The room was dim, and the old emperor didn't like the dazzling light very much, and always said that it hurt his eyes, so the door was always closed, and even if someone entered, it quickly closed after revealing a gap.

The floor was originally polished and extremely smooth, but now it is covered with blankets, and the emperor is afraid of slipping and falling, and he has always been told since he was very young that once he falls when he is old, it will be fatal.

A few days ago, a concubine died in the palace.

Concubine Ren was the companion of the emperor in the early years, when she was young, she looked forward to the brilliance, her waist was like a willow, and she was also loved by the old emperor for a period of time, but now she is old and decrepit, and the old emperor is a person who likes the new and hates the old, so far there are probably more than ten years since she saw the emperor.

This was nothing, but she was depressed, and died at a young age than the emperor, which was quite unlucky, and the emperor not only ordered the simplest funeral arrangements, but also the people in that room were sent out of the palace.

The reason is simple, bad luck.

The bad luck can go to the body, and the emperor will definitely not go to that place, but if the people in the palace of Concubine Qi Ren keep running, the bad luck jumps around on the person and finally falls on the emperor, then this matter is big.

These words sound ridiculous, but the emperor said so, and the people below can only do this.

This master is ruthless, mean, and unkind, which is an open secret in the palace, and ordinary people dare not say anything.

However, it is indeed rare for His Majesty the Emperor to show a depleted demeanor when he is just over forty years old, and it is indeed rare for his Majesty the Emperor to show a depleted demeanor at the age of forty, and at this age, it is the time when the body's essence and spirit are at the top, but His Majesty the Emperor's cultivation ability is limited.

Entering the state of concentration requires people to be able to perceive the world quietly.

That's something he can't do.

When I was young, I didn't feel that there was anything inferior to an immortal cultivator physically, so the motivation to cultivate immortals was also insufficient.

Coupled with lust and intemperance, as a result, he is now just out of the forty mark, and he already has a dull yellow complexion, sparse hair, and loose teeth.

A while ago, I heard that when a palace maid was combing the emperor's hair, because she said that His Majesty cherished the dragon body recently, her hair really fell less.

It's just such a sentence that was meant to be a sycophant, but it wasn't filmed well, so it was killed.

Although Ye Xiaoniang entered the door, all that flashed in her mind was about the bad things in the saint today.

Of course, that doesn't mean that this one person can't do anything.

On the contrary, he is intelligent, and smarter than the average person.

He can lie in the pile of women and control the court at the same time, the third princess is powerful in Luyang, but he doesn't dare to underestimate this person without a word.

He has been in power for several decades and has appointed some prime ministers who have done evil, but he has pinched the handle of the prime minister in his own hands, let him arouse public anger, and pull the prime minister out and behead him at the appropriate time.

Before beheading him, a talented young man will be placed behind the prime minister's buttocks, and when he is on top, then a young man who will oppose him will be placed behind.

The emperor himself is always in a safe position.

Because no matter who is a powerful minister, he has a handle and a pair of eyes behind him, and the only one who can rely on him is the emperor.

In fact, the person in this special position has become the emperor's black glove, and those dirty things that will be scolded by the people when they say it are done by others, and they will kill him when necessary to meet the will of the people.

So he did bad things, but he didn't take the blame, and when the woman slept, he was blinded.

There is a saying that Hui Ji must be hurt, he is too smart, so smart that he enjoys having fun and has a way to solve the side effects, and he naturally falls into such a sick body without restrictions.

Usually it's just a little weak, but in the face of a moment like the Battle of Luyang, the psychological pressure is okay, the emperor is very experienced after all, but at this time, he is also competing physically,

The high-intensity, long-term processing of things is something that his body simply cannot support.

All of this has caused this emperor, who can enjoy the world's food, to lose his appetite now.

Recently, it has been rumored in Luyang City that the three princesses have been waiting for His Majesty to die, His Majesty has no children under his knees, and he has not adopted the son of Zong, and the third princess will definitely inherit the throne once His Majesty goes.

Because the only one who can compete with her and symbolize her is the five princesses, but the five princesses are a little rough and reckless, and they don't like it.

