When it was time to pass the meal around, Kangxi was surprised to find that all the dishes placed in front of him and under the plates were lit with candles.
"What did you do?" Kangxi turned to look at Yuzhu and asked him calmly.
Yuzhu accompanied the smile and said: "Back to the emperor, in summer, I use candles. In winter, I use charcoal." He didn't say much, but he made the principle clear.
Kangxi nodded. He had been eating cold dishes for decades, but Deku and the others had not found a way to solve the problem.
As soon as Yuzhu took office, he stood above Kangxi's vital interests and made drastic changes. What does this mean?
Putting yourself in your father's shoes is the most loyal thing.
Kangxi stroked his beard and smiled and said, "Come and serve the meal."
As a foreign minister, he has been qualified to serve as a food servant twice, only Yuzhu.
Serving food may seem simple, but in fact the psychological process is extremely complex.
If the dishes served by Yuzhu are all Kangxi's favorites, there is obviously something wrong with them.
However, if everything went wrong, Kangxi would feel uncomfortable again.
Very difficult!
However, after Yuzhu picked up the vegetables, he did not give them to the poison-testing eunuch, but handed them to Deku.
Deku was simply shocked. What kind of thing is this?
However, Kangxi clearly saw something was wrong, but he just thought that Yuzhu was playing new tricks again, and had no intention of stopping him.
"Trying the food, you are extremely loyal." Yuzhu didn't bother to explain anything to Deku, and just tasted the chopsticks first, which was regarded as setting an example.
However, what Deku never expected was that Yuzhu actually served dozens of dishes in succession and asked him to try them all.
However, each dish only requires one chopstick. If you eat more than a hundred dishes one by one, you will definitely be exhausted.
For a moment, Deku, whose stomach was swollen, was so anxious that he broke out in cold sweat and his vest was soaked through.
Yuzhu doesn't attack people easily, but once he does, he will definitely seal his throat with a sword and hit the vital point directly.
The process of meal tasting was extremely complicated and time-consuming, and Kangxi had long been used to it.
He picked up a book, opened it at the fold, and continued reading.
The emperor remained silent. Everyone including Zhao Chang clearly saw Yuzhu tossing Deku, but they all lowered their heads as if they didn't see it.
Deku is a fool and offended Yuzhu. Isn't he afraid of Liang Jiugong's miserable end?
Yuzhu was originally the imperial minister, and his imperial guards did not dare to say anything.
As a result, poor Deku ate roast duck, roast chicken, swallowed the fish, and had the leg of lamb.
He really couldn't hold on anymore, and Deku knew in his heart that if he continued to resist, he would be the first Shang Shanzheng in the palace to be pushed to death.
"Xiao Zhongtang, uh... I don't dare to dare anymore... uh... spare my life..." Deku burped and begged Yuzhu for mercy in a low voice.
Yuzhu pretended not to hear, and brought in another grilled lamb chop. Deku was horrified, the food was packed into his throat, and he really couldn't hold it any longer.
"Wow..." Deku was so anxious that he accidentally vomited out all the food.
"Back to the emperor, Deku has lost his manners in front of the emperor. This is extremely disrespectful!" Yuzhu turned around and knelt in front of Kangxi's table. Once again, the evildoer complained first.
Kangxi had actually understood for a long time that Yuzhu deliberately wanted to harm Deku.
However, there was a conflict between Yuzhu and the people in the inner dining room, and it was the emperor who really benefited.
There is no need to elaborate on the logic involved.
"In your opinion, how should we deal with it?" Kangxi put down the scroll in his hand and asked Yuzhu calmly.
"Back to the emperor, Deku is an old minister after all, so he should be given a lighter sentence. I think that I can just punish him by having two meals in the morning and evening every day." Yuzhu's proposal did not violate the regulations at all.
Kangxi thought for a while and said, "What kind of veteran is he? Just punish him to go to the sweeper's office and sweep the leaves for a few days."
"Hey." After receiving the order, Yuzhu waved his hand, and the guards swarmed up and took Deku out.
Zhao Chang, who was standing by, witnessed the whole process of Yuzhu torturing Deku with his own eyes, and felt secretly awe-inspiring in his heart.
What a little Zhongtang that eats people without spitting out their bones!
The so-called going to the sweeping place temporarily, in fact, as long as no one reminds Kangxi, Deku will sweep the leaves there for the rest of his life.
The question is, who dares to risk offending Yuzhu and go to remind Kangxi?
Yuzhu neither hit, scolded, nor quarreled. He just followed the rules of serving the meal, and took advantage of the situation to defeat Deku, which greatly established his authority!
When Kangxi tasted the fragrant hot dishes for the first time in his history, his appetite was whetted.
Yuzhu was afraid that the old emperor would be full and did not dare to serve him any more food.
The old emperor glared at Yuzhu, but he also knew that the child was really doing it for his own good, so he stopped using his chopsticks without saying anything.
After the meal, the old emperor picked up a cup of fragrant tea and asked Yuzhu: "Why did Deku offend you?"
Yuzhu told what happened today without adding any fuel or jealousy.
"Old man, Deku has offended me, which is the worst. He dares to torment the emperor's servants like this. He is definitely not a loyal protector of the emperor." Although Yuzhu did not say it clearly, the meaning was obvious.
