The kitchen made several kinds of longevity peaches for Situ Ce to look at. Situ Ce looked at them one by one and saw a plate of dough sculptures called Flat Peach Club that was uniquely made. He smiled and said, "In the past, I just made a few longevity peaches perfunctorily, but this year you guys did it half-heartedly." With all your heart.”
"Your Highness, I don't dare. Aunt Lin didn't enter the palace last year, and no one else has this skill." Li Min said.
Situ Ce was in a good mood when he saw that all the characters on the plate were pinched to life, and even the birthday peach was made like a real peach. "Crush more gods and immortals. Since it is a group of immortals celebrating their birthday, it should be more lively, and the birthday peach is also alone." If you do something, your Majesty will reward you."
"yes."
Let's talk about the early years of Fu Qing Dynasty. Situ Ce didn't let her embroider quilt covers, but she still secretly asked someone to buy red silk and silk thread, and embroidered day and night. Lu Man refused even if she asked for help.
Lu Man looked helplessly at the person who was doing embroidery seriously, "Those who didn't know better thought you were rushing to get a wedding dress. Who knew you were making a wedding dress for someone else."
When Fu Qingchu heard this, he said with a smile: "You girl, you are just a quilt, where did you think you were?"
"Sister, haven't you ever thought about it, if the Crown Princess comes in and sees His Highness treating you like this, will she not be jealous? Will you have a good life?" Luman frowned and looked at her, "What will you do then? Isn’t it all in vain?”
"The prince and the princess are husband and wife, and the prince and I are monarchs and ministers. Have you ever seen any concubine who is jealous of her subordinates?" Fu Qingchu said indifferently, "Besides, if the prince is really jealous, the prince can still marry her. ? In the future, the prince’s harem will have three thousand beauties, but if she can’t even accommodate me as an outsider, then won’t she be so angry that she will die?”
Lu Man saw that he couldn't convince her, so he could only smile helplessly, "I still want to help my sister to have a successful career. Based on your thoughts, I think it's rare for my sister to have a successful career."
Speaking of this, Fu Qingchu stopped the needlework in his hand, looked at her, and said with a smile: "Who said that to be successful, you have to marry the prince?"
"Otherwise?" Lu Man raised his eyebrows.
"Be his right-hand man."
Hearing this, Lu Man couldn't help laughing and looked at her with his chin in his hand, "Then I'll wait and see."
"Please."
When Fu Qingchu finished embroidering the leaves on the quilt, the Queen's birthday was also here. The kitchen worked all night long, steaming and kneading everything that needed to be steamed, and finally boxed it up before dawn.
The people in the kitchen presented the boxed pastry to Situ Ce. Situ Ce took a look and saw that it was more exquisite than the past few days. "Thank you."
Everyone was so happy after hearing this that they knelt down to thank him.
"etc."
When everyone was happy, they saw Su Junruo looking at the noodles with a heavy face, pointing at Queen Mother Xi's cheek, "Your Highness, come and take a look, Queen Mother Xi's face is cracked."
When Fu Qingchu heard this, he felt bad in his heart.
Situ Ce took a closer look and saw that not only the face of Queen Mother Xi was cracked, but also the other gods had different cracks. His heart sank and he turned to look at Li Min, "What's going on?"
Li Min was so frightened that his face turned pale. He stepped forward to check and found that it was indeed the case. He immediately knelt down and cried: "Your Highness... this..."
"Bring me all the dough sculptures!" Situ Ce said angrily.
After a while, Master Bai An, who was rushing to work that night, all knelt in front of Zhaoming Hall, "You guys should explain to me why the dough sculpture cracked before it even lasted a day."
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one dared to speak.
"Who is Lin? Come and explain to me?" Situ Ce asked in a deep voice.
Mrs. Lin was so frightened that she dropped her head to the ground and said in a trembling tone: "Back to Your Highness, Noodles have very high requirements for flour. I originally wanted to buy fine noodles from Xin'an, but Fu Si Cui said that fine noodles from Xin'an are too expensive. The smaller one has to use ordinary flour, so..."
