delicious little cook

Chapter 398 The Purpose of the Eastern Palace

The lively atmosphere in the hall continued until Emperor Zhenghui began to feel drowsy. Seeing that the child was so sleepy that he couldn't open his eyes, the eldest lady wanted to be carried to her bedroom to sleep for a while, but was politely declined by the princess. If you change the bed, you will not be able to sleep well, so in the end, you send someone to the front yard to ask if the men are gone, and if they are gone, take the child back to the palace.

The girl who delivered the message ran back panting, and told the wives and ladies that the guard of honor had already been in place and could return at any time.

Hearing this, the Crown Princess didn't delay anymore, and repeatedly asked the old matriarch to stop, and only waited for them to give the big gift, then she affectionately took the eldest lady's arm and let her see off the guest alone, and the nurse picked up the little emperor grandson, The maid in the palace led the little Princess, didn't ask for a soft sedan chair, and the group walked to the main hall together.

The palace people took their children and consciously kept a distance from the crown princess, so that it was convenient for the crown princess to talk to Mrs. Ye.

What these two distinguished women were talking about was the hidden dangers and problems exposed by the attack on the emperor's grandson.

The position of crown prince is not a status to sit back and relax. Even the common people know this. The queen's son is the first choice for the heir to the throne, but it doesn't mean that he can't be dragged down. The ambitious princes are waiting to catch the fault of the East Palace. Even the crown princess lives cautiously every day, for fear of being wronged by others and hurting the crown prince, especially the crown prince, Emperor Liang and Ru Ren, they all have their own children.

As long as the crown prince is safe, Gong Zhenghui will be a proper grandson of the emperor in the future, but if something happens to this single seedling, the East Palace will be in chaos first. It will be ready to move, and outsiders can take advantage of the chaos in the East Palace itself to attack the prince.

The queen has only the crown prince as his legitimate son. Once the prince is deposed, the queen will also collapse. The circle of influence formed around the queen and the prince will be torn apart, and many people may even lose their heads.

So today the crown prince's family came to visit Lord Ye's mansion in the name of thanking him for saving their lives, and at the same time they also had the idea of ​​having a direct connection with Lord Ye. With the support of the founding prince, the crown prince would be more secure.

As for the Crown Princess, the most convenient person to handle the servants around the emperor and grandson is the people in the East Palace, so those Emperor Liang and Ruren are now suspects in the eyes of the Crown Princess, but there is no evidence to prove that they are related. They don't even know whether they came up with the plan to murder her son themselves or were they bewitched and instigated by outsiders.

The eldest lady knew that she was uneasy, but it was not easy for a woman like her to interrupt and talk nonsense about things in the palace, but she still agreed to let Duke Ye's mansion form a direct connection with the East Palace, and it also avoided having to go through the eldest daughter Gu each time. Xian only knew what was going on in the palace.

How can second-hand news be accurate and hot?

The two talked in low voices as they walked, the Crown Princess told Madam Ye so much that she was sincerely treating her as her own, her natal family Fuyang Hou's Mansion and Duke Ye's Mansion were originally related by marriage, and now there are people who rescued the emperor's grandson A layer of relationship brought the Zhu family and the Gu family closer together again.

The Da Furen also promised the Crown Princess, and she will often write letters to keep in touch in the future. After all, her legitimate daughter is married to the legitimate son of Uncle Ye’s family. His family is a natural direct lineage faction, and for the common benefit, they will definitely support the direct lineage of the Tian family.

The crown princess got the assurance from the madam, and finally felt a little more at ease, walked into the main hall talking and laughing, and returned to the seat of honor.

The men were still there, and Gu Yun and his brothers welcomed their mother into the door. Under the leadership of Ye Guogong, the whole family saluted the prince's family again, and then sent them out to the car.

The imperial guards in the lead left first, followed by the guard of honor, and then the carriage in the middle set off, followed by the same group of palace people and imperial guards, in a long line. Still standing still.

