Chapter 184 Year-end Surprise
After thinking about his elder brother's future development direction for a while, Chu Liuzheng continued to flip through the pages.
Prince Cheng was imprisoned in a dark cell, but within two hours he had obeyed Emperor Shunguang's instructions and written the true secret letter, which he mailed to Prince Cheng overnight.
[Frog fun! Prince Cheng, this stubborn man who refused to betray his father, was actually gnawed away by the secret prison. How terrifying must this secret prison be!]
Chu Liuzheng was just about to take a look at what kind of inhuman torture Prince Cheng had endured before he was willing to betray his own father, when he suddenly heard the door open. Turning around, he saw Yuzhui coming back with breakfast.
I don’t know if it was because of the three people’s nagging, but today’s breakfast was really pancakes, pickled vegetable and meat pancakes, and white porridge.
"Come and eat while it's hot." Yuzhui placed the tray on the table and raised his hand to greet the two people beside the bed, "I'll serve the porridge for you."
"Okay, I'll come." Moxiang agreed and quickened her movements.
"The food at Yiran Garden is better than ours at Nongyun Garden." Chu Liuzheng's stomach began to sing at the aroma of the meat patties. "The breakfast sent to Nongyun Garden by the imperial kitchen has never contained any meat."
"That's right. The late emperor issued a special order, and Your Majesty hasn't changed it since he ascended the throne. It's a blessing in disguise that we can move into Yiran Garden." Yuzhui swallowed the pancake in his mouth and turned around. "I heard there were steamed eggs this morning. I was too late to see them. I guess they were all gone. I'll get up early tomorrow and get in line to get a bowl."
"I'll go with you tomorrow." Moxiang helped Chu Liuzheng sit down at the table. She took a quick look and found that a meat pie had been neatly cut into small pieces. The pickled vegetable and meat filling inside could be seen at the edge. The size was just right for eating, and it was perfect for Chu Liuzheng to eat.
She looked at the jade pendant in surprise and sighed softly, "It's rare to see you so thoughtful."
"It's not me." Yu Zhui waved her hands hurriedly, "It's Chen Xing. She heard that these two pickled vegetable and meat patties were for Liu Zheng, so in order to make it easier for Liu Zheng to eat, she used her chopsticks to scrape a few times..."
She gestured with her chopsticks, "Just like that. In her hands, the chopsticks are like knives, very sharp, and the cuts she makes are all about the same size. If she hadn't entered the palace, she could have been a butcher."
From the tone of his voice, she was very envious of Chen Xing's unique skill.
If Yuzhui knew that Chenxing's unique skill was honed from 372 corpses, I wonder if she would faint from fear.
Chu Liuzheng thought while staring at the pickled vegetable and meat patties cut into small pieces, trying hard not to associate them with the words "dissecting a corpse".
Yuzhui didn't know what she was thinking. He changed to clean chopsticks, picked up a piece of cake and fed her.
The aroma of the pickled vegetable meat pie was so overbearing that it aroused the gluttony in Chu Liuzheng's stomach. He immediately threw away the corpse, dissection, minced meat, and internal organs, and opened his mouth to take it in.
So delicious!
On the other side, Moxiang followed Yuzhui's instructions and used chopsticks to scratch the pancakes in the bowl.
It sounds simple, but you will find it difficult once you start.
Not to mention cutting the pickled vegetable and meat biscuits into neat small pieces, even breaking them was difficult. She could only poke a few holes as big as the tip of a chopstick.
She held up her chopsticks and looked thoughtfully at the pickled vegetable meat pie with a hole in the bowl for a while, then tilted her head to look at Chu Liuzheng. A look of realization suddenly crossed her eyes, as if she had finally figured something out.
Chu Liuzheng didn't notice that she was being fed by Yuzhui.
This pickled vegetable meat pie is so delicious, just the right amount of saltiness, and it's so refreshing paired with white porridge. I could have two more!
