After hearing Yuantong's report, Meng Qi stepped into the inner chamber, her thoughts drifting back to the conversation she had with Song Chengze the previous night.
Once they had finished talking, Song Chengze went out. By dinnertime, Hu Changsheng—the apprentice of Zhang Decheng, the head eunuch of the outer courtyard—came in to announce that the Prince was entertaining several close friends who had attended the wedding, instructing her not to wait up for him.
This time, the main kitchen dared not show any negligence; that very "troublemaking" Pagoda Pork was conspicuously displayed on the table.
Chapter 38