After rebirth, I cried and criticized the prince

Little Yuanzhao slid down the tree trunk. Although he was a small meatball, he was very agile. He pulled out some mulberries from his sleeve and held them in front of Helan Xuenuo. "Sister, these new mulberries are delicious. Do you want some?"

Xiao Zhu reached out to grab the mulberries, but Xiao Yuan dodged to protect his food. Xiao Zhu found his protective attitude amusing and said, "So you only want to give them to the girls and don't want to share some with me? Then tomorrow I will pick all the mulberries and use them to make mulberry juice and mulberry wine. I won't leave any for you, humph."

Little Yuanzhao immediately forced a smile and spread out his small, fleshy hands. "What is mulberry juice? Is it delicious?"

"Of course it tastes good! Especially mulberry juice made with honey is so sweet, even better than this fruit."

As Xiao Yuanzhao listened to Xiaozhu's words, his eyes sparkled with stars and he kept swallowing his saliva. His stomach also began to growl.

Helan Xuenuo and Xiaozhu looked at each other and laughed after hearing the gurgling sound.

"Xiao Yuanzhao, what delicious food do you want to eat?" Helan Xuenuo squatted down to talk to Xiao Yuanzhao and reached out to pinch his chubby face.

Xiao Yuanzhao turned his head and thought for a moment. After a moment, he turned back, raised his index finger, and said, "I want to eat Drunken Chicken."

"Wenxianglou's Drunken Chicken?"

"I heard from Daddy and Mommy that they are going to eat Zui Xiang Chicken today. They said Sister Xue Nuo is the best and will take me to eat Zui Xiang Chicken."

Xiao Zhu shook his head and said, "The number of customers for the Drunken Chicken is limited to fifty per day. There's no point in ordering more. I heard that making this chicken is too time-consuming."

Little Yuanzhao started to grumble, and Helan Xuenuo caressed his head lovingly and coaxed him, "Then I'll take you there tomorrow. Today, I'll make you a roast chicken to satisfy your craving. The roast chicken made by the chef in the mansion is first-rate and delicious. Do you want to try it?"

Little Yuanzhao showed his teeth, licked his lips and nodded.

Helan Xuenuo actually listened to Yuan Xu's words and arranged several palace soldiers to guard outside the courtyard.

She was having dinner with Xiaozhu and Xiao Yuanzhao.

As long as no one else saw, Helan Xuenuo always asked Xiaozhu to sit at the table to eat with her. She also disliked rules very much. This was why the old princess and Aunt Cui looked down on her in the previous life.

She glanced sideways.

Little Yuanzhao was eating a roasted chicken leg. The roasted chicken was roasted with lychee wood, so it tasted particularly sweet.

Xiao Yuanzhao finished eating one chicken leg and then another, his mouth full of oil. After swallowing a bite, he looked at Helan Xuenuo curiously and asked, "Sister, is the one in the corridor today your sister?"

"No, but I guess so. She's your adopted sister, Uncle Helan and Aunt Helan."

"No wonder, no wonder I feel she's nothing like you, like a female monster. Today, that maid named Chunhe must have had a hard time..."

"Oh? How do you know Chunhe is not doing well?"

"When she came out of the house today, tears were welling up in her eyes. She wiped them away with her sleeve, and I saw them right away." Little Yuanzhao started eating the roast chicken again.

Helan Xuenuo and Xiaozhu looked at each other.

Xiao Zhu stuffed some vegetables into Xiao Yuanzhao's bowl and said, "How can a child only eat meat? Eat more vegetables, then you won't be so fat. Also, don't tell anyone about what happened today when you go out."

Xiao Yuanzhao looked at the vegetables in the bowl, muttered, and rolled his eyes at Xiaozhu, "Sister, send Xiaozhu over tomorrow and take Chunhe over."

Xiao Zhu tapped Xiao Yuanzhao on the head with his hand.

Xiao Yuanzhao looked at Xiaozhu unconvinced, then looked at Helan Xuenuo.

