Adorable Food Goddess

The emperor stepped into the hall, followed by He Lianxuan.

Everyone shouted long live three times in unison, and the queen mother said angrily: "Emperor, look at your subjects, whether they are inferior or not, it's too presumptuous."

The emperor secretly sighed in his heart, what Chunyu said was not wrong at all, Liuli was already sixteen years old and should be restrained, but the Queen Mother was protecting the calf, no one would listen to what she said, and no one dared to say it. Things are really a headache.

"Chunyu, you are my most trusted subject. I have always thought that you have a measure of how to advance and retreat, and you are measured. Why are you so unruly today? Why don't you apologize to the queen mother soon?" The emperor wanted to excuse Chunyu.

Xia Chunyu kowtowed to the ground: "My minister is guilty, please calm down the Queen Mother."

"A confession is enough? Before Liuli entered your house, you bullied him like this, and dared to confront Ai's family face to face. How can Ai's family trust you to give Liuli to you?" The Queen Mother's anger still persisted.

Xia Chun said in his heart: Then don't give it to me, I can't ask for more.

Xia You's heart said: how dare we have such a daughter-in-law, if offended, move in the queen mother to support, is there any way for us to survive?

The Empress Dowager originally hoped that the mother and son would repent and express their attitude in front of her, but the mother and son were silent and left the scene cold.

What does it mean? Dislike Liuli?

Yide saw that the atmosphere was not right, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and smooth things over: "The children are playing around, one is angry today, and the other is reconciled tomorrow, so we don't need to be too serious, but Xiaojing, no matter what, Liuli Younger than you, you should give way, and if you dare to bully her in the future, mother will be the first to not forgive you."

Xia Youshi also scolded his son with a bluffing face: "I've listened to you two, go back and apologize to Liuli, and next time, the family law will take care of you."

The emperor took the opportunity to say: "It's just a misunderstanding, the empress dowager should not be as knowledgeable as the children, it's been a while, the empress dowager should have a rest, let's go!"

Everyone was about to breathe a sigh of relief when the Queen Mother said solemnly: "For the emperor's sake, the Ai family may not hold you guys accountable, but that cook must be dealt with severely."

He Lianjing panicked: "This is not about Li Yao's business at all."

Xia Chunfeng also said: "At that time, Liuli went out of the palace in modest clothes, and even dressed up in men's clothes. Besides, Liuli was at fault at the time. Li Yao just said a few words to her. What is the fault?"

Xia Chunyu said solemnly: "Today at Lan Ting Xuan, many princes and princes are present, and everyone knows what is going on. If the Queen Mother decides to punish Li Yao for his crime, I am afraid that people will not accept it. The official remonstrated that there was something wrong with Liuli, so should others be allowed to point it out?"

The queen mother was annoyed: "Then who is Li Yao? How many of you are required to protect him like this? Are you crazy?"

He Lianxuan who had been silent all this time said: "Back to the queen mother, Li Yao once saved Xiaojing, so he can be regarded as the benefactor of the Helian family."

These words made clear the attitude of the Helian family. If the queen mother insisted on punishing Li Yao, the Helian family would definitely fight with reason.

He Lianxuan didn't say this for Li Yao's sake. Now one of the people kneeling in the hall is his own brother and the other is his best friend. It seems that both of them are willing to offend Li Yao. If he doesn't express his opinion, things will be very troublesome.

The queen mother snorted coldly: "The benefactor of the Helian family has a great background. In this way, he dared to tease Liuli because of the courage of your Helian family."

"Queen Mother, Li Yao is definitely not such a person. He has kindness to my ministers, but he doesn't ask for rewards. He hides in the sky and works as a cook. If it weren't for a coincidence, the ministers might not be able to find him in this lifetime." He Lianjing Defend Li Yao.

The queen mother sneered: "Coincidence? There are so many coincidences in this world. Who can guarantee that he is not going to catch a big fish with a long line, and only you, a stunned young man, will believe it."

