The emperor is so terrible!
Even though he had previously said in front of Fang Qing how magnanimous the emperor was and how he would never care about people who had offended the third prince in the Imperial College, but at this moment, standing before the emperor and hearing his meaningful words, Mr. Song finally felt the essence of the four words "Heaven's power is unpredictable" as seen in those legends or operas.
Although he was confident in his cooking skills, he had no time to taste the food because of the fight with Chef Chen! Although most chefs would cook many dishes in one go without tasting them, he was not that kind of chef. What if the taste was off
Zhang Shou saw at a glance that when Mr. Song stepped forward to serve the porridge, his hands were shaking all the time - if he didn't know this strange thing very well, he would have thought that someone had poisoned the pot, so he was terrified at this moment. He couldn't bear to watch it any longer, so he simply stood up, walked around to Chef Song, and suddenly grabbed his wrist.
He quickly caught the soup spoon that Song had dropped due to excessive shock, and then said with a smile: "Mr. Song, a chef needs to be steady. I remember you always told me so. Why are you so nervous? The emperor is a benevolent ruler. He won't do anything to you for a bite of food! If it really doesn't taste good, it's just your own fault, isn't it?"
Mr. Song first turned his head to look at Zhang Shou, then glanced at the emperor nervously, and found that the smile on the emperor's face was fleeting, and he suddenly woke up as if from a dream.
Yes, not to mention that he is not the imperial chef. Even if he is really the imperial chef, the emperor is not a tyrant. How could he do anything to him just because a meal is not cooked well!
The confident Mr. Song immediately regained his composure. He did not look at the emperor again, but concentrated on scooping a small bowl of porridge with a spoon, and then handed it to the emperor with both hands. Seeing that the emperor took it casually, he did not sit and wait for others to taste it, but took the small bowls in front of Lu Wan and Liu Zhiyuan, and served them, and then looked at the others.
When he looked at it, he saw not only Zhang Shou who had already returned to his seat, and Zhu Ying, a perfect couple beside him, but also Yue Shanzhang who was staring at him intently. He was stunned after having just calmed down.
Even though he was talking nonsense in front of Fang Qing, saying that all his elders said that Yue Shanzhang of Zhaoming Academy was not easy to deal with... But he knew what position Yue Shanzhang held in the academic circles of Guangdong. As one of the young talents in Guangzhou Prefecture, he had certainly met him more than once. Now that he met him in this occasion, he felt extremely subtle.
Needless to say, with what happened to him today, Shanzhang Yue would definitely criticize him outside, and the elders of the Song family, who were already annoyed by his behavior, might criticize him even more... Why did they invite this person today? Why didn't he know about it in advance! If he had known earlier, he might have used illness as an excuse not to come!
Well, since I have already served the emperor and the two old men beside him, should I pretend that I didn't see this Yue Shanzhang and just walk away? Just as he was thinking this, he didn't expect that an empty bowl would suddenly be handed to him. He turned his head and saw that it was the emperor, and he couldn't help but be stunned.