Chapter 34: Dessert aversion
The wind and the sun are beautiful, and Mu Sheng's life in the palace seems to be much calmer recently, there is no summons, and there is no secret meeting, so she can relax a lot.
At noon on this day, Mu Sheng, as usual, was preparing for lunch.
"Niangniang, the emperor is here." Luo Yu walked in from outside the hall and said in Mu Sheng's ear.
Mu Sheng's hand that had originally picked up the chopsticks put it down again, and then got up and walked outside the hall.
Seeing Yan Qinghan, he curtsied his knees and greeted him: "See the emperor for concubines." ”
"No need to be polite."
Hearing Yan Qinghan's voice, Mu Sheng stood up straight again.
Then, he asked, "Has the emperor had lunch?" If not, isn't it as good as a concubine? ”
"Since the concubine is invited, it is better to be respectful than to obey your fate." Yan Qinghan seems to be in a good mood today.
"By the way, there are some dim sum from the Shu Kingdom outside the domain today, but there are no ones in the Wan Dynasty, so I specially brought some for you to taste." Yan Qinghan said, and a few little slaves behind him brought the dim sum into the hall.
When the two of them entered the hall, the empty space on the table was instantly filled, and all kinds of snacks were gathered in the middle of the lunch.
When Mu Sheng saw this scene, her head was big, her dislike for these dim sum was no longer simply not a dislike for eating, if someone was sweet as her life, then she was disgusted with sweetness.
But even if she doesn't like it, she still has to pretend to be casual on the surface, after all, Yan Qinghan knows that Du Ruosheng doesn't like sweets very much.
"What's the matter, why don't you sit down soon?" Yan Qinghan looked at Mu Sheng and was slightly stunned, and reminded.
Mu Sheng relieved himself, Yan Qinghan had already sat down, and he sat on the opposite side of Yan Qinghan.
If Mu Sheng was alone, I was afraid that she would be able to eat more, but now that Yan Qinghan was sitting opposite, her appetite suddenly halved, and with these headache snacks, she lost her appetite even more.
Yan Qinghan naturally noticed that Mu Sheng almost didn't move his chopsticks, so he added a piece of dim sum on the table and put it in Mu Sheng's bowl, and said softly:
"Is it because the food is not to the taste? Seeing that you haven't eaten much, eat a snack to appetize. ”
Mu Sheng looked at the dim sum in the bowl, the outside was wrapped in a thin layer of crisp, Mu Sheng used chopsticks to divide it in two, and the filling was mung bean paste, she didn't have to taste it, just looking at it could see how sweet this was.
But she looked at Yan Qinghan with her spare eyes, and knew that this was a must-eat today, after all, it was not easy for Yan Qinghan to dispel her suspicions about herself, and she couldn't show the dawn at this time.
Mu Sheng endured a wave of nausea in his stomach, picked up a small bite with chopsticks, and then looked at Yan Qinghan with a happy face.
"How does it taste?" Yan Qinghan looked at her with a happy face, and then asked.
"Excellent, I love it." Mu Sheng smiled lightly.
But she was already disgusted in her heart, and if she hadn't endured it, she promised that she would be able to vomit it in the next moment.
But she never expected Yan Qinghan's next move, which almost made her unable to hold back, only to see that Yan Qinghan put a few pieces of different styles of dim sum in a row and put them in Mu Sheng's bowl.
"Don't just try it, try the rest."
For a moment, she really suspected that Yan Qinghan was deliberately trying to fix her.
Mu Sheng's face still did not change, he picked up the chopsticks and tasted them separately, and just when Mu Sheng couldn't bear it anymore, Yan Qinghan's voice sounded again.
"I thought you would be like her and don't like sweets, but no, you like it."
Mu Sheng immediately put down the chopsticks in his hand, it turned out that he had been tossing for a long time, just to test himself.
"The emperor is talking about the queen's mother?" Mu Sheng asked deliberately.
"Well, she hates sweets, and she hates them so much that she can spit them out in one bite."
When Yan Qinghan said this, there was a faint distress in his eyes.
Mu Sheng didn't expect him to know how much he hated sweets, she thought he just knew she didn't like it.
