Early the next morning, Du Xixi remembered the Dragon Beard Cake after going downstairs. Before heading out, she asked Jia Yi to deliver four boxes of Dragon Beard Cake to the Imperial Palace. Chen Yin over there had been waiting all along. As soon as he received the Dragon Beard Cake, he video-called Du Xixi.
At that time, Du Xixi was having breakfast with Ke Lian. She saw Chen Yin looking haggard, with dark circles under his eyes, and asked, "Why do you look so worn out? I've just been busy for the past few days making the Dragon Beard Cake. Brother, could you have been waiting anxiously and suffering insomnia?"
"Not quite." Chen Yin yawned, completely indifferent to his disheveled, bearded appearance because on both ends, they were their own people. He didn't have to maintain his image deliberately. "I've been trying to get rid of a few old courtiers lately, so there's more to do than before. I haven't slept for two days straight."
