After having sex with a fake eunuch, I became the queen

"Princess, the king is waiting to see you again today. He wants to invite you to go horseback riding together."

"Wang Zhifei? Why is he here again?"

"The same is true of General Wang. Princess, you have told him many times that you are not familiar with him, but he always comes to you to make friends with you."

"I do have some impression of this person... After all, he was once a member of a noble family in Lin'an Prefecture, so we had some interactions in the past. But for some reason, the things he reminded me of made me unhappy whenever I thought about them, and I don't want to recall them at all."

"Princess, don't think about it. Didn't the imperial physician tell you that although forget-me-not can help you forget your worries, once you have any memories that will make you feel uncomfortable, you must not dwell on them too much. Otherwise, it will be detrimental to your continued recovery and may even cause a relapse of your old illness."

"I know. It's probably because I didn't like him back then, so all my memories of him are unpleasant... Hongyu, go and tell Wang Zhifei to reject the offer for me!"

"Understood, Your Highness. I'll be there right away."

"and many more!"

"Your Highness, do you have any other instructions?"

"Just say that I have caught a cold and am feeling unwell, so I can't go. Try to be polite in front of him. After all, he is a general who has made great contributions to the country and is highly valued by the emperor. You should not neglect him."

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will act with caution."

Ji Mingyue's epilepsy was cured thanks to the efficacy of the forget-me-not. Forget-me-not is a herb that treats insanity caused by worry. Because it grows on cliffs in the southwestern mountains, it is extremely difficult to pick. Its price is comparable to that of Tianshan Snow Lotus, and it is a precious medicinal material that many people pay a lot of money for. Fortunately, the current emperor helped to arrange it, and finally bought a dose for the princess for a course of treatment.

After the princess took the forget-me-not, her epilepsy was cured.

As its name suggests, the effect of the forget-me-not herb is to dilute the memory that causes worry, thereby achieving the effect of curing epilepsy. Therefore, after the patient takes the medicine, the people or things that can cause worry in his memory will gradually fade away.

The source of Ji Mingyue's worries is naturally her late husband Lu Qingshuang. After taking the medicine, although Lu Qingshuang will never disappear from her memory, the many things that happened between them have gradually become blurred... just like the things that a person experienced in childhood who doesn't remember much, they will gradually forget them when they grow up.

The reason why the things that Wang Zhifei reminded the princess to recall made her feel uncomfortable was precisely because they were all things that the forget-me-not wanted her to forget - because these things were all related to Lu Qingshuang, the source of the princess's worries. The discomfort was caused by the princess's desire to resist those painful memories, but she mistakenly believed that there must have been some unpleasantness between her and Wang Zhifei. In short, Wang Zhifei was wronged because of the effect of the forget-me-not.

Wang Zhifei and Lu Qingshuang are of similar age. One is the younger brother of the left prime minister, and the other is the son of the right prime minister. When they were young, they were two very outstanding children from many aristocratic families in Lin'an City. They were not only good at both civil and military affairs, but also had the talent to govern the country. But the two of them have been very incompatible since they were young, and they always want to compete with each other. Lu Qingshuang is very good at throwing pots. Whenever Wang Zhifei sees him, he will grab him to compete, but he loses nine times out of ten. Wang Zhifei is good at riding and shooting. In order to surpass him one day, Lu Qingshuang trains in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer.

But it is strange that these two people who do not get along well with each other would always find a chance to meet each other in any occasion. When they meet, they would either show off to each other, you call me a "pretty boy" and I call you a "silly goose", or they would make various appointments for battles, such as throwing pots today, archery tomorrow, and wrestling the day after tomorrow. Therefore, they are often seen "going out in pairs", and those who do not know them would think they are inseparable good brothers!

Therefore, Wang Zhifei wanted to remind the princess that all the things that happened when they were young were related to Lu Qingshuang. For example, when he mentioned boating on Dongshan Lake, although the princess was on the same boat with Wang Zhifei at that time, her eyes were always secretly glancing at Lu Qingshuang who was sitting in another boat.

At the Double Ninth Festival Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet, Wang Zhifei performed a drunken boxing because Lu Qingshuang performed a pot-throwing game in front of everyone and won a lot of applause. Wang Zhifei was very dissatisfied and drank a few more glasses of wine. After drinking too much, in order to be as prominent as Lu Qingshuang, he performed a set of drunken boxing in front of everyone. As for the Tangxi Loquat Festival, Wang Zhifei and Lu Qingshuang, the two enemies, "met unexpectedly" again. Before the loquats were picked, the two found a shady place and competed with each other. In the end, Wang Zhifei won by a narrow margin - he beat half of Lu Qingshuang's face swollen, although he was also beaten so that half of his buttocks hurt for several days.

