After Concubine Ru left, Concubine Jing sat quietly in the house alone for a long time, thinking carefully about the conversation between Fang Cai and Concubine Ru, and thinking about nothing more than Su Jinzhao.

At dinner time, Ding Lan delivered dinner on time.

After setting the dishes on the table, Ding Lan came over to invite Concubine Jing to eat: "Niangniang, the slave maid for dinner has been prepared."

Concubine Jing raised her eyes and glanced at her, nodded and said, "It's okay, it just so happens that I'm also a little hungry."

Hearing that the master was hungry, Ding Lan was overjoyed, and hurriedly stepped forward to help her: "I prepared a few side dishes for dinner, all of which are your favorite foods on weekdays, you can try them."

Ding Lan helped Concubine Jing sit down, took chopsticks and handed them to her.

Concubine Jing glanced at the dinner in front of her, each dish was very exquisite, looking quite appetizing, she took the chopsticks, did not move the chopsticks immediately, but pointed to the dinner in front of her and asked, "These are all made in the imperial dining room?"

Ding Lan was inexplicably stunned, thinking about the previous advice of the third prince, and replied weakly: "Niang Niang said that she laughed, naturally it was made by the imperial dining room, is there anyone else."

In the last sentence, the voice sounded much lower.

In the end, it is the palace maid who has served her for many years, how can Concubine Jing not see the appearance of the little girl's weak heart. She said quietly, "Really?" Then he moved his chopsticks and tasted the dish, and said while eating, "This steamed carp, the method is not the same as the previous one, the taste is also different, what, when did this imperial dining room change the imperial kitchen?" ”

Hearing this, Ding Lan gasped, Concubine Jing really stopped her from asking this question. If she replied yes, if Concubine Jing knew the truth, it would be to deceive the master, and besides, this master is still a harem concubine, the consequences can be imagined, this is a crime of killing the head. But if she answered no, she was entrusted by the three princes, and the same sin was unforgivable. Between the two, no matter which one she chooses, she will not escape responsibility.

Thinking of this, Ding Lan's face turned pale with fright, her legs trembled unobeyingly, and her hands were even more uneasy and had nowhere to place.

Concubine Jing looked at her like this, and she clearly understood it in her heart.

It seems that what Concubine Ru said is true, but she didn't lie to her.

Concubine Jing put down her chopsticks and spoke again: "Why don't you speak?"

"Or are you hiding something from me?"

Hearing this, the palace maid Ding Lan was so frightened that she knelt down, kowtowed, and said, "Niangniang is angry, the slave and maid don't dare to deliberately deceive you, right...... It's ......"

Ding Lan hesitated, not knowing how to speak, but unexpectedly, Concubine Jing said for her: "Yu'er asked you to do this, didn't you?"

As soon as the words fell, Ding Lan looked at Concubine Jing with a stunned face, a childish little face was full of disbelief and questions, this matter, due to the explanation of the third prince, she and Zixiang did not mention half a word in front of the master, how did Concubine Jing know.

Could it be?

Ding Lan thought of Concubine Ru, the master had not been suspicious this morning, but he was suspicious only after Concubine Ru Niangniang came, if it wasn't for the other party to tell her, how could Concubine Jing know so quickly.

It has to be like this.

The more Ding Lan thought about it, the more he felt so.

She suppressed her thoughts and replied in a low voice: "The slave maid doesn't dare to deceive you, it is indeed the third prince who confessed before, and the slave maid is not allowed to tell you."

Really.

But why did he do this?

And for what?

Faced with a series of questions, Concubine Jing couldn't help but point the finger at Su Jinzhao, she really couldn't imagine that her son, who she had always been proud of, would do such a thing. She trusts Yu'er and thinks that Yu'er will have nothing to hide from her.

I just didn't expect that there would really be such a day.

Somehow, Concubine Jing felt a touch of sadness or disappointment in her heart.

Concubine Jing glanced at the dishes on the table lightly, and her tone was a little colder, and said, "It seems to be true, in this case, the bowl of rice porridge last time was also from Su Jinzhao's craftsmanship."

Ding Lan showed a look of surprise on her face: "Niangniang, you know everything?"

Concubine Jing retracted her gaze and snorted coldly: "There is no impermeable wall in the palace, you think that if you hide it from me and don't tell me, I won't know, right?"

"Slaves don't dare." Ding Lan said in a low voice.

Concubine Jing didn't see a trace of a smile on her face, and her tone was still cold: "Since you don't dare, why do you want to help Yu'er hide it?" Since it's not something made in the Imperial Dining Room, why didn't I tell the truth when I mentioned it? ”

Ding Lan: "......"

Concubine Jing's voice was higher and higher, and Ding Lan, who asked, didn't know how to answer. She was so anxious that the sweat came out, she wiped her forehead with her sleeve, thought for a long time, and finally said, "Slave maid...... The slave is wrong. ”

Concubine Jing looked at the little girl so frightened that her voice trembled, her heart softened for a while, her voice softened again, and asked: "That's it, your fault, I won't pursue it for the time being, and you can tell me what kind of woman Su Jinzhao is?"

Originally, Su Jinzhao was just a strange name to her, but after talking to Concubine Ru, she became curious about this woman named Su Jinzhao.

Moreover, her cooking skills are very good, no worse than the imperial chef in the imperial dining room. The dignified lady of the Su family can actually have good cooking skills, and I don't know if there are other aspects that are also outstanding, or if her talent is limited to this.

At this time, Ding Lan replied: "Hui Niangniang, Miss Su is not only a superb cook, but also very outstanding, approachable, very easy-going, not putting on a big lady's shelf, the slave maid thinks that Miss Su is not the same as other young ladies."

Ding Lan is in the palace, and she has also seen many young ladies from the family, if it is about temper, she is still more inclined to Su Jinzhao and stand on her side.

Concubine Jing sighed, and then asked, "This Su Jinzhao, is it really as good as you say?"

There was no doubt in his tone that he was curious about the other party.

Ding Lan replied: "If the mother sees her, she will like it." Miss Su has a very good relationship with the princess, and she came here to live in the princess's bedroom this time. ”

Concubine Jing's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she muttered to herself: "They all live in Yunxiang Palace, so the relationship between her and Yunli is really good."

When Ding Lan heard this, she suddenly remembered something, and proposed in a low voice: "When the slave maid came, Miss Su was preparing snacks for the princess, this should still be in the small kitchen, Niangniang, do you want to see her, why don't you call her over for you?"

When Ding Lan was about to go, Concubine Jing raised her hand to stop her: "Don't be in a hurry to see her first."

This Su Jinzhao, she still wants to observe for a few more days, what others say is not what she has seen with her own ears, and she may not be able to take it seriously if she hears it.

Ding Lan listened, so he had to stop.

Concubine Jing pondered for a moment before she said, "Since the third prince told me in advance, you must know how to do it."

Ding Lan responded: "Don't worry, the third prince is there, the slave and maid will not say anything."

Concubine Jing nodded with satisfaction, and then picked up the chopsticks to taste each dish in front of her, nodding and praising from time to time.