I thought so, but unfortunately each person only got two pancakes.
Chu Liuzheng, who had just finished breakfast, was already looking forward to lunch and dinner, hoping that they would be better than those at Nong Yunyuan.
The pickled vegetable and meat pie had a strong smell. Yuzhui rinsed his mouth with warm tea and looked in the mirror again. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with his face, lips, and teeth, he said to Chu Liuzheng and the others, "I'm going to work. I'll have lunch with Chenxing and Siyue at noon. You don't have to help me get the food."
"Okay." Chu Liuzheng agreed and warned, "Such a big incident happened last night. You must be more careful when serving in front of the emperor today."
The tyrant barely slept last night, so he'll definitely be a tough sell today. If he accidentally gets caught in the crossfire, he'll either be killed or seriously injured.
"Sister Liu Zheng is right." Chen Xing suddenly pulled his head out of the window frame, startling the three people in the room.
Moxiang patted her chest and gave her a helpless look: "Why don't you make some noise? Your sudden noise scared me."
"I'm just messing around with my sisters." Chen Xing stuck out her tongue playfully. "If my sisters get scared, I won't do it again."
She pushed open the window and climbed in. She walked up to Chu Liuzheng as if she knew the place well, holding her face and looking at her with starry eyes: "Sister, you look really beautiful today."
Chu Liuzheng: "Then you should praise Sister Moxiang. With her skillful dressing, even three out of ten can look seven out of ten."
"Sister, you are modest." Chen Xing smiled with his eyes curved. "No matter what others think, you are the most beautiful in my eyes."
Chu Liuzheng: “…”
[This happens every morning, I'm almost immune to it.]
Chen Xing tilted his head: "Sister, won't you praise me?"
Chu Liuzheng said seriously: "You are very cute."
The compliment was a bit perfunctory, but Chen Xing was very satisfied. He waved to Moxiang and Chu Liuzheng and said, "Sister Yuzhui and I are going to work. See you tonight, sisters."
Outside the door, Siyue was already waiting, and the three of them went to Wenhua Hall together.
"Chen Xing is a smart girl." Moxiang looked at the door and suddenly sighed.
Chu Liuzheng, who was sitting at the table, tilted his head to look at her.
[Why do I feel like there's something else behind Sister Moxiang's words?]
Moxiang said nothing more, only saying, "Doctor Li will be here to change your medicine soon. Please sit down while I boil the medicine first."
At the same time, Fengtian Hall.
At the last grand court meeting of the year, all civil and military officials were present, and no one was absent on leave.
The emperor had a cold face throughout the whole process, and there was no joy on his face even when he heard the good news.
The cold and stern eyes seemed to pass over Wen Shangshu repeatedly and inadvertently, which made Wen Shangshu feel more stressed and even sweat began to appear on his forehead.
He raised his sleeves and wiped it again and again. Because he wiped it too frequently, he attracted the attention of the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Works. Minister Meng of Personnel also turned around and looked at him, wondering why Lao Wen was so hot today when the sun didn't even come out?
Xiao Jingfan took in everything the few people did, but didn't pay much attention to it.
Officials of the fourth rank and above gave their year-end work reports in turn. Xiao Jingfan did not begin his closing statement until there was nothing more to report.
Until this point, everything went smoothly. Just when the officials thought they were about to leave the court and start their extra-long annual vacation, the emperor suddenly gave them a surprise.
Xiao Jingfan raised his hand: "Send it out."
Civil and military officials:?
The young eunuchs each held a stack of paper and distributed it to the corresponding officials according to the names and official titles on the paper.
Grand Tutor Yan took the paper and looked at it carefully. It looked familiar. It seemed like the paper that the imperial doctors had recorded at the last grand court meeting.
However, compared to the simple record of that day, there is a lot more content on the paper.
As soon as he read the first line, even a calm and mature person like Master Yan began to twitch uncontrollably, and the eyelids seemed to be twitching faster and faster.
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