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

Chapter 5
While working in the kitchen, Gu Yunyue was so nervous that she broke into a cold sweat. After all, if the medicinal diet didn't work, she would be charged with murdering the emperor's relatives and would be beheaded.

People in the front yard were busy taking care of the old prince, and many people in the kitchen went to watch the fun.

Only Gu Yunyue and Su Qilin are busy here.

Su Qilin just watched from the side and did not take action.

Gu Yunyue asked: "Are you planning to supervise me?"

Su Qilin held his head and said, "I can't help you if you think so."

Gu Yunyue: "..."

Listen, what kind of scumbag talk is this!

She snorted and concentrated on what she was doing.

Suddenly, there was a slight movement in the yard, as if someone had thrown a stone.

Gu Yunyue made a move, and Su Qilin stood behind her at some point and whispered: "Go out and take a look, and come back slowly."

Gu Yunyue had questions in her head, but she quickly figured it out.

She pretended to go out to check the situation and walked far away.

Su Qilin climbed directly from the window to the roof, lifted up the tiles and looked at the situation below.

I saw a figure sneaking in. After looking around to make sure no one was there, he opened the lid and tried to pour some powdery stuff inside.

It was at this time that Su Qilin jumped off the roof.

Everyone got the stolen goods, and the man was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground.

Gu Yunyue left from the front door and ran to the front yard to call the guards at the house. When he returned, Su Qilin had already tied him up.

"Take him down for interrogation. This is the poison he just administered. Let the doctor examine it."

After the prisoner was pressed down, Gu Yunyue hurriedly stepped forward to check his medicinal diet.

"He didn't go in, did he? I've endured it for a long time, so don't let it go unused."

Gu Yunyue, who had been cleared of charges, resumed her previous behavior and kept mumbling.

Su Qilin was very annoyed by her and said helplessly: "Your medicinal diet is good, why don't you try it and see if it can cure the poison?"

Gu Yunyue looked at him resentfully and asked no more questions.

After the medicinal meal was cooked, it was taken to the front yard. Based on the lesson learned last time, the doctor used a silver needle to test the poison this time before giving it to the old prince.

Within half the time of burning the incense, the old prince slowly woke up.

I don’t know if it’s because I added too much astragalus to the medicinal diet, but the old prince is in good spirits at the moment.

After hearing his servant report about his poisoning, he pulled Gu Yunyue and said, "You must be scared."

Gu Yunyue was so moved that she almost shed tears and quickly said it was okay.

"You are already very good at cooking at a young age. I wonder which restaurant you cook at? If I want to eat from now on, I will ask my servants to buy some."

Gu Yunyue glanced at Su Qilin proudly and replied: "As for the prince, the common people are in He'anhou Mansion."

It’s really cheap for the little Marquis. He can eat her cooking every day.

The prince was startled and looked at Su Qilin with envy: "Young Master is so lucky. The only thing in this world that you can't live up to is delicious food. I didn't expect that Young Master would be so blessed."

Su Qilin twitched the corner of his mouth, saying that he didn't want this blessing.

"By the way, I heard that the Master of Cooking Competition is being held in the city. It happens to be organized by the young Marquis. I wonder if Miss Gu is participating? Such a good talent cannot be buried."

The old prince finally got to the point of the question. Gu Yunyue got a little excited, but then she changed into a look of aggrievedness.

"The Marquis thought that I was young and had little qualifications, so he wanted me to compete with Chef Zhang. If I could beat Chef Zhang, I would be qualified to be recommended to participate in the competition. Unfortunately, the people's lives were not good, and Chef Zhang happened to be ill... "

Su Qilin felt a little uncomfortable seeing her pretending, as if her soul was imprisoned by something. In short, he felt uncomfortable all over.

But Gu Yunyue didn't realize it and still looked aggrieved.The old prince cherishes talents, especially chefs. He couldn't bear to let Gu Yunyue be buried like this, so he immediately decided: "I still have a quota here. Chef Zhang is too old to participate. Besides, he is from the palace." , I don’t think the Thirteenth Prince will like it, I will give you this quota, so play well and don’t embarrass me!”

Gu Yunyue was so excited that she almost jumped up, but she barely restrained herself and said "yes" respectfully.

He turned around and gave Su Qilin a provocative look.

See, gold always shines.

If you don't cherish it, others will.

Su Qilin couldn't stand the way she looked like a villain, so he simply turned his head and acted as if he couldn't see her.

The two of them stayed in the palace for a while before leaving.

After leaving the palace gate, Gu Yunyue let herself go.

"Master Hou, if I really get No. 1, I won't be able to earn face for the Marquis. After all, I was recommended by the prince."

Gu Yunyue admitted that she said this on purpose just to retaliate against Su Qilin's previous unwillingness to recommend her.

Su Qilin snorted coldly: "Don't get kicked off in the first round. It will also be the face of the old prince that will be humiliated. There are people outside the world, so don't be too proud and complacent."

Gu Yunyue: "..."

This man has a really vicious mouth and shows no mercy at all.

Gu Yunyue didn't want to talk to him.

The two of them didn't have a carriage and didn't ask anyone from the house to pick them up. Gu Yunyue followed them for a while and then realized that the road seemed wrong.

"This is not the way back home, where are we going?"

"Yamen, interrogate the arrested prisoners. You can go back first."

Gu Yunyue: "No, I'll go with you. I want to see who wants to harm me!"

After a pause, she asked again: "Will the people this time be the same people who assassinated last time?"

"No, the last time the assassination was straightforward and bold, this time the poisoning was sneaky. It's not the same style at all."

Gu Yunyue thought about it and realized that she was right. It would be easier to kill her than to assassinate her. Why bother to implicate the old prince? It might alarm the emperor. After a thorough investigation of the matter, the mastermind behind the matter would not be able to escape.

After the two arrived at the Yamen, Su Qilin went directly to the prison torture room without going through an interrogation.

Gu Yunyue saw ancient cells and torture instruments for the first time. They were just like in the TV series, dark and dirty, with a strong smell of blood.

"How is it?" Su Qilin asked, "Did you explain it?"

The officer shook his head and said, "This man is very tight-lipped and refuses to say anything."

Su Qilin glanced at the man tied to the cross. The people in the cell did not dare to use lynching, so the man was still tied there intact.

He said coldly: "Since good words don't work, let's go to jail until we ask questions."

After receiving the order, the officer picked up a red-hot iron and stepped forward to question him.

Gu Yunyue shrank her neck, and Su Qilin looked at her: "If you're afraid, you can go out and wait."

This man's temperament has become very different since he entered prison.

Outside he looks like a rich man, lazy and arrogant, and his occasional venomous tongue doesn't hurt.

Once in prison, he becomes cold and cold.

Gu Yunyue didn't dare to get close, and said tremblingly: "No more, I'm not afraid."

Su Qilin ignored her.

Screams kept coming from his ears, and after a while, Gu Yunyue heard the man shout: "I said it, I said it! It's the county magistrate!"

"He didn't want to harm the prince! He just wanted one less chef to participate in the competition, so that the chef recommended by the county magistrate would have more chances of being selected!"

(End of this chapter)