Ten days later, the army returned to the court. The emperor personally welcomed the fourth prince, Wu Fengao, on his triumphant return at the gate of the imperial city. He rewarded the three armies and ordered a banquet to be held tonight in the royal garden of the palace for the whole country to celebrate.
At this time, Yifangfei and the others were busy rehearsing songs and dances and preparing dishes before the victory banquet.
"Broken Cocoon, Flowers Blooming in Four Seasons, have you finished carving the decorations for this dish?" Yi Fangfei was busy giving directions to the royal chef on the side dishes, and called back to the flower Brococoon, who was carving a peacock spreading its wings on a carrot.
"It'll be ready soon." Hua Po cocoon finished the last stroke of knife skills, and placed the peacock's carrot craft on the dish of "Flowers Blooming in Four Seasons".
"Well, Beibei, have you finished carving your Double Dragon Playing with Pearls?" Yi Fangfei turned to look at Li Beibei, who was biting a plum.
"Fang Fei, don't rush me, this is good." Li Beibei carefully carved the dragon claw knife of Fei Long in the air, and then placed the dragon head on the dish of Fei Long Xifeng.
"That box, is your picture of flowers in full bloom properly decorated?" Yi Fangfei asked Ye Xiangzi who was engrossed in carving flying petals on the other side.
"Don't worry, the carver of the box is the best among you." Ye Xiangzi's ruffian-like evil aura lingered in the corner of his eyes, and he smiled and carefully decorated the flower petals on the plate of hundreds of birds facing phoenix.
Yi Fangfei looked at the completion of the tailing of the two fishes in her hands. She happily placed the artistic decoration of the two fishes playing in the water on the dish of Carp Leaping over the Dragon Gate.
The imperial chefs in the imperial dining room looked at the plates of dishes, or rather the plates of handicrafts, with gleams of wonder in their eyes.
Tsk tsk tsk – there was a lot of praise.
"Why are you still hanging around? The victory banquet is about to begin, why don't you hurry up and send the dishes to the imperial garden." Yi Fangfei looked at their stunned expressions, with a satisfied smile on her lips.
"Yes, yes, yes, we are going to serve the dishes right now." The chef of the Royal Dining Room was actually very doubtful about the abilities of Yifang Fei and the others at the beginning. But now, seeing how unique the dishes they made were...
They were so elegant that I couldn't help but admire them deeply and respect them.
At this moment, I saw that he was very skillfully and neatly ordering the eunuchs and maids to bring out the dishes one by one according to the order. Then he turned around and asked Yi Fangfei politely: "Excuse me, Princess Rui, is there anything else I need to do?"
of?"
Yi Fangfei whispered something mysteriously into his ear. The chef of the imperial dining room looked a little shocked at first, then smiled and went to make preparations.
After the dishes were ready, Yi Fangfei and the others started to check on the singing and dancing rehearsal. They saw Xiaolan running over to tell her in a hurry.
"Princess, the Fourth Prince is here to see you."
"Oh -" Yi Fangfei was not surprised. She said: "Leo Cocoon, go check the costumes for the song and dance performance again to see if there is anything wrong with them. Box, go check out the performance props you prepared, especially the ones flying in the air.
Check again to see if there is anything missing. As for Beibei, check the surrounding environment carefully to ensure that the performance goes smoothly. I leave all this to you, I will come back as soon as I go."
"Don't worry, I'll take care of things." Hua Duochao gave her an "ok" gesture.
"Believe me, that's right." Li Beibei smiled and made the eggplant gesture.
Ye Xiangzi didn't say anything. He winked at Yifangfei mischievously and gave Yifangfei a cool "ok" with a smile!
Yi Fangfei looked at them and smiled lightly. Then she strode out of the singing and dancing backstage and walked to the front, where she saw Wu Fengao, who was clad in silver armor.
In front of him, he is heroic, handsome and arrogant. His thick eyebrows are raised, bringing out his innate rebelliousness, which complements his reputation as a wild lion and an iron general on the battlefield.
"Hello, fourth brother." Yi Fangfei used solemn court etiquette. She stood up and said with a smile: "By the way, the victory banquet is about to begin. Fourth brother is the protagonist tonight. Why is he not in the imperial garden and running to his younger siblings instead?"
We’re here, is there anything important?”
"Fourth brother doesn't know what to say. But regarding this incident of my father's poisoning, fourth brother still wants to tell you, thank you, seventh brother and sister." Wu Fengao clasped his fists and said to Yifangfei in a martial way.
He thanked her. If she hadn't given him a reassurance before his march and told him that she would protect Concubine Shu and her ninth brother Zhou Quan when he left Beijing, he would have been uneasy during this expedition, and naturally he wouldn't
He returned from a victorious battle so quickly.
Therefore, when he returned in triumph, the first person he wanted to see was Yi Fangfei.
However, Yi Fangfei didn't seem to understand. She looked at Wu Feng in confusion and said proudly: "What did the fourth brother say? Why are the seventh brothers and sisters getting more and more confused after listening to it? Why don't you thank me? I'm really
I'm confused." She blinked at him, her eyes wandering around.
The corners of Wu Feng'ao's cold and hard mouth softened by three points, and he said calmly: "Seventh younger brother and sister, please stop being humble, fourth brother has heard about it. It was all thanks to the seventh younger brother and sister to find out the reason why their father was poisoned, and then we eliminated the problem.
My mother and concubine are suspected."