His Majesty the Emperor once wanted to support her to compete with the third princess, but the strength of the two was not on the same level, and several battles were lost.

Now it is the southern frontier that has been punished.

These rumors are definitely not from the third princess, because it is not good for the third princess, as long as the old emperor dies naturally, 'that thing' is hers.

If these rumors are made, if the emperor gets better, with her understanding of her father, she will definitely not forget it afterwards.

And the emperor himself is suspicious, to what extent is that heart yin, the people next to [Biqu Island fo] are not clear, but the third princess is the most clear.

A few days ago, the emperor suddenly asked the third princess: "Does my son have any ideas about governing the country?"

If it is an ordinary heir, a person who thinks that he is the heir, when he hears this question is a performance, he wants His Majesty to see his ability,

Now it's time to perform, it must be gushing, spitting out the ink in the chest,

Is this the right thing to do?

This may be correct in the unit assessment, but the truth is subject to the conditions for use, at this time in Luyang City, the Human Palace, in front of His Majesty the Emperor, if you choose this kind of play, you will die.

The emperor doesn't care if you can govern the country or not, who is selfish to the extreme, where does it matter what the country will look like after his death, the emperor asks this to see if your heart is full of thoughts about how to plan the country after replacing me.

So the reaction of a really smart person when he hears this question is not excitement, but fear, so scared that his back sweats.

The third princess is like this, she immediately knelt down and said that she was stupid and talented, although she had some experience, but she was not as good as her father, and she had not thought about any strategy for governing the country so far, but just wanted to learn more from behind her father.

Tut.

This is the answer that can survive in front of His Majesty the Emperor.

Politics sometimes requires brains more than cultivating immortals.

People who are smart and talented but don't understand the emperor will die fast and slowly, but the common denominator is that they will all die, and they will not die beautifully.

It was a pair of things that would make her life or death.

After returning to the mansion, the third princess felt scared after thinking about it, and at this time she had to find some way to show her sincerity, what she thought of was to ask Ye Xiaoniang for help.

Walking in the room, this is the idea of the three princesses.

So this is not a simple meal, but to convince the emperor that his third daughter really doesn't want to die like this.

There is a bed behind the yellow gauze, and the four corners of the bed are equipped with a kind of bright stone that emits light, which the emperor used to keep warm in winter, and you can feel the warmth here when you lift the curtain.

Because the emperor always has cold hands and feet, he is very fond of Akashi.

"Son-in-law Tianrong, meet my father, my father is better today?"

Ye Xiaoniang also knelt down, "Ye Xiaoniang, the shopkeeper of Caomin Yuzhenxuan, see Your Majesty." ”

"Ahem......" His Majesty the Emperor gasped hard, and his breath was very loud, "San'er, why are you here?"

The third princess clasped her head on the ground and cried loudly, "I heard that my father was not eating well, and I always felt that the imperial dining room was not appetizing, and the sons were also anxious and couldn't sleep peacefully. ”

Ye Xiaoniang doesn't know these things, but in fact, they are all true, the third princess is also ruthless, she just endures not eating or drinking for a day.

Because she knew that her father, the emperor, would send someone to check in the future to see if she, the third woman, was as she said.

The emperor was particularly concerned about these things.

Now the emperor doesn't sound so moved, because it has not yet been confirmed.

Later, Erchen thought of the embroidered perch of the Imperial Zhenxuan, and then the embroidered perch thought of Ye Xiaoniang, and the Erchen went to visit the Imperial Zhenxuan as soon as it was dawn, and finally asked for a dish for his father. ”

"Oh, cough......" The emperor who was lying down turned his head slightly, "Yu Zhenxuan, I know, embroidered perch, I also know, Ye Xiaoniang, I know the same...... But for a long time, I always heard that Ye Xiaoniang had a strange illness and was weak, but now, are you all better?"

Ye Xiaoniang hurriedly replied, "Back to Your Majesty, with Your Majesty's protection, the grass people's health is getting better day by day, and now there is no major problem." ”

Hearing this, Emperor Xu seemed to be particularly concerned, stretched out his hand, and the father-in-law of Bei next to him hurriedly stepped forward and gently helped the emperor up.

