Li Yi pointed at the little girl's back and turned to look at the steward of the Food Bureau. "Which princess is this?"
He only knew two of the old Emperor's princesses, the beautiful constable Princess Yongle and the arrogant Princess Shouning. He didn't know any of the princes.
The little girl who looked a little silly just now was actually a princess?
"Lord Jue, that is Princess Yongning." The steward immediately replied.
Li Yi realized that there was a huge gap between princesses. For example, Shou Yang, the tsundere Lolita, might be the most pampered type. In order to satisfy her desire to eat hotpot, the old emperor did not hesitate to let a viscount enter the palace to be the chef. As for the lonely Princess Yong Ning, she might be the least pampered type.
Li Yi turned his head and saw the corner of a robe peeking out from the stone steps at the entrance. Li Yi walked out slowly and saw the little girl sitting by the stone steps, hugging the doll in her arms. She was motionless and looked ahead with a blank expression.
"Coo …"
A strange noise was suddenly heard. Li Yi lowered his head to look at her, then walked back to the food station. When he came out again, he was holding a small bowl of Egg-Fried Rice that was still steaming hot.
As if she smelled the fragrance, the little girl turned her head and looked straight at Li Yi. For the first time, there was a glimmer of light in her bright eyes.
"Eat." This was the first time Li Yi saw an hungry princess. He squatted down and passed the bowl to her.
The little girl instinctively dodged his action. Seeing that he didn't seem to have any ill intentions, she put the doll aside after a long time. She reached out to take the bowl and took small bites.
Li Yi sat beside the little girl. The steward walked out and was about to say something when he was glared at by Li Yi.
Just like that, one big and one small sat on the porch. One ate quietly while the other stared ahead in a daze …
"Hey, is my hotpot ready?" A crisp voice pulled Li Yi back from his dazed state, and a tsundere little face appeared in front of him.
"Hotpot?" Li Yi was confused. "What hotpot?"
The Lolita's face turned from red to green.
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The taste of the hotpot depended on the base. There was no Haidilao in this world. Fortunately, it was easy to make a homemade hotpot base and didn't require much effort.
The palace was a palace after all. Tender green vegetables weren't rare here. The variety of dishes wasn't something the prince's residence could compare to.
Shou Yang Princess followed Li Yi like a shadow, asking him questions from time to time. It looked like she wanted to secretly learn from him. It was very noisy outside. The arrogant Lolita did not come alone. The princes and princesses were all attracted by the "hotpot" she mentioned. After the morning class, they followed behind her and swarmed over. A large group of eunuchs and palace maids guarded them..
It seemed that His Majesty the Emperor was quite energetic when he was young, Li Yi thought to himself. He glanced outside and could not help but frown.
At the door, a few princes and princesses surrounded the little girl and pushed her. The little girl didn't resist and just stood there in a daze, letting them bully her.
"Can you teach me how to make hotpot? That way, I can make delicious food for father and mother." Princess Shouning dipped her chopsticks in the hotpot and tasted it. She nodded in satisfaction and looked at Li Yi.
Li Yi pointed outside and said, "If you can stop them from bullying Yongning, I'll teach you."
Princess Shouning was stunned for a moment. She didn't even hesitate and walked out with large strides.
Among the group of princes and princesses, the proud Lolita was obviously the big sister. After a while, she came back from outside. Li Yi glanced at them and saw that the group had already dispersed. The little girl, who was a little demented, was led out by two palace maids.
"Is that little girl really a princess?" Li Yi asked while he was busy cooking.
"Yes." Princess Shouning immediately replied.
Between princesses, one couldn't be compared. Shouning and Yongning were different by a word.
One was the MIngzhu in the palm of the old emperor, while the other could only be bullied by many princes and princesses.
Thinking of the little girl's behavior just now, Li Yi asked again, "Does she not know how to speak?"
"No." Princess Shouning shook her head and said, "Yongning used to know how to speak, but she fell seriously ill a year ago. The imperial doctors almost couldn't save her. I don't know what happened later, but she recovered. Since then, I haven't seen her speak much."
"Yongning's mother passed away early. She never played with us. My brothers and sisters don't like her." Princess Shouning was very willing to talk to people who were willing to cook for her.
"You don't like her either?" Li Yi put the onion and ginger slices into the pot and asked casually.
The proud Lolita was silent for a while and said, "Father said that a family should help each other. Yongning is also my sister. It's not that I don't like her, but she never talks to me. I can't do anything about it."
Li Yi looked at Princess Shouning with slight surprise. A ten-year-old girl could say something like this. It meant that the old emperor had educated her well.
Although this little girl was a little proud, she wasn't bad at heart. It wasn't easy for a princess to grow up in the palace.
The imperial court of the Li family continued the glory of the former Tang Dynasty. The princesses of that era were extravagant and lascivious. They bullied the kind-hearted, raised handsome men, and even caused chaos in the palace. Even revolts were not uncommon. Perhaps the imperial family of the Jing Kingdom had learned their lesson and paid attention to the quality education of the imperial family's children. The arrogant little Lolita was even more so a pure white lotus that had emerged from the mud.
She was born into the royal family, so it was normal not to be arrogant.
Li Yi's curiosity about Princess Yongning ended there. She lost her mother at a young age and suffered from a serious illness. It was normal for her to be autistic in a place like the palace where there wasn't much human touch.
Li Yi had a friend with autism in his previous life. When he was in elementary school, she was a weak girl who never communicated with others. She just sat in her seat and stared blankly. As her deskmate, it took Li Yi half a semester to walk into her heart and become her only friend.
She was his first friend of the opposite sex. Although she was transferred to another school by her parents in the second semester, Li Yi had a deep impression of her.
That little girl who ate egg fried rice without saying a word with a wooden expression easily evoked some of the precious memories buried deep in his heart.
The beginning of spring had passed, and the weather was getting warmer. However, it was still a little chilly. Eating hotpot in such weather was a good choice.
Hotpot was a very magical thing. In the future, not only was it popular in China, but it was also very popular in Japan, Europe, and America. From ancient to modern, Chinese to foreign, as long as one ate it once, it was not easy to get rid of it.
It was very obvious that eating this would cause one to become addicted. The princes and princesses huddled around the stove and made a big fuss. Even though they were scalded, they still kept stuffing the food into their mouths. The officials of the Foodstuff Bureau looked at each other in dismay. When had the food from the Foodstuff Bureau been so loved by these ancestors?
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