After the operation of Guanglu Temple, a large number of officials were removed, and a large number of imperial dining rooms were cleaned, a group of imperial kitchens were selected to serve in the palace, and the emperor also adjusted the original small kitchens in each palace. Originally, because Guanglu Temple adhered to the so-called old system, except for the two in Qingning Palace, the real cooks invited from outside the palace, the rest were served by the palace attendants.

After the restructuring, the four imperial chefs took turns to enter the Qianqing Palace every day, and the rest of the palace concubines also benefited from this, all of them could order according to the water card, and the small kitchen of the Qianqing Palace sent someone to send it together. In addition, because the prince was studying in Ciqing Palace, the emperor directly called two imperial chefs over, and even at Zhu Ying's suggestion, adopted a recipe that was said to help the prince grow taller and stronger.

Although Zhu Ying said to the emperor in a hearty manner, this was used by his eldest brother Zhu Tingfang back then, and now people have such a strong physique, all thanks to this. But in fact, under the banner of the eldest brother, he sells Zhang Shou's recipes...... Obviously, those goat milk, buffalo milk and the like, as well as all kinds of fresh vegetables and high-protein foods, were all specially added by Zhang Shou.

In the past, the third prince was not picky about food and drink, and he always did not waste it, but today, even if the food in the food box is full of meat and vegetables, and the color, flavor and flavor are beautiful, he can't eat a single bit. Not only him, but also the East Palace attendants who used to think that the food in Ciqing Palace was good, and every time they were in turmoil, they couldn't raise any appetite for delicious food.

Zhu Tingfang was assassinated, and the assassin was still the guard of the eldest prince, will this matter set off a huge storm? Will it affect the always quiet and peaceful Ciqing Palace?

When everyone caught a glimpse of Zhang Shou putting down the food box, slowly wiping his mouth and hands with a handkerchief, and then getting up and walking out, someone suddenly couldn't help but want to speak. But in front of them, it was the three princes who had always been steady: "Teacher, can I go and visit Prince Zhu in person?" ”

Zhang Shou turned his head in astonishment, and saw that the third prince was trying his best to look at him frankly, so he smiled and said: "I have heard of a customary custom in a certain dynasty and a certain generation, saying that the emperor does not leave the palace easily, and it is even easier not to visit the residence of the courtiers, and even if the courtiers are sick, it is only to send medicine, not to go in person." Once the emperor personally visits the sick, then the courtiers are not sick to the point of dying......"

"But I had to die."

Seeing that the third prince was taken aback when he heard this, and the others looked at each other, Zhang Shou said lightly: "Of course, this is just a legend. Since Gonggong Chu has already said that when the eldest prince of Zhu turns evil into good fortune, then there is probably no damage, and even if there is, it will definitely be fine. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally went to visit, but it would make people spread false rumors, and maybe someone would curse him to die outside. ”

"What's more, before the matter is revealed, the guards around the eldest prince are easy to speculate, and His Royal Highness the prince is gone, and the speculation is even more boundless. I know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only cares about the eldest prince of Zhu, but also worries about the four princes. After all, the Four Princes are in the outer city. But do you know how many soldiers and horses from the Nancheng Terracotta Division are stationed near the Outer City Public School? ”

"Moreover, do you know how many Lu family guards live directly in the public school? Do you know how many royal attendants patrol the vicinity, either overtly or covertly? Even if it's not impregnable, it's not much worse. ”

"The fourth prince told me before that he wanted to use his example as bait to catch out some people with evil intentions, and I laughed at him for thinking too much, how stupid people must he be, so that moths can fight the fire at such a time? Although I still underestimate the stupidity of some people, after the assassination of the eldest prince of Zhu, there was probably no suspicious person within fifty steps around the four princes. ”

"Therefore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can just relax and continue his studies. It's the same with other people, it's not your concern, focus on reading. It's me, and I won't go out of the palace to visit Master Zhu at this time. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Shou smiled: "You see, I'm not afraid of people saying that I don't care about the life or death of my future eldest brother, what else do you have to worry about?" He was able to triumph after saying that he had been killed or disappeared in the capital, but this time in the face of the jumping clown, how could it be anything? ”

Chu Kuan saw that Zhang Shou calmly bowed and then drifted away, leaving a hall full of students with different faces, he secretly sighed that the emperor did not choose the wrong teacher, and there were some things that only Zhang Shou dared to say, but he was silent, and he was just quietly preparing to remove the untouched diet of the three princes first for people to redo. But his hand had just touched the soup bowl, but he was stopped by the third prince reaching out.

