Food for the people

"By the way, there is one more thing I need to ask Xiao Ling for help." Qiao Yu said.

"What's the matter?" Qiao Ling asked.

Qiao Yu looked outside, and said to Qiao Ling: "Go and call Grandma Song for me. She still doesn't know about our relationship. Now is the right time. I want to tell her personally."

In a few days, the imperial decree of the emperor's marriage will be passed on to Qiao Yu. At that time, everyone in Hanyang City will know everyone. Qiao Yu doesn't want Grandma Song to know about it from other people. The mouths of a few people may be programmed into what they will look like. It is better for him to say it himself, so that Grandma Song can have time to digest it.

Although Qiao Ling didn't know what his brother was thinking, he agreed immediately and went out of the house to ask Grandma Song.

At this moment, the sun had just set, but the sky had not yet darkened. The cicadas were already singing from the trees. Qiao Ling ran quickly to Grandma Song's house. Go forward and open the door.

Song Siming was squatting in the yard, with a basin in front of him. There were two lively fish swimming in the basin. He was holding a knife in his hand and was planning to scrape the scales of the fish.

Qiao Ling greeted him and asked, "Brother Siming just came back?"

Song Siming turned his head to see him and said with a smile: "Well, I just got home a while ago, and I told grandma to burn the fish and send one to you."

Song Siming looked behind Qiao Ling and found that he came alone, and asked, "Where's your brother? Didn't he come with you?"

Ever since Song Siming knew about the relationship between Qiao Yu and Lu Jincheng, he has been very restrained in front of Qiao Yu. He felt a little conflicted in his heart, and at the same time felt that the identities of Prince Yan and Qiao Yu were too different, so it might not be good for Qiao Yu. At the same time, I feel that Qiao Yu is no longer a child. After all, he is not his own brother. If Prince Yan takes it by force, he will definitely help Qiao Yu whatever he says. But if you have love for the two of you and I will, then there will be no him. It makes sense to point fingers.

Therefore, he had to pretend that he didn't know about it, but when he was on duty in the mansion, he paid close attention to the movement in the mansion. It is impossible for Prince Yan's mansion to not have a concubine. No matter how much Prince Yan likes Qiao Yu now, it is impossible for him to be admitted into the mansion. Go, and when Prince Yan's mansion has a mistress, will Prince Yan still take care of Qiao Yu?At that time, he couldn't do anything else, but he could tell Qiao Yu in advance to let him go far away from Hanyang City, so as not to get angry. If it got to the ears of the Queen Mother, it might be a fatal disaster.

And when Song Siming came back this time, he actually had something important to tell Qiao Yu.

His errand is not in the main courtyard of the Wangfu, and he guards the side gate, he is not so sensitive to the news of the Wangfu, and he is not easy to ask blatantly, so he has not heard any news.

But just recently, he heard that the servant girl in the mansion was saying that the mansion might marry Princess Yan!

The guards of the palace should not talk too much with the maids, and they should not look sideways when they meet each other. Song Siming did not make a special trip to inquire with any maid, but he heard the two maids discussing quietly when they passed by.

It is said that the prince brought someone into the palace a few days ago. Many maids and servants who served in Linxiu Pavilion saw it. Uncle Chen was in front of that person. I heard that it was a mistress ceremony. A cook was added to the mansion, that cook does not work in the palace on weekdays, and only serves that one person, but the prince forbids anyone to speak out, so everyone is silent and dare not speak nonsense.

This kind of gossip is also circulated on weekdays, but they are all speculative, unlike this time, it is not as clear as this, and Song Siming can't believe it.

Don't say anything else, just say that there is a new cook in the palace, he also knows, although he has never met the cook, but the yard assigned to the cook is not far from the place where he works, He also met the cook's old mother.

He has been working in the palace for several years. He has never seen the prince do this for someone. There is no wind, no waves. Everyone said that there is a nose and an eye. This matter must be inseparable.

He didn't come back, so he was anxious about Qiao Yu in his heart. As soon as he got home today, he wanted to go to Qiao Yu, but he was not sure how to talk about this matter. Unexpectedly, Qiao Ling came over first, so he spoke first Ask about Qiao Yu's situation.

