Chu Qiao explained the reason lightly, and Lian Yun pursed her lips and smiled. It seemed that she was a woman who did not hold grudges easily. Just now, when Little Eunuch Li kicked her like that, she forgot about it.
In the movie, Chu Qiao felt that she was much worse than her. If little Eunuch Li had kicked her, she would have wanted to kick her back all over.
"I still want to thank you for rescuing me."
Chu Qiao yawned. After a busy night, she was very sleepy now, but little Eunuch Li seemed to have no time to sleep after all this trouble.
"There is a competition today. I have to prepare. Mom also hopes that I will stay in the palace as a cook to improve the family's situation." Lianyun said with a cracked mouth, and then went to freshen up.
It seemed that this topic had been dropped, and Chu Qiao could not continue to ask further questions.
She looked at Lian Yun's back and thought of the real Li Chunxiang. She must have entered the palace with this purpose in mind, to get some monthly salary and improve her family's situation. When she was in her twenties, she left the palace to get married. Unfortunately, she didn't wait until
That day, my life was lost.
Now that Chu Qiao has replaced Li Chunxiang, all of her future monthly salary must be given to her mother.
After washing her face and cheering up, when Chu Qiao stood in the dining room again, more than a dozen people came, and Liao Yun was still standing on the ground far away from her.
Perhaps it was because the eel escaped last time that I didn't see any traces of the empresses, and Li's concubine didn't show up either.
Eunuch Ping and Eunuch Lan, the chief eunuchs of the imperial dining room, were in place, as well as several senior chefs and eunuchs who were conducting tastings. The scene was much smaller than yesterday.
However, there was a situation that made Chu Qiao very embarrassed. From the moment she walked into the dining room, everyone was staring at her, especially the young and handsome chef, who squinted his eyes with a scrutinizing expression, which made Chu Qiao look at her.
With nowhere to hide, I could only stand in front of the case with my head lowered, feeling that something was wrong with the atmosphere.
When she lowered her head and looked down, Chu Qiao saw a wooden barrel placed under the case. The barrel was filled with water, and a large eel was swimming happily in the water.
Seeing this eel, Chu Qiao's heart skipped a beat, and she knew that her conclusion was right. Someone was going to cause trouble for her in a few days.
Sure enough, as soon as this idea flashed through his mind, a high-pitched and arrogant voice sounded.
"You guys all listen carefully. In yesterday's game, an eel disrupted the game and almost scared the ladies. This matter can't just be left undisturbed. Now all the father-in-laws are suspecting that someone is deliberately causing trouble.
, to release the eels.”
The presiding eunuch came over and stared at Chu Qiao with his eyes. He said he didn't know who was deliberately causing trouble? But his eyes had already revealed his thoughts. He might as well just say that he suspected Li Chunxiang.
Chu Qiao pursed her lips but still lowered her head. The guy was twisting his words around, with the ultimate goal of getting her in. However, she was not in a hurry to explain, and wanted to listen carefully to what he said next.
"Do you know the rules in the palace? If someone deliberately disrupts the activities held in the palace and creates trouble, according to the regulations, the person will be beheaded in the worst case, and he will have to eat fifty boards at the worst case."
The presiding eunuch's eyes seemed to have swept over everyone, and finally landed on Chu Qiao's face. These words were meant for Chu Qiao to let her know that he deliberately let the eels out and disturbed the imperial dining room competition, but killing
The great sin of the head.
This time, Chu Qiao raised her head. It turned out that this guy wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of her. He was indeed insidious. She looked at him. She wanted to cause trouble. She just said it directly. Why bother to beat around the bush and make everyone angry?
They were all so nervous that they didn't know what to do.
The dozen or so contestants looked at each other, wondering who would be responsible for the disaster.
"Yesterday there was a topic called Yujin Ma Fragrant Eel. This is a difficult royal dish. My father-in-law had every reason to suspect that someone couldn't cook this dish, so he let the eel out and called "Snake" again.
, as for whose topic is Yu Jin Ma Xiang Eel, please stand up yourself?"
The host father-in-law smiled coldly and stood in front of everyone. This time he no longer looked at Chu Qiao with those sneaky eyes. Instead, he held his head high and majestic, waiting for someone to come forward on his own initiative.
Chu Qiao stood behind the case and looked at Eunuch Ping and Eunuch Lan. Undoubtedly, the presiding eunuch had already made a slanderous speech in private. Every time they had a rebuttal, they thought it was Li Chunxiang's fault.
The topic of Yu Jin Ma Xiang Eel belongs to Chu Qiao. If she doesn't step out now, her name will be called soon.
Helpless, Chu Qiao took a deep breath and took steps.
With this move, everyone's eyes were turned towards them. Many of the contestants did not know that this question belonged to Li Chunxiang. When they saw such a slender woman coming out, they were surprised. They seemed to think that this dish was very important to Li Chunxiang.
It's really hard to say, even if she wasn't the one who released the eel, it should be her.
Chu Qiao took another step and stood in front of everyone, looking at the presiding eunuch. This should be what he wanted to see.
Sure enough, when he saw Li Chunxiang coming out, the presiding eunuch smiled proudly and spoke again.
"I never thought you were the one who released the eel."
This guy didn't mention Yu Jin Ma Xiang Eel, but he couldn't wait to say this. He wanted to throw all the bad things to Li Chunxiang and punish her at once.
"Father, you can't just make random guesses without evidence. The Yujin Ma Xiang eel is indeed Chunxiang's problem, but the eel slips accidentally and no one wants it. Even the senior chef in the imperial kitchen may make a mistake. If it's because of
This will cure the crime of beheading. I'm afraid many of the royal chefs will die in this imperial kitchen."
"You, sophistry, do you dare to say that the eel didn't slip out of your hand? That cry of snake was also made by you, and you did it on purpose!" the presiding eunuch asked shyly.
Chu Qiao calmly answered in a low voice.
"Chunxiang has tried his best to catch the eel when it was released. How could my father-in-law be sure that Chunxiang deliberately let it go to disrupt the situation? And which ear did my father-in-law have to hear that it was Chu Qiao who called a snake? It seems that there were many other palace maids present yesterday.
Should I also call them and ask?"
Chu Qiao's words made the presiding eunuch swallow hard the harsh words he was about to say next. He rolled his eyes several times and was about to get angry, but Chu Qiao didn't give him any chance to speak and continued.
"It would be too arbitrary to accuse Chunxiang because an eel escaped. Isn't this also the opinion of several other adults and father-in-law?"
Chu Qiao looked at the several imperial chefs and father-in-laws sitting there. Wouldn't they be as indiscriminate as the presiding father-in-law and want to use this opportunity to execute a palace maid?