Chapter 295: Dog eats dog
Listening to the Queen Mother's words, several people looked at each other cautiously. In the end, Yu Chong and Li Ming, who took the lead, kowtowed and agreed respectively, and the Queen Mother was willing to let them go.
Although in front of the Queen Mother, everyone behaved very harmoniously, especially Yu Chong and Li Ming, in order to stop worrying about the Queen Mother, began to say good things about each other, as if they had been friends for many years, but when they left the Queen Mother's bedroom, the two looked down on each other and competed secretly.
"If the Queen Mother hadn't summoned us here today, I really didn't know that some people would be one in front of them and one behind their backs." Li Ming walked in front, and Yu Guang glanced at Yu Chong, who was walking side by side, and said.
After hearing this, Yu Chong naturally knew that he was talking about himself, so he retorted without showing weakness: "This person is really changeable. After all, who is behind the scenes doing those unseemly things, this doesn't need to be said, right? It's still a little self-aware, don't be cheeky until the end to know that you're afraid, but by then it's really too late!".
Hearing this, Li Ming couldn't bear to stop and turned his head to Chong and asked, "Yu Chong, who are you referring to Sang scolding Huai!" Which eye did you see that I had done something unseemly? What is the evidence! Bloody mouth!"
"Whoever is angry now, I'm talking about whom. You see that you took the initiative to admit it yourself, what does it matter to me? And I said you had framed me." Yu Chong pretended to answer provocatively, looking like he was angry with Li Ming and overwhelmed him in momentum.
The two of them suddenly stopped on the road in front of the palace gate, and the other ministers also had to stop, seeing that the two of them were about to quarrel and there was nothing they could do, so they watched the battle from the sidelines, wanting to see the excitement.
Li Ming took a step forward and almost pointed at Yu Chong's nose and said, "Yu Chong, let me tell you, don't think that what you do is unknown to others, do you think you are clean!" You're actually dirtier than anyone else!"
The anger of the past few days has been blocked in his chest, and it is really uncomfortable to hold. After the inexplicable twist and turn last time, he went back to investigate Haosheng, although his subordinates also said that he wrote it after he was drunk, but Li Ming just suspected that there was something strange in it, especially looking at Yu Chong's entanglement in the past few days, he wondered if it was his hands and feet, and it broke out today.
Yu Chong didn't expect that he would be in the palace, so he couldn't help but scold, I don't know if it was an impulse for a while, and he didn't show weakness to meet Li Ming head-on and retorted: "My current official position is accepted by His Majesty's personal order, don't you dare to say Your Majesty's?" Such a rebellious idea, those things were not done by you, will anyone believe it?"
Listening to his words, Li Ming choked for a while, and he didn't know what to answer, after all, he really didn't dare to say that the emperor was not.
At this time, one of the ministers who was watching the excitement stepped forward to dissuade him: "What kind of system have you two become, this is in the palace, you are so presumptuous and noisy, if Your Majesty knows, let alone the two of you, even us innocent bystanders will be angry."
Listening to his incomprehensible words, Li Ming replied without thinking carefully about what he was thinking, "Are you innocent? If you didn't have anything to do with us and didn't do these things with us, would the Queen Mother have seen you together? It's disgusting to have two people pretending to be dogs nowadays!" He naturally knew that the oppression he had suffered in the past few days had come from them, so he would definitely not give them a good look.
But the man was annoyed and angry: "No, Li Ming, why are you still spewing blood, don't talk nonsense." We are also kind enough to dissuade you from offending Long Yan, but I didn't expect you to be so ignorant, and we are to blame." As he spoke, he provoked the people around him, trying to get them to echo what he said.
Yu Chong sneered and said, "Li Ming, you have to be careful, don't fall into the well yourself and involve others, then you will be unlucky."
Li Ming was speechless in anger.
Just when the atmosphere on both sides was scorching and had become uncontrollable, Ji Changye's figure suddenly appeared: "What are you doing?" As soon as these words came out, they stopped arguing with each other for a while, and after seeing that the person who came was Ji Changye, they saluted one after another.
And Li Ming's anger has not subsided now, and his angry appearance was looked at by Ji Changye, which couldn't help but make him happy in his heart
This caused a conflict to break out between them, but in the palace, he was the regent, so Ji Changye put away his joy and pretended to look at everyone seriously: "In the palace and at the feet of the Son of Heaven, what kind of noise is it!"
Li Ming wanted to open his mouth to explain, but he didn't know where to speak, and his appearance of wanting to speak and stopping made Ji Changye have a full view.
Just when a person wanted to explain the reason, he was stopped by Ji Changye raising his hand, looking like he didn't want to hear them repeat what had just happened, but said, "This king doesn't know what happened between you, but he also knows some of the dark waves that have been surging in the court in the past few days, and the intrigue behind your back. Now not only do you not feel that you have done wrong, but you are still arguing here because you are afraid that Your Majesty will not cure you of your crimes?"
Yu Chong hurriedly explained: "The prince misunderstood the ministers, and the ministers were discussing just now......
