Ye Zhen found out that Hyun stopped listening, and also knew that it was because of Fei'er's persuasion that she didn't go. The doubts in her heart still couldn't be eliminated. She became more and more suspicious about whether Hyun was really stupid. She wanted to test it, but she didn't dare to use too harsh methods, because Now Ning Sheng values Hyun more and is afraid of getting angry, so he can only try it in a small way, but how?
After finishing lunch, Hyun thought that she had to find something to do for herself. Otherwise, if she eats and sleeps all day long, she will rot in such a decadent life, and she will have to figure out how to go back.
I was holding my head and was lost in thought when I suddenly heard the roll call outside:
"The Queen has arrived!"
Immediately afterwards came the voice of "The Queen is a thousand years old, a thousand years old." Hyun felt a chill rush up his spine and a numbness on his scalp. I really don't know how the emperors of the past dynasties felt when dealing with so many women. Anyway, This woman has already given Hyun a headache.
She was grumbling in her heart, greeting Ye Zhen's eighteen generations of ancestors, but on the surface she still had to bow obediently, and looking at the ground just a few feet away from her eyes, she even greeted her ancestors!
Ye Zhen sat on the main seat, looked at Hyun below who was bowing politely, and sneered softly:
"I haven't seen you in a few days. Miss Hyun has made some progress."
Hyun silly and silly replied:
"Thank you, Madam, for your good teachings."
Ye Zhen covered her mouth and smiled:
"Hey, not only have you learned the etiquette, but your little mouth has also become sweeter. Get up quickly, the ground is cold," he waved to the other servants, "You all should also get back on your feet."
Hyun looked at Fei'er, Fei'er pointed to a chair with her eyes, and Hyun sat on it. Ye Zhen smiled scornfully in her heart, and waved to a palace maid who came with her. Gong'e put a beautiful food basket on Hyun. On the table next to you:
"I haven't seen Miss Hyun for many days. I came to see you today. The weather is getting hotter. Be careful not to suffer from heat stroke. These are the snacks I asked the imperial chef to make. I sent some to each palace. Miss Hyun also wants to try them."
Hyun cursed in his heart:
Show your courtesy for nothing! Either adultery or theft!
But Ye Zhen had already said so. As the second largest master in the harem, how could she dare to refuse? In order to continue her stupidity to the end, she said with a stupid face:
"Is it for me to eat?" Just as he was about to lift the lid of the basket, Fei'er coughed quietly and motioned to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen rolled her eyes with disdain:
"No need to be too polite, Miss Hyun, let's have a taste."
Hyun Le rubbed her hands together and couldn't wait to open the lid of the basket. However, the smell inside almost broke her heart. It was very strong, a very strong smell of Chinese medicine. The expressions of Fei'er and Niao who were standing aside changed. Change.
Such a strong smell of medicine made Hyun really tremble a little, but then she thought about it, now Ning Sheng still values herself more, Ye Zhiding didn't dare to harm her so blatantly, so he calmed down, and in order to cover up his stunned look, he looked surprised. He said to Ye Zhen:
"The snacks given by the empress are so beautiful that I can't bear to eat them."
Ye Zhen rolled her eyes in her heart and smiled on the surface:
"If Miss Hyun likes it, I can ask the imperial chef to make more and send it to you."
Hyun looked stupid again:
"Will the empress give me snacks in the future? Is she still so beautiful?"
"Of course."
Hyun seemed to have never seen the world before, staring at the snacks with greedy eyes, rubbing her hands again, taking out a piece and throwing it into her mouth. Fei'er and Niao Xin were so scared that their throats were raised, although they also knew that Ye Zhen It was impossible to harm Hyun so openly, but if something happened, their lives would be in danger, and the clothes on their backs were soaked with sweat.
Of course, Hyun couldn't really swallow it in one gulp. She tasted it first, and pretended to be crazy if something was wrong. But when she tasted it, it was coptis. When she was a child, when she had a stomachache and couldn't take traditional Chinese medicine, she was so impressed with the taste of coptis that she knew it was
After eating Coptis, she ate it with confidence, eating it in a very shameless way, and made a loud noise with her mouth. Not to mention Ye Zhen, even Gong E, who she brought with her, looked disgusted.
After eating two pieces, Xuan didn't dare to eat any more. Coptis chinensis is a food from the great cold. She didn't know how much Ye Zhen had put in. She was worried that she would eat it badly, so when she ate the third piece, she threw it into her mouth and spit it out again. It was bitter.
