Dahua Shenzhou was founded for three hundred years, since the founding emperor Dahua Taizu Tianshun Emperor, the current Emperor Dezong, there have been twenty-three successions, this palace compound has also experienced nearly three hundred years, a small renovation in five years, a major renovation in ten years, still brilliant, just like just completed.

Emperor Dezong is Tianxiang's father, he is fifty-eight years old this year, and he has reigned for thirty-eight years, and his spirit and physique are good, and it is possible to break the reign of the previous twenty-two ancestors and become the emperor with the longest reign.

Under the leadership of Gonggong Rui and four or five little eunuchs, they walked through the corridor of the courtyard and came to a courtyard, which was connected to the imperial dining room of the palace, which was prepared for the finalists of this food competition.

On the other side of the courtyard is the imperial dining room, which is blocked by a thick wall, and there is a courtyard gate that can be passed, and the noisy sound of people can be heard slightly, and this courtyard is quite quiet. There are three or four stone tables in the middle, more than a dozen stone benches, there are bamboo forests in the four corners, stacked green and green, there are sparrows flying around from time to time, and there are three big houses in the shape of finished characters.

After arriving at the courtyard, Grandpa Rui said solemnly, "There are enough rooms in this room, you ten groups of people can find your own room to live in first, rest for a few days, and prepare for the game." By the way, there are also two groups of people here who are the imperial chefs in the palace, and you can ask them for help when you need to practice, and the imperial dining room over there has already reserved a place for you to practice. I'm going to inform Your Majesty, and I'll tell you what the arrangements are. ”

Everyone thanked Rui Gonggong, and Rui Gonggong left the courtyard with four or five little eunuchs.

In the courtyard, there were ten groups of people, almost more than 30 people, Ma Wenbing thought that after Grandpa Cui left, everyone would greet each other politely, but everyone was still very conservative, those people from the Western Regions gathered together, and the two people who were originally imperial chefs gathered together, the golden chef of the Tianlong Inn and the silver chef of the Dihu Inn went their separate ways. There are also four groups of people talking and laughing with each other, the four of them are old acquaintances, they will come to participate in the competition every year, and they will gather together every three years.

Everyone first watched and praised the courtyard for a while, not to lose the grandeur of the royal compound, even this courtyard is better than the moderately wealthy family, not to mention the other courtyard houses, especially the Jinluan Palace, which is going to be the final, thinking of this, everyone is looking forward to the early arrival of the competition.

Next, everyone had a tacit understanding, the three groups of people in the Western Regions entered the big house on the right, their living habits were different from those of the Central Plains, they probably came from a place, and it was much easier to live together and talk and do things.

The four groups of people in the east and west and spicy soup in the south and the north were laughing and laughing, and walked towards the big house on the left, leaving the golden chef of the Tianlong Inn and the silver chef of the Dihu Inn left, as well as the two imperial chefs of the palace, plus Ma Wenbing's wave, they could only enter the big room in the middle.

The room is very large, and there are many rooms inside, Tianxiang and Liu Ling'er chose a room with a sword against the corner, and Ma Wenbing and Liu Yikou chose the room next door, and it is convenient for everyone to talk together. The other cooks picked the room on the other side and talked to each other peacefully.

The furniture and facilities in the room are relatively good, and it can be worth the room of a high-end inn, and there is everything, but it is much worse than the room when Tianxiang was in the palace, which is also natural.

After Tianxiang just put down the burden, she immediately said to Liu Ling'er, "Ling'er, I want to go out immediately, I have already made an appointment to meet Xiao Chunzi as soon as I enter the palace, and now he must be waiting for me at the agreed place, I can't help but what should I do if Uncle Liu and Ma Wenbing ask?"

Liu Ling'er thought and said, "Ma Wenbing has no problem, he also knows about you, my father is there Tianxiang, you can go with confidence, my father will hide it when he asks, there is no problem." ”

Hearing Liu Ling'er say this, Tianxiang smiled, and was very grateful, although her mother was murdered by the wicked, now that she has met such good friends as Liu Linger and Ma Wenbing, it is more or less compensated.

So Tianxiang didn't care about resting, timidly went out of the room, passed by Ma Wenbing's room and stopped to listen again, only to hear Liu Yikou and Ma Wenbing quietly not knowing what they were discussing, not hearing clearly.

