I only wished to take up my fiefdom, but my elder brother forced me to rebel.

Inside the kitchen of the Ninth Prince's residence.

The chefs in the kitchen burst into laughter upon hearing Su Bo'an's words.

"Butler Su, with so many lashes, can you really make up for it at your age?"

Su Bo'an, his face dark, slammed a sheet onto the cutting board.

"Stop talking nonsense."

"Deer penis, sheep penis, tiger penis, bull penis, dog penis, find everything you can."

The portly cook clutched his stomach. "Butler, if you're really in trouble, we can stew a few old hens for you."

"Add some goji berries and ginseng."

"I guarantee you'll be as vigorous as ever tonight."

Su Bo'an raised his hand to strike.

The cooks quickly dispersed.

"This isn't for me to eat!"

"It's prepared for His Highness the Crown Prince!"

A young cook peeked over.

"Your Highness is only eighteen years old, does he still need supplements?"

"It is precisely because they are young that they do not know how to exercise restraint."

Su Bo'an lowered his voice, "When His Highness returned to the manor, he brought all three ladies into the bedroom."

"The door was closed for more than an hour, and the maid brought tea three times."

"Your Highness was still wounded by an arrow last night, and has been busy all day today."

"If you really work yourself to death, how will you compensate me?"

The fat chef stopped smiling.

"That definitely needs to be done."

"Five whips are not enough, let's add a black chicken and sea cucumber soup as well."

"And there's also turtle stewed with Solomon's seal."

Su Bo'an nodded.

"Do it all."

"The portion size should be generous."

"It must be delivered to the main hospital by noon."

The cooks immediately got to work.

Su Bo'an was still somewhat worried when he left the kitchen.

He had been waiting outside the bedroom for a long time.

Nothing out of the ordinary happened inside.

Su Yuling, holding a dagger, pressed Zhao Mingzhu for information about who she was, Shen Hanqiu changed Lu Yuan's dressing, and Liu Ruyan, holding the box of pearl flowers, asked all sorts of questions.

The four men sat around a table, talking about everything from the imperial court to the Ministry of Justice, and then from Lu City to the Zhao family.

Every time Lu Yuan let something slip, Su Yuling would pinch him.

Over an hour, the teapot in the room was changed three times.

When the door opened, Lu Yuan still had a smile on his face.

Su Yuling and the other two women were rubbing their waists and shoulders, clearly exhausted.

Su Bo'an saw this and dared not be careless.

Inside the room, Su Yuling placed the dagger on the table.

"So, Master Qin was originally hired by the Shen family to harm you?"

"almost."

Lu Yuan finished recounting what had happened in the imperial court.

"However, he changed his mind at the last minute and wanted to take Lu Cheng back to the Celestial Master's Mansion to save his life."

Shen Hanqiu sat to the side, her expression somewhat complicated.

"The Celestial Master is a good person."

"He repaid the Shen family's kindness without harming his husband."

Liu Ruyan hugged Lu Yuan's arm.

"So Lu Cheng will no longer be a prince?"

"His name has been removed from the imperial genealogy."

"Father also sealed off Zhaohua Palace."

Lu Yuan looked at Shen Hanqiu.

"Even if Consort Shen cannot send out a message, Shen Chongshan may still have other spies."

"Something is likely to happen in the North in the next few days."

Su Yuling immediately stood up.

"My grandfather has already set off to take over the Zhenbei Army."

"I have to write to him and warn him to be wary of the Shen family."

"Letters can be written, but one letter is not enough."

Lu Yuan pulled her back to her seat.

"My father has given me three days."

"This matter needs to be considered carefully."

Su Yuling stared at him.

"We'll talk about the North later."

"What's going on with Zhao Mingzhu?"

Liu Ruyan immediately sat up straight.

Shen Hanqiu also put the medicine aside.

Lu Yuan picked up the teacup and realized it was empty.

"She is the eldest daughter of the Fuyuan Escort Agency."

