Aunt Zhang looked at the prince, she was furious. Otherwise, she wouldn't have said such a thing. How could a prince like him bother with a village girl? She coughed twice and said, "Your Highness, don't bother with her."
If she tried to persuade His Highness to apologize, His Highness would drive her away as well. Aunt Zhang thought to herself, she might as well give His Highness a heads-up: "She doesn't know His Highness's identity, so she dares to be so presumptuous."
The prince snorted, "That's right. If she dares to do that knowing my identity, I will definitely chop her to death."
Uh! I don’t feel like I’m making a suggestion at all. People don’t know your identity, and you don’t know their identity either: “Your Highness, the prince thinks highly of Miss Fang, and she is, well, really good.”
No one else dared to say it, not even the Empress Dowager said it directly, and the nanny didn't dare to say that Fang Xiaoxi was the princess's apprentice.
The prince was stunned for a moment, but he understood a little: "You mean, she has a special relationship with my brother? Impossible, she is a village girl, and she relies on cooking delicious food. It's just cooking, how difficult can it be? I will learn it too."
The nanny was dumbfounded. She couldn't keep up with the prince's train of thought. Could it be that she was too old? Did she not understand the psychology of children? Why did he go around cooking
"Then come on, Prince."
After saying this, the nanny quickly took her leave. Otherwise, who knows what would happen if things continued like this!
But the prince was learning to cook. She didn't know how to tell the queen mother about such a big thing when she returned! The nanny left with worries.
The prince took what was said seriously. He wanted to learn how to cook. It was just making food, so there would definitely be no problem.
He led his men to the kitchen. He wanted to ask who prepared his dinner today and why it tasted so bad.
The nanny also came to the Queen Mother and told her about the prince's cooking lessons. The Queen Mother was very open-minded and did not think that men could not cook. After all, her husband and son could cook, so it was normal for her grandson to learn cooking as well.
He also glanced at Fang Xiaoxi and said, "Xiaoxi, if you have time, please give Xiaomu some pointers."
Fang Xiaoxi was somewhat speechless. Didn't Xiaomu learn cooking just to compete with her? If she gave him guidance, would he be pissed off
But thinking about it, it was quite fun, so I nodded with a smile: "Okay."
Everyone thought that the prince was joking about learning cooking, but who could have imagined that he would scold the chef severely that night and even ask him to cook again on the spot, asking how he could make the food so unpalatable.
The chef cooked it again, but was again despised by the prince, who almost made him swear on the spot that he would never cook again in his life.
The chef was naturally miserable. How could a chef who could enter the other courtyard have bad cooking skills? But the master ordered him to cook the food for this person, so it was his fault.
He felt wronged but dared not speak out, which was quite depressing. What infuriated him the most was that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very confident and directly asked the chef to teach him how to cook.
Because he felt that even if his food was bad, it wouldn't be worse than that of this chef. Thinking of this, the prince was satisfied.
The next morning, the prince packed up and headed to the kitchen happily. The chef he had named yesterday was already standing there, waiting.
It's just that the expression on his face is a little bad, which is tangled. He was disliked, and he was being stepped on. It was really too much.
"Mr. Mu, you are here."
The most annoying thing is that this young master is the younger brother of his master, so he cannot be offended. He has to smile and please him.
The prince did not pay attention to what the chef was thinking. Instead, he had been thinking about what to eat this morning since he got up. After thinking about it, he decided that making porridge would be the easiest, so he decided to learn how to cook it this morning.
The chef started the day's teaching, starting with washing rice. While the prince was busy, the others were not idle either, especially Fang Xiaoxi, who had already prepared breakfast.
The fragrant chicken and rice porridge has been delivered to the Queen Mother, and even Nan Nan has some. Fang Xiaoxi made a big pot, and everyone has a portion except the Crown Prince.
After the prince finally cooked his own portion of porridge, although it looked watery and a bit white, it was his first time after all, so he was very satisfied.
As a result, he smelled the fragrant chicken and rice porridge next to him. The prince stared blankly at the chicken and rice porridge being served by the servants. It seemed to be glowing.
He looked down at himself and lost his appetite instantly. Why is he like this? The prince widened his eyes. Fang Xiaoxi must have done it on purpose. It really pissed him off.
But what can we do now that we have already made it? Eat it. Fortunately, the chef brought out a few side dishes, which can barely be considered a breakfast.
The breakfast that the servants brought to Nan Nan had to be delivered to the yamen, because Nan Nan went there early in the morning to deal with the victims' affairs.
