V2.Chapter 54

A table of unbearable meals was eaten by the emperor without even the soup left.

Concubine Xu Xian was simply stunned by this magical turn of events. The emperor was so dissatisfied with the royal chefs that they couldn't make the Queen Mother's taste one by one. What kind of magical cooking skills she is when she is the Queen Mother, but it turns out... It's like this kind of pig food. taste? !

Concubine Xu Xian didn't know what to say.

At this time, it cannot be said that it is unpalatable, otherwise, it is said that the dishes made by the queen mother are also unpalatable, although this is true.

Concubine Xu Xian didn't mention that Yu Wan was Yu Shaoqing's daughter. The holy heart was unpredictable. Seeing how moved His Majesty was, the ghost knew whether he would forgive Yu Shaoqing's death sentence on impulse?

Although Yu Shaoqing's acquittal has nothing to do with Concubine Xu Xian, why did she make a wedding dress for this girl?

Shangguan Yan also didn't mention it. After all, she was just here to eat, she didn't know Yu Wan, and she seemed to have ulterior motives when she knew too much about Yu Wan.

After that, Yu Wan made a few more side dishes - lamb tripe with green peppers, fried egg with chives, boiled eggplant, cold bean sprouts, but the emperor's stomach couldn't hold it, so he gave it to the Xianfu Palace very generously. palace man.

The palace people cried and thanked Lord Longen.

The emperor could feel that they were really crying, and it was not like they were pretending to be in the past. It seems that they also felt the suffering of him and the queen mother.

The palace servant who was in tears: Your Majesty, you think too much, we really just cried so badly...

The emperor held Concubine Xu Xian's hand: "Concubine Xian has a heart."

It was the second time that Concubine Xu Xian heard these words from the emperor's mouth, but it was obviously much heavier than the first time. However, Concubine Xu Xian couldn't be happy. This was not the result she wanted. The more the emperor praised her, the more heartbroken she became.

The emperor was happy to eat, so naturally he wanted to give a reward. He rewarded Yu Wan with one hundred taels of silver, which was not enough.

Concubine Xu Xian was going to explode with rage, so the cooking skills that can only make pig food are also worthy of "the best chef in the world"? !

The news reached the small kitchen.

Yu Wan: "I just knew that I am a Maxima, and one day I will meet my Bole."

Master Qin: "???"

...

The story that the cook in Zuixianju suddenly won the emperor's appreciation spread in the palace, and the emperor put this credit on Concubine Xu Xian's head. At night, many concubines came to Xianfu Palace to congratulate Concubine Xu Xian. died.

What's the use of the emperor remembering her achievements? Didn't she even move that girl's hair? That girl has done the craftsmanship of the empress dowager. One day the emperor remembers her mother again, and announces that the girl enters the palace to cook a few dishes...

Concubine Xu Xian was so angry just thinking about it that she wished she had never called that girl into the palace.

"Niangniang, eliminate the fire." The maid in charge presented a bowl of tortoise ointment.

Concubine Xu Xian took the bowl, scooped a spoonful, and said coldly, "Is she studying Ben Gong?"

Back then, Concubine Xu Xian had already been trampled into the mud. The reason why she was able to turn the salted fish over was all due to her taking risks. She imitated the queen mother and planted some vegetables in the harem. After that, many people followed the gourd and painted the scoop. It’s just this kind of thing. , but one is no longer, but no longer is the third, the emperor has seen a lot, and he is no longer interested.

When Concubine Li fell out of favor, she tried to make elm money cakes.

Concubine Xu Xian also knew that her accusations were somewhat untenable. After all, Yu Wan had never tasted the Queen Mother's dishes. How could she deliberately imitate the Queen Mother's taste?

"If I had known that this girl could please Your Majesty so much, this palace would..."

Concubine Xu Xian didn't say anything after that.

It's been like this, it's too late to say anything.

As the night fell, Yu Wan and Shangguanyan left the palace together. Master Qin did not bother to disturb him, but followed behind with the two cooks. After the two got into the carriage, Fang and the cook also sat down. The carriage of his own, returned to Zuixianju.

Shangguanyan's carriage was as exquisite and luxurious as her clothes, and Yu Wan felt that she was not riding in a carriage, but a fairy chariot.

It's a little quiet inside the car.

"Thank you, Princess, for today's matter." Yu Wan thanked her. Although Shangguanyan remarried the Xiao family, she heard Uncle Wan call her that, so she followed Uncle Wan.

Shangguanyan didn't show any concern about the name, but Shangguanyan remembered that this girl had saved her face in Jingzhaoyin - she asked the girl to take the child to Xiao's house, but she listened to the boy and took the child to go. The Lord's Mansion.

She is very vengeful!

Shangguan Yan snorted coldly, completely losing all the affection and maintenance she had towards Yu Wan in front of Concubine Xu Xian, and said coldly, "It's not for you!"