"Empress Dowager, this time it was Liuli who went to Tianshangju to eat iced drinks and clamored there. He wanted to demolish the restaurant and take the cook to jail. Li Yao couldn't hear Liuli, so he taunted Liuli, but Liuli planned to frame her. He was a thief who stole money. He encouraged the onlookers to arrest Li Yao and go to see the official. Li Yao quickly resolved it. May I ask what is wrong with Li Yao? It is a majestic princess who does such a thing and disregards the majesty and decency of the royal family. He should be punished It's Liuli that's right." He Lianjing was willing to go all out, even Brother Chunyu could go all out, so what was he afraid of.

"That's not all, Liuli dragged His Highness the Crown Prince to trouble Li Yao, His Highness the Crown Prince admired Li Yao's culinary skills, did not listen to Liuli's advice, and Liuli threatened the landlord of the restaurant to take back the restaurant and close the Tianshangju. Empress Dowager, the dog jumped the wall in a hurry! Li Yao originally wanted to apologize to Liuli, but Liuli refused to let her go, which is why Lan Tingxuan's incident happened. In terms of emotion and reason, Li Yao can stand up." Xia Chunfeng also jumped Come out and argue.

The queen mother was secretly surprised, why what they said was different from what Liuli said? Could it be that Liuli is lying?

The emperor frowned: "If that's the case, then it's Liuli's fault."

"Your Majesty, what I said is true. Today in Lan Ting Xuan, so many people have witnessed it, and Liu Li himself admits it." He Lianjing said.

The queen mother heard that so many people had witnessed it, and when she thought that Liuli had made such a big scandal and became the laughing stock of everyone, she became angry and shouted: "Even if Liuli is wrong, won't you come and tell the Ai family?" ? Calculate her like this, she is a woman who has not left the court, what will you do with her in the future? Where will you put the face of the royal family? Then Li Yao didn't know Liuli's identity at the beginning, so he didn't need to pursue it, but he already knew Liuli If you dare to make calculations like this in your current status, it's simply audacious and reckless."

The problem became more and more serious. The Queen Mother's words made everyone shudder. Is this a death penalty for Li Yao?

He Lianjing kowtowed heavily: "Queen Mother, this is all Weichen's idea. It was Weichen who did not think carefully. Li Yao didn't know about it. He just thought that today he was specially making amends to Liuli. The Weichen called so many people just to find A few testimonies, so that Liuli won't bring up the old score afterward."

Xia Chunfeng also pleaded guilty: "The bad idea was discussed by Weichen and Xiaojing. It really has nothing to do with Li Yao. If the Queen Mother wants to punish me, I should punish Weichen."

Xia Chunyu cupped his hands and said: "Queen Mother, after all, it's all the fault of this minister. It was the minister who didn't know clearly and ran away rashly. Seeing that Liu Li was about to kill someone with a sword, he reprimanded Liu Li in a moment of urgency. Ruo Wei minister Knowing that there are others around, Liuli will never be embarrassed."

The emperor said: "Chunyu, then Li Yao is Xiaojing's benefactor, it is understandable for Xiaojing to stand up for him, what's going on with you and Li Yao?"

Xia Chunyu said solemnly: "Going back to the emperor, Li Yao contributed a lot to breaking the Heifeng stronghold. If it wasn't for his help, the humble minister would have been spotted by Bai Chongye and died in Heifenggang. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the benefactor of the humble minister. But he is low-key and doesn't like publicity, so he doesn't let humble ministers repay him."

He Lianxuan wondered, is there such a thing? Why doesn't he know? No wonder Chunyu said that he owed a lot to Li Yao.

Both He Lianjing and Xia Chunfeng were stunned, they looked at each other, and they were messing around. It turned out that Brother Chunyu had known Li Yao a long time ago.

Xia Youshi was trying hard to recall that young man named Li Yao, with handsome features and an appearance like Pan An. It turned out that he had saved Chun'er's life. If he had known, he would have been more polite to him, but she also contributed to the birthday party. Well, it can be regarded as repaying a favor!