Tong Ruyu learned about the disaster victims from the government, and he knew that the opportunity had come. For his sister, he was willing to do anything.
He took his people to contact the disaster victims. The disaster victims came here just to survive, and Tong Ruyu's people started to spread rumors among the disaster victims after contacting them.
"Have you heard? The Xianyou town ahead seems to have known that there would be disaster victims a long time ago and has already made preparations. As soon as we, the disaster victims, arrive, they will capture us and make us do hard labor for them. They will only give us one bite to eat every day and ensure that we don't starve to death. We will keep working until we die."
"Yes, I heard about it too. Many of the disaster victims who followed us ran in a different direction. Xianyou Town is too scary. They want to capture us and make us reclaim wasteland!"
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Once such words started, they naturally spread. The victims who went to Xianyou Town were all very pitiful. Those who were willing to come out were all unable to survive. Now the actions of Xianyou Town made them very angry.
If they continued like this, God would not allow them to survive. So, another rumor spread among the victims.
"It's not that we won't give you a chance to survive. Guess what I found? There is a Tongjia Village in Xianyou Town. It's in the mountains and not within the protection range of Xianyou Town. We can go there to find food."
"Yes, I've heard that Tongjia Village is very rich, with plenty of food and drink. If we go to Tongjia Village now and ask for something to eat, it should be possible."
Once such rumors started, they could not be dispelled, so the victims changed their route and headed towards Tongjia Village. Tongjia Village was still unaware of this, and only knew that suddenly one day, a lot of people appeared outside the village.
These people came in to beg for food and drink. The village chief of Tongjia Village quickly gathered the people in the village and surrounded the village to prevent these people from coming in.
"Village chief, we can't go on like this. There are more and more disaster victims outside the village. If this continues, we will definitely not survive."
Village Chief Tong also had a worried look on his face. The location of their village had always been very hidden. This time, it was found by so many disaster victims. They didn't believe that there was nothing else going on.
After Tong Ruxin came back from Xianyou Town last time, she felt a little dazed. She liked Master Fang so much, but Master Fang didn't like her and liked Tong Ruyan. This was a big blow to her.
After returning, he asked his grandfather: "Grandpa, Tong Ruyan is not dead, Tong Ruyu is not dead either, they are all alive and well in Xianyou Town. Didn't you say that the Mountain God's Bride was given to the Mountain God? Why didn't Tong Ruyan die?"
When she came back to question the village chief Tong, Tong Ruxin was locked up because she was too excited. She was not even told where Tong Ruyan was sold to.
In this situation, Village Chief Tong naturally released Tong Ruxin: "Ruxin, you can't talk nonsense about the matter of the mountain god's bride. Do you understand? There is no such person as Tong Ruyan or Tong Ruyu in our village."
"There are a lot of disaster victims outside now, and the situation is not very good, so I plan to send someone to send some people away. You will leave with me, understand?"
These disaster victims will surely attack the village sooner or later. A girl like Tong Ruxin is in great danger. The girls of the Tong family are all very precious, so as many as can be sent away now, the better.
When sending these people away, they had to send someone from among them to ask for help from the government. Their village was surrounded by disaster victims. Since they had even paid the imperial grain, they would definitely protect the village if they were in danger.
Tong Ruxin had been to the government before, so it was okay to take her along this time. Tong Ruxin and a fellow villager were sent to report to the government.
Tong Ruxin heard about the current situation in the village and did not refuse: "I know, Grandpa. Don't worry, but after this incident, can you tell me why Tong Ruyan didn't die? Wasn't she given to the mountain god?"
The village chief looked at Tong Ruxin and knew that this time Tong Ruxin was going to flee with the girls of the Tong family. He must not let Tong Ruxin know the truth, so he decided to calm her down first.
"Okay, when this matter is over, I will tell you what is going on."
The village chief looked at Tong Ruxin with a somewhat indifferent look. Originally, because she was his granddaughter, she was not eligible to be the Mountain God's Bride. But now it seems that the next Mountain God's Bride has already been selected.
Tong Ruxin was unaware of this and was released to eat a hearty meal. She then discovered that all the little girls and boys in the village had been gathered together and left through the back path when the disaster victims were not aware of them.
Most of the young people followed and escorted the children away, while the remaining half stood in front and confronted the victims.
Tong Ruyu had people guarding both roads in Tongjia Village, so as soon as Tong Ruxin and others left the village, someone reported to Tong Ruyu.