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Chapter 586 Look at your fierceness

Since the emperor ordered everyone to have lunch at Ning'an Palace, everyone did not dare to disobey.

The emperor ate and drank in Ning'an Palace, which showed his trust in Concubine Jianing. In addition, the concubine and the young prince had eaten a lot, so everyone relaxed their guard.

Except thank you sir.

Xie Guiren left early because he felt unwell and dizzy.

Before entering the palace, her family had repeatedly reminded her that the most careful things in the harem were food and jewelry. This is the most commonly used place for poisoning in harem battles in the past dynasties.

Mr. Xie doesn’t believe anyone.

Jiang Yuebai understood the emperor's intention. Calling everyone together today is equivalent to a greenhouse.

Aren't you afraid that someone will harm her?

Jiang Yuebai wrote a recipe for the small kitchen, specializing in light and appetizing stir-fries, including both meat and vegetables. The small kitchen prepares according to the recipes.

The two cooks finally had the opportunity to show off their skills and fight for the empress and Tao Rui Palace, so they naturally doubled down on their performance.

After a table full of dishes was served, they were all delicious, delicious and appetizing.

"It's great to have a small kitchen. You can serve such a large table of food at any time. The Emperor is particularly partial to Concubine Jianing." Fang Xuanshi said enviously.

As soon as the concubine He heard the alarm bell, she immediately came to the rescue: "Sister Fang said this. I will prepare in advance tomorrow, and everyone will come to me and have a table. Let you see what true preference is."

Jiang Yuebai didn't care at all about the other party's harsh words about choosing a waiter, "This is the first time we have dinner together. Thank you sisters for your concern for me. Everyone should eat more, and eat whatever you like, and be free. Also If you want to add any dishes, just tell the kitchen and they can be cooked fresh.”

In order to show that there was no poison in the dishes, Jiang Yuebai ordered Li Chun to test every dish with a silver needle in person.

Wine, drinks, desserts, and rice are all inspected with a silver needle.

In short, check everything if you have any doubts.

Jiang Yuebai himself ordered Li Chun to take some spicy and sour vegetables from the plate, such as lotus root strips and vinegared cabbage, and eat with everyone.

In fact, she was quite looking forward to someone taking this opportunity to cause trouble today, such as one secretly poisoning the other and then framing her. Or he might poison her while there are many people around. This gives her the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone and knock down two of them at once.

Duancai sat next to Su Changzai and sighed with a smile: "Su Changzai has a really good appetite."

Su Changzai smiled as he ate salted duck with chopsticks and said, "Ms. Concubine Jianing, the food here doesn't suit your taste? You still can't eat this food."

The second half of the sentence is deliberately ambiguous.

Duancai smiled and said, "I would like to eat, but I just can't."

Su Changzai nodded and drank a spoonful of whitebait soup, "That's a bit of a pity. Normally there is no chance to eat food from the small kitchen."

Duan Cairen was so embarrassed that he couldn't speak, which made Fan Cairen beside him burst into laughter.

Fan Cairen is not afraid of someone poisoning her food. The emperor came in person, and the young prince was also present. Poisoning someone in such a situation would be a bad idea unless they no longer want to live.

She herself has figured it out in the past few days. Having children is a blessing. But if it disappears, it’s not the end of the world. It's definitely not worth doing what Xia Liangyuan did and committing suicide on your own. Anyway, she is not qualified to raise a child. They are born and raised in front of others. If someone specifically wanted to harm her, then at least they could use their children to change their status.

After everyone finished lunch, those who wanted to drink tea drank tea, those who wanted to drink wine drank, and those who wanted to drink plain water drank plain water. We didn't eat anything, we just sat and chatted and entertained the prince.

Everyone took turns to pay respects to Jiang Yuebai, the new owner of Ning'an Palace, one after another. Regardless of whether they were introverts or extroverts, they all said some insincere words of congratulations.

This reminded Jiang Yuebai of the dinner party he had in his previous life.

Just changed the place.

Suddenly, I heard that the prince went too crazy while playing in the water and fell into the pool under the rockery. He was fished out of the water by Chun Sheng, the eunuch who was guarding him.

Because I didn't choke on the water, I was just soaked. It just scared everyone, not the prince. Not only that, the prince was also very excited, saying it was cool and wanted to play again.

The water in the fifth month of the lunar calendar is no longer cold, but is warm after being exposed to the sun.

After picking up the little prince, he threw it into the bathtub and washed it. Then he wrapped it in a thin cotton blanket and wiped away the water. After applying mosquito repellent all over his body, he wrapped it in another thin cotton blanket and prepared to pack it up. Take it back to Jingren Palace.

At this time, everyone had almost eaten and drank, and then went back to their respective palaces in commuting carriages.

The imperial concubine and the young prince were left in a tug-of-war.

The young prince wanted to play with Maomao for a while in Ning'an Palace.

The concubine insisted on taking the young prince back and letting Jiang Yuebai have a good rest.

Jiang Yuebai observed the chat between He Fei and the young prince and found it funny.

Hefei is definitely the kind of person who is born with maternal nature, and is extremely gentle and patient with her children.

