C214 Bai Jing's sudden closeness

"Cough! Cough! Cough! Cough!" I was still coughing violently. I looked at Bai Jing with astonishment as I interrogated him with my eyes. Bai Jing still had a pampered smile on his face. "Be careful next time!" I had to go on and on, and it took me a while to recover.

"I'm fine." The Emperor immediately rose from his seat and came to me to inquire.

"It's fine, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty." I whispered.

"Xiao Xing, you are the princess of our Xia Rong Country and are now the most respected woman in our Xia Rong Country. This year's national banquet will be organized by you." The emperor looked at me with a smile on his face. I felt that his smile was creepy, especially when it was matched with his smile. "My god, I don't even know what a state banquet is. It looks like it's a very important banquet.

"Your majesty, this isn't appropriate, right? I don't understand much about the things here, and I don't hold things well. Don't you have concubines in your palace? Wouldn't it be better if you let them hold it? They definitely know more than me." I quickly declined.

"However, there are only four concubines in my imperial harem right now. The background behind them is very complicated, so which one of them feels like they can take on this heavy responsibility?" The Emperor said, I keep having the feeling that his expression is strange. His concubine let me decide, how would I know?

"The emperor is joking. I haven't even seen them before, how would I know who should do it? Moreover, they're women from the emperor, isn't that what the emperor should be most clear about?" I said awkwardly.

The Emperor didn't speak, but he continued to stare at me. I always felt that there were many complex things in the Emperor's eyes that I couldn't see clearly. Every time the Emperor looked at me, I felt as if we had known each other for a long time.

"The national banquet is a time when the Xia Rong Country is displaying his power, you have a lot of evil ideas, just do it, do it, do not push it, if there is anything you do not know, come and ask me, I will give you some advice." The Emperor didn't allow me to refuse so he immediately issued a death order. I could only reply in a low voice.

"Prince Jing, I look forward to the grand feast between you and the princess. Especially when the emperor was talking about his siblings, there was still a faint trace of anger on his face. However, I also had a very bad feeling towards the words' siblings', it was impossible for Bai Jing and I to become real siblings, the emperor seemed to be saying it on purpose, because it was obvious that I was looking at his face on purpose, but why did he say it on purpose? Enraged Bai Jing, the people from the royal family are really troublesome.

"You guys rarely come to the palace, so stay and eat breakfast." The Emperor said, 'I am a black line on my face, what is this Emperor trying to do? He doesn't follow common sense and wants us to accompany him to dinner.

"Thank you, your majesty, for your good intentions, but Bai Jing can't eat it." I don't mind. As long as I'm tasty, I don't mind. But Bai Jing's situation is a bit special. He doesn't eat anything other than what I cook.

"Oh, why?" A hint of surprise flashed across the emperor's face.

"There's a new chef in our palace. Bai Jing can't eat anything other than what he makes, so maybe the one made by the imperial palace's chefs doesn't suit Bai Jing's appetite. Let's go back to the mansion and eat." I forced myself to explain, feeling like an ant on a hot pan.

"Now that you mention it, I'm very interested in this chef, not just any chef in the family. If there's a chance in the future, I'd really like to have a taste of his cooking skills, to make Bai Jing so infatuated with him." The Emperor's eyes were full of ridicule as he spoke.

"It's nothing. I'm just a stubborn person. If I decide on something, I won't let it go, so this chef doesn't want to try anything else since he's used to eating. How can he compare to the emperor's chef?" Bai Jing shouted out at the right time to help me out.

However, I have specially instructed the royal kitchen to make many delicious dishes, what a pity, I need you to stay back to eat. It just so happens that you still have to decide which of palace feast's dishes to eat, so you can try which one. The Emperor smiled at me with such delight that I could only laugh dryly.

"Since the Emperor has invited us, Xing'er, let's stay and return home after we have a taste." Bai Jing spoke. When he spoke, he was so gentle that I could feel all the hair on my body standing up. Bai Jing had called me Xing'er. It had been a long time since I had heard this form of address.

Bai Jing's current tone, eyes and words were extremely similar to those in my dreams. I felt that my nose was slightly sore, and even tears were starting to roll in my eyes.

"Prince Jing and Xiao Xing are really close." The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly. He was still smiling, but his smile did not reach his eyes.

Bai Jing didn't answer the emperor. I quickly lowered my head and stopped looking into his eyes. After calming myself down, I said, "Okay, let's stay for dinner."

The royal study isn't a place for me to eat, and it's still early, so the emperor suggested that he take me to the palace. I rejected him, but the emperor said that when we reached the palace feast, it would be held in this Noda's palace, so I had to know all about it. I had no choice but to give up on my struggle, take a look at Bai Jing, and agree, then the three of us, accompanied by a group of court female eunuchs, strolled around the imperial garden.

This isn't the first time I've come here, I remember last time I smelled something familiar. I wanted to investigate it to the end, but I was interrupted by the emperor's consort and the two of them even had a grudge, I don't know if we'll meet today.

When I arrived at the garden and saw the luxuriant purple flowers, I felt overjoyed. The low pressure from earlier was gone in a flash. I happily ran in front of an orchid tree and said, "Your Majesty, why is there an orchid in your imperial garden?"

"I had it transplanted last year. Do you like it?" The Emperor looked at my excited face and smiled.

"Well, my favorite is magnolia."

This imperial garden is really big ah, we walked for a long time but still haven't finished it, moreover there are some flowers that I don't know the name of, they are all very bright, especially that chrysanthemum, our school has opened a chrysanthemum show before, but not as beautiful as these words.