Chapter 398 (1/2)
Xue ronghua smiled, nodded and said, ”thank you very much. The emperor and I still can't live without you. If you weren't around to help us, I don't know what to do at this time.”
Chu Chengxun's eyes darkened. She pursed her lips into a line. ”The queen doesn't have to say that. It's the emperor's order. As a prince, I should accept it. I can't say no. otherwise, I will disobey the king's order.”
Xue ronghua became a little unnatural after listening to his tone. Still stopped the words that wanted to come out in his mouth and said it faintly. ”The Lord is loyal to the emperor. He will thank the Lord after the Dragon fetus comes out.”
”I'm a prince. It's right to consider for the royal family's children.” Chu Chengxun's eyes flashed a strange light. ”It's just that there's no future for such things. I've been like a fool for years. It's time to stop.”
A trace of consternation flashed in Xue ronghua's eyes. He kept a smile on his lips. ”What the LORD said is. I don't dare to trouble the Lord in the future.”
”How about the taste of this bone soup? This is the pig bone carefully selected by general Kur who took me to the imperial dining room. He made all the spices himself, and I'll follow him step by step. It won't go wrong again,” Gu Sheng put a bowl of soup in front of him. He stirred it with a spoon. ”Try it. If you can, I'll make bone soup for the emperor.”
”Bone soup alone is not enough. When inviting the emperor to dinner, we always have to make two more soups,” Chu Changqing looked at the light soup with a low eyebrow, scooped up a mouthful of soup and put it into the import, ”this soup... How can it be so salty.”
Gu Gu looked at his iron green face and remembered that he was the one who didn't like salty food. He quickly poured him a cup of green tea and drank his own soup to try his taste. ”It's a little salty, but I've made a lot of progress compared with before.”
Chu Changqing rinsed his mouth with green tea and couldn't help complaining: ”compared with before, you've made progress, but you still can't go to the banquet. Your taste is too heavy. Naturally, you don't feel salty, but the emperor is different. He will definitely frown. Besides, general Kur wants to accompany you. Depending on how you use him as a cover, there will only be five days left.”
”How come there are only five days left? I knew you said it would be half a year,” Gu Gu said with a pout. ”I can learn to cook several dishes in half a year.”
”You still have half a year. You can marry him for that half a year. It's time for general Kur to go back,” Chu Changqing sighed helplessly. ”You'd better work harder. Why don't you make any progress in this.”
”There are still some improvements, but they are not obvious,” Gu Hua shook his head. ”I saw a new lady living in the palace over the peach blossom forest a few days ago. Who is that?”
”It's the eldest lady of the Kang family. It has nothing to do with us to ask what to do. Just keep learning to cook,” Chu Changqing looked at the bowl of clear soup with too much salt. ”Remember to control the amount when you put spices in the future, otherwise the soup will be too salty if it's not too light.”
Gu Gu blinked. ”I see that Miss Kang is about the same age as me. I just want to know. I'm bored here alone. It's better to find a friend to talk to.”
Chu Changqing lowered his eyes. ”Don't worry. After all, it's from the state of Qin. You'd better not have too much contact with the people of the state of Qin.”
”But I'll marry someone from the state of Qin,” Gu Tao picked up his chopsticks, put a piece of diced chicken with pepper in his mouth and chewed it slowly. ”This is well done. I feel good when I eat it. Have a try.”
Chu Changqing took a skeptical bite and showed a satisfied expression. ”This is OK. You can prepare to put it on the table. The emperor should like it, too. But why haven't I heard that general Kur can make diced chicken?”
”I learned it secretly from the people in the imperial dining room. I learned it after hiding by the window for five days.”
Chu Changqing sighed, ”if you could learn more dishes and have such perseverance, I wouldn't have to worry about the banquet in five days.”
Gu Gu smiled wantonly and said, ”don't worry. I'll study hard. No matter what, I'm also the first princess of Xirong. How can I lose our Xirong's face in front of other emperors.”
”I wish you knew. It would have been better if you had been so clever before.”
The first rain in spring came very early. It pattered down along the blue sky. The air was filled with the smell of grass and soil, and there was a faint fragrance of flowers.
”The light rain on Tianjie is as smooth as crisp, but the grass is not near,” Liu Yuan's palm moved to the eaves and received several crystal raindrops. ”This spring rain this year is a good omen. I think it's time for my willows and peach blossoms to grow new buds.”
Feihong smiled and said, ”I remember that many willows were planted in the imperial palace. Later, I don't know what happened. All those willows were cut down by the first emperor. There are only a few willows on the walls of the city.”