So Tianxiang timidly walked towards the door, after leaving the big house, three or four people in the courtyard in the Western Regions bowed their heads and spoke, listening to their voices a little bit like the three people who eavesdropped that night, Che Kexi, Amat and Longkeyou, the voices of those three people are relatively old and rude, as soon as they hear it, they know that the faces of those people from the Western Regions are all very old, it should be that they are not wrong.

Tianxiang was shocked, she didn't expect them to come to the finals, these people are too weird, not only to participate in the competition, but also to catch the four spirits, since they can come here to compete, they must not have time to catch red candy, so thinking about it, I can't help but feel at ease for red candy.

In order to cause unnecessary trouble, Tianxiang lowered her head and walked straight out of the yard, according to the more and Xiaochunzi, he was waiting for her in the Hundred Gardens Green Bamboo Forest, the Hundred Gardens and Green Bamboo Forests Tianxiang didn't know how many times she played when she was a child, so the path was very familiar, and it was not very far from the imperial dining room, as long as Tianxiang lowered her head and walked carefully, she could reach the Green Bamboo Forest.

There is a long path leading to the hundred gardens, Tianxiang is wearing girls' clothes, those who pass by think that Tianxiang is the maid of the mother, although the clothes are different from everyone, but they didn't say to ask her, if you want to be safe and sound in this deep palace compound, everyone has a tacit understanding, that is, more is better than less.

There were many maids in the hundred gardens who were laughing and playing, and they didn't take Tianxiang seriously, and Tianxiang didn't look up at them, but continued to walk towards the green bamboo forest with their heads down.

In the depths of the bamboo forest, the rustling leaves are loose like music, the grass on the ground is very neatly built, and countless unknown small flowers are fragrant, and it is a little unbearable to step on the top of their heads.

There is a rockery piled up with a few boulders in the green bamboo forest, and I don't know if the craftsmen did it deliberately or by coincidence, there is a cave in the rockery that is not deep, Tianxiang and Xiaochunzi and a few little eunuchs often go to the cave to play when they are young, this time they agreed to meet in the cave, people don't know it, and they can't pick out the second good place.

Tianxiang turned around, quickly found the rockery in his memory, observed that there was no one left and right, pulled out the deep grass in front of the cave, and quickly flashed in.

"Princess, you're finally here, I've been waiting for you here for a long time. ”

A little eunuch of about twenty flashed out of the cave, dressed in a eunuch suit, holding a handful of dust, just now he was hiding behind the stone, and when he saw that Tianxiang came in, he flashed out happily.

Tianxiang is also very excited, finally meeting Koharuko, and everything is going as she imagined.

"I've kept you waiting, I just arrived at the room and came, I can't stay for a long time, by the way, let's hurry up and discuss the matter, have you found any suspicion of Huang Tieya and Xianyi?"

Xiao Chunzi shook her head and said helplessly, "I knocked on the side, but I didn't ask anything, and I didn't dare to ask deeply, for fear of startling the snake, princess, I'm sorry, I didn't help you much, I don't know what to do next, princess, what good way do you have?"

Tianxiang smiled and said, "You don't have to blame yourself, in fact, I should be able to think of it if you can't get out of them, think about it, if the thing is really done by one of them, it is a business that costs their heads, how can they say it obediently?"

Xiao Chunzi nodded and said, "What the princess said is right, they won't say it obediently, so don't we have any way? Princess, you must have a way, right? ”

The so-called no backer will be bullied, Xiao Chunzi has been assigned to Tianxiang Niangniang since he was a child, and later Tianxiang Niangniang saw that he was a kind and gentle person, so he arranged for him to play with Tianxiang, and later Tianxiang Niangniang was framed and expelled from the palace, which affected Tianxiang, of course, it also affected him, especially the eunuchs on the side of Dihua Niangniang, who looked down on Xiaochunzi at all, and beat him when they met. Now that he sees Tianxiang, if he sees a savior, as long as he helps Tianxiang Niangniang restore his honor, then Tianxiang will also recover his identity, and he will not be beaten by others at that time.

Tianxiang nodded and said, "There is a way, that is, there is a big risk, and I don't know you earlier."