"Father-in-law Chu, please help me and everyone take down the food and soup to heat it up, and then say hard work to the small kitchen." The third prince nodded apologetically to Chu Kuan, and then said to a group of waiters, "Who knows that the Chinese food on the plate is hard work." Even if you finish this lunch a little later today, don't waste it. ”

Zhang Shou was very sure that after the initial concern was chaotic, the third prince would definitely recover quickly. And he himself is not as he says, he is not worried about Zhu Tingfang's safety at all.

After all, it is Zhu Ying's closest eldest brother, and the wedding date has already been set, it is actually the groom who will get married in five days, and it will be a big trouble if something goes wrong. After all, his and Zhu Ying's marriage date is closely behind, and there is only less than half a month behind.

So, after the carriage arrived at the public school, when he got off the car, he told Ah Liu to find out where Zhu Tingfang was now, and then visit on his behalf—he didn't go himself, but Ah Liu went over, isn't it normal? Of course, he also assigned Ah Liu a task that was quite difficult for a teenager.

That is, when you go to visit someone, prepare a suitable condolence gift! Of course, in order to prevent Ah Liu from going to find Zhu Ying again, he specially asked a clear question when he left the palace, and confirmed that Zhu Ying was called to Qingning Palace early this morning to accompany the Queen Mother!

Of course, Ah Liu knows the bad intentions that Zhang Shou often makes undisguised, but he knows that Zhang Shou is also for his good, not only to exercise his ability to deal with others and be independent, but also to allow him to accumulate common sense in a certain sense.

The problem is that he is a self-proclaimed housekeeper who is really not interested in some things that require long-sleeved dancing, and today Zhang Shou asked Zhu Ying where he was going in front of him, and he couldn't go to the eldest lady for help. After thinking about it, as soon as he got out of the public school, he simply went straight to the Nancheng Soldiers and Horses Division first, but when he asked at the door, he learned that Zhu Tingfang should be in the Zhaoguo Mansion at this time.

And the porter is still a very talkative person. not only told Ah Liu Zhu Tingfang's whereabouts, but also attached a bunch of details of the so-called assassination.

"Hey, Sixth Master, you don't know, everyone is talking outside, our family and Zhang Dayin of Shuntian Mansion said okay, loose on the outside and tight on the inside, said in the middle of the night last night that he went back to sleep, but in fact, he sent elite soldiers to touch the melon all the way down, and by the time dawn, he had already seen the traces of the scholar next to the second prince."

Then Lord Zhu quietly dispatched men and horses to capture them before dawn, and as a result, he took them down in one fell swoop and sent them to the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division to prepare for interrogation. Who knew that Lord Zhu was on the way from the Zhaoguo Mansion to the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division in the morning, and he actually encountered someone with a crossbow and assassination, yes, it was the one surnamed Shi next to the eldest prince. ”

"If it weren't for Lord Zhu's preparations, he ambushed people at various high points in the inner and outer cities, and always kept an eye on those unscrupulous people, maybe he would have really been exploited by this guy! You don't know what it was like back then......"

Seeing that the more people talked, the more excited they became, not only spitting stars flying around, but also dancing with their hands, Ah Liu's feet moved two steps, and then quietly came to his mount, led the horse and ran away. When he was far away from this rapping guy, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that fortunately there was no such noisy guy at home, and Lao Liu Tou was much more observant than others.

To put it bluntly, Zhu Tingfang had been prepared, so the assassin returned in vain, isn't this enough?

Since he asked Zhu Tingfang that he was in the Zhao Guogong Mansion at this time, Ah Liu was sure that Zhu Ying couldn't find Zhu Er's help, otherwise wouldn't it be stupid for him to go to Zhu Er to buy things and then go back? He couldn't help but take out Zhang Chen, Zhang Wu and Zhang Lu in his mind, but thinking that this time was different from the last mission, he didn't look for them anymore, and went straight to a medicine store in the outer city that was famous for selling medicinal herbs.

As soon as he entered the door, he didn't wait for the guy's greetings and ordered bluntly: "Four-color tonics, for injured patients with a great deficiency of qi and blood." Don't be verbose, take the best out and I'll pay for it. "If you are injured, the lack of qi and blood should be quite big, right?

The guy couldn't help but swallow back the words that came to his mouth, he couldn't help but quietly glance at Ah Liu again, and suddenly remembered a famous figure in the outer city, and hurriedly agreed and ran away. After a while, the shopkeeper, who had been entertaining another distinguished guest at the back, greeted him personally, and when he looked at the appearance of the young visitor, his face was immediately full of smiles.

"Yo, it's the sixth master coming? This is really a splendid shop......"

Before he could finish his flattering words, Ah Liu interrupted very impatiently: "Four-color supplements, you want the best, don't talk about other nonsense." ”

Although he was choked back so brutally, the shopkeeper's face only changed slightly, and then he immediately looked smiling again: "Okay, sixth master, don't worry, I'll let people prepare...... If you want to say that the small shop has a wild ginseng that is full of age, it is the treasure of the town, why don't you take a look......

