Chapter 244 Suspicious Huipin 4
Huipin's temper was indeed the most heartless, just as Xiao Jingheng said.
The next day when Song Zhao went to Zhaochun Palace to find her, he saw that she was fine and was chatting and laughing with Rong Yue and the others, as if she didn't care about what happened yesterday at all.
Seeing Song Zhao coming, she immediately stood up to greet him.
"Sister Song~ I just said that I would go look for you with Sister Li~"
Huipin's happiness came so suddenly that Song Zhao was quite puzzled.
Before I could respond to her, she looked towards the food box in Yunshan's hand and smacked her lips and said:
"What good stuff is this?"
Yunshan opened the food box with a smile, and when Huipin saw the dishes inside, her cat-like eyes lit up with a lively light.
"Wow! Three-shredded fish, braised meat with dried vegetables, shrimp with Longjing tea, and... beggar boy chicken! These are my favorites, but the people in the imperial kitchen think it's troublesome and rarely make them."
Song Zhao smiled and said, "I made it according to the home cooking style, thinking my sister would like it. Actually, what happened yesterday was..."
"Sister Tong apologized to me, but I don't mean to blame my sisters at all."
Huipin picked up a shrimp and put it into her mouth, chewing it whole with a look of satisfaction on her face.
After swallowing it, he said somewhat gloomily:
"I just can't get over it. I'm afraid my sisters will dislike me and never play with me again."
Rong Yue said, "Your Majesty, you are worrying too much. Since I entered the palace, Your Majesty has always treated me like a sister. How could I have the idea of alienating myself from Your Majesty?"
Li Changzai also said: "How could other queens be like Concubine Hui, willing to lower themselves to eat at the same table with us, the little concubines who have just entered the palace? We are lucky to be in the palace of the queen."
Huipin giggled and naturally took Song Zhao's hand. "Since Sister Song is here, why don't you accompany me to eat? There are so many delicious foods, and it will be more lively with more people~"
Song Zhao smiled, "Of course."
While the servants were serving the meal, Huipin couldn't help but pick up several pieces of braised meat with her chopsticks.
She ate sweetly, praising Song Zhao's cooking skills from time to time.
"Sister Song's cooking skills are really good. It's exactly the same as what my mom makes. It's delicious!"
Song Zhaoyang wiped the oil stains from the corners of her lips and said softly, "As long as you like it, eat slowly and don't choke."
"By the way, Sister Song, you really speak your mind! The emperor sent Eunuch Jiang to pass on a message this morning, saying that he will take me with him when he goes on the southern tour!"
"Oh? That's a great joy. My sister is looking forward to reuniting with her family, and now she can feel at ease."
While they were chatting, Yunshan had prepared the meal.
This last dish is the famous Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, which is slow-cooked over low heat. Song Zhao remembered that Concubine Hui loved to eat it, so he got up early and cooked it for her.
There is a small stove simmering under the Buddha Jumps Over the Wall, with thick white soup bubbling away. Just the smell is enough to make one's eyebrows drop.
Li Changzai praised: "Empress Yi is really good at cooking. This Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is delicious and tasty. I think it is better than the one in the imperial kitchen."
Song Zhao smiled, "Sister Li, what you said is not entirely true. You haven't even tasted it yet, how do you know it tastes good?"
This dish happened to be in front of Song Zhao, so she said to everyone gently: "Since it is agreed, I will serve a bowl to each of you, and stop flattering me."
Song Zhao picked up the porcelain spoon and wanted to serve them the soup himself.
She was in a high position, and it was a great honor for her to serve food to the lower-ranking concubines. Li Changzai and Rong Yue both held jade bowls, waiting respectfully for Song Zhao's "reward" the whole time.
Huipin was like a greedy little cat. She couldn't wait any longer and came to Song Zhao with the bowl in her hand.
When Song Zhao served her the soup, thinking that she liked it, he first filled the bottom of the bowl with a layer of seafood ingredients.
Perhaps because the ingredients were too solid, when I poured the soup in, I only put in a spoonful and it overflowed.
The boiling hot soup splashed onto Huipin's palm.
Although it was just a few spots, it was still so hot that she let out a gasp and immediately let go.
The soup and ingredients spilled all over the west side of the table. Li Changzai and Rong Yue were both afraid that the soup would splash on themselves, so they stood up and dodged almost at the same time.
Song Zhaoze stood up in a hurry, grabbed Huipin's hand and examined it carefully.
"Are you okay, sister? Look how confused I am..."
She gently pressed her fingertips on the base of Huipin's right hand.
Huipin didn't take it to heart. She shook her head and looked at the mess on the table with regret.
"It's just that Sister Song's kindness was wasted..."
Song Zhao held her hand and blew gently towards the slightly red wound.
"The important thing is that you are not hurt. If you like these foods, just tell me and I will ask Yunshan and the others to prepare them and send them to you. You will always be able to eat as much as you want."
Afterwards, the servants cleaned up the dirt on the dining table, and everyone ate up the remaining dishes.
After noon, Song Zhao said that it was almost time for Cheng Yu to get up from his nap, and then he left Zhaochun Palace.
After returning to the palace, she saw that the red plum blossoms floating on the snow in the courtyard were beautiful, so she asked Yunshan to accompany her for a walk in the courtyard.
As the master and servant were walking, Yunshan looked around and wondered:
"I don't know where little Fuzi has slipped off to again."
People couldn't help but think about it, and just as they finished speaking, they saw Xiao Fuzi hurried back to the palace.
He walked quickly to Song Zhao and bowed. Song Zhao asked him calmly while admiring the plum blossoms.
"How did you find out?"
Xiao Fuzi said: "My lady, Zhihua has been thinking about your instructions and observing Huipin in everything. Zhihua said that Huipin usually only cares about eating, drinking and having fun in her own palace. She looks happy every day and there is nothing wrong with her. After you left yesterday, Tong Zhuer and others went to apologize to Huipin, and Huipin did not embarrass them..."
He stared at Song Zhao's gradually darkening eyes, paused for a moment, and then said:
"There was also the incident where the eldest prince almost got into danger in the Plum Garden. Zhihua said that on the night before going to the Plum Garden to pray, Yaopin and Huipin played chess, and the next day Huipin got up late and almost missed the prayer time.
She hurried to the Plum Garden and didn't even bother to put on her undergarment. The hot water bottle she used was also prepared by you, the Empress. I followed her throughout the whole weaving process that day and really didn't see anything strange about her."
Yunshan said: "From what you said, Huipin was clean from beginning to end. Maybe we really misunderstood her this time?"
Song Zhao casually picked a plum blossom covered with snow and said with a sneer:
"The muddy water of the harem cannot support such clean fish."
As she finished speaking, she shook off the new snow on the plum blossoms into her palms.
While Yunshan was lost in thought, he suddenly stuffed a handful of snow into her collar...
【Fourth update today】
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