Dali Temple Small Dining Room

   But fortunately, neither Lin Fei nor Bai Zhu made a big fuss about this matter and invalidated the testimony of the girl surnamed Wen.

Zhang Rang calmed down a little, his expression eased, and said: "In short, Zhang has reason to suspect that the Duke of the State may be related to these two cases. Of course, everything pays attention to evidence. Without evidence, Zhang will not accuse the Duke of the State. How about it." After finishing speaking, he turned to Wen Mingtang again, "Miss Wen's testimony just now has been recorded by Mrs. Zhang, is there anything missing to make up for it?"

  Wen Mingtang shook his head and said, "Nothing."

  She was only sent here to give tea and snacks, and she saw the scene outside the hall. As for the others, she didn't know anything.

  After Zhang Rang finished asking her, he turned to Lin Fei and Bai Zhu: "Do you both have anything else to ask her?"

   The two shook their heads.

  Seeing this, Zhang Rang turned to Wen Mingtang again, and said, "In that case, you should go back to the empress's place. For you, places like the murder scene may be boring!"

  Zhang Rang said as if the roundworm in her stomach knew what she was thinking. I was afraid that it was false for her sake, and it was true that she had more contact with Bai Zhu and Lin Fei and changed her testimony.

  Wen Mingtang felt that some of Zhang Rang's actions were too much, but as long as he was reasonable, he couldn't find anything wrong, so he bowed his head and said, "Yes!"

  …

  After leaving the Qianyuan Hall and returning to the Queen's Palace, I must visit the Queen's Empress.

  Although the news from the Qianyuan Palace might have reached the Queen's ears, Wen Mingtang still told the story. After all... the ordered tea was not delivered.

After she finished talking about the Qianyuan Palace, she raised her head to look at the Empress, but saw that the Empress was frowning, with a puzzled look on her face: "Could it be that the matter in the Qianyuan Palace is the work of Concubine Jing?" Did someone do it? I originally thought that she was targeting you by asking you to deliver refreshments, but unexpectedly, it was targeting Duke Yasukuni!"

  Wen Mingtang's eyes flickered when he heard the words, and he followed her words: "Concubine Jing's arrangement is really powerful, so it's hard to argue with the Duke."

  Before the truth was revealed, even though she had a good impression of the empress, she didn't dare to believe it all. This is an instinct that has been cultivated in the palace for many years.

The queen nodded, took a sip of the teacup at hand, and then said: "The tea has not been delivered today, so let's go in two days. I'm afraid the Duke will keep some tea in the palace." It's time."

  Hearing this, Wen Mingtang couldn't help sighing in his heart. He originally thought that he would be able to leave the palace on the Shangyuan Festival, but now, the day of leaving the palace may be postponed.

Fortunately, Xinyue didn't break her promise. Not long after she returned to the Queen's Palace, Zhao Sishan was released. When the evening meal was approaching, Wen Mingtang watched her leave the palace gate with his own eyes. Only when the heart falls to the ground.

  After Zhao Sishan left the palace, Wen Mingtang didn't have any scruples. He only left the palace after delivering tea to the Duke in two days.

The two maidservants in the small kitchen were obviously the kind of diligent and agile people. When Wen Mingtang returned to the small kitchen after sending Zhao Sishan, the two maidservants were already carrying a plate of glutinous rice **** that had been fried into golden yellow, looking forward to Looking at her: "Master Wen, try it!"

The palace maid who was specially selected by the queen to work in the small kitchen is obviously smart, and in addition to her good cooking skills, it is not difficult to make the fried glutinous rice **** after making steamed buns, and it is easy to make them without Wen Mingtang demonstrating up.

  Wen Mingtang glanced at the sesame fillings on the corners of the mouths of the two maids, raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile, "How many times have you made it?"

The faces of the two maidservants blushed immediately when they heard the words, but they still took out a plate of fried glutinous rice **** that were blocked by themselves, and some of them had exploded inside, and said, "It's simple though. Master Wen also reminded me not to catch fire, but to fish it out in time, but I have to try a few times to make it. This plate is not very good, so it will go into my stomach, and the better ones will be given to the queen. Go there, ma'am!"

  …

  Evening food is still the usual one or two small plates, full of food cases, but there is no previous jade rabbit rice cake. When Wen Mingtang raised his chopsticks, he subconsciously looked at his hands: The news that Concubine Jing might be pregnant was the result of Zhao Sishan holding her hand and holding it under Xinyue's eyelids under the cover of her sleeves. It was written down, and Wen Mingtang also took the opportunity to stuff Zhao Sishan's jade rabbit rice cake to her at that time.

  Although being imprisoned with Concubine Jing would not make Zhao Sishan hungry, the treatment was really not good. After all, Zhao Sishan was imprisoned to control Wen Mingtang, not being invited by Concubine Jing to be a guest. As soon as Wen Mingtang entered Zhao Sishan's place, he smelled a sour smell.

  Thinking of this, Wen Mingtang couldn't help feeling: This Concubine Jing really doesn't even want to act like that, she just shows her meanness so unscrupulously.

It's not that Wen Mingtang has never seen such a master in the palace, it's just that such masters generally don't live long, but Concubine Jing survived until the death of the late emperor. It can be seen that even if she is not smart, she can It's not that you can't bear it in a low-key manner.

  It is the new emperor ascending the throne. Once he gains power, he counterattacks after being suppressed for a long time. Isn't this Concubine Jing's behavior too insane? There is a sense of complete indifference. What's more, she is very likely to be pregnant right now.

  Wen Mingtang is really puzzled, what is the reason why this Concubine Jing is so proud? Is it just the new emperor's adoptive mother?

Wen Mingtang in this room was eating the evening food from the plate while thinking about Concubine Jing. He was in the palace and had nothing to do, so he couldn't help but think about the abnormality of Concubine Jing. She was resting in her own palace, but she was dressed exquisitely, and she even painted flowers on the center of her eyebrows. Concubine Jing has more decorations on her face than the empress...

  Compared to Wen Mingtang who had nothing to do, the new emperor was busy until dinner time before he had time to go back to the harem to meet the queen.

  Because they wanted to talk about something, Bing retreated to the left and right, and the emperor and the empress sat in front of the desk and ate dinner like ordinary couples.

  The delicacies on the table are good, but to the two of them, they are not new. On the contrary, there is a plate of golden-yellow and chubby food in the corner that arouses Xindi's interest.

   "What is this?" Compared with the delicate appearance of the snacks on the side plate, this round "golden ball" looks much more down-to-earth.

When he was the crown prince, he also suffered a lot. The new emperor did not have such a preference for non-existent delicacies, but was quite interested in such novel and interesting foods. The heart is brought to the queen.

   "Fried glutinous rice balls." The queen said with a smile, "The two maids in the small kitchen hurriedly brought them over after they were ordered by Master Wen. I tasted it and it tasted very good, so I stayed."

   "Oh?" As soon as the words came out, Xindi lowered his eyebrows, then raised his chopsticks enthusiastically, and grabbed the plate of fried glutinous rice balls.

Seeing the new emperor's movements, the empress's smile softened a lot. He had just ascended the throne, and there were a lot of things in the previous court. It was the happiest day for the two of them to sit and talk like ordinary people and husbands and wives. when.

It's just...today's facts caught her by surprise. She said she would ask the husband she chose, the monarch of the world—Duke Yasukuni...whether he intervened or used her hand to deceive her. You have tricked that girl from the Wen family.