I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 184: Year-end Surprise
After thinking for a while about his elder brother's future development direction, Chu Liuzheng continued to flip through the pages.

[Prince Cheng was imprisoned in a secret cell, but within two hours he followed Emperor Shunguang's instructions and wrote the real secret letter, which he mailed to Prince Cheng overnight.]

[Frog fun! The stubborn Prince Cheng who refused to betray his father was actually gnawed away by the secret prison. How terrifying must this secret prison be! ]

Chu Liuzheng was just about to take a look at what kind of inhuman torture Prince Cheng had endured to be willing to betray his own father, when he suddenly heard the door open. Turning around, he saw Yuzhui coming back with breakfast.

I don’t know if it was because of the three people’s nagging, but today’s breakfast was really pancakes, pickled vegetable and meat pancakes, and white porridge.

"Come and eat while it's hot." Yuzhui put the tray on the table and raised his hand to call the two people beside the bed, "I'll serve the porridge for you."

"Okay, I'll come right away." Moxiang agreed and quickened her movements.

"The food in Yiran Garden is better than that in Nongyun Garden." Chu Liuzheng's stomach began to sing as he smelled the aroma of meat patties. "The breakfast sent to Nongyun Garden by the imperial kitchen never had any meat in it."

"That's right. The late emperor issued a special order, and Your Majesty did not change it after he ascended the throne. It can be considered a blessing in disguise that we can move into Yiran Garden." Yuzhui swallowed the cake in his mouth and turned around. "I heard that there was steamed eggs in the morning. I went too late and didn't see it. I guess it was snatched up. I will get up early tomorrow and queue up to get a bowl."

"I'll go with you tomorrow." Moxiang helped Chu Liuzheng sit down at the table. She took a quick look and found that a meat pie had been neatly cut into small pieces. The pickled vegetable and meat filling inside could be seen at the edge. The size was just right for eating and it was perfect for Chu Liuzheng.

She looked at the jade pendant in surprise and sighed softly, "It's rare to see you being so thoughtful."

"It's not me." Yu Zhui waved her hands hurriedly, "It's Chen Xing. She heard that these two pickled vegetable and meat patties were for Liu Zheng. In order to make it easier for Liu Zheng to eat, she used chopsticks to scratch them a few times..."

She held the chopsticks and gestured, "Just like that. The chopsticks are like knives in her hands, very sharp, and the cuts she made are all about the same size. If she hadn't entered the palace, she could have been a butcher."

From the tone of his voice, she was very envious of Chen Xing's unique skill.

[If Yuzhui knew that Chenxing had learned this unique skill from 372 corpses, I wonder if she would faint from fear.]

Chu Liuzheng thought while staring at the pickled vegetable and meat patties cut into small pieces, trying hard not to associate them with the words "dissecting corpses".

Yuzhui had no idea what she was thinking, so he changed to clean chopsticks, picked up a piece of cake and fed her.

The aroma of the pickled vegetable meat pie was so overbearing that it aroused the gluttony in Chu Liuzheng's stomach. He immediately forgot about the corpse, the dissection, the minced meat, the internal organs, and so on, and opened his mouth to take it in.

Really fragrant!

On the other side, Moxiang followed Yuzhui's instructions and used chopsticks to scratch the cake in the bowl.

It sounds simple, but you’ll know how difficult it is once you get started.

Not to mention cutting the pickled vegetable and meat biscuits into neat small pieces, it was even difficult to cut them apart. She could only poke a few holes as big as the tip of a chopstick.

She held up her chopsticks and looked thoughtfully at the pickled vegetable meat pie with a hole in the bowl for a while, then tilted her head to look at Chu Liuzheng, and a look of realization suddenly flashed across her eyes, as if she had finally figured something out.

Chu Liuzheng didn't notice that she was being fed by Yuzhui.

[This pickled vegetable meat pie is really delicious, the saltiness is just right, and it is even more refreshing when paired with white porridge. I can have two more! ]

I thought so, but unfortunately each person only got two pancakes.

