It was already past dinner time when they came back, so they were the only ones in the restaurant. Su Niyue knew that Chu Xiao was a foodie, so she picked a five-pound fish, cut the meat into slices, and put it in a porcelain basin. She sprinkled a few handfuls of red pepper and peppercorns on it, and added some side dishes and various seasonings.
Green onions, coriander, fresh ginger, star anise, cinnamon, and various spices are put into the oil pan in a small pot and fried to release the fragrance. The heated oil is poured directly onto the neatly stacked fish fillets. The fish in the porcelain basin is stimulated by the temperature of the oil. , the fragrance spreads instantly, and the whole pot of fish is boiling in the oil. Sprinkle some coriander and minced garlic while it's hot, and the boiling fish is ready.
The roasted golden and crispy pork belly was full of aroma. The four of them sat down. Only Chu Yuan, the guard dressed as a businessman, was still standing aside.
Su Niyue glanced at him: "Come and eat together!"
The man didn't dare to move and just glanced at Chu Yuan.
"Qingfeng, come and sit, there are no outsiders here, no need to be reserved!"
"Thank you, Master!"
Su Niyue also took a bottle of red wine. Chu Xiao and Chu Yuan were usually not good at drinking, but they were conquered by this red wine. They drank until they were dizzy and kept talking about how delicious fish and meat are. I didn't even get enough of the fish in the basin. Yes, it’s because I didn’t eat enough, not because I wasn’t full.
One of the brothers drank a little too much and went to bed right after dinner. He slept until night and ended up missing dinner again.
There was no way, who could let these two people be so noble? Su Niyue cooked instant noodles for them and delivered them to the room.
While Chu Xiao was eating, he told Chu Yuan how to eat instant noodles to make them delicious.
Although Qingfeng had eaten dinner, in line with the principle of leaving no one behind in a group, Su Niyue also took Qingfeng's share when cooking noodles.
After eating and drinking, Chu Yuan put down his chopsticks and looked at Chu Xiao: "Fifth brother, now I know why you stay here and don't leave!"
"Well, you can't have such thoughts!"
"Chu Yuan, have you told your fifth brother about your poisoning?"
"What? Are you poisoned too? Can you cure it?"
"It's fixed, my sister-in-law fixed it for me!"
Hearing this, Chu Xiao was visibly relieved and glanced at Su Niyue gratefully. He knew that their family's debt to Su Niyue was not something that could be repaid in just a few words.
"Fifth brother, do you still want to endure it?"
Chu Xiao clenched his fists, and his joints turned white and creaked.
"If a country has no general, it's pity for all the people in the world. It doesn't matter if the centuries-old foundation of the Universiade is ruined, but it is the people who bear the consequences. What did they do wrong?"
"If the eldest brother is a wise king who cares about the people, I would be willing to help him ascend to the throne. But for that position, he even ignores his brothers and sisters. What do the people mean to him? Besides, he is already the prince. And they kept killing us." The sixth prince's voice trembled slightly.
"Even if he takes that position, he won't let you go!" Nangong Yunteng's voice was cold.
"One of you two has to stand up. After all, this is your old Chu family's business. Otherwise, the people will suffer!" Su Niyue said bluntly.
"Liuer, you have been smart, wise, and calm since you were a child. Come on, Fifth Brother will help you!"
"What are you asking for help?" Nangong Yunteng knew Chu Xiao best. He was not greedy for money. The taxes in his fiefdom were the lowest in the Universiade Kingdom. When he had money, he helped the people.
"I..." Chu Xiao had never coveted that position and had no ambitions. He just hoped that his mother and concubine could live peacefully in the palace.
Chu Xiao and Chu Yuan both looked at Nangong Yunteng.
"What are you looking at me for?"
"Where are your soldiers?" they both asked in unison.
"When the teacher returned to Beijing, I dismissed them all."
"Dismissed?"
"If we don't demobilize them, why don't we hand them over to others?"
Neither of them spoke.
"but..."
Su Niyue, Chu Xiao Chuyuan looked at Nangong Yunteng at the same time.
