Chapter 283 Finding Mistakes
"Brother, I think that the Third Brother and He Yanxiu are simply promising benefits to the people, just to show off to our father. These two are in cahoots with each other and have a lot of tricks up their sleeves!"
Seeing the Second Prince was furious, the First Prince gritted his teeth and said, "Whether it's true or fake, if this matter gets to the ears of the Emperor, he will be very happy and will definitely reward me, as he always loves the people like his own children and respects the people's opinions."
"The Third Brother and He Yanxiu are really going to have a great time this time!"
In the past few days, he and the second brother have been on pins and needles because Wan and Xiang ordered people to blow up river embezzlement taxes, bully the people, and form cliques for personal gain.
Seeing those who had taken money from Wan and Xiang and sought power for them being held accountable one by one, the First Prince and the Second Prince were worried that those people would reveal that they were the ultimate masterminds. What was even more distressing was that the power they had worked so hard to build up was greatly weakened.
In the past few days, even their father scolded the two brothers twice on the mat for some trivial matters, and they didn't know if it was related to this matter.
On one hand, the Third Brother and He Yanxiu were highly praised, while on the other hand, he and the Second Brother were repeatedly treated coldly. I wonder what those fence-sitters who change their minds with the wind will do! The more the prince thought about it, the angrier he became. His teeth were clenched and he smashed his clenched fist on the table again, causing a set of gold-painted teacups on it to fall off and smash to pieces on the ground.
Seeing this, the Second Prince hurriedly comforted him, "Brother, don't be too angry. The Third Brother is so dishonest, just find a chance to deal with him."
"How to cook it?" His Highness frowned.
"Recently I have acquired many skilled assassins. At worst, we can set up an ambush on the road. No matter whether we can kill the Third Brother or not, even if we cripple him, he won't have any chance in the future."
Hearing the Second Prince say this, the First Prince frowned, "But they had already sent people when they went to the Hong Zheng Mansion before, but they didn't succeed, and instead lost several assassins. If they send people again this time, I'm afraid it will be easy to be exposed..."
"The third brother has just finished providing disaster relief and has made great contributions to the treatment of the epidemic, and you and I have been scolded by our father. If something happens to the third brother at this time, it will inevitably make people think too much, which is quite inappropriate."
"Then..." The Second Prince thought for a moment, "Although the Third Prince has made contributions to disaster relief, nothing he does is perfect. How about asking the subordinates to find some faults between the Third Prince and He Yanxiu and report the Third Prince to the Emperor?"
"That's a solution." The eldest prince nodded. "Even if we can't shake the third brother's foundation, at least we can't let him be so proud. Otherwise, it will be too hard to swallow this humiliation."
"Just tell them to be more discreet and not let anyone see the connection between them, especially not let anyone know about their relationship with the two of us."
"Don't worry, big brother. I know the limits." The Second Prince readily agreed, "Just leave this matter to me."
No matter what, I can't make the Third Brother and He Yanxiu happy!
The two brothers both had gloomy faces and were full of thoughts. ——The carriage and horses moved forward, all the way north.
The sky was clear, with fiery red clouds in the western sky on the left and a crescent moon hanging high in the sky on the right.
The waning moon in the second half of the month can be clearly seen at this time, but when night falls, it slowly sinks to the west until it is out of sight.
As the sky gradually darkened, the Third Prince, He Yanxiu, Su Yujin and their group arrived at a town.
The town is not big, and there is only one inn in the town, called Yuelai Inn.
Because this place is not a must-go place, and because there are low mountains to the west and it is a bit remote, only one tenant was staying here at night, and the rest of the houses were vacant. The rooms were sufficient and looked clean and tidy, making it quite suitable for a place to stay.
The Third Prince and He Yanxiu decided to stay here tonight.
So many guests came to stay at the inn at once, and they were very generous. The money they paid plus the reward was enough to make the inn's income for a month. The innkeeper was so happy that his mouth almost stretched to his ears, and he was busy working with the waiter.
He was busy leading the horses, arranging luggage, serving tea and water, cleaning the house, and supervising the kitchen staff to cook.
Soon, hot tea and hot meals were served.
Stir-fried vegetables, stewed chicken with potatoes, mashed eggplant with garlic, stir-fried meat, braised pork elbow, braised fish, pressed duck with sauce... The staple food is minced meat and sauce pancakes, and rice and vegetable porridge.
The dazzling array of food, with all its colors, aromas and flavors, made everyone, who had been traveling all day, salivate with anticipation.
Especially the most tired slaves and guards, who were now starving and couldn't wait to feast.
However, as slaves and guards, it was not right for them to eat before their masters picked up their chopsticks, so they waited eagerly for the Third Prince, He Yanxiu and Su Yujin to start eating.
After the three of them washed up, they sat down. Without waiting for the Third Prince to pick up his chopsticks, He Yanxiu picked up a piece of fish for Su Yujin first.
"Thank you, Second Master." Su Yujin picked up the bowl, picked up the chopsticks, picked up the fish and was about to eat.
But before he even got to his mouth, he put down his bowl and chopsticks, "Third Prince and Second Master, don't eat yet. The fish has a strong earthy smell, and you probably can't eat it."
Then he picked up his chopsticks to look at other dishes, and then sighed, "Too much oil was used when stir-frying the greens, the potatoes in the potato stew with chicken were too mushy, and the eggplant in the garlic mashed eggplant was not steamed soft enough..."
"The most important thing is that even the sauced duck, the color of the sauce is not right, just smelling it makes me lose my appetite." Su Yujin frowned, "After all, these dishes are just barely filling, they are really hard to eat."
"Boss, may I borrow your kitchen for a while? I'll make a bowl of egg drop soup."
"Girl, please."
These people are real money sponsors, and even if they are picky, it is because they have the capital to be picky. The innkeeper did not show any dissatisfaction, but smiled and said, "Miss, do you need help? I have a new cook in this inn. Although his cooking skills are not as good as yours, he can still help you."
Although according to the shopkeeper's taste, the chef's cooking skills are already excellent and can be compared with the chefs in the county restaurant, the fact that the girl picked out so many faults at this time can only mean that she has a more picky taste and her own cooking skills are better.
"No need, my maid can help." Su Yujin refused, and said to the others including the Third Prince and He Yanxiu, "It's very quick to make egg drop soup, you guys wait a moment, and everyone can have a bowl of hot egg drop soup later."
"Okay." He Yanxiu and the Third Prince nodded.
Su Yujin's cooking skills were obvious to everyone. Now she had pointed out many of the shortcomings of these dishes...
Obviously, these dishes may only have color and fragrance, but the taste is extremely bad.
(End of this chapter)
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