Chapter 14: You must try this delicious meal at Xiu Fu Palace today!
"Strange people?"
Yun Zhengqing put down the needle and thread in his hand, stared into deep thought, and recalled carefully, fearing that there would be any mistakes.
After a long while, he spoke under Su Mian's expectant eyes: "It's not strange to say, he is just a little eunuch under Qin Caizi. I have seen him several times in the past few days."
"Qin Caizi?"
Su Mian was unfamiliar with this name. He tried hard to search his memory and found that the original owner had no impression of this person.
"Well, Qin Caizi and Lin Jiaren entered the palace not too long apart, but Qin Caizi was not favored, so the two of them didn't get along well."
After hearing Yun Zhengqing's words, Su Mian suddenly became alert. If he couldn't deal with him and he frequently appeared near Rong Ceqing's palace, there must be something fishy!
"Why not?"
Su Mian was curious, so she grabbed a handful of melon seeds from Yun Zhengqing's table and started cracking them, listening to Yun Zhengqing's narration of the whole story with great interest.
"After all, they entered the palace at about the same time. Although Qin Caizi entered the palace half a month earlier, Lin Caizi was beautiful and could sing songs to please the emperor, so the emperor never favored Qin Caizi."
Yun Zhengqing thought for a moment and added, "But the rumors about them not getting along are just rumors from the outside. I have never seen any real conflict between them."
After listening to Yun Zhengqing's words, Su Mian stood up, put his hands behind his back, lowered his head and turned around twice. It was hard to say whether Qin Caizi had any motives.
After staying with Yun Zhengqing for a while, Su Mian didn't get any useful information or find any clues, so he prepared to leave.
After so much trouble, it was already lunchtime. His stomach was growling with hunger, but he still had to put on a smile.
As for Yun Zhengqing, Su Mian did not persuade him to shift his focus from the emperor to needlework and embroidery as he did to Rong Ceqing. He just told him:
"The emperor is the emperor of everyone, and only oneself is the home of one's soul."
After all, Rong Ceqing has been framed now, and he will surely figure out many things when it is late at night. But Yun Zhengqing is different. He has a gentle personality and likes the emperor, so he may not be able to get over it for a while.
"Eunuch Su, it's almost time for dinner. Would you like to have your meal here before leaving?"
"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Zheng, but the situation is urgent and I have to go back and report the situation to the emperor, so I will not stay any longer."
Su Mian refused shamelessly, but in fact he just wanted to go back to Mingzheng Hall to eat. After all, no one’s lunch could be as sumptuous as the dog emperor’s!
"Thank you for your hard work, Eunuch Su."
Yun Zhengqing stood up and escorted Su Mian out of the hall, but a word from him made Su Mian, who was originally planning to go straight back to Mingzheng Hall, change direction.
It was because Yun Zhengqing mentioned unintentionally: "Qin Caizi is strange. He is not without talent. He can cook delicious dishes, better than the chefs in the imperial kitchen, but he has never used this to seek favor."
Su Mian's eyes suddenly lit up, and all he could hear was the logic that "Qin Caizi's cooking is better than the imperial kitchen's."
"Qin Caizi is indeed a big suspect. I'd better go to his place first. Does Zhengqing know which palace he lives in?"
"Let me think...it should be the Xiu Fu Palace."
"Thank you, Mr. Zheng. I will take my leave."
Su Mian walked briskly, but Yun Zhengqing thought he was really serious and responsible, completely unaware that Su Mian was just a foodie.
"Show Fu Palace, here."
After walking for a while, Su Mian was tired and sweating. He looked up at the plaque above and finally found it.
But as soon as he arrived at the door of Qin Caizi's bedroom, the eunuch at the door told him that Qin Caizi had cooked a few dishes today and was carrying a food box to Mingzheng Hall.
"What?!"
Su Mian's sky fell.
He walked through most of the palace on an empty stomach, under the scorching sun, just to get a bite of food from Qin Caizi, but he ended up going to the dog emperor?
There was no time to waste, Su Mian hurried to Mingzheng Palace without stopping, cursing in his heart as he ran, is the dog emperor so charming?
[Actually, he does look pretty cool...]
But this thought only flashed through his mind for a second, and Su Mian continued to curse the dog emperor.
Never mind. I just want to scold him. If he hadn't assigned the work to me, he wouldn't be so tired.
Scolding your boss can help you feel happy and get your blood flowing smoothly.
"Phew~ I'm so tired."
Running to the entrance of Mingzheng Hall, Su Mian leaned against the door frame, bent over and gasped. Xiao Dezi saw him from afar and immediately went to meet him.
"Eunuch Su, what happened to you? Why are you so tired?"
"It's okay, I'm fine. Has Qin Caizi been here?"
"Here I am, kneeling there."
Xiao Dezi looked at Su Mian in confusion, raised his hand and pointed. Su Mian followed the direction of his finger and saw Qin Caizi kneeling under the scorching sun with a three-layer food box next to him.
[What a waste!] ! ! ]
Su Mian was filled with impotence and rage in her heart. She took the herbal tea handed to her by Xiao Dezi and took a few big gulps. Only then did her breathing gradually become steady.
"Why is Mr. Qin kneeling there?"
"Oh, Qin Caizi came to bring food to the emperor. The emperor didn't want to see him, so he knelt there and refused to leave."
What Xiao Dezi said was not very serious, and it was obvious that he was accustomed to such things. There were often concubines who came to seek favor from the emperor, but not everyone could see the emperor.
But Su Mian felt strange after hearing this. According to Yun Zhengqing, this talented Qin had never competed for favor. How could he suddenly come to please the dog emperor at this troubled time?
Could it be that he felt that Lin Jiaren's poisoning was a good opportunity for him to take over? Isn’t he afraid that others will think he was the one who poisoned him?
With a head full of question marks, Su Mian took an umbrella and walked over. The shadow completely blocked Qin Caizi's thin body. He looked up and found that Qin Caizi was cool and majestic, with a heroic air of a lotus emerging from water, unlike the seductive clothes worn by other concubines.
"Talent, the sun is so strong, don't hurt yourself by kneeling down."
"Eunuch Su, I want to see the emperor."
Su Mian looked back and forth between Qin Caizi's face and the food box, her mind going into storm mode:
[How can we get the Dog Emperor to see him? ! I really want to try the salty ones! ! ! ]
[System, please help me. If I can’t eat this lunch, I will really die! I’m so greedy! ]
"Su Mian."
Just as Su Mian was begging the system in his heart, Cheng Changgeng's voice calling him came from inside the hall.
"Hey, the servant is here."
Su Mian handed the umbrella in his hand to Xiao Dezi and walked quickly into the hall. As soon as he entered, he saw Cheng Changgeng put down his brush, put away a piece of drawing paper, and pressed it with a chopping board.
"Let Mr. Qin come in."
Not to mention Su Mian, even Cheng Changgeng had no impression of this talented Qin.
He originally didn't want to see her, nor did he want to interrupt his painting, but when he finished painting, he happened to meet Su Mian coming back, and every word of Su Mian's mumbling reached his ears without missing a word.
He thought, if he wants to eat, let him eat. If he can't eat, he will curse him countless times in his heart and complain about him for a long time.
"Okay!"
Su Mian went out happily, waving the whisk in his hand, not feeling hungry at all.
However, he never expected that Qin Caizi actually came for that person.
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