After Ke Xi entered the small kitchen for half an hour, a palace maid finally served the dishes from the small kitchen one after another.

The emperor and the crown prince looked at the dishes on the table and fell into deep thought.

This plating is so beautiful.

It smells so good.

This dish is really exquisite.

This scene is so familiar.

Seeing that the imperial concubine and Ke Xi hadn't come out yet, but it was almost there, the prince hurried up, coughed twice, and said to the emperor: "Father, I suddenly remembered that I still have a very urgent fold that I haven't dealt with, so I'll deal with it first." ”

The emperor grabbed the crown prince, who was about to slip away, and smiled very kindly.

"Ran'er, if you leave now, maybe one day the hundred officials will be able to appreciate the process of the flowering of Prince Daliang's buttocks."

“……”

Crown Prince: Father, are you serious?

The Emperor nodded: It can't be more serious.

“……”

When the imperial concubine and Ke Xi came out, what they saw was the scene of the father and son sitting together happily.

There was no indication that the two of them had engaged in an invisible battle of swords and swords.

After taking a seat, the imperial concubine remembered that there was still the queen mother, and asked the emperor: "Your Majesty, do you want to call the queen mother too, on the first day of the new year, our family eats together, and it is not good to leave the queen mother behind." ”

Ke Xi nodded.

The emperor's face did not change: "The queen mother sent someone to come, she didn't come to join in the fun, just a few of us can eat together." ”

The imperial concubine had to give up the idea of calling the queen mother over.

Ke Xi felt very pity: "Isn't the imperial grandmother unable to eat what I made with my mother?" ”

The imperial concubine is obviously very confident in herself and Ke Xi, and feels that she has made great progress, and with Ke Xi by her side to guide, the dishes she makes must be worthy of the name!

Hearing Ke Xi say this, the imperial concubine comforted Ke Xi: "When you have time, you can do it for your imperial grandmother." ”

Ke Xi thought so.

Emperor:......

Prince: No, you don't have to.

After the banquet, Ke Xi first served the emperor a dish, and smiled very well-behaved at the emperor: "The fruits of my mother's labor and my mother's concubine are the first to be eaten by my father." ”

The emperor was very pleased to eat the ribs that Ke Xi had given him.

The crown prince looked at the emperor intently, trying to see something from the emperor's face.

The emperor chewed the ribs and swallowed them as usual, picked up a large piece of fish and put it in the prince's bowl.

"The prince also tries it, your mother and Xi'er's skills are good."

Prince: Hehe.

Seeing the emperor and the crown prince eating very happily, the imperial concubine and Ke Xi were full of confidence, and they both felt that they were really talented in cooking.

The two of them picked up their chopsticks and stretched them out for their favorite dishes.

The emperor and the crown prince stretched out their chopsticks in unison, the emperor stopped the imperial concubine's chopsticks, and the crown prince stopped Ke Xi's chopsticks.

Facing the suspicious gaze of the two, the emperor's face did not change: "Isn't this for me and Ran'er?" ”

The crown prince also spoke: "Since it is for me and my father, then you two can't rob us." ”

The imperial concubine looked at the table full of dishes and was surprised: "With so many dishes, Your Majesty and Ran'er can't finish them, right?" ”

Emperor: "Finish eating." ”

The crown prince made a look at the emperor: It's very hanging, father!

The Emperor kicked the crown prince.

Prince: "...... Yes, my father and I can eat very well, and the dishes on this table may not be enough for us to eat. ”

"Then my mother and I won't have anything to eat!"

The emperor didn't give an inch: "There are dishes in the imperial dining room, let the imperial dining room send them, you two eat in the imperial dining room, as for this table, it is me and Ran'er." ”

As he spoke, he looked at the prince: "Ran'er, eat more." ”

Prince: "Father, eat more." ”

Anyway, you can't let the imperial concubine and Ke Xi take a bite!

In the end, the imperial dining room sent the imperial concubine and Ke Xi's meal, and as for the prepared table, it was really solved by the emperor and the crown prince.

Ke Xi said very happily: "Since my father and the crown prince and brother like to eat so much, then I will often cook it for you in the future." ”

Emperor:......

Prince: No need, just make it for your Lord Qi.

The imperial concubine, who was aware of it, glanced at Ke Xi lovingly.

The concubine felt that the emperor and the crown prince would not give her and Xi'er another chance to cook.

Tsk, alas, it's fun to cook.

……

Although it was a holiday, Qi Huan, who was alone, was still living as usual.

After the court sealed the pen, Qi Huan was not idle.

He's looking into something.

Because everyone else is on holiday, he is the only one who is busy with this matter.

Qi Huan's investigation found that a few months ago, when he followed the prince to Cangzhou, a down-and-out talent appeared in Beijing.

There is nothing strange about the down-and-out Xiucai, what makes Qi Huan care is that this Xiucai has good skills.

This person is very good at imitating other people's handwriting.

Xiucai appeared in Beijing for just seven days, and then disappeared.

What Qi Huan investigated was where this Xiucai went.

Although he told Han Danqing that whether Xu Shangshu was wronged or not had nothing to do with them, Xu Shangshu wanted to prove his innocence, and he needed Xu Shangshu to provide evidence.

It's just that he is obsessed with this matter in the end.

If there is a reason, it is probably that Xu Shangshu is a good official in his eyes.

What's more, the emperor asked him to secretly investigate the truth of the matter.

……

Not long after Xiucai arrived in the capital, he originally wanted to copy some of everyone's paintings and sell them to make money, but he was found and taken away in less than an hour after setting up a stall.

Two days later, Xiucai suddenly appeared in the small courtyard where he lived temporarily, and the neighbor saw Xiucai, and saw Xiucai leaving in a hurry with the things he had packed, and the neighbor felt strange and stepped forward to ask him what happened.

As a result, Xiucai passed by him, and he had no intention of stopping, and soon walked away.

The neighbor only heard Xiucai muttering something "It's dead...... Hide" or something.

……

With clues, it took Qi Huan two days to learn where Xiucai went.

After investigating the approximate location of Xiucai, Qi Huan went to find Han Danqing, took two people from Dali Temple, and went out of the city.

Xiucai hid in a small village outside the capital, and it took two hours to ride to that village.

Two days ago, a villager went to Beijing and happened to meet a person from Dali Temple looking for Xiucai, saying that he had seen Xiucai several times in their village and asked them to exchange food.

After exchanging food, Xiucai went to the back mountain of the village.

The villagers pointed out to Qi Huan and his party which direction the back mountain was.

The villager said: "This person will come down to us every half a month to change food, these two days are just half a month, and I haven't seen him come down, I don't know if he is gone." ”

Han Danqing looked at Qi Huan and had a bad premonition in his heart.

Qi Huan's face was as usual, and after thanking the villagers, he took people up the mountain.

Xiucai didn't dare to go too far on the mountain alone, and they soon found Xiucai in a cave.

It's just that after the group entered the cave, they saw that Xiucai was already lying on the ground.

Qi Huan stepped forward, grabbed a handful of discolored dirt next to Xiucai, and turned it over.

Another Yanai went up to check Xiucai's body, and finally said to Qi Huan: "My lord, it is preliminarily estimated that the person has been dead for two days, and he was killed with a knife. ”