While the two of them were competing, there was a person hiding in the loquat forest who saw everything. That person was none other than Princess Fenyang Ji Mingyue. She had been looking for Lu Qingshuang in the loquat forest, and when she found him, she happened to see the two men fighting.

So, when Ji Mingyue appeared in front of Wang Zhifei alone again, it was not an accidental encounter. Instead, the princess deliberately found Wang Zhifei and wanted to scold him - "Why did you fight with my sweetheart and beat his face so hard! If you dare to hit him again in the future, be careful or I will not be polite to you!"

But she was a girl after all. After seeing Wang Zhifei, she was too shy to speak. She swallowed back what she wanted to say and finally walked away angrily.

What Wang Zhifei saw was that the princess suddenly appeared in front of him with a red face. He had no idea that the princess was furious and scolding him in her heart, but he mistakenly thought that the princess was blushing because she was shy to see him. As a result, this meeting became an "encounter" that Wang Zhifei could not forget for many years.

Although Wang Zhifei deliberately avoided mentioning anything related to Lu Qingshuang when he mentioned the past in front of Ji Mingyue, even if he was careful not to mention it, these things still made the princess worried. Because of the forget-me-not, the princess had forgotten most of these things, so Wang Zhifei's reminder was like rubbing salt on the wound. Fortunately, with the effect of the magical medicine forget-me-not, although she did not recall those painful past events, she felt a lot of discomfort, which led to a misunderstanding of Wang Zhifei and she was unwilling to see him again.

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Braised spring bamboo shoots in oil is Princess Ji Mingyue's favorite dish, and Qiao Wan'er's Ning'an cooking method is very much to her liking.

It is the bamboo shoot season again. Qiao Wan'er told her that there has been a bumper harvest of bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest these days and they can eat bamboo shoots for every meal. If she wants to eat the freshly braised bamboo shoots she cooks, she might as well come to Liufang Palace where she can eat them at any time.

So Ji Mingyue often went to Liufang Palace to eat bamboo shoots these days. Today, Ji Mingyue went to Liufang Palace again with the palace maid Hongyu. Like Wang Zhifei, he also noticed the smoke rising from the small kitchen. Thinking that Qiao Wan'er would be in there, he walked over.

Before she reached the kitchen door, she heard voices from afar. It was a man's voice, very loud. The kitchen door was not closed, so she could hear it clearly from outside. The person who spoke was Wang Zhifei, with a tone of blame. Then, she heard Chuntao's reply in a crying voice. She probably understood what was going on - Wang Zhifei blamed Chuntao for burning the dishes.

Because Ji Mingyue had no good impression of Wang Zhifei in the first place, when she heard this scene, she immediately became furious - this Wang Zhifei actually relied on the fact that he was a powerful general and could reprimand the palace maids around the queen at will.

So she took two steps forward, ready to rush into the kitchen, intending to argue with Wang Zhifei and speak a few fair words for Chuntao. As soon as she stepped into the kitchen door, she saw a reversal of events behind her - Wang Zhifei restrained his arrogance and took the initiative to show weakness to a little palace maid, and even joked with her to ease the atmosphere. This reversal was beyond Ji Mingyue's expectations. She didn't expect that Wang Zhifei, a man of high position and power, could also be approachable.

So, she put away her urge to stand up for the injustice, stopped at the door and did not enter the kitchen. Because she had been avoiding Wang Zhifei, she thought it would be better not to go in.

Since she didn't want to see this person and Queen Qiao Wan'er was not in the room, Ji Mingyue should have turned around and walked away, but for some reason, she did not move, but stayed quietly at the kitchen door, watching everything that happened in the kitchen - Wang Zhifei turned into a chef, showing off his cooking skills in front of the stove, cooking braised spring bamboo shoots.

Just like the little palace maid Chuntao who had been cheering frequently, Ji Mingyue was also a little fascinated. She didn't know whether the bamboo shoots in the pot could be cooked deliciously, but at least the person in front of the stove could wield all kinds of kitchen utensils as skillfully as the eighteen kinds of weapons, which really amazed her.

Ji Mingyue once again did not expect that Wang Zhifei actually had such a unique skill. She felt very fresh, so she looked at the kitchen door a few more times. During this time, Hongyu behind her was afraid that she would be in an unwell mood, so she reminded her twice in a low voice, but the princess acted as if she didn't hear it. She still stood at the door in a daze, looking at Wang Zhifei's back in the kitchen.

It turned out that at this moment, such a scene inexplicably gave her a sense of déjà vu. She stared at the figure in front of the stove, trying hard to dig deep into her memory and recall it. Finally, a long-ago event emerged in her mind.

(First release in Jinjiang)
(End of this chapter)