After all the detoxification matters were finalized, Mingruo felt a little hungry and had to ask her boyfriend, who was walking with a clock: "What time is it now?"
"It's almost noon." Si Haochen replied.
"Oh, let's go cook." Actually, Ming Ruo could just go by himself, but he was afraid that Si Haochen and Cheap Daddy would get into a fight and the two of them would get into a fight.
"Okay." Si Haochen naturally took Mingruo's hand and took Mingruo to the cave with the vegetable garden.
Mingruo went into the kitchen to see what ingredients were available. There was half a tank of rice in the rice vat, but it was all finely chopped old rice. There were also some dried vegetables, dried bamboo shoots, and not even dried mushrooms. Such supplies were scarce.
Condition, no wonder the cheap dad is malnourished.
Mingruo sighed. The cheap dad had been locked in the cave above, and he probably didn't know what was there. Mingruo took out new rice, some condiments, and a few dishes from the space.
First, steam a bucket of rice on the large stove. This method was learned from the cooks in the army. After all, there is no rice cooker here, so the heat for simmering the rice depends on personal experience. If you use steaming, the rice will not burn in any case.
Under Mingruo's command, Si Haochen filled the stove with fine firewood.
Mingruo washed the old bacon hanging at the entrance of the cave and threw it into a casserole to cook.
Although Yan Yuan received the education from a young age that "a gentleman is far away from the cook", but in order to get along with his daughter, it doesn't matter whether he is a gentleman or not.
Slowly wandering over, with a gentle smile on his face: "Ruo'er, do you need daddy's help?"
"Ah..." Mingruo had already picked half a pot of edamame and looked at the cheap dad thoughtfully, "Can you cook?"
"..." This question is a little bit sharp. Yan Yuan has lived for more than forty years. Not to mention cooking, this is his first time as a cook.
"Then peel the edamame." Mingruo picked up a pod, pinched it from both sides, and peeled out the beans inside.
"Okay." Yan Yuan took the wooden basin from Mingruo's hand, "Daddy, come and peel it."
Mingruo was squatting next to her picking vegetables, watching Cheap Daddy peeling beans very seriously. Driven by curiosity, he asked: "Who is the one living in the palace now? Why does he look almost exactly like you?"
"..." Yan Yuan stopped peeling the beans, and the beans in his fingers were instantly crushed into pureed beans.
"Don't get excited. I'm just asking casually. I don't really want to know." Mingruo estimated that the man who looked like a lunatic had something to do with his cheap dad.
"He is my twin brother." Yan Yuan's tone became very flat, and he could no longer hear too much emotion.
Mingruo was a little surprised when she heard this answer. She thought that the man had used disguise or other methods to have the same face as his cheap dad.
Having already started, the next words are not difficult to say: "In the royal family, twins are generally not appointed as crown princes. However, your imperial grandfather's idea is different.
As soon as we were born, the fact that we were twins became a secret. He quietly left me out of the palace and raised me in Qingyang Villa, where he asked experts from the private sector to teach me martial arts. Yan Cang stayed in the palace and was taught by him personally. Every year,
He would always bring Yan Cang to Qingyang Villa and let us compete.
When we were young, we actually had a pretty good relationship. Every time Yan Cang came here, he would bring me snacks from the palace and clothes made by his mother..."
"Haha." Si Haochen, who was lighting the fire in the kitchen, sneered. His cheap father-in-law was really... how should I put it? I don't know whether he was naive or stupid.
Mingruo didn't think there was anything wrong at first, but when she heard her boyfriend laughing, she suddenly remembered that her boyfriend once said, "No one in the palace is simple."
Just imagine, a pair of brothers have not lived together since childhood, and they meet once a year, just to "competition". No matter how close the brothers are, they are artificially placed on opposite sides. In this case, one person is facing the other.
The other person is very nice. Thinking about such 'goodness' makes people shudder.
Seeing the expression on Mingruo's face, Yan Yuan also tried to see his own experience from the perspective of a bystander... It seemed a little funny to him that he actually thought that he and Yan Cang had a good relationship.
"Ahem." Yan Yuan was ashamed of his stupidity and ignorance and continued, "When we were 12 years old, my father felt that I was more suitable to be the crown prince, so he made me the prince. Yan Cang has a weird mind and is more suitable to lead the Anyin Guard.
He was sent to the western border to receive training.
Later, when my father died and I ascended the throne as emperor, Yan Cang led the An Yin Guard to assist me. At that time, I didn’t see any hint of disobedience in him...
It wasn't until later that I went to Yanluo Mountain to get Fire Ganoderma. At that time, my energy was severely depleted, and I was given Ruanjin Powder by Yuan Gaona, an old servant. After it fell into the hands of Yan Cang, I didn't know that he had been coveting the throne for a long time.
Not only did I bribe my personal attendants, but I even hired people in my harem.
I grew up in the palace, and I am not used to the life in the palace. After welcoming your mother into the palace, I feel even more shackles everywhere. Because I have to balance the forces of all parties, and I have to worry about the impeachment of officials, so your mother
I suffered a lot of grievances.
Yan Cang wants the throne, so tell him directly, I am willing to abdicate in favor of someone worthy of my honour. Being able to take you mother and daughter far away is what I wish for most..."
"He doesn't want you to 'give' it to him." Ming Ruo finally figured it out, and the 'crazy man' was definitely mentally distorted by his black-hearted father.
He trapped Concubine Su in the palace and tried every means to get her to let go of her cheap father. In fact, just like him seizing the 'throne', he might not like her much, but it was mostly obsession.
"He probably wants to use facts to prove that the emperor's grandfather's choice is wrong, and that he is the chosen one." Ming Ruo only felt that the 'emperor's grandfather' whom he had never met before was very hateful, "He wants to plunder what you have."
Everything, the more you value something, he will have to grab it."
Yan Yuan fell into silence for a moment. It seemed that he was not at a loss for being plotted against by Yan Cang. Because, from the beginning to the end, he had never understood him. He did not know himself or the enemy, and he was not at a loss for defeat.
Seeing the shocked look on Cheappa's face, Mingruo silently took the edamame he had peeled and went to the kitchen to cook.
"What do you want me to do?" Si Haochen saw that Mingruo had taken out the wooden bucket of rice and stopped adding more firewood.
Mingruo took out the cooked bacon and put it on the chopping board: "Cut this into slices."
"Okay." Si Haochen was already a skilled worker in chopping vegetables, and he could cut vegetables quickly and well.
Mingruo first fried vegetables and made loofah and egg soup. After Si Haochen cut the meat slices, Mingruo made another dish of fried bacon with edamame.
"It's time to start dinner." Mingruo had trouble picking up the dishes. There wasn't even a table, so where should we put them?
Mingruo walked out of the kitchen and wandered around the vegetable garden to see if there was anything he could use. Then he saw Cheap Daddy bringing in a large clean slate.
