Hearing Lianying's words, Jiang Nianjiao's expression darkened.
She didn't expect that those people were actually from Concubine Qi's palace, but she really couldn't understand why Concubine Qi wanted to kill Coriander.
If her aunt's death had anything to do with her, she really didn't want to believe it. After all, she has a very close relationship with her aunt.
In the Winter Palace, after seeing off Prince Jin and his wife, Concubine Qi only asked her son, "Yuan'er, what do you want to eat?"
When the fourth prince Zhao Chengyuan heard this, he smiled and said to his concubine, "Mother, you can take a rest these days. This meal will be catered by my son. It happened that my son recently learned some southern Xinjiang dishes in Yuhe Restaurant, and my mother happened to be there too." Let’s try Erchen’s craftsmanship.”
Hearing this, Concubine Qi's face turned pale. For some reason, she suddenly remembered what Guiren Li said about her son that day.
And Emperor Yong’s face that day.
It was obvious that Emperor Yong didn't want to see his son. After all, Zhao Chengyuan couldn't do anything. The only thing he was good at was being a cook. But this only advantage is also the reason why everyone laughs at their mother and son.
When she thought of this, Concubine Qi suddenly said, "No need, I have no appetite."
Then Concubine Qi just said, "Cheng'er, you are not young anymore, and my mother doesn't expect you to be as talented and accomplished as your second brother and third brother, but you can't be stuck in that small kitchen every day." It's not like immersing yourself in cooking. At least when your father checks up on your homework, you can't be ignorant."
Hearing Concubine Qi's words, Zhao Chengyuan was obviously a little unconvinced, but in front of Concubine Qi, he could only pretend to be obedient and said, "My mother said so."
"Ke Erchen just wants to cook a meal for his mother."
Hibiscus on the side could naturally see Zhao Chengyuan's loneliness, so she only took the initiative to say, "Your Majesty, I see that Your Highness has good intentions, but at the moment he is also filial. I feel that Your Majesty is not as good as the whole family." His Highness’s whole heart.” @
Obviously Mu Jin's words still carry a lot of weight with Concubine Qi. She just sighed and said, "Since your Aunt Mu Jin said so, then just do it."
Zhao Chengyuan heard this and immediately glanced gratefully at Hibiscus, who was only a few years older than him.
Then he went down immediately, and after Zhao Chengyuan left, Concubine Qi couldn't help but sigh.
"I don't know when my son will grow up and understand all my painstaking efforts." After saying this, Concubine Qi couldn't help but have a headache.
Seeing this, Hibiscus rubbed Concubine Qi's temples with a wink. She only comforted her softly, "I don't think you need to worry too much about Your Highness."
"How can I not worry? He is very unpleasant in front of Your Majesty, and he always likes to hide in the kitchen. Your Majesty obviously hates him very much. If he does not like his father in the future, it will be very difficult for him to establish a house and get a wife. of."
"But no matter what your Highness is, he is still His Majesty's son. People say that tigers can't eat their seeds. No matter how much Your Majesty dislikes him, he is still better than others. Besides, our Highness is neither lustful nor greedy, nor does he have those kinds of abuses. In my opinion, based on the habits of the people below, as long as our Highness does not make any big mistakes, we are the safest."
Hearing Mu Jin's words, Concubine Yu Xian was a little surprised for a moment. She turned to look at Mu Jin and said, "What do you mean by this?"
Mu Jin then analyzed for Concubine Qi, "My dear, contentment is always a joy. Sometimes it is not a good thing to be born in this royal family and have too much outstanding ability. Don't you think His Highness King Jin is a typical example of this?"
Hearing this, Concubine Qi couldn't help but nodded in agreement.
Prince Jin was indeed excellent in everything. In the past, she always thought that if her child was like Prince Jin, then Emperor Yong would pay more attention to his child.
At the beginning, everyone said that Queen Min had a lucky star. Because of the relationship with King Jin, even Emperor Yong could not help but treat her a little favorably. But now it seems that Queen Min's mother's family was killed and she was deposed. Even King Jin almost died on the battlefield in Qiang Desert.
Now if she still believes that Emperor Yong really likes this son, then she is too naive.
When she thought of such an example, she felt that what Mu Jin said was quite reasonable.
Anyway, she never thought about letting her son compete for that high position.
When she thought of this, her expression softened a bit, but when she didn't
Just when she had calmed down, Mu Jin suddenly spoke again, "Your Majesty, I think we should pay more attention to the things that Princess Jin is paying attention to."
"How to pay attention? There are always more things in this palace than less things. Besides, this matter has nothing to do with us. What's the benefit of us getting involved?"
"That's what I say, but if we can build a good relationship with Princess Jin, I think she might be able to help us if we have something to do in the future. What's more, I always feel that Princess Jin comes to us, so I'm afraid things will go wrong. So simple."
After hearing this, Concubine Qi obviously fell silent.
But when she was about to speak, she saw the entourage around Zhao Chengyuan, who didn't know when they appeared in front of them again.
Mu Jin was a little surprised and said, "Has His Highness the Fourth Prince already prepared the dishes?"