With a straight face he said:
"It's so bitter!" She even cried as she said it, "It's so bitter. Why is it so bitter?"
The servants in the garden all felt weak. This was a gift from the queen. How could they show disgust in front of Ye Zhen.
Fei'er hurriedly stepped forward and whispered comfort:
"How can it be bitter? That was a gift from the Queen. Such a beautiful snack must be delicious."
Ke Hyun raised the piece of snack she had spit out in front of her and said with a tearful voice:
"It's really bitter. If you don't believe it, try it."
Fei'er looked at the snack in front of her that was still dotted with saliva and felt nauseated:
"The empress gave this to Miss Hyun, how can I eat it?"
Secretly, he showed Hyun the movements of beheading, but today, Hyun was determined to make the matter bigger, so he pretended not to see it and cried loudly:
"It's really painful! Why doesn't Fei'er believe me? It's too painful! Is your tongue gone?"
After saying that, he cried and rolled on the floor. No matter how hard Fei'er and Niao tried to coax him, they couldn't coax him. A fat little eunuch outside the house, who was called Dun by Xun, took a look at the situation and quietly ran to report to Ning Sheng.
After dinner, Ning Sheng was about to take a break to watch the memorial. Suddenly Eunuch Jing ran in and told Hyun the situation. Ning Sheng was stunned. It was impossible for a smart woman like Ye Zhen to harm Hyun publicly, but
It was impossible for a fool to tell lies. He couldn't understand, so he had no choice but to follow Dun to the garden.
Before reaching the gate of the garden, she heard Hyun's cry. When she entered the garden, she found that it was already in a mess. Ye Zhen looked at Hyun at a loss.
Ning Sheng walked up to Hyun and pulled her up from the ground:
"What's going on? Why are you crying like this?"
Hyun looked like she was crying and said:
"Bitter, so bitter!"
As soon as she spoke, Ning Sheng could smell the strong smell of medicine in her mouth. He couldn't help but frowned and glared at Ye Zhen:
"what happened?!"
Before doing this, Ye Zhen had anticipated everything that might happen and had thought about how to deal with it. She was pretending to be "at a loss" to others, so when Ning Sheng asked this question, she seemed to have come back to her senses.
Pu knelt at Ning Sheng's feet:
"I don't know, Zi Tong. Zi Tong just came to see Miss Hyun. He thought that Miss Hyun must like sweets, so he asked the imperial chef to make some snacks. But, what's going on?"
Ning Sheng looked at the table and saw several exquisite snacks in the food basket. He walked toward the snacks in confusion, but was pulled back by Hyun:
"Bitter! Bitter! Your Majesty, brother, don't eat it!"
Ning Sheng touched her head and continued walking towards the dim sum. As soon as he leaned down and picked it up, he smelled a medicinal smell and angrily brushed the basket off the table:
"Why do snacks have such a strong medicinal smell?! Zi Tong, tell me what's going on?!"
Ye Zhen asked in surprise:
"Medicine, it smells like medicine? Why, why does it smell like medicine?"
Ning Sheng suppressed his anger:
"Go and smell it yourself."
Ye Zhen picked up a piece of snack from the ground with trembling hands. Before she even put her nose to it, she was choked by the smell of the medicine. She admired Hyun for being able to eat two pieces with such a strong smell of medicine. If he wasn't really stupid, this person would be terrible.
The palace lady who threw her away like a hot potato turned back and scolded her angrily:
"How is this going?!"
Gong E had already knelt on the ground. When she heard Ye Zhen's scolding, she crawled on the ground with her upper body and said in panic:
"I don't know, this slave. It was given to me by the imperial cook."
Ning Sheng sat in a chair, pulled Hyun over, took a piece from the candy box handed over by Eunuch Jing and fed it to her, and then said coldly:
"Which royal chef? Call him."
Gong E ran out in a hurry. At this time, the imperial doctor also came and took Xun's pulse and confirmed that there was nothing wrong. Ning Sheng's expression softened a little. Xun was shocked. She had only seen this battle on TV. , when it was really his turn, he felt that he might have gone too far, and he peeked at Ye Zhen who was still kneeling on the ground with a guilty conscience.
Soon the imperial chef came. When Gong E went to look for him, he knew what was going on. The snacks were made by Ye Zhen's personal maid, and she even told him the addresses of his parents, wife and children, and how he did it. If you dare to disobey, you will be mentally prepared to be beheaded when you do it, and you will kneel down calmly where you just entered the door.
