Chapter 95: Helping Consort Yun Leave the Cold Palace

In the wholesale market, there are all kinds of food shops.

Bai Wei immediately began to sweep the shelves!

Today is another big shopping spree.

First, buy supplements, canned goods in Glass Bottles—Wahaha Eight-Treasure Porridge, rock sugar bird's nest, Dong-E E-jiao snow swallow, Liangpin Puzhi fresh-stewed peach gum and white fungus soup, white fungus and fish maw porridge... ten cases of each!

Then buy tin cans, all meat—American ginseng stewed chicken, COFCO luncheon meat, preserved mustard greens with pork, dace with salted black beans, Lai-brand braised beef... ten cases of each; chicken, duck, fish, and meat, all are here!

There are also vegetables—canned oil-braised bamboo shoots, COFCO fresh canned tomatoes, freeze-dried vegetable packs that don't need washing or cutting, mixed vegetable cans, Meilin preserved mustard greens cans... all vegetables!

There are also canned fruits to supplement vitamins—Baicaowei canned yellow peaches, Dole canned pineapple, Zhenxin canned honey tangerines, Three Squirrels afternoon fruit, and mixed fruit crisps—buying whatever she sees!

Side dishes for rice are also arranged—Lao Gan Ma chili sauce, Fansaoguang stir-fried mushrooms, mountain delicacy yak meat sauce, Gulong coriander hearts, Wujiang pickled mustard tubers, Haishengyuan yellow mud snails, spicy jellyfish strips—everything one could want.

The shelf life of canned food is as long as two years, so there is no need to worry about the food spoiling.

The food Bai Wei bought is all durable and easy to store, enough for Consort Yun and the palace maids to hide away and eat slowly.

As for the leftovers in the palace, whoever wants to eat them can go ahead!

Besides this, Bai Wei also bought ten large cases of pre-made dishes.

Modern people don't like to eat pre-made dishes, but in ancient times, they are absolute treasures!

Not only are they delicious and convenient, but they are also durable for storage.

Although pre-made dishes don't last for two years without spoiling like canned food, they are more than enough for Consort Yun to improve her meals for these two months!

The food is not expensive; Bai Wei spent only over 500,000 after a big shopping spree.

"Xiao Moting, hurry and have Xiao Mama find an empty room; I want to send some things over."

"Alright, I will arrange it immediately."

Xiao Moting received Bai Wei's message and immediately found Lai Mama.

There are several dilapidated palace halls in the Cold Palace; behind one of the side halls, there is a cellar that was used in the past to store winter coal.

Xiao Dabao and Qin Zhan moved the wardrobe to behind the side hall.

"Shennü Daren, it is ready."

"Pay attention, it's coming!"

The next moment, countless cardboard boxes suddenly poured out of the wardrobe!

The cardboard boxes kept rolling out, and in the blink of an eye, they piled up into a small hill.

Xiao Dabao and Qin Zhan were already used to such scenes, but Consort Yun and Lai Mama were terrified; the two were stunned on the spot.

The matter could no longer be hidden, so Xiao Moting walked forward and told them the secret of the wardrobe.

After he finished speaking, Consort Yun was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth for a long time.

"Ting'er... this friend of yours can conjure things out of the wardrobe?"

"Fourth Prince, so this young lady you know can perform magic!"

Xiao Moting had no way to explain, "You can just assume she knows magic."

After saying this, he instructed Xiao Dabao and Qin Zhan to move the cardboard boxes into the cellar.

Then he turned his head and exhorted Consort Yun.

"Mother, Bai said that you are lacking clothing and food in the Cold Palace, so she sent you some food. This is food from Bai's side, called canned food, which can be stored for a long time."

"Hide these canned goods in the cellar and don't let people in the palace know, otherwise it will bring trouble."

Consort Yun quickly regained her senses and nodded immediately.

"Ting'er, I understand."

Just at this moment, a sweet fragrance of fruit drifted over.

Xiao Moting looked up and saw Xiao Dabao hiding to the side, holding a can of yellow peaches, eating without even lifting his head.

Qin Zhan was speechless, "Dabao, you just ate ten Ham Sausages? Why are you hungry again? Are you even stealing Consort Yun's canned food?"

"Let him eat; this child stood guard outside the palace for half the night and is also starving."