Yu Wan said softly, "No matter what, the princess has offended Concubine Xu Xian because of me..."

Shangguan Yan said disdainfully, "Do I still need to offend her?"

Yes, how could she forget that Shangguanyan's reputation in the capital is only worse than that of Yan Jiuchao. Women all over the capital hate Shangguanyan. Even if Shangguanyan does nothing, she is already a thorn in the eyes of these women. , The thorn in the flesh, Xu Xianfei can not be exempted from the custom.

Yu Wan felt that this was mostly out of jealousy.

Jealous of Shangguanyan's background, jealousy of Shangguanyan's appearance, and even more jealous of Shangguanyan's marriage, she is simply the ancient version of the male god harvester, regardless of King Yan or Xiao Zhenting, they all treat her wholeheartedly, this is what all women hate the most about her place.

Shangguan Yan glanced at Yu Wan who was hesitant to say anything: "Okay, don't flatter me, I said I didn't want to save you! Stop being too affectionate!"

Yu Wan: "Oh."

Oh? What an attitude!

Shangguan Yan frowned and looked at her. The years have really treated her favorably. This angry look on her face is like a young girl: "Why don't you ask me to save you?"

"Why?" Yu Wan said softly.

Shangguan Yan only felt that she had hit the cotton with a punch, and became more and more annoyed. She was so fierce, shouldn't this girl be very scared, restless, and restless? !

"Princess?" Yu Wan looked at Shangguanyan with bright eyes.

Shangguan Yan was defeated in her eyes, turned her face away, looked at the night outside the window and said, "That kid asked me to take care of you."

She hadn't taken the initiative to pay attention to her son for many years, but she came to the door for the first time, saying that she was going to leave Beijing. There was a little fool who couldn't rest assured, for fear of being bullied, and asked her mother to help take care of her.

She was sore.

But he was reluctant to accept it. After all, it was the first time that his son "begged" her.

Yu Wan realized that the kid she was talking about was Yan Jiuchao, and it felt like something had touched her heart, which made her feel a little warm.

"But... I didn't have time to send the news to the princess. How did the princess know that I was detained by the concubine Xian? Did the princess go to Zuixianju to eat stinky tofu?"

Shangguan Yan's eyes flashed, she sat up straight and said, "How is that possible! Will this princess go all the way to eat something that can't be on the table? Ben... this princess has eyeliner in the palace!"

Yu Wan: "Oh. But I heard that you eat stinky tofu the most today."

Shangguan Yan swallowed the mountains and rivers angrily: "That's not for His Majesty! Just give that stinky thing to this princess for nothing, and this princess doesn't want it!"

"...Okay." Yu Wan put a jar of stinky tofu out of the bag and put it back into the bag silently.

Shangguan Yan bit the veil: "..."

woo~

...

The palace has never been able to hide the news, not to mention it is so earth-shattering, almost as soon as Yu Wan and his party left the palace, the news of the emperor's majesty, the chef of the drunk fairy house, was passed to the second prince's mansion.

"What did you say? What happened to the royal father?" Yan Huaijing put down the brush at hand and looked at the eunuch who was inquiring about the news.

The eunuch said: "When I returned to His Highness, His Majesty cried, His Majesty said, it is very similar to what the Queen Mother made when she was alive."

Yan Huaijing has two grandmothers, one is the Empress Dowager Shengde, the biological mother of the emperor and King Yan, and the other is the Empress Dowager Shengci, the successor of the previous emperor.

At that time, the Empress Dowager Shengde was deposed and put into the cold palace. Although she came out after that, the emperor had already established a successor, and the successor did not make any big mistakes. He did not abolish the successor, and then replaced her reason.

Empress Dowager Shengde was named Concubine De, until the death of the previous emperor and the eldest son ascended the throne, and she and her successor were both named Empress Dowager.

The empress dowager Shengde went early. The empress dowager Shengci died three years ago. No wonder Concubine Xu Xian did not believe that Yan Huaijing was the excuse for empress dowager Shengci to keep filial piety for three years and not marry, and it was not her own.

Yan Huaijing's impression of the Queen Mother is not very deep. What I remember most is that she always held Yan Jiuchao, who was one year younger than her, in a daze. He fell and cried. Two times, the queen mother can be so nervous that she blames all the palace staff.

This may be because the relationship between the empress dowager and her father is not harmonious, and she doesn't even like her father's children.

Yan Huaijing thought that her jealousy of Yan Jiuchao might have started when the Queen Mother was alive.

"Actually, I don't understand." Yan Huaijing said thoughtfully.

The eunuch looked at Yan Huaijing blankly, and then looked at Jun Changan beside him.

Who is Your Highness speaking to? How to take it?

Jun Changan waved his hand, the eunuch withdrew wisely, and Jun Changan asked, "What do you not understand, Your Highness?"

