Chapter 43 The Powerful Photographer vs. the Weak Substitute Daughter 5

Lin Muqing stepped over the high threshold and walked five meters away from Xi Chenmu in front of him. He stepped into the front hall paved with bluestone. Not far away was a winding corridor.

The layout of the entire palace is neat and grand, with high-rise buildings and flying pavilions, carved corridors and waterside pavilions, green tiles and red roofs, carved beams and painted rafters. It is luxurious yet exquisite. It can be seen that the taste of the emperor is quite elegant.

"This is Miss Lin, who is proficient in cooking. Butler Liu will arrange for her to be in charge of my three meals a day in the future." Xi Chenmu suddenly turned his head to look at her, his eyes suddenly fixed, "But now, go and make a Jiangnan dish for me to see your skills."

"Okay, Your Majesty." Lin Muqing stood beside him and took a step back. "So where is my little girl now...how is she going to get to the kitchen?"

The girl has a soft voice and clear eyes. She has been standing quietly since she came in, without looking around. She is pure without any mixed feelings, and her smile is easy to make people like her.

With her beautiful eyebrows and eyes, and skin as white as snow, she is indescribably charming and beautiful.

Butler Liu narrowed his shrewd eyes and stepped forward, "Miss Lin, follow me."

Lin Muqing followed the housekeeper to the kitchen.

"Yun Yi, you arrange for her to live in an empty room near the Plum Garden, and Yun Qin will follow me into the palace."

The vacant house near the Plum Garden was intended to be used as a firewood room when the mansion was first built. Later, due to the re-planning of the kitchen's location, it was turned into a garden. It has been vacant for a long time. There are no maids in the mansion, and the servants live in the courtyard only for men. The prince was very thoughtful.

Yun Yi bowed slightly and answered respectfully: "I understand."

After Xi Chenmu gave his instructions, he left with a group of guards.

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The palace kitchen.

Butler Liu looked her up and down before calling in a chef who cooked Jiangnan cuisine and asked her, "Miss, do you know what the prince likes to eat?"

She shook her head in an honest and confused manner: "I don't know."

Butler Liu felt relieved because he didn't know either.

"Girls, take care of these ingredients. This chef also knows how to cook Jiangnan dishes. You can cook dinner together. Let's make all Jiangnan dishes."

"Big Liu, please help her." Butler Liu didn't know who this girl was, but if the prince told him to, he would make arrangements for her.

She said softly, "I don't need to help. I'll just cook three dishes."

Chef Da Liu was a plain-looking middle-aged man. He wiped his hands and began to sharpen the knife. "Okay, I'll do the rest."

Everyone was unfamiliar with each other and it was difficult for them to cooperate, so Butler Liu was just trying to show his appreciation.

So everyone was busy with their own things in the kitchen. The kitchen in the palace was very large and could accommodate twenty people to cook. It was decorated entirely with mahogany and looked as luxurious as a royal dining room.

Lin Muqing picked up a piece of fresh half-fat and half-lean pork, a naked chicken, a fish raised in the back of the kitchen, and some side dishes in a corner of the kitchen.

The system was right. She had hardly cooked or frying in her previous life, but she had seen a lot.

In the previous world, in order to redeem things in the system subsidy group, she often asked Xiaoyu to cook delicious food. Later, she bought books and learned many other dishes, and she watched them all.

So even though she hasn't cooked for a hundred years, she can still handle the ingredients in an orderly manner.

Tie the meat with a rope, kill the fish and clean it to remove all the dirt, dig out all the dirt from the chicken, marinate it, and wrap it in lotus leaves.

The system looked at it and felt familiar: "Isn't this the way Xiaoyu cooks?"

While preparing the dishes, Lin Muqing said to the system in her mind: "The original owner's memory contains what the aunt said. I will copy it now, and combine it with the method I saw Xiaoyu do. It will definitely not be bad."

She is not a kitchen idiot, and she has always cooked alone in her world.

An hour later.

Butler Liu was supervising from the side. The kitchen was filled with the aroma of meat, which aroused the greed in his stomach. He nodded secretly.

It seems this girl has some skills, no wonder she was brought back by the prince.

…

Although the drizzle has stopped, the sky is still hazy and gray, which makes people feel depressed.

At this time, the palace was in chaos.

This morning, the emperor suddenly vomited blood and breathed rapidly, as if he would die in the next second. The four sons could no longer hide their ambitions, so they forced him to the bedside.

Force the father to make a new choice.

The Crown Prince had long been disliked by the Emperor, and not wanting his three younger brothers to succeed, he began to expose each other's scandals.

Each of them revealed the other's scandal, and the story of the Third Prince who framed his father and made him seriously ill was also told.

Emperor Yuan was so angry that he vomited blood and died completely.

If nothing unexpected happens, the crown prince will have the priority to inherit the throne, but unexpectedly, the third prince has already made a backup plan.

The prince had not laughed for long when he was suddenly poisoned and fell to the ground. The other three princes ordered their secret guards to assassinate each other.

The fight began right in front of the dying emperor's bed.

In the end, the three princes were stabbed to death.

The poisoned prince was still alive.

The palace was in a state of panic, and by the time the Empress and the Imperial Concubine arrived, the outcome was already decided.

