Chapter 400

Chu Zongge rubbed his eyebrows upset. "Don't worry about her first, but I will never let her stay in the state of Qin. This is not a good place for her. Returning to Xirong is not a way. Don't worry about it first. She can't make any storm. The most important thing is Chu Changqing."

Xu Hanfei nodded. The emperor said respectfully, "don't worry, there are ministers staring at Chu Changqing. However, a new man has recently lived in the back palace. It seems that the empress arranged there."

"Didn't the empress live in Prince Xiang's residence? Why did she arrange people in the harem? I don't think I've been to the harem," Chu Zongge frowned. "Who did she arrange in the harem?"

"She was a cousin of the king of Jin. She was a young lady of the Kang family. Her name was Linglong. Later, when the Kang family fell, she became a maid in the back palace. Then she became a maid in the Queen's ward palace. After the queen left the queen, she let her live in the back palace."

"I remember, this is after Feihong left. The Queen's new maid is exquisite. I vaguely remember seeing her once. I just don't remember her clearly," Chu Zongge nodded. "Since she is next to the queen, let her stay in the palace. It's OK to wait for the queen to come."

Xu Hanfei wriggled his lips and said, "but Linglong said she was a maid, but she lived in the palace as Miss Kang's family. There were maids around her. This is how she became a serious young lady from a maid in the palace."

Chu Zong was stunned and smiled: "This is also the Queen's arrangement. The Queen's arrangement has her own reason. You don't have to take care of her. Since a former maid beside her left, she hasn't met anyone who sticks to her heart. If she likes this exquisite, she can be regarded as her confidant. The Kang family has long been a yellow flower. I haven't taken it to heart, and you don't have to worry about it It's too late. "

Xu Hanfei smiled. "The emperor said so, I don't have to worry. Just look at the situation in Xirong."

"Have you met Chu Changqing alone?" Chu Zongge raised his eyebrows. "Tell me what you said when you met."

Xu Hanfei's heart clicked and his smile on his lips was a little stiff. "Maybe we were born without any fate. I've never seen Chu Changqing walking in the palace. I've seen general Kur several times. He just looked at me with strange eyes and didn't say anything."

"So it is," Chu Zongge sighed deliberately. "I think it's a little bad. You won't blame me behind your back for using the feelings between your brothers to do such a thing. I'm really sorry for you."

"The emperor must not say so. The minister and Chu Changqing have been strangers for a long time. They have been like this since Xirong," Xu Hanfei lowered his head. "The emperor, the minister is now your man and has nothing to do with Xirong. The emperor asked, are you still doubting the identity of the minister?"

"No, I'm just asking a few questions. Just don't take it to heart," Chu Zongge said with a smile. "Get up. I want you to talk about Xirong in detail."

When Chu Changqing came back from a walk in the garden, he picked a bunch of wild lilies for Gu. When he reached the gate of the palace, he saw wisps of white smoke from the chimney of the back room. At a glance, he knew that she was still busy for tomorrow's banquet.

Gu Gu stood blankly in the corner of the kitchen and looked at Linglong working hard in front of the stove. When she put out the fire, a plate of bird's nest fat chicken shreds and five flavor steamed chicken had been prepared on the table. She went forward to have a look. It was really full of color, flavor and flavor.

"I haven't cooked imperial food for a long time. My hands are still rusty. I don't know how it tastes," Linglong handed her a pair of chopsticks. "Try the taste. If you like it, we'll cook it tomorrow."

Gu Gu tried two dishes and felt that the two dishes were better than what she ate on the street when she entered Kyoto. Sure enough, it was the skill of a lady of the aristocratic family. She smashed her mouth with satisfaction, "Naturally, I think it's very good. It's the best craft I've ever tasted in the state of Qin. Even the imperial chef in the imperial dining room is just so, but I don't know what kind of dishes the emperor likes to eat. Can you do these two?"

"These are the two dishes set by the imperial dining room for the emperor. I think the emperor likes them very much," Linglong turned her eyes. "I think the emperor should like them. You should bring them to the table."

"Thank you so much," Gu Gu took her hand happily. "I don't know what to do without you. If I don't make a good dish to deal with the emperor, Chu Changqing and the general will complain about me, and the emperor will certainly feel that my daughter Xirong has no ability."

"You can see that it's the Pearl in the palm of your father's emperor. Since it's the eldest princess of Xirong, how can such a noble identity make you wash your hands and make soup? The emperor should know," Linglong sighed. "But it's better to have this craft. The emperor always likes to eat delicious food."

Chu Changqing smelled the fragrance and went all the way to the back kitchen. Seeing two dishes on the table, he was a little happy. "Gu, did you make this? It seems that his craft has improved very fast."