"Come on...... Come, lift up your head, and I see. The Emperor's voice was already a little hoarse.

Of course, Ye Xiaoniang can only do it.

Her face was originally white and lifeless, white was white, but it was a little scary because it was too white, but now it is white and red, tender and smooth, and the little lady's facial features are already beautiful, and because of the blue water and ten bends of the sun, it adds some heroism.

It seems to have a somewhat unusual temperament.

His Majesty the Emperor's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked a little greedily: "Okay, Ye Xiaoniang, you tell me that you are in a serious illness...... Cough...... Yes, by what means?"

Ye Xiaoniang felt that the emperor was a little kind, like an old man who talked well in ordinary people.

Only those who met him for the first time would think so.

Xiao Niang didn't dare to say the real reason, she was worried that His Majesty the Emperor would ask her what she wanted, and then ask how this exercise came about.

This is nothing, there are many exercises in the world, but Gu Yi said that the blue water and ten bending suns are related to the two peaks.

But she practiced in her hand, what's going on?

If you just lie and say what kind of panacea you have eaten, it will not work, why is it not good if you have eaten so much in the past?

And if the emperor wants to eat it, if he doesn't eat well, isn't it a capital crime?

Thinking about it, Ye Xiaoniang had to say: "Your Majesty, maybe it has something to do with the fact that Xiaoniang just found her long-lost brother a few days ago. ”

Of course, it can't be relied on this rhetoric, and the reason why he is so sick is because some people take the emperor for fools.

In addition, Gu Yi, the younger brother of the grass people, also taught the grass people some methods of cultivating immortals, spit out the old and accept the new, feel the heaven and earth, and persist every day, this body has only improved, and it has just improved. ”

Hearing that the emperor was a little disappointed behind, "Some people also suggested that I should go to cultivate immortals, but the first level of cultivating immortals is to enter the determination, but there are tens of thousands of subjects in the world, and the accumulated political affairs are countless, I am worried about the people of the world, and it is difficult to suppress the depression in my chest, how can I enter the determination?"

"But you, the female cook, are undisturbed every day, and you are used to living a quiet life, and you are more happy than me. ”

The third princess knows her father's way very well, and her face is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, but if she can't do anything, it is not because he did it on purpose, but because of some other reason.

He was absolutely not wrong.

Ye Xiaoniang kowtowed, "Your Majesty's words are serious, Your Majesty's body is a social organization, which is the belief in the hearts of our ordinary grass people, and it is because of this belief that we can feel at ease and meditate." ”

His Majesty the Emperor smiled.

"I know that you mentioned Gu Yi on purpose," the emperor said a tongue twister, "Are you trying your best to make this dish because you want to ask me to rescue your brother?"

The third princess never dared to speak.

She hoped that her friend would answer correctly, and she usually knew who the emperor was.

"Of course not!"

The third princess smiled faintly and answered well.

If it is right, the emperor should be unhappy again, he is good to me if he asks for something, and it is really because he is loyal to me and good to me, and he is two completely different things.

Ye Xiaoniang didn't know where she got the courage, she was originally a little woman mentality, and she couldn't see a few big people, but at this time, she answered with strength and confidence,

"Xiao Niang is an ordinary woman, unable to serve the country, share worries for the emperor, I can only shake the spoon with this hand, but I can't dance the sword, this thing has always made Xiao Niang sad in her chest, and I also looked forward to repairing my strength in my dreams to repay the king's kindness, but I didn't expect the third princess to find the grass people, saying that she wanted to cook a dish for His Majesty,"

"She said sincerely, and the grass people agreed without hesitation, because cooking for Your Majesty is the whole heart of the grass people, and it is Your Majesty's kindness to me, so Your Majesty has already shown me kindness, how dare I make rude requests to Your Majesty?"

Ye Xiaoniang's answer to this paragraph, the three princesses all admired.

This is no way, the top person is like this, after years and months, the entire Luyang City will say a lot of good things, otherwise it will be easy to die.

