The whole warm pavilion is quietly frightening.

Mrs. Zhou's heart was pounding and pounding. The wait at this moment is so long, and Mrs. Zhou is nervous about Xia He, but she doesn't know that the bowl of noodles she is about to face is actually much more terrifying than the palace maid Xia He...... A lot.

Mama Zhao didn't see what the queen mother cooked the bowl of noodles into, but when Xia He brought the noodle soup over, Mama Zhao couldn't help but hold her forehead. She secretly glanced at the queen mother, and silently thought in her heart that the emperor wanted to eat the noodles cooked by the queen mother herself, then it would be the year of the monkey!

The queen has been learning for several days, but she has not learned to roll dough.

This time, instead of boiling the noodles into gnocchi, she rolled them directly into gnocchi, in short, the bowl was still a bowl of gnocchi. To put it more figuratively, it was a bowl of clear soup, a few pieces of gnocchi, and a boiled greens.

Xia He was very nervous, and Mrs. Zhou was also nervous, and the attention of the two was not on the noodle soup. Xia He was so nervous that she didn't dare to look at Mrs. Zhou, who pinched the handrail with one hand, and was about to crush the handrail.

When Xia He brought the noodle soup to Mrs. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou was so nervous that she didn't notice the strangeness of the bowl of noodles.

"Zhou, Zhou, Old Lady Zhou, please, please ...... Please use! ”

Xia He trembled so much that her teeth trembled, she made Old Madam Zhou no longer able to deceive herself. Mrs. Zhou can be sure that the queen must have discovered that Xia He is her person and has the evidence. Otherwise, the queen mother would not let Xia He come out easily.

How much evidence does the queen have in her hands? Does she have room to explain, to get away with it? Old Madam Zhou took a calm last breath and did not take the initiative to reveal anything.

Knowing herself and knowing her opponent can survive a hundred battles, and she still can't figure out the bottom of the queen's mother, so she can only take it step by step.

She got up and knelt down to thank her first, "Courtier, thank the queen for the reward!" ”

"I said that I don't need to make a big salute, Mama Zhao, hurry up and pick up Mrs. Zhou." Han Yunxi had a polite attitude and a harmless smile, as if the person who had just poisoned her was not her.

After Mama Zhao helped the person up, she pulled Mrs. Zhou to sit down and handed the chopsticks in person, "Mrs. Zhou, this is made by the queen's mother, you have to be good." ”

At this time, Mrs. Zhou looked at this bowl of noodles seriously, and she was stunned. This...... What is this?

It looks like a gnocchi, but it doesn't look like it. In a large bowl of clear soup, there are only four or five pieces of gnocchi the size of a fist. Mrs. Zhou, who had always thought that Han Yunxi would not poison her, suddenly suspected that her bowl of noodles was poisoned again.

However, she had to eat.

She ate it, what happened, Han Yunxi had to explain to her son, to the Murong family in Jiangnan and the Zhou family. If she doesn't eat it, she is despising the queen's authority and ruining the queen's reward, and the crime can be small or big.

Gong Dou has never made ruthless moves, for fear that his identity is inferior to others and he will be suppressed by others.

The identity of Empress Han Yunxi is destined for her to fight openly.

Old Madam Zhou must know that this queen has mastered Xia He's fine work, and she will definitely not enter the palace.

Old Madam Zhou didn't dare to delay too long, so she could only pick up the fist-sized gnocchi...... Eat!

The size of each piece of normal gnocchi is very uniform, at most the size of a thumb, and it is particularly strong to bite, and the gnocchi soup is definitely not a clear soup, but a thick soup, which requires a variety of ingredients to make a delicious taste. The gnocchi list is chewy, but the soup is fragrant, and it can be said that it is a very delicious home-cooked dish.

But......

Mrs. Zhou took the first bite, and found that the queen's fist-sized gnocchi was particularly sticky to her teeth! More sticky than mochi. There is no strength at all, and there is no faint wheat flavor of high-quality flour.

For the elderly, they are most afraid of eating acid, hardness, and stickiness!

Just one bite made Mrs. Zhou eat with great difficulty, and also made her start to think about the taste of this bowl of noodles, ignoring the question of whether it is poisonous or not.

"How?" Han Yunxi asked excitedly.

Of course, she knew that gnocchi was not done this way, she had just rolled out the flour, her hands were too sore, and there was not enough time, so she simply chopped a few pieces and threw them in the pot to cook.

Mrs. Zhou looked up and didn't answer for a long time, not because she didn't answer, but because her face was too sticky, and she was full of mouth.

She took great pains to deal with it, and replied, "It tastes excellent, and the courtiers are really blessed today." ”

"Eat more if you like." Han Yunxi said with a smile.

Mrs. Zhou doesn't just want to eat more, can she not finish the things that the queen has rewarded?

So, under the gaze of everyone, Mrs. Zhou silently gnawed on the gnocchi, the sticky teeth were actually fine, but in the end, she actually found that the heart of the gnocchi was hard and not cooked thoroughly!

Looking at the chopsticks, and then looking at the remaining three pieces in the bowl, Mrs. Zhou's mood at this moment can only be described in two words, "collapse"!

Old Madam Zhou's mind has changed, she thinks that if she had known that the queen's cooking skills were so bad, she would definitely not enter the palace.

However, when Mrs. Zhou took a lot of effort, endured the nausea several times, gnawed a few large gnocchi, and drank the first sip of soup, her mind changed again. She thought that if she had known that the queen's cooking skills were so bad, she would definitely not give away those two red envelopes, and she would not let Xia He enter the palace!

That big bowl of clear soup is simply salt water!