Qiao Ling didn't see the strange expression on his face, and when he asked about Qiao Yu, he said casually, "Brother is at home, feeling a little uncomfortable, so let me come over."

Song Siming: ...

He turned pale with fright, and of course connected Qiao Yu's discomfort with the fact that Prince Yan's mansion was going to marry the princess, thinking that Qiao Yu had already heard the wind and knew something, so he couldn't care less about the two fish, and poured it into the basin for a while. After throwing it, he got up and said, "What's wrong with him? I'll go and have a look."

Song Siming reacted too much, and Qiao Ling was also a little strange, thinking that what he said was not rigorous enough, so he quickly explained: "It's nothing, it's nothing, my brother said it's just a bit of cold, and it'll be fine after a night's sleep. Brother Siming, don't worry."

The more he explained to Song Siming, the more he thought about it, and he refused to stay for a moment, so he wiped his hands and went to Qiao's courtyard.

Seeing that he still had a serious face, Qiao Ling was a little puzzled. He was still thinking about what Qiao Yu told him. Seeing that Song Siming was going to go there together, he simply called out to Grandma Song, and then said to Song Siming: "That Siming Brother, why don't you just wait for us to come together, brother said that if he has something to tell Grandma Song, I'll come here and call Grandma Song."

Song Siming heard that Qiao Yu still had something to tell his grandma, and he felt that what he was thinking made sense. He just felt that Qiao Yu was like a little cabbage that no one cared about, and he could only go to his grandma if he had anything to do. Discuss together.

Thinking about it, I called Grandma Song again, telling her to come out quickly.

Grandma Song was sewing clothes inside, and when she heard Qiao Ling's voice, she was short of the last few stitches, thinking that she would come out after sewing, but Song Siming called her again, thinking there was something urgent, she was not in a hurry to sew the last stitch After a few stitches, I pinned the needle and thread to the clothes, opened the curtain and walked out.

"Xiao Ling is here."

Before Grandma Song finished greeting Qiao Ling, Song Siming held her hand and said with a serious expression, "Let's go, go and see Qiao Sheng first, let's talk about it later."

Seeing that he was in a hurry, Grandma Song asked in confusion, "What's the matter? Is there something wrong with Sheng'er?"

Song Siming glanced at Qiao Ling, wondering if Qiao Ling knew about it, and it was hard to tell Qiao Ling directly in front of Qiao Ling, so he gave Grandma Song a wink, and pushed Grandma Song out the door.

When Grandma Song saw him like this, she thought something serious had happened, so she followed the two of them to Qiao's courtyard.

Song Siming led Grandma Song to go fast, but Qiao Ling was left behind. He was very puzzled, and he didn't know why Grandma Song and Song Siming were in a hurry, so he had to follow behind quickly, thinking that he had told him everything. Is brother all right? Why is Song Siming still so nervous.

When he was about to reach the gate of Qiao Yu's courtyard, Song Siming pulled Grandma Song, hesitantly said: "Grandma, wait outside, I'll go in and talk to him first."

Grandma Song asked after hearing the words: "What's the matter, you are so mysterious."

Song Siming was not easy to explain, so he just asked her to wait. After getting Grandma Song's permission, Song Siming entered the door first.

He stood at Qiao Yu's door and hesitated for a long while before he finally thought of his words. He took a deep breath and made up his mind to step in. As soon as he entered, he saw Qiao Yu sitting on the bed with a stripped and clean bag in his hand. Nut is holding a book in his hand and looking at it with a smile on his face.

Song Siming: ...

Qiao Yu heard a sound at the door, and thought it was Grandma Song coming, but when she looked up, she found Song Siming, put the book down, clapped her hands and stood up, saying: "You are at home today, that's just right, there is no need to specialize I told you once."

Song Siming was startled, and before Qiao Yu spoke, he said in a deep voice, "I already know, you should relax and don't take it to heart, you will definitely meet better things in the future."

Qiao Yu: ...

