Zhu'er is the personal maid of the princess, and the people who are afraid on weekdays are only Tao Mingxi and Sun Yingru in the entire palace, except for Xing Tianze and Wuji.

Even if the subordinates of the royal palace are divided into three, six, nine and so on, Zhu'er will not be afraid of these low-level subordinates who are boiling water in the kitchen.

"The princess forgives her sins, and the slave doesn't know that it is the mother who arrives so that she will say offensive words." The man was so frightened that he quickly threw away the firewood in his hand and knelt on the ground.

His voice was so loud that the whole kitchen knelt down.

"Those who don't know are not guilty, you should get up and get busy with your work, but don't delay the entire palace because I am alone." Tao Mingxi raised his hand towards everyone and asked them to stand up from the ground.

Then he took Zhu'er around the food storage place in the kitchen, and the head of the kitchen followed Tao Mingxi respectfully, the weather was obviously very cold, but a lot of sweat flowed from his forehead.

"How much does the palace pay for the kitchen on weekdays?" Tao Mingxi's gaze swept through the ingredients one by one, and then picked up a white radish.

"If you go back to the princess, the kitchen will cost one hundred and ninety-eight taels of silver a day." The kitchen manager replied respectfully.

Tao Mingxi's brows furrowed instantly when she heard this, she knew that the ancient nobles were very picky about eating, but on this day, hundreds of people ate almost two hundred taels of silver, didn't it seem a little too extravagant and wasteful?

Tao Mingxi, who often sneaks out of the palace to play on the street, as long as the price of vegetables in the capital is high, it is impossible to use so much.

"Are you sure you didn't cheat on Princess Ben?" Tao Mingxi turned his head and glanced at the man.

The head of the kitchen hurriedly knelt on the ground, and his body trembled slightly: "If you go back to the princess, even if you give the slave great courage, I will never dare to deceive you." ”

Tao Mingxi didn't speak, just stared at this person quietly.

Seeing that the princess hadn't spoken for a long time, the head of the kitchen mustered up the courage to raise her head slightly, and after meeting Tao Mingxi's gaze, she hurriedly lowered her head, and her body trembled even more.

"You seem to be afraid of me? Or are you afraid that I will find something in the kitchen? Tao Mingxi lowered his eyes, and felt more and more that there must be something wrong with this person.

"No, no, the slave is just afraid that the princess will misunderstand, Niangniang doesn't know that the ingredients in the palace every day are all selected by me to meditately, and the vegetable requirements must be just unearthed every day, and the meat dishes are cut and killed after they are bought." The more the head of the kitchen spoke, his voice became quieter and quieter, and by the end he even began to tremble slightly.

Tao Mingxi didn't say much, just asked Zhu'er to tell the kitchen people to prepare a pot of chicken soup, a little green vegetables and carrots, and pork and beef and sheep meat, and then prepare four pairs of dishes and chopsticks, just prepare oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, garlic and chopped shallots.

After returning to the courtyard, the more Tao Mingxi thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, but at this time, Zhu'er had already set up a pot on the table as she instructed.

Soon Wuxian and Xing Tianze came over.

"What is the princess doing? Are we going to eat hot pot again tonight? A flash of joy flashed in Traceless' eyes.

Xing Tianze was puzzled, and the look on his face was also happy.

"Don't think about it so much, I'm afraid that your body won't be able to support it when you eat hot pot every day, but for the sake of the cold weather, let's eat the clear pot in the hot pot noodles tonight." Tao Mingxi prepared a dipping sauce for himself and tasted it, and then continued to serve three bowls.

"Clearing the pot?" Xing Tianze glanced at Wuxian and didn't understand what this was, but after seeing the facilities similar to hot pot, he ran to the table and sat down with great anticipation.

At this time, Zhu'er brought the freshly boiled chicken soup from the kitchen, and slowly poured it into the pot under Tao Mingxi's instructions, and Wuji took the initiative to raise the fire.

"A clear pot is a hot pot that does not contain chili peppers, and it is difficult to get hot when you eat it with a special lightness." Tao Mingxi patiently explained the reason, and immediately poured the meat into it after the chicken soup was tumbling again.

"It still needs some time to cook, if you have anything to discuss, you can talk slowly." Tao Mingxi patted the seat next to him and motioned for Zhu'er to sit down and not be so restrained.

Tao Mingxi, who grew up in modern times, can accept everything that the status of a princess brings her, but when she eats alone, she feels particularly awkward when she eats alone and there is a person standing next to her.

"I heard you met an Assassin this afternoon?" Tao Mingxi took a sip of tea, and naturally said this,

After all, the assassin matter has now been reported in the palace, and it is not a highly confidential matter, but I was still shocked when I learned about it at the time.

I feel fortunate that Zhu'er is lucky, if she is one or two steps faster, maybe she will be framed for colluding with the assassins, and then Sun Yingru can make a big fuss and make a lot of trouble for Tao Mingxi.

"It's not a hassle, so you don't need to worry too much." When Xing Tianze said this, his eyes had been looking at the meat in the pot, looking forward to what the taste of the clear pot would be.

"The princess shouldn't be asking about the assassins, but about who sent them?" Traceless took a sip of the wine in the glass.

"Look at it, it's still smart without a trace." Tao Mingxi looked at Xing Tianze's foodie face, his heart was full of helplessness, and he told him loudly: You are also a dignified fifth prince, can you be a little reserved.

Without a trace of any haste to explain, he slowly turned the wine glass in his hand: "Who does the princess think the assassin will be sent?" ”

"Needless to say, of course it's a lieutenant." Tao Mingxi put the teacup in his hand on the table.

When she said this, she immediately felt that something was wrong.

Taiwei is now like a "national treasure" who has been imprisoned, and there are people who follow him even when he goes to the toilet, where is there any spare time to send killers.

Tao Mingxi looked at the smile on Wuji's face, and immediately understood.

If military pay is a piece of meat, the people who snatched it away are a pack of wolves, and the captain is just the first wolf among them.

Now that the lieutenant is being monitored, many people have begun to think about military salaries, as long as Xing Tianze has any accidents, the case will be postponed indefinitely, and from a certain point of view, it will be better to push it on the ghosts and gods that don't exist.

This is like a scale, the military salary is the middle prize, Taiwei and a group of people and Xing Tianze each occupy one end, as long as there is a problem with one end, the balance is equivalent to being broken.

"Do you have any measures to deal with it?" Tao Mingxi asked worriedly.

They are in the open and the enemy is in the dark, as the so-called open guns are easy to dodge and dark arrows are difficult to defend, even Xing Tianze does not have the strength to control the overall situation now.

"I can't guarantee anything else, but this king's palace is absolutely safe." Xing Tianze glanced at Tao Mingxi coldly: "As long as you don't run out if you have nothing to do, no one can help you." ”

"You might as well say it directly, and don't let me come out of the palace directly." Tao Mingxi pursed his little mouth angrily.