Yunan and others all frowned. As the core figures of King Qi's party, although they may not know the details of King Qi's plan in the secret realm, they certainly know how hard King Qi put into this secret realm. As a result, they fell short this time. Thinking about it, it was Zu An who was destroyed.
It was obvious that he was the lackey of the emperor and the prince, so why did he invite him?
However, King Qi's prestige has always been very high. Although they were puzzled, they would not refute it on the spot.
Zu An felt happy, the fish seemed to have taken the bait, but on the surface he pretended to be embarrassed: "There's no need to eat, I still have to investigate the case here."
King Qi smiled slightly: "You can ask me directly about many things about the case. After all, I am the one who is most familiar with the case in the whole house. We can chat slowly over the table later."
He thought that the masters he had arranged in the secret realm were foolproof. In order to prepare for various unexpected situations, he even sent the four major enshrined masters in, leaving a huge redundancy. However, he did not expect that they still failed. He couldn't understand this, and Zu An was obviously an insider.
In addition, this failure was so disastrous that the previous situation where the battle with the emperor was barely evenly matched became strategically passive. Even though he had so many talented people and strangers under his command, he could not think of any way to reverse the situation in a short period of time, but Zu An, on the other hand, was Like a variable, if he gets his Phoenix Nirvana Sutra and his strength increases to the next level, he can turn the situation around.
Hearing what he said, Zu An reluctantly agreed: "Since the prince is so kind, I will stay for a meal."
His guards who were originally on tenterhooks blinked their eyes, and the storm just calmed down? And King Qi is still so polite to him?
Yu Nan and the others on the side almost spat out a mouthful of blood. This guy still looked reluctant. It was really a slap in the face.
The anger value from Yu Nan is +333!
The anger value from Lian Yu is +333!
The anger value from Zhao Xiao is +333!
…
King Qi's palace was deeper, and he didn't have much emotional fluctuations. He made a gesture of invitation to everyone.
Soon Zu An and Yu Nan followed him towards the depths of the palace.
As for Zu An's men, Han Fengqiu took them down to entertain them.
Along the way, Zu An asked a lot of questions about King Qi's concubines, and King Qi answered them all very patiently. Even Zu An marveled at his good attitude.
It wasn't until he sat down at the banquet that Zu An came back to his senses. Although King Qi had just answered a lot, there was no useful information. He was really impressed by his ability to talk nonsense. .
At this time, Princess Qi also walked out surrounded by maids. When she saw Princess Changshan and Lian Yu's wife, a smile appeared on her face, but when her eyes fell on Zu An, her smile immediately froze.
The anger value from Bishan is +458!
Apparently Zu An still held a grudge for hurting her son.
She hurriedly looked at King Qi, who moved his lips slightly. It was obvious that he was saying something in private. Her expression softened slightly and she sat down in her seat without even looking at Zu An.
At this time, Yu Nan smiled and said: "Princess, your birthday is coming soon. I don't know how you plan to organize it?"
This is the main reason why they came here today.
Princess Qi shook her head: "Now is a troubled time. Someone has just died in the house. Now is not the right time to hold a birthday banquet or something like that."
Yunan and others fell into silence. On the surface, she was referring to the concubine who died not long ago, but in fact, she should be referring to the warriors who died in the secret realm. Prince Qi's palace had just suffered such a tragic defeat, so it was indeed not suitable to be too festive.
"The princess is indeed kind-hearted." Everyone praised Princess Qi, and then the conversation unknowingly turned to this trip to the secret realm.
Lian Yu raised his head and looked at Zu An and asked, "Master Zu has made great achievements in the secret realm this time. Can you tell us what happened in the secret realm?"
King Qi nodded secretly. Lian Yu was indeed much smarter, lest I ask him personally.
"In other words, killing some people with ulterior motives is not a great achievement, so it doesn't matter if you don't mention it or not." Although Zu An said this, he couldn't hide the gain on his face.
"The villain succeeds!" Several people in the field cursed secretly.
Anger value +444+444+444…
Lian Yu forced a smile and said: "Master Zu is joking. Being conferred the title of cuckold by the emperor himself, how can this be an ordinary achievement?"
Hearing the word cuckold, Zu An's face trembled, and he thought it would be better not to perform meritorious service: "They are all important officials in the court. They must know what happened in the secret realm, so why bother asking me again."
King Qi also spoke at this time: "After all, those written reports are more convincing than those of you who were on the scene. Are there some details in the reports? I hope Master Zu can satisfy our curiosity."
"Unfortunately, I have been busy investigating the case recently, and I am particularly troubled by the autopsy of the concubine, which has led to confusion in remembering many details in the secret realm." Zu An covered his head and replied in a feigned pain.
Yunan's expression suddenly changed: "How dare you threaten King Qi with this?"
King Qi hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop: "Brother-in-law, you are serious. Mr. Zu is now responsible for the emperor's orders. Everyone knows the temper of my imperial brother. When you work for him, you have to keep your head in mind at all times. It is understandable for Mr. Zu to be anxious. Well, let’s do this, Master Zu will tell us in detail what happened in the secret realm, and I will consider allowing you to perform an autopsy.”
The expressions of the other people changed slightly, and he raised his hand to stop whatever they wanted to say.
