Jie a husband is too arrogant

Chapter 179 Extra Story [-]
Outside the imperial study room, the Empress Dowager Rong was still waiting. Seeing Ye Chu come out, she immediately stepped forward and asked, "How is it?"

Ye Chuxiu frowned slightly, and slowly shook her head, "The emperor refuses to drink."

Seeing the woman's mournful appearance, the Empress Dowager Rong couldn't help feeling distressed, and stroked her face, "Don't be sad, it's none of your business, the emperor doesn't understand your heart."

"No, it's because the concubine didn't do well and let down the expectations of my concubine mother!" Ye Chu's eyes were full, and his face was full of guilt, which was charming.

Empress Dowager Rong felt more and more pity for her, "My concubine understands the emperor, and it really has nothing to do with you, and you have been wronged."

Ye Chu smiled and shook his head, "No wrong!"

"Good boy, let's go back, let's ignore him!" The Empress Dowager Rong laughed angrily, at this moment she had completely loved Ye Chu as her own daughter, and walked out together holding her hand.

After returning to the palace, within a short while, Empress Dowager Rong had various rewards to Yaohua Palace.

Ye Chu looked at those rare treasures and sighed, "If such a treasure trades for my freedom, it will be worth it!"

Because of the mouthful of soup that Ye Chu vomited back, Xiao Lie felt nauseous when he saw the soup on the dinner at night, his handsome face was gloomy, and the maids serving on the left and right were trembling with fright, and he didn't know what he had done to make the emperor unhappy.

At night, after all the palace people fell asleep, Ye Chu quietly went out with Sixi.

The two of them took a dozen sewn cloth bags and went into the woods in the garden with a lamp. Ye Chu taught Sixi to identify the cicada's hole, and then covered the cloth bags over them. After covering all the cloth bags, they went back to sleep.

The next morning, when I got up early, there was a cicada pupa in each cloth bag.

Ye Chu happily put these cicada pupae into a cloth bag and taught Sixi, "Go to the imperial dining room and fry up all these cicadas. Let's add extra food for lunch."

Sixi was a little frightened looking at these cicada pupae that had just moulted, and asked, "Miss, is this really edible?"

"After frying, it's crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It's crispy and delicious. It's the best food in the world. Eat it once and you're guaranteed to like it!" Ye Chu raised his eyebrows.

"What if the imperial dining room is not fried?" Sixi asked again.

"Stupid, if he doesn't fry you, he will say that the emperor ate it, and tell them it's a golden cicada, and it's a great tonic."

"Yes, the servant has gone!"

Sixi said, and carefully carried a bag of cicada pupae to the imperial dining room.

Ye Chu went back to her room, just waiting to eat her delicious food.

Sixi went all the way into the imperial dining room, and saw dozens of people busy, but she didn't know anyone, so she dared not go in.

Seeing Sixi, the people in the first palace asked, "Which palace are you from, and what are you doing here?"

Sixi immediately stepped forward, holding the cloth bag in her hand, and said, "Auntie, can you wash and fry this cicada pupa for me?"

"What?" The maid in charge widened her eyes.

The food eaten by the masters in the palace is all delicacies from mountains and seas, high-quality, where has she seen such "ugly" things.

"Cicada pupae!" Sixi said.

The aunt frowned in disgust, "Which palace are you from, why would I bomb this for you?"

Sixi rolled her eyes and said with a smile, "I serve the emperor!"

"Serving the emperor? Does the emperor want to eat this? I haven't heard of it!" The aunt in charge obviously didn't believe it.

While talking, Suizi, the little court lady who was crying in the garden that day, came over, pointed at Sixi and said excitedly, "It's you!"

Sixi chuckled, "Suizi!"

"You guys know each other?" asked the aunt in charge.

Suizi hurriedly said, "Miss Sixi is serving by the emperor's side!"

Hearing Suizi's words, the aunt in charge believed it, and immediately became polite, "It turns out that the girl really serves the emperor, and this servant is rude! Don't worry, this servant girl will definitely fry it for you."

Sixi nodded, and told her how to wash, marinate, and fry until golden brown.

"No need to deliver, I'll pick it up before lunch!" Sixi exhorted.

"Okay, don't worry!" The aunt in charge smiled all over her face.

"Suizi, I'm leaving first!" Sixi said goodbye to Suizi.

"Sister walk slowly!"

Watching Sixi walk away, the aunt in charge asked Suizi in surprise, "You still know the people around the emperor!"

Suozi smiled shyly, "I met by chance!"

"Oh!" The aunt in charge raised her eyebrows, and her attitude towards Suizi also became more friendly, "Suizi has been here for ten days, so tell aunt if there is anything you are not used to."

Suizi was flattered, "No, thank you, Auntie!"

"You're welcome, just ask aunt if you have anything to do in the future!" The aunt in charge held Suizi's hand, was amiable, and carried a bag of cicada chrysalis into the imperial dining room.