The emperor laughed when he heard this, and was very happy, "Xiao Niang is a wonderful person, you are deliberately boasting, what you said is a bit exaggerated." ”

It's an exaggeration, he said it himself, but it doesn't prevent him from being happy.

"Tell me, what's this dish called?"

"Yes. Ye Xiaoniang hurriedly took the things out of a big exquisite box, "This dish is called hot pot." ”

"What is hot pot?"

"The carbon black fire is red and gray like snow, and the grain yellow rice and white rice are like frost. That's what the poem describes. ”

His Majesty the Emperor was a little curious, "Okay, good, and poetry, you really put your heart into it, but where is the charcoal? Where is the ash?"

Ye Xiaoniang nodded to the third princess, and someone outside immediately brought in charcoal, rice, bowls, chopsticks, spoons, sauces, etc., in addition to the ingredients to be added later and a few tender and crystalline pieces of meat.

The emperor looked at the busyness of everyone, a little dazed, but also a little expectant.

"Your Majesty is afraid of the cold, and now it is winter, and the hot pot is suitable for winter eating, so the grass people thought of this method, so that while eating, there will be a feeling of warmth like spring, if you eat it in summer, you must be sweating. ”

As soon as the soup base was heated, the aroma of boiling and tumbling overflowed, and the emperor felt that it was different from many things in the past.

"Your Majesty would like to taste the soup base?"

"Can I taste it?"

Ye Xiaoniang said: "Of course you can, you can take a sip and taste it first." ”

"Okay, this ......" Because the taste seemed to be good, and it was novel, the emperor was quite interested, so he asked Gonggong Bei to serve him and try it.

At this time, the third princess and Ye Xiaoniang were a little nervous, and if they didn't like such a big battle, it would be troublesome.

However, no one in this world can resist the taste of hot pot.

If there is, it can only mean that she is a fat person and does not dare to eat anymore.

As soon as the emperor tasted it, his face was really different, "Well, it's good, it seems to have a little taste." ”

This is one of the lowest comments Ye Xiaoniang has received in her many years of cooking career, but this is the moment when the third princess sincerely feels the highest level of Ye Xiaoniang's cooking skills.

"Your Majesty likes it, the soup base is carefully boiled by the grass people, the characteristic of this dish is that you can eat while burning, Your Majesty the third princess has prepared a lot of ingredients, if Your Majesty likes it, you will send someone to put the ingredients in, the soup is hot, and it can be cooked after a little boiling. ”

"Not bad, yes, attentive. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment. ”

The emperor asked people to move things closer to him, he said to eat vegetarian dishes, meat usually eats too much, looking at the rice in the bowl, he praised: "Gu Huang rice and white rice are like frost, this poem originally meant this, it really should be the occasion." ”

Seeing him open his mouth and eat it, even Father-in-law Bei was extremely happy, "The third princess is still filial, and she can come up with such an idea to eat, the third princess must have put her heart into it." ”

Obviously, it was made by Xiao Niang, but at this time, it was said that it was the third princess, and she was also selling her a favor.

His Majesty the Emperor is about to die, and everyone is looking for a way out.

The emperor didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said, the people below made meritorious contributions, but the main credit was on the master's head, "Xiao San's filial piety has always been visible, I don't make trouble on weekdays, and I still care about my body, not bad, not bad, I should be rewarded." ”

"Father, it's not just that," the third princess suddenly spoke, she said: "Ye Xiaoniang heard that my father has been tired from working on state affairs in the past few days, and in fact, she has put a little more effort into it. ”

The emperor was curious, "Oh, what's in your mind?"

Ye Xiaoniang said: "Your Majesty, the grass people have been sick for two years, the so-called long-term illness into a doctor, now the effects of many medicinal materials are also well remembered, I heard that Your Majesty is unwell, so you added the right herbs in the hot pot, Your Majesty eats, not only can be full, but also can cure the disease." ”

It can cure diseases.

At this moment, even the emperor, who has always been suspicious and unkind, is difficult to be reserved, this person named Ye Xiaoniang is so attentive.

The emperor put down his chopsticks and thought about it a little seriously.