Zu An glanced at Yu Nan and secretly despised him. These children of aristocratic families who grew up with golden keys in their mouths still have bad character.
In comparison, Prince Qi's palace was much deeper. He had just ruined the plan he had been planning for many years. As a result, he was not acting emotionally now. Instead, he used the opportunity to alienate himself from the emperor and at the same time bribe him. No wonder he became the emperor's confidant. .
"Since the prince wants to hear it, how dare I disobey him?" Zu An immediately changed his previous attitude and slowly told what happened in the secret realm.
King Qi looked strange after hearing this. The other party did reveal a lot of details that had not been written in the report before, but he still didn't mention a word about Lu Xiao's group.
It was equivalent to listening to him for a long time and getting nothing out of it. I just gave him a lesson on the road, and he actually learned and applied it.
After Zu An finished speaking, he asked, "I wonder when I can inspect the body of the concubine?"
King Qi smiled: "I just said that I can consider it, but after thinking about it for a long time, I still feel that such a thing is not in line with royal etiquette. I still need to ask the emperor to make a decision. If he makes an order, then Master Zu can come and inspect it." .”
Zu An rolled his eyes when he heard this. He said it but didn't say it. How could the emperor issue an order for such a thing? Then the old people in the royal family would not be able to jump out and make irresponsible remarks. What's more, the emperor now avoids breaking up with King Qi. , let alone breaking up with King Qi over such a thing.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Princess Qi also regained her responsibilities and decided to change the topic to a lighter topic: "Everyone, please stop chatting and use your chopsticks quickly. This roasted suckling pig won't taste good when it's cold. Hey, Yu Nan, why did you stop eating after you tasted one piece? Is there something wrong with this dish? I can ask the cook to improve it in the future."
Yunan shook her head: "The skills of the chefs in the palace have reached their peak. The problem lies in the raw materials."
"Hey, the ingredients for this dish are
The carefully selected suckling pigs that are just one month old should be fine. "Princess Qi asked puzzledly.
Yunan poked the roasted suckling pig in front of her with her chopsticks: "Such a piglet cannot be called a suckling pig. A real suckling pig must be fed with human milk from birth and raised for a month before being slaughtered. At this time The meat is the most tender, and the suckling pig’s name is worthy of its name.”
Zu An frowned: "Who would feed pigs with human milk?"
Yunan said calmly: "Master Zu was born in a small place like Mingyue City. It's normal if I haven't seen him before. He raised more than a dozen wet nurses in his mansion to feed suckling pigs. I will give Master Zu one day."
Zu An's expression suddenly changed. There were such extravagant and lustful people in the world. They didn't regard those wet nurses as human beings at all!
Not to mention him, even King Qi and others frowned.
Lian Yu couldn't help but said: "You have gone too far. You are so extravagant and wasteful. Be careful that someone from the imperial court is involved in you."
Yu Nan disagreed: "What's wrong with me spending my own money? I can't be as stingy as you. Don't think I don't know that Mr. Wang heard that the fruit of your peach tree was very sweet and asked you to order some peaches. You tried it, but you were worried that he would take your peaches and grow them yourself, so you used a needle to pierce the core of each peach you gave him... Huh, you don't care about face, our Yu family still cares about face, this kind of thing It can be done!”
Zu An couldn't help but glance at Lian Yu, and then noticed that although his clothes were decent, some of the more secret places seemed to be starched and white. Even the jewelry on his wife was obviously better than Princess Changshan and Qi. The princess is missing a lot.
You must know that his wife was a young lady from the Yu family before she got married. How could she be short of jewelry?
I can't tell that this man with thick eyebrows and big eyes is actually such a person.
Lian Yu's face turned red and he said angrily: "Master Wang asked me for peaches back then, and he didn't say that he wanted to take them back and plant them. So what's wrong with me giving him peaches?"
Yunan chuckled: "It has nothing to do with me that you are frugal and stingy, but don't let my sister suffer with you."
Zu An was a little bit surprised just now as to why the two of them were fighting in front of him. It turned out that his brother always cared for his sister and looked down on his brother-in-law. This brother-in-law also always looked down on his uncle's behavior, so it was inevitable that the two of them had some problems with each other.
Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Princess Qi and Mrs. Lian came out to speak and resolved the turmoil. However, after this incident, the banquet quickly broke up.
Zu An was satisfied with his meal. Obviously, the Qi King's party was not monolithic.
In the end, he failed to check the body of King Qi's concubine. After leaving King Qi's palace, he first asked his guards to go back - these people said they did it themselves, who knows if they were sent by the emperor to monitor him and were with them. Be careful not to panic.
Walking along the road, thinking about what to do next, suddenly something moved in his heart and he looked sideways.
I saw a young man with red lips and white teeth standing in front of him. He was thin and slender. At first glance, he looked like a woman disguised as a man.
At this time, she was holding something in front of him: "Brother, did you drop this jade pendant?"
Looking at the black thing in her hand, which looked like an ordinary stone on the roadside from all aspects, Zu An couldn't help but complain: "You call this thing a stone? Why don't you just pick up the quick bricks?" Come and ask if I dropped it."
The girl's eyes lit up: "That's a good idea. I'll have another pick-up technique next time."
Zu An rolled his eyes: "Why are you here?"
