Bai Zhicheng slowly turned around and looked at Min Sishan's deep gaze.

It turned out that at some point, a little palace maid with a clear posture and a delicate face walked out of the dining room.

The little palace maid smiled at this side, Ying Ying walked to the court, staggered Xia Qing, silently knelt down on the side, and kowtowed respectfully to the two Guanglu Temple adults.

At this time, he straightened up, raised a pair of eyes as clear as water, looked at Bai Chengcheng in front of him and said, "Lord Zhengcheng, please let me restore the truth!" ”

Bai Zhicheng's thoughtful faint gaze and the autumn water-like eyes intertwined, the whole person seemed to be in a mess, in the faint mist of Jiangnan, and the placket of the long shirt seemed to be wet with a faint sorrow in the eyes.

After a moment of apprehension, Bai Zhicheng quietly looked away and said lightly: "Are you ...... Mu Lan? ”

"It's the slave."

Mu Lan raised her head and said seriously: "Lord Cheng, I heard everything Xia Qing said at the door of the dining room. The two things she said, the first one was hiding a knife in the ingredients to hurt people, and the second was cheating in the selection, both of which were directly related to me and had nothing to do with Min Sishan. I, Mu Lan, am not only a participant in the internal election of today's food department, but also a witness to the facts involved in the internal election dispute. I beg your Excellency, allow me to speak for myself. ”

Bai Zhicheng's slightly solemn eyes lit up slightly, and he quickly said loudly: "It's okay!" Since you have been in the dining room, according to what Xia Qing insisted on, it is also difficult to get rid of the suspicion. You should indeed be given a chance to defend your innocence. It's just that everyone's eyes are bright. If you want to prove your innocence, you should also think about whether your words will withstand the scrutiny of the people in front of you. Maybe at that time, justice will be in the hearts of the people, and there will be no need for Lord Ji and me to judge again. ”

"Mu Lan, I'll also give you a pillar of incense. Are you ready now? ”

Mu Lan took a deep breath and said decisively, word by word: "As the adults said, justice is in the hearts of the people. All the slave has to do is to restore the truth of the truth to everyone through her own words. ”

Bai Zhicheng listened to it and smiled slightly: "Okay! Then, like Xia Qing, let's start with the second thing. ”

Mu Lan nodded, Ying Ying smiled, and said to the few adults in front of her: "The second thing Xia Qing said just now is that he thought that the slave maid secretly cheated through Min Sishan to win the last dish in the banquet. ”

Actually, when I heard that, I almost wanted to laugh out loud. Because such a statement is really ridiculous! So much so that I couldn't help but want to ask Xia Qing a few questions in front of everyone to see what she would do to me. ”

After that, Mu Lan turned her gaze to Xia Qing on the side, and asked clearly: "Xia Qing, you keep saying that Min Sishan will work with me to cheat and bully you in the internal election." I'd like to ask, do you think Min Si Shan has any personal nepotism with me within the Catering Division? ”

Under the four eyes, Xia Qing felt an indescribable unease in his heart, so he turned his head slightly and said quietly: "This, how can I know?" ”

Mu Lan said coldly: "If you don't know something, you shouldn't talk nonsense, let alone spew blood!" I entered the palace and came to the catering department, but it was only two months old. Before entering the palace, I didn't know which master and aunt in the palace were. All the faces, for me, are brand new. You, on the other hand, are different from me. You entered the palace several years earlier than me, and you can be said to be the one who grew up next to Min Sishan. ”

"Over the years, if it weren't for Min Sishan's hand-in-hand teaching to you, how could you have been promoted from an ordinary palace maid to the current first-class position in the catering department, and grew into the most appreciated and trusted palace maid around Min Sishan, and was envied and admired by us new palace maids."

"Xia Qing, you grew up in front of Min Sishan for so many years, and accepted the careful cultivation she gave you for free, but now because you didn't win a dish, you don't choose to slander the person who is the best to you in the entire catering division, are you sorry?!"

After saying this, Xia Qing's back was originally kneeling straight, but he actually shrank slightly.

