My Fantastic Chef Wife - Chapter 442

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The knife edge left the old mother’s neck in an instant.

The old mother was in shock, and then she was relieved.

The man yelled at her: “Get out!”

She immediately escaped as if crawling.

Silence was restored inside the ruined temple, and the two men were still waiting on the spot. After a while, a person came out from behind the ruined **** statue. This was Li Chengjun.

She told the two men: “From now on, you will leave Mobei and find out what is going on there? Come back to see me in half a month!”

“Yes!”

The two men left when ordered, while Li Chengjun stood there, without the slightest expression on his face.

…

It was the end of February in a blink of an eye.

Ye Xiaoxian’s life in Beijing is still as usual, supervising and supervising the children to do their homework, researching food, and attending official gatherings from time to time.

Occasionally, I went to Xiao Tieshu and their restaurant, taught them some new dishes, and gave them instructions on how to run the restaurant. Xiao Tieshu’s business has become bigger and bigger.

This life was ordinary, but rich, she was still quite satisfied. No matter what, she lived much better than her life in Beiqing. Besides, a neat family together was better than anything else.

But suddenly one day, her life became no longer peaceful.

That day, Wang Mudan came to the house in a hurry, repeatedly hesitant to speak, making Li Hongmei and Ye Xiaoxian a little puzzled.

Ye Xiaoxian could see something in her heart, so she asked her, “Auntie, do you have something to say? Is there something wrong with the restaurant? Or… Baocheng caused trouble outside?”

“No, no.” Wang Mudan said: “The restaurant is fine, and Baocheng hasn’t caused trouble. Baocheng is honest now, and now he’s settled in the restaurant in peace. We had a girl with him a few days ago. It’s quite satisfactory. If there is no accident, he can get married.”

“Then isn’t this a good thing? But what do you look like, auntie…like something is going on?” Ye Xiaoxian asked again.

Li Hongmei also saw it, and she couldn’t help saying: “Sister-in-law, if you have anything, just say it directly. You’re all an older person, and she always hesitates.”

Wang Mudan was also anxious, and finally couldn’t help it, and said: “Oh, it’s not our problem, it’s Ye Zi…”

“Leaf? What’s wrong with leaves?” Li Hongmei asked.

Wang Mudan said: “Maybe you don’t know about this if you don’t go out, but we opened the restaurant, but we heard clearly. Recently, some diners who ate in the restaurant told me that before Ye Zi… The Northern Qing army captured it, and they spread it very…very excessively.”

“How is it excessive?” Li Hongmei asked.

“They said about the leaves…” Wang Mudan was still hesitating: “Said that the leaves were contaminated by the Beiqing army for a few days and nights. Later, they were taken to Beiqing and detained for half a year. Serve the Northern Qing army.”

“Nonsense!” Li Hongmei slapped the table with anger as soon as he heard it: “Who originated these rumors? If Baoshan knows about it, I must give them a severe lesson!”

But Ye Xiaoxian’s face was a little pale now, and what she was worried about still appeared.

When she was in Mobei, she was worried that these rumors would spread to the capital, but now… even if there is no such thing, it is spread ten, ten spread, and in the end there is no one.

Wang Mudan and Li Hongmei both stared at Ye Xiaoxian in a daze. Seeing that Ye Xiaoxian suddenly became unwilling, Li Hongmei asked, “Yeba, this kind of thing can’t be true, right?”

Ye Xiaoxian said: “I was indeed taken abducted by the Beiqing army for more than half a year, but it was not like the rumor said. I was only taken to the palace to cook for their little emperor and empress dowager every day, and to serve the sergeant. People slander me.”

Wang Mudan was very surprised: “So, really was taken away? Alas, Ye Zi, you are a woman who was taken away for half a year. The people outside must have said everything. Some people are just not used to seeing them. You guys are having a good time, so they talk nonsense.”

Li Hongmei asked: “Then…what should I do now? Are there many people who say these things outside?”

“Many, this matter has long been known throughout the city, maybe only your family is kept in the dark.” Wang Mudan said.

Ye Xiaoxian sighed long.

…

When Xiao Baoshan went to court these days, he always felt that someone was watching him and his expression was strange.

However, as soon as he turned and looked at them, they immediately looked away.

Fortunately, Xiao Baoshan’s hearing is good. One time when he was going down, he heard two old officials talking about Ye Xiaoxian:

“I heard that Mrs. Xiaohou had been abused when she was in Mobei. She was captured by the Beiqing army and insulted for several days and nights. Later, she stayed in Beiqing for more than half a year.”

“Who said it?”

“Now the streets are all talking, and there are even storytellers about how Master Xiaohou went to Beiqing at night to rescue Mrs. Xiaohou, but this woman…”

“Ah, there is such a thing!”