Ning Sheng glanced at him:
"Did you make this snack?"
The chef raised his head and glanced at the dim sum:
"It's a humble job."
"What's in it?"
"Coptis."
“Why add Coptis chinensis?”
"I hate Miss Hyun because of my humble position."
Ning Sheng was stunned, how could a fool be so annoying? He looked puzzled at Hyun, who was sitting next to him, concentrating on eating sweets. Could it be that she ran away to eat it secretly? He turned around and asked the cook:
"Why do you hate her?"
The cook stated the reason he had prepared in advance:
"A fool with unknown origins lives in the palace and lives with all the distinguished people. It is simply an insult to the royal family! So I hate her in my humble position! I just understand that she is the emperor's pistachio, so let her suffer by putting some coptis. , to relieve the depression in my heart.”
Before Ning Sheng could say anything, Ye Zhen cursed angrily:
"Bold slave! You dare to borrow my help to relieve your boredom?! You are trying to trap me in an unkind and unjust place! Even the master dares to frame you, how can I dare to keep you anymore?! Come on! Pull me out! Behead it!"
Hyun felt goose bumps all over her body, numb:
This is a feudal society with strict hierarchies? It was clearly her instigation, but she wanted to chop up an innocent person?!
She glanced at Ye Zhen secretly. Ye Zhen was not stunning, but she was not ugly either. At least she had the kind of appearance that she would look back at if she met her on the street. However, she was so vicious just to test herself. , even at the expense of a life. Hyun couldn't help but shudder, feeling the horror of the harem firsthand.
When he saw someone coming to detain the cook, he couldn't bear it and asked Ning Sheng stupidly:
"Brother Emperor, why do you want to arrest that person?"
Ning Sheng peeled another piece of candy for her:
"Because he did something wrong."
"Are you going to punish him?"
"yes."
"Does that mean you can't eat his snacks for a while?"
"Yes, he made such bitter snacks for Hyun to eat. My brother punished him. Is Gao happy?"
"Not happy!"
After saying that, Hyun stood up from the chair and looked at Ning Sheng angrily. Everyone in the room was stunned.
Ning Sheng looked at her confused:
"Why are you unhappy?"
Hyun picked up a piece of snack from the ground:
"It's beautiful! The snacks he makes are beautiful, I want more!"
"There will be others making food for Hyun to eat."
"I want his!" Hyun threw down the snacks, pulled Ning Sheng to the door of the room, pointed to the kitchen in the garden and said, "It's empty, let him cook."
Each palace has its own private kitchen, but it is not commonly used. Even if it is used, it is used to make some simple meals temporarily. The garden where Hyun lives is a former abandoned palace. It is far away from other palaces and the surrounding area is relatively empty. It had been used as a garden, and Ning Sheng wanted to keep an eye on her. It happened to be open around the place, making it easier to monitor people coming in and out, so he cleaned it up and let her live in it. There was indeed a kitchen, but it had not been used for so many years and it had long since become ruined. It's rare that Hyun can still tell where the kitchen is.
Ning Sheng said patiently:
"He hates you."
Hyun left Ning Sheng behind and returned to the house to pick up another snack:
"The dim sum looks good, I want it."
Ning Sheng finally understood that just because the snacks are good-looking, Hyun asked the cook to make them for her. It doesn’t matter whether you don’t like them or you hate her, as long as the snacks are good-looking, she smiled helplessly and said to the person who was grabbing the cook. After waving their hands, they let go of the cook. Ning Sheng said:
"Seeing that you have no intention of harming me, I will spare you this time. There must be no next time!"
The cook thought he was dead, but he didn't expect to be saved by a fool. His voice trembled with excitement:
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness."
"If Hyun hadn't insisted on asking you this time, I would not have spared you. From now on, you can make beautiful snacks and meals for Hyun in this garden."
"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Miss Hyun."
Ning Sheng actually knew in his heart that it was probably Ye Zhen who instigated it, but the cook took the blame and he was too lazy to make trouble for this trivial matter. Since Xuan wanted the cook, it was just the right thing to do.
After saving the cook, Hyun felt happy. She squatted in front of the cook with some snacks and said stupidly:
“Nice dessert.”
The cook looked up at the dim sum, then lowered his head:
"Yes, I will make beautiful and delicious snacks for Miss Hyun from now on." (To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!