The meals that Butler Cao intercepted would naturally not end up in the mouths of servants. Butler Cao ordered people to pick out two side dishes, warm a pot of wine, and let the guards in the house quickly send them to the palace's Lord Xiao.
"It must be handed over to the prince in person, and tell the prince that the princess has prepared a table of dishes for the prince to dine with. The princess was very disappointed when the prince came back." This is the truth. Butler Cao doesn't think there is anything wrong with what he said. .
Of course, the princess would definitely be angry when he knew that he delivered food to the prince on his own initiative, but the princess would be angry at most for a while;
For the harmony and stability of the palace, he could only sacrifice his ego.
The guards obviously knew what happened today, so they rushed to the palace immediately, and after proving their identity, they ran wildly all the way to the office temporarily used by King Xiao.
The house was brightly lit, showing that King Xiao was still handling official business at this time. For a moment, the guards wanted to go back, and the servants of Xiao Wangfu knew that when the lord was doing things, non-important matters could not be disturbed.
Things like eating with the princess are really not important, right
However, the guards thought about it, and felt that the princess was unhappy, it should be an important matter.
There are only two masters in the palace, the prince and the princess. If the princess is not happy, the prince will definitely not be happy. When the two masters are in a bad mood, everyone will not have a good life.
For the sake of the king's mansion, the guard stepped forward in response to his scalp and let the little eunuch guarding the door go in to report, but before the words were finished, the little eunuch shook his head again and again: "No, no, the lord said it, and no one is to be disturbed."
"I have..." The guard said again, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by the little eunuch: "The servant knows that you are from the Xiao Wangfu. If you have something to do, the villain will not dare to stop him." Going in, he didn't have the guts to disturb Prince Xiao.
Xiao Wangye was too serious when he was working seriously, he really didn't dare.
The guard glared at the little eunuch who was afraid of death, adjusted his clothes, took a deep breath, and then knocked on the door: "My lord, I am humble, please see my lord."
Tianzihao is Xiao Wang's confidant and personal guard. If it weren't for this, he would not have come here smoothly.
"Come in." From inside the room, King Xiao's cold voice was heard. There was no joy or anger from the voice, but Tian Qi's heart skipped a beat in shock.
Before this, no one had dared to disturb the wangye's office. This was the first time. I hope the wangye sees the face of the wangfei and doesn't care about his rashness.
"My lord." The guard came in, his hand tightening the food box.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Tianyao put down the unread book in his hand.
He knows his subordinates, nothing important will never bother him.
"This... is prepared for you by the princess." The guard held up the food box, but did not dare to rush forward.
"Princess?" Xiao Tianyao was shocked, a surprise flashed in his eyes quickly, but his face was still serious: "Bring it up." It was rare that the woman still remembered him, but it was a pity that it was not delivered in person.
The guard carefully placed the food box in front of Xiao Tianyao, and wisely did not open it on his own initiative.
Xiao Tianyao suppressed the joy in his heart, pretended not to care, took the food box in front of him, and opened it expressionlessly. When he saw the dishes in the food box, he couldn't help frowning: Why are all the cold dishes? Or something he doesn't really like to eat.
However, thinking that Lin Chujiu didn't spend much time with him, and it was normal to not know what he liked to eat, Xiao Tianyao didn't care.
"Let's go out." After a busy day, he was really hungry, and the food that Lin Chujiu brought was too timely.
The overjoyed King Xiao automatically ignored that there were only two plates of cold dishes in the food box that were not enough to eat, and only cared about Xinxi Lin Chujiu's intentions.
"My lord, there is one more thing..." The guard finally understood why the little eunuch outside the door did not dare to come in.
Facing the serious and serious prince, the pressure is too great.
"Speak." Xiao Tianyao's eyes swept across the two dishes on the table and landed on the guard, with a hint of impatience.
The guard swallowed his saliva, closed his eyes, and said quickly, "My lord, the princess went to the kitchen to arrange the dishes in person this afternoon. After waiting for the lord for two hours, I went to the backyard to eat alone before the lord came back."
After speaking, the guard quietly opened his eyes and glanced at Xiao Tianyao. Seeing that Xiao Tianyao was still serious and expressionless, he hurriedly said: "My lord, the humble job is finished, and the humble job is retired."
The guard bowed and stepped back, but just two steps away, Xiao Tianyao stopped him: "Hold on!"
"Yes, my lord." The guard stood upright, but did not dare to look at Xiao Tianyao.
"Stay outside tonight, and don't allow anyone to come in or go out." Xiao Tianyao got up and didn't even clean up the folds on the table. He only put the two dishes he just took out into the food box, carried them in his hands, and walked out.
"Wang, lord?" The guard was dumbfounded when he looked at Xiao lord walking past him.
Did he, he, he see it wrong? The lord is leaving his official business behind and wants to go back to the house to accompany the princess to dinner
"Keep it well, no one is allowed to enter or leave except this king." There are many important documents, one-third of which was instructed by him, and cannot fall into anyone's hands before he announces it.
"I'm in a humble position." The guard stood up with a "pop", gave a military salute, turned around and stood behind Xiao Tianyao, went out with Xiao Tianyao, and then locked the door.
"My lord, what are your orders?" The little eunuch who was not far away saw Xiao Tianyao come out and hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"Guide the way, this king is going out of the palace." Xiao Tianyao said coldly, the little eunuch who had nothing to do to take the food box, he carried it in his hand.
No matter how anxious he was in his heart, he would not show it at this moment. For the time being, he didn't want people to know how important Lin Chujiu was to him, it was too dangerous for Lin Chujiu.
"Yes, yes." The little eunuch held the lantern and quickly led the way.
Not long after, the little eunuch sent King Xiao out of the palace. Before the little eunuch could speak, King Xiao took the food box, got on his horse, and rode his horse away.
No one can spy on King Xiao's every move in the house, but once he leaves the house, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at his every move in the dark. As soon as King Xiao left, he was carrying the food box on the back, and the news that he was eager to return to the house quietly spread.
"The guards of Prince Xiao's mansion brought a food box to see King Xiao. Without saying a few words, King Xiao took the food box and left the palace in a hurry? What will be in the food box?"
"What is the most important thing, let Xiao Wang put down his official business and return to the mansion?"
"What's in the food box is by no means ordinary. The people in Xiao Wang's mansion use the food box to hide it."
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This night, countless people lost sleep because of the food box in King Xiao's hand. They guessed a lot of things, and even guessed that the food box contained a jade seal, but no one guessed that there was food in it.
Lin Chujiu didn't know, just two inconspicuous dishes made most of the people in the capital move, and even some people with a guilty conscience began to feel uneasy...