The Duke and his wife stood beside the car chatting with the prince and concubine to pass the time. Speaking of the princess and grandson wanting to celebrate the festival with their partners tomorrow, the prince expressed his helplessness, but with the efforts of the prince and his wife Under the invitation, the crown prince finally nodded and agreed to send the children off tomorrow afternoon and then come back to bother. Then Eunuch Lu signaled the departure signal, and the two sides saluted and said goodbye to each other again.

After watching the carriage go away, a group of people in the Duke's Mansion dispersed one after another. From early morning to now, everyone was exhausted and eager to go back to their room to have a rest.

Gu Yun first sent his parents and younger brother back to Jicheng Hall, and then listened to his mother relay the words of the Crown Princess in the main room, only to realize that the East Palace was so eager to get the support of Lord Ye, but since they were all from the inner circle, Naturally, they have to support each other. If the crown prince can ascend the throne smoothly, it will definitely be beneficial to Duke Ye's government.

After the family of three finished chatting about political matters, the eldest lady did not forget to remind her son that the princess and the emperor's grandson will come over to celebrate the festival tomorrow afternoon, and asked her son to tell Bai Kou to prepare more food.

Gu Yun agreed with all his mouth, and left happily.

After returning to the Zhongming Courtyard, he went straight to the bedroom. The maids had been waiting in the room for a long time, and greeted him in the inner room to change his clothes. At the same time, someone went to the tea room at the back to bring hot water to wash his face, and then went to the outer room to sit on the Arhat couch. Drink tea.

After drinking a cup of tea, Gu Yun patted the couch lightly, and asked the maids to call Bai Kou over.

Bai Kou was sitting in her own study room reading a book. When the guests and hosts were chatting after dinner, she had already returned for a lunch break. When she heard that the prince was seeing off the guests, she came to find her. She put down her books and got up to go out.

"What's your order?" Bai Kou walked into the outer room of the bedroom with a smile on her face, and the maids waiting in the room walked out together when they saw her coming in.

"Today's lunch was enjoyed by everyone."

"Thank you son for your praise."

"I heard that you are going to cook roast leg of lamb tomorrow, and the princess and grandson will come again to celebrate the festival with us."

"Huh? Who told them?"

"It seems to be Jiumei."

"Oh." Bai Kou recalled the servings of the prepared dishes, "Okay, just come, anyway, there are only two children, how much food can they have, but I don't know how many followers will come tomorrow, so I have to call Xi The kitchen is ready."

"What did the West Kitchen cook for them today? There are quite a lot of people. It's a huge crowd. Don't look at the number of people. It's not all guards of honor. If they are all set up, the team can line up on the Central Cross Street. "

"The sheep and scorpion pot they ate today, but they didn't expect so many people to eat it. I don't know if it will be enough for them to eat."

"It's not enough for you to worry about. The manager and stewards of the West Kitchen are not dead. They must have other preparations. If they really mess up their errands, they will be tortured."

"Well, if there is nothing else, the servant girl will go down and make arrangements immediately."

"What's the rush?" Gu Yun hooked his fingers at Bai Kou, "We still have business to discuss."

"What are you discussing? The business matters are under control. Wait for a few days to go to the Liuli workshop. Yaxing and Jili store haven't given any news yet, so I have to go to them to remind them." Bai Kou stood still. move, ignoring the call of the prince.

"I don't care about business matters, there are other things." Seeing that Bai Kou ignored him, Gu Yun slowly stood up with a smirk on his face.

Bai Kou took two steps back vigilantly.

"What else is there? The East Palace has formed a direct connection with the Duke's Mansion? Isn't this already expected?"

Before Gu Yun could say it, Bai Kou had already guessed it. How could the Prince's family simply come to thank you and have lunch? There must be other things. The thing that made the East Palace panic recently was naturally the attack on the emperor's grandson. up.

"Are you a prophet?!"

Gu Yun was taken aback.

(End of this chapter)