"Mrs. Dingyuan Hou, you better go and deliver food first. I haven't tested this food, so the second master of Nan can't go. The little eunuch urged.

Su Zhaoning carried the food box into the hall.

Inside the palace, Concubine Zhen was personally dressing Nan Minxing's face, and the eleventh prince watched his mother's movements with curiosity.

The emperor beckoned the eleventh prince to come to him, and he asked, "Have you done your homework today?" ”

At this time, Su Zhaoning just finished his salute and took out the prepared pastries.

What Nan Qichen brought over was a box of five-color Ruyi cakes, which was composed of peach blossom cake, osmanthus cake, lotus cake, chrysanthemum cake and plum blossom cake. Five different flavors and seasons of pastry, each in the shape of a peach blossom, osmanthus, lotus, chrysanthemum and plum blossom.

Five flowers are put together to become one more blooming flower.

The eleventh prince pointed to the pastry and said, "Father, you see that flower is so beautiful!" ”

The emperor stretched out his hand and pinched one of the pastries and said, "Come, you answer your father's question, and your father will reward you with pastries." ”

The eighth prince and the ninth prince of the twins stepped forward together and saluted the emperor: "Father, the emperor also wants it." ”

The tenth prince was younger than the two twins, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and he arched his hand and said: "Father, the emperor asks his father to test his homework." ”

The Emperor looked kindly at his sons and asked, "There are only five pieces of pastry, and there are seven of you here now." How do you get enough points? ”

Lin Guifei's gaze was locked on Su Zhaoning.

At this time, it would be good if Su Zhaoning stood up and pleaded guilty.

But what disappointed her was that Su Zhaoning didn't move at all, as if she hadn't heard the emperor's question.

Nan Minxing glanced at Su Zhaoning, but did not answer.

"The emperor is now the eldest among his younger brothers, and he should be humble. The emperor doesn't want that pastry. The fifth prince stepped forward and said.

After the fifth prince finished speaking, the sixth prince and the seventh prince both stepped forward and said the same thing.

A look of satisfaction appeared on the emperor's face.

That was clearly the main purpose of his question.

Concubine Lin Guifei thought that she understood the emperor's temperament, and believed that Su Zhaoning would definitely annoy the emperor if she was amorous and asked for a crime. But Lin Guifei didn't know enough about Su Zhaoning.

How could a person who is usually cautious make such an obvious mistake in the palace?

The emperor looked at the rest of the little princes with a smile again, and he asked, "Since you three elder brothers don't want it, then there is an extra piece of this pastry, so who will this piece be given to?" ”

"To my father!" The Eleventh Prince replied in a milky voice.

The ten princes bowed and said to the emperor: "Father, the sons and daughters are willing to eat with their father, mother, and concubines." ”

"The same is true of the sons." After the Eighth Prince and the Ninth Prince fell slightly, they looked a little lost on their faces. But the two of them made it clear in time.

In the reply of this group of princes, Su Zhaoning did not move at all.

Concubine Lin was very disappointed by this.

What made her even more uncomfortable was that the emperor's next question was to directly order Su Zhaoning to answer: "Su, can this pastry still be separated?" ”

How to separate, isn't it just to break open? Concubine Lin felt that the emperor's question was simply looking for an opportunity to talk to Su Zhaoning.

I don't know what kind of fox spirit this Su clan is reincarnated, which made the men lose their eyes.

In Lin Guifei's dissatisfaction, Su Zhaoning replied: "The courtiers can do it." Please give your courtiers and wives a food knife. ”

The emperor raised his hand and asked the little eunuch to do it.

In the imperial dining room, there are all kinds of kitchen tools. Soon, the little eunuch took back a plate of cutting knives.

Su Zhaoning breathed a sigh of relief. She was worried that she wouldn't be able to cut the pastry so neatly. Now that there are more tools, the odds of winning are finally a few points higher.

The peach blossoms have five petals, and Su Zhaoning carefully cut them into petals with a knife. Plum blossoms and lotus flowers are also easy to cut. Su Zhaoning quickly cut the three flowers.

The emperor looked at Su Zhaoning's gaze even more satisfied.

Lin Guifei's handkerchief was about to be torn apart.

The queen, who had some misunderstandings, hesitated at this time.

Although the Su family is skillful, the emperor picks people's favors, and he has never needed to look at talent. His gaze now fell on the pastry in Su Zhaoning's hand.

This gaze, which seems to be pure appreciation?

The empress decided to suspend her hostility towards Su Zhaoning and observe the emperor's expression again.

Concubine Zhen never had to worry about being taken away from the favor, so when she watched Su Zhaoning cut the cake, she was purely appreciative.

"The pastry is cut like this, and there are not many crumbs falling off, which shows that the pastry is very good." Concubine Zhen boasted.

Concubine Lin glanced at Concubine Zhen, and then at Su Zhaoning, who was still cutting the cake, and one disgust turned into two.

These two people are very annoying to her.

And in this annoyance, Su Zhaoning has already cut out the shape of osmanthus petals again.

The osmanthus petals are much more difficult to cut than the previous three paintings. The queen noticed that Su Zhaoning already had some sweat on his forehead.

If this sweat falls, it will be very indecent.

Although Su Zhaoning opened all the pastries, he never directly touched the pastries with his hands. She just used one knife to cut on the top and the other to the side to prevent the pastry from moving.

This is not considered to stain the pastry.

I saw that after the osmanthus cake was cut, Su Zhaoning put down the knife and fork in his hand.

She saluted the emperor and said, "If the chrysanthemum cake is cut too finely, it may affect the taste." Please forgive your majesty for the incompetence of her courtiers. ”

For how the complicated chrysanthemum cake was separated, everyone in the hall was looking forward to it. Now that Su Zhaoning gave up directly, everyone had different expressions.

Lin Guifei was naturally full of contempt.

The Ten Princes asked directly: "This chrysanthemum cake, can you really cut it fine, Mrs. Dingyuan?" ”

The Eighth Prince hated Nan Minxing's avoidance of his own affairs before, and took the opportunity to fall into the well and said: "The Haikou was exaggerated before, but now it is obviously impossible to do it." ”

"This is a crime of deception." The Nine Emperors were on the side to mend the knife even worse.

The emperor raised his hand to stop the ridicule of his sons and asked Su Zhaoning, "Su, can you do it?" ”

"If you don't care about taste, courtiers can try it." Su Zhaoning replied with a salute.

"Father, please let her try. The emperor wants to see it. The Ten Princes said busily.

The eleventh prince also said childishly: "The emperor is the same." ”

The Eighth Emperor and the Ninth Emperor arched their hands and said, "Please ask my father to agree." ”

It was when several little princes were falling into the well that the five princes stepped forward.

He said to the emperor: "Father, the emperor thinks that if this pastry is too cold, it may lose its original fragrance. It's better to ask my father to taste it first. ”

The sixth prince also stood up and said: "Father, the emperor also thinks that Mrs. Dingyuan Marquis has surprised and admired the emperor today. This chrysanthemum is a hundred flowers, so please don't embarrass her anymore. ”

Who wouldn't be gracious to others? The sixth prince looked at the fifth prince.