Chapter 94: The Dispute over the Kitchen Concubine

Zhen did not surrender to the Empress.

Jiang Xinyue watched him act quietly, with a sneer hidden in her eyes.

Ha!

You are playing this trick on her, right?

Let's see who is better at acting!

"Brother?"

Jin Zhaoyi, who had watched the whole process standing at the gate of Hexi Palace, spoke, and Ye Guiren followed closely behind. The two of them stepped into the front hall courtyard.

Jin Zhaoyi rushed in and grabbed the sleeve of the eldest son of the Jin family: "Brother, what's wrong with you? Why are you tied up?"

She was just asking even though she knew the answer.

Jiang Xinyue smiled and said, "Jin Zhaoyi, don't worry. It's just a misunderstanding. Your Majesty, please let them go! Otherwise, Jin Zhaoyi will think that I am making trouble for her again."

After the joke was told, the tense atmosphere instantly relaxed, and the emperor ordered people to untie Zhu Erlang and Jin Jiadalang and send them back to the guardhouse.

Jin Zhaoyi felt that she couldn't understand Concubine Zhen a little bit.

She was Concubine Li's person, and in the past... no... it should be said that even now, she has been making trouble for Concubine Zhen.

She used to be with Zhang Wanyi, and then Zhang Wanyi was demoted and lost the emperor's favor, and she colluded with Concubine Ye just to bring down Concubine Zhen.

But today is such a good opportunity. If she proves that her brother is the murderer, not only she, but also the entire Jin family will be doomed.

Concubine Zhen...why didn't she identify her brother?

Is it really because she is kind that she doesn't want to wrongly accuse an innocent person?

Noble Ye didn't care about the grudges between them. When she saw the emperor, her eyes were shining brightly. She ran over and almost bumped into Jiang Xinyue. Fortunately, Wang Dequan stood in front of Jiang Xinyue and gently pushed Noble Ye.

Emperor Xuanwu took a few steps back in fear, and immediately a guard blocked the sword in front of Noble Ye, not allowing her to get closer.

"Your Majesty!"

Noble Ye was so anxious that he turned around and around, but he had no choice but to push the guards in front of him and glared at them fiercely.

The emperor bypassed Noble Ye and hugged Jiang Xinyue: "Zhu Qianyi, Jin Wuyong, you have suffered an unprovoked disaster this time, so I will appoint you as my sword-bearing guards in front of the emperor, and you will come to the palace to take up your duties tomorrow."

"Minister... Thank you for your grace."

"Your Majesty, I..."

"Wang Dequan!"

Emperor Xuanwu felt a headache when he heard Noble Ye's threatening voice, and hurriedly said: "I want to accompany Concubine Zhen for lunch, and those who are idle please ask them to leave."

After that, regardless of Noble Ye's ugly face, he hugged Jiang Xinyue and entered the palace.

It would take some time to serve lunch, and Jiang Xinyue specially asked Xi Que to go with him so that he could bring Gao Yuchu over and let him show his face in front of the emperor. As for whether he could seize this opportunity, it depended on his own ability.

Although May is not yet midsummer, ice has already been provided in the kitchen. Many precious ingredients need to be preserved in ice.

"This is the fresh steamed sea bass that the Empress will eat tomorrow. The ice is naturally for us. If Concubine Zhen wants to eat fresh pheasant,

she'd better wait until the day after tomorrow!" "Li Guitian, don't go too far. I applied for this ice from the steward the day before yesterday and it was allocated to me. The Empress wants to eat fresh steamed sea bass, so you should have applied for the ice in advance. You forgot to apply for it yourself, but you came to snatch it from me. How is that?"

"What do you mean by that?"

Chef Li Yu sneered, "You mean, if the Empress wants to eat something, she has to queue behind Concubine Zhen? Do you dare to say this to the Empress?"

"You!"

Chef Gao Yu pointed at him, "Don't be so rude. We are talking about applying for ice in advance. Please be reasonable."

"In the harem, it is reasonable to put the Empress first. Why is it that Chef Gao Yu and Concubine Zhen are so unwilling to give in because they are thinking about the Empress's position as the Empress?"

This hat was put on them, which was a serious crime. Chef Gao Yu could not respond. He was so angry that he gasped and refused to move away from the box of ice cubes.

Chef Li Yu had already gathered a small number of people in the kitchen. He gave a signal and a group of people rushed up to grab the ice cubes.

"You! Let go..."

"Bang!"

"Ouch!"

Wang Dequan had heard everything clearly outside the door. He was about to go in and ask them to stop fighting and serve the emperor and Concubine Zhen lunch first. Who knew that as soon as he stepped in, he was hit hard in the eye by a box that flew over.

After a cry of pain, Wang Dequan fell to the ground, feeling dizzy.

The stuff in his crotch was gone, but he still felt a chill in his crotch. He looked down and found that it was a box of ice cubes that was scattered between his legs.

"Eunuch Wang!"

Everyone in the kitchen was dumbfounded. The chefs who caused the accident all knelt on the ground, their bodies as weak as sieves.

Xi Que yelled, "You are such a bastard Li Guitian, you actually dared to plot against Eunuch Wang, what crime should you be punished for?"

Li Guitian's face turned pale as gold paper, and he knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "Eunuch Wang... Eunuch Wang, please forgive me, I didn't mean it... No! It wasn't me... It was him... He didn't want to give me the ice, it's all his fault."

He pointed his finger at Gao Yuchu and backed away in fear.

Wang Dequan took the handkerchief from Xi Que and pressed it against his bleeding forehead. He didn't hear anything else, but heard Xi Que whispering in his ear that Li Guitian plotted against him.

But now is not the time to think about this. He stretched out a hand and pointed at Chef Gao Yu: "You, come with me to Hexi Palace to serve the emperor and Concubine Zhen for dinner, hurry up."

When the emperor has a meal, in addition to the eunuchs who test poison, there are also chefs who serve dishes. Every time a dish is served, as long as the emperor picks it up more than twice, the chef who serves the dishes must report the name of the dish, and explain how to cook the dish, as well as the benefits and effects of eating it on the human body.

That's why Jiang Xinyue asked Xi Que to come.

Chef Gao Yu immediately put on his chef's clothes, pushed his own food cart, and ordered three more chefs who had just helped him as assistants. He pushed the stove and followed behind Eunuch Wang and Xi Que.

Wang Dequan felt so painful just by looking at the big gash on his forehead.

Xi Que took out the golden medicine from her sleeve again: "Eunuch Wang, if you go in like this, I'm afraid it will scare the emperor and Concubine Zhen. This is the golden medicine that I always carry with me. Why don't you use some first!"

Her handkerchief was white and stained with blood, which looked strange and shocking.

Wang Dequan had no choice but to tell his adopted son Tang Shiliang to take the chefs in to serve first at the door of the main hall of Hexi Palace, so as not to delay the emperor's meal.

Xi Que took Wang Dequan to the side hall and called Xiao Xuanzi to help him simply treat the wound on his forehead.

Hexi Palace had some common hemostatic drugs. Xiao Xuanzi took some out of the storeroom and bandaged him up: "Eunuch Wang, don't let your wound touch water. It will get inflamed and you will suffer."

Wang Dequan took a breath of cool air and waved his hand: "I know. Don't bother me anymore. Hurry up and serve Concubine Zhen."