Gu Yi heard his voice, and the goose bumps all over her body jumped up. She suppressed the surprise in her heart, kept the smile on her face, turned and looked at him, "yes, it was just made. Do you want to come and have a try? What do you think of the taste? Does it suit your taste?"

Chu Changqing was stunned. In the twinkling of an eye, he saw a strange woman still wearing an apron. The smile on her face immediately softened, frowned and said, "who is this? Where did you invite someone to cook for you?"

"I'd like to introduce some people. This is a new acquaintance in the palace. She is Kang Linglong, the cousin of the king of Jin," Gu Yi swept away his embarrassment and said with a smile. "This is Chu Changqing, the envoy I brought from Xirong."

Linglong took off her apron, looked at him secretly, smiled at him and said, "just call me Linglong. I came to teach the princess how to cook."

Chu Changqing ignored her words and then asked, "the current emperor's Duan king in those years, who is the prince of Jin you said? Why haven't I heard of it?"

Linglong's heart moved. It must be a bad person to provoke, so she explained: "the king of Jin died for some reason when the emperor left the state of Qin for the state of Qi, so he is now in the imperial mausoleum, and the emperor has sealed the prince."

Chu Changqing's eyes became more and more deep. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, Gu Gu quickly handed him a pair of chopsticks. "Don't worry first. I'm really boring in the palace, so I went to play with her. We got along very well. She also came to teach me cooking. You can try her craft. It's really comparable to the imperial dining room."

Chu Changqing looked at the dishes for a few times before taking her chopsticks. He carefully picked a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth. His face was solemn, but he slowly softened. "It's really a lady of the aristocratic family. This skill has been specially trained."

Linglong bowed her head in embarrassment. "Thank you, Ambassador. Women in the state of Qin have to learn to cook since they were very young. I'm afraid they haven't practiced for several years and their skills are a little rusty."

"If only our women in Xirong were like this," Chu Changqing deliberately glanced at her. "Otherwise, there's no need to cram for Buddha's feet temporarily, and we can't even make a table of banquet."

Gu Gu said reluctantly, "we women in Xirong have to practice riding and archery since childhood. Why don't you talk about what I can't do."

"You see, any man who wants to ride a horse and shoot arrows when he gets married selects women who can manage family affairs, especially can cook a good table. So does the emperor. I think you asked Miss Kang to come here as a trust for you."

"I asked her to come here for the sake of Xirong's face. If the emperor saw that I couldn't even have a table of banquet, wouldn't he laugh at Xirong's woman's incompetence behind his back," a trace of cunning flashed in Gu's eyes, "you don't want me to make a fool of myself in front of the emperor."

Chu Changqing pursed his lips helplessly. "Do you think with the emperor's eyesight, you can't guess that this dish was made by others? How can you make a table of dishes of the state of Qin, a woman who grew up in Xirong since childhood?"

"Even if he knows, it doesn't matter. Since it's for Xirong's face, he won't say it. We just need to take a form," Gu said in a low voice, "don't you think so?"

Tomorrow is the time for the banquet. Chu Changqing really had no way to take her, so he put his hope on the cook behind the scenes. "Miss Kang, the banquet tomorrow will trouble you. Please don't tell anyone about it for the sake of being friends with the princess."

Linglong listened to what they had said for a long time, gently raised a smile and said, "the messenger doesn't have to worry. It's related to the friendship between the state of Qin and Xirong. I will never tell others that I will make this table well."

Chu Changqing looked at her with some doubt. He was still a little uncertain about the origin and true identity of the woman who suddenly appeared in the back palace, but when he thought that tomorrow would be the day of the banquet, he had to put the hesitation in his heart and said a faint word, "Please Miss Kang, I thank you for your help on behalf of the princess. If you have a chance in the future, please go to Xirong and let you taste the delicious food of Xirong."

Linglong said with a smile, "that's really interesting. If I have this opportunity, I will go."

Xue ronghua's days are growing with the warmth of spring. She usually sits on the edge of the corridor and looks at the colorful flowers in the garden. Time passes carelessly like water.

Chu Chengxun looked at her from a distance with his hands on his back. Xi Yu patted her gently behind him, "Lord, the slave has received a letter from guimeng temple. The monk will come to ask the queen for pulse in the afternoon."

"I asked her to come here long ago. How can I reply today?" Chu Chengxun frowned. "Forget it, it's good that she can come here. I don't want to gossip. You remember to ask the back kitchen to prepare more dishes and leave the residents to have dinner."

Xiyu nodded. He glanced at the stunned queen and said hesitantly, "the Lord is standing here to see what she does. Why don't you go and talk to her? It's boring for the slave to see her alone."