Tianxiang didn't say the psychological words, her eyes were staring at Xiao Haruko, this matter is too dangerous, if she doesn't act secretly and the matter is exposed, then Xiao Chunzi will be involved, she doesn't want to see that ending.

Xiao Chunzi knew why Tianxiang didn't finish the following words, he had already considered the danger, and when the blind man and the cripple found him, he thought that this matter was very dangerous, and the earth flower girl was ruthless and vicious, this was the evil he knew, and if he knew that she would not spare him, but think about it, instead of being beaten by others, it is better to gamble.

So Xiao Chunzi immediately said, "Princess, if you have any tasks, you can tell me, Tianxiang Niangniang treats me like a relative, Xiao Chunzi, I have to do it even if I have a sword mountain and a sea of fire." ”

Hearing Xiao Chunzi's words, Tianxiang was quite moved in her heart, and then slowly said, "Okay, if I want to succeed this time, I can't help you, if you don't help me, this matter won't succeed, and I won't come to the palace again." ”

Koharuko asked, "Princess, what is the matter?" ”

Tianxiang said, "I want you to steal their record book." ”

The record book that Tianxiang said is a book that records everything that day, and there is a booklet in the imperial dining room that records what dishes were made that day and what soup was boiled, all of which are clear. The Imperial Doctor's Hall also has the same booklet.

Xiao Chunzi knew what the record book was that Tianxiang was talking about, because even their eunuchs also had a booklet, recording what he did that day, serving those people, etc., and there was a special person to record and register, but the record book of the eunuchs was not very regular, and what was written may not be true.

When Xiao Chunzi heard that the prince of Tianxiang wanted him to steal the record book, his face was sad, not that he didn't want to steal it, but that the record book of the imperial dining room and the imperial medical hall didn't know who wrote it?

Tianxiang saw his sad face, so he said, "I know this matter is difficult for you, if you don't want to do it, it doesn't matter, anyway, I plan to do it myself, but my current identity is not very convenient, Xiaochunzi, can you help me find a few sets of eunuch clothes?" ”

Xiao Chunzi said, "Princess, it's not that I don't want to go, but I don't know where to look for it, princess, at nine o'clock tonight, I'll accompany the princess to the imperial dining room to steal, is this okay?"

Tianxiang shook her head and said, "No need, since you don't know where the record book is, it's useless to go, so I'll go and find it, you can help me get a few sets of eunuch clothes, is there a problem with this?"

Xiao Chunzi said, "This is not difficult, I have my own set, it should be no problem to borrow one from Xiao Xizi and them, I will go back now, and I will give it to you tonight." ”

At that moment, Tianxiang told Xiao Haruko about the room where he lived, and the two agreed to meet at nine o'clock in the evening, and then separated, Xiao Chunzi returned to his own residence and began to help Princess Tian Xiang pick up a few sets of eunuch clothes.

Let's say that after Tianxiang entered the palace, the lame man took Cui Gonggong to the back of the palace, but a lot of soldiers were also arranged on the mountain peaks behind to defend the guards, and they couldn't go over for a while, and they could only act after dark.

Let's say that after Tianxiang left the green bamboo forest, she continued to walk towards the courtyard with her head down, because she was a girl, and her expression was not in a trance, so no one cared about her.

When Tianxiang arrived in the courtyard, Ma Wenbing and Liu Ling'er were already waiting in the courtyard, and it could be seen from their nervous faces how worried they were about Tianxiang's safety.

Seeing Tianxiang come back safely, Ma Wenbing and Liu Ling'er were relieved, and they hadn't told Liu Yikou about this matter yet, so he didn't know the real purpose of Tianxiang's entry into the palace yet.

"Tianxiang, you are finally back, how are things?, have you seen Xiao Haruko?" After seeing Tianxiang, Liu Ling'er immediately stepped forward and asked softly.

Tianxiang replied softly, "This is not the place to talk, let's go to the room and discuss." ”

The conversation in the courtyard was really uneasy, especially the four people from the Western Regions were still muttering something outside the house, what they said was not in the language of the Central Plains, but in the language of their Western Regions, and because of this, they were suspicious.

Ma Wenbing also returned to Tianxiang and Liu Ling'er's room, and Liu Yikou went to the imperial dining room to say that he would meet old friends, and he happened to have time.

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