Teasing the First Dragon at the Start

Hu Yi's legs went weak at the thought of what had just happened.

Her face was flushed, and she even seemed a little dazed, with her hair slightly disheveled.

Hu Yu bit her lip, angrily saying, "You...you really went too far just now!"

Bai Su coughed lightly, a little embarrassed: "Ahem, it was unavoidable just now. How about this, what would you like to eat? I'll cook something delicious for you myself, how about that?"

Hu Yi was taken aback, and a hint of joy immediately appeared in his heterochromatic eyes: "Really? Then I want to eat dessert. I like sweet things."

Bai Su scratched her cheek and said, "Of course, I'll make you two portions."

Upon hearing this, Hu Yi gritted his teeth and said, "No, I want five portions."

Bai Su said with some distress, "This dessert is a bit troublesome to make. Aren't five servings a bit too much?"

Hu Yi's heterochromatic eyes flashed with a hint of grievance, her delicate nose pouted, and she gave a soft snort: "Then I'll go tell Mother that you just bullied me."

"Ahem... It's just five portions, I'll make them for you, okay? Not to mention five portions, even ten or fifteen portions are no problem."

Bai Su broke out in a cold sweat. If Sister Zheng found out that she had just teased her and then bullied her most beloved daughter, she would tear her apart.

Hu Yu nodded in satisfaction: "That's more like it."

"Don't you want any milk candy today?"

Bai Su gave her a strange look. Hu Yu used to love milk candy and would often pester him to make it for her.

Hu Yu shook his head: "Not today."

Bai Su was taken aback: "Why?"

"because……"

Hu Yu touched his cheek, looking at Bai Su with a embarrassed and annoyed expression: "My mouth hurts, and... I never want to see milk again."

"Cough cough..."

Bai Su awkwardly glanced away and coughed.

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Imperial kitchen.

"As expected of Xianyang Palace, the imperial kitchen is truly well-equipped..."

Led by Hu Yi, Bai Su arrived at the imperial kitchen in Xianyang Palace. Looking at the various rare delicacies and wild game inside, she couldn't help but marvel.

Hu Yu curled his lip in disdain: "Hmph, these are all things I'm already tired of eating. They're not tasty at all, not even a tenth as good as you."

Bai Su smiled, not too surprised.

After all, the ingredients used in the food of this era are relatively simple.

In the past, the delicacy that King Cheng of Chu longed for before his death was nothing more than honey-stewed bear paw, and the delicacy that Duke Jing of Jin ate most often was nothing more than noodles made from fresh wheat.

It is evident that snacks and delicacies were relatively scarce in this era.

With a light leap, Hu Yu sat on the high stove, her long, slender legs swaying gently.

Her heterochromatic eyes looked at Bai Su curiously: "What delicious food are you going to make for me?"

Bai Su looked up at the full moon in the sky outside the window, her eyes lit up, and she thought to herself, "Today is the Moon Festival, which is also the Mid-Autumn Festival in later generations. Why don't I make a mooncake while I'm at it?"

He turned his head and smiled, "Do you know what a mooncake is?"

Hu Yi was taken aback: "Mooncake? What's that?"

“Naturally, it’s a cake from the moon.” Bai Su chuckled lightly, offering no further explanation.

After all, mooncakes were originally called "Hu Bing" and only gradually became a folk delicacy with festival characteristics when they were combined with the local Mid-Autumn Festival during the Tang Dynasty.

In this day and age when noodles are still a rare sight, even if you explained it to her, she probably wouldn't understand.

Bai Su rolled up her sleeves, washed up, and then began kneading the dough and preparing the filling.

Things like honey, syrup, red beans, sesame seeds, and almonds are hard to find outside, but they are readily available in the palace, which makes things much easier for him.

He skillfully wrapped the filling inside, shaping it into a palm-sized pancake. Then, he picked up a chopstick and drew small jade rabbit patterns on it.

Then, they were placed on a rack and put into the oven to roast.

Hu Yu blinked her heterochromatic eyes, looking at Bai Su who was busy with something with great curiosity. It was the first time she had ever seen such a strange and unusual way of doing things.

After about the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the mooncakes gradually turned a light golden brown, and an enticing aroma wafted from the oven, making her swallow hard.

"It should be about time."

Bai Su felt the mooncakes were almost cooked, so she took them out, blew on them to make sure they weren't too hot, and handed them to Hu Yi beside her: "Here, try them and see how they taste?"

Hu Yu took a bite, savoring the sweet taste of the egg yolk spreading in his mouth, and his heterochromatic eyes widened instantly: "So...delicious!"

"Eat more if you like it. I made several different flavors."

Bai Su also picked up a piece, took a bite of the jujube paste, and nodded in satisfaction. The taste was not bad.

