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The head eunuch said that he didn't dare to do so as he looked at the empress.
The empress picked up the spoon and scooped up a fish ball to blow on it. She opened her red lips and took a bite. She chewed it slowly with an intoxicated expression on her face.
Why don't you try it?
All of the concubines and daughters did not move. Imperial Concubine Hong had said just now that this was food for the cold palace, how could they eat it? Wasn't this implying that they would enter the cold palace in the future?
Zhang Ge, however, disapproved. He scooped up a fish ball and swallowed it whole. This fish ball was not big to begin with, so she took a sip to confirm that it was not easy.
As he bit down, he could feel the elasticity of his tendons and teeth. His mouth was filled with the fragrance of the fish and the sweetness of the flowers.
This was a kind of blissful feeling, as the past played out in front of her eyes, together with her family members, and Gu Yinfeng teasing her teacher. On the island, he fought with Bai Ze, took the sword with Xiao Ziyang, was embraced by him in the inn, fell asleep on his lap, and pointed at the space between his eyebrows …
In the end, his eyes were all on Xiao Ziyang's face.
This was the first time she discovered that she missed him so much, even more than she missed him for three years on the island. She really wanted to ride the sword and go find him right now.
Changge chewed on the fish balls with moist eyes.
The empress nodded with a smile, then said to Imperial Concubine Hong, ”This is a gift from the emperor. Don't you like it?”
When they heard that it was the emperor's reward, everyone immediately became somewhat embarrassed. A few of them had already picked up their spoons and started to eat.
When they didn't want to eat it, they would look reluctant and unwilling. As soon as it was in their mouths, they couldn't help but want to eat it. Every one of them had a blissful expression on their faces.
After a few of her concubines had eaten it and said it was delicious, the empress said faintly, ”Those who have not eaten the fish balls are truly unlucky. The chef for the fish balls was specially invited by my son from outside the country.”
When the crowd heard the name ”royal son”, they were even more surprised than when they heard the name ”emperor”. It had already spread amongst them that on Flower God Day, the empress was going to give her son a choice of Crown Princess to be the current crown prince.
Cao Ning Xiang hastily scooped a fish ball into her mouth and swallowed it whole: Delicious, it's really delicious!
Hahaha, is it really that delicious? Accompanied by a hearty laugh, a person with a high profile walked into the garden with large strides.
The ones who had come were none other than the current Crown Prince. Upon seeing him, the crowd all kneeled down to pay their respects.
Gu Changge was stunned, everyone kneeled on the ground, only she was still sitting blankly on her seat with a fish ball in her hand.
The crown prince acted as if he had not noticed her presence. He took a big step forward and excused himself before sitting down beside the empress. The elegance with which he lifted his robes had mesmerized countless girls.
Cao Ningxiang's face was flushed red as she sat beside Chang Ge and was even more restrained. Chang Ge wasn't feeling any better than her at all. If she could, she would have stuck an invisibility talisman on her body and disappeared.
If she, Gu Changge knew that Ye Xuan was even the current dynasty's crown prince, she would not have come to this palace's banquet!
It was not that she loathed this person, but she felt a little awkward sitting with the famous Shuyuan dressed in fine clothes. Wasn't her brilliant life of 'Upper Immortal' ruined?!
Slowly, they lowered their heads and took the fish balls to chew. Listening to the crown prince and the other concubines' greetings, the other concubines finally took out their self-awareness as mufei. They were no longer as jealous as they were just now.