Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 197

Chapter 197 Alternative Help
The weather is fine and sunny.

Under the hundred-year-old sycamore tree in the courtyard, there was a table of yellow pear wood. On the table was a jar, in which an incense stick had been lit.

At this time, more than half of the incense had already been lit.

Yun Xiao brought Chun Lan and prepared the dishes she was going to cook today.

Chun Lan looked at Yun Xiao worriedly. She looked at the dish in her hand and said, “Miss, do you think those princes and princesses will come?”

Yun Xiao smiled. She knew that Chun Lan was still worried. “She will come. Don’t worry.”

With the Ninth Prince’s temperament, she was certain.

If something suited his appetite, even if it was hard to get, he would try it.

Not to mention that this was just the Imperial Cuisine Room, it was still in the Imperial Palace. It only took a few steps to get there.

Yun Xiao did not seem to be worried at all, which also calmed Chun Lan’s expression. Since the girl said that there was no problem, then there was definitely no problem.

Chun Lan looked at the time and was almost ready. She smiled and said, “Miss, are we going to start cooking now?” The dishes that the other imperial chefs had to prepare today were almost ready, but her family’s young lady still didn’t move at all.

A father-in-law walked in from outside. He glanced at Yun Xiao’s side and sneered before cooking. He walked to Imperial Chef Lu with a smile and said, “Master, the fragrance outside has been more than half ordered. And that little girl hasn’t cooked yet. Today, you are certain to win.”

Lu Yu was only focused on cooking. Hearing his father-in-law’s words, he turned to look at Yun Xiao. Sure enough, he saw Yun Xiao and Chun Lan chatting. They hadn’t even ordered a stove yet.

“Haikou, which I praised yesterday, sounds good. Today, she’s withered. She’s just a teenager. What else can we expect from her?” The corners of her mouth curled into a faint look of disdain. “Haikou, who was praised yesterday, is pretty good. Today, she’s withered. She’s just a teenager.” Thinking that he would get twenty thousand silver taels the day after tomorrow, he couldn’t help but laugh in his heart, “When I get the silver taels, I will reward you well.”

Eunuch was delighted when he heard this, “This disciple has already thanked Master.” After he finished speaking, he worked even harder to help make things.

Chef Lu looked in Yun Xiao’s direction again, and the smile on his lips became even more mocking.

In the past, he was unwilling to accept disciples. He was afraid that those disciples would learn something and betray him. As the saying goes, he taught disciples and starved his master to death. That was why he was unwilling to accept disciples.

But this time, Yun Xiao’s provocation caused him to make an exception and accept disciples.

The more people he had here, the more he could prove his ability to Yun Xiao. He wanted Yun Xiao to see that he was not that easy to bully.

After thinking about this, the smile on her lips became even more intense.

Chef Lu and his father-in-law did not deliberately lower their voices, so the chefs in the Imperial Cuisine Room could hear them clearly.

Chun Lan nodded her mouth in disdain. Her family’s girl’s cooking skills were excellent, and she would definitely show them when the time came.

She rolled her eyebrows and looked at Yun Xiao. After so long, Yun Xiao naturally knew what Chun Lan meant. She smiled and said, “Since they have already said this, it’s not good for us not to make a move.”

Chun Lan immediately agreed joyfully and started to light a fire.

Yun Xiao also began to move her hands very skillfully.

At this moment, no one saw a youth wearing a light green robe walk over from outside the Imperial Cuisine Room. He only had dark patterns embroidered on the robe’s skirt and cuffs, a belt around his waist, and a red mink cloak covering his face.

A head of black hair was tied behind his head, and he seriously wore a bun with a jade hairpin.

Her soft and waxy little face was tightly tensed. Her two thick eyebrows were tightly knitted into the word “Chuan”. Although her ink-jade-like eyes carried a trace of anger, it was still difficult to hide the joy and excitement in the depths of her eyes. She was clearly only eight or nine years old, but she still maintained her maturity. She was deliberately imitating the posture of an adult. She raised her hand and threw her foot with an unconcealable elegance.

He was clearly only nine years old, but he was already able to attract everyone’s attention. He didn’t know how handsome he would be when he grew up.

Zhou Jingxu glared fiercely at Chef Lu and the father-in-law. A strange look flashed through his ink-jade-like eyes.

If anyone saw it, they would definitely be shocked. A nine-year-old child’s eyes actually carried killing intent.

Following that, Zhou Jingxu’s expression landed on the busy figure who lowered his head.

Today, Yun Xiao wore a moonlight white jacket. There were two crabapple blossoms on the front of the jacket. She wore a crimson plaited skirt with two butterfly flowers. The patterns were crocheted with faint golden silk thread. As she walked, a golden light shone, making her look extremely beautiful.

Because he was too serious, beads of sweat oozed out from his forehead in the kitchen.

Zhou Jingxu’s tightly clenched hands suddenly moved. He really wanted to step forward and wipe the water droplets off her forehead with a handkerchief.

Just as Zhou Jingxu was absent-minded, a figure appeared beside him, “Nine …”

Eunuch Cai had just spoken when his master covered his mouth. However, he did not know what had happened.

Eunuch Cai followed Zhou Jingxu’s gaze towards Imperial Kitchen and saw a ray of golden sunlight piercing through the sandalwood carved window and landing on a woman’s body.

Reflecting a faint golden light, the woman dressed in moonlight seemed to have stepped on the light and was not stained with dust.

So today, his master got up in a hurry and changed his clothes in the bedroom. Was he here to see this fourth young lady?

Eunuch Cai still remembered that he had originally taken out a honey-colored robe today, but who would have thought that he would be disliked by his master. He searched through the clothes in the wardrobe and finally picked out such a set of clothes.