Sixi went back and reported to Ye Chu that the matter was settled, so Ye Chu only waited for the golden and crispy cicada pupae for lunch.

It was almost noon, and the meals of the masters in the palace were ready. Aunt Liu, the steward, personally fried the cicada pupae that the "emperor" had ordered. The strong aroma attracted many people to watch.
"What is this, why is it so fragrant?"

Those who knew it exclaimed in shock, "It's fried cicada pupae!"

The fried cicada chrysalis is not as scary as before. It looks buttery and shiny, crispy and tender. When served with a plate with blue and white background, everyone can't help drooling.

"This is what the emperor wants to eat, and someone will serve it later, there is no room for you! Get out of the way, and do whatever you want!" Aunt Liu coaxed all the onlookers away.

The servant who served the dishes happened to be serving lunch to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and said with a smile, "Why don't you serve it together with the slaves!"

"Alright!" Aunt Liu put the cicada chrysalis on a tray and asked the little eunuch to bring it to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After the little eunuch took a cup of tea, Sixi came.

Aunt Liu greeted her personally and said with a smile, "It's Miss Sixi who is here!"

Sixi grinned, "Did the cicada chrysalis explode?"

"It exploded, and it's all gone."

"Take it away?" Sixi asked in surprise, "Where did it go?"

"Isn't it what the emperor wants to eat? Of course it's going to the Hall of Mental Cultivation!" Aunt Liu said.

Sixi's face turned pale all of a sudden, and she said anxiously, "How long have you been walking?"

"Yo!" Aunt Liu thought for a while, "I've been away for a long time, and I should have arrived. Miss Sixi will see it when I go back!"

Sixi's heart skipped a beat, she thought it was over!

turn around in a hurry
go back.

"Miss Sixi, come over if you have something to do!" Aunt Liu was still waving enthusiastically from behind.

Sixi went straight back to Yaohua Palace and told Ye Chu that her cicada pupae were served to the emperor as lunch.

"Ah?" Ye Chu stood up from the chair, "Then go get it back!"

After finishing speaking, he remembered that others could not enter the Hall of Mental Cultivation, so he couldn't help but said dejectedly, "I can't eat my cicada pupae!"

"It's not just that we can't eat it anymore!" Sixi said anxiously, "If the emperor pursues it, he must know that the cicada pupae belongs to us, and maybe he will blame it."

Ye Chu was puzzled and said, "Why should I blame it? Is it a crime to catch a cicada pupae and eat it?"

"It's fine for others to eat it. You are a concubine De, with a noble status. What do you want the emperor to think of catching cicada pupae in the middle of the night?" Sixi asked with her eyes wide open.

"I, I..." Ye Chuzhi was speechless for a long time, rolled his black eyes, sat back in peace, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the emperor's lunch does not have hundreds of dishes, but fifty dishes, how could that be?" Just noticed the cicada chrysalis."

Sixi thought about it, and she was right, "I hope, the emperor really didn't see it."

……

Xiao Lie was not as extravagant as Ye Chu thought. There were over a hundred dishes in one meal, but it was indeed quite a lot. Including the soup, there were a total of thirty dishes.

I really didn't notice the inconspicuous cicada pupa, but the little eunuch who delivered the food was the bad one, and said something extravagantly, "This is the fried cicada pupa specially given by the emperor!"

So the dish of cicada chrysalis was placed in front.

Xiao Lie came from the imperial study at noon, changed his clothes and cleaned his hands, and sat down at the Eight Immortals table to start having lunch.

Eunuch Fu stood behind him, and on the left and right stood four court ladies carrying vegetables.

Xiao Lie didn't drink soup these days, so the soup was placed in the farthest place.

Seeing the cicada chrysalis, the maid who picked up the vegetables remembered what the little eunuch had told her, so she was the first to pick up the cicada chrysalis and put it on a gold-rimmed plate for Xiao Lie to enjoy.

Xiao Lie was thinking about the discussion with the minister in the imperial study just now, he was not thinking about the food, he picked up the cicada chrysalis carelessly, thinking about other things, and put the chopsticks in his mouth.

When the cicada chrysalis reached his mouth, he subconsciously looked down, just in time to see the fried cicada chrysalis staring at him with its teeth and claws open.

Xiao Lie was taken aback, the chopsticks fell to the ground with a "bang", and he stood up in a "bass", and asked in a deep voice, "What is this?"

Everyone was also startled, and they all knelt down, "Slaves and servants are terrified!"

Xiao Lie was just thinking about something at the time, and suddenly saw the ferocious appearance of the cicada pupae
He was shocked for a moment, but he calmed down in an instant, looked at the cicada chrysalis on the table, and frowned slightly, "What is this?"

The little maid hurriedly replied, "Fried cicada chrysalis, the father-in-law in the imperial dining room said that the emperor specially told him to eat it!"

Xiao Lie frowned even tighter, "When did I explain?"

Several court ladies looked at each other with fear on their faces.

