"Did I scare you?" At the frightened eyes of the imperial chef Zhang, Yun Jiang asked a little embarrassed.

"No, no......" Zhang Yuchu shook his head, denied it with a white face, even though the legs under his robe had shaken into a sieve.

"It's good that you're not scared," Yun Jiang smiled at him, then turned his gaze to the table behind him, and said, "The crown princess wants some vinegar, can Brother Zhang help me get it?" ”

"Okay, Miss Yunjiang wait a moment," said Imperial Chef Zhang, turned around and took a porcelain bowl with green lotus entwined branches from the cabinet, poured some balsamic vinegar into it, and turned around and handed it to Yunjiang.

The porcelain bowl was too small, and when Yun Jiang took it, he accidentally touched the fingertips of Zhang Yuchu, and Zhang Yuchu only felt that his fingers were hot, and he took his hand back with a swish.

The porcelain bowl was taken off, and it was about to be smashed on the ground, Yun Jiang's wrist flipped neatly, and he hurriedly fished the porcelain bowl back.

Imperial Chef Zhang was dumbfounded, and muttered, "Miss Yun Jiang is really good. ”

"Brother Zhang has won the award!" Yun Jiang held the porcelain bowl and pursed her lips and smiled, paused for a moment, and said, "If Brother Zhang has no other instructions, I will go back first." ”

"Oh," Imperial Chef Zhang replied with a snort, watching her leave.

Yun Jiang's figure quickly disappeared outside the door, but Zhang Yuchu's eyes never moved away, Xiao San looked at this scene outside, shook his head, and rushed in again, and said to the master with an obviously unnatural face, "Master, Sister Yun Jiang's strength, do you still dare to pursue it?" After that, she didn't like it, and your neck could be twisted off alive. ”

Zhang Yuchu looked at the white radish that was torn apart on the ground, his eyebrows were entangled for a long time, and then he said, "This is a matter for the teacher, and it has nothing to do with you." Also, I don't have a word about my marriage, you don't want to mention what to pursue in the future, it will tarnish the reputation of Miss Yunjiang, otherwise there is no need for Miss Yunjiang to be angry, I can drive you out of the National Teacher's Mansion first! ”

"The apprentice knows!" Seeing that Zhang Yuchu was really angry, Xiao San's face showed a little panic, and he honestly arched his hand and stopped talking nonsense.

Zhang Yuchu did not speak.

Xiao San glanced at the radish pieces on the ground, and wanted to be courteous, so he took the initiative to clean it with a broom and dustpan, but when he started, he was stopped by Zhang Yuchu, who glanced at him with a tense face, and said, "I'll sweep the ground, there is a pile of firewood outside the kitchen, and you chopped it overnight." ”

Xiao San was shocked, "Chopping wood in the middle of the night, Master, are you telling the truth?" ”

Zhang Yuchu gave him a threatening look.

Xiao San thought of the threat of the master just now, and hurriedly retreated outside, and said as he ran, "Master, don't say it, the apprentice knows, the apprentice will go to chop wood!" ”

Zhang Yuchu watched the figure of the little apprentice disappear like a wind, he didn't say anything, just walked to the place where Yun Jiang crushed the radish pieces, picked up the scattered radish pieces little by little, and put them in the food box next to him, planning to take them back to the room later......

In the main room, Yun Jiang came back with vinegar, Lu Nianjin saw a little smile between her eyebrows, and asked casually, "I'm so happy to go out and get a balsamic vinegar, but what good things happened?" ”

When Yun Jiang heard this, she told her about the fact that Zhang Yuchu smashed Xiao San with a radish in the kitchen just now, and finally the radish was crushed by her.

After Lu Nianjin heard this, he also laughed, "Imperial Chef Zhang is very cute." ”

Yun Jiang lowered his head and did not answer again.

Xiao Xun, who was on the other side, was also silent.

The bedroom was quiet again, until the two of them finished eating the chicken soup and silver noodles, and Xiao Xun said to Yun Jiang, "Clean it up." ”

"Yes, Prince!" Yun Jiang agreed, picked up the tray, and walked outside.