Mu Lan glanced at Xia Qing lightly, and no longer paid attention to it: "Since I am not someone with a special relationship with Min Sishan, why should Min Sishan risk the disapproval in the palace, ignore his own danger, and insist on creating conditions for me to win?" In other words, Min Sishan made me the winning one through the so-called cheating, what benefits can I get from it? Could it be that I, an unknown little palace maid, can still bring a piece of wealth and glory to Min Sishan's body? ”

"Xia Qing, you're wrong!"

"Today's Buddha jumping over the wall, between me and you, no matter who wins in the end, for Min Sishan, it is the same, there is no difference. Because, as the person in charge of the entire catering department, what Min Sishan values and cherishes in his heart is not the little power in his hands, but the entire catering division, whether he is doing well up and down, whether he should be able to afford it, and what he has worked hard to maintain for so many years, that glory! ”

"Xia Qing, let me tell you in person, as well as the few adults in front of you, what is going on! Early this morning, it was me and Min Sishan talking in the dining room, and there was nothing wrong with that. Even, every word, every sentence you hear, is not wrong. ”

"What you heard in your ears and read in your mouth, the ingredients that Min Sishan specially prepared for me are just the ones that are slightly inferior in quality among the two ingredients that are selected for today's Buddha jumping over the wall. If the two masters of Guangrokuji Temple were tasting the two dishes made by you and me, if they were a little careful, they would definitely be able to detect it. ”

"There is no other original calendar for this. Because, you are the most reusable one in the entire catering department and in Min Sishan's heart. ”

"And this morning, Min Sishan instructed me that these ingredients are not easy to obtain, and I hope I will cherish them and grasp them well. The real intention is that it is not easy to get these two excellent ingredients from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is not easy for me, as a newcomer, to have the opportunity to participate in the internal selection of a banquet and food. These are the origin of the four words to cherish and grasp. ”

"Xia Qing, do you know how much Min Sishan has high hopes for you in the preparation of this chrysanthemum banquet?"

"Before the election, Min Sishan once told me that he hoped that the cooking skills of our catering division could be on a higher level at the Queen Mother's chrysanthemum banquet. And the last person in charge of the Buddha jumping over the wall, she once thought about it in her heart for a long time, and always believed that only you were the best candidate. That's why I found Chunhua and I to explain it respectively, and I hope that the two of us can work together to assist well, so that this eight-grade chrysanthemum incense Buddha jumps over the wall, and can shine alone at the chrysanthemum banquet that is just around the corner......"

Mu Lan withdrew the faint sadness in her eyes, looked at Xia Qing, who hung her head deeply and was silent, and said leisurely.

"Xia Qing, I've just said so much. Perhaps, there are some that you like to hear, and some that you can't accept. However, whether you like to listen to it or not, whether you are willing to accept it or not, these are the truths of your misunderstanding and resentment. ”

"There are some things that you don't see, you don't hear. It's a heart of yours, blind, deaf. ”

"To tell you from the bottom of my heart, today's internal selection, this last Buddha jumped over the wall, I never thought that the person who won would be me. In all fairness, I was thrilled and excited when I heard the news from Lord Shangmiya. yes, how is that possible? ”

But as soon as I calmed down a little, I heard a voice in my heart asking: Mu Lan, if you could have predicted such a result in advance, would you still come to participate in the internal selection of the third dish? If I said in my heart that I would not come, would you believe it? ”

"I know that you have been working diligently in the Catering Division for so many years. Because of this, all the palace maids respect you and envy you, and they have obtained the true inheritance of Min Sishan. But now, what I want to say is that even if a person cultivates all the skills of the world, if he does not have a normal heart, I am afraid he will not go too far on the road in the future. In today's internal selection, what you lose is not your skill, but your heart......"

......

With these words, everyone in front of them fell into a long, deep, and silent silence.

Under the silence of the crows in front of him, Mu Lan raised a pair of eyes that were as clear as water, and asked calmly in the face of Xia Qing.

"Xia Qing, Lord Shanggong said, if you and I can show sincerity today and be worthy of heaven and earth, then today's things can be turned into small things and small things. Now, I just want to ask you, don't you want to kowtow to Lord Shanggong and Min Sishan in front of the two Guanglu Temple adults in front of you? ! ”