The princess relies on the cat to ascend the throne

Le Ning dodged Lu Wanzhen's playfulness, raised his hand to cover her face, and said to her with a smile: "Your Highness, please don't make trouble. How can you tease me like this in broad daylight?"

Her tone was relaxed, but Lu Wanzhen didn't know if she could still smile so easily after talking about Zou Dequan for a while.

Putting his chin on Le Ning's shoulder sullenly, Lu Wanzhen slowly melted the piece of sugar in his mouth, and decided to wait until the smell inside was gone before opening his mouth, regardless of the fact that the two of them were hugging each other in men's clothes at the moment. What kind of impact will other people have? Even if the servants in this yard have already been dismissed by her.

Le Ning was able to wait patiently at first, but when she realized that she hadn't spoken for a while, she asked nervously:

"What? My master, did he encounter something outside?"

Encountered bandits and water bandits on the way back?

Or some other accident?

Le Ning really couldn't think of anything bigger than this.

Lu Wanzhen snorted and laughed, thinking: It would be great if it was so simple.

It is impossible to hide this matter from the left and right, Lu Wanzhen only said slowly: "Be prepared, this matter...it will be a long story."

Le Ning nodded.

Then it took Lu Wanzhen a quarter of an hour to tell the story of Zou Dequan and Concubine Shu, and the matter of secretly sending her out of the palace and selling her to Ren Yazi.

When Le Ning returned to Wang'an with the pair of unscrupulous parents and joined Zou Dequan's family again, he told them all.

Le Ning's expression gradually became complicated.

It's hard for anyone to keep calm when they hear such things.

There is one more factor in her complexity——

She is not the original owner. Since she came to this world, she has not been treated harshly by that couple for a long time, and she has suffered less. She has been worshiped under Zou Dequan's family since then. With the kitchen system in hand and the care of the teacher, she has a better life than most people.

From her own point of view, as a teacher for one day and a father for life, Zou Dequan's tolerance for her has made her what she is today.

So not only was it difficult for her to feel any hatred towards Zou Dequan, but she was also very grateful to him.

only……

From the point of view of the original owner, if it wasn't for Zou Dequan, she wouldn't have to suffer in those years.

She was born in Dingsheng's family, and as the apple of the eye of the couple in the Duke's Mansion, she will live well.

even……

Just now Lu Wanzhen made it clear to her.

If Zou Dequan hadn't sold him outside, perhaps it would be Le Ning, not Lu Wanzhen, who is sitting on the crown prince.

Yes, she told Le Ning about it so bluntly.

Just thinking about it, Le Ning knew that Duke Lu's mansion would not spare Zou Dequan, and it might take his old life.

only……

Le Ning sighed inwardly.

She didn't want Zou Dequan to die because of herself.

If he died, it would be difficult for Le Ning to accept it, and she would even feel like she was ungrateful; if he didn't die, it would be like nothing to the original owner for the many years of suffering.

"I……"

She spoke slowly under Lu Wanzhen's gaze, full of hesitation in her expression.

"He made me suffer for eight years, and also sheltered me for eight years of freedom. I don't know if the merits and demerits can be used for this matter, but, whether I am hypocritical or benevolent, I have no intention of letting him die. To my fault."

Those who grew up under the red flag could not understand the idea that human life is worthless in this era of imperial power supremacy.

This is also the reason why she decided to indulge in cooking in this world.

Hearing what she said, Lu Wanzhen smiled, raised his hand and patted her shoulder lightly, and said to her:

"Whatever you ask, I will answer."

"From today onwards, he will be imprisoned for the crime of being a child, and he will not be allowed to step into Wang'an for the rest of his life. Life and death are up to him. How do you treat him?"

Lu Wanzhen told the solution that he had already thought of.

Le Ning was startled.

Even if she didn't quite understand it, seeing that Zou Dequan came out of the palace, he had to look forward to resettlement and set up a property. He had been inseparable from the imperial city for most of his life.

Even if he is old, maybe he also wants to find a secluded mountain under the palace wall as his tomb.

Now when he is about to grow old, driving him out of Wang'an is tantamount to letting an old man who has spent most of his life in his hometown forcefully move to another place.

Of course, it is also possible that he did not survive at all.

But this is the best and fairest way.