Eunuch Fu who was standing behind narrowed his eyes and his face became serious. The emperor didn't explain it, but someone lied that the emperor wanted to eat it and asked the maid to hold it to the emperor. Could there be some conspiracy?
Or are cicada pupae poisonous?

Eunuch Fu immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Who told you, who cooked the dishes, bring them here!"

"Yes!" The little eunuch at the door saw that Eunuch Fu had a bad face, thought the situation was serious, and hurried away.

Soon, the eunuch who delivered the dishes and Aunt Liu, the steward of the imperial dining room, were brought over, kneeling on the ground tremblingly, not knowing what happened.

Eunuch Fu took a step forward and asked sharply, "Who made this fried cicada pupae?"

Aunt Liu knelt down on the ground and hurriedly said, "It was done by the servant girl!"

"Who told you that the emperor wants to eat this?"

Aunt Liu immediately said, "It's the emperor's personal maid, Miss Sixi."

"Sixi?" Eunuch Fu was startled, then turned around and asked the other court ladies, "Is there a servant named Sixi in the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"

The maids all shook their heads, "No."

"never heard of that."

Aunt Liu's complexion suddenly changed, she was as pale as paper, and she said in a trembling voice, "The girl herself said that she served the emperor, and the slaves believed her. By the way, Suizi also said that she served the emperor."

"Who is Suizi?" Eunuch Fu asked.

"It's a maid from the imperial dining room, just here!" Aunt Liu said in panic.

When he heard that it was a maid who had just arrived, Eunuch Fu felt even more suspicious, and ordered, "Bring this maid named Suizi to the miscellaneous family!"

"Yes!" The guarding eunuch immediately left in response.

Aunt Liu and Chuancai's little eunuch knelt on the ground trembling, not daring to get up or make a sound.

Xiao Lie sat on a carved wooden chair and sipped tea, his handsome face was indifferent, and he was silent.

Eunuch Fu bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid someone did it on purpose."

Aunt Liu immediately kowtowed and said, "Your Majesty has learned from you that slaves are wronged, slaves are wronged!"

"I didn't ask you, so don't make any noise!" Eunuch Fu scolded.

Aunt Liu immediately shut her mouth and lowered her head deeply.

After a while, Suizi was brought over. She didn't dare to raise her head before she saw such a battle, and knelt on the ground with a "plop", "Slave, slave, please see, Your Majesty, please greet your Majesty!"

Eunuch Fu asked, "Your name is Suizi? You said that the girl named Sixi serves in the Hall of Mental Cultivation?"

"Yes!" Suizi's voice trembled.

"Nonsense!" Eunuch Fu yelled angrily, "There is no maid named Sixi in Yangxin Palace, what is your intention and who is instigated by you, and you still don't engage in recruiting!"

Suizi was dumbfounded, and almost sat there paralyzed, "This servant is wronged, this servant is just an ordinary court lady, she was not instructed by anyone, she said she served the emperor!"

"How did you know that maid named Sixi?" Eunuch Fu asked again.

Suizi hurriedly told how she was wronged that day and hid in the small garden crying. Later, she met two court ladies, one of whom was Sixi, and told her how to comfort her and how to encourage her.

When Eunuch Fu heard it, he remembered it. That day he went to Fushou Palace with the emperor to pay his respects, and on the way he met the concubine De concubine who "fooled" the little palace maid.

Turning his eyes, he looked at Xiao Lie.

Xiao Lie naturally thought of it too, put down the teacup, a sneer appeared on the corner of his lips.

After making a fuss for a long time, it turned out that this was the case.

He looked at the plate of cicada chrysalis on the table with long eyes. It seemed that someone was greedy and pretended to use his name, but he didn't expect it to be brought to the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

"Okay, I know, let's all go back." Xiao Lie said lightly, and then ordered, "Except for this plate of cicada pupae, all other dishes will be removed!"

When Aunt Liu saw that she was all right, she took the tassel and kowtowed to thank her as if she had been pardoned.

Suizi still didn't know what happened, so she thanked her kindly in a daze, and hurriedly retreated.

After the dishes were taken away, Eunuch Fu stepped forward and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, it turned out to be a misunderstanding, this cicada pupae is what Defei Empress wants to eat!"

Xiao Lie nodded and said in a low voice, "Since Concubine De wants to eat, then call her over to eat!"

"Yes, this slave will send someone to pass on the concubine De to the palace!"

Eunuch Fu bent over and withdrew, and ordered someone to invite the concubine De to see him.

When the imperial decree reached Yaohua Palace, Ye Chu knew that it was the cicada chrysalis that had been "exposed".

"Ma'am, what should I do?" Sixi asked in a panic.

Ye Chu was indifferent, "I don't believe that for a plate of cicada chrysalis, the emperor can kill me!"

After finishing speaking, he strode out of the palace with a dignified look.

Sixi is very pleased, at the critical moment, their young lady is still very imposing!
(End of this chapter)