After eating the gnocchi of the queen card, Mrs. Zhou was no longer combative, she was not only uncomfortable in her mouth, but also in her stomach, and she had a sense of loss of control that she might vomit at any time.

"Oops, the whole bowl is gone? Mrs. Zhou is so old, her appetite is still good. Han Yunxi smiled, very happy.

Old Madam Zhou got up, "Queen Mother...... Courtiers...... There is still a ...... in the house of the courtiers."

Mrs. Zhou wants to retire, wants to go home, and wants to run out and vomit!

However, Han Yunxi's next sentence made Mrs. Zhou swallow all her disgust.

Han Yunxi said, "The matter here in this palace is not over yet. Old Madam Zhou, you are the oldest among all the ladies and have the highest prestige, there is something very difficult in this palace, and I hesitated for several days, and I think it is most appropriate to come to you to discuss. Mrs. Zhou, Baili Xiang donated the two red envelopes that the palace gave to the Baili family to the Northern Calendar Pastor. When the steward opened it, it was empty. You say, how is this red envelope empty? ”

This......

Mrs. Zhou's ears immediately echoed the words that the queen mother had just asked Mama Zhao, "Those red envelopes for the New Year were installed by Xia He Gang's palace, right?" ”

A bowl of noodles is a torture, but after the torture, I am afraid that it will be a disaster.

Mrs. Zhou knew very well that as long as she answered one word wrong, the queen mother might push the empty red envelope to Xia He, and Xia He would confess that she was instructed by her!

Old Madam Zhou suddenly looked at Xia He, and as soon as Xia He bumped into her gaze, she immediately hid. This made Mrs. Zhou's heart even more desperate.

What should she do?

How should she answer?

Old Madam Zhou thought about it for a long, long time, but Han Yunxi didn't urge her, but waited patiently.

On the contrary, Mama Zhao was anxious and couldn't help but speak, "Old Madam Zhou, the queen mother asked you!" ”

The prince recently went to the Taifu Mansion to spend the night, and Mama Zhao specially sent someone to tell the emperor that she thought that the emperor would definitely come over early.

With such a good day, how could Mrs. Zhou be delayed?

Old Madam Zhou was actually distracted, immersed in chagrin and regret. What a spirited old lady she was, but she seemed to be old in an instant, with bags under her eyes and no light in her eyes.

She said, "The queen mother, the steward of the pastoral priest must have seen it wrong. Thyme Lane once told everyone that the queen gave her ten silver tickets for Kangqian Qianzhuang, which is a big red envelope! How can it be empty? According to the courtiers, it is better to send someone to the priest's house and check it. ”

Hongu also felt that he had made a mistake. With Mrs. Zhou as your witness, the palace will be relieved. Cheng, this is the only matter, Mama Zhao, you go back and send someone to investigate. Han Yunxi said lightly.

Old Madam Zhou immediately breathed a sigh of relief. However, Han Yunxi said again, "I heard that the Chen family in Jiangnan has a daughter, who is known as the first beauty in Jiangnan, and she is both talented and beautiful. Have you heard of Mrs. Zhou? ”

In the court, everyone was jealous of Long Feiye's cold face, and no one dared to stand up and mention the matter of the draft girl. However, these ladies are inciting public opinion among the people and creating some news from time to time.

Say what is the daughter of which family, how is it, what is going to happen if you want to participate in the palace draft.

This daughter of the Chen family in Jiangnan has been the most rumored recently, so many Gu Qishao came over to ask. According to Gu Qishao's original words, "Long Feiye dares to set up a concubine, Lao Tzu will kill a pair when he sees one!" ”

How could Old Madam Zhou not understand the meaning of the queen's words! The biggest contradiction between them and the queen is the matter of establishing concubines!

Although Mrs. Zhou was reluctant, she could only compromise on Xia He's stain.

"Queen Mother, the daughter of the Chen family has seen it, and it is not as good as rumored. It's just rumors, according to the minister, those who talk nonsense should be cured! ”

Han Yunxi was very satisfied with this answer.

"Oops, it turned out to be fake. Shall the man who marries the famous suffer a great loss? It seems that this rumor-spreading person really has to be cured! Han Yunxi said seriously.

Subsequently, Han Yunxi asked a few more girls, and Mrs. Zhou answered cautiously. After a while, Han Yunxi got up lazily, "It's not too early, Mrs. Zhou should go back early." ”

Old Madam Zhou hurriedly got up, she secretly glanced at Xia He, knowing that Xia He would be imprisoned in the palace forever. The empty red envelope, the queen let her go. However, she did not dare to make trouble again, let alone participate in the affairs of the ladies.

Han Yunxi's move to deal with Mrs. Zhou is called capturing the thief and capturing the king first.

You must know that Mrs. Zhou is the vane of the noble ladies in Jiangnan, Mrs. Zhou doesn't dare to mention the matter of the show girl, how dare others mention it? Mrs. Zhou is settled, how can others dare to make waves?

Afterwards, Han Yunxi sent someone to send a letter to Jinzi, asking Jin Zi to fill in the missing money in the red envelope, and bought off the manager to keep it secret. The matter of empty red envelopes has never been mentioned again.

This night, Xiao Ruier really stayed in Taifu's mansion.

Long Feiye rarely came back early, pestered Han Yunxi to take a mandarin duck bath, and Han Yunxi told him about Mrs. Zhou.

He put his arm around her and listened quietly, and at the end, he said, "Empress, you have closed the door of my three thousand harems. Three thousand romantic debts, you have to pay it alone! ”

Han Yunxi was frightened and was about to escape, but Long Feiye immediately came over, domineering and hardworking!