As far as Zou Dequan was concerned, at least he saved his life for the time being, which was considered a kindness to him.

Le Ning figured out what was going on, fell silent for a while, and nodded, agreeing with Lu Wanzhen's handling method.

Don't forget to add another sentence: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your compassion."

At least this was the best way she could think of to take care of herself and the original owner.

Seeing her being troubled by these things, Lu Wanzhen suddenly felt a little unhappy. She thought that this person should always be happy and happy, even if she was distressed, it was because the dishes did not find the right ingredients, or because her performance today was not good enough. Abnormal, so that the taste is slightly worse.

Such trivial and easy-to-solve little things, small things that can easily divert her or the cat's attention, that's right.

Sorrow should not dwell too long in the heart of this man.

So, Lu Wanzhen raised his hand to caress the mark between her eyebrows, with a bit of unreasonable domineering in his voice:

"Don't frown."

Le Ning didn't realize how deep her expression had become at all, she reflexively stretched her eyebrows following Lu Wanzhen's strength, but at the same time, a doubt appeared in her heart:

Am I frowning?

She didn't realize it until the eyebrows relaxed a little, oh, it really did.

but……

She laughed and said: "Such a big event, why don't you allow me to be sad for a while?"

After all, she was the one who recognized Master sincerely in this world.

However, Lu Wanzhen was unreasonable and strong, and nodded back to her: "No."

After finishing speaking, he raised his hand to let him walk lightly among the flowers in the corner, and secretly looked at the sesame seeds of the two of them in the dark. The little cat sensed her intentions, and he didn't want to get close, so he hesitated and backed away. It seemed that he wanted to sneak into the grass and run away while she was not paying attention.

Lu Wanzhen didn't allow it to be so perfunctory, and immediately said coldly: "How dare you run?"

There was an obvious threat in the words.

Zhima let out a dejected "owwow", and reluctantly walked to her feet, and was pinched by the skin of the back of her neck by Le Ning, and then put into Le Ning's arms.

Lu Wanzhen looked at Le Ning, and ordered unreasonably again:

"Pick the cat."

"Stop frowning."

Le Ning was speechless and choked, but Sesame was already lying in his arms. He stroked its soft fur in the palm of his hand, and touched it subconsciously a few times. I don't know if it was a psychological reason, but he felt that patting the cat really relieved his worries. .

Sesame Sheng lay in Le Ning's arms unrequitedly, feeling the threatening sight of the great demon king Lu Wanzhen, and did not dare to run, so he could only follow Le Ning's strength to raise his paws and legs, so that the other party could touch him more Comfortable.

A word written on the cat's face:

I am a cat doll with no emotion.

Cats are arrogant by nature, especially female cats. Compared with male cats, they always have more integrity. It's okay to circle around you on a whim, rub around you, and even allow you to touch it, but if you want to round it up and flatten it, or even let it match you being touched, that's probably impossible.

The same goes for sesame seeds.

Because of the unprincipled pampering of Le Ning, the master, basically never forcibly touched Sesame against the cat's wishes, so Sesame was not well behaved in her arms most of the time.

This time was a complete exception, Le Ning touched and touched the kitten, but he didn't see the kitten running away, so he just had a good time masturbating it.

From the beginning to the end, Lu Wanzhen sat by and shot threatening eyes at Zhima.

It wasn't until Le Ning's pressure was gradually relieved that she heard Zhima yelling "meow" in a low voice, aggrieved in her arms. She couldn't bear it, so she put the little thing down and patted her head again:

"Okay, I won't touch you anymore, go play by yourself."

Lu Wanzhen looked at her: "Is this all right?"

Le Ning saw that if she hadn't recovered, she would continue to catch sesame seeds to endure the torture. In order to prevent the cat at home from being bald all at once, she suppressed a smile and replied helplessly: "En."

She clapped her hands, patted off the flying cat fur, and said to Lu Wanzhen, "Let's go, I want to see Master."

Lu Wanzhen silently agreed to her request, and led her out of the courtyard.

……

Zou Dequan never thought that seeing his little apprentice again would be like this.

He imagined many things that he would grow old.

Now Zougong Restaurant has stores in Wang'an and Luoyang, and he plans to visit Jiangnan after a while, and maybe open a branch in Jiangnan.