"The queen has a reason why she doesn't like to eat." Mu Sheng returned.
"yes, but I didn't even have a chance to ask her, so she left." Yan Qinghan actually looked a little lonely at the moment.
Mu Sheng looked at him like this, so he really didn't understand, why did he show a look of regret and regret after his death, and how could he have any regret for what he did at the beginning?
Seeing that Mu Sheng hadn't responded to him for a long time, Yan Qinghan also put down his chopsticks, "Since I've already eaten, I won't accompany you." ”
Seeing that Yan Qinghan was leaving, Mu Sheng didn't stay, after he left, Mu Sheng found that his bowl was empty, he didn't eat anything at all, and he didn't know what he came for today, but then a wave of nausea in her stomach made her forget about it.
Luo Yu looked at her with a painful look, and she was really puzzled: "Niangniang, since you don't like the snacks that the emperor gave you, why do you have to force yourself to eat them?" ”
"There are some things you don't understand." Mu Sheng said after calming down a lot.
"However, when you think about it this way, you are indeed quite similar to the queen mother, not only is there no difference in appearance, but even this taboo food is the same."
"Luoyu, didn't this palace tell you, there are some things that should be said, and some things that must not be said?"
Luo Yu didn't expect that Niangniang, who had never been easily angry, would be angry because of her two unintentional words.
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"Your Majesty, after you left, Zhaoyi Niangniang vomited out everything she had eaten." Not far from the Huaqing Palace, a little slave replied.
Yan Qinghan didn't walk far, and he always felt that something was wrong, so he sent someone back to take a secret look, and now when he heard the reply, the expression on his face was very complicated.
"Do you hear why?" Yan Qinghan turned his back and said lightly.
"The slave was too far away and didn't hear it too clearly, only vaguely heard something related to the queen's mother, and the rest didn't know."
"Queen...... Du Ruosheng..."Hearing about Du Ruosheng, Yan Qinghan muttered to himself in a low voice.
Mu Sheng's behavior undoubtedly did not make Yan Qinghan suspicious at this time, the same appearance, coming to his side by such a coincidence, was extremely disgusted with sweets, so how could he believe that there was no connection between them, after Yan Qinghan thought about it carefully, he found that if he wanted to figure out this, he had to start with Xiaoyi's body.
Then, he instructed, "Let Qi Guang come to the Chongzheng Palace to see me." ”
When Qi Guang came to the Chongzheng Palace, Yan Qinghan was sitting behind the desk with a solemn expression.
When Qi Guang saw his master's expression, he could guess nine times out of ten, I am afraid that he had encountered something that puzzled him again.
"Subordinates see the emperor."
Hearing Qi Guang's voice, Yan Qinghan's expression eased slightly.
"Qi Guang, you go out of the palace now to go to Qingxiao, remember not to make a noise, go quietly." Yan Qinghan commanded directly.
It can be seen that Qi Guang still stood still after hearing this, "Why don't you go quickly?" ”
"Your Majesty, your subordinates don't know where the Qingxiao Sect is?"
As soon as Qi Guang said this, Yan Qinghan remembered that the last time he visited Qingxiao, Qi Guang did not go with him, but Jiang Lingzhou went with him.
"Then you go to the Jiang Mansion to find Ah Ling and let him walk with you, but remember, both of you must act in secret, and you must not let Qing Xiao find out about you." Yan Qinghan said again.
"Yes, my subordinates understand."
After Qi Guang left, Yan Qinghan still looked uneasy, but he could only wait quietly.
He didn't know why, he was steady and proper in everything he did, but he was always confused about Du Ruosheng and Mu Sheng.
And Qi Guang went to Jiangfu first as Yan Qinghan said.
Jiangfu Mansion.
"Who?" The Jiang Mansion guard stopped Qi Guang and asked.
Qi Guang showed his waist card, and the man immediately respected.
"It turned out to be an adult in the palace, please wait for the little one to enter the mansion and explain."
The guard was about to turn around and enter the mansion, but was dragged by Qi Guang.
"Don't make a noise, I'm just looking for your son-in-law, just say that Gongzi Qi is waiting for him outside, and he will know."