Yan Huaijing said: "I don't understand, the Queen Mother is so partial to King Yan, why isn't the royal father jealous?"

The emperor settled down for a while and said, "Perhaps your majesty has already won the world and can't ask for more."

"Really?" Yan Huaijing murmured in a daze, and continued to bury her head in writing the memorial.

The eunuch probed his brain outside the door.

Jun Changan strode out, took him out of the study, and asked, "What else?"

The eunuch said in a low voice, "That cook from the Drunken Immortal Residence... it's Miss Yu! Madam Xiao also entered the palace, and His Majesty also went to Xianfu Palace suddenly... Didn't the Second Highness send someone to watch Miss Yu? What's the matter? Why don't the spies come to spread the word about such a big thing? I thought, did something happen, and the spies asked the concubine Xian to deal with it? If this is the case, the matter of Miss Yu entering the palace today may not be easy."

Jun Changan pondered for a moment: "I see, you should step back."

"Yes." The eunuch came out of the yard.

Jun Changan returned to the study.

"What's the matter?" Yan Huaijing asked.

"It's okay." Jun Changan said.

...

The cold wind whistled, a carriage galloped down the flat official road, and there was a suppressed coughing sound inside the car.

"Slow down."

Shadow Thirteen ordered.

The coachman tightened the reins and was about to slow down the speed of the carriage when Yan Jiuchao said lightly, "No need, keep on your way and go to Gongcheng as soon as possible."

Ying Shisan said: "With Ying Liu here, don't worry, the clues will not be broken these few days."

"It's not about the clues..." Yan Jiuchao pulled up the blanket covering him, and the pearly light of the night pearl fell on his slightly pale face, making him thinner and thinner.

"Young master is worried about Miss Yu?" Ying Shisan asked.

Yan Jiuchao let out a long sigh: "She didn't see this young master for a day, so she was scratching her heart like a cat's paw, and she even did things like blocking the young master in the inn. When the young master left, I don't know what she's going to do to herself."

Shadow Thirteen: "..."

I was wrong, I was really wrong, I shouldn't be rude!

Yan Jiuchao looked helpless: "Do you think she is crying to death at home now? Or is she already on her way to find Young Master Ben? Well, fortunately Young Master Ben had foresight and left three children in the capital. , Well, you write a letter and tell her that if you really miss this young master, go to Xiao Mansion to see the child to comfort your thoughts."

The corners of Ying Shisan's mouth twitched, and she hasn't left the capital yet. Are you sure you want to start writing the thirty-fifth letter? !

...

Finally out of the capital.

Ying Shisan had a dark face and sent the fifty-third letter.

...

Gongcheng is in the east of Dazhou. The carriage went out of the east gate, and the horses went all the way east. Seven days later, they arrived at Jizhou. Jizhou and Gongcheng are adjacent to each other. After another Jizhou bridge is the Yuanyang Town of Gongcheng.

"Young Master, it's getting dark, let's find an inn to rest first, and then go on the road tomorrow." Although Ying Shisan couldn't stand some of his young master's urination, but Yan Jiuchao was really sick, he had to Find a doctor, Haosheng will recuperate Yan Jiuchao.

Yan Jiuchao leaned sickly against the wall of the car, his head was dizzy, he opened his mouth weakly.

Ying Shisan hurriedly said, "I know, I'll write a letter right now."

Yan Jiuchao closed his mouth and fell asleep.

When Yan Jiuchao woke up, he was already in the largest inn in Jizhou. He slept on the bed in the famous room, with Ying Shisan and Ying Liu standing by the bed.

Yan Jiuchao glanced at Ying Liu weakly and strangely: "Why are you here? Aren't you in Gongcheng?"

"Young Master, drink this bowl of medicine first, I will tell you slowly." Ying Liu poured the warm medicine on the stove into the bowl and brought it to Yan Jiuchao.

Yan Jiuchao sat up.

Yan Jiuchao was soaked in a big pot of medicine, so he was not squeamish when he drank the medicine.

He handed the medicine bowl back to Ying Liu, while Ying Thirteen, who was beside him, opened a sugar jar and gave him a rock candy.

Even if you can't taste the taste, other children took medicine like this when they were young. Yan Jiuchao saw it and gradually learned it.

Yan Jiuchao took a piece of rock candy, which was tasteless to him, and said expressionlessly, "Let's talk."

Ying Liu explained everything that happened in the past few days in detail: "...I asked people to hunt down and kill them in Jizhou."

It turned out that after Ying Liu went to Gongcheng, he found clues about Yan Ruyu. Following the clues, he found a very important witness, but the witness refused to tell him the whole truth unless he rescued his family. come out.

Saving people is not Yingliu's strength, so Yingliu passed a letter to Yan Jiuchao's flying pigeons and asked him to line up two dead men to come.