"You are talking nonsense!" Fu Qingchu couldn't help but said angrily, "You took the budget at that time, and I personally asked Su Si's girlfriend to approve the note. For twenty taels of silver, you can just buy one stone of Xin'an fine noodles!"
Situ Ce frowned and looked at Fu Qingchu, guessing something fishy in his heart.
"Si Cui, you have to speak with your conscience. You gave us five taels of silver at that time. We bought twenty-five kilograms of fine noodles and made a few styles to show to His Highness, but there was not much left." They cried out that they were wronged, "How dare you lie about such a big thing?"
"Your Highness!" Fu Qingchu walked to Situ Ce and knelt down, "Your Highness, what she said is full of loopholes. Even if they really only bought 25 kilograms of fine noodles, they knew that other flours were not as good as Xin'an fine noodles. Why did they do it again? Use up these twenty-five kilograms of fine noodles first? It doesn’t matter if they framed me, but delaying your birthday celebration for the queen is a crime worthy of death! Your Highness, please be careful!"
Fu Qingchu said, but also looked up in disbelief.
"Your Highness, this slave is really unjust. Even if the slave embezzles the money, but the product is not good, the slave will be punished with death. How could the slave harm himself?"
Mrs. Lin cried out for injustice, and the maids who followed her in making the pastry also cried out for injustice.
"Your Highness, the most important thing right now is how to get rid of this group of immortals." Su Junruo looked at Situ Ce with a worried face, "As for the few of them, who is who and who is right, it will not be too late to come back and convict them."
Situ Ce glanced at Su Junruo, sighed and said helplessly: "Right now, I only have Shoudao available, so let's make do with it."
Su Junruo looked embarrassed, thought for a while, walked to Situ Ce and knelt down, "Your Highness, my mother is honored to be born on the same day as the Queen. My brother told me a few days ago that he made a peach tree to celebrate my mother's birthday. If His Highness does not give up, and asks someone to leave the palace and bring the longevity peach tree into the palace, it may be able to solve the urgent need."
Situ Ce thought for a while, turned around and sat on the stool, "This is the only way." He turned to look at the eunuch beside him, "You leave the palace and bring the longevity peach tree into the palace."
The waiter said yes and hurriedly left.
Situ Ce looked at the people kneeling on the ground coldly, "Ms. Lin, do you really mean what you said?"
"How dare you lie? Your Highness, please be more careful!" Lin said.
"Your Highness!" Fu Qingchu looked at Situ Ce anxiously, "How dare you, for a few taels of silver, put yourself in a state of eternal disaster!"
"Fu Si'i looks down on these few taels of silver, but I saw that Si'i bought a lot of fine satin and silk thread a few days ago, saying that he would embroider a wedding gift for His Highness. Fu Si'i has only been in the palace for more than a month, where did he come from? Where is that much money?" Li Min looked at Fu Qingchu and said, "You are really good at borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha."
"Your Highness!" Lu Man hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "The money Fu Si'i bought for the satin and silk threads was borrowed from my slave. Fu Si'i also wrote an IOU. If Your Highness doesn't believe it, I'll go get the IOU right now."
"Your Highness, this is Lu Man's delaying strategy. Who knows what she will do when she goes back? If she wants to get the IOU, it's up to Chen Zhangzheng to lead someone to get it." Li Min said reluctantly.
"Just go!" Lu Man was not willing to be outdone, and turned to Situ Ce, "I beg your Highness to let this slave go back to get the IOU."
"Your Highness, it is my duty to manage the palace people. I will take people to investigate."
"You don't have to go for such a small matter. Let Chen Zhangzheng take the people there." Situ Ce said in a deep voice, "Li Ping will also go and have a look."
Fu Qingchu glanced at Situ Ce, knowing that he was protecting himself, fearing that Su Junruo would find something that was not there when he took people there.