At that time, he was secretly cursing himself. His master’s attire was even more formal than meeting the girl he liked.

He was still ashamed of his own thoughts. How old was Master? How could he have a girl he liked?

However, Eunuch Cai looked at the expression in his master’s eyes. His eyes flickered and he couldn’t hide his excitement. He didn’t understand.

At this moment, the courtyard of the Imperial Cuisine Room suddenly became lively. Imperial chefs walked out of the room without stopping, carrying home-made dishes as they walked towards the long table in the middle of the courtyard.

When the dishes were put away, the imperial chefs wrote their names below.

At this moment, Zhou Jingxu also saw the scene over there. He frowned. Seeing that Eunuch Cai had been staring at the woman in the room, there was a trace of displeasure between his eyebrows. He whispered, “Go and inquire about what happened to Imperial Kitchen today.”

Eunuch Cai also wanted to know, but everyone knew about Imperial Kitchen. Not long after, Eunuch Cai turned around and walked back, telling them about today’s Imperial Kitchen Cooking Competition.

Zhou Jingxu’s eyes lit up. He seemed to understand why Yun Xiao had asked him to come to the Imperial Cuisine Room.

Mo Yu’s jade-like eyes rolled around and he instructed, “In my name, you invited royal brothers, brothers, sisters, and sisters under the age of ten to Imperial Kitchen.” With him on the horse, those people wouldn’t dare not come.

He did her a favor.

However, before Eunuch Cai could turn around and go over, he saw a group of people dressed in luxurious clothes walking in from the entrance of the Imperial Cuisine Room.

These people were male and female, and their identities were accompanied by their father-in-law and palace maids. Each of them was dressed in pink carvings and jade carvings, which were very exquisite.

However, there was only one similarity, and that was that these people were all under the age of ten.

These people came and looked around in Imperial Kitchen. Not long after, they saw Zhou Jingxu and walked over with a smile.

Zhou Jingxu remembered that what the young father-in-law had said earlier was that the incense candles in front of him had probably been almost lit, but Yun Xiao’s dishes had not yet been prepared.

Frowning, he brought Eunuch Cai back. If those royal children were allowed to come in here, she would really not be able to cook today’s dishes.

He turned around and walked over. The child opposite him ran over. One of the tallest boys said, “Eighth brother, we heard that you came to Imperial Kitchen. I didn’t expect that you were really here.”

Zhou Jingxu rolled his eyes and said, “What? Where am I going to tell you?” His whereabouts were not even questioned by the Grand Tutor, so he skipped school openly today.

Looking at the sky, it was probably already half an incense break between the two classes.

“Aren’t we curious?” The boy was the eighth prince of today. He was a cultivator with a simple and honest temperament. He could survive in the dirty palaces all over the place.

He originally didn’t want to come. Who knew that he was encouraged to come by the others? They had heard that the Ninth Prince had encountered delicious food in Imperial Kitchen and ran to Imperial Kitchen early in the morning.

Little child, whenever you talk about food, you always have an inexplicable interest. No, I really can’t hold it back, so I came to the Imperial Cuisine Room to see what’s delicious.

Zhou Jingxu snorted coldly, “Since you’re here, there’s no need to go back later. There’s a cooking competition here today, so you can be judges with me.”

The expressions of the other princes were slightly stiff. They were just curious to take a look. If they didn’t go back and play truant like the Ninth Prince, they wouldn’t be as intelligent as the Ninth Prince. The Crown Prince would definitely teach them a lesson.

Zhou Jingxu saw that the curiosity on everyone’s faces was getting heavier and heavier, but he looked worried again. He curled his lips and said, “Alright, you guys stay here. I’ll ask Eunuch Cai to ask for leave for you. Tell him that I stalled you. Is that okay?”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded their heads. This way, they would not be punished and there would be fun things to do. Naturally, they would not be able to wait any longer.

Zhou Jingyan and the others only had smiling faces for a moment, and his heart was filled with joy. He remembered that not long after, all the brothers and sisters in front of him would die, and he felt a little pity for them.

Eunuch Cai was naturally the one with the most eyes. Seeing this, he immediately walked out and did what His Highness had instructed him to do.

He was puzzled. In the past, His Highness the Ninth Prince disdained to do such things the most, but since he suddenly woke up a while ago, he had been very kind to the other princes and princesses.

Not only that, the others also treated His Highness the ninth prince very well.

Zhou Jingxu glanced at the room not far away. He could no longer see the figure in the room clearly. He could only vaguely see a woman cooking with a shovel. He turned around and nodded his mouth. “Let’s go over quickly. When the incense stick is extinguished, we can eat.”

Zhou Jingxu’s response was the eighth prince’s stomach rumbling, causing everyone to laugh.

Of course, these smiles were all kindly smiles.

Two little girls in pink skirts hurriedly ran to the side of the table, stepped on chairs and leaned towards the incense table, and blew hard on the incense stick in the jar.

Zhou Jingxu felt that there was a black line on his forehead. “What are you doing?”

The little girl was a pair of twins. She wore the same skirt. She was pink and tender. She was adorable. They turned around and smiled. “Let’s blow. The incense candles will burn faster. Brother Eighth Emperor will be able to eat early.”

After saying that, they smiled embarrassedly. “We’re hungry too.” They finally came to Imperial Kitchen today. There was no imperial concubine staring at them. There was fragrance everywhere. They were already hungry.

As soon as they finished speaking, a few more children ran over and blew on the incense candle. “Let’s help too.”

Zhou Jingxu, “…”

I hope someone doesn’t hate him!