Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 260 Looking for a reason

Qiyun Hall.

Hongdou's worry was not without reason. She brought over three baskets of dumplings. Huang Ye scooped up five large bowls of dumplings at a time and brought them in for the father and son to eat. She thought that even if there was a little difference, it wouldn't be much. After all, Princess An Ning was a woman. No matter how much she ate, how much could she eat?

Before the second pot of water boiled, Huang Ye walked into the dining room and saw that several people were lying on the table eating without even raising their heads. When An Ning saw Huang Ye coming in, she excitedly shouted, "Huang Pin, these dumplings are so delicious. One bowl is not enough for me. I want a big bowl."

The third prince quickly raised his hand: "And me, and me. I have to eat two more big bowls." The dumplings were so delicious, he would not throw away the bowl until he was full. He ate quickly and the extra bowl was pulled in front of him.

"Third brother, you eat so fast, aren't you afraid of burning your tongue?" The emperor retiring looked at the Third Prince's almost empty bowl and scolded him. He was a little worried that he would not have enough to eat at noon again.

"It's not hot..." the third prince replied while eating. He suddenly remembered: "Princess Huang, do you have any dumplings tomorrow? If not, the leek boxes will be fine." Concubine Huang also sent him a portion of leek boxes, which were really delicious. If he hadn't been so busy these days, he would have run to Ningyuxuan countless times.

"Third brother, how many delicious things have you eaten without my knowledge?" An Ning was unhappy.

The emperor was even more unhappy. He didn't expect that the third brother would also have a share of the leek pie. He miscalculated. He should find a way to make the third brother not bother to return to the palace.

Although these people could eat a lot, the dumplings sent by Ning Yuxuan were enough. Even if Eunuch Yu, Eunuch Ai and the others were added, there were enough dumplings to eat. However, Huang Ye wanted to leave a bowl for the eunuch who was stoking the fire, but he didn't keep it. Eunuch Yu, who was not afraid of being full, took it away and ate it.

After dinner, everyone sat back on their chairs, An Ning was so tired that she kept groaning, "Huang Pin, I'm not leaving today. I have to continue eating tomorrow."

The other people were looking at the yellow leaves. If they were going to make dumplings tomorrow, they would still eat them.

"It's impossible to make dumplings every day." Huang Ye shook her head speechlessly: "Didn't you say you would stay in the palace for a while? If Ning Yuxuan makes something delicious, how about I ask Hongdou to send you a portion?" She discussed with An Ning.

"That's fine." An Ning didn't want to go back to her home outside the palace anyway, so she might as well come to her father's house for dinner more often in the future.

"Go see the Queen Mother. We have something to discuss." Seeing that An Ning didn't want to leave, the Emperor began to drive her away: "She has a lot of rules. If she knew that you came to Father first, she might scold you again."

An Ning pouted her lips. Her mother only cared about her family. She, a daughter, was not as important as Xu Rou in her mother's heart. But she did not argue. If she wanted to live in the palace for a long time in the future, she would have to tell her mother.

Seeing An Ning walking away holding her belly, the emperor started to drive the third prince away again: "Third prince, why don't you go to the Ministry of Justice? It's too late to go at this time, right?" This third prince was stubborn and kept looking at Huang Bin from time to time. Is that someone he can look at? Didn't you see that he was unhappy?

The third prince stood up helplessly. If a person is full, he will not want to move. He is a prince, even if he does not go for a long time, what can the Ministry of Justice do to him? Seeing that the emperor was unhappy, he, like An Ning, did not dare to argue and left.

Now there were only three of them left in the room. The emperor looked at Huang Ye and asked, "Didn't you ask him something?" He could tell him now.

"Your Majesty." Huang Ye said carefully: "I don't want to leave Ning Yuxuan."

"Why?" The emperor really thought that this was no big deal. Wasn't it just changing the place to live?

"Because... I like the quietness of Ningyuxuan and I don't like crowds." Huang Ye thought that this reason should be acceptable.

The emperor almost laughed out loud. This Concubine Huang, she didn't even try to find excuses to be more serious and she didn't like the hustle and bustle. Didn't she see how enthusiastic she was in watching the hustle and bustle on the Lantern Festival? She even didn't care about her own hustle and bustle.

"That's not a good reason." The emperor teased her, "Give me a plausible reason."

"Then..." Huang Ye thought for a while: "I like Ning Yuxuan's small kitchen, I like Ning Yuxuan's small vegetable garden, I like the people in Ning Yuxuan, and... I like everything about Ning Yuxuan." She thought this reason was always acceptable.

The emperor, who was drinking tea, almost choked. How come he didn't know about the small vegetable garden?

"What small vegetable garden?" the emperor asked. The emperor emeritus looked at her in confusion.

"That's right. Isn't Ningyuxuan's yard big enough? I thought that instead of planting some useless flowers and plants, it would be better to plant some vegetables. This way, when the small kitchen needs some vegetables, it doesn't have to go to the big kitchen to buy them." She suddenly remembered that this was allowed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so she must not implicate the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"It's like this. Vegetables are planted inside, and flowers and plants are planted outside near the yard. Aesthetics is still the most important." Huang Ye added.

The emperor felt that he should go to Ningyuxuan when he had time. If he didn't go and take a look, who knows what kind of mess Concubine Huang would have made of that courtyard.

"If you move to another place, you can still build a small kitchen, and the people will still be the same." Although the emperor had already agreed to help her in his heart, he still felt that her reasons were not valid.

"Let me put it this way." Huang Ye decided to tell the truth: "I said in front of so many people in Kunning Palace that I don't want to move out of Ningyuxuan. If I am driven out in disgrace, where will my dignity be? Don't I have any dignity?"

The emperor was disdainful in his heart. What face did a concubine need? But he didn't say it out loud. He had a hunch that if he said it, this yellow leaf would dare to turn against him, and he didn't want to turn against her.

"I know about this." The emperor stood up: "Xiao Yuzi, let's go." Huang Ye quickly stood up and saw the emperor off. The emperor didn't even say whether he would help or not, and just left like that. It was so irresponsible.

After the emperor left, Huang Ye began to give acupuncture to the emperor: "Do you think the emperor agrees or not?" If he didn't agree, all her work at noon would be in vain.

"Aren't you usually very smart, girl? You can't even see this." The emperor was full and spoke more gently: "The boy didn't say anything else, which means he agreed. Now it depends on that..."

He paused, not wanting to say the Queen Mother's name: "See what she does. Don't be afraid of this. If she really can't make a fuss, I will help you."

The emperor now thought he had figured it out. Living close to this girl also had its advantages. Apart from other things, just looking at the food, wasn't it because he lived close that he could eat it? If he lived far away... he always felt like he had lost a lot of things.

Huang Ye was happy. Even if the emperor was unreliable, there was still the emperor emeritus to back her up. She didn't believe that the empress dowager could get away with it at the hands of these two men.