The exquisite presentation and fragrant dishes are eye-catching.

"Back to the emperor, this was made by Zhong Gongzi, who had just entered the palace, and it happened to be seen by the Seventh Princess, who said that it was sent for you to try it."

The emperor couldn't help but raise his eyebrows and squint at his father-in-law beside him.

"Quanfu, why didn't I know that there was an ear report god by my side?"

Father-in-law Quanfu hurriedly bent down, shook his head at the emperor, and squeezed out a smile.

"Your Majesty, you have a lot of opportunities, and these little things naturally have to be watched for you, right? But thanks to the Seventh Princess's sincerity to you, I don't forget to give you a copy of what you eat and what is good. ”

It was not clear whether the emperor was happy or unhappy, so Father-in-law Quanfu simply led the matter to the seventh princess.

The Emperor laughed when he heard this.

"Xiao Qi is a filial person, and it is not in vain that I think about her with any good things."

Father-in-law Quanfu smiled and found out what he knew was obedient and told the emperor, coaxing the emperor to look at him with a smile, and rewarded the seventh princess with a lot of things.

As for the people who made these things, they have long been forgotten by him to the country of Java.

But Concubine Qi, who also ate these things, didn't think so, although she hadn't seen Zhongli, she had already regarded people as unrighteous people who tried to seduce the princess.

Therefore, when she knew that this thing was made by Zhongli, she didn't look at it, snorted coldly, and explained.

"Go, call the princess back to the palace immediately. The little girl's family, what's going on with a foreign man all day long? Lost royal face. ”

The minions next to them hurriedly withdrew the meal, but before they went out to call the Seventh Princess, Zhao Shan'er had already jumped back in a good mood, with a smile on her face.

"Mother, what's wrong with you? Who upsets you? ”

Zhao Shan'er opened her mouth in hindsight, Concubine Qi changed her expression, and beckoned Zhao Shan'er to sit down, but in her heart she secretly planned to ask Zhao Shan'er to teach her the rules well, as for the emperor's side, she would personally ask for guilt.

And in the imperial dining room, Zhongli didn't know that Concubine Qi had scratched herself again because of Zhao Shan'er, and he was busy dealing with a group of cooks in the imperial dining room at this time.

"Zhong Gongzi, although you just missed a hand for us. However, the Imperial Dining Room is a place with rules. Fang is the order of the Seventh Princess, that's all, as for the future, we are responsible for the meals of other nobles, do you understand? ”

The father-in-law, the head of the imperial dining room, stared at Zhongli with a sneer, and the eyes on his white and chubby face were squeezed into a thin slit, flashing with coldness.

Is it fearing that they are shaking their interests?

Zhongli chuckled and shook his head, my arsenic is better than honey.

"This father-in-law, Zhongli just received the order to be in charge of the imperial meal of the New Year's banquet, and he didn't dare to overstep his responsibilities at all. Today is the request of the Seventh Princess, and after that, unless necessary, Zhongli will definitely not dare to specialize. ”

That is, if it were not for the request of a nobleman, he would not have done it.

The chef's father-in-law thanked you Zhong Li for a look, snorted coldly, flicked his sleeves and left.

The others scattered in all directions.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and it is also popular in the palace to recognize the master and the god.

Eunuchs are not as good as palace maids, at least some palace maids have relatives outside, and many fathers-in-law are really unable to live outside, some are voluntary, and some are sold into the palace to serve nobles.

Therefore, in order to survive better and live a better life, eunuchs must form a large network of relationships, so that they can see all directions in the palace, listen to all directions, improve their survival rate, and make it easier to get ahead.

Like the father-in-law in charge of the imperial dining room, the chief eunuch, he is stronger than others.

Zhongli could only detect it in the cooking he had just done, with everyone's cautious attitude and cautious approach.

And this kind of person is also the most difficult to contact.

Zhongli returned home worried.

It's a little bit, it's not easy to do!

It's fine if it's been a long time, but it's only a few days left, and she's really ......

Wang Qinglin was also in a hurry, if he could still help with things outside the palace gate, but now he was really ......

"Second son, why don't you go and ask King Qingyang? Even if King Qingyang hasn't come back for a long time, at least there are a few acquaintances in Qingyang Palace, right? ”

Zhongli had no hope for this.

Zhao Yiyan may still have a way to do things in the court, but now, these are villains.

He knows better than anyone else that it is better to offend a gentleman than a villain.

"Let me think about it."

How to achieve a win-win situation without touching the interests of the other party?

It seems that he is now exhausted in donkey skills!

Sending silver?

As soon as this idea came out, Zhongli flew away.

Take the silver and send it to the people in the emperor's imperial dining room, if he is found out, it will be enough to connect the nine clans without their identities being exposed!

She reached out and rubbed her forehead and smiled bitterly at Wang Qinglin.

