Peach Blossom.

As dusk was approaching, Tao Ye pretended to go to the kitchen, pretended to be busy for a while, quietly put the empty plates and bowls into the food box, and walked out.

She certainly didn't have to actually cook.

There is an ancient tree outside the kitchen door. The little devil who escorted her to ancient times once said that the place under this ancient tree is where the takeaway food is picked up.

She only had to put the food box on the ground when she passed by the ancient tree, and when she picked it up, it would be full.

She thought this way of getting takeout was quite scary.

She definitely couldn't eat it anyway, luckily she was just giving it to someone else.

She did as the little ghost said, put down the lunch box when passing the ancient tree, pretended to tidy up her clothes, and then picked up the lunch box again.

The food box has indeed become much heavier.

Tao Ye brought the food box to the prince consort's room.

In the past, Tao Ye had always seen others being scolded for delivering food, but this time it was her turn and she was actually a little nervous.

Before entering the door, she summed up:

The most important thing is to let the prince consort eat the food, so that the first order is completed;

Secondly, try to stay as long as possible to avoid being homeless in the following days and having no answer for the remaining ninety-nine takeout orders.

This way, I can also get the fifty thousand yuan... No, it's one hundred taels of silver...

"Why aren't you going in yet?" a guard outside the Prince Consort's door asked urgently.

Tao Ye hurriedly walked into the house carrying the food box, and was greeted by a tall and mighty figure. He was standing with his hands behind his back. He must be the son-in-law Chen Ji.

Tao Ye was just about to call him "Prince Consort" when she suddenly remembered the cook who came before her. She always used the same title and said the same words. It was really boring, so she might as well skip the step.

So Tao Ye said nothing, just opened the food box and put the food on the table.

This meal looks no different from earthly food.

The son-in-law Chen Ji still stood there without moving.

A dog jumped from the ground to a chair, then onto the table, and started eating around the plates and bowls.

Tao Ye widened her eyes. Could it be that the chewing sounds she heard before were all made by this dog?

But the Ghost King said that the food is to be sold to mortals, so how can it be a big deal if a dog eats it?

After waiting for so long, it turns out she didn’t even have a chance to get her first order!

Tao Ye couldn't help but get angry at the indifferent figure behind him: "Hey! Are you the prince consort, or is the dog the prince consort?"

As Xiaowan said, Taoye really saw the true face of the prince consort.

When Chen Ji heard Tao Ye's words, he immediately turned around and looked at Tao Ye with a look of surprise.

Tao Ye has realized that she had spoken out of turn. In ancient times, offending the prince consort should be a serious crime, right?

How to remedy this?

Tao Ye's mind was in a mess.

Unexpectedly, Chen Ji suddenly laughed, nodded and sighed: "Good question, am I the prince consort? Or is the dog the prince consort?"

Tao Ye was a little confused. Was there something wrong with her ears? Or was there something wrong with the prince consort's brain?

After the dog on the table took a bite of the first dish, it seemed a little disgusted and went to take a bite of the second dish.

Tao Ye suddenly remembered the most important purpose of her trip, and stepped forward and pushed the dog off the table.

The dog was startled.

The son-in-law Chen Ji was also shocked.

Tao Ye protected the food on the table and looked at Chen Ji with pleading eyes: "Prince consort, please, don't let the dog eat it, can you eat it yourself?"

Chen Ji looked at Tao Ye, even more dumbfounded: "You actually let me eat something that a dog has eaten?"

"The dog only touched this dish. It hasn't eaten the other dishes yet!" Tao Ye pointed at the dish that had just been bitten by the dog.

Chen Ji couldn't help laughing, but he didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Tao Ye begged again: "I beg you to eat something! Even just one or two bites will do!"

Chen Ji was almost unable to laugh: "You really are here to deliver food!"

"Of course I'm here to deliver food!" Tao Ye said this, having already understood the implication of the prince consort's words. The previous cooks were only here to deliver food in a fake way and to deliver people in a real way.

Tao Ye thought that the prince consort was deeply in love with the princess, but now they were not living together, so he must want to get news about the princess.

She thought she was extremely smart and had come up with a clever way to please the prince consort: "As long as the prince consort is willing to eat the food I send, and let me stay and send him food every day, I can find out news about the princess for him..."

"I don't need it." Chen Ji shook his head, obviously not caring.

Tao Ye thought that since the prince consort and the princess were so deeply in love, they naturally didn't need anyone to pass messages between them.

She thought of another idea: "I can also search for famous doctors all over the world for the princess and her husband, so that the princess can have children for her husband as soon as possible, and then the princess will not choose a cook for her husband anymore..."

"I don't need it either." Chen Ji still shook his head and sat down as if nothing had happened.

Tao Ye looked at the prince consort and could no longer think of any way to please him. He was a high and mighty prince consort, so naturally he had everything he needed. How could he need a little girl like her who had nothing?

But how is she going to complete her delivery mission?

One hundred orders, and there are still one hundred orders to go! If she can't complete them, she can't go back to her original era!

At this point, all she could think of was to play the victim and pretend to be pitiful...

With a thud, Tao Ye knelt down at the knees of her husband, Chen Ji, and hugged his legs and burst into tears: "My husband, please have pity on me! As long as you can eat the food I send you every day, I will do anything for you..."

Chen Ji instinctively wanted to shake Tao Ye off, but Tao Ye was holding him too tightly, making it difficult for him to shake him off.

As a princess consort, this was certainly not the first time he saw someone kneeling to him, but it was the first time he heard someone kneel down to beg him for food!

Chen Ji looked at Tao Ye crying bitterly and couldn't help but be curious: "Can you tell me first, why do you have to bring me food?"