If Deku's actions angered the people in the kitchen and secretly wanted revenge, Kangxi would probably be the unlucky one.
What the emperor fears most is that all his ministers will conspire against me.
Secondly, the subordinates are fighting each other, bringing disaster to the emperor. This is so hateful!
"Saile, go and wait for Deku on his way." Kangxi gave the order calmly.
"Hey." Sailer was also an old man next to Kangxi. He understood immediately when he heard that he wanted to be promoted to an official position, which resulted in Deku's life.
To stick to the mask, paper is soaked in water and covered with layers of paper to cover the mouth and nose, causing people to suffocate to death.
This method of death has always been the preferred method of killing people in the palace.
When the family members collected the body, there were no external injuries or blood. They could just find any excuse and get over it.
When leaving Qingxi Bookstore, Yuzhu noticed that the eunuchs and maids along the way had their heads lowered and did not dare to look at him.
Hehe, he killed the chicken to show the monkey, and this is the effect he wanted!
Zhao Gao, didn’t he know that it was a deer?
However, calling a deer a horse is testing everyone's stance.
Knowing that it is a deer but admitting that it is a horse means siding with Zhao Gao and joining him.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Yuzhu is an old bureaucrat, he just needs everyone to be afraid of him and be obedient.
With Yuzhu's accumulated power, how much trouble can be saved that night?
In the following time, Yuzhu spent ten days adjusting the rules for passing meals in the inner dining room.
In the past, after the emperor passed on the meal, the eunuchs who tested the meal had to test the poison one by one in front of the emperor.
This is such a waste of time and inefficient.
As for Yuzhu, he changed this approach.
Every time a dish is cooked in the kitchen, there are two guards, two eunuchs who serve the dishes and the chef who is the main spoon. Each of the five of them tastes the dish once.
To put it bluntly, it is these five people who form a community whose lives are at stake. As long as something goes wrong with the dishes, the five people must die together!
Yuzhu has always believed in the restrictive power of the system, but not in the illusory so-called loyalty.
The food was tested as soon as it came out of the pot, and the five people stared at it together before it was placed in front of the emperor. It took at least half an hour.
If it was really poisoned, these five people must have had problems first.
After the reform of Yuzhu Xiaozuo, Kangxi could finally eat hot meals and dishes with confidence, and his appetite was greatly increased.
Of course, Yuzhu did not touch the fundamental interests of vested interest groups.
Deku's death was because he offended Yuzhu and had to die.
The benefits that everyone deserves are still pocketed.
To put it bluntly, the emperor acquiesced in the corruption of people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, so why should Yuzhu be troublesome?
As soon as Yuzhu took action, he killed Deku, who had served the emperor for more than 20 years. Who dared to stumble him?
The rule in the palace has always been that as long as you make a move, you must deal with it to death, and do not leave any chance for the enemy to breathe and counterattack.
Yuzhu's thunder strike won unanimous praise from everyone.
If he had softened his heart and let Deku go gently, everyone would be less afraid of him.
On the way out of Changchun Garden, Yuzhu met Wei Zhu's counterpart, the aunt of the imperial tea house, Hadanara.
"Please be in peace in the small central hall." Hadanala bowed respectfully and bowed.
Facing Hadanara who was ogling him, Yuzhu just pretended not to see him and said calmly: "That's all." and continued to walk out.
However, Hadanara said in a low voice: "In the small hall, the slaves will be released from the palace in a few days."
Yuzhu still pretended not to hear and walked away.
The match in the palace is a pseudo-couple formed by eunuchs and maids for each other's physical or psychological needs.
Hadanara's family is indeed somewhat beautiful, but no matter how hungry Yuzhu is, it is impossible for him to touch the palace maids beside the emperor.
Back in Shuchun Garden, Yuzhu dragged Qian Yinglan, who was only wearing a bikini, into the pool and had some fun.
The water-friendly steps on all sides play an unexpected and huge role.
After Yuzhu returned to Qing Mansion with Qian Yinglan, he saw that there was a lot of traffic and people coming and going in front of the mansion.
Well, Yuzhu has now become the prime minister of the dining room. How can businessmen who smell the smell of money not come to pay homage to his dock?
As soon as he entered the second gate, Yuzhu heard a report from Sixi's family that Mistress Di had come to Cao Chun to borrow money again.
Well, because of forcing the clan to be killed, Kangxi was completely fed up with Mistress Di.
Today, Kangxi also vaguely mentioned the matter of Mistress Di's loan sharking.
To put it bluntly, this is Kangxi's anger.
It was a big deal for the clan to be killed, and Kangxi was reluctant to kill his own son, so what should he do?
After the Sixi family left, Yuzhu called Liu Wu, the personal steward, and whispered a few instructions, and Liu Wu followed the order.
Mistress Di had borrowed another two thousand taels of silver and was sitting in the carriage, feeling very happy.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped. Mistress Di raised the curtain and looked outside. She was immediately frightened.
The driver was replaced by a stranger, and he took her into an extremely unfamiliar house.
"Feng'er, come down quickly and take a look, where is this place?" Mistress Di was so confused that she urged Feng'er to get out of the car.
Feng'er was still a little girl, and she was already so frightened that she lost her mind!
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