But the chef next to her came up and pulled her, "Are you crazy? This is the dish that the Empress Dowager ordered!"

"Empress Dowager?" Jinzhi was stunned. How did Caiyun and Caixia climb up to the high position of the Empress Dowager?

Mingyue suffered from the lack of information. She used to think that if Jiang Ziyi married for her, she could rest easy in Shen State. Shen State didn't care whether Jiang Ziyi was dead or alive, so it never asked anyone to inquire about the news from Yao State. This led to Mingyue knowing nothing and acting like a fool day by day.

She still believed that Jiang Ziyi was a prisoner. After all, she, a legitimate princess, was having such a hard time, so it was reasonable for Jiang Ziyi, the imposter, to become a prisoner.

However, she was still a little afraid of the Queen Mother. When she first arrived, she had thought about visiting the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother refused her request on the grounds of poor health.

So she has been in the palace for such a long time, but she has neither seen His Majesty, nor the Queen Mother, nor Jiang Ziyi. Every day she is either irritated by this or that. She can't eat or sleep well. She has no one to vent her anger on, and she can't vent her anger. She feels like she is going crazy!

"Jinzhi, let them go." Although Mingyue wanted to eat the basket of vegetables, she couldn't touch the vegetables since Caiyun and Xia were already the empress dowager's people.

When Caiyun Cloud and Xiaxia were leaving, they glanced at Jinzhi with disdain, which almost made Jinzhi angry to death.

Ever since she was sent by the Queen Mother to serve Princess Mingyue, her temper has become more and more irritable.

In the past, as a maidservant beside the Queen of Shen in the palace of Shen State, how could I have endured such humiliation?

She turned and said to the cook fiercely, "Why is it that we in Yingchun Palace can only get some plain porridge and small dishes every day?"

Unexpectedly, the cook curled his lips and said unhappily, "If you must ask the reason, then you should ask the Queen Mother. This was instructed by the Queen Mother herself."

After hearing this, Mingyue was still wondering when she had offended the Queen Mother since she had never even seen her.

Jinzhi was still a little smarter than Mingyue. After hearing the cook's answer and considering what had happened in the past few days, she suddenly realized that since they came to the palace, they seemed to have been targeted a lot, both openly and covertly.

If we need to be wary of them simply because they are from the State of Shen, we can simply put them under house arrest and not allow them to leave their houses.

But Emperor Yao did not issue such an order. Instead, he gave them enough freedom. Moreover, these overt and covert targeting tactics made her think of a possibility...

Because Princess Mingyue is now being ignored, neglected, and treated differently by the imperial kitchen...

A terrible guess suddenly emerged in her mind. Could it be that... all this is related to Princess Mingzhu?

This absurd idea made her break out in a cold sweat, and her face turned pale instantly, especially today when she met Caiyun and Caixia, two palace maids from the State of Shen. How could they be transferred to serve the Queen Mother?

Once the seed of doubt was planted, it quickly took root and sprouted in her heart.

She can now find reasonable explanations for many things that she couldn't understand before.

Before Jiang Ziyi was named a princess, she was often ignored by Emperor Shen, mistreated by Empress Shen, and teased and bullied by Princess Mingyue.

On the other hand, now Emperor Yao is ignoring Princess Mingyue, and the Queen Mother treats Princess Mingyue's food harshly for no reason... Could it be that Jiang Ziyi is the one who instigated all of this...

Mingyue originally wanted to argue with the chef again, but Jinzhi stepped forward and carefully pulled her out of the imperial kitchen.

He whispered in her ear, "Your Highness, I think we should investigate Princess Mingzhu again."

Mingyue looked puzzled: "Why? Isn't she already in the dungeon? What else is there to check?"

Jinzhi was speechless. She had never been so speechless in her life. It must be that Queen Shen protected her too well, which is why she was so confident and arrogant.

She shared her observations and analysis with Mingyue, but before she could finish, Mingyue stopped her. "Impossible, absolutely impossible. What ability does Jiang Ziyi have to make Emperor Yao and the Empress Dowager back her up? And have you seen her in this palace in all these days?"

"This..." Jinzhi was also puzzled for a moment. She had indeed never seen Jiang Ziyi. She had received the order before and often went around the palace. She had a rough idea of ​​where each palace was, but most of them were empty houses with no one living in them.

The only place where no one knows who lives there is Fengluan Palace...

"Your Highness, do you think that person will live in Fengluan Palace..."

As soon as these words were spoken, they were immediately rejected by Mingyue.

"Absolutely not! Have you forgotten? That Maid Qiu Jin said that there were two distinguished guests living in Fengluan Palace. And how could that lowly Jiang Ziyi possibly be qualified to be called a distinguished guest?"

As the saying goes, I'm not afraid of god-like opponents, but I'm afraid of pig-like teammates.

Jinzhi had already touched the threshold of the truth, but Mingyue was unwilling to believe it, so she watched helplessly as the truth deviated from its path...

I don’t know how devastated she was when she found out that all this was true.

However, Jinzhi felt there were blind spots, especially in Fengluan Palace. She planned to investigate on her own. As long as there were people living in the palace, there would definitely be servants coming in and out. If a familiar face appeared from Fengluan Palace...

She didn't dare to think about it anymore, and she prayed in her heart that it wasn't what she thought...

After a disappointing visit to the imperial kitchen and not getting any good food, Mingyue also learned that it was the Empress Dowager's wish that she had to drink porridge and eat side dishes every day. Mingyue felt very angry at this moment. Ever since she came to Yao Kingdom, everything has gone wrong for her.

In the past, she always loved to use her status as a princess to bully others in the palace of Shen State. But here, her title of princess was nothing. Even though she knew that it was the Queen Mother who ordered not to give her good food, she had no way to question the Queen Mother.

After all, this is not Shen State anymore.

At this moment, she missed Shen State very much, missed her mother, missed the imperial kitchen of Shen State, and even began to miss the food that Xiao Jingyun had brought her before, which she looked down upon...

She returned to Yingchun Palace with Jinzhi in a dejected manner. The listless aura around her shocked the palace maids who were sweeping the floor. Was this still the princess they remembered? They had never seen the princess so depressed.