When Kapok went to the back kitchen, the cook was busy in full swing.

When the cook saw her come in, they all greeted her, "The smell of oil smoke here is heavy, and the princess is a precious woman, how did you come to this kind of place?" ”

"My master has returned from a trip today, and I plan to cook his favorite red stewed pork myself." Kapok replied very down-to-earth.

"The slaves and maids help the princess." When two cooks heard this, they immediately took charge of cutting the meat.

Kapok has the help of this cook, cutting the meat, cutting the onion, ginger and garlic, cutting the onion, ginger and garlic. She's only in charge of the stew.

Blanch the braised pork in hot water first, fry it in the oil pan until golden brown on both sides, the aroma of the meat wafts out, and then burst the pot, put a little sugar, soy sauce. To focus on soy sauce, it was she who opened a soy sauce workshop to process and make soy sauce.

Her soy sauce has a color when she uses it, and the red stewed meat has a beautiful color, so she puts more soy sauce. All that's left is to heat the water and stew the soup, and put some salt in it after simmering for a while.

There is no need to watch this work, she asked the cook to watch the heat, and then went out of the back kitchen.

The twelve dishes with meat and vegetables for lunch were served on the table, and Zhao Xin came to the table with the fragrance, and he sat next to the good apprentice. Sit next to the apprentice and eat fragrantly.

There were few people at lunch, Liu Po and Mu Laohu, as well as Kapok and her master, Big Ya, Erbao and Sanbao, there were so many people.

Boss Mu is still very busy, going to big households to make furniture for people, and he is not at home. The two people in the second room are the busiest at noon, and they can't come back.

Mu Li tutored the prince in the palace to study, and the prince was infected with smallpox before, and he had to make up for several days of homework. Lu Feifei went back to her parents' house today.

Sister-in-law Mu was confined and couldn't serve the table, so the next person brought the food back to the house to eat.

"Master, you eat more, these are your favorite foods on the table, don't leave when the master comes back this time, come over every day to eat, make up for it, I see that the master has lost weight when he travels out." Kapok said that he used chopsticks to add a lot of red stewed meat to the master.

With such a filial apprentice, Zhao is warm in his confidence.

The red stewed meat is soft and chewy, and melts in the mouth. Zhao Xin's eyes narrowed when he ate a piece of happiness, this is the taste, and the red stewed meat made by the good apprentice is authentic. Today he is a blessing.

Zhao Xin ate several pieces of red stewed meat in a row, and then he was satisfied. Before, there was only red stewed meat made by the good apprentice, and I didn't pay attention to other dishes, but now I was satisfied, and I saw that there were stewed spinach in oil on this table, dipped in pickles, and even cucumbers, which can only be eaten in summer.

It's not uncommon to have meat dishes, and it's so rare to be able to eat green vegetables in this winter.

"It's over, the old man is dizzy, and he actually saw the green vegetables on the table, good apprentice, is the teacher's eyes bad, or is there a hallucination?" Zhao Xin rubbed his eyes, still not daring to believe his eyes.

Kapok can understand the master's reaction, after all, you can't eat vegetables in winter. "It's not that the master has bad eyes, nor is it hallucinating, what the master sees is real. On this table are greens. The master tastes this cucumber crisp or not? ”

Zhao Xin listened to the words of the good apprentice, and quickly took a piece of cucumber and put it in his mouth, and the fragrance of the cucumber immediately bloomed on the tip of his tongue. He hadn't eaten vegetables for months. It is an unbelievable thing to be able to eat vegetables in this winter.

"Good apprentice, where did this green vegetable come from? As a teacher, I really can't think of it, who is so powerful that he can grow vegetables in winter? ”

"Of course, the master's good apprentice is so powerful, and I invented the greenhouse planting method. Even in the winter, vegetables can be grown, and when the master returns, he comes to the county king's mansion to eat. You can eat fresh vegetables every day. Kapok replied.

"The old man's good apprentice is also too good, not to mention inventing anthracite, but also coming up with a way to grow vegetables in a greenhouse. There is no wiser person in this world than a good disciple. Zhao Xin's heartfelt appreciation.

Wangfu, Dali Siqing reported the progress of the investigation in the study. "Lord, there has been progress in the matter of the crown prince dying smallpox. Xia Guan first investigated from the scholar of Zhou and found out that he was infected with smallpox when the prince was confronted. The action was quite big, and he privately bribed many officials in the DPRK and China to persuade the officials to support the change of the crown prince and advocate the establishment of the second prince as the crown prince.

According to the instructions of the prince, the officials on the side of Zhou Guiren arrested the personal palace maid Cailian beside the nobleman. The lower officials didn't ask much, and Cailian confessed to Zhou Guiren, who was instructed by Zhou Guiren, and sent someone to take the clothes worn by smallpox patients and put them on the palace maids in the East Palace.

The maid of the East Palace was infected with smallpox after wearing it, which caused the smallpox to flood the East Palace, and the prince was also infected with smallpox. ”

Chu Huaijin had already guessed this result, and now that he has evidence, he can convict Scholar Zhou and Zhou Guiren.

"This king knows, Dali Siqing will follow this king into the palace to meet the emperor, and tell the emperor what he said to this king before. At that time, how to convict the Zhou nobles will also have to be decided by the emperor. ”

Dali Siqing obeyed the arrangement of the prince, and the two entered the palace together.

When the emperor learned of this, Long Yan was furious. "Zhou Guiren dared to murder the prince, this is a capital crime. Scholars of Zhou also participated in this matter, forming a party behind their backs, and all of the scholars of Zhou University were beheaded for public display to set an example. ”

"The emperor is wise, I don't know how to arrange it on the second prince's side?" Dali Siqing asked cautiously. for fear that the emperor's anger would be sprinkled on him.

"What is the opinion of the second prince?" The emperor asked.

"The younger brother thinks that it is a hidden danger for the second prince to stay in the capital, so it is better to make the second prince king earlier, go to the fiefdom, and stay away from the capital." Chu Huaijin said what he was thinking.

The second prince is now ten years old and knows a lot of things. His mother concubine is also considered to have died because of the crown prince, and it is inevitable that the second prince will not hold a grudge against the second prince in his heart. Staying in the capital sooner or later will be detrimental to the crown prince.

The emperor also thought so, the second prince was still a child at the age of ten, and he didn't know about the prince's smallpox, Zhou Guiren's mistakes, he didn't plan to be angry with the second prince.

However, he didn't like this prince anymore, and every time he saw the second prince in the capital, he would think of Zhou Guiren's viciousness, which made him upset. It's better to crown him king as soon as possible and rush to the fiefdom.

The emperor immediately issued three holy decrees, one to the Zhou Guiren's dormitory, and the other to the Zhou University Scholar's Mansion. One was sent to the palace of the second prince.

When Zhou Guiren received the holy decree to be beheaded on a certain day, he was directly paralyzed to the ground in fright. At the moment, I can't cry anymore, and there is only endless despair in my eyes.

She didn't expect to end up today, not to mention being demoted to a nobleman, and even her life was gone. It's a weight she can't bear.

"Mother, mother." The second prince cried out.

Zhao Guiren heard his son's voice before he came back to his senses. "Hao'er, the mother concubine is sorry for you, the mother concubine is useless, and the mother concubine can no longer protect you in the future. You have to take care. ”