While waiting for the dead man, Ying Liu met Zhou Huai by chance.

Young Master Yan sent other spies to stare at Zhou Huai, but Zhou Huai was too cunning. After completing Yan Ruyu's mission, bring Zhou Huai back to the capital together.

At that time, the people of the second prince appeared.

Ying Liu secretly went to Jizhou. He couldn't let anyone find out his identity, so he left Zhou Huai and ran away, but Zhou Huai was a vengeful person who led the second prince's people to Ying Liu.

The two sides fought fiercely, and Zhou Huai took the opportunity to escape.

"Have they recognized you?" Ying Thirteen interrupted Ying Six's words.

Ying Liu shook his head: "No, I covered my face in time and ran so fast that I didn't tell them to recognize me."

"They chased you to Jizhou?" Ying Thirteen looked at Ying Six with contempt, isn't this guy too bad? Several spies from the Second Prince's Mansion can't beat him, is he really too small?

As soon as Ying Liu saw Ying Thirteen's wretched gaze, he knew that he was thinking something unclean again in his mind. He glared at Ying Thirteen, wishing he could make a hole in Ying Thirteen's head: "What are you thinking?! I wasn't chased by those spies!"

His martial arts are poor, that's only relative to Shadow Thirteen. If it's really put on the arena, he has few rivals!

"What's going on?" Yan Jiuchao asked with a frown.

"I met Zhou Huai again." Ying Liu was quite helpless when he mentioned this. Others wanted to find Zhou Huai and couldn't find him. He could even meet him when he was urinating. , Zhou Huai was at the other end of the thatched hut, the two were holding the bird, two (birds) two (birds) looking at each other, that scene... I couldn't bear to look directly.

Ying Liu skipped this paragraph and only said that he met Zhou Huai by chance on the street: "...I'm mad at him for overshadowing me before, so I want to teach him a lesson!"

"And then he taught me a lesson?" Ying Shisan said angrily.

Ying Liu said with a stern face: "How is it possible? Someone else is here, but this time, it's not the spies of the Second Prince's Mansion, but a group of..."

Speaking of this, Ying Liu's expression suddenly stopped, he clenched his fists, and there was a trace of panic in his eyes that he didn't even notice.

Yan Jiuchao looked at him fixedly and waited patiently for him to continue.

Ying Liu took a deep breath, slid his throat, and said slowly: "I have never seen such a terrible person... They haven't shot yet, just their eyes and aura..."

Ying Thirteen patted Ying Liu on the shoulder. Although he always made fun of Ying Liu, he knew better than anyone else that Ying Liu was not a coward, and even he was afraid of someone who would not even be able to deal with the dead. The person who got it.

Ying Liu gritted his teeth and said, "Zhou Huaitian, the one who is not afraid of death, went to provoke the group of people in order to escape, but the group of people thought that Zhou Huai and I were in the same group, and they chased and killed me together... I fled all the way to Jizhou, and finally got rid of them."

To be precise, they are too lazy to chase, they seem to have other more important things, and don't want to waste time on the two little thieves.

"Who are those people?" Ying Shisan asked in confusion.

Ying Liu shook his head: "I don't know, but I suspect they are not from the Central Plains."

The most terrifying masters in the Central Plains are all under the hands of the young master.

Yan Jiuchao paused and tapped his fingers on the quilt a few times: "Forget about Zhou Huai for now, Yan Huaijing's people will find him, now tell me the news you found in Gongcheng."

Ying Liudao: "The little guy found a man. He used to have a house in Gongcheng. About four years ago, a woman with a capital accent came and bought his house."

Yan Jiuchao's eyes dimmed: "Is this woman Yan Ruyu?"

"That's right." Ying Liu nodded.

Four years ago, it was not long after the incident in the Yan family. Everyone in the Yan family was arrested and imprisoned, except for Yan Ruyu. The government had vigorously searched for her, but nothing was found.

Yan Jiuchao said thoughtfully: "Is that house very hidden? Why didn't the government find her?"

Ying Liudao: "The house is not hidden, but..."

Yan Jiuchao finished the rest for him: "But someone protects her."

"I'm afraid it is," Ying Liu said.

To be honest, Yan Jiuchao was not interested in Yan Ruyu's past, but only by finding out that Yan Ruyu had contacts with those people could he find out the truth about the three children.

Who was the woman that night? Who is the child's biological mother? He has to give himself an account.

Yan Jiuchao motioned to Ying Liu to continue.

Ying Liu said sternly: "The original owner of the house said that Yan Ruyu was pregnant at the time, and she looked like three or four months. Because it was summer and her shirt was thin, he let him see it. Also, Yan Ruyu didn't come alone. He bought the house, and she was accompanied by a man... The young master must not be able to guess who that man is."

Yan Jiuchao said, "Who?"