Now Yipinxiang has Jiang Xinyue and Ruan Mianmian, the two county lords who have a face in front of the Queen Mother, and Mu Ruqing, a quasi-concubine, so it is naturally convenient and smooth to enter and exit the palace, and no one will stop them. This time it was different from usual, Mu Ruqing did not ride a horse, but also got into the carriage and rode with them, and asked Ruan Mianmian and Jiang Xinyue to release the news, saying that they just sent Ruliang specialties to the Queen Mother after returning to Beijing, which is reasonable to cover people's eyes and ears.

When they arrived at the queen mother's bedroom, a group of palace maids had already been sent out to greet them, standing on both sides of the gate and saluting together, Ruan Mianmian and Jiang Xinyue walked in with Mu Ruqing.

The queen mother was sitting on the warm kang in the side hall, wearing a lotus-colored regular clothes, leaning on a brocade pillow to look at the scenery outside, and when she saw Jiang Xinyue and them coming, her face was full of joy, and she beckoned: "You children, you have been walking to the south for so long, and you have come to see me when you come back, and you are not afraid of being tired." Come, Jingshu, Ruliang, you two sit next to me, come here, show Mu Gongzi. ”

The three of them thanked in unison, Jiang Xinyue sat sideways beside the Queen Mother, Ruan Mianmian lifted her skirt and sat on the kang opposite the Queen Mother, and Mu Ruqing sat on the soft stool brought by the palace maid.

Immediately, a palace maid served good tea, and after bowing and retreating, Mu Ruqing looked around and no one was listening, so he lowered his voice and said: "Queen Mother, I will get straight to the point, this time I rushed into the palace to tell the Holy Lord, but I can't ask to see him directly, so I went back to the Queen Mother, and I hope that Niangniang will quickly send someone to invite Your Majesty over, and don't make a public announcement, just say that the Lord of Jingshu County invited Your Majesty to talk about homely." ”

Seeing Mu Ruqing's expression so serious, the Queen Mother also knew that it must be the most important thing to make her so cautious, so she immediately called her most confidant grandmother over, and instructed her to go to the emperor's palace immediately.

"What news did I get when I went to the south this time?" The Queen Mother sat upright, her face was a lot more serious, she thought in her heart maybe there was something missing in the officials in the south, and she couldn't guess anything else.

"Naturally, the affairs of the south should be told in 1510, but there is a more important matter at the moment, which is more serious, and this matter may be related to the danger of the country." Jiang Xinyue sat slightly lower than the Queen Mother, held the Queen Mother's hand and said.

"The country is in danger?" The Queen Mother's face changed: "Isn't it... The situation in the south is not good, and some people are against it?? "The more the Queen Mother thinks about it, the more she thinks that this is the case, although she is in the harem and does not contact the government and politics, but she still knows how difficult it is to manage a huge country, and the Central Plains is vast and boundless, and the news may not be able to be transmitted in a timely manner.

"Although it has not been revealed at present, it is almost the same, it is the collusion between the people in Beijing and the barbarians in the northwest, and we dare to report it with conclusive evidence."

"People from Kyochu? If the barbarians really had a relationship with the people in the capital, wouldn't the mourning family and the emperor stretch their necks under the enemy's sword! Outrageous! The Queen Mother slapped the table, her face was filled with vague anger, but she guessed in her heart who was so bold and committed this crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason.

Although Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue are not the biological blood of the Queen Mother, she has never disbelieved them, after all, the emperor and her gave them identity and status, and they naturally have to be attached to the imperial court, what is wrong with the country, they are the first to fall into the abyss. What's more, after getting along with Jiang Xinyue for all these days, she felt more and more that Jiang Xinyue's appearance was more and more similar to the previous Jingshu, and she was almost indistinguishable.

As he spoke, the emperor's guard of honor arrived outside the palace gate, and the unique sharp voice of the little eunuch came through the heavy curtains: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

Then I saw a bright yellow figure enter the door and go straight to the side hall, and the emperor's hearty laughter also came: "I heard that Jingshu and Ruliang entered Beijing today, but I didn't want to enter the palace so soon." ”

After the emperor entered the house, he first saluted the queen mother, and at this time, Ruan Mianmian and Jiang Xinyue Mu Ruqing immediately got up and avoided the half-walking salute, according to the rules, they could not accept the emperor's courtesy.

"Get up, excuse me. Is there anything you need to do with me? The emperor waved his hand at them enthusiastically and found a seat for himself to sit down.

"That's the case, this way in the south Ruqing felt that he could put it first, just a Fang cannon of a fragrant restaurant, presumably His Majesty also knows him, he joined the army a few days ago and went to the barracks, and now it is estimated that it has been a period of time, today we just returned to Beijing and received a letter from him, which is a matter of national affairs, we dare not delay, and immediately sent the letter over."

Mu Ruqing took out the envelope from his arms, took out the letterhead one by one, and spread it out on the small table in front of the emperor and the queen mother: "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

The Emperor squinted his eyes and saw that only one piece of paper had words on it, and the others were empty white papers, so he picked up the only piece of paper with words and read it, and found nothing unusual, and threw a puzzled look at them.

