After a tragic death and rebirth, I became the regent's favorite

When Xiao Xuan came out of Xiyue Palace, her eyes were still red. Shen Moyou looked at her pitiful appearance, feeling distressed and amused. "Xuan'er, don't worry, your mother is not unable to handle this situation, she just doesn't want to confront the Queen."

"I understand. Mother has always been kind to others. It is the Queen who is bullying others too much. But Father has ignored it. This is not a solution."

Xiao Xuan was also a little distressed about this. She couldn't really kill Queen Su Mojie and put an end to it all. Even if she could, she would have to consider whether her mother would be scared to death.

As if seeing what Xiao Xuan was thinking, Shen Moyou reminded her, lowering his voice and advising, "The queen is still useful at this time. Even if she wants to die, she can't die now."

"I know."

Xiao Xuan nodded. She understood Shen Moyou's concerns very well. "I just thought about it and had fun. I didn't really plan to do anything."

"In fact, I told the Imperial Concubine yesterday how to deal with the Queen. I think the Imperial Concubine is smart and should know what to do, so we should take care of ourselves first and let the Imperial Concubine have no worries."

Shen Moyou patted Xiao Xuan's shoulder to comfort her, "In two days, His Majesty's birthday banquet will be held. Have you prepared any birthday gifts?"

"I prepare so hard every year, but in the end, all I get is a simple "I put my heart into it."

Xiao Xuan curled her lips and showed no great interest in this. She did like Emperor Mingzhen as her father very much.

But the older she got, the more she saw the hypocrisy of Emperor Mingzhen, and she gradually cared less. For the children of the royal family, the least important thing is family affection, the affection between father and daughter, the affection between father and son, and the affection between brothers and sisters. None of these are important.

For the princes, the most important thing is who gets the supreme throne, while for the princesses, they will be pampered until they reach the age of fourteen and will be used by Emperor Mingzhen.

Some were used to win over important officials in the court, and some were married off to distant places as marriage partners. No matter how much the emperor loved his daughter, she would be useless if she had no value to him. Xiao Xuan had seen through this over the years.

Shen Moyu understood even more clearly that among all the princes, Xiao Ting was the one who was most like Emperor Ming Zhen. He was suspicious and cruel. Once he felt that someone threatened his status or other things, he would kill them without hesitation and would never show any mercy.

Otherwise, she would not have ended up like that in her previous life, and neither would her mother and the Mo family. Thinking of this, Shen Moyu was filled with endless hatred.

Xiao Xuan was frightened by the hatred and pain in her eyes. She reached out and shook Shen Moyou's shoulder, "Moyou, what's wrong with you?"

Shen Moyou was shaken awake as if waking from a dream. When he looked at Xiao Xuan, there was a little more confusion in his eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Mo You, didn't you realize it yourself? You looked a little scary just now."

Xiao Xuan swallowed her saliva. The hatred and pain seemed to overwhelm her with just one glance. "That look was so desperate. Mo You, what were you thinking about just now?"

"It's nothing, I just suddenly thought of something. Let's go back, it's already daybreak."

Shen Moyu just brushed it off, obviously unwilling to say more. Xiao Xuan couldn't bear to force her, as she always felt that there were many mysteries about her that had not been discovered.

Xiao Linchuan also thought so, as did Mo Xinchen. They had all been puzzled about this before.

But Shen Moyu has never left the imperial city since he was a child. It can even be said that he has never left Xiao Linchuan's nose. Logically, there shouldn't be such a big change.

They don’t know which link has gone wrong! ?

When they returned to Ziyun Palace, Qinye had already ordered people to prepare breakfast. Shen Moyu looked at the table in front of him. It seemed exquisite, but the style was repeated day after day. He suddenly lost his appetite.

But this is also common sense. When you are in the palace, there are many things you have to do, just like three meals a day. Even if every dish looks exquisite and delicious, it is repeated every day for 365 days a year, and you will get tired of eating it.

The chefs in the imperial kitchen prepare seasonal dishes for each season of the year, and they will not prepare additional dishes based on the preferences of each palace.

This seems to be a rule established when the late emperor was alive. I heard that at that time, the late emperor's food was once poisoned.

But it was also caused by greed. At that time, the emperor was keen on finding delicacies from all over the world, so the people in the imperial kitchen put a lot of effort into finding dishes and chefs, and cooked different dishes every day.

Although you can eat something new and fresh every day, if it is taken advantage of by someone with ulterior motives, the consequences will be disastrous.

Just like the time of the late emperor, the imperial kitchen found a cook from the people who made Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. Although the chef's three generations of ancestors had been checked before entering the palace, there were still some negligence, and someone took advantage of the opportunity. That person came into the palace to kill the late emperor.

Fortunately, it was safe. However, from then on, the late emperor issued an order that only seasonal food should be eaten all year round. As for the chefs in the imperial kitchen, they were passed down from generation to generation and no new chefs would be hired.

"You also feel like you have no appetite, right?"

Xiao Xuan was also somewhat uninterested. Seeing that Shen Moyou had not yet started eating, she could not help but complain.

"I don't know what the imperial kitchen staff thinks. I've been eating these breakfasts since I can remember. Millet porridge, boiled eggs, steamed cakes, and a few side dishes. I thought they were delicious at first, but after eating the same thing day in and day out for ten years, anyone would get sick of it."

Shen Moyou just found Xiao Xuan's complaints funny, "Xuan'er, don't you know why?"

"I know. When Grandfather was still alive, he was assassinated by the cook in the Imperial Kitchen. At that time, the Imperial Kitchen experienced a bloodbath and many people were implicated. But that happened many years ago. No matter what, Father should change his ways, right?"

Xiao Xuan was full of dissatisfaction. She felt that Emperor Mingzhen was a little too stubborn. Even if it was the rules before her grandfather, now that there was a new emperor, some of the unreasonable rules should be changed. Otherwise, how could people bear it?

"Forget it. If you want to eat something different, just come to the Xiangfu and find me. I'll ask Shengxia to make it for you."

In her past and present lives, Shen Moyu actually rarely ate food prepared by the chefs in the imperial kitchen. Shengxia was a good cook, so she had a small kitchen in her previous life, and she often ate food prepared by Shengxia in the palace.

And Xiao Ting had come to her palace to have meals many times because he was fascinated by Shengxia's cooking skills even though he clearly didn't want to see her anymore. She found it ridiculous when she thought about it.

After hearing what Shen Moyou said, Xiao Xuan felt that there was some truth in it, and took her arm and acted coquettishly, "Then I want to eat the fried chicken made by Shengxia, as well as the egg cake and the fried potato chips... Or let's go out now, Moyou, I'm hungry."