Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 253 The Huang Family Girl Doesn’t Have That Many Tricks

Qiyun Hall.

The retired emperor had obviously lost weight, and not only did he look more energetic, but even his facial features became more three-dimensional. Eunuch Ai was happy to see this. It was time for lunch, and Eunuch Ai was muttering while placing food on the table.

"It's already this late and the prince hasn't come yet. You, the Emperor, have to be more self-disciplined and finish eating all these things." It's really frustrating. Even if he wants to lose weight, the Emperor doesn't like to eat these vegetarian dishes. If there is no supervision from the prince, he might just eat some meat and rice and refuse to eat any vegetables.

"Are those vegetarian dishes for people to eat?" The retired emperor muttered. The girl from the Huang family was also stingy. She only gave a little condiment and the people finished it in a few meals. Now he almost vomited after eating these blanched vegetables every day.

"Your Majesty, are you not eating well again?" Huang Ye's voice came in: "I brought some delicious food here at noon today, Your Majesty, you are in for a treat."

The emperor suddenly stood up and walked out nimbly. He saw Huang Ye and Hong Dou, who was carrying a winnowing basket, almost walking into the house.

"What is this?" The emperor couldn't take his eyes off the plump white dumplings, which looked delicious.

"These are dumplings. We will eat them at noon. Hongdou, go to the small kitchen and ask someone to boil some water. I'll go over and make the dumplings when the water boils." Huang Ye instructed Hongdou.

Seeing Hongdou go out, the emperor looked at Huang Ye warily. This girl is very cunning. She has never been so generous before. Who knows what trap she has dug for him to fall into?

"It's really nothing. We are having dumplings at Ningyuxuan for lunch. I thought that the emperor might not have eaten yet, so I asked Hongdou to bring them over as a courtesy to you." Huang Ye was a good child. In order not to upset the emperor during his meal, she did not tell him her purpose.

The emperor was relieved, and she said that the girl from the Huang family was a good person and would not have so many twists and turns.

As they had to eat soon, Huang Ye was afraid that she would not have enough time, so she put the acupuncture treatment on hold until after the meal. She went to the small kitchen. The water had not yet boiled, so she started to prepare the sauce for the dumplings. In fact, only vinegar would be enough, but Huang Ye felt that it would taste better if some garlic juice was added. As for whether the emperor liked it or not, that was not within her consideration.

"Empress, the water is boiling." The eunuch who was burning the fire reminded Huang Ye who was distracted.

Huang Ye put all the dumplings in the winnowing basket into the pot. The pot was big enough. After the dumplings were put into the pot, Huang Ye began to stir them slowly with a spoon to prevent the dumplings from sinking into the pot and breaking.

"Hongdou, you should learn a little bit too, in case I don't have time to come over, you can cook for the emperor yourself."

"Okay." Hongdou agreed. This didn't look difficult and she should be able to learn it.

After the dumplings were boiled, Huang Ye started to add cold water. He repeated this three times before he took out the dumplings and filled six large bowls.

Huang Ye asked Hong Dou to bring the five large bowls of dumplings to the emperor's dining room, and put the remaining bowl of dumplings in the small kitchen. He smiled and said to the eunuch who was stoking the fire: "I'll keep this bowl of dumplings for you. You have to work hard to light the fire every time you come here."

The young eunuch was so excited that he was at a loss for words: "Slave...slave dare not..."

"This is my treat for you, you can just eat it in the kitchen." Huang Ye felt sorry for him because he was still a child. If it were in his previous life, he would probably still be in elementary school.

In the dining room, Hongdou placed a bowl of dumplings on another table for the prince to eat, and placed four large bowls of dumplings on the table. There were four small seasoning bowls in the middle of the table. Seeing Huang Ye come in, she sat down happily and pulled a bowl of dumplings in front of her: "The queen is here, the emperor, eunuch Ai, you can start eating now."

The emperor didn't say anything, but Eunuch Ai didn't dare to sit down: "You guys eat first, I'll serve you here."

"Eunuch, we need to eat these dumplings right after they're out of the pot. They won't taste good if we leave them for a while. There's no one else here, so let's sit down and eat together." Hongdou urged him. He was so hesitant even when eating. This Eunuch Ai was not a straightforward person.

"Let's sit down and eat together." Eunuch Ai was actually waiting for the emperor to speak. When he heard the emperor speak, he sat down obediently. By the time he sat down, the emperor had already eaten two, grimacing from the scalding.

"Eat carefully, no one is going to snatch it from you." Huang Ye felt his mouth hurt just looking at it.

"Um, Huang family girl, can you eat such a big bowl by yourself?" The emperor really thought that Huang Ye could not eat so much. As for Hongdou, although she was also thin and small, she was strong, so it was normal for her to eat a lot.

"What you mean is..." Huang Ye deliberately dragged out the words.

"What I mean is that if you can't eat so much, just give me some." Seeing Hongdou and Eunuch Ai laughing secretly, the emperor became angry and embarrassed. This girl from the Huang family was too unlovable. She insisted that he say it in person. He also has to save his face.

"Okay." Huang Ye gave him a few more dumplings from his bowl before he started eating. As he ate, he muttered, "You're trying to lose weight now. It's okay to indulge yourself with this once in a while, but don't eat too much. Eunuch Ai, please remember this for me. He shouldn't eat dinner at night. Just eat vegetables."

The emperor had no time to argue with her now. If he didn't want to eat dinner, he wouldn't eat. He would be satisfied as long as he could eat such delicious dumplings every day at noon.

"Your Majesty, you may not know this, but there are many ways to eat dumplings. You can steam them or fry them in oil." Huang Ye successfully made the emperor greedy again. What's more, Huang Ye did it on purpose.

"How about you bring me another one tomorrow at noon?" Putting down his chopsticks, the emperor made a request with a lingering look. This Old Ai was so slow when eating. He had finished his meal, but he was still savoring it slowly. Now he still had half a bowl left. It was really hateful.

"Of course you can." Huang Ye hesitated for a moment: "The most important thing now is to give you acupuncture. Don't you feel that you are feeling much better now?"

He was happy when he mentioned the emperor. He was in good health now. It was all thanks to the little girl in front of him: "I am fine now. I can walk as light as a swallow without even panting."

Hongdou looked at him with disdain. He weighed over 100 kilograms and almost 200 kilograms, yet he was as light as a swallow. It was true that even the emperor sometimes spoke without thinking.

"Yeah." Huang Ye encouraged him: "You are getting closer and closer to my goal of being a middle-aged handsome uncle. As long as you keep persisting like this, maybe in autumn you can go out and see the vast world outside."

The Emperor's blood boiled at what she said: "Who are you looking down on, Huang's girl? Am I someone without perseverance? Back then... I was extremely reluctant to sit in that position. I knew my own worth, but I was forced to take the position, and I sat there for 10 to 20 years."