The guard listened to Qi Guang's words, nodded and turned around and entered the mansion again.
Qi Guang didn't wait long outside, and Jiang Lingzhou came out of the mansion.
As soon as he saw Qi Guang, he was still a little surprised, it had always been Yan Qinghan who sent him a book to invite him to the palace, how could he directly let Qi Guang find the mansion today, so he asked directly: "What about your master?" Why did you come to the door today? ”
Qi Guang didn't shy away from seeing him, and didn't say anything, he directly dragged him to a place where there was no one on the side, and then said in a low voice: "The emperor asked me to find you, go to Qingxiao with me, quietly!" Qi Guang also deliberately emphasized the last few words.
Jiang Lingzhou looked at his cautious appearance and felt a little funny, and then hid his face and chuckled, causing Qi Guang to look at him blankly.
"Jiang Gongzi, I'll talk to you about business again, how can you be so playful?"
"No... I just want to laugh, so you wait, I'll explain a few words to my little guy in the house, we're leaving. ”
Jiang Lingzhou waved his hand, and then walked towards the gate of Jiangfu.
"That Qi Gongzi and I have a big deal to deal with today, if the master asks, you will return as usual, you know?"
Jiang Lingzhou said to these guards, and then he didn't forget to give everyone a big reward.
Qi Guang, who was not far away, saw this scene and couldn't help but sigh, this Jiang Mansion is worthy of being the first merchant of the Ten Thousand Dynasties, and even the reward money for rewarding people is many times more generous than that of other families, and these looks are almost enough for a month's monthly service.
Thinking about it this way, if you sue the old man in the future, is it not bad to come to Jiang Mansion to be a guard at the door, Qi Guangzheng thought about it himself, Jiang Lingzhou had already walked over to him.
And the guards just now, looking at the back of their son-in-law in the distance, whispered.
"What do you think our son-in-law can deal with? Can you still get mixed up with the adults in the palace? ”
"Big deal? It's nothing more than a first-class event like eating, drinking, and having fun. ”
"Childe too, there is a reason why I didn't go back, even if the master is not tired of listening to it, I am tired of saying it."
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Then, under the leadership of Jiang Lingzhou, Qi Guang and the two went to Qingxiao together.
Although Qingxiao is on the outskirts of Wanchao, there is still a distance from Wanchao, and its location is also very secret, passing through the dense forests on the outskirts of the city, and passing through a lot of suburban wild roads, Qi Guang is a little dizzy, but looking at Jiang Lingzhou, he still looks sober-minded, turning left and right with him and walking around constantly.
"Jiang Gongzi, you've only been here once, how can you remember the road so clearly?" Qi Guang asked with some admiration.
"Do you think I'm really a good-for-nothing playboy? I naturally have my own merits, otherwise can your master become a good brother with me? ”
Hearing Jiang Lingzhou say this, Qi Guang seemed to feel that it made sense, and nodded approvingly.
The two of them kept in mind Yan Qinghan's advice along the way, and they were very secretive and careful along the way, afraid that someone would follow their tracks, so they also paid attention all the way.
The two of them didn't arrive near Qing Xiao until late in the evening, and Jiang Lingzhou found that Qing Xiao seemed to be less guarded this time than last time.
Then, they climbed the outer wall, leaned on the roof and secretly observed, and the two found that there seemed to be no Xiaoyi in the house.
"Jiang Gongzi, this is not right, this Qingxiao is going back and forth with those disciples who look relatively big and are directing and directing, I haven't seen the master of Xiaomen."
"Well, even their deputy master Chen Yi is not here, don't worry, take a look, maybe they haven't come back yet."
So, the two continued to stand still.
"Don't think that Master and Uncle will no longer be lazy, now that Master and Uncle are far away, we should be even more energetic and take care of Qingxiao up and down!"
It wasn't until they heard a disciple reprimanding people that they knew that their guess was right, Xiaoyi and Chen Yi were not in Qingxiao at the moment.
The two of them got off the roof, not only wondering, what was the matter of the two of them going out at this time, for the sake of today, Qi Guang felt that he should go back to the palace first to report the matter to Yan Qinghan, and then, the two of them went back to the palace together.