When Su Yu returned to Ye Xiao Palace, he saw the people from the Imperial Kitchen moving things into his small kitchen. He suddenly remembered that because he was in a hurry to return to the palace, he had forgotten to go back to Xian Mantang to get money.
"Niangniang, please take a look." This time, not only was there a young taijian who often came to deliver food, there were also a few new faces. When they saw Su Yu, they were all very respectful and quickly stepped aside to let him see the seafood.
There was a basin of fresh crabs, a basin of lively shrimp, a plump perch, a mandarin fish, five small yellow croakers, twenty scallops, twenty oysters … …
Su Yu looked at the dazzling array of seafood and swallowed. The quality of these ingredients was very good. He also wanted to buy them to make delicious food for the Emperor. The problem was … … he didn't know if the Imperial Kitchen would allow him to buy on credit.
"Please take a look. If there's no problem, we'll leave." The young taijian had a fawning smile.
"Wait," Su Yu quickly stopped him. What a joke. If he bought these things, he wouldn't have to eat for a month, "You still haven't said what the price is."
"Niangniang is joking. How would I dare to ask for money?" The young taijian quickly said, "These are the Emperor's rations today."
Su Yu's eyes widened. The Emperor's … rations … …
"The Empress Dowager has decreed today that in the future, the Emperor's rations will be the same as yours. If you lack any ingredients, just have the Imperial Kitchen send them over." The young taijian looked at Su Yu's expression. Seeing him go from shock to joy, then to annoyance, and finally to livid, he couldn't help but feel uneasy.
Su Yu walked around the pile of seafood and angrily picked up a hairy crab. The hairy crab struggled and waved its pincers at him, trying to pinch his nose.
No wonder the price of seafood in the palace was so high. It turned out that most of the seafood was the Emperor's rations. Because the Emperor was given priority, there wasn't much seafood left. Naturally, the price was high. Compared to the imperial concubines' rations of one fish a day, the Emperor's rations were so rich it made one's hair stand on end.
Why didn't he think that the Emperor would eat three meals a day at his place? He could have asked for the Emperor's share. It was all for the Emperor! What was even more hateful was that a few days ago, the Emperor threw away the food made by the Imperial Kitchen in order to eat the food he made. These precious ingredients were wasted just like that!
Su Yu felt his heart ache when he thought about it. He had spent so much money for nothing!
In the royal study, His Royal Highness King Zhao, who had returned to his human form, stood obediently in the middle of the study. He looked at his elder brother, who had an unpleasant expression on his face, and told him everything that had happened today.
"I was originally riding horses with Prince Lu at the hunting ground. His Qingfu Horse is really good. Later, I'll ask Thirteenth Uncle to get me one too …"
An Hong-chul narrowed his eyes. The imperial brush in his hand broke into two with a "kacha" sound.
His Royal Highness King Zhao shrunk his neck and suddenly spoke faster, "A few assassins suddenly appeared and started killing randomly. The two of us ran separately. Gao Peng, that guy, didn't care about the code of brotherhood. He relied on his Qingfu Horse to run fast and disappeared in a short while. My horse tripped and fell, turning me into my animal form. I could only run to our usual place. I really didn't mean to disturb your romance … Ow!"
Even though his words were concise and comprehensive, Prince Zhao was still hit in the head by the broken brush.
"Did you see that thing?" The Emperor took a deep breath and warned himself not to lower himself to the same level as his stupid brother.
"I saw it." Prince Zhao's chubby face scrunched up. He looked pitifully at his elder brother, trying to get some sympathy. "Fortunately, I hid well and hid in the green foxtail grass. That's how I escaped."
"You still have the nerve to say that!" An Hong-chul couldn't bear it anymore. He got up and walked over, grabbing his brother by the back of his collar. "From today onwards, you will go to the fifth floor to practice martial arts for two hours every day."
"I won't go!" Prince Zhao immediately struggled.
Half an hour later, in Anguo Tower.
The National Tutor leaned on the soft couch with one hand supporting his chin. He looked up at the tearful little chubby ball in the Emperor's hand. "What's going on?"
"Hong Xiao got fat again. It must be because he hasn't been practicing martial arts properly recently. I'm thinking of having him come for two hours every day in the future." The Emperor heartlessly threw his brother onto the National Tutor's soft couch.
