The Great Tang Dynasty: The Celestial Master Descends the Mountain, Starts by Being Deceived into Ma

"The Grand Astrologer is joking." Gao Yang put down his teapot, sat down opposite Li Chunfeng, and said, "This is still far from certain."

Li Chunfeng raised an eyebrow and said, "Doesn't Your Highness understand? Whether or not that stroke can be drawn depends entirely on your own skill, doesn't it?"

"What are the Grand Astrologer's views?"

Gao Yang asked, she now had a feeling that Li Chunfeng was like her strategist, offering advice and strategies.

"His Majesty sent me here to see if you will return to the palace tonight, and whether you will be in danger here."

"Of course there won't be any danger, Lu Jinghe is a very nice person..." Gao Yang thought of Lu Jinghe's poem praising her, and her cheeks flushed.

She had never been praised like this before, and even after so long, she still hadn't gotten over it.

"Young Master Lu is indeed a very good person." Li Chunfeng nodded. It would be even better if Lu Jinghe didn't cheat him.

"Before I came, I told His Majesty that Your Highness and Young Master Lu should treat each other with the utmost respect."

"Of course." Gao Yang frowned. They weren't married yet, so they had to treat each other with the utmost respect. She was a royal princess; how could she not understand etiquette?

"Does Your Highness not understand?"

"What?"

"Mutual respect isn't always a good thing." Li Chunfeng pretended to be profound and counted on his fingers, saying, "This humble Taoist observed the celestial phenomena last night and did some calculations."

"If you truly treat each other with the utmost respect, what will happen when His Majesty bestows the marriage upon Lu Jinghe and he learns your real name?"

What should we do then?

If they truly treat each other with respect, what will happen when Lu Jinghe finds out that he is Gao Yang disobeying the imperial decree?

Gao Yang cursed inwardly, wondering what these damned Taoist priests had actually done in his original future self.

It's astonishing that they can avoid her like the plague, even though Lu Jinghe clearly seems to really like her looks.

Could it be that just one name could make him hate me...?

"That's all I can say. I'm sure Your Highness knows what to do next."

Li Chunfeng offered a few words of earnest advice, then shouted, "Hey, are you done yet, you surnamed Lu? Why are you taking so long to cook? I'm starving!"

"If you don't come soon, I'll eat all the roast chicken I smuggled from the imperial kitchen! Who knows when I'll get to taste such a delicacy again!"

As he spoke, Li Chunfeng opened the food box, revealing a roast chicken with a golden-brown skin sitting alone on the table.

"Sigh, I should have brought more chickens out earlier." Li Chunfeng was speechless, feeling that one chicken wasn't enough.

He didn't think Lu Jinghe could cook anything delicious. They were all Taoists; everyone knew each other. Cooking? Was that something they were supposed to be good at?

It's edible enough; how can it compare to the delicious roast chicken from the imperial kitchen?

Looking at the delicious roast chicken on the table, Li Chunfeng subconsciously swallowed. It was only because Gao Yang and Qing Wu were here that he couldn't bring himself to do it.

If it were just Lu Jinghe and him in the yard, he would have already devoured most of the chickens.

"What's the rush!" In the kitchen, Lu Jinghe was cooking with a pot in hand. Just by looking at how he held the pot, you could tell that his cooking skills were not bad.

Delicious roast chicken? It's not even worthy of being compared to his sweet and sour pork, boiled pork slices, and candied sweet potatoes.

Lu Jinghe put away the pot and glanced at the rice that was still steaming; it was done.

He thought to himself: It's still faster to burn firewood than normal firewood.

Lu Jinghe closed the Feng Hou Qi Men (a magical gate), and called out, "Li Chunfeng, come out and serve the dishes!"

After a while, Li Chunfeng, Gao Yang, and Qing Wu slowly walked into the kitchen.

As soon as they entered the house, the three of them were stunned.

"Gurgle..."

"Gurgle..."

"Gurgle..."

The three people's stomachs growled one after the other, all of them extremely uncooperative.

Li Chunfeng originally wanted to say that he was a guest and why should he be made to serve dishes.

As soon as he got to the kitchen, he didn't want to talk anymore; all he wanted to do was eat.

Lu Jinghe was very satisfied with the performance of the three.

This is a dish from later generations; how could the taste buds of these ancient people resist such temptation?

"I'll take it, I'll take it."

Seeing Lu Jinghe pick up the porcelain basin, the red soup inside swayed gently with his movements, looking very tempting.

Li Chunfeng quickly snatched the dish from Lu Jinghe's hands, saying, "Look at your skinny arms and legs, don't spill it. Leave this tiring work to me, and I'll carry the rest of the dishes."

"I'll go get the rice," Qingwu said readily when she saw this.

The bowls and chopsticks were all laid out in the open, so I quickly ran over to get some rice.

Lu Jinghe used only the best rice. Before coming to Chang'an, he traveled all over the country and acquired many fine things.

This rice is one of them; it's sweet and plump. I don't know what variety it is, but it tastes good, and that's enough.

Qingwu slowly served the rice, secretly peeking at Lu Jinghe and Gao Yang standing facing each other at the door.

His Highness and Young Master Lu get along quite well; His Highness didn't throw any tantrums and seemed quite happy.

Young Master Lu is very kind to His Highness, and he even wrote such a beautiful sentence. He can also cook. This is truly wonderful.

Last night, upon learning that she was going to go out with Gao Yang to find a man, Qingwu was so scared that she barely slept.

Outside the door, Gao Yang looked at Lu Jinghe, who was not far from him, and felt somewhat at a loss.

Gao Yang asked, "Did you make all of this?"

After saying that, Gao Yang's pretty face instantly turned red.

He cursed under his breath: How could you be so stupid, Gao Yang! Did it fall from the sky if he didn't do it himself?

"yes."

Lu Jinghe nodded and said, "The dish that Li Chunfeng just brought in is called boiled pork slices, and it's spicy."

"This golden-brown slice of meat is called Guo Bao Rou (sweet and sour pork), it's delicious."

"And this, this is called candied sweet potato."

Lu Jinghe casually picked up a piece and held it to Gao Yang's mouth, saying, "Ah..."

Upon hearing the sound "Ah," Gao Yang instinctively opened her mouth, and Lu Jinghe stuffed a golden sweet potato into it.

"So sweet, so delicious."

Gao Yang smiled contentedly, looking at the plate of candied sweet potatoes. She stretched out two fingers, picked up a piece, and wanted to feed it to Lu Jinghe.

As soon as she touched it, she found it was extremely sticky, and she pulled a long strand of sugar off the plate.

"Why are you so sticky? You weren't sticky just now." Gao Yang was suspicious, but not particularly bothered, and said, "Open your mouth and I'll feed you, ah..."

"Hmm, it tastes good."

After swallowing the candied sweet potato, Lu Jinghe said narcissistically, "Looks like my cooking skills haven't deteriorated yet."

"This cooking is much better than the imperial kitchen. By the way, where did you get the sugar? I rarely get to eat something so precious, even in the palace."

"You didn't spend a lot on this meal, did you?"

Lu Jinghe shook his head and said, "Sugar isn't particularly precious to me."

As he spoke, Lu Jinghe walked to the back of the kitchen, opened the lid of a porcelain jar, and found it filled with pure white sugar.

"Ah!" Gao Yang exclaimed in surprise, "The sugar is so white!"

"How did you do that? The sugar is so white!"

"Want to know?"

"I wonder, could this be some kind of magic? Like your glass lamp?"

"No, only I can make glass lamps, but anyone can make this candy once they figure out how."

"Let's not talk about this anymore, have another one."

"It's so sweet, so delicious."