Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 226

Chapter 226 Forbidden Imperial Edict
Just as she stepped into the Imperial Study Room, a surge of hot air pounced on her face. Yun Xiao felt a trace of warmth increase in her icy cold body.

Zhou Jingxu hurriedly let go of Yun Xiao’s arm and looked back. Sure enough, he saw that Zhou Jingyan’s gaze was focused on Yun Xiao’s arm. He looked at Zhou Jingyan again, and the smile on his lips became denser and denser.

He did it on purpose!

The door of the imperial study was closed, separating the eyes of the people inside and outside.

Zhou Jingxu strode into the Imperial Study Room and leaned over to the Imperial Desk. “Father, what were you talking about with the ministers just now? Let me wait.”

Yun Xiao looked at the faint warmth that flowed between Zhou Jingxu and the Jin Emperor. She secretly felt envious in her heart. It had been a few days since she left the manor, and she began to miss her parents again. There was also Brother Han, who often loved to stick to her. How was his current school work?

There was also Ruo Ruo, who was about to leave the capital soon. Thinking of this, Yun Xiao felt a little heartache.

Yun Xiao stepped forward and bowed without saying a word.

It wasn’t until Zhou Jingyan and the Jin Emperor exchanged a few words that he remembered to wake her up.

When the Jin Emperor saw her, his gaze became even more calm. “Fourth Young Lady, what is the matter with coming to the Imperial Study?”

Yun Xiao stood at the side and said respectfully, “Today, Emperor issued a decree to let the maiden be in charge of Imperial Kitchen. The maiden felt that she was incompetent, so she came to bid farewell.”

“Yun Xiao, how dare you!” The Jin Emperor’s face, which was originally one of harmony, suddenly became profitable, and his expression was very calm.

Yun Xiao frowned and anxiously knelt down, “Your Majesty, forgive me.”

“What crime do you think you have committed?” The Jin Emperor looked at Yun Xiao unblinkingly, and in his eyes, there was a feeling that the mountain was about to rain and the wind was about to fill the building.

Yun Xiao knelt on the ground. Although she was kneeling on the ground, she did not feel cold. The earth dragon in the room was very warm. “I don’t know what the maiden did. She caused His Majesty to be so angry. Please give me some pointers.”

The Jin Emperor’s expression was gloomy as he coldly snorted, “Is that so? Do you not know what you have committed? Why should you admit your guilt?”

“Your Majesty is naturally angry because of the maiden. She is just stupid. I hope Your Majesty will give me some pointers,” Yun Xiao said word by word. Her voice was calm, and she did not feel the slightest bit timid.

The Jin Emperor’s expression was gloomy. He originally wanted Yun Xiao to take the initiative to admit guilt, but he didn’t expect that Yun Xiao would kick this ball at him again. “Since I let you be the head of Imperial Kitchen, I must think that you have strength, but you actually want to resign as the head. Isn’t that saying that I’m not thoughtful?”

Yun Xiao sneered with a respectful expression, “Your Majesty, the commoner has thanked Your Majesty for her fancy for the commoner. However, the commoner has just arrived at the Imperial Palace and is already in an important position. Let alone her lack of qualifications, I’m afraid she will not be able to convince the crowd!”

“Since I feel that you have the ability to do this, you have the ability, The woman who won first place in the cooking competition, The cooking skills were naturally better than those of the chefs in the Imperial Cuisine Room. Since that was the case, they were naturally able to shoulder heavy burdens. Moreover, their seniority was slowly nurtured. Moreover, relying on the intelligence of the fourth young lady, they could naturally find a good source in the Imperial Cuisine Room. “They silently dealt with Chef Lu Yu, who was the most powerful in the Imperial Cuisine Royal Cuisine Room. Isn’t it ridiculous to say that he was stupid now?

Moreover, Yun Xiao’s method of solving the case today had left a deep mark on the Jin Emperor’s heart.

If everyone solved the case, it would only be to investigate all the serious dramas, but Yun Xiao did the opposite. She directly took out evidence, and with a slight twitch of her thin lips, she solved a case.

