kingnovel Chapter 366: Entering the Palace for Audience
Chapter 366: Entering the Palace for Audience
"They are just a few home-cooked dishes. Would you like to try them?" Shang Ruoyi said with a smile, "I originally wanted to take them to the front yard to eat with my grandmother and the others, but the nanny in my grandmother's yard just said that we should eat in the small kitchens of each yard today, so I gave up."
"Then they won't have the same good fortune as me." He Jingheng said with a smile: "Let me taste my wife's cooking skills."
He had just picked up the dishes and chopsticks when he heard footsteps outside the door.
"Wait!" He Yuwen walked in quickly, followed by Princess Ding and He Yunyi.
He Jingheng frowned: "Father and Mother, what are you doing here?" He subconsciously blocked the dishes on the table, but he could block the sight, but how could he block the fragrance?
"Daughter-in-law, what did you cook today?" He Yuwen said with a smile.
"It's just a few stir-fried dishes."
He Yunyi walked forward and swallowed her saliva: "Sister-in-law, what are you cooking? I can smell the fragrance in the yard!"
Shang Ruoyi pinched her little face and joked, "Does your nose belong to a puppy? Our yard is so far away, how did it float to your yard?"
"Really, really!" He Yunyi sat on the chair and urged anxiously, "Hurry up and eat! I'm hungry!"
"No rules." Prince Ding said coldly.
Upon hearing this, He Yunyi hurriedly stood up. She was a little too proud of herself. When she saw the delicious food, she completely forgot about her father and mother.
He Yuwen came forward, sat on a chair, and said calmly, "When can we have dinner?"
He Yunyi was so angry that she dared to say that she was rude, but now she asked for food.
"Didn't father say that he would have dinner in mother's courtyard? I just wanted to take a look, but now why are you here?" He Jingheng smiled and said, "We don't have the food that father is looking for here. Father, you should go back!"
He Yuwen knew that his son was a vengeful person. In the past, he would have turned around and left. But now, with the delicious food in front of him, he swallowed his saliva and said nothing.
He originally thought that the fragrance came from their yard, but halfway through the journey, he realized something was wrong. The smell of the food was getting weaker and weaker. Sure enough, when he reached the yard, the fragrance was already very faint.
He looked at the food on the table and lost his appetite. Knowing that he had been tricked by that brat, he couldn't get angry.
"What is this?" He pointed to the plate of strawberries. He had never eaten this kind of fruit before.
He Yunyi and Qin were very familiar with strawberries. They ate them almost every day when they were in exile. They thought they would not be able to eat them after returning to the capital, but they did not expect to see them here today.
"Father, this is strawberry, a kind of fruit that tastes extremely sweet."
strawberry?
This is really unheard of.
Just as he was about to pick one up and put it in his mouth, he was stopped by a hand.
"Father, these strawberries are extremely precious. Have you thought of what to exchange them for?"
He Yuwen took out a piece of paper from his arms and threw it at He Jingheng: "Take it! I know you have no good intentions." He took a piece of clam meat and put it in his mouth. The fresh and spicy clam meat instantly awakened his taste buds. He pointed at He Jingheng and said: "I am losing money by using this table of food to exchange for such a big house."
House?
"Don't listen to your father's nonsense. He has long agreed to let you live in a separate mansion, and the house has been cleaned up since early morning." Qin waved her hand, and the servants brought out a few dishes and placed them on the table.
"These were made by the cook in my courtyard. Your father insisted on eating here, so I had no choice but to bring them here."
"That house was given to me by the late emperor after I won my first battle. I was unable to attend your marriage to our family, so this is a wedding gift to you."
Shang Ruoyi was confused. What house? What branch residence?
He Jingheng smiled and said, "My father is distressed by a house, he is really getting more stingy."
He Yuwen glanced at him and continued eating.
I have to say that Shang Ruoyi's cooking skills are first-rate. The dishes she cooked were eaten up completely, while the ones brought by Princess Ding were hardly touched.
"Sister-in-law, what is this dish?" He Yunyi pointed at the plate of spicy fried clam meat and said, "It's a hundred times more delicious than what the imperial chef in the palace makes."
"It's just some clam meat, not something precious." Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll make it for you another day."
He Yunyi held her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, my brother said that he wants to move out of the house. You will have to move out in a while. Why don't I move out with you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, He Jingheng reached out and pulled Shang Ruoyi to his side: "What are you, an unmarried girl, doing here?"
"But······"
"But what but?" He Jingheng waved his hand: "We've finished eating and talking, let's go!"
"Mother." He Yunyi pouted and said angrily, "Look at my brother."
They were having a great time here when a figure slowly left the door.
That night, news came from the palace that the next morning would be the day when the ladies of the court would come to the palace to pay homage to the emperor. Princess Zhan and Shang Ruoyi would both attend. The next day, Shang Ruoyi got up early and began to dress up, changing into the clothes of ladies of the court. When it was time for the audience, Princess Ding brought Shang Ruoyi into the palace.
Some time ago, she entered the palace as Master Lingjun, and it wasn't too long ago, so she was very familiar with the layout of the palace.
"Ruoyi, this is your first time in the palace, don't worry, just follow your mother." Princess Ding said with a smile: "The queen has some connections with our palace, so she won't make things difficult for you. As for the other ladies in the palace, we only need to meet with Concubine Zhao and Concubine Shu."
Shang Ruoyi nodded. Would the Queen make things difficult for her? Not necessarily! I still remember what the Queen said when I cured her of the poison. It was obvious that she was not satisfied with her status as a concubine's daughter.
When they arrived, the queen was still having a meal, so they could only wait in a side hall.
At this time, several ladies had arrived in the side hall and were chatting.
"In my opinion, the Shang family has brought this upon themselves. They have done such a shameless thing, and their entire family should be executed, and all nine generations of their clan should be exterminated."
"The emperor was merciful and only demoted the women of the Shang family to official maids. I heard that the eldest daughter of the Shang family, Shang Yufu, was the one the emperor arranged to marry. In the end, she was assigned to the prince's mansion, but this time she was not the prince's concubine, but a maid."
"Could it be because of her beauty? The prince thinks it would be a pity if he doesn't take her into the palace?"
"Oh, it's just something for people to amuse themselves. Now the Shang family is completely ruined, but the concubine who was married to the Dingguo Palace before is really lucky. Not only was she not implicated, but now she has become a phoenix on the tree."