. Once he found that a servant was bullying a concubine of lower rank or who had just entered the palace by relying on his seniority, he would immediately order someone to drag her out and beat her to death without any hesitation.

Yun Zhining heard their conversation as soon as she came in. She was worried that they would blame the people below, so she quickly started to explain.

"Eunuch Dong Ling has misunderstood. It's not that the people below withheld my tea, but that I don't like drinking tea."

"If Your Majesty wants to drink tea, I will make you a cup right away."

"Okay."

Seeing that Qi Yejing did not refuse, Yun Zhining immediately took out the tools for brewing tea and carried out each step meticulously.

"I heard that the emperor likes to drink Junshan Yinzhen, but I am a concubine of low status and do not have the quota of this tea. So I have to make the emperor drink other teas."

"No problem."

It doesn't matter whether it's tea or not. He mainly wants to see her technique of making tea, to see if it's professional and whether it'll give people a pleasing feeling.

Yun Zhining breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

She first prepared the tea set, then boiled the spring water on a small stove, then picked up the teapot and showed the prepared tea to Qi Yejing. After the spring water boiled, she used boiling water to scald all the teacups, which not only cleaned the cups but also kept them at a certain temperature.

After cleaning the cups, she put the prepared tea leaves into the Sancai cup. This step is called Yingsheng. In order to make the tea fragrance more pure, the tea leaves in the cup must be scalded with boiling water, also known as warm tea. The next step is to make the tea. The tea must be made three times. The first and second times must be poured out, and the third time of tea can be consumed. After the tea is made, filter the tea soup into the tea sea, and then divide it into the tea tasting cups. The tea soup should not be too full, eight points is best.

This time she chose Pu'er tea, and the color of Pu'er tea is divided into three colors: ruby ​​red, agate red, and amber red. Among them, ruby ​​red is the most rare, and the tea brewed by Yun Zhining is the best ruby ​​red.

Yun Zhining picked up a cup of tea, placed it in front of Qi Yejing, and spoke softly.

"Your Majesty, please have some tea."

Qi Yejing did not put it to his mouth immediately, but closed his eyes and smelled it. The tea had a unique aged fragrance of Pu'er, with real color, real fragrance and real taste.

After taking a bite, he was so impressed by the aftertaste that his originally tangled brows relaxed and his expression became much more relaxed.

Yun Zhining observed him quietly and found that he was really happy, so she breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter why he came to Furong Pavilion tonight, she left a good impression on him. Don't underestimate this good impression, it can save your life at a critical moment.

After drinking the tea, Qi Yejing's depression that he had been holding back for the whole day dissipated a lot. In addition, the person in front of him was very smart. Seeing that he didn't like chopped green onions, ginger and garlic, he immediately picked up the chopsticks and picked all of those things away. His mood became even better.

When the emperor is in a good mood, the people around him will naturally benefit.

"I just took a look and found that your room is too small. There is no place to move. Please clean up and prepare to move to a more spacious place tomorrow."

"Do not bother."

Seeing Dong Ling frowning and starting to think about which place would be suitable for a concubine of her status and level to live in, Yun Zhining quickly interrupted her.

"Although it's small, it has everything. I think this place is great. It's small and I feel safe."

"Do you feel insecure when you enter the palace?"

Hearing a hint of dissatisfaction in Qi Yejing's tone, Yun Zhining hurriedly explained.

"Your Majesty has misunderstood. It's not that I feel insecure in the palace, but because I am a concubine's daughter, I have to obey my mother's wishes in the mansion."

"Whenever mother frowns, I will wonder if I have done something wrong and made mother angry. Will mother bear a grudge against me and punish me? When I reach the age of marriage, I will have to worry about whether mother will marry me to someone I don't like for the sake of my younger brother in the mansion."

"So I have never felt safe. If the room is small and filled with things, I feel at ease. If the room is large and some places look empty, I will be afraid, and always feel that something will pop out and swallow me up."

After these words were spoken, Qi Yejing fell silent instantly.

Although he was born into a royal family, he was born out of wedlock like Yun Zhining and had to live under the thumb of his stepmother. Even though he was now the king of a country, he could not do whatever he wanted.

Thinking of this, he understood Yun Zhining's worries.

"Well, since you like it, just live here first and we'll talk later."

"No matter what, I still want to thank the emperor for his gift."

"Alright, alright, it's getting late, I should leave now, you should also go to bed early."

"Tomorrow morning, get up and make me some softer porridge, and send it to the imperial study before I leave the court."

"I accept your order and respectfully send you off, Your Majesty."

Yun Zhining was planning to stand up and salute, but for some reason she stepped on the hem of her skirt and fell forward, directly onto Qi Yejing, leaving a faint red mark on his white lapel.

Although Qi Yejing is a smiling tiger, he is not the kind of person who would watch someone die without helping. Seeing Yun Zhining falling towards him, he grabbed her slender waist, but who would have thought that Yun Zhining would fall on his chest due to inertia.

He wanted to push the woman in his arms away, but found that she exuded a faint fragrance. He subconsciously moved closer, and Yun Zhining looked up at that moment, and their thin lips quickly touched each other. Yun Zhining's head buzzed, and her face flushed in an instant, and even her earlobes became tender and tempting.