Fortunately, the guards went to the mountains to hunt a wild boar, so she cut off a piece of pork belly with alternating layers of fat and lean meat, chopped it up with scallions and ginger, and mixed it into minced meat.
To enhance the flavor, she grabbed a handful of dried shrimp she had brought from the palace, ground them into powder, and mixed them into the minced meat.
Then she kneaded the dough and rolled out dumpling wrappers of the same size.
That's right, she's preparing to make dumplings.
In less than half an hour, she had wrapped and cooked two large plates of dumplings.
While she was cooking, the cook couldn't help but praise her, "I've never seen such a distinguished lady as you who can also cook."
Jian Yang smiled but remained silent.
Just as the two plates of dumplings were brought into the guest room, the emperor arrived.
"I am a man blessed with good food." He didn't stand on ceremony, picked up his chopsticks and started eating, praising her cooking skills profusely.
Jian Yang couldn't help but ask sarcastically, "Isn't Your Majesty afraid that I might poison you?"
The emperor had naturally heard about the poisoned bird's nest incident and gently comforted her, saying, "Empress, I'm sorry you had to go through this."
Fearing that continuing this topic would make her explode, Jian Yang coughed lightly, "Is it possible that the person who poisoned her was one of Qian Sanbao's men?"
The emperor shook his head. "The reason he followed me all the way was to tell me that he had no intention of harming me and the empress."
"But isn't he one of the Prince of Dingbian's men?"
The emperor's eyes were deep. "No, he's just an opportunist."
Qian Sanbao neither wanted to offend the Prince of Dingbian, nor did he want to actually harm the Emperor and Empress.
He wants to benefit from both sides; isn't he just an opportunist?
Jian Yang suddenly realized.
After dinner, the two fell silent.
How will they sleep tonight?
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