"Your Majesty!" A Dragon Shadow Guard entered Shangguan Xuanyuan's study, carrying a scarlet carrier pigeon. "This is what Nie Ying just sent back."
Shangguan Xuanyuan unfolded the note and glanced at it, his face darkening.
How outrageous!
Feng Yanzhi actually dared to let his grandson's wife return to Beijing with a big belly to see his damn son!
"Go and call the prince to me!"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Crown Prince Shangguan Yu rushed over after receiving the news and saw Shangguan Xuanyuan's unhappy expression. "Father, what is troubling you?"
"snort!"
Shangguan Xuanyuan snorted angrily, "Feng Yanzhi is not a human being! Look for yourself."
Shangguan Yu took the note and read it, his eyes darkening. "Feng Yanzhi is truly a scoundrel! Your Majesty, there's no need to worry. Since Feng Yanzhi has something to ask of Princess Xiao, he must have made arrangements on his way back to the capital. Your nephew will also protect Princess Xiao."
"Look carefully, I want Princess Xiao to go back and see Feng Jinyu. If she cures him, won't that cause trouble for my eldest grandson? If Princess Xiao can't cure him, Feng Yanzhi will definitely offend Princess Xiao."
Shangguan Yu said, "Since Feng Yanzhi has summoned them back to the capital, my nephew's true identity cannot be delayed any longer and must be made public as soon as possible. I will go to Beiyi under the pretext of paying homage to Empress Fu'an to help my nephew take back everything that belongs to him and uncover the mastermind behind this!"
Shangguan Xuanyuan pondered for a moment, "Okay! Then you should prepare for your mission to Beiyi as soon as possible..."
For several days in a row, Qinglian did not find a chance to take action until three days before Xiao Lingyu arrived in Beijing, when Qinglian found an opportunity.
"Qinglian, bring the salt shaker over here. We haven't added salt to this pheasant soup yet."
Qinglian turned around and went to the cupboard to get it, and Ziyu and others took a look.
Qinglian opened the white ceramic salt jar. There was not much salt left in it. It would be used up for tomorrow's breakfast. Qinglian was just about to say that she wanted to replenish salt.
Then I heard Mother Zhang say, "Quickly scoop a spoonful and a half of salt."
Qinglian did as she was told and sprinkled salt into the pheasant soup little by little according to Zhang's mother's request. "Don't sprinkle it yet. Let me taste it to see how salty it is."
Mother Zhang scooped a mouthful of pheasant soup with a spoon and said, "Not bad, the taste is just right."
Mother Zhang turned off the fire, and Ziyu and Shaoyao came over to turn out the chicken soup and put it on the tray.
Qinglian put the spoon into the salt shaker, covered it with a lid and put it in the kitchen cabinet, without saying a word that the salt was almost gone.
All the dishes were placed on trays. Zi Yu, Shao Yao and Bai Zhi each took a tray and delivered the lunch to the main house of Xiao Yun Pavilion.
Mother Zhang took the key, locked the kitchen cabinet, and left Xiaoyun Pavilion with Qinglian and Zhuyue, going to the big kitchen for dinner.
Qinglian glanced at the key hanging on Zhang's mother's chest and came up with an idea.
Early the next morning, Qinglian followed Zhang's mother into the kitchen.
As soon as Mother Zhang entered the kitchen, she took out the keys from her chest and opened the cupboards. Zi Yu and Shao Yao came in one after another to help.
After Zhang's mother opened the cupboard, Qinglian took out the lard, soy sauce jar, and salt jar from the cupboard. When Ziyu looked over from time to time, she opened the salt jar and
"Mother Zhang, I forgot to tell you yesterday that the salt is almost gone."
Mother Zhang looked over and said, "It's okay. This is enough for two meals. The housekeeper will bring it over tomorrow morning."
Qinglian took the initiative to take on the task of spreading salt.
