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Upon returning to the palace and seeing that it was not yet dark, An Jing suddenly thought of dumplings. Imagining dipping them in vinegar and eating them, that taste… An Jing savored the thought, craving them unbearably. Then, she dragged Xiao Changyi to the Imperial Kitchen, planning to make dumplings.
The people in the Imperial Kitchen, upon seeing Xiao Changyi and An Jing, were so frightened that they all knelt down.
An Jing had everyone stand up and told them to go about their own business without minding them. But seeing that everyone still looked scared, she stopped worrying about it and instead found an empty spot in the Imperial Kitchen with Xiao Changyi. They cut up some meat and washed it, then she had Xiao Changyi stand there and chop the meat filling.
