food queen

Chapter 48
Zhou Shi and Feng Shi sat down together. Back then, they didn't dare to just focus on eating. Most of the time they still had to make soup for their mother-in-law and sister-in-law.

Although Han Qian is a foodie who can satisfy everything if there is delicious food, the eldest princess never allows her to eat too much.

But after a quarter of an hour, the eldest princess put down her chopsticks and asked for tea to rinse her mouth. The maidservant next to her hurriedly handed over the mouthwash tea. : "Who is outside?"

Wang Momo, who was next to her, went to the door and asked, "The eldest princess asked, who is here?"

"Ah, it's a slave." A woman in her forties hurriedly responded.

"It turned out to be you." Seeing that the mother-in-law was brought by the Zhou family from her natal family, Wang Momo nodded, "Ask again, what important things have you chased here?"

"This... is a bit urgent, can Mammy pass a message to the servant, and ask our grandma to come out?"

"You really understand the rules more and more." Wang Momo smiled faintly, turned and went in.

The eldest princess heard that she had something important to ask Mrs. Zhou, so she said: "If there is something important to come in and talk about it, can't it be enough? Is there something else in the Hou's mansion that wants to hide me?"

Mrs. Zhou hurriedly bowed her body and smiled apologetically: "My daughter-in-law doesn't know how to discipline others, so she should be damned if she offends the eldest princess."

Feng Shi has already winked at her personal servant girl and told her to pass the message at the door.

The woman came in and saw Zhou's face was gloomy, and knelt down to plead guilty.

The eldest princess Yin asked: "What is the important matter, let me listen to it."

The mother-in-law faltered and said: "It's nothing...it's a slave. I have something at home, and I want to ask grandma for leave..."

"Hey! Your grandma's rules are really big! The servants have to come back when they ask for leave? Are all the housekeepers and wives in the mansion over there dead?" The eldest princess looked at Zhou with a smile.

Mrs. Zhou turned around and yelled at the woman: "Are you sleepy or have a fever? Or are you confused? How dare you hide the truth in front of the Eldest Princess!"

"Grandma forgive me, slave... The servant is not just looking for a vacation from grandma, but... is also wanting to borrow some money from grandma... Something really happened to the slave's family."

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou suppressed her anger and asked, "How happy are you to tell the truth? What happened? How much money do you want to borrow?"

"I want to borrow 200 taels."

"Why do you need so much money?"

"The servant's elder brother got up early and said that my unworthy niece... committed suicide!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help being stunned, and asked after a while, "Your niece...Why did you commit suicide? She...is dead?"

The woman's niece is the big maid in Han Jianshen's room. She was taken home by her parents because of illness a few days ago, and she hasn't come back after a month. Why did she suddenly commit suicide?

"It doesn't seem... not dead."

Zhou Shi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, as long as he didn't die.

An imperceptible sneer flashed in the eyes of the eldest princess, but she sighed softly: "Human life is not a trivial matter, eldest daughter-in-law, go and see."

"Yes, my daughter-in-law will go now." Mrs. Zhou hurriedly agreed, blessed the eldest princess, and retreated with the woman.

The eldest princess looked at the back of the master and servant leaving in a hurry, turned her head and said to Feng Shi: "Second daughter-in-law, you should go back too. Your sister-in-law has something to do, so you should pay more attention to the affairs of the Hou Mansion over there."

"Yes." Feng Shi hurriedly responded.

The bored Han Qian saw that Feng Shi was about to leave, and suddenly said, "Second sister-in-law, I'll go play with you."

The eldest princess scolded in a low voice: "Your sister-in-law is busy, don't make trouble with her."

Feng said with a smile: "It's okay, it's rare that my sister likes to go with me, why don't you just go, my small kitchen just used stewed old duck soup last night."

"What do you use to cook it?" Han Qian immediately asked with interest.

Feng bent over and touched the braid on Han Qian's head, and said with a smile, "It's stewed with ginseng and polygonatum, does my sister like it?"

"I like it!" Han Qian's eyes lit up immediately.

The eldest princess sighed because she was thinking about other things: "As soon as you hear about food, you don't care about anything! Forget it, just go with your second sister-in-law. You've been tired of being in front of me for the past few days, and you're bored."

Feng Shi asked his mother-in-law to hug Han Qian, smiled and bowed to the eldest princess to leave.

With no one else in front of her, the Eldest Princess' face gradually darkened.

Wang Momo hurried forward and asked in a low voice, "Eldest Princess, do you want the slave to send someone?"

"Unexpectedly, she would commit suicide." The eldest princess frowned and shook her head. After a moment of thought, she said, "Forget it, let them go."

Wang Momo said again in a low voice: "The child is already three months old, and if she loses her baby at this time, even if your lord saves her life, I'm afraid she will suffer from the root cause of the disease."

"I didn't intend to harm her, but..." the eldest princess frowned and sighed.

Wang Momo hurriedly persuaded: "Princess, don't say that. It's her own greed. What does it have to do with us? Even without us, the child in her stomach can't be kept."

The eldest princess sighed for a long time, leaned on the couch and stopped talking.

Nanny Wang didn't dare to say more, she just quietly stepped aside.

However, Zhou's master and servant came out from the eldest princess's side, and hurried all the way back to the Hou's mansion. As soon as they entered the door, Zhou turned around and slapped the woman on the face, and scolded angrily: "You stupid thing! Where is the eldest princess's mansion? ?! You dare to talk nonsense!"

"Grandma! It's a slave who is confused, but—something really happened! Jiaohong...Jiaohong is not good!"

Zhou frowned, and said disdainfully: "Isn't it just a miscarriage? She is pregnant at this time as a housekeeper, so naturally the child cannot be kept."

"It's not a child...it's an adult! Jiaohong's life is... I'm afraid I can't save it! Grandma, please forgive me, please find a way quickly! My elder brother and sister-in-law have only one daughter... If she dies... , My brother and sister-in-law can’t live anymore!”

Zhou was stunned, and murmured: "How could this be? It's just a miscarriage. Those people should have experience!"

"The servant doesn't know either... I beg grandma to show mercy and let the servant go back and take a look at that child."

"Tui'er, bring 200 taels of silver." Mrs. Zhou ordered the maid beside her, and then urged: "You take two people there, and if there is anything over there, ask someone to come back and tell me in time."

"Thank you grandma! Thank you grandma!" The mother-in-law kowtowed in gratitude, took the money and hurried away.

Mrs. Zhou sighed, shook her head and turned around to sit down on the couch. Tweety brought over a cup of hot tea and persuaded in a low voice: "Grandma, don't worry too much. It's just a matter of destiny."

(End of this chapter)