Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 217

Chapter 217 Bet On Rong Jin
Could it be that the rebirth of her and county princess Hui Ning had changed many things, so much so that even King Qi’s fate, who was thousands of miles away, had changed?

Yun Xiao did not believe it, but she was helpless.

So much so that Yun Xiao could no longer hear what the Jin Emperor said to Princess Fei Lan.

When he regained his senses, he saw that Eunuch Wei had already picked up a small portion of the dishes for the Jin Emperor.

Yun Xiao lowered her eyebrows and her restless heart slowly calmed down.

In the future, Bing Lai would cover up the water and earth.

Most importantly, will there really be hail the day after tomorrow? This was the most important thing.

The Jin Emperor took a sip and nodded to himself, “Fourth Young Lady’s cooking skills are quite good. She looks golden, and she looks very good. She is scorched and tender. She eats in her mouth, and her mouth smells delicious. The most rare thing is that she clearly sees all vegetables, but when she tastes it, it tastes like chicken. I wonder what this dish is called? And what is this thing wrapped outside?”

Yun Xiao bowed respectfully and then said respectfully, “This is a small refreshment. The maiden named it Qian Zhang Juan. There are thousands of things wrapped around it. If His Majesty wants to ask the maiden how these thousand pieces were made, it would be more appropriate to ask county princess Hui Ning.”

The Jin Emperor was slightly surprised, “Oh? What does this mean?”

Yun Xiao first glanced in the direction of county princess Hui Ning and continued, “Not long ago, Yun Clan bought a few pills to try. I didn’t expect that they tasted good. Later on, the maiden asked her mother who bought the things. Only then did she know that the thousand pills came from county princess Hui Ning. The maiden’s dishes this time should be credited to county princess Huining.”

The Eldest Princess on the side secretly felt relieved. This Yun Xiao knew how to repay her kindness.

However, everyone looked at county princess Huining with peculiar expressions.

It was said that the food that county princess Hui Ning spilled a few days ago was all developed by county princess Hui Ning. However, this kind of strange woman who was able to develop quite a few novel foods actually didn’t even know how to handle a chicken and how to pluck its feathers? This was simply too surprising.

Everyone couldn’t help but be surprised. Were those meals really developed by County Lord Hui Ning? Or did county princess Hui Ning occupy the light of the others? He snatched the credit!

The difference between before and after county princess Hui Ning had no choice but to make everyone think so.

County princess Huining looked at the peculiar expressions on everyone’s faces. Her complexion turned green and pale. She could only pretend to be calm and not reveal the slightest bit of embarrassment.

Zhou Feilan immediately took a few steps forward. After a bow, ‘”Reporting to Your Majesty, I have also contributed to today’s matter. If I hadn’t accidentally overthrown Fourth Young Lady Yun’s Little Cage Steamed Bun, Fourth Young Lady wouldn’t have thought of replacing her face with a thousand pieces. At that time, there wasn’t much time left. I didn’t expect Fourth Young Lady to think of such an idea. It’s really surprising.”

Zhou Feilan seemed to be soliciting credit, but in fact, she was fighting for Yun Xiao. No one could start over at the last moment and do everything again. Just Yun Xiao’s bold and agile mind was enough for her to get first place.

Everyone had seen the peculiarities on the stove before. Now that they heard about it, they were even more impressed.

The Jin Emperor laughed out loud, “I didn’t expect that Fourth Young Lady would be so quick-witted. In such a short period of time, she was actually able to cook such a delicious meal. Fourth Young Lady is truly skilled in cooking! If Fourth Young Lady can win first place, I will reward Hui Ning and Fei Lan!”

Zhou Feilan immediately smiled and bowed, “Thank you, Your Majesty.” She would not be polite to the Jin Emperor in the slightest.

Yun Xiao also smiled and thanked him. Even though county princess Huining was extremely unwilling in her heart, she had no choice but to go forward and thank him.

After the Jin Emperor took away a piece of paper, Yun Xiao brought the food she had cooked and circulated among the nobles.

After giving the Empress a taste, the Empress also praised a few words, and then presented them to Hua Fei.

Imperial Concubine Hua tried the food first, and her gloomy expression became surprised for a moment, then she calmed down. “Fourth Young Lady’s cooking skills are really good. Regardless of whether Fourth Young Lady can get first place or not, in my heart, Fourth Young Lady’s cooking skills are already number one.”

After she finished speaking, she removed a jade bracelet from her wrist and stuffed it into Yun Xiao’s hand. She smiled gently and said, “This is a reward for you. Fourth Young Lady, take it first.”

Under everyone’s gaze, even if Yun Xiao did not want the bracelet given by Concubine Hua, she could only accept it. “Thank you, Concubine Hua.”

Apart from a few sarcastic remarks from county princess Huining, the rest were smooth sailing.

After Yun Xiao walked around the hall, the food on the tray in her hand was gone, and even the flower notes were taken away.

Yun Xiao sat in her seat and remembered what Rong Xun had said when she walked in front of Rong Xun, “Does Fourth Young Lady really want to win first place?”

Want to be first? Naturally, he was thinking about it! She didn’t ask for any rewards, only the one condition promised by the Jin Emperor.

Her expression was chaotic, and she only remembered what Rong Xun said when she left, “Big brother also wants first place!”

