novelhk Chapter 409: Money is not afraid of theft
Chapter 409: Money is not afraid of theft
At Yuan Qi's place, Zhou Chang could always eat as much as he wanted.
She was in a bad mood last night and didn't eat much. The next night, she couldn't help but come to Yuan Qi for a free meal.
After finishing dinner, Zhou Chang rubbed his stomach and touched his belly. He didn't know how long he could eat without restraint. Fortunately, Prince Yi had a physique that allowed him to eat a lot without gaining weight. That was really good.
"Your Highness, today's dessert was made by the new chef. Please taste it carefully later." Yuan Qi always found it funny to see Zhou Chang holding his stomach after eating and drinking.
Zhou Chang patted his stomach with a smile: "Don't worry, there's still room to eat..."
I don’t know whether he is becoming more and more like a skinny monkey, or whether Yi Wang Fengming and a skinny monkey have similar interests.
Yuan Qi also started chatting after dinner: "I heard that Prince Duan's legs seem to be really useless."
"Are you sure?" Zhou Chang was full of food and drink and didn't mind caring more about the leader of his "black fans".
At this time, dessert was served, which included four kinds of pastries and a bowl of sweet soup.
There are sweet and salty flavors, and the smell alone is sweet and fragrant, which is very tempting.
"You can tell at a glance that this chef's cooking skills are excellent. He must be famous, so you want to change him, right?" Zhou Chang couldn't help but take a piece of plum blossom-shaped pastry and put it in his mouth to eat.
Yuan Qi smiled and served the sweet soup, but he was not in a hurry to drink it: "It's not a change. The original two chefs, one from the south and one from the north, were only responsible for cooking. This one was specially invited to make some snacks."
"Uh..." Zhou Chang felt a mouthful of dessert stuck in his chest.
Compared to Yuan Qi, she always has a poor mindset, how can she be worthy of him.
He tasted one piece of each of the other three snacks silently, and then he remembered the topic just now: "Are you sure that Prince Duan's leg is really broken?"
Yuan Qi glanced at the screen outside.
Now everyone around him knows that whenever Zhou Chang and Yuan Qi are together, they will automatically avoid them.
Yuan Qi lowered his voice by three points: "It is certain that when I was still in the hunting palace, I heard that Concubine Yi sent people to look for famous doctors everywhere, but in the end, no one was able to cure them."
Zhou Chang took a sip of the sweet soup and actually tasted the flavor of cream. He felt magical in his heart while listening.
"A few days ago, the emperor returned to the palace, and Duke Xu set off early and changed his route. I heard that he went to meet Taoist Master Yun Huazi..." Yuan Qi scooped up the sweet soup and tasted it, as if he didn't feel anything special. He continued, "But of course he was not found. I heard that Taoist Master Yun Huazi went to travel around again. No one knows where he is and when he will return."
"Even if he sees someone, I'm afraid he won't be able to ask for it." Zhou Chang finished a bowl of soup, still not satisfied, so he simply put the whole bowl of soup in front of him, and then asked, "You don't want to drink the rest, right?"
The two of them had been eating together for such a long time, and Yuan Qi never ordered a second bowl no matter how good the food was.
Yuan Qi smiled warmly: "Your Highness, please drink as much as you want. If it's not enough, ask him to make another portion in the evening."
Zhou Chang knew that Yuan Qi didn't like sweets very much, so he hired a chef who specialized in making desserts, probably for Prince Yi.
Yuan Qi finished half a bowl of wine and put it down. "Imperial Concubine Yi visited many famous doctors, including Dr. Chu, the chief physician of the Yuchun Hall of the Yuan family. According to Dr. Chu, it is a blessing to be able to save the legs, but it may be possible to stand up and walk after years of recuperation, but it is impossible to walk as usual. So, if Taoist Yun Huazi can help, Prince Duan's legs may be restored, but if the Duke of Xi fails to find a way, I am afraid there is no hope."
Zhou Chang drank up the sweet soup in one swipe of his mouth, but he didn't know what it tasted like anymore.
If it is confirmed that Prince Duan's legs are hopeless, then he will definitely not have the chance to become the crown prince.
Prince Yi had always been at odds with Prince Duan, so this actually eliminated a hidden danger.
However, Prince Duan has always been a proud and arrogant person. The thing he desires most in his life is probably the throne. He didn't expect to shoot himself in the foot. I really don't know how to comment on this.
If you want to blame someone, blame it on the unpredictable nature of life.
Zhou Chang was deep in thought when he heard someone shouting outside: "There's a thief! Catch the thief! Catch the thief!"
"What happened?" Zhou Chang stood up and walked out of the screen. "Monkey, go and take a look."
"Yes..." The skinny monkey didn't know what he was eating, and before he could swallow it, he was already outside the door.
Zhou Chang also came out, and Yuan Qi naturally followed.
"There's a thief, there's a thief..." The shouts to catch the thief and the running footsteps of the palace soldiers seemed to be just outside the yard.
"Gao Yuan probably didn't go out again after he came back in the afternoon, right?" At this time, Zhou Chang naturally thought of Gao Yuan first.
Gao Yuan just returned to the palace yesterday evening. He was the first to learn about ** Hong's death and the cause of death. He also received a letter written specifically for him by his younger brother Gao Yun.
Gao Yuan was also worried that his brother Gao Yun might act impulsively, so he wrote a reply letter together with Zhong Yu and delivered it personally this morning. However, he didn't know whether he came back since then.
The skinny monkey ran back in a moment and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a thief in the palace. Brother Gao and the palace soldiers are searching for him with all their strength."
"Thief, who is so stupid as to steal from me?" Zhou Chang found it funny. "Do you know how many people there are?"
The skinny monkey shook his head: "Brother Gao is still leading people to hunt him down. The current situation is unclear."
Since he was a thief, Zhou Chang was not too worried, because Prince Yi had nothing to steal anyway.
Instead, he was worried about Yuan Qi: "There is nothing valuable in my palace, but you have..."
Yuan Qi was as steady as a rock, standing aside without even asking any questions: "Guardian Zhou is here, Your Majesty, don't worry."
"Well, it seems you are not worried at all." Zhou Chang stood on the steps and looked at the night sky.
"What are you worried about? The prince's treasure house is in the main courtyard. Don't worry. Most of my things are not here." Yuan Qi looked across the courtyard wall towards the main courtyard of the rear hall. That was the courtyard of Concubine Lan, the biological mother of Prince Yi.
The shouts seemed to be concentrated in that direction and there was no sign of them coming this way.
"No, now I have to go and take a look." Zhou Chang suddenly thought, after all, there are also Concubine Lan's relics in the main courtyard, and they are things from the palace after all.
"Your Highness, please don't go..." Yuan Qi stopped him hurriedly.
At this moment, there was another loud shout from outside: "Oh no, there's a fire, there's a fire..."
Someone set the fire?
Zhou Chang didn't even turn his head: "Don't worry, someone actually set the fire? I have to go and take a look."
Yuan Qi came up and grabbed him: "Your Highness, be careful. If these thieves want to steal, let them steal. If they set a fire, find someone to put it out immediately. The worst that can happen is that you will lose some property. Your Highness, please don't confront the thieves. They are inevitably very vicious. If you go there now, you will be hurt by the thieves again."