Three contestants, three rooms.
Jing Liang was also one of them.
What he made today was also crabs. After all, it was autumn, and eating crabs was considered a custom.
But he didn't discuss it with Su Tang, and the three of them didn't know what they were doing.
Although they also had contacts in private, everyone tacitly avoided these things.
Jing Liang's helper went to the side door of the garden to get hairy crabs.
At the moment, he is preparing the seasoning in his room by himself. The seasoning for hairy crabs is very particular, but they have always been in this business in Jingshuilou, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have their own secret recipe.
And it's the last match, so it's good that everyone is kind.
Jing Liang thought of Su Tang next door, and subconsciously paused.
He and Su Tang had no fate from the beginning, so don't think about it.
Seeing Lord Hou accompany Su Tang to enter the door yesterday, Jing Liang felt bitter in his heart.
To be honest, when he first met Su Tang, he was a little hesitant when he realized how he felt about Su Tang.
After all, the scar on Su Tang's head is good, and her family background is also good.
Even the staff in Jingshui Building felt that she was not suitable for him.
In the end, Jing Liang found that he was the one who didn't match.
Su Tang is so good, she just doesn't want to work hard.
If she really wanted to make money and was ambitious, her restaurants might be all over the capital.
But she never does such a thing.
I have always left a way for my colleagues to survive.
Such a person dared to think blindly before.
Jing Liang laughed at himself, and continued to work on his hands.
But his door was knocked several times.
Jing Liang looked over, only to see a maid politely said: "Excuse me, are you Mr. Jing Liang?"
Jing nodded: "I am, what's the matter with you?"
The maid smiled and said, "My master wants to see you, are you free?"
"Who is your master?" Jing Liang had never seen this woman before, so he felt suspicious.
The servant girl still smiled: "That's naturally Princess Jiazhen."
Princess Jiazhen
Jing Liang immediately frowned, of course he had heard of this name.
It was the person who had a dispute with Su Tang some time ago.
I heard that Princess Jiazhen is arrogant and domineering, otherwise, with Su Tang's temper, how could he possibly conflict with her.
What is this man looking for
Seeing Jing Liang frowning, the maid didn't feel anything wrong, and continued to lobby: "Su Tang has Marquis Weiyuan to support her, what do you have, Jingshui Tower? My princess wants to destroy Jingshui Tower, just crush it." As simple as an ant."
These words made Jing Liang raise his head subconsciously. The maid who smiled gently in front of her was like a devil, as if she didn't know the horror of what she said.
Just because of a disagreement, just because he didn't want to go with her, was he going to ruin the painstaking efforts of several generations
The maidservant continued: "Master Jingliang, please go with the servant girl, otherwise the servant girl will not know what the princess will do."
Jing Liang took a deep breath: "Okay, let's go."
Jing Liang followed the maid and walked to a remote courtyard.
This kind of very remote courtyard is basically rented by merchants or family members from Shuntian Mansion.
Those who are distinguished are assigned a place to rest for free.
It seems that Princess Jiazhen came here to hide her identity.
Before I got close, I heard a tantrum inside.
"What are you going to do! Let the princess live in such a remote and simple courtyard!?" Princess Jiazhen said angrily, "You guys will look good after returning home!"
I only heard the trembling people below begging for mercy, but Princess Jiazhen broke a few more teacups, obviously still punishing the servants.
After hearing this, Jing Liang felt that this woman was a snake and a scorpion.
It was definitely her fault that she had a conflict with Su Tang.
After the servant girl reported, Jing Liang was led in, and Princess Jiazhen sized him up and said, "He was born with a good-looking talent, but it's a pity that he likes that bitch Su Tang."
Jing Liang looked at Princess Jiazhen, only to see her disdainful face: "Do you men like this kind of vixen?"
These words made Jing Liang feel very uncomfortable, and said calmly: "When she had a scar on her forehead, Lord Hou already liked her."
Jing Liang almost said clearly.
People don't rely on their faces to be liked.
Princess Jiazhen sneered: "A cook, what's there to like. Don't you like her too? In my opinion, the two of you cooks are the most suitable together."
The words were ugly, and the maid next to her reminded: "Princess, have you forgotten what you said before you went out?"
"You're not a good guy either, shut up." Princess Jiazhen pointed her finger at the maid again.
It can be seen that Princess Jiazhen has such a temper during this time, and the people below are already trembling.
But what this maid said was really useful, so Princess Jiazhen got right to the point: "I heard that you also like Su Tang, if I have a way, let you be together, would you be willing?"
together
Jing Liang frowned: "Princess Jiazhen please don't talk nonsense, Miss Su Tang is already engaged."