Yi Fangfei waved her hands with a red face and said: "This matter is actually because the seventh younger brother and sister are also involved in it. Of course, we must go all out and work hard to find out the truth. So speaking of it, I am really ashamed, seventh younger sister.
I actually—" She hesitated, looking embarrassed and ashamed.
"No matter what I say, fourth brother still thanks you." Wu Fengao looked at Yifangfei deeply and said with cupped fists.
"Huh? Fourth brother, you are here, my father is looking for you." The Three Sage King Wu Fengxuan opened the curtain and came in with a smile.
"Okay, seventh brother and sister, let's say goodbye here. After the victory banquet, fourth brother will treat you to a nice meal. After all, ninth brother misses seventh brother and sister's special delicacies very much." After Wu Fengao finished speaking, he opened the curtain and went out.
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Yi Fangfei was left with wide eyes, looking at the door curtain and stamping her feet: "Is this still considered a treat? It's obviously blackmailing me, right?"
The Three Sages King Wu Feng laughed out loud. His eyes were warm and dark. "Wanrou, well - I actually sympathize with you, but I am also looking forward to your special delicacies." He chuckled.
With a sound, he stepped out.
Yi Fangfei's eyes immediately widened.
"Why are these brothers all so virtuous? They don't fall behind. They have completely inherited the fox nature of the old fox."
"Fei'er, who made you angry again?" A soft voice came from outside the door. After a while, Wu Fengying's handsome figure appeared in front of Yi Fangfei.
The corners of Yi Fangfei's mouth turned up high. She stretched out her fingers and twisted Wu Fengying's arm hard. "Your brothers are all cunning little foxes. Humph——"
"Fei'er, you even blamed Wu?" Wu Fengying's icy purple eyes held a fond smile, and he gently wiped the fine beads of sweat on Yifang Fei's forehead with his sleeves.
"You must be very tired, Fei'er." There was pity in his tone.
Yi Fangfei looked at the way he felt sorry for her, and his purple eyes were as deep as the ocean to accommodate her willfulness. She couldn't help but curl her lips.
"It's not very tiring. By the way, Wu, did you bring your cold jade flute?" Yi Fangfei seemed to have thought of an important question and asked.
"Bring it." Wu Fengying was a little surprised by her behavior, but still took out the cold jade flute hidden in her arms and handed it to Yi Fangfei to look at.
"Just bring it with you. Hehe -" Yi Fangfei smiled slyly, and she carefully put the cold jade flute back into his arms.
"Fei'er, what do you want to do?" Wu Fengying looked at the evil light in his eyes. He was a little uneasy. In such a grand occasion, he still didn't want Yifangfei to do anything special.
Because Mayfair's light was already too dazzling, he didn't want her to stand at the top of the wave. That would be very hard for her, and he would have to worry about it day and night.
However, Yi Fangfei gave a mysterious laugh. She patted Wu Fengying's shoulder and said, "It's OK, it's OK. Please don't worry. Fei'er won't mess around. I definitely won't, I promise you."
How could she tell him that she had included him in the finale?
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The dishes are served, the songs and dances begin, the tunes are melodious, and the beauties are dancing.
Although those princes and ministers usually ate delicacies from the mountains and seas, they had never seen such beautiful dishes. They were simply moving bonsais.
"Such a beautiful dish, the Ai family couldn't bear to use their chopsticks to ruin the scenery. That girl Wanrou, such exquisite thoughts are rare, rare." The Queen Mother looked at the two dragons playing with pearls, and a flash of wisdom flashed in her eyes.
Strange light.
"The Queen Mother can tell you that when you look at the four-season dishes with flowers in bloom, the peacock in full bloom looks like a real thing." The Queen also had a charming look in the corners of her elegant eyes and eyebrows, but there was a flash of light in her long and narrow red phoenix eyes.
Lightning as fast as a meteor.
The other concubines immediately agreed and praised Yifang Fei as much as they could, hoping to please the Queen and the Queen Mother. Only the two concubines who were sitting at the table watched quietly and did not open their mouths to praise.
The Queen Mother's eyes flashed slightly, and she asked: "Concubine Shu, and Concubine Liu, the Ai family has seen that you haven't said anything. Do you have any different opinions? Why don't you also talk about this dish?
How is it?"
Concubine Shu stood up gracefully and said calmly: "Mother, do you want your daughter-in-law to tell the truth or a lie?"
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Of course that is the truth."
"Then Concubine Rong Shu is bold. Just now, my daughter-in-law felt that the Queen Mother and the Empress were exaggerating. According to my daughter-in-law, although the dishes prepared by Princess Rui tonight are beautiful and dazzling, look at the picture of flowers in full bloom, and then look at
The dragon playing with the flying phoenix, and the carp leaping over the dragon gate, which dish does not have a vulgar meaning? Although it sounds good and prosperous, after all, it has no new ideas. It lacks elegance and becomes more tacky." Concubine Shu.
The empress said sincerely.
"That's right, my daughter-in-law thinks what Sister Shu Fei said makes sense, so that's what I mean." Concubine Liu shook her beauty fan, her smiling mouth was hidden under the fan, her eyes were flowing, as full as water.
The whole table was in an uproar. Everyone could understand what Concubine Liu said, but they couldn't understand why Concubine Shu belittled the dishes made by Concubine Rui so much, because in their hearts, Concubine Shu and Concubine Rui should have a good relationship.
The Queen Mother smiled awkwardly and said: "Concubine Shu is a little harsh. After all, she is still a child. It is rare to have such thoughts." When her eyes turned slightly, the faint light in her eyes dissipated in vain.