The Princess Of 100 Talents
Chapter #95
Prince Rong slowly walked up to the rabbit, and prepared to slide the arrow he was carrying.
Meanwhile, Empress An returned to pick the plants that would be made their dinner, to accompany the rabbit meat that was being captured by prince Rong.
"Lin'er!" Prince Rong.
Empress An turned her head, and found that Prince Rong had managed to catch her hunting rabbit, and showed the rabbit with a smile.
"This rabbit is quite big, it looks like I can make smoked rabbit meat." Said Empress An after prince Rong was in front of her.
"You can make rabbit meat smoke?"
"Yes, now help me find the Pum flower and also the xin root."
"You're going to make smoked rabbit meat with xin root?"
"True, if using xin root. The meat will taste softer and can last more than 1 week."
"I'm happy to have such a talented empress."
"Please stop praising me, it feels a little overwhelming."
"You are a smart woman and have a variety of abilities. I'm telling the truth."
Empress An smiled, "Alright, we should look for Pum flowers and xin roots now."
Prince Rong nodded, and while carrying his hunting rabbit, prince Rong helped empress An search for the two plants.
"Lin'er, is this a Pum flower?" Said Prince Rong who saw the yellow wildflowers.
Empress An smiled, "Right, it's a Pum flower. We can cook that plant with that Pum flower."
"If so we should pluck it."
"Be careful not to pluck leaves from the flower."
"What's with the leaves?"
"The leaves of the Pum flower have fine hair, but if exposed to the skin will itch and spread red spots."
Prince Rong nodded, "Well, I'll be careful."
Carefully and slowly, prince Rong plucked some Pum flowers that were in front of him.
While prince Rong plucked the Pum flower, empress An looked for the xin root.
A smile was engraved on the lips of Empress An as she found the xin root she was looking for, not even just the xin root alone. But he also found a mushroom they could eat for tonight.
After picking the Pum flower, Prince Rong looked for where his empress was. And he saw that the empress was crouching not far from where she was standing.
"Have you found the xin root, Lin'er?" Said Prince Rong who was already behind Empress An.
"Right, I also found mushrooms. We can cook it tonight."
"Looks like we're gonna have a lot of food for tonight."
"true."
After obtaining all the groceries, prince Rong and empress An returned to the pavilion to cultivate the groceries they had obtained in the forest.
Prince Rong will clean the rabbit he can and make soup and also the rabbit meat.
While Empress An will cook the plants they get and also mushrooms.
"I didn't expect, if you could do everything well. Living in the woods with the food we got here." Prince Rong.
"I also did not expect, if our prince Rong could do something like this. And will also cultivate the rabbit."
Prince Rong just laughed at the words of his empress.
"Alright, the rabbit I cleaned. We can make a smoked rabbit meat with this breast meat." Prince Rong.
"Well, I'll prepare the ingredients to make that smoked rabbit meat."
Prince Rong nodded, "Are these the plants and pum flowers we got earlier?"
"True, I'll cook it after silencing the pum flower and the leaves of that plant."
"You're really very good at making food."
Empress An just smiled.
In his old life, he only lived with his teacher. And of course he had to be able to survive, also had to be able to make food to be able to survive when doing the exercises inside the forest and cave.
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"I hope that prince Rong can make Empress An feel better, after taking her out for a while from this palace." Said the queen to Xiu Ying's daughter.
"The queen mother was right, I felt sad when I saw the gaze of Empress An who was so lost."
"Yes, he's a good boy. And also very devoted."
"The concubine of master Liu and her son has really gone too far to treat empress An and mistress Xia."
"Yes, but I'm very happy because they no longer exist in this world. So that Empress An can live happily with prince Rong."
"The queen mother, I heard that the prime ministers are now urging the father of the emperor to depose Empress An, because as an empress, she fought and killed the daughter of Lord Liu."
"That's right, it's just that his majesty still didn't respond to their wishes, and his majesty said if prince Rong would give them a decision."
Princess Xiu Ying nodded, "I hope that they won't urge the emperor's father again after prince Rong makes his decision."
"Yes, I hope so too."
The queen and princess Xiu Ying did not understand the thoughts of the prime ministers, as if they did not care about the victory obtained thanks to empress An who managed to kill the prince of the country.
It was as if they had long since looked for a gap so that they could force Prince Rong to make a harem palace for their daughters.
Prince He Xuan Li walked into the king's palace hall with the crown prince.
"Greet the queen mother." Said the crown prince and prince He Xuan Li.
"Sit down."
"Thank you, queen mother." Prince He Xuan Li.
The crown prince and prince He Xuan Li sat in front of the queen and princess Xiu Ying.
"Queen mother, what are mother and daughter Xiu Ying talking about?" The crown prince.
"We're talking about empress An and prince Rong."
"I heard that today Prince Rong brought Empress An to his pavilion which was inside the forest."
"Right, your majesty let them go. Because his majesty doesn't want if Empress An continues to feel sad over her mother's death."
"The decision of the emperor's father is correct, if it were to allow Empress An to continue like that, I fear that prince Rong would make all those prime ministers accept his anger."
The crown prince understood very well the nature of prince Rong, so as much as possible they would push back the prime ministers for a while.
"I hope, after prince Rong and empress An return, that Empress An's feelings will get better." Prince He Xuan Li.
"Right, we hope so too." Queen's speech.
The sudden death of Lady Xia really made everyone feel lost, and for Empress An, this was of course the hardest thing and made her life unkind.