"So what about engagement, there are too many people in this world who don't want Su Tang to marry Marquis Weiyuan. Do you think you can marry after getting engaged? Just kidding." Princess Jiazhen said directly, "As long as you do what I say, Not only can you marry Su Tang, but you can also make Jingshuilou's business better and better."
"Otherwise, your father, uncle, and the entire Jing family will give you this wrong decision to be buried with you."
"Oh, by the way, I heard that your cousin who has a good relationship with you just had a daughter last month. You don't want her to die early, do you?"
Jing Liang looked at Princess Jiazhen in disbelief: "What are you going to do? What are you going to do to my family?!"
His little niece was less than a month old, and this woman threatened him with the whole clan
Seeing Jingliang's angry eyes, Princess Jiazhen finally felt happy, and continued: "It depends on what you do whether I do something or not. Listen to me, and there is still a way to survive. If you don't listen to me, then go to die!"
to die.
How could someone make it so simple to die.
But Jing Liang looked at the people around him and couldn't help closing his eyes.
It seems that this is true, this femme fatale wants to use him to harm Su Tang.
He also threatened with the life of his whole family.
Jing Liang had no doubt that Princess Jiazhen would do such a thing, she didn't care about other people's lives and dignity at all.
After Princess Jiazhen finished talking about her plan, what did she want Jing Liang to do.
Jing Liang was on the way back in a daze.
Obviously just fine.
Why did you become like this when you met someone
When Jing Liang returned to the kitchen, all the helpers under him were taken aback.
"Master Jingliang, what's wrong with you?"
"Where have you been, young master? Why are you sweating all over your body?"
"Are you sick?"
"We just went to get the crabs, and we were stopped by someone, so we came back late."
Jing Liang waved his hand: "Forget it, you guys go to steam the crabs."
Everyone froze for a while.
Generally speaking, the young master will do this kind of thing himself, and his craftsmanship is much better than everyone else's.
And doing it in the kitchen is actually just practice, and when you go on stage, the young master will do it himself.
Jing Liang made people watch the time.
He's going to knock on Su Tang's door in a while.
Su Tang was also preparing there, and when it was time to apply, the three of them went to the competition together.
But will this match really go smoothly
Jing Liang's palms trembled a little. Looking at the helpers here, most of them grew up in his family and had a very good relationship with him.
If I don't do what Princess Jiazhen said, these people, as well as the family members, will die.
That is the princess, and there is a prince behind her.
There is no way a merchant like him can compete.
But it seems absolutely impossible to hurt Su Tang.
What is he going to do
Seeing that Shen Shi was about to arrive in an hour, this time was also set by Princess Jiazhen.
He had to find Su Tang.
Maybe he could go to someone else.
Didn't you say that Master Hou is also in the garden
Jing Liang secretly made up his mind to find Marquis Weiyuan, maybe Marquis Weiyuan has a solution.
But as soon as Jing Liang left the yard where they were cooking, he was stopped by a guard.
The guard's eyes were sharp, and he asked directly: "The game is about to start in an hour, where are you going?"
Jing Liang didn't know if this person belonged to Princess Jiazhen, so it was definitely not easy to answer, so he could only say: "I have something to do, please forgive me."
"Don't go out, let's talk about it after the competition." The guard's voice was still cold.
Having said that, Jing Liang couldn't tell whether this person belonged to Princess Jiazhen or not, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Actually, I have something to ask Mr. Fu Yin. Is it convenient?"
Then Fu Yin Pei looked like Master Hou's person, if he went to find Fu Yin, maybe he could find Master Hou
This meeting can no longer control so much, since Princess Jiazhen wants to harm Su Tang, she will definitely not only look for herself, but listen to her just now, without herself, there will be others.
Although Jing Liang regretted the matter between himself and Su Tang, he never blamed her because he was not suitable.
The guard glanced at Jing Liang before saying: "Are you sure you want to go out?"
"Definitely." Jing Liang cupped his hands.
The guard nodded and said in a low voice: "If Mr. Jingliang goes to look for Lord Hou, he will definitely not leave the courtyard."
As he said that, the guard pointed to the room where Su Tang was located: "Master Hou is right here."
Finally, the guards showed the sign of Weiyuan Hou Mansion to prove their identity.
He turned out to be the guard of the Marquis of Weiyuan!
Jing Liang's face turned pale and blue, apparently thinking of something.
The guard nodded: "Master Hou knows everything, Mr. Jingliang, don't be afraid, someone has already taken care of your family."
Although Jing Liang is not as good as Su Tang and Qi Tianyun, he is still smart.
How could he not know that he just walked through the gate of hell!
If he really wanted to harm Su Tang, he would go to Su Tang's room and do something wrong to Su Tang, then Lord Hou, who knew everything, would be there.