After listening to the beginning, he knew that Song Siming must have made a mistake, but he calmly restrained the joy between his brows, and asked with no expression on his face, "How do you know?"

Song Siming felt that he had forgotten all the comforting words he had been thinking at the door, and he didn't know what to say to Qiao Yu for a moment. Hearing Qiao Yu's question, he could only say dryly: "Everyone in the palace is talking, my lord ...The prince may be marrying the princess, and he even hired a cook for the new princess, and raised him in a courtyard. Although the prince didn't say it himself, I guess, I guess it's eight or nine. .”

Qiao Yu almost laughed out loud when he heard that, but he didn't expect that he went to Prince Yan's mansion once or twice, and even made waves in the mansion, saying that Zhao Kang was the cook for the new princess, and the rumors were pretty good There are noses and eyes.

Qiao Yu couldn't hold back her laughter, and couldn't make any other expressions on her face, so she continued to ask with a blank expression, "Have you seen Princess Nayan?"

Song Siming shook his head: "I haven't seen it before, but I heard from the maid in front of Linxiu Pavilion that she looks pretty good."

As soon as he said that, he felt that he shouldn't have said that at the moment, so he quickly changed his words: "But I don't think I'm as good-looking as you, so you don't have to worry about it."

Qiao Yu was not very happy to be praised, and stopped teasing him, and straightened his face and said, "Prince Yan is indeed going to get married."

Song Siming thought that sure enough, not only the rumors were true, but Qiao Yu himself already knew about it.

Before he had time to speak, Qiao Yu went on to say: "He did hire a cook named Zhao Kang, who is now living in Prince Yan's Mansion."

Song Siming was a little surprised why Qiao Yu was so clear about it.

Not only is it clear that he doesn't seem to be distraught, but he frowned slightly when he heard the name Zhao Kang.

"This name is a bit familiar."

The smile on the corner of Qiao Yu's mouth was almost unbearable. He walked a few steps towards Song Siming, and handed him the nuts at hand: "It's quite familiar, not only the name, but also the person. .”

Song Siming turned his head abruptly, just as he was about to refute that he had never seen such a person before, when Qiao Yu said again: "The last time you came back, when I took you to the shop on West Street, he even cooked a bowl of noodles for you to eat. , Remember? Is it familiar?"

Song Siming suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Qiao Yu went on to say: "And the concubine you mentioned that Lu Jincheng is going to marry is standing in front of you now, and even the picture book in his hand has just come out of the palace."

Song Siming slowly remembered who Lu Jincheng was, and looked at the painting book that Qiao Yu was holding again.

Song Siming: ...

He opened his mouth and didn't say anything for a while, when Grandma Song came running in happily: "Oh, I just heard from Xiaoling that you, Sheng'er, are getting married?"

Qiao Yu turned her head away with a smile, and smiled at Grandma Song, "Yes."

Grandma Song only knew one thing but not the other, "Which family is the girl from, is she pretty?"

Qiao Yu looked at Song Siming's sluggish face again, and said, "It's beautiful, Grandma Song has seen it before."

Grandma Song searched her mind carefully, but she didn't think of such a character as Qiao Yu mentioned. Just as she was about to ask again, she saw Qiao Yu's chin twitch towards the door.

"Grandma, look, just as soon as I said someone came here again."

Grandma Song and Song Siming turned their heads to look at the door together.

I saw that Prince Yan was wearing a dark blue gown today, with tall sideburns, sword eyebrows, star eyes and bridge of nose as sharp as a knife, and he looked like a prince of imperial power.

Grandma Song hadn't recovered yet, after greeting Lu Jincheng, she was still looking behind him.

Song Siming was completely stunned.

His prince is really going to marry Qiao Yu?

"Where did the girl come from? Isn't this Mr. Yan?"

Grandma Song narrowed her eyes, looked at it for a while and said.

"Grandma, this person is Mr. Yan." Qiao Yu smiled and glanced at Lu Jincheng, thinking that this person really didn't wait until night, not to mention he didn't fall asleep, the day is not completely dark.

Grandma Song glanced at Lu Jincheng again, and this time she finally came to her senses and froze in place with Song Siming.