Gluttonous Crown Princess

Gluttonous Crown Princess Chapter 13.1

Yaoguang Hall was to the west of Zixia Hall.
Though it wasn’t very far away, it still took about fifteen minutes to walk there.

When the palace maids and eunuchs they encountered along the way saw Tao Ti walking about, they all retreated to the roadside in astonishment and bowed in salute.

Only when Tao Ti had gone far did they raise their heads one by one and exchanged whispered discussions——

“Wow, the crown princess has actually come out to walk around? I heard that she had someone deliver snacks to His Highness yesterday.
Look, the palace maid behind her is carrying a food container, are they heading for Zixia Hall?”

“Wasn’t she unwilling to be married here? Why is she rushing to deliver food to His Highness now?”

“Hah, she has probably come round.
Since she has already married here, and has already also made a fuss, there’s no point in continuing to make trouble…”

“By the way, did you all see what the crown princess looks like just now? I didn’t dare to look up.”

“I did! Hey, who was the one who said the crown princess looks ordinary? What nonsense! I caught a glimpse just now and thought a fairy has descended to earth!”

“Ha? Is she so beautiful? You must be exaggerating, right?”

“If I’m lying, I’ll call you grandpa! If you don’t believe me, find a chance to have a look.”

While the palace attendants were chatted enthusiastically over here, Tao Ti’s eyes were drawn to the small forest of pagoda trees by the roadside.

On the tall and straight trees, clusters of snow-white pagoda tree blossoms were in full bloom.
The little white flowers, coupled with green and tender leaves and branches, sent bursts of fresh and sweet fragrance in the gentle spring breeze.

There was a poem that went like this: The spring breeze came before the court one night; the fragrance of pagoda tree blossoms spread for ten miles.

Tao Ti looked at the delicate and beautiful pagoda tree blossoms, inhaled deeply, and felt relaxed and happy.
“These pagoda tree blossoms have bloomed really well.”

Linglong was just about to echo her agreement when she heard Crown Princess continue, “Such fresh and tender pagoda tree blossoms, whether used to make pagoda tree blossoms pastry, pagoda tree blossom baos, pagoda tree blossom egg crepe, or to steam fish, it must be delicious!”

Linglong, “……?”
When other noble ladies viewed flowers, even if they didn’t compose poems, at the very least, they wouldn’t immediately think about food.
Crown Princess was really… fond of delicious food.

Tao Ti was not aware of Linglong’s unspoken reproval; more than a dozen types of pagoda tree blossom dishes had already flashed through her mind.
Thereupon, she turned around and said cheerfully to Linglong, “Let’s go, we’ll first deliver this food to His Highness, and pick two baskets of these back when we return.”

Two baskets? Linglong was silent for a while, then said, “Understood……”

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Zixia Hall was indeed worthy of being the number one palace of the Eastern Palace.
The area it covered, the scale of the palace, as well as the extent of its magnificence, were all not aspects in which Yaoguang Hall could compare.

But the style of the palace was very cold; the colour scheme was sombre and restrained, and there were not many flowers and plants in the surroundings.
Instead, emerald green bamboo forests could be seen everywhere.
If it were the hot summer, this large bamboo forest would seem cooling and serene, but in the other three seasons, it appeared rather lonesome.

But for an immortal-like being like Pei Yan, this quiet and elegant style did match him well.

When the palace attendants of Zixiao Hall saw Tao Ti arrive, they bowed in greeting with grave expressions as if confronted by a formidable enemy, then, with grave expressions, ran in to report to the crown prince, before finally, with grave expressions, brought her into the study.

This cautious and defensive attitude made Tao Ti smile bitterly——

She really wanted to catch hold of these palace attendants and explain one by one, Don’t look at me like that, I know my place and really won’t go beyond my bounds! Please hurry and forget about how I attempted suicide by taking poison, give me a chance to turn over a new life and have a fresh start!

Thinking was one thing, but that wasn’t something she could do.
After adjusting her mindset, Tao Ti walked around the screen and headed into the hall.

Pei Yan was sitting at the table with a scroll in his hand.
Hearing the light footsteps, he put the scroll down and raised his eyes to look ahead.

Today, Tao Ti was wearing a simple and elegant magnolia-coloured satin gauze palace dress; her hair was pulled back in a low hairdo, with only two sunflower-patterned silver hairpins inserted in it.
If she didn’t have to go out, she would dress simply.
Anyway, the Heavens always took special care of beauties—as long as one was good-looking, no matter how plainly one dressed, one would be praised for being “natural and unadorned”.

Tao Ti bobbed a curtsy towards him, “Greetings, Your Highness.”

Pei Yan gave her a natural and light smile, “You’ve come.”