His family members were not protected, but severely punished.
Fortunately, fortunately, he never wanted to harm Su Tang.
Seeing that his head was covered with sweat, the guards reminded him: "Princess Jiazhen is coming soon, so I ask Mr. Jingliang to do as she says, everything is up to Lord Hou."
Jing nodded, wiped the sweat off his brow, and followed the plan.
It's just that he doesn't have to be afraid, Su Tang's husband will support him when the sky falls.
Jing Liang smiled wryly in his heart, forget it, don't think about it anymore.
Jing Liang knocked on the door of Su Tang's room.
Su Tang had doubts on his face, after all, looking at Jing Liang's expression was very wrong.
Moreover, Su Tang subconsciously looked at Qi Tianyun, but his expression was very natural, really wanting to know something.
"Is there something wrong?" Su Tang asked directly.
Jing Liang looked at the two of them, and suddenly felt that even without Qi Tianyun, the so-called Princess Jiazhen might not be able to succeed.
Because Su Tang is too smart, she must have discovered something.
Qi Tianyun said: "Come in, speak slowly."
Jing nodded, and closed the door after entering.
And the matter here quickly reached the ears of Princess Jiazhen.
After she heard Jing Liang enter, she closed the door, stood up abruptly, and said excitedly: "Come on, let's go over quickly, so that everyone can see more of what the Lord Hou's fiancée is doing!"
The maidservant next to her also had a happy expression on her face.
This is their plan.
Not only do they want to watch it, but also let many people watch it together.
Marquis Weiyuan's fiancée is hanging out with other people, it will be very interesting if it gets out.
Princess Jiazhen didn't even care that she was also a woman who was leaving the court, and she walked like a wind, but seeing that there was a noble woman in front of her, she walked a lot slower, and her face pretended to be angry.
When those people saw Princess Jiazhen, they were frightened and quickly saluted.
Everyone also knows whether Princess Jiazhen is in a good mood recently. If she gets angry, then everyone's life will be difficult. Why bother to get into trouble at this time.
After meeting, Princess Jiazhen was in a bad mood, and said with a smile: "Long time no see, what are you going to do?"
The others looked at each other in blank dismay: "Go back to Princess Jiazhen, we're just strolling around, so we're leaving now."
"Are you leaving now? I want to apologize to Su Tang, and I don't know if you want to see it." Princess Jiazhen said directly, "My father said, if you don't apologize today, don't even think about it in the future." Out of the house. Tired of it."
Everyone has heard these words.
Anyway, after that incident, Princess Jiazhen never went out again.
The maidservant next to Princess Jiazhen sighed: "Even if the princess went too far, wouldn't Su Tang find her way back? What is the identity of our princess, why should I apologize to her?"
Princess Jiazhen's face was really angry at this moment: "That's right, what is the identity of the princess."
But Princess Jiazhen sighed again: "Whoever let others fawn on Marquis Weiyuan, just apologize, and let's see if she, Su Tang, dares to take it."
After saying this, Princess Jiazhen walked straight forward, obviously looking for Su Tang's direction.
The rest of the people looked at each other in blank dismay, a little wanting to watch the excitement, but also a little afraid of harming Chiyu.
But in the end, the desire to watch the excitement prevailed, because I didn't know that they were following, and there were still many people who wanted to go and have a look.
This is a bit like the struggle between the court upstarts and the court elders.
Many people also can't understand Su Tang.
Of course, he wouldn't say it directly like Princess Jiazhen, but whispered it behind his back.
Seeing that someone wanted to teach Su Tang a lesson, of course they wanted to watch the excitement.
Not to mention, does Princess Jiazhen seem to be apologizing
It's clearly a look of watching a good show.
Her acting skills are average.
Many people followed, obviously wanting to see what happened.
A dozen people followed Princess Jiazhen to the door of Su Tang's room.
Hearing a burst of noisy voices inside, Su Tang exclaimed, and another man's voice came from inside.
"Don't be afraid, I just like you."
Then came Su Tang's voice: "What nonsense are you talking about?"
"No nonsense."
Everyone was at the door with shocked expressions on their faces.
Su Tang with a strange man
What is this saying? ?
The man inside is definitely not Marquis Weiyuan, and seeing that the door is closed, who knows what shady things are going on inside!
Princess Jiazhen glanced at the crowd, and said in a low voice: "Sure enough, a market is a market, and there is no way to tell the truth. Let's go in and have a look, and then report to Marquis Weiyuan!"
"Yes, let Marquis Weiyuan handle it."
"My God, how embarrassing this is."
Everyone whispered, and the door was slammed open.
Princess Jiazhen came in with a crowd of onlookers.