"In order to force her to identify me, Wu Yu imprisoned her and Madam Zhao in the Ministry of Justice's jail."

"After I save the person, I must send them home."

"Do I need to put my arm around your waist to take you home?"

Su Yuling recounted what she had seen at the cloth shop.

Lu Yuan looked at Su Bo'an, who was standing by the door.

Su Bo'an immediately lowered his head.

"The old servant didn't say anything."

"We saw it ourselves."

Liu Ruyan hugged his arm even tighter.

"His Highness even personally bought rouge for Miss Zhao."

"The steward chooses all the rouge for me."

"I bought some for you too."

Lu Yuan pointed to the gifts on the table.

"Yu Ling has a short knife, Han Qiu has a rare book, and Ru Yan has a pearl flower."

"The gift we bought for Zhao Mingzhu was a token of our gratitude for saving her life."

Su Yuling picked up the dagger to examine it.

The blade was sharp, and the character "Ling" from her name was engraved on the scabbard.

Her expression softened somewhat, but she still didn't let Lu Yuan off the hook.

"You are not allowed to go out tonight."

"Your father has entrusted you with military affairs in the northern border."

"You stay in the study and take care of official business."

Lu Yuan reached out and put his arm around her waist. "How dare I disobey the Crown Princess's command?"

Su Yuling slapped his hand away.

"Don't try to get away with this."

"You will sit in the middle today, and my two younger sisters and I will watch you handle official business."

For the next half hour, the three women surrounded Lu Yuan, reading through military reports.

Su Yuling pointed out the terrain of the northern border, Shen Hanqiu sorted out the relationships between the Shen family generals, and Liu Ruyan was responsible for copying the list.

Lu Yuan, on the other hand, was the most comfortable.

Making him do chores... that cheapskate father is really overthinking it.

And just like that, a small cabinet was set up.

By noon, all three of them, including Su Yuling, were sore from exhaustion, but he stretched and stood up.

Liu Ruyan rubbed her shoulders. "Didn't my husband say he'd tell us slowly when he got back?"

"How did it end up with us doing things for you?"

"Husband and wife are one."

Lu Yuan helped her up, saying, "My affairs are your affairs."

"Besides, we're all family, why be so calculating?"

Su Yuling rolled her eyes at him and said irritably, "So, your romantic entanglements are our business too?"

"That's not possible."

"I'll bear this suffering alone."

The three women looked at him at the same time.

Lu Yuan immediately changed the subject.

"Why hasn't the food arrived yet?"

At this time on weekdays, lunch would already be laid out in the kitchen.

Several people waited for a long time today, but no servants came out of the courtyard.

Lu Yuan led the three women to the flower hall and waited for another quarter of an hour.

Just as he was about to send someone to urge him, Su Bo'an finally arrived with more than a dozen servants.

Each servant carried a large tray with a lid on it.

Lu Yuan put on a stern face.

"What's going on in the kitchen today?"

"I and my three wives are all starving."

"You're so careless with your work, and you're even eating chicken cutlet?"

The servants quickly admitted their mistake.

Su Bo'an gestured for them to put the dishes on the table.

After the lid was lifted, a mixture of medicinal herbs and meat aromas wafted out.

The ingredients on the plate are of various shapes; some are sliced ​​thinly, some are coiled into small rolls, and a few remain intact.

Upon seeing this, Shen Hanqiu curiously picked up a piece.

"This is...deer tendon?"

Liu Ruyan stared at the other plate.

"It looks like a sea cucumber to me, long and thick."

Su Yuling stirred the food twice with her chopsticks, then shook her head.

"No, if it were really a sea cucumber, it wouldn't be this long and thin."

"Could they be mushrooms picked from the mountains?"

Lu Yuan's lips twitched violently when he heard their words.

He had already recognized what one of the plates was.

He then scanned the deer penis, sheep penis, bull penis, and tiger penis, and then felt a buzzing in his head.

It really is chicken cutlet!

If I eat all of these things, won't my blood boil?