Lu Nianjin had just finished her supper, and after sitting for a long time, she felt that her waist was a little stiff, she stood up and wanted to walk back and forth, but as soon as she got together, she was suddenly dragged into her arms by Xiao Xun, and she sat on his lap unexpectedly.

"What is the prince doing here?" She asked, looking at him a little confused.

Xiao Xun pinched her waist with one hand, pressed her hard against him, there was a dark light in his eyes, and he said darkly, "When you were eating, you said that Zhang Yuchu was cute?" ”

Lu Nianjin didn't know why, and subconsciously said, "Imperial Chef Zhang is very cute!" ”

When her words fell, Xiao Xun's hand holding her waist tightened, he looked at her, and whispered a little bit through gritted teeth, "Haven't you forgotten the crown princess, you are already a married woman!" Dare to praise other men in front of this palace! ”

Speaking of this, Lu Nianjin finally understood what she meant, raised her head, and smiled so unexpectedly, "It turns out that the prince is vinegar!" ”

Every word of her was filled with a strong joke, Xiao Xun was provoked by her, the whole person froze, the two looked at each other, after a long time, he lowered his head without any warning, bit her lip, followed her breathing, and said in a domineering tone, "The crown princess is wrong, this palace is not vinegar, this palace is called ...... Be possessive! So saying, he picked her up and walked to the bed.

Lu Nianjin didn't have this interest at the moment, she slapped him desperately and shouted, "You let go of me!" Xiao Xun, you let go of me! ”

Xiao Xun refused to let go, he pressed her directly on the bed.

Lu Nianjin was in a hurry, so he took out the silver needle pressed under the pillow and pierced it to his waist.

Xiao Xun didn't expect Lu Nianjin to put the silver needle on the bed, and he was stabbed with a muffled snort, and in an instant, his whole body became sore, and he looked at Lu Nianjin's gaze, as if he wanted to eat her whole person.

Lu Nianjin was shocked by his gaze, she gasped for breath, and rested for a while before she had the strength to turn him aside.

She rolled over and got out of bed in embarrassment, straightened her dress, and planned to escape.

Behind her, Xiao Xun lay on his back, squeezing out a threatening sentence from between his teeth, "Lu Nianjin, you immediately take the silver needle on the body of this palace, this palace can spare you this time, otherwise, when the imperial doctor comes, this palace will definitely make you unable to stay for three days and three nights." ”

Hearing the last sentence, Lu Nianjin's footsteps walking out stopped.

She turned around, looked at him thoughtfully, and nodded, "That's what the prince said!" ”

"In that case, why don't you quickly remove the silver needle from the palace!" Xiao Xun urged impatiently.

When Lu Nianjin heard this, he did not obediently remove the silver needle on his waist, but took out the other three silver needles from his sleeve and stabbed him in turn in the upper abdomen, the heart of his legs, and the bottom of his feet.

After the stabbing, Xiao Xun only felt that his waist and eyes were numb, and his body was even weaker.

But Lu Nianjin, who was standing at the head of the bed, looked like he had finished his work, looking at the smile on the corner of her mouth, Xiao Xun had a bad premonition in his heart, "What are you doing, Lu Nianjin!" He changed his face and questioned her.

Lu Nianjin took the silver needle, looked at him, smiled slightly, and said lightly, "I didn't do anything, but I just helped the prince to regulate his body, and he had no desires for a while." ”

When Xiao Xun heard her say this, he immediately reacted, "You have damaged the body of this palace and made this palace inhumane?" ”

"The prince is wise!"

"You!" Xiao Xun was furious, and he was so angry that he didn't know what to say.

After taking a deep breath for a long time, Fang calmed down a little, his eyes grabbed her fiercely, and he asked, "What the hell is going to do, you are willing to help this palace recover." ”

"Well...... this" Lu Nianjin pondered for a moment, and a touch of cunning suddenly flashed in his eyes, "I have a puzzle here, if the prince can guess correctly, I will help the prince return to normal." ”

"You say!" Xiao Xun had a gloomy face and said word by word.

Lu Nianjin said, "Listen to the prince, my puzzle is: I'm on top, you're below, you don't move, I don't move, when I move, you hurt, you get out of the water, I'm happy." That's it! ”

"That's it?" After listening to this puzzle, Xiao Xun's expression was a little subtle.

