Zhao Chen realized that he had misunderstood Lord Yuan, and his expression quickly softened.
Since Lord Yuan had taken it out with good intentions, Zhao Chen also went along with it and said, "If it's a condiment, I'll try it too."
The smell is pungent and smells foul...but it's what Lin Zhiya recommended, so it should be okay, right?
Zhao Chen was calm inside. He watched Lord Yuan carefully pour some into the soup, then he wanted to taste it to show his opinion.
[The cook of Concubine Wan has always cooked spicy dishes. I put very little in it, so it shouldn't be too spicy for the Emperor.]
Zhao Chen was surprised. It turned out that Lin Zhiya liked spicy food.
A spoonful of bright red soup was placed in a white bowl. Zhao Chen took a sip and felt pain spread through his mouth. He threw the spoon away and stood up, coughing violently.
Zhao Chen's eyes became blurred due to the stimulation. He went to drink water with a gloomy face, hoping to wash away the remaining taste on his tongue, but he didn't expect that it became spicier.
What on earth is this! Zhao Chen walked out angrily, and just in time he saw Lin Zhiya concentrating on taking advantage of him outside. It was as if a basin of cold water was poured over him, extinguishing his anger.
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Zhao Chen turned back and sneered at Lord Yuan: "I thought you were going to poison me."
Lord Yuan was shocked, knowing that he had been tricked by Ding Fugui again. He burst into tears and said, "I also believed the cook's nonsense. No wonder the cook disappeared as soon as he entered the palace. He must have fled because he was afraid of being punished."
Zhao Chen waved his sleeves and told Lord Yuan to get out. He no longer had the urge to eat any of the food on the table. He felt annoyed after removing the dishes.
The damn condiment was so spicy that Zhao Chen's mouth felt numb. Zhao Chen couldn't control himself and smashed the pen holder in the imperial study, then sat in front of the desk with a gloomy look.
The young eunuchs hadn't seen the emperor so angry for a long time, and they all kept their heads down in silence.
Zhao Chen calmed down for a while, then rolled up his sleeves and prepared to write an imperial decree. He wanted all the chefs in the palace who could cook spicy food to come out and claim the responsibility for this damn condiment.
At this time, Lin Zhiya's voice came.
[Hahaha, the emperor doesn't want to eat anymore? Don't take it away, give it all to me.]
[I want to eat vinegar...it won't taste good without vinegar. ]
[Crystal shrimp dumplings, I want this too. My god, the emperor didn't eat a single bite. He is so wasteful.]
Zhao Chen stared at the place where the voice came from and said, "Bring some vinegar to Wanpin and let her eat it well."
After a bowl of vinegar was served, Lin Zhiya immediately fell silent. Zhao Chen waited quietly and soon heard Lin Zhiya say, "Is this the vinegar sent by the emperor?"
Zhao Chen was secretly looking forward to it, but he didn't wait for Lin Zhiya's next sentence. He waited alone for a moment, then impatiently flipped through the documents with a wooden face.
Zhao Chen read the memorial for a while and still felt hungry. However, his tongue was numbed by the spicy condiment and he didn't even want to swallow water.
Most of the memorials were written for the autumn hunt. For example, Prime Minister Liu wrote in the memorial that he had already come out of the Buddhist temple and told the emperor to go on the autumn hunt without worry, as he would arrange the miscellaneous matters in the court.
Zhao Chen suddenly thought of Tutor Sun. It had been half a month since he was sent to dig coal, and Zhao Xiaoxiong's studies could not be delayed any longer.
Zhao Chen wrote an imperial decree and asked someone to recall Tutor Sun.
After doing all this, he prepared to take a nap. Because the spiciness was too uncomfortable, Zhao Chen fell asleep quickly.
Zhao Chen dreamed that a long time ago, he was sitting in a carriage, there were many horse hoof sounds outside, and the expensive leather material in the carriage was padded under him.
There was an overly sexy smell in the carriage.
Nian Zhaoyi was sitting next to him, leaning softly against him.
Zhao Chen realized that the fragrance came from Nian Zhaoyi. It was strange. Wasn't she exiled? She should be digging wild vegetables to eat now. She should be covered in dirt. Why was she still dressed so luxuriously?
The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Zhao Xiaoxiong's face appeared in front of Zhao Chen, "Father, we caught two stray soldiers, and they said that mother is dead."
Zhao Xiaoxiong carried the two stray soldiers to the car window. His thin arms were steady and his eyes showed a firmness.
Zhao Xiaoxiong already looks like a teenager.
The wandering soldiers just kept repeating: "There are bandits and horse thieves coming to the border. Those who can't escape have been captured, and the wounded have been killed."
Nian Zhaoyi was surprised. "So, Lin Zhiya is dead and her body is missing? How can we deal with the matter of her family making dragon robes privately?"
Zhao Xiaoxiong could no longer bear it, so he pulled out a dagger and stabbed Nian Zhaoyi. With Nian Zhaoyi's scream, he was stopped in time by the guards around him, pulled away from the carriage, and soon he disappeared from sight.
Nian Zhaoyi was still in shock and said to Zhao Chen in grievance, "Your Majesty should not have given the Fifth Prince to Lin Zhiya to take care of. Look at what the Fifth Prince has become now."
Zhao Chen felt dizzy and put his fingers between his eyebrows as he thought.
What is going on? Why is Nian Zhaoyi in the carriage? Why isn’t she exiled? What happened to Lin Zhiya? What happened to the Lin family?
One more thing... Is Lin Zhiya really dead?
Zhao Chen's eyes went dark and his heart was beating violently. He pushed Nian Zhaoyi away, drew aside the curtain, and saw heavy snow falling outside.
The army advanced in the snow, on the way to the border.
How is that possible! The soldiers said there were bandits and robbers at the border, but where was his general stationed at the border?
Since he ascended the throne, Zhao Chen has had an obsession buried deep in his heart that he would never give up any land to foreign races.
Even if it is an isolated city thousands of miles away, it is the land defended by his ancestors. How could he abandon the border?
Zhao Chen was furious and pulled the general next to the carriage, "What happened? When did I withdraw the troops?"
General: "Your Majesty is going to the border to capture the exiled Lady Lin. Lady Lin's family privately made a dragon robe, and the whole family should be executed..."
"General Chi, who was stationed at the border, was assassinated. The eldest son of the Chi family committed treason. The emperor ordered the army to retreat because of the bandits who attacked the country."
Zhao Chen almost forgot that he was originally short of money and people. Ever since he ascended the throne, the world has been in turmoil, disasters have occurred frequently, and the ministers in the court have their own thoughts.
Ever since he heard Lin Zhiya's thoughts, Lin Zhiya has come up with many things to help him.
Zhao Chen woke up and felt the sweet soup being put into his mouth. Lin Zhiya was lying beside him feeding him some soup.
Zhao Chen raised his eyes and asked in a hoarse voice: "What is this?"
Lin Zhiya came up with a smile, "Is Your Majesty full?"
Zhao Chen found that he was indeed full. Although it was just soup, it was very filling. He said in a strange tone: "This couldn't be another one made by that cook."
Lin Zhiya felt guilty: "What cook? I kicked him out a long time ago."
Lin Zhiya heard early in the morning that Lord Yuan had used the seasoning to trick Zhao Chen. Not only that, Lord Yuan also exposed himself and said that Ding Fugui was Lin Zhiya's man.
Lin Zhiya glanced at Zhao Chen secretly and found that Ding Fugui was very cruel and made Zhao Chen's lips red.
The emperor has such a good temper that he didn't even want to blame Ding Fugui, Lin Zhiya sighed in her heart.
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