Although the voice was low, everyone could hear it clearly. Fanghua said loudly, "What did you say? What does Sixth Sister-in-law want to say?"
Meng Qi said with embarrassment, "Your sixth brother won't let me say it."
Fanghua turned her head to look at the emperor, "Father, please look at Sixth Brother. If there is anything you want to say, please don't let Sixth Sister-in-law say it."
Concubine Lian looked at Fanghua and said with a smile, "Your sixth sister-in-law has a lively personality. She must have some strange ideas. After the banquet is over, you two sisters-in-law can talk about it in detail."
Concubine Xiang smiled coldly, "Sister Lin, what's wrong? Today is the emperor's wedding day. The sixth wife can say whatever she wants. The emperor hasn't given her permission yet, and you're interfering first. Isn't this a bad idea?"
There was a hint of displeasure on the emperor's face, but he said nothing, just looked at Meng Qi with a gloomy look.
Song Chengze stepped forward nervously, "Father, Meng...?"
"Sixth brother's wife, tell me why you had that expression when your fourth sister-in-law took out the wine jar just now." The emperor said softly.
Meng Qi glanced at Song Chengze proudly, took two steps forward and said, "Your Majesty, I was actually very surprised by Fourth Sister-in-law's 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall'."
"Oh? We are all surprised. No one has seen it before. This is normal, but it doesn't mean you look so weird, right?" Fanghua said disdainfully.
"That's because, because my daughter-in-law has eaten this dish."
Everyone was stunned, and Princess Jing breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought Meng Qi was up to something, but that was it. Haha, if she told anyone, she would be able to say she stole the menu. Since she was the one who served the dish, everyone would assume it was her idea.
"When? Where? Was it made by the cook in your house?" asked the queen.
Meng Qi shook her head. "It was yesterday. My maid bought it from a restaurant. They say this dish is very popular in several large restaurants, and it has different price points. Even a rickshaw driver can have a bowl for a few copper coins. It's just the fineness and quantity of the ingredients that make the difference."
"You're talking nonsense."
"impossible."
Prince Jing and Princess Jing said in unison.
Meng Qi stiffened her neck and said, "I'm not talking nonsense. My servant heard it when he was out on errands. He ate a bowl and said it was delicious, so he asked my maid to buy it back."
After saying this, she went back to the Emperor and said, "My daughter-in-law is not talking nonsense. It's called 'Buddha Jumps Over the Wall'. The bowl I ate contained the ingredients that Fourth Sister-in-law just mentioned. I even bought some for His Majesty. I was thinking that if it tasted this good, I'd ask the cook to teach me how to make it."
After hearing this, Song Chengze had no choice but to step forward and say, "Yes, I did eat this dish last night."
The emperor's face had turned ashen. Concubine Xian saw that something was wrong and quickly walked out from her seat and knelt down. Seeing this, Prince Jing and Princess Jing also knelt down.
"Your Majesty, this dish was really thought up by my daughter-in-law. It is impossible to find it in the market. It must be my sixth brother's wife who made a mistake." Princess Jing's face was pale.
If it's really sold everywhere in restaurants, and even the rickshaw puller can have a bowl, even though the ingredients are different, it has the same name. To offer it to the emperor as a delicacy is a grave sin. To make the emperor eat the same thing as the common people, and to deceive the emperor that no one in the capital, or even the world, has ever eaten it, is deceiving the emperor.
"Your Majesty, there must be a misunderstanding here. Please look into this carefully." Concubine Xian said anxiously.
Concubine Lian also came out and knelt down, saying, "Your Majesty, it's possible that the Sixth Wife misheard or misread."
Meng Qi said hurriedly, "I didn't, it's true, don't believe it..." Song Chengze suddenly pulled her sleeve, pulled her down to kneel, and said nothing.
The emperor looked at them and took a deep breath, "Lü Chengbao."
"Yes, the servant is here."
"Give today's prize to Princess Rui. Her prosperity and prosperity please me very much." After saying this, he stood up, lifted the corner of his robe and walked down from the main seat.
The Queen led everyone to stand up. The Emperor looked at them and then extended his hand to Concubine Xiu. Concubine Xiu quickly stepped forward, shook the Emperor's hand, and helped him out of the hall.
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Princess Jing covered her red cheeks from being slapped by Prince Jing and dared not say a word. This was the first time that the prince had hit her since they got married.
"Didn't you say there was no problem? Didn't you say it was foolproof? Explain to me what's going on." King Jing paced back and forth in the room in frustration.
"Originally, the Sixth Brother has been investigating the disaster relief grain issue endlessly. If Mother hadn't smoothed things over last time, who knows what would have happened. I thought I'd use this opportunity to dispel Father's doubts about me and put the blame on the Sixth Brother, making Father think he was jealous of me and that's why he did this. But look at you, you..."
Princess Jing didn't dare cry. She knelt down and said, "It's my fault. This matter is so strange. The information that the female historian we left at the Rui Palace has always been accurate. There's no way she could have made a mistake. The prince also said that you haven't tried that dish. You've visited every restaurant in the capital. I couldn't have made such a lowly mistake. Moreover, the dish we had at home was delicious, and mother had tasted it before. It was incredibly delicious, but the one served to the emperor was bland and tasteless. The meat was like wax. Someone must have tampered with it. Someone is targeting you."
Prince Jing sat in his chair, rubbing his forehead. It was true, he had never heard of that dish before. Even if someone in the community could make it, what the Emperor was eating today didn't seem to come from the same pot as what the Concubine was eating. Why was that?
"Could it be the Sixth Brother?" King Jing narrowed his eyes, his face gloomy.
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