The attendant quickly shook his head and said, "No, His Royal Highness injured his finger and did not want to make it public. I am afraid that the Queen will be worried, but I dare not not tell the Queen."
As soon as she heard that Zhao Chengyuan had injured his finger, Concubine Qi was so anxious that she got up to see him, "Why don't you let Yuan'er come back soon?"
The attendant looked at Mu Jin in embarrassment, but Mu Jin said with a smile, "My Lady, I'll go over there. If you care like this, you will be in trouble, and I'm afraid you will have trouble with His Highness."
Concubine Qi just sighed when she heard this, and said, "Then go ahead and hibiscus."
After receiving the order, Mu Jin went to Concubine Qi's kitchen with her attendants.
At this time, Zhao Chengyuan accidentally cut off the fingers of his left hand. He was only sucking his left index finger at the moment.
However, after discovering Hibiscus's arrival, he immediately hid his left hand behind his back in a panic.
Mu Jin naturally took all this into her eyes, so she just smiled and came to Zhao Chengyuan's side.
Zhao Chengyuan looked a little panicked and said, "Mujin, why are you here?"
Mu Jin didn't speak, she just spread her right hand towards Zhao Chengyuan.
"Hand over your left hand."
Hear this. Zhao Chengyuan was a little confused, but he had never been able to refuse Mu Jin, so under Mu Jin's instructions, he quickly handed over his left hand.
When Mu Jin saw this, she took Zhao Chengyuan's hand, and then she began to pinch Zhao Chengyuan's injury. Zhao Chengyuan was pinched at the injury, and immediately began to shout, "It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!"
"I know it hurts, will you hide it next time?" Mu Jin asked.
How could Zhao Chengyuan dare to say no after being taught a lesson by Mu Jin, and Mu Jin obviously had no intention of continuing to embarrass Zhao Chengyuan. She just silently bandaged Zhao Chengyuan's wound. Seeing Mu Jin bandaging her wound, Zhao Chengyuan immediately held her breath. .
He didn't dare to look at Hibiscus's face, which was only red and looked extremely reserved and shy.
It wasn't until Mujin bandaged his wound that Zhao Chengyuan said, "Mujin, my mother doesn't know about this."
Mu Jin smiled and said, "Of course I don't know. If Concubine Qi knew about it, do you think she could still let you stay here alone?"
After hearing Mu Jin's words, Zhao Chengyuan couldn't help but nodded.
At the moment, he just felt that Hibiscus was right.
But then he whispered, "Don't tell mother."
Hibiscus smiled and said "Hello".
But after that, when she found that Zhao Chengyuan seemed to be preparing to cut vegetables again, she just took the knife and said, "I'll do it. What will happen if you get it again?"
Zhao Chengyuan was not willing to let Mu Jin take action. He was about to take away the vegetable cutting knife, but he didn't want to miss it. His hand immediately fell on Mu Jin's hand.
As soon as he touched Hibiscus, Zhao Chengyuan immediately blushed. He immediately let go of Hibiscus' hand without waiting for Hibiscus to say anything.
He blushed and said, "Hibiscus, I'll do it."
Mu Jin smiled and said, "Let you come. If you cut your hands again, I won't cover it for you."
After hearing Mu Jin's words, he knew that he could not defeat Mu Jin. Zhao Chengyuan could only stop insisting on the matter. Then the two of them worked together to cook. Although there were many servants in the small kitchen, Zhao Chengyuan always liked to do it by himself, so These servants could only watch the two of them working together. When the dishes were prepared one by one, Zhao Chengyuan was willing to let go and let the servants deliver everything.
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Hibiscus, who was on the side, had already prepared water in the copper basin.
"Your Highness, please clean yourself up before going over."
Zhao Chengyuan nodded cooperatively, but after using the water, he was hesitating whether to ask Mu Jin to eat with him.
Unexpectedly, before he could speak, someone outside the door suddenly waved and called Hibiscus. Seeing this, Hibiscus naturally left with that person.
Looking at Mu Jin's leaving figure, Zhao Chengyuan couldn't help but sigh in disappointment.
After Hibiscus came out, she asked the young chamberlain, "What's the matter?"
Hearing this, the chamberlain only said softly, "Sister Hibiscus, when I walked by the corridor today, I seemed to see the maid next to Princess Jin holding a few pieces of drawing paper to compare with the chamberlain of the Yellow Gate in our courtyard."
Hearing this, Mu Jin was just startled and then she said slowly, "Can you clearly see which chamberlains she is?"
Upon hearing this, the chamberlain only whispered a few names.
After hearing the names of those people, Hibiscus couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
It seems that my feeling is not wrong.
Princess Jin must have indeed suspected that she was in the Winter Palace.
However, she believed that Princess Jin would not investigate for no reason.
Therefore, after receiving the report from the servants, she only planned to conduct some corresponding investigations on these Huangmen servants. After all, many of the people assigned to them in the palace were from other palaces.
When Mu Jin went to investigate the origins of the Huangmen servants, Concubine Qi and her son were about to finish their lunch.
Concubine Qi still wanted Zhao Chengyuan to learn some knowledge.
So when she saw that he was still sitting in her room, she couldn't help but urge him, "Yuan'er, you should go back too."
