"Yuan Ming, you will behave well at the poetry meeting, and you will go back to the palace."

"Yes, Mother, you go slowly."

Before leaving, Liu Jingyan whispered a word to Zhou Yuanming, and followed Lin Yanchen in the direction of the back kitchen.

It's late at night, in fact, around 10 p.m.

For a night owl like Lin Yanchen who often stays up all night, the time is still very early.

But for the ancient people who worked at sunrise and rested at sunset, it was already late at ten o'clock in the evening.

Except for some major festivals or events, basically they have already slept at this point.

Tonight's poetry meeting is a case in point.

The location of the back kitchen is not next to the poetry venue, but there is a considerable distance, almost a thousand meters.

And you have to pass through a small bamboo forest in the middle to get there.

It was set so far away not for other reasons, but deliberately arranged by Lin Yanchen.

Because the eldest grandson Yi had already instructed, Lin Yanchen would decide the meal of the poetry club alone.

In addition, the person in charge of the layout of the venue is Liu Yuanshan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, so Lin Yanchen said that the kitchen is set up there, and it is located there.

Liu Yuanshan was also puzzled at the time and asked, "Isn't it troublesome to set it up so far away?" ”

Lin Yanchen just smiled and explained a few sentences.

The back kitchen involves the production process of the dishes he researched, and there are also some raw materials in it, so it is not easy for outsiders to see, so it is set up in a position where guests can't find it.

After all, if the guests were to see Lin Yanchen making pig intestines, chicken feet and duck feet for these nobles...... These filthy things are bound to cause riots.

Therefore, the secret of the kitchen is resolutely not to be discovered.

"Lin Gongzi, there are no torches near this bamboo forest, and the road is slippery after dark, are you sure you want to go here to the back kitchen?"

Liu Jingyan looked at the dark bamboo forest in front of her, and stretched out her palm to look at it, the good guy couldn't see anything, really. I can't see my fingers!

Lin Yanchen shook his head helplessly.

"Liu Guifei, please forgive me, in order not to leak the recipe, the official deliberately set the back kitchen farther away, from the poetry venue to the back kitchen There are two roads to walk, although the road to serve the food is spacious, but the distance is really a little far, and from this bamboo forest, you can directly save half of the distance, if Liu Guifei minds, the official will take you on that road."

"Huh?" Liu Jingyan was stunned when she heard this, but finally shook her head.

"No need, let's take the path, the palace usually rarely goes out of the palace, I don't move much, it's better to get closer."

"That's okay, Liu Guifei is a good official, the official's five senses are stronger than ordinary eight-rank martial artists, and you can still see some roads clearly at night, with this official here, you will never let Liu Guifei encounter danger."

"Well, then thank you Lin Gongzi."

The two of them exchanged a few polite words and entered the bamboo forest.

Since it had just rained yesterday, the mud on the ground was still soft and even slippery.

And this bamboo forest is close to the Weiyang River, it grows very lush, and there is almost no road left for people to pass through in the middle, and the two are also walking around the bamboo.

Even Lin Yanchen walked cautiously, not because he was afraid of falling and knocking, but mainly because he couldn't afford to lose that person.

A dignified warrior, you can fall down after walking at night, and you can simply lose your face!

"Ah...... Oops! ”

didn't take two steps, and Liu Jingyan's wailing sound was heard from time to time behind him.

Lin Yanchen turned his head and looked at it a few times, a little speechless.

This Liu Guifei is really clumsy enough, walking along her own route, she touches bamboo from time to time, scrapes her clothes from time to time, and treats bamboo leaves as ghosts from time to time.

"Ahh Help me! ”

Suddenly, Liu Jingyan shouted again.

When Lin Yanchen heard the word help, his eyes shrank suddenly.

No, no, could it be that he was bitten by a poisonous snake?

Lin Yanchen was about to cry in his heart, he knew that he wouldn't be greedy for anything to save trouble and take a shortcut, if something happened to Da Zheng's concubine, he wouldn't be able to wash it even if he jumped into the Yellow River!

"Concubine Liu, what's wrong with you? Is it a venomous snake? Don't move, I'll come here! ”

Lin Yanchen was in a panic, glanced behind him, and did not see Liu Jingyan's figure, so he asked.

They have been walking into this bamboo forest for five minutes, and they have probably reached the middle of the bamboo forest, and it is not worth it to return the same way now, if the other party's injuries are not serious, it is better to continue walking forward.

"Lin Gongzi's palace is fine, but he accidentally fell, and he shouted out when he panicked just now, but the palace is now stuck by bamboo and can't get up, and I ask Lin Gongzi to come over and help the palace."

Concubine Liu's gentle voice sounded again.

Lin Yanchen breathed a sigh of relief, but it was not a big problem if he fell.

He glanced in the direction of the voice, and sure enough, he saw a black humanoid silhouette on the ground not far behind him, which should be Liu Guifei.

Although Lin Yanchen is an eighth-grade cultivator, his five senses are not weaker than ordinary seventh-grade, but he is still far from achieving real night vision.

Now he can only barely see the outline, and he has barely come all the way to the present by relying on internal force sensing and his hands to explore the way.

"Concubine Liu, you reach out and grab the official's arm, and I'll pull you up."

Lin Yanchen approached Liu Jingyan and did not stretch out his hand directly, but asked the other party to pull him.

He couldn't see the specific location of the other party clearly, and he was afraid of stepping on someone if he went forward.

"Okay, listening to the sound, you should be a little far away from the main palace, you take two steps forward."

Liu Jingyan's voice sounded again, Lin Yanchen's ears moved this time, and he had almost determined the position of the other party, took two small steps forward again, and stretched out his hand downward.

It's just that there's something wrong with the touch.

Could it be a mistake?

Lin Yanchen pinched it twice more as if he was unsure.

Hiss......

This... This... At this, Lin Yanchen was so frightened that he hurriedly withdrew his hand, and he didn't know what to say, so he could only use silence to hide the embarrassment at the moment.

"Damn, I got that thing! I'm done! ”

Lin Yanchen didn't know what to do for a while, the key is that he really didn't mean it!

Should I say it or not, Liu Guifei's figure is really wow, and the aftertaste is endless!

Lin Yanchen was aroused again, but reason still kept him awake.

However, in the darkness, she couldn't see Liu Jingyan's expression, but after a while, why didn't the other party say a word?

Shouldn't you scream and threaten to kill yourself?

"Lin Gongzi, why are you going away, quickly pull this palace up."

In the end, Liu Jingyan still spoke, and her tone was as if nothing had happened just now.

Lin Yanchen was slightly stunned, then he reacted, and hurriedly stepped forward again.

He understood, this was the concubine who forgave him regardless of his previous suspicions, but there could be no next time.

He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he deserved to be a concubine, this pattern is big, knowing that Lao Tzu was careless, it was good that he didn't blame it.

"That Liu Guifei, you should reach out and grab me."

Lin Yanchen was afraid of the embarrassment repeated, so this time he just stretched his hand into the air and asked Liu Jingyan to catch him.

"Hmm." Liu Jingyan's voice was very small this time, she reached out and grabbed the direction of the source of the sound, but this ...... Something seems wrong, huh?