Lu Nianjin nodded seriously, "Yes, that's it!" ”

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure."

"Dunlun." Xiao Xun said in a deep voice, "The answer to this puzzle is Dunlun. As he spoke, the expression on his face became more subtle.

When Lu Nianjin heard him say this, he glared at him with disgust, and said with a raised lip, "Prince, it's not that the concubine is talking about you, you say that you are a dignified prince, and this head is full of things that are not suitable for children!" Wrong! ”

"Wrong?" Xiao Xun looked skeptical, "Is it really wrong?" As he spoke, he repeated the riddle given by Lu Nianjin in a low voice, "I'm on top, you're below, you don't move, I don't move, when I move, you hurt, you get out of the water, I'm happy...... Isn't this Dunlun? ”

"Didn't you say it!" Lu Nianjin glared at him, afraid that he wouldn't believe it, thinking that she was deliberately playing tricks on him, she added, "This puzzle was the one I made when I was outside last year, when a Xiucai in the village coaxed his daughter." ”

The implication is that the riddle that the father specially made for his daughter, can he do it so dirty?

Xiao Xun listened to her explain like this, and only then did he believe her.

He lay there, and couldn't think of an answer for a while, so he tried to discuss with her, "Can the crown princess get up with Bengong first, Bengong promises you, just don't touch you until you guess this riddle!" ”

"Is this true?"

"A gentleman's word, the horse is difficult to chase!"

"Okay, I'll trust the prince again!" Lu Nianjin agreed, stepped forward, and took back the silver needle on his waist.

As soon as the silver needle was withdrawn, Xiao Xun immediately regained some strength, he sat up on the bed, and as soon as he regained his strength, he immediately glanced at her sternly, and snorted coldly, "The princess's courage is getting bigger and bigger now!" ”

"This is not what the prince is used to!" Lu Nianjin took half a step back and smiled officially.

Xiao Xun looked at her coldly, didn't say anything more, he slowly stood up, and after combing his wrinkled cuffs, he said calmly, "The princess should rest early, and the palace will not stay overnight today!" ”

As soon as he said this, Lu Nianjin's whole person became relaxed, she followed behind him like a little follower, personally sent him out, and after seeing him go away, she fell into the lock of Luo Shenyuan, and then returned to the bedroom with brisk steps.

Outside the bedroom, Yun Jiang was waiting, and when she saw her coming, she stepped forward and bowed down, and said, "The slave maid is now serving the crown princess and resting?" ”

Lu Nianjin nodded and explained, "Let people prepare the fragrant bath soup, I want to soak it for a while." ”

"Yes, Crown Princess!" Yun Jiang agreed, and retreated outside.

It didn't take long for the bath soup to be ready, Lu Nianjin stepped into the pool, wrapped in hot water with body nourishing balm, and she let out a satisfied sigh.

Yun Jiang knelt behind her and gently helped her rub her back.

After a while, as if she remembered something, she turned around and said, "By the way, Yun Jiang, you go out and give an order again, and ask Ah Yuan to open the window of the bedroom for ventilation, and then change the mattress or something." ”

"Yes, princess, the slave will go out and explain to Ah Yuan!" Yun Jiang responded, put down the cotton towel in his hand, and bowed out and retreated.

Here, after Lu Nianjin finished bathing, she fell asleep comfortably, smelling the futon without a trace of Xiao Xun's smell, she slept very sweetly.

On the other side, in the study, Xiao Xun was worried about Lu Nianjin's puzzle.

He wrote down the puzzle and stared at it for a long time, without a clue.

Seeing that the night was getting deeper and deeper, his eyes moved, fell on Laichen's body, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Laichen, I heard that before you entered the palace to be a dead soldier, you were admitted to the first-class list of Xin Chounian?" ”

Laichen didn't know why his master suddenly mentioned this stubble, he hesitated for a moment before he bowed his head and said, "Back to the master's words, exactly." ”

"Then this palace will give you a puzzle, if you can guess it, there will be a reward."

Laichen: "Prince, please speak!" ”

"The puzzle is: I'm on top, you're down, you don't move, I don't move, when I move, you hurt, you get out of the water, I'm happy. That's it! ”

"I'm above, you're ...... below," Laichen read softly, frowning.

