Chapter 88 Hot Pot
Lan Xiyue beat up the prince and was in a good mood. Well, she hadn't eaten hot pot for a long time. Well, she would go buy some ingredients and make hot pot herself. She walked out of the alley and walked around the street again, purchasing ingredients for the hot pot base.
In the Regent's Palace, after Mo Liyuan came back, he had been staying in the study, with a stern face and eyes closed. He was in a very bad mood. The cunning woman kept appearing in his mind, and the lingering thought made him feel restless.
Tianyi hurried back to the palace and learned that his master was already in the study, so he hurried to report.
He lowered his head and said, "Master, a large number of assassins appeared on the cruise ship."
Mo Liyuan slowly opened his eyes, his brows furrowed, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He looked at Tianyi and said in a gloomy voice, "Where is she?"
Tianyi quickly replied, "Master, I escorted Miss Lan ashore. She is not hurt at all."
Hearing this, Mo Liyuan's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.
He waved his hand gently, signaling Tianyi to step back.
Tianyi walked out of the study and looked at the sky helplessly, wondering in his heart: The master is in a bad mood now. Did something unpleasant happen between him and Miss Lan after he left?
At the same time, in the capital city at night, the prince's guards woke up one after another and found that the prince was missing. They were frantically looking for the missing prince.
Finally, in a remote alley, they found the unconscious Crown Prince Mo Yufeng. His face was covered in bruises and swelling, and if they hadn't recognized his clothes, they wouldn't have believed that the person before them was the honorable Crown Prince.
The guards hurriedly brought the prince back to the East Palace, and the East Palace suddenly fell into chaos again.
The news spread like wildfire and quickly reached the Imperial Study and Kunning Palace.
Upon hearing the news, the emperor and the empress's faces changed drastically and they rushed straight to the East Palace.
As she stepped into the East Palace, a pungent smell of medicine hit her nose. The queen saw the dying prince on the bed. His once handsome face was now covered with scars and blood, making it almost unrecognizable that he was once a favored child of heaven.
The Queen's heart ached, her eyes fierce. "Who is it? Who is so bold as to injure the Crown Prince like this? Are you all useless? You can't even protect the Crown Prince!"
The Queen turned around, tears immediately rolling down her cheeks like pearls from a broken string. She choked and said, "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has been beaten like this. You must take charge of the situation for him!"
The emperor's expression was gloomy, his eyes like torches as he glanced at the imperial doctors kneeling beside him. His voice was low and majestic: "How is the prince?"
The head imperial physician, Su Gu, was now trembling, his voice as thin as a mosquito: "Prince... apart from the broken ribs, the rest of the injuries are external. He needs careful nursing to recover. It's not serious."
Upon hearing this, the Emperor's face darkened. "Asshole! Someone, investigate this thoroughly! Who is so audacious as to attack the Crown Prince?"
Upon hearing this, the imperial doctors were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.
The Emperor was furious, his eyes like knives as he swept over the guards who had followed the Crown Prince out. "Come here, beat these people to death. If they can't even protect their master, what's the point of them?"
For a moment, the atmosphere in the East Palace was as cold as frost, everyone was in danger, and the atmosphere of fear filled every corner.
The emperor flicked his sleeves and left. Along the way, his mind was as clear as a mirror. Who else in the capital had the courage to hurt the prince like this, except the regent?
In the Cining Palace, the nanny whispered in the empress dowager's ear.
The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes slightly when she heard this. When she learned that the Crown Prince had gotten into trouble again and was beaten beyond recognition, the first thing she thought of was her youngest son with a weird temper - Mo Liyuan.
The nanny beside her was worried: "Empress Dowager, aren't you going to see the prince?"
The Queen Mother shook her head gently, a trace of helplessness and sorrow flashing in her eyes. "I won't go. Alas! My two sons are clearly the closest brothers in the world, yet they have been secretly competing against each other for years. Why is this so painful?"
Upon hearing this, the nanny didn't dare to respond. She had been serving the empress dowager all the time, so she naturally understood what she meant.
The person who had beaten the prince was happily making hot pot base in the kitchen. Lan Xiyue had no idea that the blame for her beating of the prince would be put on Mo Liyuan.
Chuchun watched her young lady throw a lot of ingredients into the pot and was very curious, "Miss, what is hot pot?"
Lan Xiyue chuckled, her hands moving non-stop. She was carefully cooking a pot of hot pot base, the aroma filling the air, attracting the other maids in the courtyard to peek in.
"Go wash the side dishes, I'll prepare the base of the pot first. When it's done, you'll know what hot pot is."
Chuchun grumbled, "Miss, you never touched water before, when did you learn these?"
Lan Xiyue tapped Chuchun's forehead lightly and snorted, "Of course I read it in a book. I'm naturally intelligent and can learn anything quickly. It's just that I was too disdainful to do it before. Why don't you go wash or cut the vegetables?"
"oh……"
Half an hour later, the hot pot base was finally cooked. The rich aroma made the little girl outside swallow her saliva unconsciously.
Lan Xiyue carried the pot to the center of the yard and placed it on the stove that had been prepared long ago.
Chuchun brought a few maids and brought up plates of colorful side dishes, which were placed on the stone table in the yard. There were tender beef and mutton slices, green vegetables, golden tofu... Each one was mouth-watering.
"You all can go down. The kitchen has prepared a pot for you. Just do as I said and eat it hot. I want to drink with Mingyue tonight, so please don't disturb me. Eat and go to bed early. I will come to clean up tomorrow."
"yes"
In the kitchen, the fire was burning brightly, and the soup in the copper pot was bubbling, emitting an enticing aroma.
Chuchun and a few little girls sat around the pot, holding long chopsticks in their hands, throwing various ingredients into the pot from time to time, with happy smiles on their faces.
"Wow! Miss is right. This hot pot is truly a delicacy. I have never eaten anything so delicious!" A little girl picked up a piece of freshly blanched meat and couldn't wait to take a bite. Her satisfaction was beyond words.
"But I think it's a bit spicy!" Another girl gasped because of the spiciness, but still couldn't bear to put down her chopsticks.
Chuchun smiled slightly, her hands moving non-stop. As she added ingredients to the pot, she said, "It's a little spicy, but it's this spiciness that makes it more satisfying and delicious."
Chuchun thought of Chuxia, and a hint of sadness flashed in his eyes: "It's a pity that Chuxia can't enjoy this hot pot with us this time. The lady said that Chuxia can't eat spicy food until her body is fully recovered."
A little girl smiled and said, "That's easy. When Chuxia gets better, Sister Chuchun will do it to her once."
Nanny Liang also chimed in with a smile, "That's right, Chuchun's cooking skills are pretty good. Just now you watched how the young lady made it, and next time you can imitate her."
Upon hearing this, Chuchun nodded heavily and secretly decided in her heart that when Chuxia recovered from her illness, she would tell the young lady that she would definitely make a delicious hot pot for her and let her taste it. Chuxia was the most greedy person, and she would definitely like this hot pot.
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