frightfiction Chapter 233 The Emperor’s Suspicion
Chapter 233 The Emperor’s Suspicion
"Master's Wife, you didn't see..."
Xie An finished his story with great enthusiasm and concluded:
"The Lu mother and daughter's thoughts were written all over their faces. They were clearly coming for Master. We asked her to soak in ice water for a while to clear her mind."
Su Li glared at him angrily and slammed the table.
The huge commotion frightened Li Xun and Li Shou so much that they were about to explain and support Xie An when they heard Su Li continue:
"Well done! But try something else next time. It would be terrible if someone froze to death in this cold weather. Later, my master's wife would have to face a lawsuit."
Huan Ge'er pulled Xie An off the warm couch, sat down next to his mother, and said calmly:
"Don't worry, mother. We know what we are doing."
Since his son said so, Su Li naturally chose to believe it.
"But, mother, since you became pregnant, this kind of thing has happened more and more frequently."
It does!
How many women are waiting to take advantage of the situation!
This Lu Xuan'er is not the first, nor will she be the last!
"It's okay, I have you guys to protect me, I'm not afraid at all." Su Li quickly put the tall hats on the boys.
"I'm just afraid..." Huan Ge frowned and swallowed the second half of the sentence.
"What?" Su Li asked after taking a bite of the candied fruit.
"nothing!"
Huan Ge'er turned his head, and the moment he saw his mother, his frown relaxed. "Mom, please eat more."
Looking at his mother happily eating, Huan Ge'er thought to himself that those troublesome things should be left to him and his father. His mother should just be happy every day and give birth to his little brother in good health.
In fact, what Huan Ge was worried about was Emperor Jingde.
Since the Prince Jing case, although Emperor Jingde retained Pei Heng's title, he still keenly sensed a different atmosphere.
He felt that Emperor Jingde and his father were not as close as before.
In order to save him and his mother, his father exposed his strength in advance. If nothing unexpected happened, it should have aroused the suspicion of Emperor Jingde.
Kings have always been suspicious, and my father is a great hero with outstanding military achievements who is loved by the soldiers and civilians of Daqi. It is understandable that he was suspected and guarded against by Emperor Jingde.
As it turned out, Huan Ge'er's speculation was correct.
At this time in the palace, Emperor Jingde was asking Eunuch Shun:
"What has Pei Heng been doing recently?"
Shun Dajian unfolded a booklet and saw that it was filled with densely written text and pictures.
"On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, the general was in the kitchen making Laba porridge."
"On the ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, the general is developing hairy tofu? Spicy hot pot? Oden?"
"On the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the two young princes, Li Xun and Li Shou, and Young Master Xie arrived at the palace. The general captured them and forced them to do hard labor, making fish balls."
"On the eleventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the general is curing bacon"
……
"On New Year's Eve, the general left the table midway, returned home, cooked a Songhua fish dish, and watched the fireworks with his wife until midnight."
"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the general was frying bells, boiling lard, pounding sesame paste, and playing mahjong???"
Shun Dajian read it all in one breath and became more and more surprised the more he read.
Is this still the General Pei he knew? Why does he spend all day in the kitchen developing bizarre things?
What is Mao Tofu? Malatang? Oden?
Is it delicious?
"No fresh ones?"
Emperor Jingde's mouth was watering when he heard this. He still missed Su Ji's delicious food, but it was a pity that he could not walk now and could not sneak out to eat.
Fresh?
Shun Dajian flipped through the pages and said:
"There's something new. The wife and daughter of the Lu family, a seventh-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy, went to the General's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings the other day, and the daughter fell into the water."
"Oh?"
Emperor Jingde raised his eyebrows and became interested.
"I heard she wanted to seduce General Pei, but before she even saw the general, she was thrown into the river by the young master of the Xie family and the two young princes. Then, Madam Pei wrapped her in a quilt and threw her into the carriage."
"Hahaha, you still have this domineering personality."
Emperor Jingde was amused when he heard this, but after only a few laughs his face darkened.
"It's quite common for a man to have three wives and four concubines. It's really inappropriate for Su to be so tyrannical. The other day, Concubine Jiang told me that she wanted to hold a lantern festival for the Lantern Festival and select a few concubines for Prince Su. It's perfect, then I can choose a few for Pei Heng as well."
Shun Dajian was startled and quickly lowered his eyes to hide his emotions. He said, "The emperor regards you as his own son. You are so considerate of me. I am sure you will be grateful to him."
Emperor Jingde laughed and said nothing.
After all, the information obtained by the imperial spies is limited.
This Lu family girl gave him some inspiration. Pei Heng had been married for a year, so it was time for him to take a concubine. It was just the right time. He could sneak a few beauties in to closely monitor Pei Heng's movements and test his loyalty.
……
Pei Heng had no idea that Emperor Jingde had clearly arranged everything for him. At this moment, he was preparing a new dish in the kitchen.
Ali said she wanted to eat snail noodles.
The preparation of snail noodles is very complicated. Not only does it take a lot of time to prepare the soup, but it also requires a lot of ingredients.
Fresh snails are minced, stir-fried with seasonings, and then added to the bone broth. Ali said that the most important thing about snail noodles is the broth, and the flavor of the broth must be perfect.
In another pot, boil water and cook rice noodles. Add peanuts, fried bean curd sheets, day lily, dried radish, fresh green vegetables and other ingredients, then pour the snail noodle soup on top.
A bowl of snail noodles is enough to complete the meal.
"This authentic snail noodle has a strong and strange smell." Pei Heng stuffed his nostrils with cotton cloth and took out the pickled bamboo shoots from the pickle jar in the corner.
He had someone ask Mrs. Shen to customize the pickled bamboo shoots.
Liancheng was so horrified by the smell that he almost cried. He wanted to retreat as far away as possible. He really couldn't understand why his wife wanted to eat such smelly food!
Cut the sour bamboo shoots and put them in a bowl, and a bowl of extremely smelly snail noodles is ready.
Su Li came over after smelling the scent.
Holding the bowl of noodles, I sat in the kitchen and enjoyed it so much.
It's strange. Ever since I got pregnant, I've missed these strange flavors so much. I feel uncomfortable and upset if I can't eat them.
"Is it tasty?"
Pei Heng blocked his nostrils and tears were about to come out.
"Ok!"
Su Li ate with great satisfaction, drank up all the soup, and said while holding the large bowl as big as a basin,
"one more bowl!"
“Lots of sour bamboo shoots!”
Pei Heng was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Su Li was eating incredibly smelly noodles in the kitchen, and the smell was so pungent on the rooftop that it stung his eyes. He suppressed the urge to vomit, quickly drawing and writing in his little notebook, and then quietly flew away in the night like an owl.
He needed to find someplace to get some fresh air.
As soon as he left, Pei Heng gave Liancheng a look, and he began to report the situation to him. Su Li was very sensible and took the big bowl to find a corner to eat noodles.
When they returned to the room, Su Li burped loudly. Seeing Pei Heng's frown, she asked:
"What's wrong? But what happened?"
Pei Heng helped her lie down and said with a smile:
"Nothing important. It's just that the mail from the north has stopped for two days. I don't know what happened."