HLnovel Chapter 223: A Beautiful Girl
Chapter 223: A Beautiful Girl
Tang Qiyue was summoned to the palace again, but this time she was not taken to Emperor Yongqing's crab farm, but waited outside the imperial study.
"I heard that my father recently found a capable man in the countryside to save his crabs? Is this true, Eunuch Fu'an?" Just as Tang Qiyue was lost in thought, a somewhat feminine voice came over.
"His Royal Highness the Second Prince." Eunuch Fu'an led Tang Qiyue to pay respect to this man, and Tang Qiyue's heart skipped a beat.
It has long been rumored that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the son of the current Queen and the fourth princess from the same mother, and the other princes are born to concubines. For example, the Second Prince in front of him, although Tang Qiuyue thinks he is a little difficult to mess with and a little shady, he also has a good reputation in the eyes of the people.
If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince makes a mistake, then that position will belong to the Second Prince, and no one else can take it from him.
However, Tang Qiyue didn’t know how she ran into the Second Prince.
"Is this the person who is skilled in cooking crabs for father? Is she a woman?" The Second Prince stared at Tang Qiyue with his narrow eyes, with amusement and curiosity in his eyes.
Tang Qiyue bowed obediently and said, "Your Highness, I am a commoner."
It seemed that the Second Prince had come here specifically to block her. Now she just hoped that the person in the Imperial Study would summon her in for an audience as soon as possible. She didn't want to be treated like a monkey.
"Come! Tell me how you saved this sick crab. I'm really interested!" Second Prince Xie Zan approached Tang Qiyue step by step, and looked at Tang Qiyue's lowered eyebrows carefully, "Raise your head."
Fuan, who was standing next to him, was so frightened that he dared not breathe.
Tang Qiyue curled her lips slightly and slowly raised her head.
"It turns out that such a beautiful lady has such ability."
"What's your name?" Xie Zan gently stroked Tang Qiyue's face with his fingertips under his wide robe, and looked at her face again and again with interest.
Tang Qiyue endured the discomfort and said, "My name is Tang Qiyue."
"It's a good name. Your Highness likes it."
Eunuch Fuan was almost frightened to his knees!
Your Highness the Second Prince, please be careful, this person is not someone you can mess with easily!
Thinking of how Marquis Wu'an protected his son, Eunuch Fu'an believed that if the Second Prince dared to act recklessly today, he would be severely punished by Marquis Wu'an tomorrow and would also be reported to the Censor.
Tang Qiyue was choked and said nothing.
"Are you ready for marriage? How about you become my concubine?" In Xie Zan's opinion, even if Tang Qiyue can cure crabs, she is just an ordinary person. Making her his concubine would be a huge benefit.
"Second Prince, you can't do that!" Eunuch Fu'an strode over and advised, "This Miss Tang is already married, you can't do that!"
"Are you married?" Xie Zan frowned, his eyes were very unhappy. He took a fancy to this woman today and really wanted to bring her back to the palace to have some tender time with her.
"It is the Prince Jin from the Wu'an Marquis's Mansion."
Almost as soon as Eunuch Fu'an finished speaking, Tang Qiyue clearly saw that the Second Prince, who had been very close to her just now, immediately took two steps back, as if she was a ghost.
What's going on? Tang Qiyue was confused.
"So you are the woman who has been making the rounds in the capital these past two days!" Xie Zan looked at Tang Qiyue with reluctance in his eyes but without the greed he had just now.
Tang Qiyue immediately understood what he meant. So even though she didn't show up in front of all the people, the people all knew her?
Why? Of course, it was because of Xie Changjin.
"Since you are Xie Changjin's man, I will not force you. But, tell me, did you really give birth to a son for that guy?" Xie Zan crossed his arms, looking curious.
Eunuch Fuan took a breath and couldn't help but say, "Second Prince, you..."
"Shut up! I didn't ask you."
Tang Qiyue pursed her lips, thinking that she couldn't keep it a secret for long anyway, so she might as well say it, "Second Prince's guess is correct."
"You are such a wonderful woman!" Xie Zan smiled, "I am really curious about how Xie Changjin's ice lump caught your eye. I am really curious!"
The Second Prince had changed so much that Tang Qiyue almost couldn't help rolling her eyes several times.
Just when she was about to lose control, the young eunuch who was guarding the imperial study ran out and whispered in Eunuch Fu'an's ear.
Eunuch Fuan's eyes lit up and he saluted to Xie Zan, "Second Prince, His Majesty invites the young lady in for questioning. Please..."
"Go ahead. I am not the kind of person who would hold anyone captive."
Tang Qiuyue followed Eunuch Fu'an into the imperial study.
"Do you know why I summoned you today?"
"I don't know." Tang Qiyue knelt on the ground and answered honestly.
"Get up." Emperor Yongqing waved his hand.
"Three days have passed, and the crab-raising recipe you mentioned is indeed effective. My crabs are now alive. I want to reward you."
Tang Qiyue looked up in surprise, but there was no shock in her eyes. What a joke! What's the point of a crab that has been cured by supernatural powers if it still dies?
"Tell me, what reward do you want?"
"I...I don't know..." She wants silver!
Emperor Yongqing stared at Tang Qiyue with a sullen face. The latter could clearly feel the oppressive majesty falling on him. Gradually, Tang Qiyue felt cold sweat on his back.
"Fuan!"
"I'm here!" Eunuch Fu'an called the eunuch behind him to bring the tray. The tray was covered with a red cloth, but it was not difficult to see what was inside.
It was the silver that Tang Qiyue had been thinking about. No! It was gold.
Tang Qiyue was almost blinded by the gold on the tray.
Emperor Yongqing said in a deep voice, "Since you don't know what reward you want, I will make the decision and give you a thousand taels of gold."
Sent! Sent!
Tang Qiyue swallowed silently, knelt down and kowtowed to express her gratitude, "I bow to thank Your Majesty for the reward."
"Get up, I have something to ask you."
She knew that it was not so easy to get a thousand taels of gold.
"Since you can make crab roe sauce, do you know how to eat crab?" Emperor Yongqing only found out what crab roe is in the past two days. He tasted the crab roe sauce and found it delicious.
Tang Qiuyue honestly described the various ways of eating crabs, and the young eunuch next to her swallowed hard. Eunuch Fu'an glared at the young eunuch fiercely and almost couldn't hold back his laughter himself.
"I didn't know that there are so many ways to eat crabs. It turns out that there are many experts among the people." Emperor Yongqing was a little bit resentful towards Tang Qiyue at first, if not for anything else, because her identity was absolutely no match for Xie Changjin.
Emperor Yongqing had previously been considering whose daughter to give in marriage to Xie Changjin, but who knew that the other party had been quietly doing great things and had a son. He was reluctant to vent his anger on Xie Changjin, so he set his sights on Tang Qiyue.
However, he did not expect that although Tang Qiyue was a commoner girl, she was no worse than the noble ladies. In fact, she was even more powerful than the daughters of officials.
As expected, A Jin’s taste is impeccable.