Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Flower That Pulls Down the Water
Looking at the appearance of less water and more water in the basin, Yu Xizhou raised his head angrily, looked at her with a cold light in his eyes, and his gradually rising and falling chest showed how angry she was now.
"The cake I made at the Tanabata banquet last time was mixed with noodles and stirred eggs this time, what? Want to do it again? Or maybe the princess can't make anything other than pasta? ”
The woman's speech became more and more excessive, and Yu Xizhou's endurance was suddenly gone. Feeling that anger had taken over his entire body, Yu Xizhou was about to step forward to teach this wild girl a good lesson, but was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"Even if she repeats her old tricks, then she is the first!" Shen Nanfeng said, slowly approached, and hugged Yu Xizhou, whose little face was already blue with anger, into his arms.
As soon as he returned to King Qin's mansion, he heard Xiao You talk about the Kitchen God Competition, and Xiao You also told him what happened in the imperial dining room, thinking that Xizhou's character should have gone up to turn the entire imperial dining room upside down, but Xiao You told him that the princess did not refute it at all.
Knowing Yu Xizhou's good intentions, Shen Nanfeng immediately set off to the palace, and hurried to the imperial dining room before he went to see the emperor, and happened to see the scene in front of him.
"This king has been gone for a few days, and the concubine has worked hard." Shen Nanfeng gently touched Yu Xizhou's face, his eyes were full of doting and love.
Seeing Shen Nanfeng who suddenly appeared, the woman was stunned for a moment, and she wanted to return to her position and pretend that nothing had happened, but she mistakenly remembered that it was not the prince Shen Huang today, and Shen Nanfeng, the king of Qin, was the husband of Yu Xizhou.
"What? Do you want to run away after bullying the princess of this king? ”
Hearing the cold voice behind him, the man suddenly knelt on the ground, kept kowtowing and begging Shen Nanfeng to spare her life, seeing that he didn't speak, he hurriedly went to hug Yu Xizhou's leg, crying and talking.
Looking at the people on the ground, the hall was full of sighs for a while, some people patted their chests and said that it was good that they didn't bully Yu Xizhou with her, and some people said that Shen Nanfeng protected Yu Xizhou like this, and it seemed that he was tired of the princess.
"Aifei, this person is handed over to you to deal with, this king has just come back, and he has not yet met the emperor." Shen Nanfeng gently patted Yu Xizhou's hand, glared at the people on the ground, and walked out in the awe-inspiring eyes of everyone.
Yu Xizhou didn't embarrass the woman, just asked her to leave Kyoto and never appear in front of her again, and the others didn't say anything. She didn't want to be called a vixen.
During the competition, everyone walked to the arena with their own entries, and there were many people coming, Yu Xizhou saw Shen Yurong and Shen Nanfeng, who was sitting closest to the emperor, and met his eyes full of love, and couldn't help blushing.
"Why is it gone?" Yu Xizhou returned to the imperial dining room and prepared to take the snowy mooncakes he had made, but found that the plate was empty.
Seeing that Yu Xizhou had not returned for a long time, Shen Nanfeng frowned, and suddenly a little eunuch came, said a word in the emperor's ear and left.
I don't know what the eunuch said, the emperor frowned, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen under his nose, he was furious, and slapped the table in front of him hard, and everyone present was panicked.
"I see that everyone looks like they are not afraid of shadows, it is better to search their bodies, none of us have returned to our rooms, no matter how much we hide, we can only hide on our bodies, I'll come first!"
After Zhao Qingran finished speaking, he motioned for a palace maid to conduct a careful search on his body.
Seeing Zhao Qingran doing this, the others did not slack off at all, and lined up one by one, waiting for the palace maid's search.
Yu Xizhou frowned, who the hell wants to do this.
Looking at Shen Nanfeng who was gradually coming, Yu Xizhou looked at him with some grievances.
Shen Nanfeng didn't speak, just looked at Yu Xizhou silently, grabbed her cold little hand, and looked at the people in front of him who had not been searched by the palace maids, they were arrogant and domineering, and they didn't look like they had stolen anything.
"Found it!"
The palace maid shouted, successfully attracting everyone's attention, and the emperor asked her to hand the things to Yu Xizhou and asked her if she had lost them.
Yu Xizhou looked at the moon cake in the palace maid's hand and lightly clicked it, confirming that this was the snow skin moon cake she made.
"Bold! Hua Ze, the eldest daughter of the Hua family, actually did such a thing under my nose, are you guilty? ”
Hua Ze knelt on the ground, still not coming back to her senses in what had just happened, and she was stunned when she saw the palace maid find the snowy mooncake from her pocket.
"Nope! It's not me, I haven't stolen! Hua Ze slumped on the ground, shouting hoarsely.
Yu Xizhou broke free of Shen Nanfeng's hand, knelt beside Hua Ze, looked up at the emperor with an angry face on the opposite side, and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I believe that Hua Ze will not do such a thing, someone must want to frame her." ”
"Who the hell is trying to frame whom?" Zhao Qingran saw Yu Xizhou pleading for Hua Ze, and said with a mocking face.