"It's not too early, Steward Wang should go back to sleep first! Let me think about it again. ”

It's just that after Wang Qinglin left, Zhongli stretched out his hand to support his head and sat at the table in a daze and fell asleep, but suddenly her head was hit hard by something, and she woke up suddenly.

"Who?"

He quickly got up and pulled the door open and looked outside.

It's just that it's dark outside, and there's nothing, but it attracts the attention of the little guy at home.

Zhongli asked him to go back to rest, and then closed the door again, but as soon as he turned his head, he was attracted by what was under his feet.

He picked it up and spread it out on the table.

"Hold on to your illness and leave."

The short four words made Zhongli break out in a cold sweat, he quickly reached out and clenched his fingers, opened the door and rushed out.

Just looking around, there was no one.

But she just felt like a pair of dark eyes were staring at her beside her.

"Second son, what's wrong with you?"

Wang Qinglin hurried over with his clothes on.

Zhongli smiled bitterly, pulled the person into the room, and handed the contents of his hand to the other party.

Because of the nervousness, Zhongli's palms were sweaty, the note had been soaked with sweat, and the handwriting was a little blurry, but it was enough to see what it was.

"Or the same person as last time?"

Zhongli took a deep breath and nodded slowly.

"I'm afraid so. Moreover, they were in such a hurry to let me go, presumably, they wanted to do something to the emperor at the New Year's banquet. ”

But in terms of food, the emperor handed it over to himself, and the city defense side handed over to Zhao Yiyan, who he had always looked down on.

This had to make Zhongli think about it a lot.

Emperor, do you know, or don't you know?

Otherwise, you want to borrow a knife to kill someone? Or do you want to take advantage of this opportunity to catch them all?

After listening to Zhongli's analysis, Wang Qinglin's face turned pale with fright, and he shook his head at Zhongli in horror.

"No...... No way? ”

No? What's not going to be?

Zhongli smiled bitterly, and suddenly thought of what Zhao Yiyan had warned him before, don't underestimate the seemingly confused emperor.

"I, I'll go to the eldest brother's mansion right now."

It happened that Zhongli hadn't washed up yet, so he got up without saying a word, but was stopped by Wang Qinglin reaching out his hand.

"Second son, you are not feeling well now, let me go! Just right, I will ask for a doctor for you. ”

Zhongli glanced at Wang Qinglin, and couldn't help but be cautious at this time.

"Brother-in-law, you say, can I trust you?"

The word "brother-in-law" made Wang Qinglin pause for a moment, and then nodded to Zhongli solemnly.

"No matter what relationship I have with the eldest son, I said before when I entered the Zhong Mansion that I will definitely die for the second son."

Looking at the determined look in Wang Qinglin's eyes, Zhongli gently exhaled a breath of turbidity, reached out to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead with some embarrassment, and smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry, I'm a bit of a soldier!"

Seeing Wang Qinglin's back disappear into the night, Zhongli tightened his eyebrows, looked at the note in his hand, and his face sank like water.

Who is it, exactly?

Zhao Yiyan has been busy changing the layout of the city defense recently, for fear that someone will come out to make trouble.

The Emperor was looking for his problem with his eyes wide open, and he could never let the Emperor find a chance.

He was sleeping soundly when he was awakened by a hurried knock on the door outside.

"Who?"

He went out vigilantly, and saw that the head of the palace hurriedly told him about the matter, and Zhao Yiyan tightened his eyebrows.

"What's going on? Wasn't it okay when I saw him earlier? How do you ...... now?"

He got up and walked outside.

However, Zhao Yiyan thought a little more, for example, Zhongli is sick now, is someone deliberately tricking him like this, so that he will disobey the holy decree and be condemned by the emperor.

With the power of the four princesses' mother's family, it is not surprising that they can do this.

It's just that after seeing Wang Qinglin, he quickly ruled out this.

Wang Qinglin had already gone through the matter on the way here, he asked Zhao Yiyan to retreat from everyone, and did not say that Zhongli had picked up the note, but said that Zhongli had found out that something was wrong with someone in the palace, and he had a nightmare just now, and connected their affairs and made a bold conjecture.

Zhao Yiyan never expected that what he had been worried about, Zhongli had also expected.

In addition to worrying, he still had a faint joy in his heart, feeling that he and Zhongli were heart-to-heart.

"However, it is clearly not advisable to be sick now. Sick people are not allowed to approach the palace, but if they are used by people with hearts, Zhongli still can't get away with it. Don't forget, Zhongli made the four princesses' families lose a lot of money before, and they lost face ruthlessly. ”

Wang Qinglin was a little anxious.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, so what?

Zhao Yiyan's heart sank, turned around, and looked in the direction of the palace.

There, there are more things to fight each other openly and secretly, but now they are difficult to ride a tiger, and they can't advance or retreat.

It is not impossible to let the emperor take back his fate, but this method makes him a little disdainful and even more repulsive.

But for Zhongli's sake, he slowly approached Wang Qinglin's ear and slowly spoke.