Not long after Zhu Nian returned to Zhu Mansion, there were people in the palace who came to convey the holy decree and reward, and within a day, Zhu Xinnian, the owner of Tianxiang Pavilion, was named the three-grade imperial chef as a pilgrimage. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Tao naturally knew about Zhu Nian's reward.

"What? Zhu Xinnian was named a third-grade imperial chef by the emperor?" Tao listened to Steward Tang's report in Shi'an Garden, and couldn't close his mouth in surprise.

"Yes, ma'am. Steward Tang replied.

"This little slut, why is her life so good!" Tao waved his sleeves and threw the teacup on the table to the ground, "I thought I could take this opportunity to get rid of this eye-catching thing, but I didn't expect it to make her even more proud!"

"Madame, be angry. Steward Tang persuaded.

"Stop your anger, how do you tell me to stop my anger!" Tao turned his face to stare at Steward Tang, his eyes flashed with a vicious light: "Let me ask you, how is the proof done, don't tell me that it hasn't been done yet!"

Steward Tang lowered his head and replied, "Mrs. Hui, it's already done, I have ordered someone to send it from Ninghe County quickly, and I will probably be able to arrive in the capital soon." ”

Dow curled the corners of his lips and said proudly, "Great!"

She looked at Steward Tang and instructed: "Be more careful in everything, and make sure that nothing goes wrong! This time, I will let Zhu Xinnian taste the feeling of falling from the clouds into the mud!"

"Don't worry, ma'am, I will be more careful. Steward Tang also showed a sinister laugh.

Tao suddenly remembered something, there was some embarrassment and entanglement on her face, and after a struggle in her heart, she took a deep breath and said to Steward Tang: "By the way, even if we have a proof to drive Zhu Xinnian out of Tianxiang Pavilion, she will also have the official rank of the third-grade imperial chef to support her." ”

"What do you mean, ma'am?"

"I mean, we've got to figure out a way to leave this little slut with nothing!"

"Okay, all the subordinates listen to Madame's orders. ”

Since Zhu Nian was sealed to the official rank, the threshold of Tianxiang Pavilion and Zhu Mansion was about to be broken by the people who came to visit her.

In fact, it is more appropriate to visit her than to visit Zhu Nian.

Zhu Nian didn't like this kind of scene the most, and she was lukewarm to everyone who came, so she won the title of "pure beauty" again.

Early one morning, Fuyue returned to the bamboo garden with breakfast for Zhu Nian, and found the second-class maid Xiaomei feeding the fish by the pool, but her eyes were very sloppy, and she seemed to have something on her mind.

Fuyue stepped forward and found that the pond was full of fish food, and the fish were about to be killed by Xiaomei, and the outside of the pool was also sprinkled with fish food everywhere.

"Xiaomei, the fish are about to die!" Fuyue said to Xiaomei.

Xiaomei obviously didn't notice that there were other people next to her, and Fuyue's voice scared her all over, and the fish food in her hand was scattered all over the ground.

"Sister Fuyue!" Xiaomei quickly knelt down on her knees, and then looked into the pool.

"What's on your mind?" Fu Yue frowned slightly and asked Xiaomei.

"No... No. Xiaomei shook her head again and again, and then she said, "I was wrong, I'll go get a broom and clean up." ”

After speaking, Xiaomei saw that Fuyue had no objections, so she got up and went to the small kitchen to get a broom, cleaned up the debris outside the pool, and fished out the excess fish food coefficient in the pool, and finally didn't say anything, saluted Fuyue and left in a hurry with her head down.

Fuyue stared at Xiaomei's actions throughout the whole process, wondering in her heart.

After Xiaomei walked away, Fuyue shook her head helplessly, thinking to herself: What the hell is wrong with this girl.

Although this happened, Fuyue's mind was not as delicate as Cai Ning's, so he boiled it down to a trivial matter, didn't care about it, and soon forgot about it.

Zhu Nian would go to Tianxiang Pavilion every day to observe everything here, and everything was fine until half a month later.

On this day, Zhu Nian sat in an inconspicuous position in the hall as usual and watched the people in the Tianxiang Pavilion come and go, only this time, she frowned.

Cai Ning followed her, and she saw the abnormality of Zhu Nian, so she asked, "Miss, what's wrong with you?"

Zhu Nian moved his lips, and finally said nothing: "It's okay." ”

Maybe she's overthinking.

It's just that in the next five or six days, she sat in the Tianxiang Pavilion, and her brows became more and more wrinkled.

"Miss, I think you seem to have something on your mind these two days. "This time, it was still Cai Ning who came with Zhu Nian.

This time, Zhu Nian didn't choose to avoid it, she asked Cai Ning rhetorically: "Cai Ning, do you feel that there is something abnormal in Tianxiang Pavilion these days." ”

"Abnormal?" Cai Ning also frowned, his eyes scanning back and forth in the hall: "The slave is dull, don't you see anything?"

Zhu Nian sighed lightly, and then instructed Cai Ning: "Cai Ning, you go and call the shopkeeper Meng over." ”

"Yes, miss. After saying that, Cai Ning left Zhu Nian.

After a stick of incense, Uncle Meng followed Cai Ning to Zhu Nian's position, he walked up to Zhu Nian and asked, "Miss, do you have anything to do with me?"

"Uncle Meng, look at this Tianxiang Pavilion, what's wrong?"

"This ......" Uncle Meng glanced at the hall, but he didn't see anything abnormal.

Zhu Nian continued: "You see, the guests of Tianxiang Pavilion have been decreasing day by day. ”

Uncle Meng and Cai Ning looked at the hall again, indeed, there were indeed fewer guests in Tianxiang Pavilion at this time than before.

"This ...... Miss, maybe it's a coincidence. Cai Ning said to Zhu Nian.

"No, I thought a few days ago that maybe it was just a coincidence, but I paid attention to it these days and found that this is the case every day, which is not logical. Zhu Nian shook his head and retorted.

"By the way, miss, you're right, I've been checking the account books these days, and I found that the income in the recent period has been much less than before, and I didn't care about it at first, but now after you say this, it's really a little abnormal. Uncle Meng suddenly spoke.

Hearing Uncle Meng's words, Zhu Nian frowned, she stood up and shouted to Cai Ning: "Come with me to the back kitchen." ”

"Yes, miss. ”

In the back kitchen, the five cooks are still busy, but it can be seen that their workload is not as much as before, and the five of them seem a little leisurely.

Seeing Zhu Nian coming in, all five people nodded at her: "Miss!"

"Well, you guys go about your own business first, and leave me alone. "Some of them haven't been checked yet, and Zhu Nian doesn't plan to tell them yet.

Zhu Nian slowly walked to the corner where the ingredients were stored, and his eyes swept it roughly.

Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Ling Wu, the little cook in front of the table on the side, holding a knife in his hand, his expression was a little abnormal, and he seemed to be a little nervous.

Zhu Nian picks out some of the ingredients from each bamboo frame, looks at them carefully, and sometimes puts them on his nose to sniff.

After checking all the ingredients, Zhu Nian's expression became more serious, and his brows were furrowed all the time.

These ingredients don't seem to be as fresh as before!