Marrying Mrs. Hou and making a living by relying on her circle of food friends

Chapter 4
"Help me—"

Gu Yunyue screamed subconsciously.

"Zheng-"

The long sword was hit by something, and its trajectory suddenly shifted.

Gu Yunyue felt pain in her shoulder and found that her right arm was being dragged away from the place.

"Tsk, you're so stupid, you're just standing there waiting to be stabbed!"

Su Qilin looked at her dissatisfied, as if looking at a fool.

Gu Yunyue was still confused and looked at him without moving for a long time.

"Are you scared?" Su Qilin stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes, and Gu Yunyue came back to his senses.

This man followed her at some point and brought some guards with him. The assassin had already been captured by those people.

Su Qilin broke away from her hand and walked towards the assassin.

The three assassins were wearing black cloths. When they saw Su Qilin approaching, they bit their tongues and committed suicide. Their blood soaked their veils.

"Master Hou, he is dead."

The guard took a breath, but there was no way to save him.

Gu Yunyue asked in shock: "They...are coming for me?"

"Otherwise?" Su Qilin asked angrily, "If I hadn't come in time, you would be dead now. Think carefully about whether you have offended anyone recently."

"No..." Gu Yunyue has only been here for a short time and has met only a handful of people, let alone offended anyone.

She can't think of it.

Su Qilin asked people to search for clues on the assassin, but found nothing useful, so they had to give up.

He accompanied Gu Yunyue back home after shopping, and when they parted, he said: "If you don't want to die, don't run around alone recently, otherwise your body will be exposed in the wilderness right now, and I won't collect it for you."

Gu Yunyue rolled her eyes, "I know."

Why are words of concern so awkward coming from this person's mouth?

Gu Yunyue determined that this person was a arrogant person with a hard mouth and a soft heart.

The competition with Chef Zhang was scheduled for tomorrow, but on that day, Chef Zhang fell ill and missed the appointment.

Gu Yunyue was a little discouraged. How could she go to the capital without a competition.

Since the ingredients were prepared, he couldn't buy them for nothing. He simply made crab-stuffed oranges and sent them to Su Qilin in an attempt to make a last ditch effort.

There were still the same few familiar people in the small kitchen, helping Gu Yunyue while communicating with friends.

"Chef Zhang is sick as he says. What will the old prince do? That prince is not easy to take care of."

"Yes, this is too sudden. I heard that the old prince hasn't had a safe meal for a long time, and the housekeeper is extremely anxious."

Gu Yunyue knew from the memory of the original owner that there was an old prince living in Luyang City. He lived in Luyang for the rest of his life when he was old. This must be the old prince mentioned by several people.

Poor appetite……

Does this mean that I can still work harder?
Gu Yunyue seemed to see hope again. This was the QQ system updating friends in her mind, so she took the initiative to add the old prince as a friend, and added the message "I can improve your appetite".

Soon the friend came through and a new message popped up in the dialog box.

[Let’s treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor. If you don’t do it well, you will be beheaded. 】

【I will work hard! 】

Gu Yunyue's gloom was swept away, she happily made crab-stuffed oranges for Su Qilin, and then went to prepare the meal for the old prince.

She browsed the old prince's feed. He probably liked some light food as he was getting older. His feed was full of soft, glutinous and light food.

Gu Yunyue has already figured out what Chef Zhang is good at. A few simple dishes can make the old prince like it. How can a new century food blogger not compare to her?

Early the next morning, Gu Yunyue spent the whole morning preparing food in the small kitchen of the Hou Mansion. She combined sweet and salty food, made four dishes and one soup, and packed them in a snack box before going to the Wang Mansion.Su Qilin knew her plan the day before, so he didn't blame her for killing her first and telling her later, and even agreed to go with her.

The two courtyards were not far apart. Because Su Qilin was there, the guard at the door took the two of them directly to the front hall without asking any questions.

"It's just in time for lunch, why don't we get started, Miss Gu."

It seemed that the old prince was not difficult to approach. Gu Yunyue relaxed slightly, placed the food and stood aside to watch him eat.

The old prince was a little surprised, just like when Su Qilin tasted her cooking for the first time that night, he showed the same surprise and unexpected expression.

"What is the name of the dish Miss Gu cooks? Can you teach my chef?"

Gu Yunyue smiled and said: "One is crab stuffed with orange, one is braised fish head, one is crab roe tofu, and one is rice wine glutinous rice balls."

As soon as she finished speaking, the old prince's expression suddenly changed, and he began to twitch all over. After a while, blood began to pour from the corner of his mouth, and he fell to the ground.

The people around were in chaos.

"The prince has been poisoned! Come quickly, someone has poisoned the prince!"

The blood the old prince vomited was black, which was an obvious sign of poisoning.

The servants ran to call for the doctor and alerted the guards in the house. The assassins surrounded the front hall, all staring at Gu Yunyue eagerly.

She brought this meal.

Gu Yunyue was also startled and jumped behind Su Qilin.

"Master Hou, it's not me, I didn't poison you!"

She had never seen such a battle before, so she explained nervously.

Su Qilin glanced at her sideways, "I know, you don't have the guts."

Gu Yunyue: "..."

Well, even though the tone was full of sarcasm, at least he believed her.

Su Qilin said calmly: "If you want to please the old prince and participate in the selection, you will definitely not harm him, but now he is indeed poisoned after eating your food. You have to give an explanation."

"Explanation? But I really don't know who poisoned him. Lord Marquis, you know I have no reason to harm him."

"Master Marquis, please step aside and let us catch the person who poisoned the prince." The captain of the guard looked angry.

Gu Yunyue dodged again and whispered: "Although I don't know who poisoned him, I can make medicinal food for the prince to detoxify him."

Su Qilin tilted his head, "Seriously?"

"Of course, I don't want to die."

"Okay, I trust you again. You just have to cherish your own life. If you mess up this time, no one can save you."

Gu Yunyue breathed a sigh of relief.

The old prince was poisoned and passed out. Now Su Qilin has the highest status here. He asked Gu Yunyue to make medicinal food. Even if the guard chief was not happy, he could only give in temporarily.

"Little Marquis, Your Majesty's body is precious. If anything happens, the Emperor will blame you and we can't afford it."

Su Qilin said lukewarmly: "Let her go. If anything happens, she will be responsible for it."

"..."

The captain of the guard had nothing to say.

Gu Yunyue looked at him gratefully, just as the doctor came in and checked the old prince's pulse. He was sure that he was poisoned, but he couldn't find out the specific poison for a while.

Su Qilin asked him to check the ingredients and utensils used by Gu Yunyue to make herbal meals to show fairness.

After checking that there was no problem, Gu Yunyue started to make the medicinal diet.

Medicinal food can only temporarily help the old prince regain his strength and give the doctor time to research the antidote. Only if nothing happens to the old prince will she have the opportunity to clear her name.

(End of this chapter)