"Achoo…!"
Li Xuan was lying on the stalk and snoring when he suddenly sneezed. Instantly, his sleepiness vanished as he opened his sleepy eyes.
"Ha, ha…!"
The moment he opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful smiling face. She was holding a piece of foxtail grass and scratching his nose.
"Why are you here?"
Li Xuan suddenly stood up and sat up from the ground.
"Can't I come if there's nothing else? Humph!"
Princess Chang Le glared at him and pretended to be angry.
"I mean…just you?”
Li Xuan looked left and right in disappointment.
Originally, he thought that Zhangsun Wuji would come to find him. He did not expect that Chang Le would come alone.
"Yeah…!"
Princess Changle stood up and held her hands behind her back. She skipped towards the chili field." However, the Duke of Qi and my father will come to find trouble with you soon. You have to be careful!"”
"Why should I be careful?"
Li Xuan pretended to be puzzled and looked at her suspiciously.
"The hotpot recipe that you told Imperial Father was fake, causing the Duke of Qi to lose face in front of the officials!”
Princess Changle was like a happy fairy as she hopped to the chili field. She picked one and held it in her hand." What is this?"”
"You'll know once you try it!"
Li Xuan played a prank.
The girl had seen dried chili before, but it was fresh chili that had not been picked yet. She did not recognize it for a while.
"It's so good-looking, it must be delicious!"
She didn't think too much about it and plucked one off and put it in her mouth. The next moment, her pretty face turned bitter and she quickly spat it out." Pah, pah…!" It's so spicy!"
"This is chili, you're teasing me…!”
Princess Changle threw away the chili in her hand and realized that Li Xuan had already run far away.
"Brat, stop right there…!”
She grabbed a brick from the ground and chased after him angrily.
"If you throw the brick away, I'll stop…!”
"If you stop, I'll throw the brick away…!”
"If you throw the brick away, I'll stop…!”
"Wait, didn't you say that there were no more chili peppers? Why are there still so many in the field?"
Princess Changle, who was chasing after him with a brick, suddenly stopped. She stared at the pepper field, her beautiful eyes twinkling." That's great. There are still so many peppers. We don't have to wait until next year to eat hotpot!"”
"Run, you can't run away from the temple. I'll go back and call the guards to bring all these chilies to the palace, hmph…!”
"What is it? You want to snatch my chili?"
Li Xuan immediately stopped running. These peppers were the capital he needed to make a fortune. He was prepared to use these peppers to scam Li Er and Zhangsun Wuji again.
"Run, why didn't you run?"
Seeing him running back, Princess Chang Le waved the brick in her hand and said proudly.
"If you have something to say, can you put down the brick first?”
Li Xuan stopped at a safe distance. He pointed at the brick in her hand and forced a smile.
"You can put it down, but you have to promise me one thing first!”
She held the brick in her hand and pretended to have a fierce expression as she raised her chin.
"Tell me, as long as you don't ask me to sacrifice my body, I'll agree to anything else!”
"Bah! Who cares about your dirty looks…!”
"Then I'm relieved…"
Li Xuan pretended to heave a sigh of relief and carefully walked towards her." Tell me, what do you want me to agree to?”
"Treat me to hotpot, the kind I ate last time!”
"No problem…! However, you have to help me wash the vegetables!"
"Alright…!"
……
"The vegetables are ready. What do you think?”
Inside the Li residence, Princess Changle, with her sleeves rolled up and a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, walked over with a basket in her arms.
"There's still mud on the garlic sprouts. No, wash them again!”
Li Xuan rummaged through the basket and shook his head with a smile.
"What? He still had to wash it? This was already the third time!”
Princess Changle, who had never done such a rough job before, pouted angrily and reluctantly carried the basket back. This time, she washed it especially carefully. She broke off the leaves and washed every root carefully.
"This should be enough, right?"
She put the basket in front of him and asked in a bad mood.
"Not bad this time…!"
Li Xuan flipped through it and nodded in satisfaction. The originally angry Princess Chang 'an finally smiled brightly when she heard his praise.
"Why are you cutting these?"
The little girl stood at the side and asked curiously.
"This is onions and coriander. Add vinegar later. It's a must-have dipping sauce for hotpot!”
Li Xuan explained to her.
In history, onions, ginger, and pepper were native to China, while garlic and coriander were introduced by Zhang Qian of the Western Han Dynasty.
However, these two things were not widely used in cooking.
"I didn't see you cut these the last time we ate hotpot.”
"This is one of my secret recipes. I won't let outsiders see it easily. Today, it's only you, my wife. If it were an outsider, they wouldn't be able to eat this dipping sauce!”
"Really?"
Hearing his words, her pretty face blushed slightly, and a hint of sweetness flashed across her beautiful eyes.
"Nephew, long time no see, haha…!”
As soon as he finished speaking, a muffled voice came from outside the door.
Li Xuan didn't even need to look to know who it was!
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