Lu Qingjin rolled his eyes and stood up and walked slowly to the kitchen: "I'm going to prepare breakfast, I heard this morning that the Hu people caravan came to send a lot of beef, and now the weather is too hot, I'm afraid the beef storage time is not long, let's eat this in the morning!" ”

Qin Zhao put the last glutinous rice and red bean cake on the table in his mouth and complained vaguely: "Eating beef in the morning is too greasy, isn't there anything better?" For example, you can make spicy chicken or boiled pork slices. ”

The corners of Lu Qingjin's mouth twitched, and he said, Spicy chicken is light compared to beef! If you eat like this, the weather in the middle of summer is too easy to get upset, okay!

Qin Zhao was still babbling behind him, Lu Qingjin ignored it and went into the kitchen, Xiao Si hurriedly came over and asked, "Niangniang is going to make boiled beef?" But there were not enough peppers in the kitchen, so the slave went to the vegetable garden to pick some back. ”

Lu Qingjin stopped her and shook her head and said helplessly: "What kind of boiled pork slices do you eat this morning!" I'm going to make a fried steak, so you don't have to help, just go out and clean up the mess in the yard. ”

Xiao Si watched Lu Qingjin's skillful movements and walked out with confidence, Qin Zhao was still lazily basking in the sun in the yard, Xiao Si tried his best to clean up lightly, but Qin Zhao frowned after a while and asked, "Is your master sincere and doesn't want me to have a good rest?" ”

Xiao Si hurriedly took a few steps back and shook his head: "That's not the case, now this time is the time to clean the yard, our master said that the emperor should not sleep at this time, the plan of the day lies in the morning, and the morning is the most unsuitable for sleeping." ”

Qin Zhao opened his eyes with interest, looked at Xiao Si and glanced in the direction of the kitchen: "You know a lot, it can be seen that your master really loves you, so do you know why your master had to go up the mountain yesterday?" ”

Xiao Si was a little vigilant in his heart, and he was on guard on his face, Qin Zhao sighed twice when he saw this, and he didn't plan to listen to the answer, at this time, Lu Qingjin Shi Ran came out of the kitchen and answered: "If the emperor wants to know anything, ask me directly!" After all, Xiao Si is still young and can't withstand frightens and threats. ”

Qin Zhao saw that her face was not good, and hurriedly smiled flatteringly: "What's wrong with me!" It's just that I care about you and ask, you little maid is really good, how long has it been since I asked half a sentence. ”

Lu Qingjin knew that this person was talking nonsense with his eyes open, and he didn't break it, but he smiled faintly and put the plate on the table, Qin Zhao originally wanted to explain it, but he smelled the thick aroma on the plate, and saw a piece of oval-shaped beef with brown soup sprinkled with a rich aroma on the plate.

Lu Qingjin ate his own portion: "This steak is really fresh, and the Hu people don't know what to do, they sent a caravan over, not to mention that they brought so many good things, I don't know and think they want to bow down." ”

Qin Zhao snorted coldly, and said lightly while eating the fragrant steak: "If this is really the case, it would be fine!" If the Hu people surrender and don't say anything else, the matter of the southwestern alien race alone will be solved, but unfortunately this is unlikely, after all, the combat effectiveness of the Hu people themselves is very terrifying, and our Dayu is just developing now. ”

Lu Qingjin showed a thoughtful expression when he heard this.

After the two of them went through this incident, they didn't speak, and they finished eating the steak in harmony, and before Xiao Si could clean up, he heard the anxious voice of the little eunuch at the door: "Oh no, Queen Mother!" Your vegetable garden is already on fire if you don't know what's wrong, and now the palace guards have passed, but I'm afraid it won't be saved. ”

The cup in Lu Qingjin's hand fell straight to the ground, stunned for a while, Huo Ran got up and walked outside, Qin Zhao followed closely behind her and comforted: "When I went to look for you yesterday, I already heard that your vegetable garden has recently harvested a batch, and at the moment, there are just some flowers and plants, and there are no fruits, so the loss should not be very large." ”

Lu Qingjin thought that the vegetable garden he had been serving for so long was burned down, and he felt that his heart was like fire, and he just nodded and didn't say anything when he heard the words, Qin Zhao saw her and knew that this time the matter was only going to make a big fuss, so he hurriedly ordered the guards around him: "You take someone to send news to the general, just say that the affairs in the palace don't have to worry about it for now, be sure to find out the news and location of the charity, this time the fire in the vegetable garden must be inseparable from this old horseman." ”

The guards agreed and left in a hurry, Lu Qingjin and Qin Zhao already knew why the little eunuch looked panicked when they came to the imperial garden, and saw that the direction of the vegetable garden looked like a sea of fire from a distance, not to mention the general outline, in the heat, the surrounding scenery was invisible, Lu Qingjin closed his eyes and said fiercely: "The vegetable garden can no longer be saved, so give up!" The surrounding Imperial Gardens and other palaces are not to be missed. ”

The little eunuch listened to it and was relieved, although the fire was big but very concentrated, it was impossible to rescue the vegetable garden, but it was very simple to keep the surrounding buildings, so he hurriedly ran in the direction of the guards to put out the fire.

Lu Qingjin almost staggered and sat on the stone bench not far from the imperial garden, and I don't know if it was because of the scorching fire not far away, this stone bench was so hot that he couldn't sit down, Lu Qingjin quietly endured it for a long time without speaking, Qin Zhao squatted in front of her and sighed and said slowly: "Even if this vegetable garden is gone, we will have a new one, and many seed farmers have backups there, you don't have to worry about not finding it, and when this matter is over, we will find charity to take revenge on him." ”

Lu Qingjin shook her head with a little headache, although emotionally she always felt that this matter was inseparable from charity, but reason always told her that charity was not so stupid, and after thinking about it for a while, she couldn't figure it out, so she could only quietly throw herself into Qin Zhao's arms and sob, as if she was mourning the vegetable garden that she had carefully taken care of.

The top of the Black Tower looked at the lively vegetable garden quietly for a long time and smiled with satisfaction: "There are always people who have such good wishes and want to come true, and the result is not a small fire that can destroy it, how ridiculous it seems now!" ”

The pale-faced little eunuch looked in the direction of the imperial garden with some concern, and sighed long: "Master, why bother? Even if the queen sees it, she will be suspicious of charity and not you, she is still respectful to you, and even if you have done so many things, she still doesn't know! ”