Consort Yun hurriedly stopped them and ordered Lai Mama to open a few cans so everyone could share them.

These soldiers were all Xiao Moting's subordinates, about the same age, and in her eyes, they were all children.

The fragrant canned yellow peaches emitted a rich, sweet scent.

Lai Mama and Caiyun also took a bowl.

The two tasted a mouthful and exclaimed in unison.

"So fragrant! The fruit sent by Bai is truly delicious."

"It is even sweeter and more fragrant than the pear soup from the Imperial Kitchen."

The two were so moved that their eyes filled with tears, and they ate the canned fruit in their hands completely, not even leaving a drop of the syrup.

Consort Yun's eyes also became moist.

The yellow peaches in the palace were all sent from the Western Regions; not only were they scarce in quantity, but they were also extremely precious, and only the Emperor and the Empress Dowager could eat them.

Lai Mama and Caiyun had suffered with her in the Cold Palace for many years, eating only leftovers, and had not been able to eat fruit for a long time, let alone such precious yellow peaches.

Bai is too kind; she is so good to Xiao Moting and also very good to her.

"Ting'er, thank Bai for me."

Xiao Moting nodded; in two days, he would leave Shengjing, and what he was most worried about was Consort Yun, fearing that once he left, Consort Yun would have to endure hunger in the Cold Palace again.

Now with so many canned goods, it is enough for Consort Yun and the others to eat for half a year.

Moreover, Bai Wei said she would send more.

In his heart, a sense of gratitude toward Bai Wei welled up once again.

Xiao Moting walked to the side of the wardrobe.

"Shennü Daren, thank you for the food you sent; my mother is very grateful to you."

"Xiao Moting, if you leave, are you just going to let Xiao Mama continue to stay in the Cold Palace?"

Xiao Moting was stunned; he did not understand what Bai Wei meant.

"Xiao Moting is dull-witted; please, Shennü Daren, enlighten me."

"What I mean is, it's no solution for Consort Yun to remain in the Cold Palace. You must let her find a way to leave the Cold Palace so she won't be bullied."

At this, Xiao Moting understood.

Bai Wei wanted Consort Yun to leave the Cold Palace and restore her status!

Xiao Moting relayed Bai Wei's meaning to Consort Yun.

"What? Bai wants me to leave the Cold Palace?" Consort Yun was also startled, then lowered her head and shed tears, "I have been in the Cold Palace for many years; I am old and faded, and my hair has even turned white. The Emperor will not look at me again. Thank Bai for her kindness on my behalf."

The conditions in the Cold Palace were harsh; even if she had once been a beauty of peerless appearance, she had been worn down to a haggard state by the torment.

She was no longer beautiful and lacked the capital to compete for favor; she could not get out of the Cold Palace.

Lai Mama was also heartbroken, "Even if the Emperor remembers old affections, there is still De Guifei in the palace. De Guifei excels at blending fragrances and often carries different scents on her person, which makes the Emperor exceptionally infatuated. Her skill in blending fragrances is unmatched in the palace."

Xiao Moting also furrowed his brows.

Since ancient times, monarchs have loved beauty; even without De Guifei, there are three thousand beauties in the Emperor's harem.

Wanting to help Consort Yun leave the Cold Palace was indeed a difficult problem.

He relayed Consort Yun's words to Bai Wei.

"Her hair has turned white? And she's haggard?" Bai Wei stood in front of the wardrobe, reading the reply Xiao Moting had written, "De Guifei can blend fragrances, and the Emperor favors her exclusively, so Xiao Mama can't get out of the Cold Palace?"

She suddenly realized.

So, the dog Emperor liked De Guifei not just for her beauty, but also for the different scents she carried!

"Isn't this a very simple matter?"

De Guifei has a unique skill for competing for favor—blending fragrances!

Bai Wei doesn't know how to blend fragrances!

However, the modern world has perfume!

Floral scents, fruity scents, herbal scents, ocean fragrances... everything one could want.

There are even scents that De Guifei couldn't blend no matter how hard she racked her brains!

As for Consort Yun, she says she is haggard.

The modern world has so many cosmetics, and a whole bunch of beauty bloggers online who film "ugly woman turns into a great beauty" makeup magic videos every day!

Even a rough man can turn into a beauty through makeup!

Could I really not handle a single Consort Yun?