"Su Tang! What good deeds are you doing! It's a great blessing for you to be able to attach yourself to the Hou Mansion, are you doing something stupid today!" Princess Jiazhen tried her best not to be so excited, but obviously she couldn't control it.
Anyone could hear the complacency in her tone.
But the people in the room were extremely calm and looked at Princess Jiazhen together.
Qi Tianyun was helping Su Tang bring over the marinated crabs, and glanced at the people at the door: "What did Su Tang do?"
Everyone was shocked, why is Marquis Weiyuan here, nothing happened in this room just now
But those few words just now were clearly spoken by a strange man to Su Tang.
Is there any likes or dislikes in it, but if Marquis Weiyuan is here, who would dare to say such things to his fiancée
After everyone looked around, they realized that there was indeed another man in the room.
The man is teasing the child in front of him with candy in his hand.
So the line: "Don't be afraid, I just like you."
Is it for children
And not to Su Tang
The clever people on the scene have already reacted.
Just now they took this sentence as a strange man said to Su Tang, Su Tang said something for his younger brother, don't talk nonsense.
Princess Jiazhen misunderstood that Su Tang had an affair.
He was still talking wildly when he opened the door.
Most importantly, all these were heard by Marquis Weiyuan!
And everyone knows that Marquis Weiyuan is a martial arts practitioner, maybe he heard what he just said outside the door.
How could this be so.
How could this be so?
Qi Tianyun put down the things in his hands, and his voice seemed to be frosty: "Master Jiazhen, please explain what you mean just now."
Princess Jiazhen never expected this to happen.
She thought that when she opened the door, she would see Su Tang and Jing Liang trembling. From then on, Marquis Weiyuan was disgraced, and it was embarrassing enough to choose a businessman as his fiancée.
The fiancée is having an affair with someone else, isn't that ridiculous and generous.
As for sugar
of course? Even if she has great abilities, it's useless.
With an unclean reputation and angered Marquis Weiyuan, I am afraid that there will be no place for her in the entire Cangqin Kingdom.
But now it took her by surprise.
None of this happened at all.
On the contrary, she, who came to catch the adulterously, became the target of public criticism.
After all, her performance just now was too obvious.
It's too suspicious.
Su Tang was like a normal person, still meeting with each other, and then watching them like watching a play.
She didn't even have to come out on her own, her troubles were already solved.
Su Tang arched his fire and said: "Yes, Princess Jiazhen, you were so excited just now, did you think you found something?"
These words distorted Princess Jiazhen's face, but he didn't dare to refute at all.
"I didn't. I just passed by here and wanted to apologize to you for what happened last time." Princess Jiazhen said immediately, "I'm sorry, it was my fault."
Before this meeting, who would have believed that Princess Jiazhen would make such a sincere apology, but that is the truth.
She apologized and looked like she was about to cry.
But what she was thinking in her heart was, why did Marquis Weiyuan happen to be here, why!
Qi Tianyun said indifferently: "If the Marquis is not here today, what would it be like?"
Needless to say
It must be the scene of catching rape in Princess Jiazhen's heart.
Princess Jiazhen suddenly realized.
Her plan seemed unlikely to succeed.
Because according to her news, Marquis Weiyuan was dealing with official business in the yard and didn't take a step outside.
But Qi Tianyun appeared here.
Does this mean that Qi Tianyun knew about her plan a long time ago.
Here now, it's not just right at all, but within Qi Tianyun's plan!
It can be said that Princess Jiazhen finally got smart once.
But there was more than just being exposed waiting for her.
Jing Liang next to him got up silently, and knelt down towards Qi Tianyun: "Please also ask Lord Hou to save my family. Princess Jiazhen threatened Caomin's family with a knife to assassinate Lord Hou's fiancée. She said that if Caomin didn't do this, then Those who died were the family members of the grass people."
When these words came out, everyone was in an uproar!
No wonder Princess Jiazhen was in a hurry to come over to watch the fun!
It turns out that the excitement was arranged by her!
"Nonsense! I clearly asked you to come here..." Princess Jiazhen didn't say anything after that, but the maid next to her covered her mouth and swallowed the truth.
There is not much difference between having someone come over to insult Lord Hou's fiancee and assassinating Master Hou's fiancee.
But it's different for Su Tang.
The former is detrimental to reputation, but the latter is much better.
Marquis Weiyuan deliberately changed the plot to this in order to protect Su Tang's reputation.
They don't care about Su Tang's reputation, but Lord Hou does. If they don't follow Qi Tianyun's words today, it will probably make him even more angry.
No matter what the truth is.
Everyone knows that Princess Jiazhen is really finished this time.
It's all over.
Chapter 99