In the imperial dining room, everyone is doing their own duties, and they are busy in full swing. In fact, because it is difficult to reconcile the mouths, each palace has its own small kitchen, and most of it only serves the emperor's diet on weekdays. Although the Queen Mother has always been thrifty, and the emperor's diet does not pay much attention to pomp, but the selection and matching of ingredients, cooking heat, etc., are not sloppy at all, so the people here are still busy every day and dare not be careless.

Nan Xueyu walked in casually and looked around, although everyone was busy, they didn't seem to be chaotic, except for the clanging of pots and pans colliding with each other, almost no people's conversations could be heard, and occasionally someone spoke, but also leaned in and whispered, for fear of scaring someone.

"Princess Yanning?" Ding Qingsheng, a thin and tall chef, walked over, quite surprised, "Why did the princess come here in person, do you have any instructions?" Although he has been busy in the imperial dining room all the year round, and rarely sees the powerful people in the court, but now Nan Xueyu's reputation is too loud, and it is difficult to know her.

"It's nothing important," Nan Xueyu waved her hand, a little apologetic, "I'm just coming over casually to see, will it disturb Master Ding?"

"No, no!" Ding Qingsheng hurriedly smiled, "They are all busy, princess, please look at it casually, hehe." ”

Nan Xueyu smiled slightly, "That's good." In my heart, I said that all chefs are generally fat and red-faced, but this one is too thin, with skin and bones, just like not having enough to eat all year round, but it is also a scene. She walked around casually, and sure enough, she saw shiitake mushrooms soaking on the stove on one side, and neatly arranged sea cucumbers in the other pot, she said quietly, "This is for the imperial brother?"

"Back to the princess, exactly," Ding Qingsheng came over and pointed it out to her, "The emperor loves to eat mushroom and sea cucumber soup, there must be it every day, the little ones dare not slack off, this ingredient is carefully selected, and it is guaranteed to be the best." ”

"You're an expert, I won't look at it," Nan Xueyu picked up a sea cucumber and looked at it, and asked, "How do you pick this?"

Ding Qingsheng secretly wondered, how could such a delicate person as the princess be interested in things in the kitchen? Was it a whim, or was there something wrong with what he made, and the emperor was uncomfortable eating, so he asked the princess to check it?" ”

Nan Xueyu listened very seriously, and counted them with her fingers, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, it's five rows of thorns, is there any difference in taste?" She put the sea cucumber under her nose without a trace and smelled it, this sea cucumber did not have the taste of the medicine that the emperor was in, at least it means that the medicine was not added here, in other words, Ding Qingsheng is not the murderer of the emperor, looking at him like this, it is not like it.

Ding Qingsheng said with a smile, "I can't smell anything in the taste, but you can look at it, like this stinging cucumber, the better it is, the bigger it is, and the worse it is, of course, the selection criteria are more than that, it depends on experience, and I can't understand the words." ”

"So that's the case," Nan Xueyu put down the sea cucumber and praised sincerely, "Sure enough, there is a specialization in the art industry, Master Ding, you are really amazing." ”

Ding Qingsheng made a big red face, "The princess praised it falsely, the little one is a chef, what's so powerful." He originally wanted to say that the princess was powerful, and what tricks to use against anyone, but he felt that it was inappropriate for him to say this, in case people thought that he was slapping the princess's ass, it would be bad, so he laughed and didn't speak.

Nan Xueyu looked up and said, "Master Ding, you don't have to accompany me, you can go with you, I'll just take a look, and I'll learn from you later, how to make this mushroom and sea cucumber soup." ”

"Yes, princess, the little one went and prepared first. Ding Qingsheng was suddenly a little nervous, and hurriedly went to explain to a few helpers, but he has been cooking this dish for so many years, and he has already mastered it easily, even if the princess is watching, it doesn't matter.

Nan Xueyu walked casually and looked at it, naturally picked up the mushrooms and looked at them, smelled them, and there were no questions, in order to avoid suspicion, she looked at a few more ingredients, showing a very interested look.

When others look at her like this, they think that she is on a whim, or wants to learn one or two dishes, so as to please the emperor and the queen mother, there are those who envy, those who are jealous, and those who disdain, but it seems that they do not doubt her behavior, and she has achieved her goal.

After a while, she walked to the stove and watched carefully how Ding Qingsheng made this mushroom and sea cucumber soup, from the cooking to the final pot, she didn't see anything unusual in the slightest, let alone see him drugged it, which confirmed her opinion even more, and she also knew that Ding Qingsheng had been a chef in the palace for many years, and it had to be traced back to when the emperor was still alive, so he would definitely not harm the emperor, and the murderer was definitely someone else.

"Princess, it's done," Ding Qingsheng wiped his hands on the apron uneasily, and said solemnly, "Princess, do you want to taste it first?"

