Chu Lian patted Princess Duanjia's hand. "Don't worry. I'll teach you how to make roast duck today. Once you learn it, you can make it for His Highness often."

Princess Duanjia became happy after hearing Chu Lian's words.

The two talked as they walked. Soon, they arrived at the reception hall in the main courtyard.

Princess Wei was wearing a silver-red palace dress. She sat on the warm couch and looked at Princess Duanjia and Chu Lian with a gentle expression.

Princess Duanjia and Chu Lian greeted Princess Wei together.

Beside Princess Wei, Mama Lan quickly helped the two up.

She said with a smile, "Princess has been looking forward to your return for a long time."

Princess Wei waved at Chu Lian. "Come here. Let me take a good look at you."

Chu Lian walked over and her hands were held by Princess Wei.

Princess Wei's eyes were gentle. She looked her up and down carefully and said, "You've lost weight. You've lost a lot of weight compared to last winter. I'll have the imperial physician take your pulse later."

Chu Lian quickly shook her head. "Your Highness, there's no need. The doctor in the estate has already taken a look. I'm fine now!"

Princess Wei disagreed with a stern face. "Li Yue already told me that you were injured by the assassins in the north. Although the doctor cured your injury, there's no guarantee that it won't stay. It's better to have the imperial physician take another look. This consort can rest assured."

Chu Lian's heart warmed. She agreed with a smile. "Then I'll have to trouble Your Highness."

Princess Duanjia pouted. "Sixth Chu, look. Mother doesn't even care about me when you come."

Princess Wei glared at her daughter helplessly.

Princess Wei looked at the dress Chu Lian was wearing today. Her expression became even more gentle. "I didn't expect this dress to be the right size. Duanjia is also the same size."

Mama Lan was also very happy. She joked, "Right. Your Highness looks so good in this dress. You look like sisters standing next to Princess Duanjia."

Seeing her mother and Mama Lan say this, Princess Duanjia purposely stood next to Chu Lian. Even she was surprised. "It really is like this. Sixth Chu, you're the same height as me."

Chu Lian also felt that this similarity was amazing.

If one looked closely, not only was her figure similar to Royal Princess Duanjia's, but there were also some similarities between their brows.

His teasing piqued Princess Duanjia's interest.

She held Princess Wei's arm and shook it coquettishly, "Imperial Mother, didn't you make two sets of beautiful dresses for me a few days ago? Why don't I exchange them with Chu Liu?"

Princess Wei was moved by her daughter's words. Her eyes flashed and she nodded.

Thus, Princess Duanjia dragged Chu Lian to her room to change.

When the two returned to the reception hall, even Mother Lan was dumbfounded.

Commandery Princess Duanjia and Chu Lian wore red and blue dresses of the same style. Their hair was in the same bun and they wore the same jewelry. They stood hand in hand in front of Princess of Wei like real sisters.

The impact this time was even greater than the last time.

Chu Lian felt a little uncomfortable. She always felt that Princess Wei's gaze on her was too heavy, as if it contained very heavy feelings.

Granny Lan's eyes couldn't help but become misty.

Commandery Princess Duanjia pulled Chu Lian around and asked Princess Wei with a smile, "Imperial Mother, do we look good?"

Princess Wei clenched the handkerchief in her hand tightly and suppressed her emotions that were about to burst. She nodded, "Yes, yes!"

Commandery Princess Duanjia pulled Chu Lian to Princess Wei's side and said to Chu Lian in a sweet voice, "Chu Liu, what do you think? I said this dress looks good, right?"

She looked Chu Lian up and down and finally wrinkled her nose unwillingly, "You're so good looking. He Sanlang really got lucky."

Seeing that her daughter was speaking without thinking, Princess Wei hurriedly tugged on her arm, "Duanjia, how can you say that!

He Sanlang is now Marquis Dingyuan, personally conferred by His Majesty. "

Commandery Princess Duanjia rolled her eyes, "What's the use of Marquis Dingyuan? He still injured Chu Liu and made him suffer."

Princess Wei was also dissatisfied with this point. She also thought that He Changdi didn't take good care of Chu Lian.

Li Xing and Li Yue had been by Chu Lian's side the whole way, so Princess Wei naturally knew everything that happened in the north.

At this time, Chu Lian said, "My husband also came to the manor today and was invited to the study by the royal prince."

Commandery Princess Duanjia immediately rejoiced at Chu Lian's words, "Chu Liu, you said that Second Brother invited He Sanlang to the study?"

Chu Lian nodded. She didn't understand why Commandery Princess Duanjia was so excited.

"Haha, He Sanlang deserves it. Second Brother loves to play pranks on people."

Huh?

Lu Tai loved to play pranks on people?

What kind of brother and sister were they?

Chu Lian was speechless and worried for He Changdi.

Her crazy husband couldn't have been tricked by someone, could he?!

After Commandery Princess Duanjia finished speaking, Princess Wei glared at her. She held Chu Lian's hand and comforted her, "Don't worry. Although Tai 'er is naughty, he doesn't have any bad intentions. Marquis Dingyuan will be fine."

Although Princess Wei said this, she also hoped that her youngest son would teach He Sanlang a lesson. She wanted him to know that although Chu Lian's maiden family wasn't good, she still had Princess Wei's support.

