The way to a man's heart is through his stomach. Or at least, this was what Xiao De seemed to firmly believe in.
"Xiao De grew up in the palace and has seen this for himself," he'd vouched, citing his credentials to back this theory up in front of his doubtful master, even though Yan Zheyun had tried to explain that he wasn't doing this to try and gain more of the emperor's affections. "The late emperor's Imperial Concubine Qiu was one such case, her culinary skills earned her favour enough to give birth to a prince!"
The ninth prince, Liu An, to be precise.
(1) One instance of this is supposedly Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, although historians have also debated that his death might have been from the consumption of elixirs to try and gain eternal life.
(2) To hear of someone’s great name:a courteous reply to an introduction (might not necessarily be true).
A/N: Thank you very much for reading! <3 Apologies this chapter is so many days late, I had to work weekend shifts last week and I had a case conference yesterday, which pretty much left me with no time to do anything else but eat, shower and sleep ><
Our MC and ML finally putting communication skills to practice! <3