“That’s why Master Xiaohou was able to destroy the Beiqing army in such a short period of time. It’s just that Mrs. Xiaohou is so young, I don’t know if Master Xiaohou minds her body.”

“Shhh, don’t talk about it…this kind of thing is not our turn to discuss.”

“…”

Xiao Baoshan paused, then continued to walk forward, without any expression on his face.

…

On this day, Xiao Baoshan returned home and saw Li Hongmei sitting in the front hall, seemingly worried.

Xiao Baoshan stepped forward and called “mother mother”.

Li Hongmei reacted, she hurriedly walked towards Xiao Baoshan, and then grabbed Xiao Baoshan’s arm and said, “Baoshan, mother has something to tell you.”

“Mother, just say something.” Xiao Baoshan said.

Li Hongmei saw that there was no one on the left and right, so she whispered: “Your eldest aunt came here today, saying that it was the story of Ye Zi everywhere in the capital that was captured by the Beiqing army and tortured for several days and nights. Beiqing was imprisoned for half a year, and she said she was dirty or something. Is there such a thing? I only knew that Ye Zi had something wrong, but I don’t know… Well, Ye Zi said she was not humiliated. She was just cooking for the emperor and queen mother over there in the Beiqing Palace, but now the rumors in the city will force her to death.”

There was a trace of anger in Xiao Baoshan’s eyes.

But he didn’t have any attacks on his face, only said: “Mother, since you know this is a rumor, you should ignore it, let alone believe it. In front of Ye Zi, what should be done or what.”

“Of course I would not look at her differently. In any case, she is the best daughter-in-law in my heart. No, she is a daughter. But I am afraid that if these people continue to spread it like this, it will affect her and her two children. , Baoshan, you’d better check it out. Where did this rumor come from? We want to seek justice for Ye Zi.”

Xiao Baoshan looked at Li Hongmei, and then said faintly: “I know, mother, don’t worry, I won’t let Ye Zi be wronged.”

…

Royal palace.

It was already dark, and Li Chengru would spend the night with his concubine at this time.

Now, his concubines are pregnant and confinement confinement, according to the past tradition, he should have a new concubine.

However, he is also a person with limited energy. Nafei is a breeding heir. Now he has several children, and some concubines are also pregnant. I believe that a dozen or two children can’t escape.

He used to be an unfavorable prince. He knew that if he had too many heirs, some children would be left out in the cold, so he refused the ministers to continue drafting for him, instead focusing on the current palace.

That night, Li Chengru went to Concubine Rong’s place. Concubine Rong gave him a daughter in the middle of this month, and she was still in confinement, but Li Chengru didn’t mind, and he didn’t take care of him. He came to see his little daughter.

Concubine Rong was lying on the bed, and it was not convenient to receive him. He asked about Concubine Rong’s body with concern, hugged his daughter for a while, and then lay down in Concubine Rong.

After lying down, Concubine Rong was probably bored, so she chatted with each other.

Concubine Rong said: “This afternoon, the concubine’s mother also came to see the concubine.”

“Oh? How good are you talking?”

“pretty good.”

“Then let her come to accompany you often.” Li Chengru said.

He has been in the folks for a long time, knowing the warmth and coldness of the human world, and also knowing that women need the care of their maidens after giving birth, so he has established palace rules and cannot prohibit the parents of concubines from coming to visit.

It’s not like before, once a daughter is married into the palace, she won’t see her parents twice a year. It’s too miserable.

Concubine Rong suddenly said again: “By the way, the emperor, today my mother came here in person and told her concubine about one thing about Mrs. Xiaohou.”

“Mrs. Xiaohou? What happened to her?”

Knowing the relationship between Li Chengru and Ye Xiaoxian, Concubine Rong said in an angry tone: “Now the streets and alleys of the capital are spreading rumors, saying that Mrs. Xiaohou was captured by Beiqing people before, and she gave them in the Beiqing army camp… …The beasts are in the army…prostitutes.”

“Nonsense!” Li Chengru’s reaction was really angry.

Concubine Rong knew that Li Chengru would react like this, and said: “That’s why the concubine told the emperor about this. The emperor must find out who made the rumor, and make Mrs. Xiao Hou innocent. Otherwise, she will be the only one. Woman, what kind of face will stand in the capital in the future?”

“I know that this matter, I will definitely find out.”

“Yeah!” Concubine Rong said nothing more after listening.

She took the initiative to sue Li Chengru for this matter, so she also has credit.

…

The next day, Li Chengru sent someone to investigate Ye Xiaoxian’s affairs, and he realized that there was already rumors in the capital.

Then Li Chengru sent someone to find out where the incident came from.

However, the capital is so big and there are so many people, unlike in Mobei, you can bring one by one, which is not easy to check.

Xiao Baoshan is also investigating this matter.