bayedsolid Chapter 344: Concubine De falls out of favor?
Chapter 344: Concubine De falls out of favor?
Yao Jia paused and followed Huaichuan's gaze.
He put down the barbecue, put on a standard fake smile, walked towards the two of them, and after greeting them, he, Bai Huahua and Gu Xiyan brought the hunted prey to the lake to process it.
Perhaps the aroma of the barbecue was too tempting, and before long, Xiao Fengyi also rode over and joined them.
Yao Jia was busy processing the hare in her hands, and joked: "We agreed that Huaichuan is only responsible for instructing everyone how to grill the meat. If you want to eat delicious food, you have to do it yourself."
When everyone heard this, they laughed, took out the prey they had hunted, went to the lake and started working.
Jiang Sirong walked to Xiao Fengyi carrying a pheasant, with a sweet smile on her face.
"Cousin, this pheasant is really hard to handle, but this is all I hunted today. I have a small appetite, can you please ask the Pavilion Master for me to exchange this pheasant for some barbecue?"
Just as Xiao Fengyi was about to agree, he heard An He chuckle beside him: "You have a mouth, why don't you go and say it yourself? Besides, Huaichuan's barbecued meat is not something that anyone can easily exchange for."
Jiang Sirong's face froze, and she felt a little embarrassed for a moment, standing there at a loss as to what to do.
Seeing this, Xiao Fengyi smiled at her to comfort her, then turned to Yao Jia.
"Pavilion Master Nangong, can you please give me some face and agree to Sirong's request?"
Yao Jia looked up at Xiao Fengyi, then glanced at the pheasant in Jiang Sirong's hand whose feathers had not yet been cleaned, and smiled faintly: "Your Highness, I have to give you face, but the rules still need to be followed. Let her come to me and talk to me herself."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Sirong deliberately looked at Xiao Fengli on the other side and saw him nod slightly with a smile on the corner of his lips, and lower his head as he walked towards Yao Jia not far away.
He slowly squatted beside Yao Jia and handed the pheasant in his hand to her.
"Master... I'm sure that man is the ghost doctor you are looking for." Jiang Sirong said in a low voice.
Yao Jia stopped what he was doing, glanced at Jiang Sirong, and put the pheasant aside.
After Yao Jia and Gu Xiyan returned from the Gathering Spirit Platform, they carefully analyzed the situation with Xiao Fengyi and were surprised to find that the chief eunuch next to Concubine De was most likely a ghost doctor in disguise.
Therefore, Jiang Sirong was asked to collect clues in Prince Ping's Mansion and then go to confirm.
"It's just as I expected. If that's the case, then we can proceed as planned."
Jiang Sirong's face rarely showed genuine joy, and she nodded slightly: "Master, do you remember what you promised me, Xiao Fengli, that I will personally expose and deal with it."
Yao Jia raised her eyebrows slightly. It seemed that Jiang Sirong had collected a lot of evidence of Xiao Fengli's crimes in Prince Ping's Mansion during this period of time.
"Of course, I must do what I promised you."
Xiao Fengli had been paying attention to the movements here, and seeing the two talking and laughing, he didn't think much about it. He just felt inexplicably irritated, as if something was about to happen, but he couldn't figure it out.
"Third brother, your rabbit is almost burnt."
An He's reminder brought Xiao Fengli back to his senses. He looked down at the rabbit he was roasting, only to see that the fire was too strong and the rabbit meat was burnt black, obviously inedible.
He quickly moved the rabbit away from the fire, with helplessness on his face.
An He smiled and handed him the perfectly roasted pheasant in his hand: "Third brother, my pheasant is perfectly roasted, how about you try it?"
A hint of ecstasy flashed in Xiao Fengli's eyes. He took the pheasant, blew on the hot air, and said with a smile: "I've eaten it. What do you want to eat? How about we share one?" As he said that, he was about to tear off a leg of the pheasant and hand it to An He.
An He shook his head repeatedly and refused with a smile: "I'll just eat Huaichuan grilled food."
As he said that, he ran happily to the big fire next to Yao Jia, snatched the big chicken leg from Yao Jia's hand, and stuffed it into his mouth.
While eating, she praised Huaichuan's cooking skills. Yao Jia just raised her hand and tapped her forehead lightly, then continued talking to the three husbands.
Xiao Fengli's eyes always followed An He's figure, and an indulgent smile unconsciously appeared at the corner of his lips.