He is different from Cai Hu, Cai Hun has never had a woman, but Laichen occasionally has a free time, and he will go to Wanhualou in the capital to talk about life with those women who have lost their footing.

So soon, he thought about it, and then looked at his master with a complicated face, and said, "Prince, you ...... Isn't there something you mean to your subordinates......"

When he said this, Xiao Xun was holding the tea cup in his hand to moisten his mouth.

I couldn't hold back all of a sudden, and with a pop, the whole sip of tea was sprayed on his face.

Laichen: "......"

He was stunned for a moment, then quickly pulled the handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his face vigorously.

Well, he was now sure that the prince didn't have any other thoughts about himself! In this way, even if he was afraid to squirt a sip of tea, he accepted his fate.

Xiao Xun looked at Laichen's relieved expression, the expression on his face was also very complicated, he waved his hand at him heartily, and said, "Okay, you can step back first!" ”

"Yes, Prince!" Laichen turned around and wanted to leave.

When he went out, he was stopped by Xiao Xun again.

"I wonder what else the prince commands?" He arched his hand and asked in pain.

Xiao Xun explained, "On the way back, by the way, inform the staff of the National Teacher's Mansion and let them all enter the mansion." ”

"Yes, Prince," the minister agreed, and left again.

About half an hour later, the three staff members belonging to the National Teacher's Mansion arrived.

"Three gentlemen, please be seated!" Xiao Xun stretched out his hand and made a gesture of "please".

The three staff members said "Don't dare," and then carefully sat down next to each other, and finally the first staff member, Mr. Li, asked first, "I wonder what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered to summon his subordinates late at night?" ”

Mr. Li asked like this, but he was already seven or eight points sure in his heart, the prince invited them into the palace this night, and what he wanted to say must be about national affairs, such as the assassination of the prince of the Japanese princess, or the death of the little princess because the princess was about to leave the palace.

He guessed like this, and the next moment, he was slapped heavily in the face.

"It's not a secret, the palace bothered the three gentlemen late at night, and brought the three gentlemen into the mansion to ask the three gentlemen to help the palace solve a puzzle."

"Dare to ask the prince what kind of puzzle it is?" At first, the three gentlemen thought that the prince was playing some dumb riddle with them, so they immediately asked seriously.

Xiao Xun told the riddle of the puzzle.

After hearing this, the three staff members looked at each other, which was called a disappointment and shock! This...... The prince invited them into the national teacher's mansion late at night, and it was really a guessing puzzle, without any ambiguity.

"Do the three gentlemen know the answer to this riddle?" Xiao Xun saw the disappointed expressions on the faces of the three staff, and he also knew that what he had done today was too child's play, so he coughed lightly to cover it up, and there was no more exposure.

The three staff members were patronized and lost before, and they didn't remember the riddle at all, and when they heard the master's inquiry, the three of them showed a faint embarrassment on their faces, and finally Mr. Li spoke first, "Bother the prince, can you repeat the riddle just now?" ”

Xiao Xun repeated again, "The puzzle is: I'm on top, you're down, you don't move, I don't move, when I move, you hurt, you get out of the water, I'm happy." ”

The three staff members are all forty or fifty years old, although they will no longer stay in his wife's room, but as celebrities, who has few confidants, after listening to Xiao Xun's words, after a while, they are all red-faced.

Xiao Xun looked at the expressions of the three staff, and knew that they were the same as Laichen, and they also wanted to be crooked, for fear that they would have the same ridiculous ideas as Laichen, he clenched his fist to his lips, coughed lightly, and said coldly, "This mystery actually has a history, it was done by an old Xiucai in the countryside when he coaxed his little daughter." ”

The implication is that the inappropriate images in your mind can be stopped.

When the three staff members heard this, a touch of embarrassment appeared on their faces, and after a while, the three of them got up and asked for sin, "Forgive me, prince, this puzzle, subordinates...... I really don't have a clue. ”

"So are your subordinates!"

"So are your subordinates!"