The cat also drank two bowls of water, but one of them was poisoned. One was normal. Everyone would think that it was poisoned in the bowl, and no one would think that it would be poisoned in the cat’s body early in the morning.

Even in the inner courtyard of the imperial harem, this method would not suffer any losses.

Yun Xiao felt speechless. It seemed that she had already attracted everyone’s attention when she first revealed herself today.

Yun Xiao’s expression was calm as she said respectfully, “Your Majesty, the maiden is Yun Clan’s child. She wants to marry someone.” In the imperial palace, how to get married?

Moreover, as long as a woman marries someone, she will be her husband, child, hot kang, and culinary skills? At that time, it would naturally be abandoned.

The Imperial Cuisine Room was silent for a moment, but no one spoke.

Yun Xiao and the Jin Emperor exchanged glances, but they did not feel afraid at all. Instead, their expressions were firm.

She knew that today was the punishment that the Jin Emperor had given her because she was unwilling to marry into the royal family, so now that she mentioned marrying again, it would only make the Jin Emperor angry, but Yun Xiao had no other choice.

The Jin Emperor looked at the woman kneeling on the ground with a complicated expression. He smiled cunningly and bargained with him, just like that woman!

“Why can’t I get married after I’m in charge?”

“If you enter the palace as a servant, you can’t leave the palace until you’re 25 years old. This year, the maiden is 13 years old. Even if she turns over the age of 14, she’s only 14. There are still 11 years left until she’s 25. How many eleven years are there in her life? The maiden is unwilling to take risks.”

The Jin Emperor looked at the calm and unmoved woman, and a trace of emotion appeared on his face. “The imperial edict has been issued, and I will not take it back.”

Yun Xiao only felt her face suddenly turn pale. He won’t take it back. Even if he says it out loud, the Jin Emperor won’t take it back. If there’s nothing wrong, the Jin Emperor won’t casually depose his reputation as the head of the court. This is a dilemma. “Your Majesty, you promised me that you were once a golden imperial decree, allowing only women to leave the palace on the 23rd of the 12th month.”

However, after taking charge, could he still leave the palace on the 23rd of the 12th month?

Zhou Jingxu watched the two of them fight for a long time and smiled. “Isn’t December 23rd still about ten days away? Fourth Young Lady should be in charge for ten days first. Why bother?”

Yun Xiao bit her lips. She didn’t want to worry, but the Jin Emperor clearly didn’t want her to leave the palace so early!

However, Yun Xiao Gujing Wubo’s eyes suddenly lit up. “It was the maiden who misunderstood His Majesty. The maiden will obediently be in charge of these ten days.” As for what happened in the future, it had nothing to do with her. Thinking of this, she threw a grateful look at Zhou Jingxu.

“You’re smart, but I want you to work in Imperial Kitchen in the future. Since you’ve already lost my full-time Imperial Chef, shouldn’t you compensate me for it?” The Jin Emperor’s face was gloomy, full of schemes.

Yun Xiao looked at the Jin Emperor with a slightly angry expression. “Your Majesty, Imperial Chef Lu is going to poison you and harm you. If everyone hadn’t seen your true colors today, would they have poisoned your life in the future? The maiden really doesn’t know.”

She helped him, not to mention grateful, but also plotted against herself, which made Yun Xiao somewhat angry.

“Really? If your arrival hadn’t stimulated Imperial Chef Lu, this wouldn’t have happened in the future, right?” The Jin Emperor had a calm expression on his face, but what he said made Yun Xiao want to rush up to the teacup where he drank water and put some poison down again.

“If His Majesty says so, the maiden has nothing to say. Since His Majesty wants the maiden to compensate you for an imperial chef, the maiden can recommend a person. That person is Cao Bingrong, whom His Majesty has seen today. Her words, deeds and character are excellent!”

After Yun Xiao finished speaking, she suddenly remembered something and hurriedly continued, “Your Majesty, needless to say, Cao Bingrong was originally a cook in Imperial Kitchen and was not recommended by the maids. However, if it wasn’t for the cooking competition this time, no one would have noticed Cao Bingrong’s talent, right? This should also be credited to the maids, right?”