After sprinkling salt on the last dish, Qinglian put all the seasoning jars into the cupboard one by one, then quickly stuffed the palm-sized salt shaker into her sleeve and replaced the jar hidden in her sleeve.
The action was so fast that it was completed in two breaths.
Zi Yu and others didn't notice Qing Lian's actions at all. Mother Zhang locked all the cupboards and went to the kitchen for breakfast.
After several days of recuperation, Feng Jinyu still showed no improvement. He could only walk, lie down or sit up normally within the distance between the bed and the dining table.
After breakfast, Xie Wanyi helped Feng Jinyu to the yard to bask in the sun.
Feng Jinyu fell into a deep sleep shortly after lying on the recliner.
Xie Wanyi looked at his haggard sleeping face, her eyes full of worry.
Xu Mo pulled Li Yuanliang away and said, "I still think Princess Xiao can cure the prince. Why don't we ask the emperor to order Princess Xiao to return to the capital to see the prince."
No one in the eldest prince's mansion knew that Princess Xiao had been recalled to the capital. It was the Empress Dowager who requested that it not be made public, for fear that someone with ulterior motives would find out and kill Xiao Lingyu on the way.
"You're so bold! Not to mention that the princess is seriously ill, the emperor won't let Princess Xiao, who taught herself medicine, see the prince, and the prince won't let Princess Xiao worry about him. Just calm down! Old Lu said that the prince will be fine, so he will definitely be fine."
Xu Mo was speechless after hearing this. The emperor really would not believe that a self-taught medical practitioner could cure the prince, and this person was none other than the prince's ex-fiancee.
Seeing that the sun was getting brighter, Xie Wanyi said, "Xu Mo, come and carry the prince into the house. He can't stay in the sun for too long."
At the same time, Mother Zhang brought people and ingredients to Xiaoyun Pavilion.
"Princess, shall we go help?"
Xie Wanyi saw that Mother Zhang was still holding the fish, "Zi Yu, make fish porridge for the prince for lunch today, and the soup should be pheasant soup."
"Yes, Princess."
"Mother Zhang, the princess said she would make fish porridge for the prince for lunch today, and the soup should be pheasant soup. Fish porridge is my specialty, so I'll make it."
"Okay, okay, then mom, I'll make pheasant soup."
Then Mother Zhang handed the fish in her hand to Ziyu, and asked Qinglian and the other four to wash, shred and cut the rest of the ingredients. She went to the ice cellar to get the half pheasant left over from yesterday.
After all the ingredients were prepared, Mother Zhang remembered to open the cupboard, and Qinglian followed her and took out the seasoning jars one by one.
Zi Yu cooked fish porridge in a clay pot. After simmering it for more than a quarter of an hour, she reached out to take the salt shaker.
Qinglian picked up the salt shaker before her, "Sister Ziyu, let me sprinkle salt into the porridge. My hands don't shake."
"There's very little salt in the fish porridge." Ziyu took the salt shaker from her. "I'll do it myself."
Qinglian smiled and nodded.
Ziyu took the spoon from Shaoyao's hand that had been scalded with boiling water and said, "Mother Zhang, the salt is almost gone. It's a little damp. If we use it up for lunch today, there won't be any left."
"The housekeeper will bring it over in a moment. Do you want some new salt later?"
Fish porridge cannot be cooked for too long. Zi Yu did not wait and directly used moist salt.
Zi Yu scooped out a little salt with a spoon, poured some into the palm of her hand and licked it with her tongue.
Qinglian's heart suddenly tightened.
"Although it's still usable." Qinglian watched Ziyu put salt into the fish porridge and stir it before turning off the fire, and her tense heart relaxed.
Qinglian hurriedly brought the salt jar and sprinkled salt into the pheasant soup. Then the housekeeper took a jar of salt that Li Yuanliang had tested with a silver needle and entered the small kitchen.
"The salt is here, take it quickly."
Following the sound, Mother Zhang and others looked towards the kitchen door, and Qinglian took the opportunity to replace the original salt shaker.
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