Xiao Xun looked at the three of them with a disappointed face, and finally waved his hand helplessly, and said, "Since you don't have a clue, let's retreat first, and then come to the house when you have an idea!" ”

"Yes, Prince!" The three of them responded in unison.

Xiao Xun watched the three of them retreat outward.

After the door closed, silence returned to the study, he looked at the riddle on the paper, thought for a while, still couldn't think of anything, simply turned the riddle over, got up and walked out.

Outside, what awaits today is Bing.

He glanced at him and asked, "Coming back from the division?" ”

Bing nodded, "If you go back to your uncle, the door is too deserted, and I will rush back non-stop after finishing the things my uncle explained." ”

"Hmm," Xiao Xun nodded, and walked with him to the main room.

When he arrived at the main room, Xiao Xun asked a few more questions about the master, Bing answered them one by one, and finally said, "In two months, the master will also return to Beijing, he has traveled all over the country, and finally prepared the elixir for the detoxification of the uncle. ”

"Hongu knows!" Xiao Xun bowed his head slightly, paused, and said again, "I hope that Senior Brother can have a safe journey on the way here." ”

Bing Ying heard Uncle Shi say this, and smiled, "Master's ability is just to go back to the capital, and it will definitely be safe, Uncle Shi, you can rest assured." ”

Xiao Xun answered, turned his head and asked again, "Did the senior brother say when he would enter Beijing?" ”

Bing shook his head, "That's not true, I also asked Master, but Master didn't say it explicitly, he only said that he would go to Beijing before Uncle Shi's poison to detoxify Uncle Shi." ”

Xiao Xun heard what he said and did not say anything more.

Bing Ying saw that Uncle Shi was silent and stopped talking, he stepped forward neatly, and served Uncle Shi to rest in his clothes as before.

The night was getting deeper and deeper, and the lights in all the courtyards of the National Teacher's Mansion were extinguished.

I slept well all night, because I slept well, and as soon as it was dawn the next day, Lu Nianjin woke up.

Yun Jiang got up one step ahead of her, and when she heard movement in the bedroom, she immediately opened her mouth and asked through the curtain, "The princess is up, do you need a slave to come in and serve?" ”

"Come in!" Lu Nianjin raised his voice and said outside.

The next moment, Yun Jiang walked in, she personally served Lu Nianjin to get up, after everything was cleaned up, she looked at the delicate face of her master in the bronze mirror, and suddenly said, "When the slave got up early today, as soon as she went out, she heard two magpies calling in the tree, and they both said that the magpies were giving good news, and I didn't know what good things would happen today." ”

"Two magpies, that must be a great thing!" Lu Nianjin glanced back at Yun Jiang and quipped.

"Really?" Yun Jiang asked with a smile.

Lu Nianjin nodded, "Don't worry, there will definitely be very important good things, if not, then your master and I will set a marriage for you, and I will marry you out with red makeup, do you think it?" ”

Yun Jiang heard her master say this, although she knew that she was joking, she couldn't help blushing, and said angrily, "Princess, you know that you have fun with slaves and maids!" ”

Lu Nianjin saw that she was shy, and the smile on her face deepened.

It didn't take long for Ah Yuan to walk in from outside, and said, "Crown Princess, Imperial Chef Zhang asked someone to pass the word, saying that breakfast has been prepared, is it time to set the meal?" ”

"Come in now!" Lu Nianjin commanded softly, her words fell, and she looked at Yun Jiang again, and said, "You go and help Ah Yuan." ”

"Yes, girl!" Yun Jiang agreed, and walked out with Ah Yuan.

The two went to the kitchen to pick up food together, and it didn't take long for the breakfast to be arranged, Lu Nianjin glanced at it, they were all the tricks that the nobles in the palace liked, which was also what Imperial Chef Zhang was best at.

But it tastes really good.

She sat down, and Yun Jiang immediately handed over the silver chopsticks and helped her fill a bowl of porridge.

Lu Nianjin lowered her head and drank, because she forced Xiao Xun back, her mood was rare and happy, and after drinking one bowl, she also let people serve a second bowl.

Yun Jiang and Ah Yuan watched from the sidelines, both with helpless faces, they really had never seen a woman like the crown princess who did not fight for the favor of her husband, just like people who were not in this era......