Volume 4: The Case of Dust in the Mirror Chapter 111: What are grassroots people?
"Here comes someone!" After the queen finished speaking, she stood up directly and shouted to the outside of the palace: "Go and invite your majesty here."
"Yes." A voice came in from outside the door.
"It's okay this time. His Majesty will come over soon, and he can take charge." The queen looked at Duan Ming with a smile, and then shouted again: "Where is the food? Why hasn't it been delivered for so long?"
"Here we come!" The palace maid from before came in hurriedly holding small plates with various exquisite foods and fruits on them.
"Hurry up and try it, it tastes very good." The queen said with a smile and handed a piece of pastry to Duan Ming: "Especially this sweet-scented osmanthus cake, hurry up and eat it."
"Uh, okay, thank you, empress." Duan Ming's mouth twitched slightly, he took the sweet-scented osmanthus cake with both hands and put it gently into his mouth.
This sweet-scented osmanthus cake is just like what the Queen said. It melts in your mouth and leaves a faint scent of sweet-scented osmanthus between your lips and teeth. It tastes great.
"How is it? Not bad." The Empress said proudly: "This was my specialty back then, and it was only because of this that I made Your Majesty fall in love with me. Later, I handed over this skill to the royal chef in the palace.
, every one of them was full of praise."
"It is indeed one of the best in the world." Duan Ming nodded: "It's delicious."
"As long as it's delicious." The queen's face blossomed with a smile, and then she said to the maid on the side: "I will load a cart in a while and send it to Jing'an Palace for Mr. Duan to eat."
"Ahem..." Duan Ming choked again.
A car? This is a bit too exaggerated.
"Why, not enough food?" The queen looked at Duan Ming doubtfully.
"No, it's not." Duan Ming waved his hands repeatedly: "Thank you, my dearest lady."
"Hey, they are all members of the family, what should I thank you for?" The queen smiled and waved her hand, and then said to the maid on the side: "Go quickly."
"Yes." The palace maid nodded and then left.
"By the way, Mr. Duan, I still have one more important question to ask you." The queen's face suddenly became extremely serious.
"Excuse me, Madam." Duan Ming said sternly.
"Mr. Duan, you must answer truthfully." The queen's eyes were fixed on Duan Ming's eyes: "Can I betroth Princess Wan'er to you?"
"Ah?" This time, even Li Waner couldn't sit still and looked at the queen with wide eyes.
"Of course it's not good!" Duan Ming replied directly without thinking: "Princess Wan'er and Lao Xing are a talented man and a beautiful woman, a match made in heaven..."
"What does this have to do with whether you like Wan'er or not?" The Queen asked again: "Look, if you can't solve the Imperial City Blood Sedan Case and the Voodoo Villain Case this time, then Xiao Xing will definitely die.
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"In this case, Wan'er can't marry a dead person."
"I have watched Wan'er grow up, and I can't watch Wan'er die alone like this."
"In this case, I naturally have to take precautions and find a suitable husband for Wan'er first. Well, I think Mr. Duan is good."
"He is personable and well-groomed. He is young and has repeatedly solved strange cases. If he can get the support of me and King Jing'an again, his future prospects will be limitless."
"How wonderful this is..."
"There is no need to say more, Madam." Duan Ming said directly: "No matter what, it is impossible for ordinary people to get together with the princess."
"Why? Isn't Wan'er beautiful? She has a bad figure? She has a bad personality?" The queen looked at Duan Ming: "Don't worry, as long as you nod, I can make the decision for Wan'er."
"Empress!" Li Waner frowned.
"It's really no need, empress." Duan Ming said, "It's absolutely impossible for common people and princesses to do this!"
"That's it." The queen looked at Duan Ming's expression and understood that there was no room for relaxation in Duan Ming's words, and sighed: "Okay, forget it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty..." Seeing the Queen relent, Duan Ming and Li Waner both breathed a sigh of relief.
"How about the princess? There are not many others in this palace, only princesses and princes. How about I introduce you to a princess?" The queen changed her voice and continued: "You can rest assured, the princesses are all beautiful.
And he is very smart and will never wrong you. If you don’t believe me, you can ask Wan’er.”
"Wan'er, do you think what I said is right?" The queen looked at Li Waner.
"This is exactly what the empress said." Li Waner said hurriedly.
"Look, I didn't lie, right?" The Queen smiled and said, "Otherwise, I will ask someone to bring all the princesses here so that you can see them one by one."
"No, no need!" Duan Ming's body was completely soaked with sweat: "Cao Min thanks the empress for her kindness, but Cao Min has no intention of getting married yet."
"How can this be done? You are already very old." The queen looked at Duan Ming and said, "Don't be shy. If you marry the princess, you will become our own family. I will never treat you badly."
"It's really not necessary! The common people thanked the empress for her kindness." Duan Ming almost cried. Is this still the queen of Daqi? She is simply more difficult to deal with than Aunt Liu on Zichu Street.
"Okay, okay." Seeing Duan Ming's firm attitude, the queen could only give up again.
After hesitating for a moment, the queen whispered to Duan Ming: "Well, do you think you might like the daughter of the minister outside? I can also help you find a matchmaker."
"No, not one!" Duan Ming shook his head hastily.
"You don't like women? It's rare, it's rare." The queen sighed, and then as if she had thought of something, she made a lot of noises with a strange face.
"I..." Looking at the queen's strange look, Duan Ming suddenly didn't know what to say...
After a while, a loud voice came from a distance: "The emperor has arrived."
Duan Ming immediately calmed down, stood up and waited.
"Oh, just sit down." The queen smiled upon seeing this and said, "You are a good person, but you are a bit timid."
"Pfft..." Upon hearing the Queen's words, Li Waner beside her couldn't control herself and laughed out loud.
"What's wrong?" The queen looked at Li Waner.
"Empress, you don't know that he has made many people suffer a lot before. Even the master of Chi Yuan Palace can't fight him." Li Waner said with a smile: "By the way, even my father can't suppress him.
Well, just you and Your Majesty..."
"Haha, that's it." The queen burst out laughing after hearing this.
"Why is the queen so happy?" At this time, a deep voice came from outside the door, and then a man wearing a yellow dragon robe walked in: "You are looking for me in a hurry. I thought something was wrong."
"Your Majesty, come quickly, Mr. Duan is here." The queen stood up with a smile and pulled the emperor to a seat aside.
"Oh? Could it be Mr. Duan who has repeatedly solved strange cases?" The emperor smiled and looked at Duan Ming.
"Duan Ming, a common man, has met Your Majesty." Duan Ming stood up in a hurry.
"Wan'er has met Your Majesty." Li Waner also stood up and bowed slightly to the emperor.
"No courtesy, no courtesy!" The emperor waved his hand, and then looked at the queen in confusion: "But, what kind of people are the common people?"
"I don't know. Mr. Duan said the same thing before, so I don't dare to ask." The queen covered her mouth and smiled.
