The scheming empress starts by conquering men

There is strength in numbers. Soon the meal was ready and the aroma of food filled the entire kitchen.

Shaodian Sishui also left some food for the servants who helped him, and then everyone sat around the table.

In order to make the meal less formal, she deliberately did not allow servants to serve her.

Shaodian Sheyu, Shaodian Ziqing, Shaodian Jiaping, Zhong Moyao, Shao Jincong and Shaoying sat at the table, waiting for Shaodian Sishui to say some opening remarks.

But his eyes couldn't help but look at the banquet and he swallowed his saliva.

The delicacies above were steaming hot, and they were things they had never heard of or seen before.

There was also the wine in the glass, the aroma of the wine was so fragrant that they had never smelled it before.

Shaodian Sishui couldn't wait any longer. She had never cared about food. All the food in this dynasty was relatively backward. The meals on this table were unprecedentedly advanced.

However, before eating, she put some raw dumplings and glutinous rice balls aside, as she would take them into the palace later for use.

Shaodian Sishui raised her glass. The wine was secretly transported from Dari City by her. There was not much, only ten jars.

"Today is the Spring Festival. I won't say too many high-sounding words. It's a great thing to be together. I hope that this day will come every year. In the future, we can be together like today on the Spring Festival."

Shaodian Sishui raised his glass.

"discretionary!"

It means cheers.

Shaodian Sheyu couldn't wait to raise his glass; "Okay, let's drink!"

Shaodian Ziqing also raised his glass; "It is a good omen to celebrate this day every year. Let's drink!"

"Thank you, Sixth Sister. Yes, I will. Let's drink!" Shaodian Jiaping was very excited, his eyes turned red, he raised his glass, no longer as timid as before.

At this moment, she felt the atmosphere of a family dinner for the first time. In previous years, she would wait for dawn alone on the Spring Festival.

Maybe every year in the future will be like this, gathering together, laughing and talking. This is what she hoped for, and it has come true today.

"Your Highness, drink."

Zhong Moyao, Shao Jincong and Shao Ying also raised their glasses.

After the strong liquor went into his mouth, Shaodian Sheyu let out a long gulp and his face turned red.

"Good wine! Sixth sister, where did you get this wine? It's so rich and sweet, it's really a divine product!"

Shao Dian Si Shui did not answer but said, "I'll have someone send a jar to your house later, so everyone can start eating."

She couldn't wait to pick up her chopsticks and eat the meal she had made.

Especially the braised lion's head dish, it is so delicious and is made from venison, not mutton or pig's head.

No one in this world eats pork. Lamb is a common meat, and venison is the meat enjoyed by the royal family.

"This is lion's head, delicious!" Shaodian Sheyu almost swallowed his tongue.

"This fish-flavored pork shreds is also good." Shaodian Ziqing asked puzzledly after eating it, "Sister, this fish-flavored pork shreds doesn't have fish, why is it called fish-flavored pork shreds?"

"Oh my tongue!"

Shao Dian Jiaping stuck out his tongue, his cheeks flushed, and pointed his finger at the Mapo tofu.

"This Mapo Tofu is so spicy, yet soft and delicious. What kind of dish is this? I've never eaten it before."

Shaodian Sishui uses dogwood instead of peppercorns and chili peppers, so the taste is naturally not as good as chili peppers and peppercorns.

But at least the locals think it tastes pretty good.

Shaodian Sishui didn't say anything, she just kept eating with her head down. She ate with great relish. She finished a plate of dumplings very quickly, and then had a bowl of glutinous rice balls.

She ate very quickly, leaving the six people stunned, not understanding why she ate so fast.

"Sixth sister, why are you eating so fast? No one is trying to snatch it from you. You should savor this delicious food and wine slowly!"

Shaodian Sheyu was leisurely drinking wine and eating snacks.

Shaodian Ziqing also nodded; "Fourth sister is right."

Shaodian Jiaping frowned slightly, rolled his eyes a few times, picked up the chopsticks and quickly ate the dumplings in front of him, imitating Shaodian Sishui.

As for Zhong Moyao and Shao Jincong, they were very well behaved. It's not that they just ate, but they ate very slowly.

Shaoying also lowered his head and showed off his food. If he didn't show off his food anymore, he would have nothing to eat.

