The cold emperor reigns supreme, the arrogant empress begs for a truce.

Chapter 312: Amber's First Meeting with Leng Yuling

After finishing the dessert, Amber personally carried it to the pavilion and curtsied, saying, "This servant greets Your Highness. This is the dessert I made. Please enjoy it."

As she spoke, Amber placed the cold jelly in front of Leng Yuling. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that Leng Yuling's face showed no displeasure or impatience.

This was the first time she had seen Leng Yuling up close, and she had to admit that she was a beauty. No wonder the Emperor doted on her so much and had her give birth to the Crown Prince and the Princess.

It's said that the Empress of Jingling Palace has a bad temper, so Amber naturally doesn't dare to offend her casually. Given how favored she is, if Leng Yuling is unhappy, she can be kicked out with just one word from her.

Leng Yuling had no idea what Amber was thinking. She just looked at the cold noodles in front of her, picked up a spoon, stirred them, and asked with a smile, "Is this cold noodles?"

“Yes, Your Majesty,” Amber replied.

Leng Yuling scooped up a spoonful, put it in her mouth, and nodded in satisfaction. It was indeed the taste. But it was precisely this taste that puzzled her. How could Amber make a 20th-century dessert? Could it be… she was also a time traveler?

Leng Yuling looked up at Amber and thought that this girl had a very clever face and her eyes were different from Ziyan and Caihe's. Her eyes were full of calculation.

However, she couldn't conclude that Amber was a time traveler like herself just based on a bowl of cold noodles; she needed to investigate further.

"Delicious! No wonder the Emperor no longer craves the food in my palace. It turns out he has a chef with such excellent skills hidden in Shangqian Palace."

As soon as Leng Yuling finished speaking, Amber said, "Your Majesty, I am not a cook. I am a palace maid who serves the Emperor."

"How dare you! Did Her Majesty give you permission to speak?" Ziyan scolded as soon as Amber finished speaking. Leng Yuling waved her hand and looked at Amber, asking, "Then how did you learn to make these things? And they taste so good."

Amber looked at Leng Yuling with a hint of wariness, but she knew she had to answer Leng Yuling's question, so she said, "This is what I came up with myself. No one taught me how to do it."

"So amazing..." Leng Yuling said only lightly, and then stopped talking and continued eating her cold noodles. Amber felt that Leng Yuling was a little strange, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong.

Leng Yuling then fell silent. Amber, having waited for a while, finally spoke up, "Your Majesty, if there's nothing else, this servant will go and attend to His Majesty."

Before Leng Yuling could speak, she turned and walked towards the house.

Ziyan watched her retreating figure with great dissatisfaction: "Your Majesty, is this palace maid new? Who in Shangqian Palace doesn't know your status? Who would dare to speak to you in such a tone? This palace maid is so bold. Does she think that because the Emperor likes her work, she's gotten too big for her britches? Does she not even know her own place?"

Ziyan grew angrier as she spoke, but when she looked at Leng Yuling, she didn't seem angry at all. Instead, she was staring at Ziyan's back, and no one knew what she was thinking.

"Your Highness, why aren't you angry at all? If a palace maid can treat you like this, how can anyone else respect you?" Ziyan was a protective person and couldn't stand anyone speaking ill of Leng Yuling.

Leng Yuling knew this, so she smiled and patted her, signaling her to "calm down, calm down."

"Your Majesty, I cannot remain calm." Ziyan turned away and whispered, "You are the mother of the Crown Prince and the Princess. No one can treat you with such disrespect."

Caihe smiled and said, "Don't talk about others, aren't you just as unruly as you are now?"

Hearing Caihe's words, Ziyan was about to retort when she saw Li Quan walking towards them with a smile on his face. Ziyan thought to herself: The people who serve the Emperor personally are the most sensible.

"This servant greets Your Majesty." Leng Yuling waved for him to rise before he said, "Your Majesty, His Majesty has finished his business and asked this servant to invite you in."

He looked up and saw no displeasure on Leng Yuling's face, but rather a smile. He breathed a sigh of relief, but then felt a little uneasy because of her smile.

The more he understood Leng Yuling, the less he could guess what she was going to do next. That's why he couldn't help but feel flustered. He had no idea what would happen after Leng Yuling entered the house, but he kept reminding himself that no matter what happened, he had to handle it steadily.

As soon as Leng Yuling and the others entered the room, they saw Amber kneeling in front of Mo Zhen, her hands resting on his legs. Li Quan was startled and quickly looked up at Leng Yuling, only to see her still smiling as she walked to a chair next to her and sat down without waiting for Mo Zhen to speak.

"Your Majesty, have I come at the wrong time?" Leng Yuling said, gesturing for Ziyan to pour her a cup of tea. Putting aside the fact that Shangqian Palace is Mo Zhen's territory, even in her Jingling Palace, as long as the Emperor is present, how could a concubine be so unruly?

It wasn't until then that Mo Zhen and Amber realized that Leng Yuling and the others had entered. He waved for Amber to step back, and Amber immediately stood up and bowed to Leng Yuling.

"This servant greets Your Majesty. I accidentally spilled the tea and wet His Majesty's clothes. It's not what Your Majesty thinks. Please don't misunderstand." Amber said a lot as soon as she opened her mouth.

Leng Yuling looked at her with a curious expression, then glanced at Mo Zhen, who looked displeased, before laughing: "When did I say I would blame you? Alright, you may leave."

Amber was taken aback. This was not what she had expected. Why did Leng Yuling not seem angry at all? Wasn't she supposed to have an extremely bad temper? Why was she not angry at all when she saw this scene with her own eyes?

It's said that the concubine in Jingling Palace has become much better-tempered since giving birth. Before, she wouldn't allow the Emperor to visit any of the concubines' palaces. It was she who forced the Emperor to have exclusive favor.

She only dared to act this way because of the Emperor's favor towards her. Could it be that she has changed her personality because she has now realized that she is no longer as favored by the Emperor as before?

Before Amber could figure it out, she heard Mo Zhen coldly ask, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you to stay in Jingling Palace..."

Before Mo Zhen could finish speaking, Leng Yuling interrupted him. She stood up and suddenly hugged Mo Zhen, saying gently, "I'm just bored. Ali and Xi'er aren't in Jingling Palace, and you're not here either. What am I supposed to do there all by myself? You won't come to find me, but I'm not allowed to come to find you?"

Mo Zhen narrowed his eyes as he looked at Leng Yuling, feeling that he saw a hint of scheming in her eyes. Based on his understanding of Leng Yuling, he knew that she was definitely putting on an act for someone else.

If he didn't cooperate, she would definitely complain later, so he retorted, "Where do you put my words? Who else allowed you to talk to me like that?"