When Chun Ling returned to the post house, she was punished by kneeling as expected. Chunxiang secretly gave Chun Ling a pair of thick knee pads, just so that in the future she would be punished and someone would care about her life and death.
The night before, Mingruo had someone set up a desk on the terrace. She also drew a pattern and asked her maid to make tablecloths and chair covers.
Early the next morning, Si Haochen got up early and finished practicing. He saw a piece of white brocade spread on the desk on the terrace. The chair was also covered with a cover, and a big bow was tied behind the back of the chair. There was a glazed flower bag in the middle of the table.
It was filled with hibiscus and two sets of strange-looking bamboo tools were placed on both sides of the flower bag.
Although these decorations seemed a bit weird to Si Haochen, they had to be said to be quite unique.
Mingruo walked out of the kitchen carrying a tray. He placed the food on a large lotus leaf plate in front of Si Haochen, followed by a glass of milk.
Put another breakfast on his place, then sit down, pick up the bamboo knife and fork and say: "Let's have breakfast."
"How to use this?" Si Haochen followed Ming Ruo's example and picked up the knife and fork.
Mingruo thought Si Haochen would resist using knives and forks, but she didn't expect him to be quite interested.
Mingruo cut off a small piece of fried egg with a bamboo knife and put it into his mouth with a bamboo fork: "That's it."
"What is this?" Si Haochen pointed to a fat piece of food on the plate that looked like sesame seed cakes and steamed buns.
"This is a soufflé cake." Mingruo began to introduce the food on the plate to Si Haochen, "This is a mushroom crepe, and this is a sun-roasted egg." He pointed to the small glass bowl containing fruits and said, "This is a stewed cake.
fruit……"
"Oh." Si Haochen nodded calmly, but he was roaring in his heart - what are these? Not only have I never eaten it before, but I have never even heard of it. Suddenly I felt that my knowledge reserve was insufficient, and I was a little confused.
break?
"Eat quickly. Although it is very different from the usual breakfast, it can be something fresh." Although Mingruo studied abroad and worked for many years, she really has a standard Chinese stomach and has never developed a love for Western food. But
You can still enjoy it if you eat it once in a while.
"Yes." Si Haochen ate the food in front of him seriously. Although everything from the tableware to the food was a bit strange, this was carefully prepared by the little girl for herself, and she could not let her heart down.
Mingruo was very pleased to see Si Haochen, who usually didn't like sweets, eating up all the stewed fruits and soufflé cakes: "I'll make you a down-to-earth breakfast tomorrow."
"Okay." Si Haochen agreed, but he was thinking in his heart that the little princess was too tired to eat by herself, so it would be better to let the two useful maids come over and take care of her.
After going to court, Emperor Danxu announced the matters to be discussed with Prime Minister Zuo and other confidants. Before those confidants came in, the leader of the Long Guard came first to report the matter.
"You mean, Prince Yun used his princess as bait to trap the remaining forces of the Evil Ghost Alliance?" The expression on Emperor Danxu's face was somewhat unpredictable.
"Yes." The leader of the Dragon Guard immediately replied, "The defenders at the North City Gate saw it with their own eyes. Major General Su was very angry and chopped off Prince Yun's personal guard with his sword." (Su You: You said I'll chop him down.
What happened? Why didn’t I know...)
"Then what's going on now?" Emperor Danxu rubbed his forehead.
Originally, Emperor Danxu was quite happy to see that Si Haochen loved his princess very much. This was Si Haochen's weakness. If his brother made any changes in the future, he would not be afraid as long as he held his princess in his hand.
He doesn't compromise.
Emperor Danxu never expected that Si Haochen would use the princess as bait, and the one he was catching would be the murderer from the Evil Ghost Alliance... It seemed that Si Haochen didn't care much about the princess. He did it in front of others.
The show of deep love between husband and wife is probably just for the Su family to see. The plan of using Princess Qinghuang to contain Si Haochen will not work, and he won't care at all.
"My subordinates originally followed me with people, but the people from the Evil Ghost Alliance probably thought that my subordinates and others were here to rescue Princess Yunqin, so they fought hard and killed them several times, and the Dragon Guard lost a lot of people...
"The leader of the Dragon Guard lowered his head, "Later, my subordinates stopped tracking..."
"Well, just send someone to keep an eye on Prince Yun's Mansion." Emperor Danxu nodded. He didn't have many Dragon Guards in his hands, so he really couldn't afford to lose them. "You can go down."
"I obey." The leader of the Dragon Guard bowed and retreated.
Emperor Danxu discussed some government affairs with Zuo Prime Minister and other close confidants, and then Emperor Danxu talked about the incident of Princess Yunqin being kidnapped by the Evil Ghost Alliance: "My dear friends, do you think this matter should be made public?"
Emperor Danxu hated Si Haochen deeply. Even though he knew that he didn't care about the princess, as long as bad rumors spread, Si Haochen could be beaten when Princess Qinghuang was still Si Haochen's official concubine.
Where is Haochen's face?
"Wei Chen thinks it's inappropriate." The Minister of the Ministry of Personnel said, "Although this will damage the reputation of Princess Yun, the common people are stupid and may respect Prince Yun more. After all, it is to catch the criminal. Prince Yun's move is worse than 'killing relatives for justice'."
Definitely."
"I second the proposal." The governor of Jingzhao also agreed, "If this matter gets serious, I'm afraid the Duke of Jingguo won't let it go..."
"Moreover, the envoy from Beichi entered the imperial capital this morning. It is not appropriate to have any quarrel with Prince Yun at this time, lest someone take advantage of the loophole." The left prime minister also did not agree with revealing the matter of "Prince Yun and Princess Yun being kidnapped".
.
What the confidants said was right. Although it was very satisfying to embarrass Si Haochen, everything must be done with national affairs as the top priority.
After sending away a few of his confidants, Emperor Danxu was tired.
Zhang Jinliang brought up a cup of ginseng soup: "Your Majesty, please drink some ginseng soup to refresh your spirit."
"Hmm." Emperor Danxu asked while drinking ginseng soup, "How is Princess Mingyu doing recently? Which princes have been close to her?"
"Only the Third Prince often invites Princess Mingyu to play with him. None of the other Highnesses have any personal contact with Princess Mingyu." Zhang Jinliang quickly told all the news he had learned, including that the Third Prince and Princess Mingyu had gone there.
Where and for how long.
"Huh?" Emperor Danxu was surprised. Princess Mingyu is obviously a good helper. Any prince who has some ideas about the throne will not miss this opportunity. "There is no movement from the prince, the fourth prince, and the fifth prince?"
Emperor Danxu was very afraid of his third son. Even for the purpose of balancing the forces of all parties, he did not want to see his third son marry Princess Mingyu.
"Except for the Third Highness, the other Highnesses don't seem to be too fond of Princess Mingyu..." Zhang Jinliang really didn't know what to say. Although Princess Mingyu is not that ugly, she is not the petite and cute appearance that most men like, "
Probably, Princess Mingyu is not the type of woman that your highnesses like."
"Hmph." Emperor Danxu felt that his sons were not growing up anymore. They were already such grown-up men. Did he still need his father to teach him the simple truth of "marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous man, keeping concubines and having sex"?