The scene was in chaos, and the eunuchs and palace maids were in a state of panic.

"Hongyu! You can't abandon me!" The royal concubine hugged the third prince and screamed, tears falling. She couldn't accept the news. They were only one step away from success, just one step!

The other two princes had lost their mothers long ago and were lying quietly on the ground, with bright red blood soaking the clothes on their abdomens and shoulders. They had fought hard for the highest throne in the deep palace, but died in the end. Even the eunuchs did not dare to approach them for fear of being implicated.

On the other side, the queen was holding the unconscious prince with black lips and was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot.

The imperial physician diagnosed that the prince had been poisoned by horse money, an extremely tricky poison that would keep him unconscious for a short period of time. Unless he got the antidote pills from the Luoyang miracle doctor, he would not survive for more than three months. The empress could only send someone to notify the people in her natal family's general's mansion and ask them to find the miracle doctor for the antidote.

In the afternoon, the Queen presided over the removal of the bodies of the three princes and handled the Emperor's funeral.

When Xi Chenmu entered the palace, everything had been settled.

He strode quickly to the entrance of Yangxin Palace. His tall and slender figure stood in the corridor, standing tall and distinct, staring quietly at his brother who was covered with yellow cloth inside.

Didn't go in.

His stern facial features were all filled with cold emotions. After learning about the stupidity of the Crown Prince and the three princes from Eunuch Sun who was eager to surrender, he began to arrange the next steps.

With Prince Mu's arrival, everyone seemed to have a backbone.

Many concubines and ministers came and went in the Yangxin Palace, and the concubines cried the most bitterly.

"Greetings, Lord Mu."

When Xi Chenmu saw the concubine being escorted back from Tianyuan Temple by the soldiers, he looked at her deeply, not knowing what he was thinking.

"On the day of the burial, the three princes will be together."

These words were harsh, but no one present dared to object. The people Xi Chenmu brought were capable and powerful, and the originally chaotic situation quickly returned to order.

Four dragons fought for the throne, three died and one was injured.

Xi Chenmu just wanted to say, idiot, no brains.

Yes, how powerful can the children taught by the emperor be?

Xi Chenmu has looked down on Xi Yiyuan for a long time and has been thinking about how to kill him every day. He is always afraid that Xi Yiyuan will return to Beijing to seize power, and will be incompetent and obsessed with women while in office, and will not devote all his energy to the development of Yun Kingdom.

A person who is unworthy of his position, incompetent and furious can only produce three victims.

After neatly handling the affairs in the palace, Xi Chenmu left the palace and returned to the palace.

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This was different from the tense situation in the court where the ministers were discussing how to take sides.

The people in Prince Mu's mansion sweep the floor, manage the accounts, and cook. They don't have to worry about when they will lose their heads. This is the security that comes from being with the master.

After Xi Chenmu returned to the mansion, walked through the corridor, came to the dining room, and sat down.

Yun Yi first asked Xiao Si to bring a pot of Wuyishan Dahongpao. The tea aroma was lingering and white tea mist was floating out from the mouth of the pot.

"Your Highness, dinner is ready. Are you ready to eat?"

"Hmm." Xi Chenmu took a sip of hot tea and savored it quietly.

He had a habit of drinking tea whenever he sat down, and he even had a tea room in his house that stored the famous teas he brought back from various countries.

The butler ordered the servants to serve the dishes, and the servants served ten dishes one after another. The whole dining room was filled with the mixed aroma of the dishes.

Xi Chenmu could tell at a glance which three dishes were new ones because they were prepared differently from the ones prepared by the chef at home.

He didn't say anything. He scooped a spoonful of the fish porridge and took a careful sniff. It had a strong fishy aroma. As someone who often eats fish, he knew without tasting it that the fish must have been killed and cooked in less than an incense stick of time.

The fish porridge is fresh, fragrant and soft. It is very thick but still has a granular texture. The freshness of the fish fillet is all in that mouthful of rice porridge, and there are also shredded green onions and egg. The taste is rich and layered, and just one bite will make you want to keep eating.

The saltiness is not noticeable in the fishy taste, and it doesn't feel heavy even if you eat more.

It was somewhat different from what he had eaten in Jiangnan, and seemed to taste better.

Seeing that the prince was eating one mouthful after another, and that his small bowl of porridge was soon empty, and that he seemed to have a good appetite, the butler smiled and said respectfully, "Prince, I will serve you another bowl."

Xi Chenmu passed the bowl to him as a sign of tacit agreement, and picked up a dish of chicken wrapped in lotus leaves with his chopsticks.

He smelled it just now. This dish is the most fragrant.

However, it tastes even better when you put it in your mouth. The narrow peach blossom eyes narrow into a line, the chicken is tender and juicy, the lotus leaves are rich in fragrance, and the chicken skin has a slightly burnt aroma. The more you chew, the more fragrant it becomes.

Her cooking really suits his taste.

There is also a classic Dongpo pork, which looks bright red and tastes crispy, soft and glutinous. The skin has a little toughness to increase the taste. The sauce is rich and the seasoning is just right.

Xi Chenmu ate a few bites, then put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, raised his eyes and asked Butler Liu, "Is Miss Lin in the kitchen?"