The emperor looked at He Lianxuan, and asked him to verify whether what Chunyu said was true or not.

He Lianxuan said calmly: "It is true."

Can he say he doesn't know?

The emperor nodded: "From this point of view, this Li Yao can be regarded as a person in a narrow sense. I have also heard that some ice drinks are popular in Jinling recently. Was he the one who developed it?"

Xia Chunfeng answered quickly: "Yes, yes, it's delicious. Li Yao said that he has something more delicious to offer."

"My ancestor's birthday banquet was organized by him. I heard that he will make crystal mooncakes and ice cream mooncakes. They say they are new things learned from a foreign country far away from the ocean. They are delicious." He Lianjing Also come to offer treasures.

"Oh? Has he ever been to a foreign country?" The emperor was very interested.

Xia Chun smiled in his heart, Yaoyao is really good at talking, in a foreign country, she is a thousand-dollar lady, she never leaves the house, it must have been a dream! Only these two mindless boys would believe it.

The queen mother was dumbfounded, how could they talk about food? The topic is completely off topic.

"Emperor, how do you deal with this matter? Even Li Yao's fault was unintentional, but things always happened because of him. Could it be that Liuli's grievances were in vain?" The Queen Mother brought the topic back.

The emperor coughed twice: "Since the matter started because of the iced drink, then punish him to give Liuli an iced drink every day in the future. If there is any delicious food, he will also send it together. It can be regarded as an apology for Liuli. As for you, two……"

The emperor pointed to He Lianjing and Xia Chunfeng: "You two have good intentions, but it is a pity that you do not think carefully. It seems that you still need a lot of tempering. From tomorrow, Xiao Jing, you will officially join the military department and let He Lianxuan arrange a job for you." An errand, Chunfeng, you also go to Zhanshi Mansion to get an errand, if you do well in the martial arts examination, I will consider using it again."

He Lianjing and Xia Chunfeng were overjoyed and hurriedly kowtowed their heads to thank them, but they did not expect to be blessed by misfortune.

Yide and Xia Youshi were also overjoyed, but since the Queen Mother was still sullen, it was hard to make it too obvious.

"Chunyu." The emperor called Xia Chunyu's name again.

"My minister is here." Xia Chunyu respectfully waited for the emperor's order.

"Today you spoke against the Empress Dowager. Although it is justifiable, you are always out of courtesy. I will punish you to go back and think about your past, reflect on it, and hand in a letter of repentance in three days. If you fail, write again until I am with you. As long as the queen mother is satisfied." The emperor clearly wanted to punish Chunyu, but in fact he was defending him, this time the queen mother was very angry, if he is still hanging around in the palace, the queen mother will be even more upset when she sees him.

Xia Chunyu naturally understood the emperor's painstaking efforts, kowtowed his head and accepted the punishment: "This humble minister obeys the order."

The queen mother was stunned: "Emperor, is this considered punishment?"

What kind of punishment is this?

The emperor waved his hand: "It's getting late, you all should step back!"

Everyone kowtowed and bowed to retreat.

The emperor then said: "Mother, what happened today is indeed the fault of Liuli. If they are punished, then our royal family's face will really be ruined. Besides, He Lianxuan and Xia cChunyu are both leaders of the younger generation, the pillars of the country. , How can I chill the hearts of my subjects because of such a trivial matter?"

"Then Liuli..." The Empress Dowager still felt sorry for Liuli.

"It's good to let Liuli learn a lesson this time. Liuli is not young anymore and has reached the age of marriage. If she doesn't change her temperament, how will she get along with her husband-in-law and in-law's family in the future? With her temperament, she can be respectful. Elders, I respect my brothers and sisters-in-law? I'm afraid that there will be a lot of turmoil for three days, and if I go to the fiefdom in the future, how can I respect my mother?" The emperor said earnestly.

The queen mother was silent and had to admit that the emperor was right.