"I said, the best." Ah Liu repeated impatiently again, "It's suitable for hurting patients, you can do it!" ”

Faced with such an answer that Ah Liu repeatedly emphasized, the shopkeeper finally had a complete number in his heart. He didn't continue to flatter, and with a look motioned for the guy next to him to come and accompany him, and he hurried to the back. However, when an older fellow had been sent to the storehouse to look for the precious tonics, he came to the back and bowed respectfully to the distinguished guest before him.

"Master Kong Jiu, I'm really sorry, outside is the little sixth manager of Bachelor Zhang's family. He was about to visit Master Zhu on behalf of Master Zhang, and as soon as he came, he said that he wanted the best tonic, and the young man outside couldn't get it, so he could only call me out, and I had promised to take out the wild ginseng that was the oldest in the store and claimed to be able to sustain his life......"

The one who was treated as a distinguished guest by the shopkeeper was the cousin of the Confucian scholar, and now the master of Kong Jiu, who is a doctor of Taichang in Taichang Temple. He was handsome in his early thirties, and at this time he immediately smiled reasonably: "I'm just here to see if there is a good gastrodia for my mother, where can I compare to the Zhu family of the Zhao State Mansion?" Shopkeeper, you just have to go and get busy first, and I'll come back next time. ”

And when he said this, he smiled again: "My brother and Mr. Zhang had a little discord in the past, so I'll just go through the back door." ”

After the shopkeeper repeatedly apologized, Master Kong Jiu went out of the back door with a great demeanor, and when the man informed his carriage to go around this back alley, he immediately ordered after boarding the car: "Hurry, go home!" Hurry up and send a letter to my eldest brother, so that he can come back quickly, and say that I have an urgent matter here......"

After thinking about it, he still felt that it was not urgent enough to say this, so he simply said neatly: "Let's just say that my mother is suddenly a little bad!" ”

Although as a son, it is really too much to use his own mother as a reason, but when Master Kong Jiu thought of the information revealed by the shopkeeper just now, he couldn't help but feel that his heart was pounding, and he only felt that this might be an opportunity to change the pattern between the DPRK and China.

You must know that the emperor's favor for Zhao Guogong's father and son is simply incomprehensible, whether it is the old Jiang Pavilion in the past, or now his cousin Confucius University, he has been trying to weaken it, but it backfired. It wasn't until the background of Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping was exposed not long ago that his cousin couldn't help but lament, saying that the Zhu family had already laid the groundwork.

Most of the sons of heaven in all dynasties were afraid of their relatives, but the current emperor has been doing the opposite because of the entanglement between Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping, not to mention being close to the Zhu family, and even loving Zhang Shou.

Seeing that Zhu Jing actually dismissed the army and entered the military department, Zhu Tingfang was ordered to preside over the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, just as the sun is in the sky, if Zhu Tingfang is really not as rumored by the outside world, but just a little slightly injured, but seriously injured and dying, wouldn't it be wonderful?

Of course, this can also be someone else's trick. But as far as he knows, the Ah Liu next to Zhang Shou, in terms of being able to fight, the number of people who are his opponents in the entire capital is probably not more than one palm, but if you want to talk about the heart...... Probably without those old oilers, more than half of the people in the entire capital are above this little sixth manager.

Because people are fighting wits but not strength, but this one is recognized as a skill! People are still notoriously incomprehensible. The last time I was in a certain weapons shop, my reaction to a pretty girl buying a slingshot turned out to be nine out of thirteen! When Zhang Shou wanted to send someone out, he didn't have time to explain too much, so he didn't pay attention to it, revealing such a distinct tone!

Ah Liu didn't know that the matter of buying supplements by himself was made up by his brain with such a lot of reasons and background. Once upon a time when he was in the village, whenever someone was injured or sick because of farm work or something else, Wu would always send some medicine or even tonics to him—even though most of those supplements were nothing more than red dates and longan, the villagers were still grateful.

Since this is the case, now that Zhu Tingfang has been assassinated, Zhang Shou asked him to go to condole, is it not the most suitable tonic?

Carrying the shopkeeper who claimed to be the most expensive four-color tonic in the store, leaving a money ticket of ten yuan, and the rest of the money was withdrawn by Zhang Yuan, Ah Liu rode his horse straight to Xuanwumen when he left this commercial house. When he entered the inner city from Xuanwu Gate, he saw that the streets were obviously much more heavily defended, and people from the Xicheng Soldiers and Horses Division could be seen patrolling everywhere. He even caught a voice.

"I heard that Master Zhu was seriously injured and dying!"

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