"Okay, don't explain it anymore, this king is not a stupid person, can't he understand this? Still thinking about deceiving the king? For the time being, this king believes that you are just a little contradictory, and you will not report it to Your Majesty. Alright, let's go, don't be here." Ji Changye stopped them in time.
Several of them did not dare to linger here any longer, and hurried away.
And after Ji Changye witnessed Yu Chong's back leaving, he came to the emperor's study and told the emperor what he had seen.
"Your Majesty, it looks like we're halfway there. Now they have a very serious disagreement, and it won't be long before they fall apart." Ji Changye secretly said happily that their efforts during this time were not in vain.
The emperor also nodded with satisfaction, praised Ji Changye and said, "This matter is still thanks to you, if it weren't for you, I really don't know who to let do this."
"Your Majesty's words are serious, and it is the duty of a minister to share His Majesty's worries. However, the minister saw that they were coming from the direction of the queen mother's bedroom, so the minister was worried that the queen mother would also want to intervene in this matter. If the Queen Mother wants to intervene in this matter, I'm afraid it won't be that simple." The power of the Queen Mother is obvious to all, although it cannot compete with the emperor, it should not be underestimated, and with the Xiao family, it will be even more difficult for Ji Changye to act.
Listening to Ji Changye's words, the emperor was a little incredulous, and then a little worried, but he still comforted Ji Changye and said, "I believe that you can handle this matter well, and you don't have to worry too much, if you need any help, just come and ask me, I will definitely do my best to help you." Even if they have the support of the Queen Mother and the Xiao family, they still have to listen to me, and this world is still my world."
After Ji Changye saw that the emperor had given him a promise, he also relieved himself and responded: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, the minister will definitely be able to solve this matter. In fact, when the minister came, there was another matter to ask His Majesty, and I hope that Your Majesty will allow the minister to speak."
"If you say yes, I'll promise you." The emperor waved his hand, but Ji Changye's worries were relieved, and he was relieved to speak.
So Ji Changye said, "Back to Your Majesty, it's actually not too important. Now that Song Niangzi has become the princess, she has temporarily stayed in the regent palace in the imperial capital, so Su Louzhen can't take care of it for a while, but the minister and the princess are worried that the dessert shop that the princess has single-handedly built is not taken care of, and what she did before is gone, so she wants to find a suitable person to help take care of the dessert shop, but there is no suitable person yet, so she wants to ask Your Majesty to see if you can help."
Because the emperor has a lot of power, it is much easier than them to find a suitable person, so Ji Changye came to enlighten him.
When the emperor heard this, he smiled and replied, "I thought it was a big deal, but I wanted to find a cook to help take care of the dessert shop, but it wasn't easy? I have tasted the desserts made by the princess before, and I know that those are the exclusive craftsmanship of the princess, so I can't be vague in the selection of people, and I must find someone who is smart and able to bear hardships and stand hard work. Let the cook who makes the dim sum in the imperial dining room go, and the pastries she makes are good in all palaces, and she should be able to learn the princess's trade." This is also the only person he can think of who is not a threat and can still do a good job.
Ji Changye quickly thought about the emperor's candidate, and felt that it was very compatible
"Your Majesty, but you still have to ask the cook what she wants, and don't force her." If she didn't want to go, it was really unkind to forcibly send someone over, and Song Qian would definitely not agree to such a thing.
The emperor nodded: "Don't worry, I will let Shu Rong ask, if she agrees, then let her follow you back to the palace, meet the princess, and discuss this matter yourself."
Ji Changye agreed.
Soon after, Shu Rong returned to the emperor's study with the cook Mu Di.
It was Mu Di who was very happy and happy to come when she heard that the person who wanted to teach her craft was Song Qian, after all, Song Qian's craftsmanship was rumored throughout the imperial dining room and the market, and she knew that she was very powerful and was praised by the emperor. Moreover, the emperor also promised to give her the head chef of the imperial dining room, so that she could run a dessert shop in Sulou Town with peace of mind, and her life was not bitter, so she agreed so happily.
In this way, Ji Changye was able to bring people back to the palace with confidence.
Song Qian didn't expect Ji Changye to remember these things all this time, so he said gratefully, "Lord Lao bothered about this matter."
"Song Niangzi is serious, since this is your business, how can I not care? Then Song Niangzi, let's see, is this person suitable?" Ji Changye smiled, and then let go of his body so that Song Qian could see Mu Di more clearly.
Mu Di immediately straightened her demeanor and said boldly, "Princess, please rest assured. The slave and maid learn things quickly, and they will definitely not disappoint and ruin the princess's craft. And the slave has been an orphan since she was a child, and she has nothing to worry about in the imperial capital, and she goes the same everywhere. Besides, it is a blessing for the slave to be able to do things for the prince and the princess, so I hope the princess can agree to the slave and maid to stay." If you can learn the craft, you can do anything.
Song Qian didn't expect her to be so willing to go, so he stepped forward to help her up and said, "I still want to thank you for agreeing to go to that remote town. But I still have to tell you, this dessert is not something that can be learned in a day or two, it must be a little harder, and the result may not be satisfactory, can you accept it?"