Chapter 19 Opening the furnace
As he spoke, he knelt down and repeated his previous words again: "Please save me, please princess save me." β
An Xuexin had already realized that this picker would definitely do this, and Ling Xiaoxiang also understood what her princess meant.
"Lord Zhong, you can see for yourself, it was your kitchen man who made the first move. Ling Xiaoxiang said to Zhong Lijun with some sloppiness.
The situation in front of him made Zhong Lijun's face very disgraceful, and the young man hurriedly pointed at the kneeling picker, and he said nervously and angrily: "He is talking nonsense, he is talking nonsense, they are all talking nonsense, Lord Zhong, don't believe it!"
"Heh-" The words of the person in front of him made Zhong Lijun snort coldly, and the atmosphere here suddenly fell into a cold, "Nonsense? I think you're talking nonsense." β
Speaking of this, he shouted at the young man, and two people came in.
Before his voice fell, suddenly, two heavily armed men walked in, these two were the guards of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who had just followed Zhong Lijun out to find the Prime Minister.
"What do you command? The two guards said in unison.
"Grab him, drag him down, break his leg!"
Zhong Lijun's voice was unusually cold, he would never allow anything to happen in the Prime Minister's Mansion that would make him lose face.
"Spare your life, spare your life!" said the young man, who immediately knelt down and said loudly.
"Your Excellency, spare me!" the young man's voice was hoarse, "I'm only seventeen years old, so please let me go." β
Zhong Lijun didn't feel the slightest emotion, he looked at An Xuexin, and then said: "This time it is the fault of the people in our Prime Minister's Mansion, I apologize to you on his behalf." β
"My lord!" the young man on the side was still screaming, and by this time the two guards had already arrested the young man.
The picker on the side also slowly stood up and patted the dust on his legs.
"Big butler, save me!" the young man was dragged outside as he grabbed him, but this time, he changed his scream.
The sound made Zhong Lijun's anger burn at once, like a bucket of oil poured into a boiling torch.
"Wait a minute!" Zhong Lijun immediately yelled at the others.
His loud voice made everyone present stunned for a moment, and even the few guards standing outside trembled suddenly.
The young man who was originally crying wolf was also stunned, he didn't know what was going on, could it be that Zhong Lijun suddenly repented?
"Since he is only seventeen years old this year, then he will drag me out, serve in the palace, and send him to the Xuanwu Palace. β
Facing Zhong Lijun, who suddenly changed his mind, the two guards hurriedly replied, "Yes!"
Then, they still dragged the young man out, and the young man's face suddenly turned pale, and after he came to his senses, he cried out loudly: "My lord, spare your life." β
Zhong Lijun had a calm face, he had always been at odds with the big housekeeper in this mansion, and he had not been bullied by that man, but because he was the prime minister's personal attendant, he didn't dare to do anything to himself, and that man wanted to change himself from the prime minister's side several times, but the prime minister refused.
So when he heard the three words of the big housekeeper, he didn't hate it.
Although he was dragged outside, the young man was still crying hoarsely, and they could still hear the sound clearly.
"Lord Zhong, don't be angry again. An Xuexin finally spoke.
Zhong Lijun sighed, didn't say anything, and walked outside: "I still have things to deal with, you go and do your own thing." β
With that, he walked out the door and disappeared from the sight of the two of them.
Many people in the kitchen had just witnessed this scene through the paper-mΓ’chΓ© window of the kitchen, and Zhong Lijun's already very loud voice was also heard in their ears.
Almost all the people in this kitchen already know that the woman outside is the princess of An Nanguo brought back by the prime minister.
Seeing Zhong Lijun leaving, An Xuexin turned around and walked into the kitchen, and Ling Xiaoxiang hurriedly followed.
In the kitchen, a man also hurriedly walked up, his figure was thin, An Xuexin took the lead in taking a rough look around the kitchen, only to see that the kitchen was not dirty, but very tidy, and everyone was doing their own work.
"Miss, no, princess, what do you need?" said the thin man to An Xuexin with a smile on his face.
Ling Xiaoxiang looked at this man, his face and hair were very greasy, his smile showed a mouthful of big yellow teeth, and there was a green vegetable leaf on his teeth, she wanted to gag a little, she had never seen such an unclean subordinate.
As a princess, An Xuexin had a normal mentality, she said: "I just need a stove, and then some diesel salt and ordinary ingredients." β
"Okay, princess, please come with me, and I'll arrange it with you!" Although the man's body was thin, his voice was very loud.
Ling Xiaoxiang followed reluctantly, she could hear that every word in this man's tone was flattery.
The sound of pots and pans in the kitchen is everywhere, and the smell of oil smoke is also very strong, compared to the imperial dining room of the Imperial Palace of An Nanguo, the environment here is simply worse I don't know how much, a famous chef is holding a particularly large shovel in the big iron pot and stir-frying, as if this is the kitchen of a restaurant.
"This is the place to make things for the prime minister?" While walking, An Xuexin finally couldn't help but ask.
The man didn't stop, he hurriedly tilted his head slightly and smiled: "Yes, princess, there was originally a special kitchen on the other side to cook things for the prime minister, but the prime minister disliked that the things made in the back kitchen were not delicious, so he asked us to cook them in this kitchen." β
The man took a breath, and then said, "Princess, don't look at the heavy smell of oil smoke in our kitchen, the prime minister likes the things we make." β
As soon as they finished speaking, they just walked to the place.
It's a stove by the window, and it looks very clean everywhere.
The man took a step back and said respectfully: "Princess, I am in charge of this kitchen, you use it first, if you need anything, you can call me at any time." β
"Got it, got it, let's go down quickly. Ling Xiaoxiang hurriedly urged before An Xuexin could speak.