With the topic changed, Commandery Princess Duanjia squeezed to Chu Lian's side with a smile, "Chu Liu, didn't you say that you brought fresh food?

Why haven't you taken it out yet? "

Chu Lian smiled and had Xiyan and Wenlan bring the food over.

A package and a food box were placed on the table.

Chu Lian walked over and opened the package herself, taking out two fiery-red shawls.

Princess Wei and Commandery Princess Duanjia were knowledgeable and could tell at a glance that the shawls in Chu Lian's hands were of the highest quality red fox fur.

Commandery Princess Duanjia was shocked, "Chu Liu, where did you get this?"

Chu Lian handed the two shawls, which were slightly different in style, to Princess Wei and Commandery Princess Duanjia.

"I brought them from the north. I was lucky to come across this batch of red fox fur, so I made a shawl for Your Highness and Commandery Princess."

In the Great Wu Dynasty, red fox fur was even rarer than white fox fur.

Especially the two red fox fur shawls that Chu Lian brought, without a single strand of hair on them, it was not an exaggeration to say that they were hard to come by.

Commandery Princess Duanjia happily draped them over her body on the spot, and even turned around to show off, "Imperial Mother, look, don't you think it looks good?"

Princess Wei glared at her, then turned around and asked Chu Lian in a kind voice, "Such precious red fox fur. I'll accept it this time, but don't spend so much next time."

Chu Lian's little face stiffened, and she said embarrassedly, "Your Highness, it actually didn't cost much."

Her words aroused everyone's curiosity.

"How much is it?" Commandery Princess Duanjia asked eagerly.

Chu Lian stretched out her slender fingers and made a "one" sign.

Commandery Princess Duanjia guessed, "Ten thousand taels?"

Chu Lian twitched the corner of her mouth, coughed, and shook her head.

Ten thousand taels? When she was in the north, she didn't even have five thousand taels on her …

Commandery Princess Duanjia covered her mouth, "Don't tell me it's a hundred thousand taels!"

"No." Chu Lian was embarrassed.

Princess Wei's curiosity was also piqued. She first glared at Commandery Princess Duanjia, "What ten thousand taels? Even our Prince's Estate doesn't have that much silver.

I'm afraid Jinyi said one thousand taels. "

"What!

One thousand taels? That's too good of a deal!

Chu Liu, how can your luck be so good? You bought these red fox fur for one thousand taels, and they're of such good quality too. You're getting a great deal! "

Commandery Princess Duanjia bit her little handkerchief, and was about to go crazy with jealousy. Why didn't she have such good luck? Every time she played with her mother, she always lost gold.

Chu Lian chuckled and coughed, "Your Highness, it's not one thousand taels, it's a load of brown rice …"

At that time, Jian City in the north had just opened, and this red fox fur was brought by a barbarian to trade for food. His subordinates reported it to Steward Qin, and he sent it to her.

As soon as Chu Lian said this, Commandery Princess Duanjia pounced on her with a howl.

"Chu Liu, what kind of luck do you have? Let me freeload a little, this is too heaven-defying!"

Princess Wei was speechless and amused when she heard this.

Chu Lian didn't mention what happened in Jian City in the north in front of Princess Wei, but these two red fox fur shawls were enough to make people jealous.

It was obvious how rich the profits were.

Compared to the returns from Jian City in the north, the income from Guilin Restaurant was nothing to Chu Lian.

No matter how cheap these two red fox fur cloaks were, Princess Wei and Commandery Princess Duanjia were very touched.

This had nothing to do with money, but a kind of affection.

Chu Lian opened the food box again and took out an intricate porcelain plate, "These are hawthorn balls I made yesterday. Commandery Princess and Your Highness, please have a taste."

Commandery Princess Duanjia loved to eat Chu Lian's new and interesting food. She immediately picked up a hawthorn ball with frosting and put it in her mouth.

The sweet but not greasy frosting melted in her mouth. When she took a bite, there was a hint of sourness in the sweetness, but it wasn't bitter. There wasn't even a stone inside, so it could be swallowed after chewing.

It was sweet and tasty, but not greasy. After Commandery Princess Duanjia finished one, she impatiently ate another.

Princess Wei also picked one up and put it in her mouth. She nodded and praised as she tasted it.

"This frosted fruit has a special taste. It's sweet and sour, and it's very appetizing.

But it doesn't taste like hawthorn? "

Chu Lian didn't expect Princess Wei to be able to taste it.

She nodded, "Your Highness is right. Although I called this snack hawthorn balls, it's actually not made of hawthorn."

It wasn't good for pregnant women to eat too much hawthorn, so Chu Lian had an idea. When making this snack, she specially used lantern fruit, which was a specialty of the north. (The lantern fruit described by Ah Lan was not the one that existed in reality. It was a red fruit similar to hawthorn. It tasted similar, but had different medicinal effects.)

The appearance and taste of this fruit were very similar to hawthorn, but the medicinal effects were completely different.

After eating the snack, the imperial physician invited by Princess Wei also came.

It was Imperial Physician Min, who was the best at external injuries in the Imperial Hospital. When Imperial Physician Min personally checked Chu Lian's pulse and said that she was fine, Princess Wei was finally relieved.

After Imperial Physician Min left, Commandery Princess Duanjia dragged Chu Lian to make roast duck.

Princess Wei had no choice but to glare at Commandery Princess Duanjia.