Big brother? Was that Rong Jin? Yun Xiao did not know why Rong Jin was interested in the Jin Emperor’s condition since he was clearly Country of Xiyue’s prince.

She wanted to find out the origin of this matter, but she didn’t have a clue in her mind.

This round ended very quickly.

With the words of the Jin Emperor, the remaining twenty men who had to compete with each other stepped onto the high platform.

There were nine of these twenty men in the Imperial Cuisine Room, and ten noble young masters from the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Among these ten people, Rong Jin was included, and the remaining one was a fake Rong Jin.

Yun Xiao calmly climbed onto the stove, and her gaze was always on Rong Jin. She wanted to see how Rong Jin won this match?

Rong Jin stepped forward and picked out a cabbage from the place where the ingredients were placed. He then casually picked up a few small items.

Yun Xiao was surprised. What was Rong Jin doing?

“Why do you keep looking at that man?” A clear female voice came, carrying traces of doubt. Yun Xiao turned her head and saw Zhou Feilan, who was wearing an autumn-fragrant dress, walking behind her. Then, she looked at the stove with her.

Zhou Feilan frowned as she followed Yun Xiao’s gaze. The man was dressed in a moonlight white robe. His figure was slender, tall and straight like jade, his shoulders were wide, his waist was narrow, and his face was like ink jade. As he walked, he had a charming aura.

The man was holding a small basket in his hand. There was only one big cabbage in the basket. Although it was a little uncomfortable, it was surprisingly harmonious.

Zhou Feilan had already gone up to compete once, so she naturally knew that she had to choose a few more ingredients. “Fourth Miss, can that man not cook? What can a cabbage do?”

Yun Xiao only raised her lips and chuckled. If it was someone with excellent cooking skills, a single cabbage would already be worth thousands of ingredients. “Let’s continue watching. If we want to know what the cabbage is for, we’ll know when we try it out.”

Zhou Feilan felt that it made sense. No matter what kind of ingredients were used, she would give them a taste of the dishes in the end. Even if she nodded her head, “Do you know that man? Look at his figure. He is a handsome and handsome man with abundant divinity.”

Hearing Zhou Feilan’s impolite question, Yun Xiao laughed out loud. This Princess Fei Lan is indeed like her life. She is very happy and unrestrained. “He is indeed a beautiful man. He is the owner of the Rong family’s property, Rong Jin. His property is not inferior to mine, Yun Clan.”

Zhou Feilan was shocked to hear that, not inferior to the Yun Clan’s property? The Yun Clan was the largest merchant in the Eastern Jin Dynasty! He turned his head to look at the gentle, jade-like man again and frowned. No matter what, he could not feel that such a gentle man would be connected to the merchant.

She immediately pulled Yun Xiao to let her say Rong Jin’s words. Yun Xiao naturally spared no effort to say what she knew. Of course, everyone knew what she said.

After hearing Yun Xiao’s words, Zhou Feilan looked at Rong Jin with a look of admiration.

Coincidentally, Zhou Jingxu also walked over and squeezed between the two of them, “What are you guys talking about?”

Zhou Feilan snorted coldly, “I’m not talking about you anyway.” Zhou Feilan wanted to chase Zhou Jingxu away, but no matter how she chased him away, Zhou Jingxu could always prevaricate.

Then, Zhou Jingxu said, “Shall we make a bet?”

Zhou Feilan instantly became interested and forgot about her previous unhappiness. “What kind of bet? Tell me first.”

“Let’s see which of the twenty men’s cooking skills can be recognized by everyone. As for the stakes, 2,000 taels of silver,” Zhou Jingxu said as he looked at Zhou Feilan with an expression that you couldn’t afford. “Can you take out so much silver?”

Zhou Feilan’s face turned red from excitement. She escaped from her embrace and slapped two thousand taels of silver on the table. “Gamble, gamble. Am I afraid of you?”

After she finished speaking, she immediately looked at Yun Xiao and said, “Fourth Young Lady, come and bet. Let’s do it together.” Even if we lose, we will still have to drag one together.

Yun Xiao shook her head and laughed. Seeing that Zhou Jingxu’s eyes were sparkling, she knew what he meant. He was raising money for buying medicinal ingredients! “Alright, I’ll bet too.”

Before the two of them could react, Yun Xiao asked Chun Lan to take out two thousand taels of silver, “I bet that Young Master Rong can win.”

A cabbage can win? This was simply a joke!

Zhou Jingxu looked at the man on the stove and a bright gaze landed on Cao Bingrong. “I bet on Cao Bingrong.”

Zhou Feilan wasn’t familiar with the people on the stove, so she wasn’t sure which one she would win better.

Zhou Jingxu was unwilling to give her this chance, “Hurry up, we are all finished gambling.”

Zhou Feilan looked at the crowd once more. Some of them were inexperienced and did not know how to cook, while some of them made exquisite things.

Zhou Feilan’s eyes suddenly fell on the man sitting at the head of the hall. That man was wearing a ebony ghost mask. Under the illumination of the light, his amber eyes shone brightly. Her eyes lit up slightly. “Since you all bet on our Eastern Jin Dynasty, I’ll bet that the Great Prince of Country of Xiyue will win.”

She had just taken a look. Although the eldest prince’s expression was very serious, the things he made were also very exquisite. Furthermore, they had a unique style. They were much better than that Lu Yu’s chef. Even if she ordered him, he would be fine.