After a while, Li Ping came back with a heavy face. He bowed and handed the letter in his hand to Situ Ce, "Your Highness, this was found in Fu Simi's cabinet."
Situ Ce frowned and looked at the two letters in his hand. When he opened them, his expression suddenly changed.
This handwriting is so familiar to him that he sees it almost every day.
The letter read:
"In the early Qing Dynasty, dear friends, seeing words is like meeting each other. Hui Shu respectfully learned, and affectionate fists were exchanged. I apologize for the delay. We have already said goodbye, and I am particularly worried. I know that Your Highness is kind, but accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, and you are trapped in a deep palace. , in the end, it is not legal. I want to be kind to Your Highness and let you go home for the love of you and me as husband and wife. If you agree, I will choose a day to tell Your Highness face to face."
Situ Ce couldn't help but sneer, and he didn't bother to read the remaining two letters. Within ten days, we actually exchanged three letters, which was a deep-rooted love affair.
He received the letter, gave it to Li Ping and asked her to hand it to Fu Qingchu, "Look at it."
Fu Qingchu accepted the letter without knowing why. When she saw only the first four words, she felt her heart stop. "Your Highness, this letter is not mine!"
"Your Highness, I heard that Fu Sifan was engaged to Mr. Shen before entering the palace. The Fu family was convicted, and the Shen family announced that they had automatically terminated the engagement. Now it seems that Mr. Shen is an infatuated lover." Chen Liru looked at Fu Qingchu and said sarcastically.
"You're talking nonsense!" Fu Qingchu glared at Chen Liru, "Your Highness, someone must have framed this letter on me while I was away."
Even if Fu Qingchu had ten heads, it wouldn't be enough to cut off his private correspondence with officials from other dynasties.
Su Junruo stepped forward, took the letter in Fu Qingchu's hand, took a look at it, frowned and said anxiously: "Your Highness, this does look like Shen Sheren's handwriting."
"Your Highness, they must have imitated Shen Zhuo's handwriting and put the blame on me. I beg Your Highness to investigate clearly!" Fu Qingchu said, bowing his head.
"Fu Sini, I understand that you are eager to get away, but you have to think carefully before making up a lie. Have any of us seen Shen Sheren's handwriting?" Chen Liru said with a serious face.
"Hasn't Sister Su seen her before?" Fu Qingchu looked at Su Junruo bitterly, "Not only have I seen him before, but I am also very familiar with him."
Otherwise, how could I know at a glance that it was Shen Zhuo's handwriting?
Su Junruo frowned and looked at Fu Qingchu, with an aggrieved look on her face, and said softly: "Fu Si Cui, you can't just frame me with empty words just because I exposed your tryst with Shen Sheren in front of His Highness. If I want to harm you, , the palace rules should have been taken out that day, why wait until now?"
Hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. Fu Qingchu actually had a tryst with Shen Sheren?
"Your Highness, the evidence of Fu Qingchu's filth and disorder in the palace is conclusive. According to the palace regulations, he will be beaten with forty sticks and thrown out of the palace." Chen Liru looked at Fu Qingchu and said solemnly, "And just now, not only were letters found, but fifteen taels of silver were also found. , all engraved with the seal of the East Palace."
After hearing this, Situ Ce frowned at everyone present, taking in all the proud or serious expressions, and finally fell on Fu Qingchu.
Fu Qingchu looked at him, shook his head and said, "Your Highness, I am wronged."
How could Situ Ce not know that she was wronged? But in full view of the public, he couldn't show too much favoritism.
He turned his head and glanced at Li Ping, who then said with understanding: "Your Highness, this old servant can't tell who is real and who is fake for a while. It's better to wait until the queen's birthday is over before dealing with it, which will waste time. It’s bad if you lose etiquette.”
"That's fine." He suppressed the impatience on his face and said solemnly, "Fu Qingchu will be confined here until I come back to try. As for Lin and others, they will be imprisoned in the woodshed."
Everyone knew that the prince was partial, but it was hard for anyone to say anything about his partiality.