"No, Master Ding's cooking skills are nothing to say, just smelling very fragrant, and the imperial brother has always praised this dish for its incomparable taste, and left me to eat in the palace and taste Master Ding's craftsmanship, so I became interested and wanted to come over to see how to make it." Nan Xueyu shook her head, seeing that he was covered in sweat, she guessed that he was because he was next to him, so the sweat was hot and cold, and she couldn't help but laugh secretly.

"Thank you, princess, for the compliment. Ding Qingsheng breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the princess was very talkative, and there should be no questions.

Seeing that there was nothing to doubt here, Nan Xueyu immediately said, "I won't bother Master Ding, you are busy." ”

Ding Qingsheng hurriedly said, "Congratulations to the princess." ”

Out of the imperial dining room, Nan Xueyu thought for a while, looked left and right at no one, and said in a low voice, "Tang Yi." ”

Tang Yi immediately appeared, "Miss, please command." ”

Nan Xueyu's eyes were cold, she tried it on tiptoe, and tugged at his arm, "Come over with your ears." "This matter has to be whispered, Tang Yi is a head taller than her, he doesn't lean over, she can't reach his ears.

Tang Yi was stunned and tilted his body to the side.

Nan Xueyu muttered two sentences in his ear, "Do you understand?"

Tang Yi's eyes suddenly sharpened, "Who is Miss suspicious?" No wonder, Miss suddenly came to the imperial dining room, he didn't really think that she wanted to know how to make sea cucumber mushroom soup, and there must be another purpose, but he didn't expect that it was so important, even he was taken aback.

Nan Xueyu shook her head with a solemn expression, "It's hard to say now, in short, you must look carefully and don't make mistakes, otherwise someone may die innocently, understand?"

Tang Yi said solemnly, "Yes, Miss don't worry, your subordinates understand." With that, his figure flashed, and he had returned to the darkness.

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Nan Xueyu's mouth, and she estimated that the time was almost up, and then she returned to the Taiji Hall.

At this time, Nan Xuerong had already been passed on, and she reluctantly accompanied Murong Jun to dinner, and when she saw Nan Xueyu coming in, she immediately showed a friendly smile, "It turns out that my sister is here, no wonder the emperor has to ask me to come over, it turns out that I want our sisters to talk, isn't it, the emperor?"

"Yes, yes," Murong Jun was very happy that she could understand her mind, and seeing her happy, he also felt very excited, "And we are going to drink mushroom and sea cucumber soup together, it's delicious!"

Belch...... Nan Xuerong hates seafood the most, and she wants to vomit when she smells the fishy smell, "The emperor forgives the sin, the concubines don't like to eat the sea, the emperor still eats with his sister, and the concubines thank the emperor." ”

"Really?" Murong Jun was immediately disappointed, "That's too unfortunate, this soup is really delicious, I won't feel comfortable if I don't drink it!

That's because you have a problem, it's just sea cucumber soup, no...

Nan Xuerong's eyes were full of disdain, so as not to let Nan Xueyu see it, she pretended to bow her head and thank her, "Thank the emperor for his grace, but don't need it, just eat whatever the concubine wants." ”

Nan Xueyu sat over and said with a slight smile, "What the second sister said is true, she doesn't like to eat seafood when she is in the house." By the way, Brother Huang, why don't you see a waiting palace maid in this palace, what about the previous person?" she looked at Zihe on the side, and wondered if her aunt had driven people away, seeing Zihe shaking her head, thinking that there should be something else.

Because she just thought that since the question was not in the imperial dining room, it must be on the way to deliver the food, or the person waiting beside the emperor, she had just instructed Tang Yi to watch all the way, whose hand was the dish for the emperor, if someone was drugged on the road, it would be good to catch his (her) wrist, if there was no problem on the road, it was the person waiting by the emperor's side, in short, step by step.

Murong Jun looked left and right, as if he had just remembered, and said, "Oh", "I drove them all away, because Xue Rong doesn't like me to be with other women, I just have Xue Rong, Zi and Aunt refuse to leave, and I can't do anything." "The other palace maids said that they would rush away, but Zihe was sent by the Queen Mother, where did he drive away.

Nan Xueyu said in her heart that it was really time for you to catch up, if you drove them like this, it would be even more difficult for me to find out the murderer. However, she really admired Nan Xuerong's ability, and she could let the emperor drive away all the palace maids who were waiting, and wanted to spoil the harem alone.

Nan Xuerong was naturally unhappy, but with Zihe here, she still had to put on a sincere and fearful look, "The emperor has tormented the concubines! The emperor can't be without someone waiting around him, the emperor should let them all come back, otherwise the concubine's sin will be great, if the queen mother asks, how can the concubines afford it!"

Zihe also showed an angry look on the side: You have made the emperor drive everyone out of the Taiji Palace, and you are still pretending to be a good person, do you think that everyone else is as smart as you!

Murong Jun grabbed her hand, looked at her affectionately, and said resolutely, "No, Xue Rong, I promise you that you don't want other women, you must do it, don't worry, even if the queen mother asks me, I will say the same!"