But Jiang Yuebai felt it was a bit too soft.

With a straight face, he said seriously to Barter, "I am exhausted, please kneel down."

"Concubine Jianing, can you let me play for a little longer, just a little while. Just a little while, I promise. I'll play with the cat some more." The young prince held the cat tightly in his arms, completely ignoring the kitten's struggle. Jiang Yuebai said lightly, "Let go of my cat."

The pressure made the young prince let go of his hand and let the kitten escape.

"Okay." The young prince wailed with a sad face.

Jiang Yuebai softened his tone and coaxed gently, "Come play with the cat after you finish your homework tomorrow."

"what?!"

The young prince only wore shorts and a vest. As a result, he just sounded the trombone, leaned back, knelt directly on the ground, and later simply lay on the ground.

He dislikes homework the most. Although his daily homework is to memorize ancient poems and write the word "人".

Jiang Yuebai ordered Luo Shan, "Xiao Luozi, send the concubine and the young prince back to the palace. Be careful that the prince catches a cold."

After receiving the instructions, Xiao Luozi instantly rolled up the prince into a spring roll with a thin quilt the size of an oversized bath towel.

The young prince was stuffed with spring rolls. His hands and legs were wrapped in them and he couldn't move. He said with a sad face, "You are bullying others."

The concubine's frowning eyebrows completely relaxed, and she poked the young prince's forehead with her index finger with a smile on her face.

"Look at how fierce you are, look at how fierce you are. It's up to Concubine Jianing to treat you."

The little prince stretched out his mouth to bite, but couldn't. He was so angry that he twisted his body and kicked his legs, but he was tightly controlled by little Luozi's arms, and he bit him hard on the arm.

Jiang Yuebai said coldly, "It's quite strong. Xiao Luozi, spank him and see if he still dares to bite."

After hearing the instruction, Xiao Luozi immediately raised his hands and slapped his hands.

The concubine's heart rose to her throat, and she wanted to say something, but when it reached her mouth, she swallowed it again.

After waiting for a long time, when he saw that his mother and concubine did not come to save him, the young prince immediately let go of his mouth and cried out with his mouth wide open, "Empress Jianing, please spare me, I don't dare to do it anymore, I don't dare to do it anymore."

Jiang Yuebai said warmly, "Be good, go back to the palace with your mother and concubine. Come play again tomorrow."

The young prince stopped crying and nodded solemnly, "Goodbye, Empress Jianing."

The concubine blinked and looked at Jiang Yuebai with admiration on her face, "You are so awesome."

Jiang Yuebai smiled.

After cleaning up the mess, Jiang Yuebai called the six new maids into his room one by one and asked them two questions:

First, did you find anything unusual after moving into Ning'an Palace? Second, who ate what during the whole process.

It mainly tests their observation ability, courage and adaptability.

As expected, the two palace maids who knew embroidery were very attentive and could answer at least one question on both questions. Peilan, who knew how to make incense, remembered the most details. She was near Xie Gui and Shen Chang and heard their entire conversation.

The other three could all answer that Xie Guiren did not eat or drink anything.

Except for Xie Guiren, Fang Xuanshi also didn't eat anything and only drank water by sipping it or pouring it away.

Fang Xuanshi also poured the juice into the pool to observe the fish's reaction.

After Shun concubine arrived, she didn't eat anything.

Xiao promised to eat only vegetarian dishes, no meat, no drinks, only tea. I don't like to gather and talk with others, so I took snacks, licorice plums and tea by myself, hid in the pavilion and chanted the Buddha's beads with the beads in my hands. It seems that she is not a concubine in the harem, but a nun in the temple.

Jiang promised to sprain his foot but said nothing.

Gu Xuanshi was very attracted to mosquitoes like Jiang Yuebai, and there were red envelopes everywhere on the back of his hands and arms.

After Jiang Yuebai listened to these reports, he wrote them down in the system's notepad.

Opening the gift box given by the emperor, there was actually a pair of mutton-fat jade twist bracelets inside, which were like cream and fat, extremely delicate and smooth.

The jade carving is made into a hollow twist bracelet with three independent bracelets twisted together, which can be regarded as the top level of jade carving technology. The jade selected must also be extremely perfect, without any flaws.

Jiang Yuebai saw that the quality of the jade bracelets and the jade pendant around his neck were very similar, and they must have come from the same jade pit.

It is said that a lady named Meiling in later generations loved such a pair of jade bracelets all her life. Someone once wanted to buy this pair of rare treasures for 200 million.

Jiang Yuebai couldn't help but think that she would wear these two bracelets every day in the future. If one day the body suddenly travels back to modern times, you can easily take back 200 million.

Jiang Yuebai caressed the twist bracelet, its warm and delicate touch, its flawless whiteness and exquisiteness, and the ring that was just her size, making people unable to put it down.

Just for moving the palace, the big boss gave me a gift of 200 million, which is too expensive. Basically all the concubines are moving to the palace in the past few days. If others know the value of the gifts, it will be even more jealous.

We have always been worried not about scarcity but about inequality.

Jiang Yuebai closed the brocade box and ordered Li Chun to help put it away.