"Oh?" The National Tutor raised an eyebrow, stretched out his slender fingers, and calmly pressed down on the little furball's tail as it tried to escape. "Then what about Your Majesty?"
An Hong-chul coldly snorted. "Naturally, I'll come too."
The National Tutor slightly nodded, slowly stroking the little kitten in his hand. His movements were gentle and full of affection. "Your Majesty, did you see that thing in the hunting grounds today?"
"I killed one, but two escaped." An Hong-chul's tone was cold. "There's also bad news. Mackerel have appeared in the river."
The National Tutor's hand paused as he stroked his nephew. A cold light flashed in his clear eyes. "We have to catch them as soon as possible."
"Of course we know." An Hong-chul got up, too lazy to look at his stupid brother who was licking the National Tutor's fingers. He only looked at the National Tutor, whose eyes were lightly closed. "Is there anything else?"
The National Tutor picked up the furball in his hand and threw it to the Emperor. He clearly didn't plan on letting Prince Zhao spend the night in Anguo Tower.
Because the Emperor had encountered an assassination attempt in the hunting grounds, the Valiant Cavalry Battalion had to urgently assemble. The Esteemed Prince personally led the troops to search the hunting grounds. At the same time, the inner palace was under martial law.
"Cairen, please wait." On the palace road, an imperial guard blocked Miss Marquis Of Changchun's path. "Martial law is enforced today. Without orders, no one is allowed to enter the palace road."
"Our master wants to go to Ye Xiao Palace to deliver something to Consort Xian niangniang. Please make an exception." Miss Cen's palace maid hurriedly stepped forward to say something.
The imperial guard looked at the arrogant Cairen Cairen and sneered: "That's even more reason not to go to Ye Xiao Palace."
"There are plenty of people who want to deliver things to Ye Xiao Palace. Cairen should stop worrying." Another imperial guard couldn't help but interject.
The two imperial guards looked at each other and curled their lips at the same time. These imperial concubines clearly knew that the Emperor would go to Ye Xiao Palace at night, yet they found all sorts of reasons to go there. They even used Consort Xian's name. Did they think that they, imperial guards, were stupid?
"You …" Miss Cen's beautiful face paled in anger.
The little palace maid hurriedly pulled her master and smiled apologetically at the imperial guard: "We'll leave now."
Not long after, a purple sandalwood box was delivered to Su Yu's hands.
"Niangniang, this is Cairen Cairen's return gift." Yang Gonggong opened the box and a refreshing fragrance wafted out.
"What is this?" Su Yu looked curiously.
"If I'm not wrong, it should be high quality agarwood." Yang Gonggong said with a smile.
When Su Yu gave the one thousand taels of silver back to Cairen Cairen, Cairen Cairen was very happy. The result was that the Prince Of Changchun quickly found out. The shizi was very angry and insisted that his meimei return the money to Su Yu. If she couldn't, then she had to give a proper return gift. Even though Miss Cen was unwilling, she still listened to her older brother.
Su Yu knitted his brows. He didn't use incense, and Ye Xiao Palace rarely used it. Even if they used it, it was a very light pine incense. If someone gave it to him, it wouldn't be good to return it. "I'll sell it for money in the future." He heard that agarwood incense was quite expensive. For better or worse, he wanted to comfort his heart after losing the one thousand taels of silver.
When it was dinnertime, the emperor still hadn't come to Ye Xiao Palace. Instead, he came with a reward.
"The emperor has decreed that Consort Xian will be rewarded with one hundred taels of gold and one thousand taels of silver for accompanying zhen today." Eunuch Wang's expression was calm as he recited a short imperial edict. Then, he had people bring out a chest of gold and silver.
One hundred taels of gold, one thousand taels of silver …
Shouldn't the emperor reward his concubines with silk, satin, pearls, and agate? Who would directly reward a pile of gold and silver? Moreover, what kind of reason was' accompanying zhen on a trip '?
If you were short on money, why didn't you tell zhen …
You're zhen's, zhen supporting you is right and proper …
How can you not like zhen? Zhen, zhen likes you so much …
That cold, arrogant, and twisted words that hid pity and concern appeared in his mind one by one.
Su Yu stared blankly at the shiny gold and silver in the box. He slowly reached out, picked up a gold ingot, and took a bite. There were teeth marks, so it was real gold!
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