"Why are you here? What happened?" Song Chengze frowned as he looked at Xiao Lin, whose hair was a little messy.
"I just heard that the princess was going to take action against the cooks in the main kitchen, and I'm extremely worried. The prince also knows that the main kitchen is under my control. I don't know what I did to make the princess unhappy. I wanted to come here to explain. It's all because of my inadequate management that those cooks made mistakes and brought bad luck to the princess." Xiao Lin wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief. "No matter what it is, I just want to apologize and plead for mercy. This is the prince's wedding day after all. If the princess is shouting for violence and killing like this, what will we do if the news gets out? As long as the princess can calm down, any punishment will be acceptable to me."
Song Chengze was stunned. Shouting for war and killing? What was going on? It had only been a short while, and how did the people in the kitchen offend her?
Song Chengze said nothing and continued walking towards Jing'an Garden.
In Jing'an Garden, the kitchen steward was being carried out by a maid. When she reached the gate, she hugged the gate pillar and refused to move. "Princess, please give us a chance to explain. What is this? Are you going to punish us like this?"
Yuan Dong stood on the steps and said, "Take everything back to the main kitchen. I'll be there later."
A maid guarding the gate saw Song Chengze coming from a distance, grabbed a kitchen maid nearby, and slapped her in the face. "Didn't you hear what the princess said? Why are you still crying? What's wrong with being scolded or beaten? You have to take it. No matter whether you are right or wrong, let me tell you, not only in the kitchen, but also in the entire palace, our princess has the final say."
The voice was loud and powerful, and the slaps made loud noises.
Song Chengze happened to walk up to her at this time, and Xiao Lin was overjoyed. This is the truth that it takes a thousand days to train an army and only a moment to deploy it.
Someone shouted, "The prince is coming!", and everyone in the yard knelt down.
Meng Qi stood at the window and watched all this.
"Princess, the prince is back. Do you want to go out and welcome him?" Mother Liu said in a low voice.
"No need, let's see what he is going to do first." Meng Qi said softly.
"Princess, aren't you afraid that the prince will misunderstand? This happened right after we arrived. I'm afraid the prince will have other ideas about you. Forgive my confusion, but why did the princess send a portion of 'pagoda meat' to the kitchen just now?"
In Mother Liu's opinion, if it weren't for the "pagoda meat", the cooks from the big kitchen wouldn't have come here to make a fuss.
"We have to give them a chance. I don't have the time to deal with them. I just need to pick out the one who stands out."
Mother Liu thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out what Meng Qi meant. But seeing that she didn't look panicked, she knew that she had her own plans.
Just thinking about what happened last night and what happened today, the prince has made it clear that he doesn't like the princess. At this time, isn't it better to have less trouble than more?
Outside, Song Chengze listened to the whole story with a frown. He raised his head and looked towards the upper room, and could vaguely see Meng Qi standing in front of the window.
The servants brought by Meng Qi were just standing in the corridor, and there was no one of hers at the gate of the courtyard. The one named Yuan Dong saw him looking at her and hurried down the steps to greet him.
"Since the princess has spoken, why are you still here? Just do as the princess says."
Yuandong breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, while Xiaolin was stunned. She wanted to say something, but seeing that Song Chengze's face was not looking good, she simply stopped talking and winked at Liunian. When the cooks in the main kitchen saw Liunian shaking his head, they also shut up and let the maids from Jing'an Garden carry them out obediently.
Xiao Lin looked at Song Chengze who continued to walk towards the courtyard, "Your Highness, no matter what the situation is, it is true that the princess has been wronged. This is because I have not been strict in my rule. I also ask Your Highness to be a witness and let me apologize to the princess so that I can feel at ease."
Song Chengze paused, thought for a moment, and nodded.
Xiao Lin happily followed Song Chengze into the upper room of Jing'an Garden.
On this side, Xiaoman lifted the cotton curtain, and Meng Qi walked out of the east room and bowed to Song Chengze.
Song Chengze hummed and sat on the armchair in the middle hall.
"This is Concubine Lin. She's in charge of the kitchen. Perhaps there's some misunderstanding here. Ask her to explain it to you."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Lin hurried forward and bowed deeply to Meng Qi, "Your Majesty, Lin greets the princess."
Meng Qi walked to the tea table next to the armchair and slowly poured a cup of tea for Song Chengze, "Your Highness, thank you for your hard work."
Song Chengze took the tea but didn't say anything. He scraped the lid of the cup and took a sip.
Meng Qi sat down in the chair next to her. "It's Lin. I'm sorry to trouble you to take care of the cook's business."
Only then did Kobayashi look up at the new princess.
After just one glance, Xiao Lin closed her eyes tightly. This Meng was too beautiful.
Meng Qi was seen wearing a bright red long-sleeved jacket on the upper body and a floral skirt with a tulle of the same color on the lower body. There was a small bow tied around her waist with soft gold silk gauze, which made her look elegant and cute.
Her black hair was lightly tied up with a magpie-ascending-plum-shaped hairpin, with a few strands of black hair scattered across her forehead and temples. Her eyebrows were lightly drawn, and her face was unadorned, yet nothing could conceal her natural beauty. She was truly beautiful, with skin as white as cream and an elegant figure, a true mistress of the house.
Compared with the princess's bright red dress, the bright red one she chose seemed to have lost its color after being washed several times. She suddenly regretted choosing this dress.
Looking at the young, beautiful, and well-born new princess, Xiaolin no longer had the confidence she had when she first came here. Even if there were many negative rumors about such a petite and lovely woman, I believe the prince would gradually forget them.
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