Then Ruan Mianmian took out a small fire fold from his sleeve, opened it and wiped out the flames, picked up a piece of letter paper from the table and baked it on it for a while, and the strange gray handwriting appeared again.

Taking the letter paper in Ruan Mianmian's hand, the emperor's face changed and changed, and when he finished reading, his face was full of irrepressible anger, and the power of the Son of Heaven seemed to be able to change the color of heaven and earth, he slapped the letter on the table heavily, making a loud "bang", causing the chief eunuch waiting outside to also ask softly: "Your Majesty?" Does Your Majesty need an old slave to come in and serve? ”

This inquiry brought the emperor's mind back to him, he clenched his fists and calmed his tone, as if the turbulent waves of Fang Cai had never existed: "No need, it's nothing, I accidentally knocked over the cup." ”

The eunuch outside withdrew in response, and the side hall was silent. The emperor took the fire fold in Ruan Mianmian's hand, baked the paper with his own hands, and looked at them one by one, although his face was cold and scary, but he finally did not have a seizure, but the hand holding the letter paper trembled slightly.

Although the Queen Mother knew that this matter was very serious, she didn't expect the emperor, who had always been steady and sophisticated, to be so excited, and she also took the letter that the emperor put aside after reading it, and without reading two lines, her expression became cold, because the situation was too serious.

"Boss Mu, the information sent back by Fang Cannon is a secret letter from the barbarians and the staff and housekeepers of the Qi Palace, I am afraid that it was intercepted by a spy in the army, this matter has a great merit, and when the matter is resolved, I will reward you for your merits and deeds, and I will never treat you badly." The emperor's knuckles lightly tapped the table, knocking on the table again and again, causing people to panic: "It's just that if you want to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots, you must not be able to make a noise, you should have never seen these letters, and you have never heard these words." ”

Ruan Mianmian and the others hurriedly got up, and the emperor spoke again: "Since this matter has been discovered, it can't be delayed any longer, I'm afraid the best way is to need your help me, I don't know if you are willing to taste the incense?" ”

The emperor asked about Yipinxiang instead of the three of them, and the implication was that he was going to use Yipinxiang and Anyanghou's business, and the three people present were the mainstays of Yipinxiang, so they could naturally have the final say.

"I am willing to serve Your Majesty." The three of them replied in unison.

Then Mu Ruqing and the emperor and the queen mother discussed, and did not go out of the palace gate to return to Yipinxiang until it was dark, because the queen mother missed Jiang Xinyue very much, so she stayed in the palace, and she happened to be able to pass the news in two places.

Early in the morning of the second day, Yipinxiang opened the door and reopened, Anyang Houfu had already received the news to cooperate with the action, and the takeaway also began to run, and it was publicized everywhere that Yipinxiang came to a famous chef in the south of the Yangtze River, making a good southern dish, authentic and fresh, resulting in a bunch of people gathered at the door of Yipinxiang before the official business, surrounded by water, and even the business of other stores in the vicinity was much better, the sellers and buyers were beaming, and the opening day of Yipinxiang was more lively than the temple fair.

This Jiangnan celebrity chef Wang Xun Wang didn't sleep until midnight last night, and sent three full basins of all kinds of dough to be used, and the fillings and special oil were also prepared by Ruan Bai, and Uncle Hua also loved and cherished talents, and promised to only make hot pot and northern dishes in the past two days, and Wang Xun was responsible for all the desserts and pasta, and would never steal his limelight.

Today, when the sky is not bright, Wang Xun got up and began to knead the steamer on the noodles, a pair of skillful hands kneaded the ordinary dough out of various strange shapes, and it will not be deformed when steamed in the steamer.

In the past, the two of them competed in cooking skills on the road, and they didn't have so many ingredients and tools, so they felt that they couldn't have fun, but now with such a big kitchen, it can be seen that Wang Xun does have two brushes for pasta, and the flower cake the size of a fingernail is made into the shape of a peony flower, and even the gradient of color and fine lines on the petals are so clear and natural, almost chaotic, this technique is not something that can not be practiced for many years.

No matter how superb Wang Xun's cooking skills are, he is also displayed in the back kitchen, and Ruan Mianmian, who is the façade of Yipinxiang, must be the Wang chef he discovered, so he also carefully dressed up on this day and did a meal broadcast in the Yipinxiang Hall to cheer for Wang Xun.

As soon as the door of Yipinxiang opened, the first batch of guests had already poured in like a tide, Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue were personally at the door to welcome the guests, only a hundred people were allowed to come in at a time, and the positions on the second floor and the courtyard were all used, just full of seats. The other guests at the back of the queue can only wait at the door for a while, and the guests inside can only enter one after they come out, so as not to cause danger if there are too many people.

Mu Ruqing was still very thoughtful, he provided number plates for the people waiting outside, so as to ensure that the first guests would go in first, and there would be no queue cutting, and the guests were provided with benches and tea fruits, as well as small pastries for tasting.