When half of his body is buried in the ground, he will look at these apprentices again. If they are still by his side, he will distribute all these pavements to the apprentices——

Money is something that he doesn't bring with him when he is born, and he doesn't take it with him when he dies. He is extremely open-minded.

In his mind, the disciples he had accepted were all extremely talented, especially the senior apprentice Su Hanzhang, and the younger apprentice Le Ning. If Hanzhang hadn't intended to enter the palace before, he would have wanted to introduce Hanzhang into the imperial dining room.

That's fine, folks are always more comfortable than palaces, Zou Dequan comforted himself in this way.

But he didn't expect--

When he was old, the things that he kept a secret from all his life, and the things that disturbed his conscience all his life, suddenly changed.

It turned out that Le Ning was the child he sent out of the palace.

The complexity in Zou Dequan's heart cannot be expressed in words, even when he saw Le Ning again, he didn't know what expression to express other than a wry smile.

He looked much older again.

Perhaps it was tortured by this incident, and there was no peace these days.

Le Ning bowed to Zou Dequan as usual: "Master."

Those greetings and concerns that I haven't seen for a long time can't be asked. If it wasn't for her, maybe Zou Dequan is still healthy and strong now, and people won't suddenly associate the word "retired years" with him.

Seeing her salute, Zou Dequan suddenly moved his legs with some difficulty through the wooden fence, and knelt down to Le Ning slowly:

"Don't dare to take on such a title... Your pain of leaving home is all caused by me, even if I die, it will be difficult to make up for it."

Le Ning avoided subconsciously, watching the old man kneeling towards her from a close distance, this feeling made her very uneasy.

She actually came to bid farewell to Zou Dequan, but when they met, she suddenly felt a little anxious, always feeling that she had picked the wrong time.

Receiving her pleading gaze for help, Lu Wanzhen squinted his eyes, feeling a bit of untimely joy in his heart for some reason.

Perhaps it was because of Le Ning's rare dependence.

From before to now, Le Ning has only appeared in the field she is good at. She is not cooking or preparing meals. When communicating with people, food is the most important thing. What's more, Dali has a lot of food, people take food as their heaven, so naturally I don't see any problems for her.

Therefore, Lu Wanzhen always has a feeling that it is difficult to enter her life, and feels that Le Ning can travel all over the world with just this skill.

until now--

In dealing with these matters, he showed a look of being at a loss one after another, and even subconsciously asked her for help. This feeling of needing her made Lu Wanzhen extremely happy.

For the first time, she felt that she was a prince. It was good that she had received a lot of training since she was a child. She could handle everything Le Ning was good at for him.

Ah Ning just needs to do what she likes to do forever.

At this moment, Lu Wanzhen's thoughts reached a high degree of agreement with Lu Biheng and his wife.

She took a step forward slowly, blocking Le Ning behind her intentionally or unintentionally, as the Prince of Dali, no matter who bows down to her, she deserves it, so she is naturally very calm.

"The matter has come to this point, it is useless for Duke Zou to regret it now."

"You should be thankful that the Le family and his wife actually let Aning worship under your sect and have been protected by you for many years. Otherwise, at this moment, you can only be a lonely ghost in an unnamed graveyard outside the city."

"Now Aning misses you as a teacher for many years, so I came to see you."

After she finished speaking, Le Ning nodded, stood up from behind her, looked at Zou Dequan, and said seriously: "Yes, Master, although Ah Ning doesn't know the reason for your actions, I still feel grateful to Master for many years. Come and take care."

"It may be difficult to meet Master in the future, but I hope Master will take care of you."

Le Ning took a deep look at him, and bowed to him again, fulfilling the master-disciple relationship.

When she looked up, she saw tears in Zou Dequan's eyes, his lips trembling, and a dumb sentence came out:

"Slave, how can he be..."

Zou Dequan looked at her and thought, if it wasn't for him, this person would be the crown prince in bright red uniform today.

In the future, he will be the emperor who will be admired by all people.

What virtue and ability does he have to deserve this master?

Le Ning didn't know what to say, so she just gritted her teeth and turned to leave. If she continued, she felt that she was going to cry because of this parting.

