Sheng Li tasted the tart cherries before taking them for Ying Lili.
"Your Majesty, you should have called me. Why did you trouble yourself to come to the royal kitchen?" The royal chef asked humbly.
"Because the Empress wants me to bring the tart cherries for her," asserted Sheng Li. "I wanted to check myself these cherries," Sheng Li added. He picked the bowl and left for the Northern Palace.
The assistants came near the Royal chef. "Did the Royal Chef notice that our Emperor has turned so gentle and humble?" One of the assistants said.
"Thanks to the Empress," the Royal chef replied.
Sheng Li hastened towards the Northern Palace when he encountered the Princes, who had just returned to the Palace after hunting. "Brother Sheng," Lei Wanxi pronounced and came to him.
"Tart cherries!" Lei Wanxi outstretched his hand to take a few when Sheng Li slapped at the back of his palm.
"You cannot eat them," Sheng Li told him.