“Smart words!” The Jin Emperor’s gloomy eyes fell on Yun Xiao’s, but his words carried a sense of dignity.

Yun Xiao only smiled dryly and looked at Zhou Jingxu for help.

Zhou Jingxu understood and coughed dryly, “Father, Fourth Young Lady Yun is not from our Imperial Palace. Since Fourth Young Lady is unwilling to stay, why would you force others to buy it? There are naturally a lot of people who are skilled in cooking.”

Zhou Jingxu did not know why his father had been making things difficult for Yun Xiao today. His eyes carried traces of doubt, but this doubt quickly disappeared.

The Jin Emperor cast a glance at Zhou Jingxu. Ever since Yun Xiao saved Zhou Jingxu, Zhou Jingxu had always looked at Yun Xiao differently. “Is that so?”

His ice-cold voice carried no emotion at all, and no one could hear the meaning behind his words.

Zhou Jingxu coughed dryly and continued, “Father Emperor is a wise lord. Why would he ruin the reputation of a wise and virtuous person just because of a woman?” Father Emperor had already said that as long as Fourth Young Lady Yun stayed in the Imperial Palace until the 23rd day of the 12th month and did not let the 4th Young Lady leave the palace, what would the people think of Father Emperor? On the other hand, during the past few days when Father Emperor was in the palace with Fourth Young Miss, Not only did he mention Fourth Young Lady being the head of Imperial Kitchen, he also kept his promise to let Fourth Young Lady Yun out of the palace. He would definitely leave behind a good name for Father Emperor. If Father Emperor is unwilling, he could mention Cao Bingrong and Fourth Young Lady running Imperial Kitchen together. When Father Emperor leaves, Imperial Kitchen will not be in a mess. I wonder what Father Emperor thinks of my proposal?

As he spoke, he directly took the teacup in front of the Jin Emperor and drank it.

The Jin Emperor shook his head repeatedly. “Since you’re pleading for mercy, let’s forget about today’s matter. It’s just like you said. However, how are the injuries on your hands these past few days? How are they recovering?”

Even though Zhou Jingyan respectfully agreed, he thought that he could immediately leave the Imperial Cuisine Room. Who would have thought that the Emperor of Jin would turn his brows and start teaching him his homework? He was at a loss for whether to laugh or cry.

Yun Xiao saw that the father and son were deeply affectionate and wanted to leave, but the Jin Emperor had never let her out. Yun Xiao could only treat herself as an invisible person in the Imperial Study Room of the Imperial Palace.

By the time Yun Xiao and Zhou Jingxu left Imperial Kitchen, it was already half an hour later. The sky dimmed, and a few stars hung in the sky, reflecting the glass lights in the palace. It was quite different.

“Tomorrow is another fine day. Mu Tou, do you think there will really be hail in the future?” If it wasn’t for his previous life, Zhou Jingxu wouldn’t have thought that there would be hail the day after tomorrow.

Yun Xiao looked at the weather. Although the weather had been very cold in recent days, the weather was not bad, but she could be sure that the day after tomorrow, the wind and clouds would change color, and it would definitely hail.

Although she had prepared a lot of medicinal ingredients, if there were too many injured people in the capital, she probably wouldn’t be able to save them.

Since he already knew that there would be hail the day after tomorrow, how could he avoid the cholera of his previous life? Since he had the experience of his previous life, it was naturally best to be able to avoid the hail and minimize the loss to the common people.

However, in the current weather, even if it was said that there would be hail the day after tomorrow, no one would believe it.

Right at this moment, two father-in-law walked over from not far away. One of them even said, “Your Majesty has issued an edict. The day after tomorrow, the market will be closed. I wonder why such an edict would be issued?”

Forbidden market? It’s a good idea, I wonder who came up with it.

Normally, curfews would only be imposed at night. No one was allowed to go to the bazaar to sell or buy fifth-grade goods. Everyone closed their doors tightly. In this way, they would be able to avoid disaster.

Yun Xiao’s eyes lit up slightly. If it was an edict, even though the people were doubtful, they had to execute it unconditionally. This was a good idea.