I took a bite of the pheasant in my hand, and the smile on my face froze instantly - salty! So salty!
"Your Highness, why don't you try this? It was grilled by Master Huai." Jiang Sirong knew An He's cooking skills, so she handed the grilled meat to Xiao Fengli.
Xiao Fengli frowned and looked at the barbecue in Jiang Sirong's hand, feeling an inexplicable disgust in his heart.
I originally wanted to ignore her, but considering that Xiao Fengyi was there, I had to give her a fake smile.
"Princess, please eat it yourself. I will just eat this." As he said this, he swallowed the hard-to-swallow barbecue mouthful by mouthful.
Seeing him reject her like this, Jiang Sirong felt suffocated in her chest. She held the kebab tightly in her hands, and a trace of unwillingness and resentment flashed in her eyes.
As the night deepened, the bonfire jumped by the lake, reflecting the faces of the people, some happy and some thoughtful.
After eating and drinking, Yao Jia and An He ran to the lake to play, splashing water.
Xiao Fengli's gaze unconsciously followed An He's figure, his eyes filled with passion and strong possessiveness.
Jiang Sirong took in the expression on his face and a surprised smile appeared at the corner of her lips.
"Your Highness! Your Highness!" The sound of hurried horse hooves came from afar.
Everyone looked up and saw Tianfu riding back on his horse with an anxious look on his face.
"Your Highness... come with me quickly! I don't know what Queen Defei did to anger His Majesty, and he wants to execute you! Your Highness, please go back and beg His Majesty to take back his decision!" Tianfu dismounted breathlessly and ran towards Xiao Fengli.
When everyone heard this, there was a look of shock on their faces.
Yao Jia and Gu Xiyan looked at each other. Why hadn't they taken any action yet? It was Concubine De who had angered the Emperor first.
Xiao Fengli's face suddenly changed. He stood up abruptly, grabbed Tianfu by the collar and asked urgently, "What did you say? How could the emperor be willing to execute mother? Why?!"
Tianfu was frightened by Xiao Fengli's momentum and stammered, "I...I don't know. I just heard from afar that His Majesty was angry in the Queen's tent... Your Highness, wait for me..."
Before he could finish his words, Xiao Fengli had already mounted the horse. The horse neighed loudly and galloped away like an arrow.
Poor Tianfu hadn't even had time to catch his breath before he had to run after the horse again.
Jiang Sirong's eyes were fixed on Xiao Fengli's departing back, and indescribable emotions surged in her heart.
He looked at Yao Jia deeply, then mounted his horse and followed closely behind her, passing Tianfu and galloping in the direction where Xiao Fengli left.
An He watched the three people walk away, his face full of confusion.
"Strange, didn't father dote on Consort De very much in the past? Why did he suddenly get angry at her? He was more angry at mother than at the queen mother."
Xiao Fengyi glared at her and also felt that today's events were quite strange, so he suggested returning to the camp first.
The atmosphere in the camp was extremely tense, and the guards patrolled around the tents with serious expressions.
As soon as they returned to the camp, they were sent back to their respective tents by the Royal Guards and asked not to go out before they could find out the reason.
Fortunately, Yao Jia lived in the same tent with her husbands.
Bai Huahua was carefully settling the white fox outside the tent, while Yao Jia and Huai Chuan stayed inside the tent to talk. Gu Xiyan, as a general of the Ministry of War, was called away by the Marquis of Qi as soon as he returned.
Although the camp was heavily guarded, there was no restriction on the daily expenses of the people. Huaichuan ordered someone to bring hot water and carefully washed Yaojia's feet.
His slender fingers kneaded her round and cute toes, and as he groped back and forth, his fingertips deliberately swept across the soft flesh under her feet, bringing a slight itchy sensation.
Yao Jia dodged with a smile, raised her hand and hit him on the head, cursing: "You bastard, if you scratch me again, I will kick you out. By the way, I asked you to enter the enclosure in advance to meet with the Baiji secret agent. What information did he tell you?"
Huaichuan nodded, "As the master expected, someone secretly sneaked into the Bai family's private boat."
Yao Jia frowned slightly, "Do you know which forces are involved?"
Huaichuan hesitated for a moment and answered truthfully: "There are three forces in total, namely Prince Ping's spies, His Majesty's secret guards, and..." He glanced outside the tent and said softly: "Prince Rui's people."