"However, as long as I give the order, they will still be my black cavalry army." The black cavalry army is Nangong Yunteng's sharp knife army. A single soldier can defeat a hundred people. The 20,000 people are from the 300,000 black cavalry army. Carefully selected by elite soldiers.
Long before Nangong Yunteng received the imperial edict to return to Beijing to report on his duties, he had already sent everyone back to their hometowns. Everyone was given money to continue practicing every day after returning home, waiting for orders. The soldiers who were reluctant to leave at first understood in their hearts when they heard the words 'waiting for orders'.
"Where did you disperse the people?" Su Niyue seemed to have thought of something.
"Their fiefdom!"
"How many people? How come we don't know?"
"Twenty thousand people, most of them are people from the sixth prince's fiefdom! Some of them were arranged by my people to the fifth prince's fiefdom. He is usually not in the fiefdom, and he won't care if there are so many people suddenly there. , even if he knew they were my people, he wouldn’t embarrass them, right, fifth prince!”
"Five thousand is enough!" Su Niyue almost slapped the table.
"Well, that's enough!" Nangong Yunteng felt that there were more than five thousand people.
Chu Xiao and Chu Yuan were about to cry: "Brother, what we have to deal with now is a country. Not to mention anything else, there are one hundred thousand imperial guards in the palace! Isn't five thousand cavalry just like a small tree?"
Nangong Yunteng smiled slightly: "You have to ask my wife!"
So far, several people have formulated a plan to usurp the government... bah, no, it's a plan to save all people from fire and water.
"Blast!" Nangong Yunteng called in a low voice.
"My subordinates are here!" Gale was dressed in black, with a black scarf covering his face, falling in front of everyone like a ghost.
"Send the order to Dongyu and Winter Solstice..." After the order was given, the strong wind quietly disappeared.
Su Niyue took out a stack of silver notes from her arms and pushed it to the sixth prince: "Sixth prince, continue to do what you should do. You don't need to worry about anything else. When the time comes, we will contact you!"
"Sister-in-law, why do you give me so many banknotes?"
"Of course, it's to help the people. Do you think I'm asking you to buy candies?"
"Thank you sister-in-law!"
"It's a heavy burden on your shoulders, but we'll help you!"
"Okay, that's almost it. Let's all rest. There are still important things to do tomorrow!"
Nangong Yunteng controlled the wheelchair and came to Su Niyue: "Madam, let's go!"
Su Niyue rubbed her eyes, stood up and followed Nangong Yunteng. At the top of the stairs, Nangong Yunteng stood up, put the wheelchair next to the wall, and under the surprised eyes of the two princes, bent down and picked up Su Niyue. Yue went upstairs.
"What about him? He has to take a wheelchair to the stairs? What's wrong with taking two steps?" Chu Xiao looked puzzled.
"It's strange that you worry too much."
Su Niyue was carried upstairs by Nangong Yunteng. In order to save time, Su Niyue went into the space to wash up. Nangong Yunteng was washing up in the bathroom. When Nangong Yunteng came back, Su Niyue was already lying on the bed. When I fell asleep, when I saw Nangong Yunteng coming back, I just opened my eyes and took a look, ready to continue sleeping.
"Madam, don't you want to ask me anything?"
"When you want to say something, you will say it. Do I need to ask you?" Su Niyue had already guessed that Nangong Yunteng had a back-up plan. After all, he was the King of War, and the Nangong family's black cavalry army, Even the horses could not be fed with the supplies provided by the court alone. Nangong Yunteng also said that he had an army, but he just needed weapons.
Furthermore, Nangong Yunteng also said that he had nine secret guards, and only four came back with Jingzhe and the others, so the remaining few must have other tasks.
Nangong Yunteng smiled, and he knew that his little wife understood him.
Nangong Yunteng put his arms around Su Niyue's waist, took her into his arms, tucked her in, left a kiss on her forehead, put out the candle with his hand, and hugged the person in his arms. Fall into a deep sleep.
