When the prince listened to his sister's voice, he felt sad and painful for a moment. His sister had really had a hard time.
Such a young child should be playing carefree, but she is always worried about the country and the people.
Just as Xia Miaoyuan and the prince were lost in thought, they heard a few thuds and saw seven or eight figures kneeling in front of the hall.
This noise immediately brought Xia Miaoyuan back to his senses.
[Woqu, what's going on? ]
She looked carefully and found that they were ministers, two of whom were assistant ministers of the Ministry of Works and were highly valued by Niu Baijin.
The other few are on good terms with Niu Baijin on a daily basis.
Several people were pale and trembling all over, scrambling to defend themselves to Emperor Mingxi.
Li Liang, the Minister of Works, cried, "Your Majesty, please understand! As the Minister of Works, I only have a superior-subordinate relationship with that spy, Niu Baijin, and our contact is solely on official business. I have had no involvement in his spying activities at all!"
Chen Mei, the Minister of Revenue, said, "Your Majesty, I am the same. I only interacted with that fellow Niu Baijin on official business. I know nothing else!"
Censor Zhang, with his white beard, cried, "Your Majesty, although Niu Baijin and I are in-laws, I don't know the slightest bit about him!"
At the same time, on both sides of the hall, there were several people with uncomfortable expressions. They were all people who had close contacts with Liang Chaozong or Niu Baijin.
Especially Master Jiang, who was sitting in an inconspicuous corner. His face was dark and extremely ugly.
At this time, Emperor Mingxi smiled faintly and said, "You all should go back and sit down and enjoy lunch."
"I will investigate you, but you can rest assured that I will handle it impartially."
"If you had not participated in those spy activities, I would not have wronged you."
After hearing Emperor Mingxi's words, everyone's expressions softened slightly. The kneeling people also quietly returned to their seats.
At this time, the Prince of Jin asked Emperor Mingxi, "Your Majesty, can we serve the delicacies?"
After hearing this, Emperor Mingxi slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, I almost forgot."
"I guess everyone didn't eat much at the lunch just now. I'm sure everyone is starving, right?"
"I have specially prepared a special meal for you today, please enjoy it!"
After that, Debao shouted with a stern look, "Serve the food!"
When Xia Miaoyuan heard this, she excitedly shouted in her heart, "Roar, roar, roar! The delicious food that this princess has prepared is about to be served!"
The palace maids in light green palace costumes came forward gracefully and took away the dishes that had already gone cold.
Immediately afterwards, another group of graceful palace maids slowly walked in, carrying steaming trays.
In fact, lunch time had long passed. It was now the hour of Wei.
Because so many explosive things happened in a short period of one hour, the guests were so excited that they forgot about lunch.
Just now, when Emperor Mingxi mentioned lunch and eating, their attention returned to their stomachs, which were already rumbling with hunger.
At this moment, when they saw the palace maid carrying the steaming tray, their eyes lit up and they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
Plate after plate of delicious food was brought to the guests, but they were stunned after just one look.
Even the Queen, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince and others were shocked when they saw the food in front of them.
[Haha! This is the surprise this princess brought to you!] Xia Miaoyuan was so happy that she couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth. She looked at the queen and the others with a smile.
At this time, Prince Jin walked to the front of Emperor Mingxi's table and introduced: "Everyone, these delicacies in front of you are all prepared by the chef using those exotic ingredients at my request."
"This red and yellow dish is called scrambled eggs with tomatoes. It has a refreshing taste and rich broth. This beef dish is called stewed beef brisket with tomatoes. It is soft and tasty, with the aroma of beef and tomatoes."
“Both dishes are perfect to be eaten with rice.”
"The palace maids just brought everyone some steaming hot rice. You may want to try it."
At this time, the prince and the queen both looked at Xia Miaoyuan with anger.
A few days ago, Xia Miaoyuan said that he had thought of some cooking methods for exotic ingredients and wanted to try them out. The Queen and the Crown Prince knew about this.
But later on, when it came to the specific production process, Xia Miaoyuan only asked King Jin to come along, saying that he wanted to give everyone a surprise.
Therefore, even Emperor Mingxi, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess and others saw these dishes for the first time.
After listening to Prince Jin's introduction to the tomato dish, the guests were a little hesitant and held their chopsticks with hesitation.
Although they already understood that exotic ingredients were healthy and non-toxic, these dishes were something they had never eaten before.
At this time, Emperor Mingxi gave a wink to the empress, the crown prince, the second prince and others.
Several people understood what he meant and picked up their chopsticks almost at the same time, eating scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stewed beef brisket with tomatoes with rice.
The second prince raised his thumb impatiently before he had swallowed all the food in his mouth.
"It's absolutely delicious! Everyone, come and try them! These two dishes are absolutely delicious!"
At this time, Emperor Mingxi, the Empress, and the Crown Prince also followed suit and praised.
"Tomatoes are really good. I didn't expect that they can be used to make delicious dishes!" The queen praised sincerely.
Xia Miaoyuan picked up the spoon without any pretense, scooped a few spoonfuls of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, scooped some soup, poured it on the rice, stirred it a few times, and ate it with big mouthfuls without caring about his image.
[Oh, wow, that's the taste! ]
【It’s been years since I’ve had this! 】
[It's so delicious! It's this princess's go-to meal!]
After eating a few mouthfuls of tomato scrambled eggs with rice, she couldn't wait to pick up a few chopsticks of tomato stewed beef brisket.
【Ahhh! I'm confused!】
Xia Miaoyuan ate with big mouthfuls, his eyes slightly narrowed.
Xiao Wanyin was sitting next to Xia Miaoyuan at this time, and she also followed her example and mixed rice with scrambled eggs with tomatoes. This taste instantly whetted her taste buds.
Before she knew it, she had eaten a bowl of rice.
"Delicious! Delicious!" Xiao Wanyin said excitedly with rice grains on the corners of her mouth.
Seeing this, the guests couldn't wait to try it. After taking a bite, they all ate it with relish.
Suddenly, the hall was filled with the sound of people eating.
The fast-eating generals were the first to finish their bowls of rice with these two dishes. Holding their empty bowls, they shouted, "Hurry up, bring more rice! This is so delicious!"
At this time, the King of Jin smiled calmly and said, "Don't worry, everyone. Today's delicious food will satisfy your hunger. However, there is more to it than just these two dishes."
As he spoke, Prince Jin clapped his hands, and another group of palace maids walked into the hall carrying trays.
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