Yu Xizhou stood up suddenly, walked up to Zhao Qingran, and said angrily, "What do you mean? ”
Zhao Qingran looked at the angry Yu Xizhou in front of him, with a flirtatious smile on his face, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and the words that came out of his good-looking mouth made people feel scared.
"Who framed Hua Ze, or Hua Ze's own bad intentions, the emperor will definitely be able to find out, but the princess's good show today is really exciting. Hua Ze has always been low-key, there will be people who want to harm her, and what benefits harming her will be to that person, no one can say. ”
Seeing that Zhao Qingran had some intentions for Yu Xizhou, Shen Nanfeng stepped forward and respectfully saluted the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, since there are still doubts about the matter, it is better to suspend the game and make plans after the matter is clarified." ”
Knowing that the emperor would definitely have to listen to Shen Nanfeng's words again, the queen hurriedly stood up and said with an empathetic look: "Then suspend the game first, and continue after the investigation, King Qin has just returned from the flood control, this matter will be handled by the palace, and it will definitely give justice to the princess, please rest assured." ”
Yu Xizhou was taken back to King Qin's Mansion by Shen Nanfeng, but Hua Ze was locked up to investigate the matter.
Seeing that Yu Xizhou and Shen Nanfeng came back together, Xiao You hurriedly greeted him and asked Yu Xizhou how he was doing in the palace and whether he was bullied again, but Yu Xizhou didn't answer him, and just returned to the room alone sullenly.
"Let her go." Looking at Xiao You's puzzled look, Shen Nanfeng left a sentence and returned to his study, he knew that what Yu Xizhou needed most now was to be quiet by himself.
Hua Ze was locked in his room, a little annoyed, and asked the people outside the door to take him to see the queen, the guard was slightly embarrassed, but when he heard her say that it was about today's snowy mooncakes, he took her directly to Jingren Palace without delay.
"Queen Mother, Hanazawa asks to see."
The queen was discussing with Zhao Qingran, when the little eunuch at the door interrupted the discussion between the two.
Zhao Qingran heard that Hua Ze was coming to see the queen, it must have been to prove his innocence, if the queen knew that she didn't do it, wouldn't it be a failure?
"This Hanazawa vegetarian dish is a must, it is already famous throughout Kyoto, and the princess is in the limelight in Kyoto, I heard that a guard said that last night I saw two women stay in the imperial garden for a long time, and finally left in laughter." Zhao Qingran said, observing the changes on the queen's face.
"You mean they're teasing Hongu?" The queen didn't understand it at first, but when she thought of the connection and Yu Xizhou's performance today, her face was blue and white.
Zhao Qingran looked at the queen's angry appearance, knowing that his plan had succeeded, but he didn't show a smile that had succeeded at all, and said embarrassedly: "Qingran only heard about it, and I don't know." ”
After hearing this, the queen immediately asked the little eunuch who was still kneeling on the ground to bring Hua Ze in, looking at her graceful appearance, and the vegetarian dish is a must, if she doesn't die today, I'm afraid she will be a little goblin who will bring disaster to the country and the people.
"Hua Ze see the queen, the queen Wanfu Jin'an."
Hua Ze looked at the queen's face and looked at Zhao Qingran who was sitting next to the queen, feeling a little scared, but thinking that he was sitting upright, the fear in his heart gradually disappeared.
The queen stared at the kneeling person on the ground, and did not ask her what her intentions were, but directly asked her what her relationship was with Yu Xizhou.
"Hua Ze and the princess hit it off at first sight." Hua Ze didn't hide it at all, but she didn't say a word about last night's incident, because she knew that if she said it, she would definitely be charged with conspiracy.
"Do you know who framed you?" The queen looked at Hua Ze still with a stubborn look, and she was a little annoyed, especially when she thought of her acting with Yu Xizhou, she was even more angry.
Hua Ze shook his head, he thought silently in his heart no less than a hundred times, and he didn't offend anyone, and he was a defeated family who would notice him.
"Yu Xizhou!" The queen said word by word, looking at Hua Ze's surprised expression, Zhao Qingran smiled.
If Hua Ze believes it, then she has one more helper, if she doesn't believe it, then the queen will definitely not spare her, no matter what, she is the advantageous party.
"Impossible!"
"Then you say, who will put the snowy skin mooncakes in your pocket? Miss Hua's vegetarian food has already been famous throughout Kyoto, and I believe Miss Hua knows very well who is Miss Hua's biggest enemy. Zhao Qingran said, some instigation, but also some sarcasm.
The elegant beauty sat down on the ground all of a sudden, she didn't believe that Yu Xizhou would treat her like this.
Hua Ze raised his head, met the queen's cold eyes, knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and said: "I stole the snowy moon cakes, and they have nothing to do with the princess, and I ask the queen to punish them." ”
Zhao Qingran didn't expect Hua Ze to confess his guilt directly, and the queen looked at Hua Ze with a heroic and righteous appearance, without the slightest intention of soft-heartedness.
"Pull it down, give her a cup of poisonous wine, as a royal family, you actually do this kind of thing of stealing chickens and dogs!"