Hu finished her food in a few bites and then tried the others. She liked them all, whether they were red bean or red bean paste, until she suddenly bit into a strange filling.

She froze, her delicate eyebrows furrowing. "What is this? It tastes so strange."

Bai Su glanced at it and said with a smile, "The one in your hand is the five-nut one, the ingredients are the most exquisite, much better than the one with egg yolk in my hand."

"I don't want to eat this, I want to eat the egg yolk one in your hand..."

As Hu Su spoke, he snatched the mooncake from Bai Su and handed her the half-eaten five-nut mooncake.

Bai Su looked at Hu Yu's disgusted expression, then at the five-nut mooncake with a small bite mark in her hand, and couldn't help but laugh and cry: "So, five-nut mooncakes are always disliked wherever you go?"

He shook his head helplessly. They really didn't know how to appreciate it. Five-nut filling is the most particular in terms of ingredients. Then... he decisively switched to red bean paste filling.

Clearly, he also didn't like being kicked out of the mooncake world, especially the five-nut filling.

"Hu Yu, what are you secretly eating?"

Just then, a clear, cold female voice suddenly came from afar.

Bai Su looked up and saw a young girl in a white ruqun standing at the door.

"Your Majesty... no, he seems much younger than Your Majesty."

Bai Su was about to greet her when she realized that the girl was not Zheng Jie, but she looked remarkably similar to Zheng Jie.

Who is she?

Chapter Sixty-Seven: We Each Call Ourselves

This is a beautiful girl who looks to be about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Her long, black hair was tied up high and adorned with a pearl hairpin. She was exceptionally beautiful and wore a long white ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) that covered her feet.

She exuded an air of nobility and elegance, with a high, full bosom—a truly stunning beauty from the North.

The girl seemed to resemble a young, inexperienced political leader, with her appearance, figure, and demeanor bearing a striking resemblance to him.

She's just a bit shorter, and compared to someone like Zheng Jie, who seems to have two huge mountains between her chest and whose thoughts are completely unfathomable.

The girl in front of me had her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, and her overly serious expression gave her a rather rigid personality.

"Why should I tell you, Fu Su..." Hu Yu snorted and curled his lip.

Fu Su said calmly, "Deep in the palace, you should call me elder sister when you see me. It is too impolite to call me by my name like this."

Hu Yu turned his head away arrogantly, unwilling to pay any attention.

Her initially good mood turned sour when she saw her sister Fu Su coming over.

Especially when she saw Fu Su's high, firm breasts, which resembled those of a mother, and then looked down at her own immature breasts, she felt even more distressed.

Even the mooncake in my hand seemed to have lost its flavor.

"So it's His Highness Prince Fusu."

Upon hearing this, Bai Su stood up and politely bowed, while looking at Fu Su in front of her with some curiosity.

Is she that poor, honest person from history?

Throughout history, there have been many ambitious princes and princesses, but honest and simple children like Fusu are truly rare.

He was clearly grooming her as his successor, sending her to the Great Wall for training, giving her control of a 300,000-strong Great Wall army, and having important officials like Meng Tian by her side.

As a result, because of the false imperial edict, she was ordered to commit suicide, and she obediently did so without questioning whether the edict was problematic.

The future heir to the empire, so dignified, is gone just like that. His obedient and honest nature is infuriating.

However, it's normal to think about it from another perspective.

The more assertive and capable a monarch is, the more likely his children will be overwhelmed by pressure. They will either be afraid to question, or their suppressed personalities will become distorted, leading them astray.

As is well known, Cao Cao had three great loves: Guan Yu, married women, and scaring Cao Pi.

Cao Pi was once so frightened by Cao Cao that he became melancholic and died young from illness caused by accumulated depression.

Even a powerful figure like Li Shimin could still distort the personality of the crown prince, leading him to rebel.

Faced with the powerful and authoritative command of the Empress Dowager, no one in the world dared to disobey. It was normal for Fu Su, who had lived in the shadows since childhood, not to dare to question the Empress Dowager's orders.

Fu Su frowned slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in her beautiful eyes.

She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that Bai Su's gaze towards her held a hint of pity.

Why are you looking at me like that?

"Ahem, it's nothing. I just made some mooncakes and wanted to ask Your Highness if you would like to try some."

"moon cake?"

Fu Su looked over after Bai Su reminded him, and saw palm-sized, unfamiliar yellow round cakes.

Hu Yu was initially displeased when he saw Fu Su eyeing "his" mooncakes, but his eyes lit up when he saw the remaining few unpalatable five-nut mooncakes.

She grinned mischievously and picked up a piece: "This one's for you..."

Fu Su didn't think much of it, took a small bite, and a look of surprise appeared on her face.

Hu Yu smiled and said, "How is it? Is it delicious?"