Chu Liuzheng, who had just finished breakfast, was already looking forward to lunch and dinner, hoping that they would be better than those at Nong Yunyuan.

The pickled vegetable meat pie smelled strong. Yuzhui rinsed her mouth with warm tea and looked in the mirror. After making sure that there was nothing wrong with her face, lips and teeth, she said to Chu Liuzheng and the others, "I'm going to work. I'll have lunch with Chenxing and Siyue at noon. You don't need to help me get the food."

"Okay." Chu Liuzheng agreed and warned, "Such a big incident happened last night. You must be more careful when serving in front of the emperor today."

[The tyrant barely slept last night, so he will be hard to deal with today. If he accidentally bumps into the muzzle of the gun, he will either die or be injured.]

"Sister Liu Zheng is right." Chen Xing suddenly pulled the window frame to reveal his head, startling the three people in the room. Mo Xiang patted her chest and gave her a helpless look: "You didn't make any noise, and your sudden voice scared people."

"I'm just having fun with my sisters." Chen Xing stuck out her tongue playfully, "If my sisters are scared, I won't do it again."

She pushed open the window and climbed in. She came up to Chu Liuzheng as if she knew the place well, and looked at her with her hands on her face. "Sister, you look really beautiful today."

Chu Liuzheng: "Then you should praise Sister Moxiang. With her skillful dressing, even three out of ten can be seven out of ten."

"Sister is modest." Chen Xing smiled with his eyes curved, "No matter what others think, sister is the most beautiful in my eyes."

Chu Liuzheng: “…”

[This happens every morning. I am immune to it. ]

Chen Xing tilted his head: "Sister, won't you praise me?"

Chu Liuzheng said seriously: "You are very cute."

The compliment was a little perfunctory, but Chen Xing was very satisfied. He waved at Moxiang and Chu Liuzheng and said, "Sister Yuzhui and I are going to work. See you in the evening, sisters."

Outside the door, Miyue was already waiting, and the three of them went to Wenhua Hall together.

"Chen Xing is a smart girl." Moxiang looked at the door and suddenly sighed.

Chu Liuzheng, who was sitting at the table, tilted his head to look at her.

[Why do I feel like there's something else behind Sister Moxiang's words? ]

Moxiang didn't say much, just said: "Doctor Li will come over to change your medicine in a while, you sit down, I will boil the medicine first."

At the same time, Fengtian Hall.

It was the last grand court meeting of the year, and all civil and military officials were present, with no one absent due to leave.

The emperor had a stern face throughout the whole process, and there was no trace of joy on his face even when he heard the good news.

The cold and stern eyes seemed to inadvertently sweep over Minister Wen several times, which made Minister Wen feel more stressed and even sweat began to form on his forehead.

He raised his sleeves and wiped it again and again. Because he wiped it too frequently, he attracted the attention of the Minister of Rites and the Minister of Works. Minister Meng of Personnel also turned around to look at him, wondering why Old Wen was so hot today when the sun didn't even come out?

Xiao Jingfan took in everything the few people did, but didn't pay much attention to it.

Officials above the fourth rank gave their year-end work reports in turn. It was not until there was nothing more to report that Xiao Jingfan began his closing statement.

Until this point, everything went smoothly. When the officials thought that they were about to leave the court and that they were about to have an extra-long annual vacation, the emperor suddenly gave them a surprise.

Xiao Jingfan raised his hand: "Send it."

Civil and military officials:?
The young eunuchs each held a stack of paper and distributed it to the corresponding officials according to the names and official titles written on the paper.

Master Yan took the paper and looked at it carefully. It looked familiar. It seemed to be the paper that the imperial doctors had recorded at the last grand court meeting.

However, compared to the simple record of that day, there is a lot more content on the paper.

As soon as he read the first line, even a calm and mature Master Yan had his eyelids twitching uncontrollably, and the twitching was getting faster and faster.