After the meal, Cai Wei gathered everything left into Space, treating Brother Ying and Chang Mei to a feast of leftovers. The remainder, she instructed to be distributed among the palace maids and eunuchs at Chengqian Palace as a gesture of goodwill.
In the palace, the rule was that any food left over from the Emperor, Empress, or even the Princes and Princesses must be buried, and they had to start anew for the next meal; the servants were not allowed to have even a trifling bit of it. However, Cai Wei felt it was such a pity to bury all these good things. It would be better to let the palace maids and eunuchs have them to improve their meals a bit and put things to good use, rather than wasting them.
The palace maids and eunuchs at Chengqian Palace, upon receiving the Empress' gracious decree, began to eat heartily, indulging in the unexpected feast...
Within the Jade Palace
