Chapter 226 Looking for Su Yu
Chapter 226 Looking for Su Yu
At this time, in the flower hall of the main house, Princess Ronghua was still immersed in the memories and fantasies of the delicious spicy hot pot.
She frowned slightly, but the corners of her mouth unconsciously rose, as if the mouth-watering spicy aroma was already lingering at the tip of her nose.
Princess Li Feng, who was sitting nearby, couldn't help but smile when she saw her daughter looking distracted and dazed.
Her beautiful eyes turned slightly, and she asked in a gentle voice, "My little greedy cat, what's wrong? You look so lost, are you thinking about something delicious?"
Princess Ronghua came to her senses when her mother asked her this. Without thinking, she blurted out, "My daughter is missing that spicy hot pot!"
"Spicy hot pot! Haha, you are worthy of being my precious daughter. You and daddy have the same idea. What a coincidence, daddy, I also want to try this!"
Before he could finish his words, he heard a steady and powerful sound of footsteps coming from afar, and then a figure as tall as a pine tree appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing this, the two maids behind the princess hurriedly knelt down and saluted, saying in unison: "Greetings, Your Majesty!" Their voices were clear and melodious, as beautiful as the sound of a yellow oriole singing out of a valley.
The son-in-law Xu Ziang raised his hand slightly and said with a smile: "Everyone get up." After that, he spread his sleeves in a dashing manner, strode to the table, and sat down steadily.
At this moment, the eldest princess was looking at the two people, one big and one small, in front of her with an amused face. She opened her red lips and said slowly: "I know that you two, father and daughter, are very greedy. I have already asked Grandma Gao to serve the meal. Let's eat this spicy hotpot today."
Upon hearing this, Prince Consort Xu Ziang's smile on his slightly round face grew even brighter. He stood up, bowed to the princess, and said with a smile, "Thank you very much, Your Highness! Ever since I tried that spicy hot pot last time, it's become so delicious that anything else I eat now seems bland!"
However, Princess Ronghua on the side had a look of suspicion on her face and couldn't help but exclaim "Ah?"
She muttered to herself: How is this possible? Even Chef Cai can't make this spicy hot pot. I've been pestering him for days, but to no avail. Could it be that as long as Mother gives the order, this hot pot will be easily served on the table?
The eldest princess thought her daughter was too surprised.
At this moment, footsteps were heard at the door. The eldest princess saw that it was Grandma Gao, and she smiled and said, "She's here. It's time to have your meal."
As soon as Chef Cai entered the main hall, he knelt in front of his masters and said, "Princess, Prince Consort, and Princess, it is my incompetence that I cannot make that spicy hot pot. Please punish me, Master."
Princess Li Feng was confused. She asked, "Didn't you do it last time?"
Chef Cai said: "Last time, the little princess brought a guard into the kitchen to make it, saying it was a delicacy from her hometown. After the dish was done, the guard left, and I don't even know the recipe for this pot."
Princess Li Feng was even more confused. A guard could cook? She looked at her daughter and said, "Ronghua, tell me, where did this guard come from? He can also cook?"
Ronghua showed a sly smile on his face and chuckled: "Oh, it was during the horse racing in the suburbs. I found a guard emitting a strong fragrance. It made me greedy. I immediately sent him to the kitchen and asked him to make delicious food for his daughter."
When Prince Consort Xu Ziang heard this, he couldn't help but feel confused and unbelievable.
Of course he knew how much his daughter loved food, but he never expected it to go to this extent - she even didn't let go of a single guard and wanted to capture him to cook for her.
So, he frowned and asked, "Which guard is it? Why not just ask him to come over to the kitchen?"
Ronghua shook her head helplessly and sighed, "Dad, if only it were that simple! Since last time, I have searched almost the entire mansion, but there is still no trace of that guard.
And it's my fault, too. I was so focused on catching him and making something delicious that I didn't even get a good look at him. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid only the chefs in the kitchen and my personal maid, Jasmine, would recognize him."
At this time, the maid Jasmine standing beside hurriedly stepped forward and answered respectfully: "Your Highness the Princess, Your Highness the Prince Consort and the Little Princess, I have carefully searched all the guards inside and outside the mansion, but I did not find the figure of the guard with the fragrance. Perhaps..." Having said that, the maid Jasmine paused for a moment, as if she was hesitant about whether to continue.
Seeing this, the princess quickly asked, "What could it be? Tell me quickly!"
The maid Jasmine said: "Maybe he is not someone from the mansion, but someone who sneaked into the racecourse. I heard that a guard was stripped and thrown outside the racecourse, but the thief did not kill him."
The eldest princess said angrily: "This is outrageous! How can it be guarded? Anyone can enter and leave the horse ranch and even be brought into the princess's mansion. The kitchen manager Cai allowed others to enter the kitchen at will and shall be fined twenty lashes of the cane. The commander of the guards in the mansion shall be fined thirty lashes of the cane."
Princess Ronghua saw that the matter was getting a little out of hand, so she weakly advised: "Mother, it's not that serious, my daughter is fine."
The eldest princess snorted coldly and ordered: "Go and call the court physician quickly." It was not until the court physician came and examined the father and daughter and took their pulses for a long time that the physician said: "Your Highness, the two masters are not in trouble with him."
The eldest princess then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Okay, go away."
The eldest princess said: "Although nothing happened this time, you must never take things lightly in the future. You should be careful and drag the man away to punish him."
The servants in the flower hall knelt on the ground one after another and said, "We servants understand."
Afterwards, silence returned to the flower hall in an instant. The eldest princess said: "Ronghua, it's not that I'm stopping you from eating delicious food. It's just that I'm worried. You don't know how many eyes are staring at us. If anything happens to you, how can I live?"
Ronghua lowered her head and said, "Yes, mother, I understand." She said this, but in her heart she was thinking how to find that guard again and eat spicy hot pot again. Besides, the guard didn't do anything to her, right?
Seeing that the princess was worried, the prince consort comforted her: "Princess, don't worry too much. We are all fine. Let's eat quickly, otherwise the food will get cold."
Ronghua said: "Yes, yes, Daddy is right."
The eldest princess stopped preaching and said, "I knew you didn't like to hear me nagging."
But the prince consort said: "No way, no matter what the princess says to me, I feel sweet in my heart, how can I think she is nagging."
As soon as these words were spoken, the eldest princess could no longer hold back her serious sermon and started laughing. Her body was shaking with laughter and her eyes were full of affection. The two of them began to exchange glances and show their love for each other again.
Princess Ronghua was thinking at this moment, where should this princess be at this moment? Parents are always so lingering and sticky.
She could only start eating in silence...
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