The devil relies on the cat

Chapter 21
It can only be said that the ideal is plump, but the reality is skinny.

Just when Bai Jiujiu was full of longing and pushed the wooden cart into the backyard of the kitchen with Granny Zhu, Widow Chen appeared out of nowhere and yelled at the two of them.

"She offended people because of her young age and because she was a newcomer who didn't know the rules. What about you, Granny Zhu? No matter in terms of age or the time spent working in the kitchen of Chunyue Building here, you are better than me." It's a bit higher. But look at what you're doing?" As he spoke, he grabbed Granny Zhu's arm, walked to the sky, pointed at the sun that was rising three poles, and said, "Look at what this is all about." It's time to come back! You deliberately let Mama Cai come to our courtyard to scold me, right?"

Granny Zhu's old face suddenly drooped, and with a face full of guilt, she said cautiously: "I'm sorry, sister. I asked a few more stalls for the melons and fruits in the market today, and the selection may have taken a little longer, so it was delayed." Yes. I'll go wash it right away! I promise I won't let the chefs embarrass you, girl."

As he said that, he pulled Bai Jiujiu who was still standing there dumbfounded and at a loss, and walked together.

"Wait, the newcomer wait..."

Widow Chen caught a glimpse of Bai Jiujiu and stopped immediately.Moldy, why so moldy!Since the little girl came, a series of situations began to appear in the kitchen.

Yesterday, there was not enough firewood to burn it. Fortunately, Liu San was quick and hardworking.Even the inventory was rushed to catch up, and finally the kitchen did not stop the fire.But today, thinking that such a large ox cart would have enough firewood for cooking, it turned out that Granny Zhu, who has always been neat in handling things, made a mistake.It was an hour before the girls had to eat, but she just bought the food.

Seeing the unfriendly Widow Chen pointing her Dan Kou-smeared finger to the timid Bai Jiujiu, Granny Zhu said sharply, "Maybe I won't be able to keep up with the time when I wash the vegetables by myself, let Jiujiu help me."

"Enen, I can't chop firewood, but I can wash vegetables." Bai Jiujiu immediately nodded in agreement, and trotted to Granny Zhu to help push the cart full of vegetables.

"Okay, okay, give me a quick wash! Clean it up! If you miss the girls' dinner, neither of you will live in peace today!" Widow Chen shouted impatiently, and glared at the two of them. , turned around and left.

"Grandma, don't let us live in peace, do you mean punishment? Will you be beaten? Or will you not be given food?" Bai Jiujiu, who has been picking up vegetables for a long time like Granny Zhu, still can't calm down.

Think about it, there is a cart full of vegetables, colorful, all kinds, and the mother-in-law pushed the cart all the way is hard work.How pitiful it would be if she couldn't even eat it!What's even more pity is that Grandma Zhu can't even eat it, so wouldn't she be even more deprived of these beautiful foods!Bai Jiujiu's thoughts about this dish can be described as a thousand times, and she felt extremely pity.

"Silly boy, my mother-in-law is old, but her mind is not dull." Granny Zhu smiled kindly at Bai Jiujiu.Well, if Liu San or Lei Pang were present, they would be shocked and say that the mother-in-law loves to laugh so much!

Grandma Zhu grabbed another handful of vegetables from the car, and continued: "At noon, only mother and the girls and maids in the building eat, and there are no guests. So there is no need to prepare a lot of vegetables. Don't worry, it will be ready in a while." Picked up."

Grandma Zhu didn't know that there was a guest sitting in Chunyue Building at this moment, and he was still a guest who could not be offended.

Although it wasn't the first time Xia Jinchai spent the night in Chunyue Building, let alone the first time sleeping on that bed in that room, even the same woman was lying on the couch nearby.But only the sleep last night was the rare one to sleep soundly in recent years.There were no inexplicable dreams that made him feel disgusted, no sudden convulsions, and the tranquility and fragrance were like the company of his parents when he was a child.This kind of beautiful and peaceful feeling made him linger for the whole morning.

"Why are you not allowed to go to the Goulan Courtyard? What a ghost!" Xia Jinchai walked out of the imperial study in three steps after being lectured by the old son of Qinghong Kingdom Emperor, who is now the father of this body. .

Before the door of the imperial study could be closed, he opened it cursingly, and the eunuch guarding the door was sweating for a while.It seems that the emperor is wasting his tongue again today...

Because he is a prince, the horse-drawn carriage can enter the palace according to the palace law.As a bodyguard, Xian Shan, who had been waiting beside the carriage for a long time, immediately ordered the coachman to meet him.

Xia Jinchai just stepped into the car, and ordered directly to the driver: "Go, go to Chunyue Building!"

The not-so-small voice immediately scared all the eunuchs and maids on duty in front of the Imperial Study Room to tremble——Prince Chai has grown courageous again today, and they all ran to the door of the Imperial Study Room clamoring to go to Chunyue Tower... This is not a show Why do you want to confront the emperor?

And the palace compound is a place where loud farts can be heard far away, let alone the place where Xia Jinchai was standing and talking just now is the cleanest place in the palace.So, the emperor inside was furious decisively.

"Nizi..." Fang Haoyan threw it to the ground with a roar.

I don't know if it was Long Wei's fury that resonated with heaven and earth, or the weather itself was weird.The sky was breezy and clear, and suddenly there was a thunderstorm, and a bolt of lightning struck the roof of the car that Xia Jinchai had just climbed into.Seeing that the car was about to break up and people were injured, the servants and the groom turned pale with fright, but Xia Jinchai, who was sitting in it, acted as if nothing had happened, and smiled faintly at the lightning that was already approaching the car.As his scornful smile slowly bloomed, the beam of light disappeared with a bang...

"Are you disappointed that I didn't die?" Xia Jinchai snorted coldly seeing the two of them dumbstruck.

You know, what he usually despises the most is cowardly people.I thought that after several years of edification and creation, the servants of King Chai's Mansion would be more or less affected by the influence and become more courageous. Who would have thought that a mere fake Emperor Yilei who had no sense of power could make them So frightened.

Hmph, I really don't understand why the human world can gain a firm foothold in the Six Realms of the jungle!
The personal guard Xianshan saw that his master was fine, but looked at him with serious dissatisfaction.Immediately, he didn't dare to talk too much, but gently pushed the coachman who hadn't recovered from his shock.

"Abel, let's go. Go to Chunyue Tower."

Abel, who was in charge of driving the car, didn't speak, but nodded his head with flickering eyes, responding hastily.It's not that Abel is impolite, but that Abel is dumb and unable to answer.

...Two years ago, following the amnesia of Prince Chai of the Qinghong Kingdom, Abel, the loyal old servant of Prince Chai's mansion, lost his ability to speak.Is it a coincidence?No one knows.It's just that from that day on, Abel often lost his mind.Especially when looking at Lord Chai who has lost his memory, there is often a look of obvious fear, but he dare not resist and escape.

What's even more strange is that Prince Chai clearly saw all this, but he never punished Abel.At most, when being looked at impatiently, he would give Abel a hard look, and then Abel would restrain himself for several days.

(End of this chapter)