Shaodian Sishui saw Shaodian Sheyu and Shaodian Ziqing still eating leisurely and couldn't help but remind them.

"If you don't eat quickly, you might be hungry later."

Shaodian Sheyu: "Don't worry, Sixth Sister, I will eat slowly and fill my stomach."

Shaodian Ziqing also nodded in agreement; "That's right."

Shaodian Sishui: "..."

Well, she reminded me, so it’s not her fault.

After Shaodian Sishui finished eating, he picked up the handkerchief and wiped his mouth.

"I'm done eating."

Shaodian Jiaping also wiped his mouth with a handkerchief; "I've finished eating too."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Yi came in to report.

"Your Highness, His Majesty has ordered that the Fourth Prince, the Seventh Prince, the Thirteenth Prince, you, as well as Attendant Zhong Jun and Attendant Shao Ji enter the palace to attend the banquet."

Shaodian Sheyu, who was putting food into his mouth, said: "..."

Shaodian Ziqing picked up the wine glass and drank: "..."

The two of them looked at Shaodian Sishui at the same time, and their eyes seemed to be saying.

So you were waiting for them here. You knew that the empress would send someone to call them to the palace banquet, so she ate so fast.

Then why don't you just say it?

Shaodian Sishui put on a kind smile and said, "I have warned you a long time ago, but you just didn't understand."

She stood up and walked out.

"I'm going to change my clothes, you guys can do whatever you want."

"Ah, ah, ah... No, Sixth Sister, I haven't finished eating yet!"

Shaodian Sheyu frantically stuffed a few chopsticks of food into her mouth and drank several glasses of wine one after another. She was still not satisfied, so she let out a cry and ran out to give instructions to the servants around her.

"Go home quickly and change your clothes."

Shaodian Ziqing, like Shaodian Sheyu, also felt unsatisfied. He picked up the wine jug, gulped it down, and strode away.

Although Zhong Moyao and Shao Jincong ate slowly, they were at least full.

Seeing that everyone was changing clothes, they naturally went to change clothes as well.

Shaoying looked at the table of unfinished food and sighed in his heart.

"Someone, please clear the table."

The servants were all waiting outside the door. When they heard the sound, they came in one after another, lowered their heads to clean up the food, and kept swallowing their saliva.

They are in for a treat tonight, as these meals are prepared personally by the princes!

Shaodian Sishui was dressed in red, wearing a mask on her face, and sitting in the carriage with her eyes closed as she entered the palace.

Zhong Moyao and Shao Jincong were right beside her, and on the stool were the dumplings and glutinous rice balls that Shaodian Si Shui had brought.

"Your Highness, why are you wearing a mask?"

Zhong Moyao didn't ask, but Shao Jincong couldn't help but speak.

Shaodian Sishui opened her eyes slightly and looked at him; "What do I look like?"

Shao Jincong said, "You are naturally stunningly beautiful, with a fairy-like figure. Who in the whole Great Zhou doesn't know that Your Highness is the most beautiful?"

"Hehe~~" Shaodian Sishui laughed softly and looked at Zhong Moyao; "The banquet we attended today looks like a Spring Festival banquet, but what is it actually?"

Shao Jincong was stunned for a moment, shook his head in confusion, and looked at Zhong Moyao.

He didn't know about the prince of Loulan and the prince of Dayu coming to marry, so he didn't know, but Zhong Moyao knew.

"Your Highness, there is no need to do this. You can no longer vomit... uh..."

Zhong Moyao swallowed the word "Zhu" before he said it and changed his words.

"I don't think His Majesty would choose Your Highness as his wife."

Shaodian Sishui narrowed his eyes, and a sneer flashed in his eyes.

“Before anything is known, everything is possible.”

Outside the palace gate, Shaodian Sishui got off the car and saw Shaodian Jiaping waiting there.

When she saw Shaodian Sishui coming, she quickly trotted a few steps.

"Sixth sister."

His expression was full of nervousness, as this was his first time participating in the Spring Festival since he was a child.

In previous years, the Empress Mother would not invite her to participate in the Spring Festival.

Shaodian Sishui stepped forward and patted her on the shoulder; "Don't worry, just treat it as a family dinner and relax."

Shaodian Jiaping nodded, and his heart inexplicably calmed down.