Chapter 163: Steak and the Past
Hearing this, He Jingjing was stunned in place, what is the situation?
And here Ye Haixuan is face is calm, after the emperor personally stamped it, all the doubts that still existed in his heart before have disappeared at this moment.
After all, the emperor will not admit this kind of thing.
And if it weren't for the really good relationship with the prince of the previous dynasty, he wouldn't have recognized He Jingjing's identity so easily.
He Jingjing turned her head to look at the prefect, and then at the eldest princess. Both of them looked at He Jingjing with tears in their eyes.
What surprised He Jingjing the most was not the attitude of the eldest princess and the prefect, but Ye Haixuan's.
It stands to reason that Ye Haixuan should feel the same as himself at this time, but Ye Haixuan just looked at He Jingjing with a smile as if he had known it for a long time.
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding here, how can I be the orphan of the prince of the previous dynasty?" He Jingjing tried hard to think of the connection between herself and the prince of the previous dynasty, and after thinking about it, there was only one steak that could be involved.
The emperor, the eldest princess, and the prefect wouldn't identify themselves as the orphans of the former crown prince just by virtue of a plate of steaks, right?
"How can there be anything wrong with what I personally admitted, are you doubting the Son of Heaven?" said the emperor looking at He Jingjing angrily and amusementively.
When ordinary people encounter this kind of fate-changing thing, shouldn't they lean on the pole, why did it become a misunderstanding when they got to He Jingjing?
"The folk girl is a village girl in the countryside, don't you know any prince of the previous dynasty?" He Jingjing frowned and said to the emperor: "The emperor can't just think that I am the orphan of the prince of the previous dynasty just by virtue of a dish, right?"
"Eh, what are you talking about, kid. The prefect wiped his cold sweat on the side, and then said to He Jingjing.
Isn't He Jingjing disobeying His Majesty the Emperor now?
Although His Majesty the Emperor and his eldest princess and the former prince are childhood sweethearts, after all, the position is different now, the emperor is already the emperor, and he naturally has to be measured when he speaks.
If you talk like He Jingjing, who is neither big nor small, if you don't get it right, you will have to be dragged out and killed.
"It doesn't matter, if she follows the rules and is submissive, I will start to doubt her identity. The emperor laughed, and then looked at He Jingjing with amusement and said.
He Jingjing really couldn't understand what she had to do with the prince of the previous dynasty.
"Since you asked, then I will tell you how I decided that you were the orphan of the former crown prince. Saying that, the emperor fell into memory.
It turned out that the current emperor at that time was not the crown prince, but someone else.
The prince of the former dynasty had no national policy, and every day was to travel in the mountains and rivers, and his favorite thing was to make good food.
The former crown prince's cooking skills were very exquisite, even the cooks in the imperial dining room could not compare, and there were always many novel ideas that popped up in his head, and he was very willing to implement them.
Over time, the reputation of the prince of the previous dynasty for cooking became very loud, and this matter gradually reached the ears of the old emperor.
The old emperor came to the former prince's mansion on a whim one day without notifying anyone, and sure enough, the former prince was fascinated by the new dishes in the kitchen at this time.
The old emperor came to the kitchen quietly, retreated everyone, and watched the former prince happily busy working there, and the kind of concentration on his body moved the old emperor.
When the former prince made the dishes and began to prepare to taste them, he looked up and suddenly saw the old emperor in the kitchen, so frightened that he hurriedly hid the dishes, and the old emperor laughed.
After tasting the craftsmanship of the prince of the previous dynasty, the old emperor was suddenly shocked, and it really lived up to his reputation, this craftsmanship was much better than those chefs in the imperial dining room!
So the old emperor ran forward to the prince's mansion twice in three days, coming to try new dishes.
Over time, the old emperor had been in contact with the prince of the previous dynasty for a long time, and he discovered those shining points in him, and felt that this son was a manufacturable material.
So he made the former crown prince His Royal Highness the Prince, preparing to let him inherit his mantle in the future and be in charge of the people's livelihood in the world.
"It's incredible that you can become a prince with your cooking skills. After listening to this, He Jingjing was really shocked.
"The world only knows that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince became the prince by virtue of his cooking skills, but he doesn't know that cooking skills are just a stepping stone, and what really impressed the emperor of the previous dynasty was the pure quality of the prince of the previous dynasty. ”
The emperor touched his beard, and then said to He Jingjing with emotion.
"What about later?" He Jingjing was a little curious about the next story, this paragraph didn't seem to have anything to do with her life experience.
Later, the former crown prince committed suicide by taking poison. The emperor's voice suddenly deepened, and the prefect and the eldest princess also sighed.
This past has become an untouchable place in their hearts.
It turned out that at that time, the prince of the former dynasty and the emperor of the current dynasty, the eldest princess and the prefect were the best, and every time the prince of the former dynasty made a new dish, he had to call them over to taste it.
The four of them often talk about poetry and songs together, run the long streets together, look at the stars and the moon together, and talk about the philosophy of life.
But the good times didn't last long, and because the prince of the former dynasty blocked the way of many people, he was united by people with intentions to deal with him and framed him for rebellion.
The three of them became tigers, although everyone knew that it was impossible for the prince of the previous dynasty to rebel and usurp the throne, but the old emperor was old after all, and his suspicion became more and more serious, so he locked up the prince of the previous dynasty.
The most important thing for the prince of the previous dynasty was the innocence of people, and he finally chose to commit suicide by taking poison quietly in one night, and it was too late when people found out.
When this paragraph was spoken, the emperor's prefect and the eldest princess were silent.
He Jingjing seemed to see through the emperor's words that bleak night, as well as the determination of the former crown prince to be broken.
But before he died, the prince left a letter in which he said that if anyone made a steak that tasted exactly like his, it was his orphan. ”
Finally, the emperor spoke, and He Jingjing also understood why he was identified as the orphan of the prince of the previous dynasty. Sure enough, it's because of a dish.
"But it's not excluded that someone has figured out a similar smell by mistake, such as me. He Jingjing pointed to herself and said.
He Jingjing still felt that it was a bit too hasty to identify herself as the orphan of the prince of the previous dynasty.
"You can't go wrong with this taste. The eldest princess spoke on the side, and after she finished speaking, she immediately closed her eyes deeply, and a trace of aftertaste appeared on her pretty face, as if she had eaten the most delicious delicacy in the world, which made her extremely eager to stop.