Lu Wanzhen looked at Zou Dequan coldly, turned around and followed Le Ning's pace, he didn't care about the fact that this person was walking in front of him, he just fell behind her not too far away, and accompanied her all the way out of the dungeon, back to the courtyard er.

Le Ning basked in the sun in the yard for a long time, and when it was almost noon, he remembered that he was going to have dinner with Lu Biheng and his wife, and he got up and went there in a daze.

Just two steps away, she saw Lu Wanzhen who was drinking tea leisurely on the other side.

Sensing her gaze, Lu Wanzhen put down the teacup, licked the smell of scented tea left on his lower lip, swallowed the last bit of fragrance, and then said slowly:

"It's not in vain to accompany you all morning, and now I can finally think of me."

Le Ning smiled at her with some embarrassment, raised his hand to gently shave his cheeks, and said to her: "I appreciate your Highness's concern, I have been depressed all morning, and now I am better!"

"There's no frowning anymore, look!"

As he spoke, Le Ning raised his hand to poke his own lips, and manually pulled a smile on himself.

Lu Wanzhen endured it, but still couldn't hold back his smile. Looking at her movements, his hands felt itchy for some reason, so he moved to her side, raised his hand and pinched her face, feeling like touching her face between his fingers. As soft as a cloud.

Le Ning felt a little pain, took a breath, and stared at her with wide eyes.

Lu Wanzhen squeezed again, and then said in relief:

"Okay, forgive me for ignoring me this morning."

When she finally let go, Le Ning rubbed his cheeks and whispered:

"It's just that I don't care about you, but I squeezed so hard..."

Lu Wanzhen pretended not to hear, and walked in front of her with steps that her relatives would not recognize.

It wasn't until he was about to reach the gate of Lu Biheng's courtyard that Lu Wanzhen slowed down, walked to the position next to her as if nothing had happened, and entered the courtyard with her.

……

Lu Wanzhen and Le Ning entered the yard together, and seeing Lu Biheng standing outside, the tall man saluted Lu Wanzhen and called out:

"Prince Chu."

Lu Wanzhen didn't dare to hold his identity in the Duke's mansion, and immediately called out: "Uncle."

Lu Biheng nodded, looked at Le Ning, his expression was much gentler, even his voice was deliberately lowered, and he said to her:

"Your mother has ordered someone to open the banquet. Today is a good day for you to return home. The family banquet was supposed to be held in the main hall of the Lu family. I think you are not quite used to it, so you have postponed the family banquet."

Le Ning responded with a smile, "Thank you, Grandpa, for your understanding."

She is really not used to eating with a big family all of a sudden, especially when she is the protagonist.

Now that she can leave time in advance to make psychological preparations, she is really relieved, and then she really feels the love from her parents.

Le Ning's affection for Lu Biheng and his wife increased a little bit, and when he walked into the courtyard, he could smell a fragrance from a distance.

She moved her nose, trying to distinguish:

"This is... grilled fish?"

Hearing her voice, Zhou Xiantong walked out of the house. Today, she had more smiles on her face than in previous years, but she didn't notice it at all. She looked at Le Ning as if there was a pool of autumn water in her eyes.

"A-Ning is here, come in quickly."

Le Ning obediently followed Zhou Xiantong into the room, and saw a dozen plates on the couch, one of which exuded a domineering smell was the grilled fish she had just smelled.

Of course, she didn't think that ordinary grilled fish could be in this elegant hall, so she looked at it curiously, and carefully distinguished the taste, and suddenly her eyes lit up:

"That way... Could it be the legendary Tibetan sheep with fish belly?"

Seeing Le Ning's attention turned to one of the main dishes, Zhou Xiantong responded to her in a warm voice: "Yes, if you like it, after the meal, I will ask the cook to come over and explain to you how to make this dish in detail."

Le Ning happily responded, "Thank you, Aunt."

Seeing her impatient look, Zhou Xiantong handed her a pair of chopsticks and winked at her: "You can sneak a taste first while your grandpa is coming."

Le Ning was amused by her tone, and said: "I don't want to be so urgent, but we can have dinner together after Grandpa comes. I haven't seen this dish for a long time, and I can't help myself."

This is a dish she has tasted in modern times, which belongs to Shandong cuisine.

