In the fifth year of the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, in the early autumn, Princess Yixing Mansion.

Xiao Yifu has always had the habit of taking a lunch break, even if the weather has turned cooler now, it is still the same, she got up at the right time, took a wash and walked to the dressing table, and Liu Nushi beside her was carefully combing her hair.

A mother-in-law who was about half a hundred years old walked in outside, and a little maid with a tray behind her called softly: "Princess, dinner is ready." ”

Xiao Yifu glanced at the mother-in-law lightly, and did not make any response, Liu Nushi has served Xiao Yifu for many years, and has long been familiar with her temperament, the princess handed over a look, and the mother-in-law should have sent the meal to her, but now she is still holding the pestle, she reprimanded: "What are you doing in a daze, why don't you bring it over and serve it quickly!" ”

The mother-in-law reacted at this time, and hurriedly gave the maid behind her a look, and the maid understood, so she took the tray again, walked to Xiao Yifu's side with her head down, and knelt down.

Today's rice is a bowl of meat soup, Xiao Yifu turned slightly sideways, the jade finger picked up the spoon, scooped it and sent it to his mouth, only tasted three or four bites, and then put the spoon down, Liu Nushi waved his hand at the maid, signaling her to withdraw the meal, the maid then took the tray and retreated, the mother-in-law saw the situation, but her heart was terrified, she raised her eyes, and saw Xiao Yifu's eyebrows slightly wrinkled, and she was even more uneasy, for fear that this soup was not to her taste, and she would inevitably be scolded at that time.

"What are you doing here?" Xiao Yifu looked sideways at his mother-in-law, and his posture was extremely arrogant.

The mother-in-law hurriedly replied: "Back to the princess, this is soup, which is made of meat sauce chopped from pig's heart." ”

As soon as she heard the word "pig heart", Liu Nushi's hand holding the wooden comb suddenly trembled, she timidly glanced at the bronze mirror, wanting to see Xiao Yifu's face, since the princess personally ripped Xie Yu's heart three years ago, no one dared to mention the word "heart" in front of her, not to mention that now this kitchen has also made pig heart into a meal.

"Pig heart?" Xiao Yifu's face really changed, but the change was subtle and not easy to notice, she was still calm, and only asked: "This tastes good, was it made by the original Chef Cai?" ”

"It's a newcomer to Yi'an Ziniang, this cook only came to the house a few days ago, and has been helping Chef Cai, today Chef Cai is sick, so she is in charge of cooking meals for the princess."

"Oh? It turned out to be a new cook," Xiao Yifu suddenly laughed, but it was startling, and she continued: "Pass her over, this palace wants to see it." ”

After she said that, she raised her hand and tossed her nails, how did the mother-in-law know that Xiao Yifu was holding back the fire in his stomach, and wanted to ask the cook for his responsibility, but he thought that the cook had won the favor of the master, and since then she has to ascend to the sky in one step, so as soon as she heard Xiao Yifu's summons, she hurried to call someone.

But when I went there alone, I went back alone, and when I returned, I went back alone, and the mother-in-law came back and said: "Princess, the slave went to the back kitchen, and I didn't see her everywhere, and I went to her room to look for her, and I didn't see her figure, and I don't know where she went. ”

Liu Nushi laughed gloomily and teased: "The back kitchen is so big, she can't run away!" ”

The mother-in-law looked embarrassed, and hurriedly said: "The back kitchen is small, but the princess's mansion is not small, she has just come to the house for a few days, maybe she is not familiar with the terrain of the house, but I am afraid that I will go elsewhere, I can't find the way, the princess can rest assured, the slave will immediately send someone to find her back." ”

"No need, when you find her, take the knife she used to chop the pig's heart, cut off her hand for the palace, and hang it on the old locust tree in the courtyard of the back kitchen, until the blood runs dry, so that others can take a look and calculate the palace, what are the consequences," Xiao Yifu looked at his mother-in-law coldly, and asked, "Do you understand the meaning of this palace?" ”

"Calculate your ......" The mother-in-law was frightened, lest she would harm herself, so she kowtowed again and again, and responded: "Yes, yes, yes!" The slave is going to look for her! After saying that, he hurriedly ran out.

Before long, the porter came in with a wooden box, and a letter was prepared on the box, and the porter said: "Princess, there is a female envoy outside Shicai who has sent these two things, saying that she will give them to the princess to see for herself." ”

I don't know what is in the box, there is a foul smell from a long distance, Liu Nushi only took the letter when he walked, but he didn't want to touch the box.

"What's in here, what a rancid smell, open the palace and take a look!" Xiao Yifu raised his hand to cover his nose.

The porter opened the box with bated breath, Xiao Yifu stretched his neck, looked at it, and was immediately shocked, there, there was a heart that had rotted and blackened, and there were maggots crawling on it, exuding such a foul smell, it was really disgusting, take a closer look, on the rotten heart, there was also the mark of a knife, Xiao Yifu's face was pale, and he immediately scolded: "What is this!" Which dog who is not afraid of death sent it, dares to tease Hongu like this! ”

Liu Nushi was so dizzy that she was scolded: "What are you doing here!" Why don't you take this thing out and throw it away! ”

The porter has taken out the box and thrown it far away, but the stench in the room is not dissipated, Xiao Yifu sat on the stool, his elbow propped up on the dressing table, one hand on his forehead, and said weakly: "Today's matter, it must be thoroughly investigated, this palace wants to know, which one wants to seek death, dare to scare this disgusting thing to scare this palace, by the way, and the cook, also followed to check the details, and she couldn't keep the thing that she sent over, otherwise where would there be such a coincidental thing in this world." ”

"Yes, the slave will order someone to check later," Liu Nushi said, and suddenly handed the letter to Xiao Yifu, "Princess, there is another letter here, which was sent along with that box, you can see." ”

Xiao Yifu took the letter and looked at it, but he didn't want to, and after reading it, he was so frightened that he lost his face, and then he felt nauseous, and he turned sideways and vomited, as if he wanted to vomit out everything he had eaten today.

Liu Nushi didn't know the situation, and hurriedly patted her on the back, and suddenly saw the letter falling on the place, she looked at it carefully, and saw that the letter was written: Princess Suwen likes to eat people's hearts, so she took her heart from the human corpse and made it into meat soup, which was offered to the princess to eat, hoping to please the princess.

Xiao Yifu trembled with anger, "That meat soup just now......"

As she spoke, her stomach was overturned, and the things she ate poured out, Liu Nushi remembered that she saw that there was a knife on her heart, and she suddenly realized, but when she thought that Xiao Yifu had eaten the carrion, she was also very upset for a while, she said: "Princess, this matter must be the cause of the cook, when the slave catches her, she will be chopped into meat sauce and thrown out to feed the dog!" ”

Xiao Yifu thought about it: "Today's matter, I'm afraid it was planned by Xie Guifei, three years ago, this palace ripped Xie Yu's heart, she is Xie Yu's aunt, she must have the heart to take revenge on this palace, that cook must be instructed by her!" ”

"What the princess said is very true, the slave will send someone into the palace, explain this matter to Your Majesty, and ask Your Majesty to make the decision for the princess!"

Liu Nushi was about to go out after speaking, but Xiao Yifu suddenly pulled her back, "Slow!" It's not good for this matter to get out, besides, since Concubine Xie dares to tease the palace like this, she must have been prepared, and what she should do now is to arrest that cook back, you... You go to Shen's house quickly, summon the horse here, and say that there is something important in the palace and you urgently need to see him. ”

"Yes."