Hearing the young man's anxious words, Chen Youyi suddenly became interested, and hurriedly asked again, "Those people often come here?" ”

"I've been here so many times, and every time I come, I ask for different dishes, and I even ask if there are any other new dishes in our store, etc., it seems that I came here specifically to eat our chili dishes."

Chen Youyi nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, "That's fine." ”

But the butler, who had always been a little unsure, frowned and asked, "Madam, why do you care so much about people from the northern tribes coming to us for dinner?" In fact, our business here is not bad, and only a few people from the northern tribes will come here, why do we have to do their business well? ”

Chen Youyi smiled, and didn't explain this matter to the housekeeper clearly, but just said, "You don't know it yet, but you will understand my intentions later." After that, Chen Youyi said to the shopkeeper here, "After the people from the northern tribe come, remember to ask what their names are, where they live, and what they have to do with whom, try to inquire, but don't go too far, and make people have any doubts." ”

"Got it, ma'am, we're all inquiring." Saying that, the shopkeeper took out a notebook and put it in front of Chen Youyi, "Madam, look, this is the name and address of some of the people we inquired about, and a few of them have become regular customers here, and I specially asked him to introduce more people from the northern tribe to eat here." ”

Chen Youyi flipped through the notebook and nodded with great satisfaction, but she didn't see any high-status people on it, most of them were ordinary people, but this was already content for her, "Then continue, especially for some northern tribal officials who come here." ”

After Chen Youyi left here, she put all her thoughts on the third round of the competition, this time she must enter the palace, these recent things have changed some of her thoughts, she also has very important things to do, so this cooking competition must win, only if she wins, she will have a chance.

in the Royal Palace.

The chief eunuch in front of the emperor hurriedly walked in from outside, glanced at the emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair and reviewing the recital, frowned, and replied in a low voice, "Your Majesty, the queen mother is here." ”

Only then did the emperor raise his head, put down the pen in his hand, leaned on the dragon chair and sighed, it seemed that he was in trouble again.

The eunuchs below waited for a reply, but they didn't dare to ask easily, the emperor has been working hard for state affairs recently, his body has lost a lot, and his temper has become a little irritable, so the eunuchs who serve are cautious.

"Your Majesty..."Seeing that the emperor didn't speak for a long time, the chief eunuch who replied called out in a low voice, "The queen mother is still waiting outside." ”

"Let her in." Only then did the emperor respond.

The eunuch took two steps back and turned to leave, and after a while, the queen mother walked in with her personal palace maid, and after saluting, the emperor waved his hand to the queen mother, and then she slowly stepped forward to take a look at the table full of folds, and then looked at the emperor's tightly locked brows, and her mood couldn't help but be a little heavier, "What's going on again?" ”

"It's all some cumbersome things on the border, and the power of Zhao has just been suppressed, and now it's starting to try again." The emperor frowned helplessly, although Zhao was defeated by Qin Ziheng and the territory of Chen was also recovered, but Zhao did not give up, and wanted to attack Chen, and began to camp on the border, which can be seen from the wolf's ambition.

"The emperor doesn't have to worry too much, Zhao Guo was originally a defeated general under General Qin, if they dare to invade Chen again, just send General Qin to lead the troops to fight and beat them back." The queen mother opened her mouth to speak, but how could things be as simple as she said.

The emperor stood up from the dragon chair, walked to the window and stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the bright moonlight outside, the unknown color became more gloomy. The queen mother guessed the emperor's thoughts at this moment, and sent all the people around her away, leaving only the two of them, and then came to the emperor's side.

"Your Majesty." The queen mother held his hand and said, "Are you worried about Qin Ziheng?" ”

The emperor nodded and saw that there was no one around, so he slowly spoke, "Qin Ziheng originally married our daughter, and I thought that after her triumphant return, we could take the opportunity to restore the identity of our daughter as a princess and bring Qin Ziheng over, but who knew that the two of them would make such a fuss, and under the pressure of Yuefu, I had to make a holy decree Jiang Lele was married to Qin Ziheng, but I didn't want to do it in my heart." ”

The queen knows the emperor's mind very well, and the marriage of Lele Xu to Qin Ziheng is undoubtedly to enhance the strength of Yuefu and strengthen her opponents, if Qin Ziheng really wants to stand on the side of Yuefu, the consequences are unimaginable, if Zhao Guo is violating Chen Guo at this time, it will undoubtedly be worse.

"Your Majesty, don't worry too much, the Qin family has been loyal to martyrs for generations, and Qin Ziheng will never betray the court."

Although the queen said so, but people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows what will happen to Qin Ziheng in the end? The emperor is not willing to continue to entangle in this matter, even if he thinks about it more, the current situation will not change anything, he can only take one step at a time, and he must not let the power of Yuefu continue to be strong in the future, otherwise, it will threaten the imperial court.

"By the way, Queen, is there anything wrong with you coming here so late today?" The emperor deliberately changed the topic, and then sat back on the dragon chair accompanied by the queen.

The queen said slowly, "This time, our daughter also participated in the cooking competition, do you know?" Seeing that the emperor nodded, and then continued, "In a few days, the third round of the competition will begin, and our daughter will return to the palace, she has been away for so many years, and it is the first time she comes back, should we ......?"

The emperor stretched out his hand to interrupt the queen's words, he understood very well what the queen meant, why didn't he want Chen Youyi to return to him, that was his favorite daughter, "It's not the time yet!" ”

Hearing this, the queen's tears fell, "Now is not the time, when is the time?" My daughter has been back in the capital for so long, and I have only seen her once, and now my daughter has become thinner, much thinner than before, and she has helped the palace to collect grain and grass twice, which can be regarded as a great achievement, but you have not said anything, the last time she unveiled the emperor's list to help the country collect grain and grass, you should take this opportunity to restore her status as a princess. ”