Helan Xuenuo pretended to be stern and said, "You deserve a beating."

Xiao Yuanzhao was a child who did not hold grudges. After being beaten, he turned around and smiled and pulled Xiaozhu to play with him. Xiaozhu picked some leaves and folded small toys for him, including grasshoppers and so on.

He was not tired from playing, but Xiao Zhu was so tired that her limbs were sore. After coaxing Xiao Yuanzhao to sleep, she went back to her room and fell asleep.

The next day, the three of them showed up at Wenxianglou. It was Xiaozhu who got up early and went to Zuixianglou to get the sign. By noon, Zuixiang Chicken was ready. When it was served, the aroma of wine filled the air.

The Drunken Chicken at Wenxianglou is their signature dish.

Zui Xiang Chicken is stewed with their special fragrant wine. During the stewing process, salt, soy sauce, green onion, ginger, and Zui Xiang Lou’s secret seasoning are added. After stirring for a while, add the fragrant wine and simmer on low heat for one hour. When the chicken is boneless, it can be served.

This dish is loved by everyone from children to the elderly. Although it is cooked with scented wine, after the wine evaporates, only the aroma of the wine remains, so children can also eat some.

Xiao Yuanzhao couldn't help but eat a few bites first, but Helan Xuenuo didn't allow him to eat too much.

She and Xiao Zhu also savored it carefully. No matter how long it took, the taste was still as fragrant and tender, exactly the same as the Drunken Chicken in the previous life.

In her previous life, she and Xiao Zhu had a few chances to sneak out of the palace, but they were caught every time. Later, the old princess strengthened the patrols in the palace, and they no longer had the chance to go out.

Helan Xuenuo was chewing on a chicken wing when a familiar voice rang out beside her ear. "Miss Helan, what a coincidence! Are you here to try the Drunken Chicken too?"

Helan Xuenuo looked up and saw that the second prince had arrived. He was wearing an ordinary young man's outfit made of crocheted silk. Although his facial features were ordinary, his aura was extraordinary.

Xiao Zhu didn't recognize the Second Prince. He was not allowed to bring maids with him when he went to the palace. She asked in confusion, "Miss, who is this?"

Little Yuanzhao stopped eating and looked at the second prince with a vigilant look.

"Xiao Zhu, take Xiao Yuanzhao to buy some strings of candy balls." Helan Xuenuo signaled Xiao Zhu with her eyes. Xiao Zhu immediately understood and took Xiao Yuanzhao away. As Xiao Yuanzhao left, he looked up and down at the second prince Gu Yanli.

Gu Yanli took the opportunity to sit opposite Helan Xuenuo, and his eyes suddenly became affectionate.

"Miss Helan, you've lost a lot of weight after not seeing you for so long."

Helan Xuenuo really wanted to roll her eyes. She ate and drank well every day and didn't dare to treat herself badly. But when she put on her dress this morning, she still felt that her waist had become fatter.

She stretched out her ten fingers, breaking them off one by one, and said, "This morning, I ate a bowl of abalone and bird's nest porridge, a plate of water chestnut cake, a few pieces of crispy cake, a piece of radish cake, and a bowl of white fungus soup. But the Second Prince seems to have lost some weight..."

Gu Yanli laughed and said in an ambiguous tone, "It seems that you care about me. I've been troubled by things recently and have not been able to eat."

Helan Xuenuo was made uneasy by his tone.

Gu Yanli looked at Helan Xuenuo lovingly and said, "Miss Helan, you haven't been to the academy these few days, and your figure has appeared in my mind from time to time. Can you understand my feelings?"

Helan Xuenuo hadn't expected Gu Yanli to be so straightforward with such sweet nothings. She glanced around, then fixed her eyes on Gu Yanli, and chuckled, "Uh... Your Highness, please don't joke with me. Xuenuo is already engaged to Yuan Xu, and I'm afraid I'll be betraying your sincerity. You're Your Highness, and a warrior like me, a woman with no sense of romance, no poetry, and no reputation for elegance, is unworthy of Your Highness."