Jiang Xinyue thought with her toes that Jin Zhaoyi's brother was probably framed by the Queen or some force on the Queen's side.
Why is she so sure?
Because she jumped into the lake by herself, someone pulled her feet, and her words about wanting her life were also lies, deliberately told to make the emperor feel sorry for her.
It was also to disturb the murky waters of the harem, to make those who plotted against her, or were planning to plot against her, think twice about it. If she was harmed once, she would be promoted once, and the emperor would mobilize all his troops to find the murderer for her.
She is a person who will get back a hundred times a thousand times if she is hurt once.
Concubine Shu hid behind the Queen Mother and plotted against her. She asked the Queen Mother's people to slap her and warned her that she would not even be able to stay in the palace and the children she gave birth to would have to be called someone else's mother.
In fact, she could also design other than Concubine Shu's children, but after all, she was educated in the legal system of modern society, and she had a bit more moral bottom line than the noble girls raised in these big houses.
As long as the women in the harem didn't attack her belly, she wouldn't hurt their children.
However, the little kindness she has left also has a sharp edge. If anyone dares to hurt the child in her belly while she is pregnant, she will kill the other person's whole family at all costs.
Even if there are children, she will still kill them.
"Your Majesty, today the Royal Kitchen stewed Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup. Gao Yuchu specially left a bowl for you. It has been simmering on the small stove until it becomes gluey. It must be delicious."
Gao Yuchu was one of the imperial chefs who learned cooking from Jiang Xinyue. There was also Li Yuchu, who was recently competing with Gao Yuchu for the position of steward of the imperial kitchen. The two were no longer so close.
Moreover, Jiang Xinyue also knew that Li Yuchu had already joined Empress Zhu. She probably felt that Jiang Xinyue had already used all her housekeeping skills and that he could stand on his own and climb high without having to flatter Jiang Xinyue.
Gao Yuchu still knows how to be grateful. If she hadn't taught them barbecue and fried chicken, with their qualifications, they would still be just errand boys helping the senior chefs prepare dishes.
Last winter, she was originally going to serve her killer hot pot, but she was in the cold palace at that time, and fried chicken required much simpler ingredients than hot pot, so she made fried chicken instead.
At that time, Gao Yuchu and Li Yuchu were rewarded with this dish at the New Year's banquet, and their status also rose accordingly.
The old steward of the imperial kitchen left the palace at an old age. He wanted to learn the barbecue and fried chicken before leaving the palace and open a small restaurant. Gao Yuchu also knew that these two dishes were learned from Jiang Xinyue and said that he would ask Empress Zhenbi. Agree and then reply to the old chef.
But in order to take the lead, Li Yuchu secretly approached the old steward and wanted to give him the food recipe.
Although the old steward accepted the recipes for the two dishes, he recommended Gao Yuchu to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take over his position.
For this reason, Li Yuchu and Gao Yuchu had an ugly fight.
Jiang Xinyue took the white fungus soup from Shuangjiang, smelled the sweet taste of red dates in it, and put the bowl aside: "Gao Yuchu is interested. You go to the imperial kitchen to send a message to me and thank him on my behalf. That's it. He said that I like his Tremella Fungus and Lotus Seed Soup very much, so be sure to put some golden beans in your purse for him."
Shuangjiang nodded and went to the inner room.
Jiang Xinyue stirred the spoon with her hand and touched her belly with the other hand. The light in her eyes flickered: "Xiao Xuanzi, follow Shuangsheng quietly."
After receiving the order, Xiao Xuanzi raised his eyebrows in surprise, but when he saw her solemn eyes, he suppressed the frightened feeling and lowered his head in a more respectful manner: "Yes, empress."
Who on earth is it?
Even under her strict guard, he still found out that she was pregnant and actually added saffron to her food.
A handful of bright red saffron is hidden under the sweet white fungus, red dates and lotus seed soup.
If you don’t understand the effects of saffron, you may think that this is a new flavor from the Royal Kitchen.
Most women in ancient times only read a few books briefly and did not know much about this kind of medicinal material that can both maintain health and harm the body.
Jiang Xinyue was also lucky enough to be born in the civilized society of later generations. Her basic common sense was thousands of years ahead of the ladies in the harem, and she was able to avoid plots repeatedly.
The reason why she readily agreed to Empress Dowager Wu's confinement and did not let the emperor argue on her behalf was that she had learned from Concubine Li's method of keeping the palace in confinement to protect the fetus.
Unexpectedly, this black hand still reached into Hexi Palace.
After Shuangjiang loaded up the golden beans, he went to the imperial dining room. Xiaoxuanzi caught Jiang Xinyue's silent eyes and immediately followed him out of Hexi Palace.
Under the moonlight, several people were running around. No matter where they were going, there were many pairs of eyes staring at them in the dark. They didn't know each other.
Let's see who can't wait to show off.
Shuangjiang suddenly looked lonely as she listened to the chirping of cicadas outside the palace. She tightened the porcelain bottle in her sleeves, and when she walked to an inconspicuous rockery, she threw a cyan bottle in.
When I left, there were tears on my face.
Xiao Xuanzi crouched and quietly walked to the rockery, picked up the bottle thrown away by Shuang Sheng, patted the soil on it, and put it into his sleeve.
In the past, Shuangjiang's affection for sending charcoal to Empress Zhenbi in the cold palace was still fresh in her mind, and Xiaoxuanzi really didn't want Shuangjiang to do anything against her master.
The people in Hexi Palace are all of the same mind. They have experienced so much together, and it shouldn't be like this.
After throwing away the bottle, Shuangjiang hid and cried for a while. After wiping away his tears, he went to the imperial kitchen, spread Jiang Xinyue's words, and gave a handful of golden beans to Gao Yuchu in front of many imperial chefs. .
Naturally, the purse was not made by Zhen Concubine, but was embroidered by the ladies of Hexi Palace, specifically as a reward for the people below.
Afterwards, she returned to Hexi Palace without contacting anyone else in the palace.
"Empress, slave..."
Shuang Jiang's eyes fell on the small cyan porcelain bottle on the table, and his eyes almost fell out of his sockets.
She knelt down on the ground with a "plop", and without saying a word, she knocked her forehead on the ground every time. She only hit it about ten times, and blood started to flow from her forehead.
Jiang Xinyue picked up the small porcelain bottle and threw it beside Shuang Jiang's legs, with a bleak look on her face: "I don't like pretending to be confused while pretending to understand. Who did you accept when you let Jiang Yutong enter the Xihe Hall and let her hang in the side hall? Instigating? Now you are using saffron to harm me, how do you want me to deal with you?"
Shuangjiang ignored his bleeding forehead and cried so hard that he still tried to explain himself: "Ms., slave... I didn't harm your Majesty. Slave... Slave... I am indeed a spy planted by my side. I often pass on some news to the outside world." , But my lady, I swear on my life that, except for Jiang Baolin’s suicide in the Washing Hall at the beginning, which was related to my slave, everything else was not done by my slave.”
Jiang Xinyue also felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, sighing that this cruel and merciless palace was hard to defend.