According to legend, Tibetan sheep with fish belly was created by Yi Ya in the Spring and Autumn Period. Cut lamb, winter bamboo shoots, mushrooms, etc. named.

There is also a saying that Xian in Chinese characters was originally written as three fishes in traditional Chinese, because fish is the freshest of all flavors, and after the appearance of "Tibetan sheep with fish belly", Xian will look like fish plus sheep today.

The allure of this dish can be seen.

The taste of this dish that Le Ning tasted in modern times was mediocre, it may be due to the level of the cook, or it may be something else.

But now in another time and space, she suddenly saw this smell again. First, she was a little nostalgic, and second, she really felt that she was so close to the legend. Under the influence of her feelings, she inevitably brought expectations.

Now judging only from the color and aroma, she knows that this cook's craftsmanship is much better than what she has tasted in modern times.

Compared with his senior brother, this fish grilling technique is on par.

Presumably, the chef who can stay in Lu Guogong's mansion must have unique skills in his hands.

Le Ning couldn't help but look forward to it.

……

at the same time.

outside the courtyard.

Lu Wanzhen and Lu Biheng talked about Le Ning's impression of Zou Dequan, and then said very respectfully:

"I have an idea, uncle can listen to it for reference."

Lu Biheng asked her to speak out.

Lu Wanzhen talked about how to deal with Zou Dequan, and mentioned by the way: "Just now he sent someone to send me a message, saying that behind him, Wang'an's restaurant will be left in Aning, because Aning has put a lot of effort into the restaurant. , so let’s talk about comfort.”

Lu Biheng's eyes shot with murderous intent: "He really wants to have fun!"

But he just wants to get rid of this eunuch and hurry up!

Lu Wanzhen didn't say a word. In the past, he only saw the uncle's silent appearance in the court hall, and more often saw him adding clothes to his wife by Zhou Xiantong's side, because he had never seen Lu Biheng's aura when he went into battle to kill the enemy. , so this was the first time Lu Wanzhen felt the uncle's killing intent.

It made her feel a little terrified.

Lu Biheng closed his eyes, and it took him a long time to calm down his anger, and said:

"If that's what Aning meant, then so be it."

He knew his wife would make the same choice.

No matter how difficult it is for the present Zou Dequan to cause any harm to their family, let alone one day with him, he will never let anyone hurt his wife and children, Lu Biheng decided in his heart.

Lu Wanzhen nodded: "Uncle and aunt don't need to worry about this matter anymore, my nephew will order people to handle things properly."

Hearing what she said, Lu Biheng pursed his lips and said:

"A-Ning, I would like to thank Your Highness..."

Lu Wanzhen hurriedly shied away: "Where, as the Lu family, this matter is just a nephew's job."

Lu Biheng shook his head: "In any case, Your Highness has been very kind to my family. If His Highness orders you in the future, I will do my best for His Highness—"

How dare Lu Wanzhen let the old man do his best for him: "To be honest, I have known Aning for many years, and she has saved my life. I should do something for her."

Upon hearing this, Lu Biheng felt that the matter was not simple.

"Oh? I don't know about this... His Highness actually has such a friendship with the little girl?"

Lu Wanzhen smiled subtly.

Seeing her expression, Lu Biheng didn't know what to think, and suddenly opened his mouth tentatively: "Could it be that your Highness and my little girl—"

Lu Wanzhen saw that the matter could not be avoided, so he simply admitted:

"I have been in love with Aning for a long time, and I intend to ask the saint to marry Aning for me."

The author has something to say: go play games! ! !Have a nice day!

After thinking about it, I want to come back and add something.

If anyone thinks that Le Ning's treatment is unfair to the original owner, I will say a word here:

First, she didn't want to cross over by herself, and second, she was responsible to the original owner, who would be responsible to her, why should she bear a life because of other people's suffering?

In this way, I think she is right to deal with it like this. Sometimes if you ignore human life and open this precept, you will not be able to go back. The role of the law lies in this. Everyone is a member of a society ruled by law.

PS again, the farewell was originally a foreshadowing of the subsequent sentence, but after thinking about it, it is obvious to directly change the rule of law.

Tang Law: "Those who are slightly □□ concubines' children will enter for three years."

And because Le Ning's status is different, the sentence will be stricter, but it is much better than committing suicide privately.