In Yingchun Palace, Mingyue stared at the dishes that Jinzhi had placed on the table, her face clearly showing displeasure.
"Are these the same today?" She stared at the porridge, side dishes, and dry and hard steamed buns in front of her.
She originally thought that this was the way Yao Country's food was, because every meal was like this during the days she had been there.
But today, Jinzhi said that the imperial kitchen had a wide variety of ingredients, but when she heard about Yingchun Palace, she could only get some thin porridge that was as clear as water, and dry, cold, and hard steamed buns...
Her eyes darkened, and as stupid as she was, she realized that she seemed to be being targeted.
But as stupid as she was, she immediately ruled out the possibility that she was being targeted because of Jiang Ziyi, because she felt that Jiang Ziyi simply didn't have that ability.
However, the more impossible something is, the more likely it is to happen, but she just doesn't know it now.
She looked at the porridge and side dishes in front of her and had no appetite at all. After all, when she was in Shen State, she had chicken, duck, fish and meat for every meal. If the food was not delicious, she could call the chef and scold him.
Here you can only swallow your anger.
Just as Jinzhi was about to serve her a bowl of porridge, Mingyue waved her hand and said, "I don't want to eat anymore."
"How's the task I assigned you during the day going?" Mingyue asked.
"Your Highness, today I took a few people to the palace to inquire about the location of the cold palace. When we got there, we found that no one was living there."
Mingyue raised an eyebrow, "Are you sure?"
Jinzhi cupped her hands and said, "Absolutely true!"
Mingyue suddenly laughed, "Since she's not in the cold palace, then she must have committed a serious crime and was thrown into prison!"
Jinzhi also quickly agreed: "Your Highness, what you said makes sense. Then should I continue to inquire about it..."
Mingyue waved her hand and said, "No need. Knowing that she is in prison, she must have suffered some torture. There is no need for this princess to do it herself!"
"Jinzhi, serve me some porridge!"
In her imagination, Jiang Ziyi should be eating stale rice and vegetables in a cold dungeon, and maybe even living with rats and insects. Thinking of this, she suddenly felt that the white porridge and steamed buns in front of her became delicious.
I don’t know if she will be able to eat after she knows the truth... By then, I’m afraid she will have no rotten rice or vegetables to eat, and will go directly to the underworld to drink Mengpo soup.
Yinhua had already taken a sip, and her bowl wouldn't be far away.
After sunset, the sky gradually darkened. Yinhua's body had been disposed of. It was wrapped in a straw mat and thrown into a mass grave.
But because someone had died in the master bedroom, Mingyue refused to live there anymore.
She also didn't dare to sleep alone at night. She moved all her things to the room in the back hall and officially appointed Jinzhi as her sleeping companion.
Jinzhi had no way to express her pain. After all, everyone in Yingchun Palace had witnessed Yinhua's miserable condition, and it left an indelible shadow in everyone's heart.
I’m afraid that I’ll be the next one.
However, in the next few days, Mingyue no longer heard any strange noises, and the entire Yingchun Palace returned to peace.
But her daily meals are still the same.
At noon, Jinzhi came back with porridge and side dishes.
She had been trying to persuade the emperor in the imperial kitchen these past few days, but nothing worked. The chef even said to her, "It's good enough to have porridge to drink!" She was very angry at the time.
When she came back and told Mingyue, Mingyue was furious. Not only did she want to see the emperor but couldn't, she was bullied by the guards and stood her up by Nanny Qiu Jin. Now even a cook dared to mock her, a princess from the Kingdom of Shen!
Furious, Mingyue slammed the table and said, "I want to see how a mere cook dares to speak so arrogantly!"
She rushed all the way to the imperial kitchen, and at this moment, a familiar figure appeared in Mingyue's eyes.
She stopped Jinzhi, pointed in a certain direction, and said in a low voice, "Look, do those two look like the colorful clouds and rosy clouds beside Jiang Ziyi?"
Jinzhi looked carefully and found that the two palace maids going to the imperial kitchen did look very much like Caiyun and Caixia, except that the clothes they wore looked more noble than those of ordinary palace maids.
So she was a little uncertain for a moment. After all, Jiang Ziyi had offended His Majesty, and her maid's fate should not be much better.
"Let's go and take a closer look!" Mingyue called out to Jinzhi and followed her all the way.
As soon as she approached the imperial kitchen, she smelled the aroma of meat coming from the kitchen. This was a fragrance she had not smelled in nearly half a month!
When she stood at the door and looked inside, she found that she was not mistaken, the two palace maids were Caiyun and Caixia!
Caiyun and Caixia were lowering their heads and putting food into the lunch boxes.
There were fried fish slices, roasted chicken, mixed tripe shreds, tofu balls, a plate of stir-fried seasonal vegetables and a bowl of soup of unknown origin.
The richness of the dishes made tears flow from the corners of her mouth, even though she had been eating white porridge, steamed buns and pickles for half a month.
In order to avoid being discovered, it was usually Ah Xin and Ah Qing who came to the imperial kitchen to pick up meals. After Jiang Ziyi and Ji Chenan discussed and decided to turn Mingyue into bait last time, the task of picking up meals fell back into the hands of Caiyun and Caixia.
After all, Jiang Ziyi no longer needs to hide; all she wants is to be discovered! And she can't tell Mingyue too deliberately. Instead, she needs to slowly realize it herself. By the time she realizes it, the blow to her self-esteem will be devastating. She will definitely not be able to stand this situation and will definitely write a letter back to her beloved mother in Shen State.
Just as Jiang Ziyi expected, Mingyue and the palace maids around her had an impression of Caiyun Yunxia's face. As long as they saw Caiyun Yunxia coming and going freely in the palace, they would definitely be curious.
Look, at this moment, Mingyue was staring at the food box full of delicious dishes in Caiyun Cloud and Xia's hands, and her eyes were almost glowing with envy. She even forgot that she came here to teach the chef a lesson.
"Colorful clouds and rosy clouds." Jinzhi shouted.
When Caiyun and Caixia heard the voice, they looked up and met Mingyue and the others' eyes.
When Mingyue saw the familiar face, she instantly regained the momentum she had when she was still in Shen Kingdom. She pointed at the food box and said, "These dishes, I want them."
These words caused all the chefs in the imperial kitchen to turn around and look at her as if she were a madman.
Even Caiyun Yunxia had a look of contempt on her face, as if she was too lazy to even talk to her. She closed the box and prepared to take it away.
Jinzhi stepped forward to stop them and said sternly, "Princess Mingyue is talking to you, are you deaf? Leave the food behind!"
Jinzhi has been bullied a lot in the imperial kitchen these days. Now that she has met the familiar soft persimmon in her memory, shouldn't she squeeze it hard?
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