Chapter 112 Murong Jing's New Roommate
Murong Jing and Mu'er pushed open the door of the study. An oil lamp was lit in the room, and there were two other girls.
Murong Jing was used to living in the military camp. She didn't have many of the problems of aristocratic ladies and didn't mind living with others.
She threw the newly bought bedding onto the empty bed. Mu'er stepped forward and saluted to the two new roommates.
"My name is Mu'er, this is my elder sister. I hope you two senior sisters will take good care of me in the future."
As Mu'er spoke, she secretly looked at the two girls in the room.
A clever-looking girl looked up and smiled sweetly:
"No need to call me Senior Sister, my name is Lu Yiner, and I'm new here too. Please take care of me in the future!"
Another girl who was reading at her desk nodded slightly and said, "My name is Zhu Qingyan."
Murong Jing clasped her fists towards the two of them.
"Murong Jing, nice to meet you."
Zhu Qingyan and Lu Yiner had already washed up. Mu'er and Murong Jing walked to a small open space separated at the back of each study and began to wash themselves with hot water.
Murong Jing couldn't help but sigh at the high quality of life of the students in the academy. You know, in the military camp, especially when carrying out a mission, the entire army is not allowed to make a fire, and the soldiers often cannot take a bath for ten days or half a month.
People like Murong Jing who are a little more particular can only take cold showers.
Murong Jing sighed and asked Mu'er: "Have you checked the two people in the room?"
According to Murong Jing's understanding, those who could live in the same study room with her should not be very good at studying, just like her.
"Lu Yin'er is the daughter of Yunzhou Sima. She is only fourteen years old and has a reputation for talent. She was sent to Jiangzhou to study a few days ago."
Mu'er knew all of this very well. She had already investigated all of this background before entering Longchang Academy.
Murong Jing frowned when she heard the words "rarely known for his talent", and then she heard Mu'er continue:
"That Zhu Qingyan is also quite capable. He is the illegitimate son of the eldest wife of Zhu Juren in Jiangzhou City. He grew up in the countryside with his mother Su, but he is very good at studying. He ranked sixth in this year's college entrance examination.
In addition, her half-sister is the eldest granddaughter of the Zhu family and the top scorer in this examination. Her name is Zhu Lan."
After Mu'er finished speaking, she saw that Murong Jing hadn't spoken for a long time, so she asked, "Miss, what's wrong?"
Murong Jing sighed with a headache, "These two roommates with outstanding academic performance, were arranged by the old man again for you, right?
I have come to the academy, why can't I be left alone in peace?"
"Miss." Mu'er looked into the room and saw no movement, then she lowered her voice and said:
"The prince has told you to have a good relationship with Lu Yin'er. It may be useful in the future."
Murong Jing frowned, "I've said it before, you can discuss those complicated and troublesome matters in the court with my elder sister, don't bother me, you can handle these."
As the wife of the third prince, King Qi, my sister is much more familiar with these matters in the court than I am.
After saying this, Murong Jing went back to sleep.
Mu'er stood there helplessly.
It's too difficult. The prince has assigned a lot of tasks, but the second young lady is a person who never thinks deeply about things.
In the end, it all became my own job.
She is so difficult.
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The next day, Imperial Fragrance Pavilion.
When Wang Yuchu heard the purpose of Zhu Lan's visit, he looked embarrassed.
He looked around, scolded a few apprentices who were looking in this direction out of curiosity, and then quietly pulled Zhu Lan into another room.
"You dare to ask about the royal family's affairs? Do you want to live?"
Wang Yuchu had a serious look on his face.
He knew Zhu Lan was capable, but no matter how capable he was, he shouldn't have come to Yuxiang Pavilion to ask him about the dietary preferences of the princes and concubines!
This is a big taboo!
Zhu Lan calmly comforted him, "Master Wang, this is a taboo, I understand. But I am not asking you about His Majesty's personal preferences, so don't be so nervous.
I just want to understand the tastes of the princes and concubines so that I can make some targeted improvements to your recipes in the future.
If you return to the palace for the second time someday, wouldn't it be easy for you to get the position of head chef of the imperial kitchen?"
The last sentence touched Wang Yuchu's heart.
Outsiders only thought that he left the palace because he was old and begged for his remains from the emperor.
But in fact, it was all that damned Liu Zongguan who was making things difficult for me!
At that time, Chief Steward Liu told him that Concubine Liang had been complaining about how hot the palace was recently and wanted to eat something cool. So Imperial Chef Wang ordered someone to send over some chilled mung bean soup to cool her down.
Unexpectedly, Concubine Liang was feeling unwell during those days and could not eat cold food. She was in a very bad mood and when she saw the iced mung bean soup, she immediately got furious. The next day, Wang Yuchu was kicked out of the imperial kitchen.
Whenever Wang Yuchu thought of this, he felt so angry that his teeth itched!
I don’t know if my good friend received the letter I sent to the palace last time, as I haven’t received any reply yet.
He pondered Zhu Lan's words again, and his thoughts turned to the past.
Take the risk, wealth and honor are achieved through risk!
Wang Yuchu made up his mind and said to Zhu Lan:
"I can tell you, but I won't write it down. You can only remember it in your heart."
"Of course." Zhu Lan nodded.
Wang Yuchu confirmed again and again that there was no one eavesdropping outside the door, and then he whispered to Zhu Lan what he knew about the dietary preferences of some royal nobles. Zhu Lan memorized them all.
…
After returning to the study, Zhu Lan immediately wrote down what was in his mind in a cryptic way.
In order to prevent Wang Yuchu from knowing her true intentions, she specifically asked about the preferences of all the princes and concubines.
The Crown Prince prefers sweet food, the Second Prince prefers light food, and the Third Prince likes spicy food...
Zhu Lan's pen suddenly paused, and he drew a circle on the "one" and "three" on the paper.
Then he fell into deep thought.
In the original plot, the Emperor of Daliang should be in his forties at this time, and his health is deteriorating.
Although the crown prince is the successor to the emperor, his position is not stable, and the third prince, Prince Qi, is one of his competitors.
In fact, the Third Prince is the son of Concubine Liang, and can be considered Liang Zhou's cousin, but the relationship between the two is not very good. The Third Prince has always looked down on this cousin who has lived at the bottom of Longchang Academy for many years and is uneducated.
Now that the emperor is seriously ill, the crown prince and the third prince are fighting openly and secretly. It seems that the crown prince's visit to participate in the celebration of Longchang Academy this time is intended to win over the emperor's most trusted brother Yan Yuze.
But will the Third Prince allow this to happen?
Zhu Lan thought for a while, then picked up a pen and wrote down another possibility on the paper.
She was in a low position now and her words did not matter. The affairs of the court were still far away from her for the time being. It was too early to make plans now, but those things might affect the celebration she was in charge of.
Regardless of whether unexpected situations will occur or not, it is always safer to make more preparations.
In addition, it has been several years since Zhu Lan traveled through time, and he knows clearly that the plot in the original book can only be used as a reference and cannot be fully believed, as it may even affect his own judgment.
The arrival of this group of people has changed the fate of many people. Who knows if it will produce a butterfly effect and indirectly affect more things?
For example, Princess Ningyue. The original book never mentioned that Zhu Qingyan had such a roommate, but now she appears.
And there will be more and more variables like this in the future.
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