After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Mingzhu's face flashed with surprise, but she quickly covered it up with a smile. She shook my arm and said, "Of course I know what kind of person you are. Ah Man is the best in the world. Oh, Ah Man, why do you look so bad? I have a top-quality century-old ginseng in my warehouse. I'll ask someone to bring it to you later so that you can take good care of yourself."

I smiled, pushed Mingzhu's hand away, and said, "No, I'm afraid I can't take the tonic, so you can keep it for yourself. I tend to hold grudges, and I don't know if you've heard that people who have set traps for me never had a good ending."

Mingzhu's face changed, and she almost couldn't keep the fake smile on her face. But she was an acting genius after all, and even if she was exposed, she quickly adjusted her mentality and said coquettishly: "Aman, do you have any misunderstandings about me? I regard you as my best friend."

I was really annoyed with this drama queen, and said impatiently, "I am just an ordinary person, how dare I be friends with the princess? Princess, please go back. If you keep jumping into a man's room, I'm afraid people will gossip about you."

Mingzhu was so angry that her eyes turned red, but she didn't dare to get angry, so she pretended to be pitiful and said, "Since Ah Man doesn't like me, then I will leave, but I just want to tell you that I, Mingzhu, have never done anything unfaithful or unjust to you, Ah Man, and the heaven and earth are my witnesses."

After Mingzhu finished speaking, she ran out with red eyes.

I looked at Mingzhu's back thoughtfully.

Not long after, a little palace maid came in with a food basket and brought out a few plates of exquisite dishes. There were not many dishes, but she filled a large plate with white rice for me!

I looked at the plate of white rice piled high and couldn't help swallowing. It seemed that I couldn't escape the title of big eater. Even a little palace maid knew that I could eat a lot.

The little palace maid ignored my embarrassed look and said as she placed the food on the table, "The imperial kitchen is preparing dinner for your majesty and the ladies in the palaces. There aren't many dishes left. Your Excellency, you can just eat a little and then have a good dinner."

I took the chopsticks and said with a bit of a smile: "Is there no need to give me such a big plate of white rice if I just want to eat it?"

The little palace maid blushed and said awkwardly, "The imperial kitchen does not allow me to take any vegetables, but I can take as much white rice as I want, so I took more."

I took a piece of ham and bamboo shoots and put it in my mouth. The fresh and fragrant taste immediately filled my mouth. I swallowed it with satisfaction and asked, "This dish is really good. Do you want to try it?"

The little palace maid was so frightened that she waved her hands and said, "No, thank you, sir. Please eat slowly, I will clean up later."

After the little palace maid finished speaking, she actually ran away as if she was escaping.

I had only taken a few bites of the food and hadn't even started eating when Gongsun Wen and Zheng Bang walked in one after the other.

As soon as Zheng Bang saw me eating, he immediately yelled, "You are so good, Ah Man, you actually hid and ate alone!"

Gongsun Wen said slowly: "You are still sleeping now. I have been waiting for so long."

I looked at Gongsun Wen in bewilderment and asked, "When did I ask you to wait for me?"

Gongsun Wen was choked by the question and didn't know how to answer for a moment. Fortunately, there was Zheng Bang, a lively guy, who shouted, "Ah Man, did Sister Yiping ask you to bring me food?"

I was in a hurry to get into the palace, and I hadn't thought about this. I thought about it and said, "I still have a few cakes in my cloth bag..."

Before I finished speaking, Zheng Bang rushed to the coffee table where the cloth bag was placed, picked up the cloth bag, and took out a small bag of cakes wrapped in oil paper. I didn't have time to eat breakfast yesterday, so Yi Ping gave me some cakes to eat on the road. These cakes were left over. After a day, these cakes had become hard and lost their original taste.

But Zheng Bang treated it as a treasure and opened it carefully. He picked up a piece of brown sugar cake and put it in his mouth to take a bite. He found that he couldn't bite it, so he had to bite it hard. He finally bit off a small corner. He held it in his mouth, squinted his eyes in satisfaction, sighed, and said, "This is the taste."

Seeing Zheng Bang's possessed look, I couldn't help but shudder and said, "Is there any kind of food in the palace? Do you really need it?"

Zheng Bang carefully put the oil paper bag into his sleeve and said, "Of course, how can the pig food in the palace compare with the food and cakes made by Sister Yiping? Only a hungry person like you can eat it."

"You!" I was so angry that I almost wanted to hit him on the head. He actually compared the food prepared in the imperial kitchen to pig food. I was afraid that only Zheng Bang, a devil, could say such a thing.

Gongsun Wen ignored Zheng Bang and sat down next to me. He picked up the chopsticks used to serve food. There was no bowl. He took a plate of food, poured half of the large plate of rice in front of me onto the dish, and began to eat with big mouthfuls.

I watched Gongsun Wen eating like a hungry ghost, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong with you? I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you eating even more vulgarly than me?"

Gongsun Wen had no time to pay attention to me. He ate his food in big mouthfuls, but he choked before he could finish a bite. He beat his chest and shouted, "Pour me a glass of water."

I was so scared that I quickly poured him a glass of water. Gongsun Wen drank the water in one breath, took a deep breath, and said, "I have been sleeping in the open these days. How can I have enough food to eat?"

Seeing Gongsun Wen speak so pitifully, I couldn't help but pour some more rice from the plate to him and asked, "What have you been doing these days?"

Gongsun Wen continued to eat, saying as he ate, "I'm going to lead the troops to suppress the bandits."

When I heard this, I immediately understood that the "suppression of bandits" Gongsun Wen mentioned must be to clear out the more than 300,000 rebel troops of Grand Tutor Gui.

An army of more than 300,000 is not a small number. How did he manage to clear them out and return victoriously in just a few days?

Although I was very curious, I also knew that now was not the time to ask this question. I picked up the plate, ate my rice, and said, "I'm glad he's okay."

Gongsun Wen looked up at me and said, "I heard that Madam Zhao passed away. Is your father okay?"

I said, “Why didn’t you ask me if I was okay?”

Gongsun Wen choked, turned his head to look at Zheng Bang who was chewing brown sugar cake like a fool, and asked in a low voice: "How are you?"

I covered my mouth and laughed, "Yes, of course, it's good, so good that I almost want to set off firecrackers to celebrate."

Gongsun Wen rolled his eyes at me and said, "What a lunatic."

Gongsun Wen had eaten almost all the dishes on the table, so I was hungry and had to eat rice.

I stuffed a mouthful of rice into my mouth and said, "I have waited for so long. Evildoers will be punished. How can I be bad?"

Gongsun Wen finished the last grain of rice in his bowl and said, "Just say these words in front of me, don't say them in front of others, or someone will make a big fuss about it."

I said, "Of course I know. How could I possibly tell everyone about this?"