Tao Ye was crying extremely hard. When she heard this question, she was stunned. She couldn't think of an answer for a moment and even forgot to cry.

Seeing Tao Ye in a trance, Chen Ji immediately became suspicious: "Could it be that... you are a spy sent by the princess? You deliver food to me every day so that you can poison me little by little and kill me quietly?"

Tao Ye was shocked by these words!

Isn't it said that the princess and her husband are very affectionate? Why would the husband ask this?

"Hurry up and speak!" Chen Ji suddenly raised his voice.

Tao Ye quickly put on a friendly smile and said, "My Lord, are you kidding me? The princess has taken great pains to select the cooks for the successor, so how could she let anyone harm you?"

The consort Chen Ji sneered: "What do you mean for me? She is just doing it for that Wang family kid!"

Wang family boy?

Should we say it is a young man named Wang?

Tao Ye felt more and more that something was wrong.

Since ancient times, troubles have always started within the family. Could it be that it’s all because of the guy next door?

The implication of the prince consort's words is that the princess is having an affair?

Chen Ji put his fist to his chin, his eyes becoming more serious: "Are you a spy sent by the princess? If you can't explain it clearly, don't even think about leaving this door today!"

As soon as Chen Ji finished speaking, the door was slammed shut by the guard outside.

Is his life in danger?

Tao Ye was like a frightened bird, panicking: "I don't even know whether the princess is long or round, how can I have the chance to listen to her instructions?"

"Long? Round?" Chen Ji repeated the two words of peach leaves and couldn't help laughing.

Tao Ye felt uneasy when she heard the laughter.

Soon, Chen Ji stopped laughing: "Since you deny it, why don't you just eat the food, and I will believe you!"

Tao Ye was shocked again. A meal that came out of nothing... no, it was a meal sent from the underworld. How could she eat it?

She once dreamed of going shopping, but when she was paying she found ghost money in her hand, and she woke up screaming in fright.

The feeling in her heart at this moment was just like that in the dream...

Chen Ji just sat there waiting, tapping the table rhythmically with two fingers, which made Tao Ye feel scared.

"Since the food is not poisonous, why don't you dare to eat it?" Chen Ji glanced at Tao Ye again.

"I...I..." Tao Ye stammered, unable to say anything.

"To avoid future troubles, I think... you will have to come here but never come back today..." Chen Ji's voice became lower and lower. Under the dim light, the smile on his face looked creepy.

As soon as Chen Ji finished speaking, the door was opened by the guard outside.

The guard was holding a long sword in his hand.

Before the sword was unsheathed, Tao Ye was already so frightened that her face turned pale and she started shouting.

Xiao Wan suddenly rushed in, picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of the food on the table, swallowed it with all her might, then knelt beside Tao Ye and pleaded with Chen Ji: "My Lord, I can prove that the food is not poisonous, please let Sister Tao Ye go!"

Tao Ye had already collapsed on the ground.

Chen Ji bared his teeth, stared at Xiaowan for a while, and couldn't help laughing out loud.

Xiaowan was a little puzzled and didn't know what the prince consort was laughing at.

The guard holding the sword gently reminded: "The dish that Miss Xiaowan eats is the one that the dog just ate..."

Xiaowan vomited all of a sudden.

Chen Ji glared.

Xiao Wan was so frightened that her legs were shaking and she kept kowtowing: "Please spare my life, my Lord! Please spare my life, my Lord!"

Chen Ji waved his hand at the guards and said, "Ma Da, clean up the mess and tell them to get out of here!"

Taoye and Xiaowan hurriedly wiped up the vomit on the ground with handkerchiefs, then ran out hand in hand.

After leaving the courtyard, Tao Ye felt relieved and hurriedly thanked Xiao Wan: "You are so kind. Aren't you afraid that the vegetable is really poisonous?"

Xiao Wan smiled sweetly: "I know you have never seen the princess, so how can you say there is a spy or poison? But I don't understand. Sending dinner is just an excuse. Why do you insist on having the prince consort eat? And why don't you dare to taste the food?"

"I...my master taught me cooking, hoping that I could develop it. He told me that I must cook for customers' homes a hundred times, and the meals must be eaten by the customers themselves, otherwise I would never be able to return to my master's house..." Tao Ye made up stories while comforting herself that she did not deceive her friends and it was not a complete lie.

Xiao Wan actually believed this illogical statement and started talking about other things with a cheerful face: "I was worried about you, so I followed your example and hid there to listen. I didn't expect that this would give me the opportunity to see the real face of the prince consort... The prince consort is really handsome!"

Tao Ye frowned, thinking that although this prince consort was not ugly, he was still a long way from being handsome and elegant, right? He was even worse than the guard named Mada at the door.

She thought that Xiaowan either had not seen much of the world or had problems with her eyes!

Xiao Wan was still intoxicated: "Sister Taoye, do you think the Prince Consort..."

"Have you heard about the 'Wang family boy' mentioned by the prince consort from Caiwei or her elder sister?" Taoye really couldn't compliment Xiaowan's blind worship, so she had to change the subject.

Xiao Wan thought for a while and nodded: "There was one time when I heard Sister Cai Ling say to Sister Cai Wei, 'Young Master Wang is both talented and handsome, a rare talent. I wonder how many young ladies admire him.' I think it was this person!"

Tao Ye knew without asking that the Cai Ling Xiaowan was talking about must be the eldest sister that Caiwei relied on for power.

As they walked together, Xiaowan kept admiring the bright moon in the sky, while Taoye kept his head down thinking, and slowly figured out the following thing:

It was most likely true that the princess had an affair, and her husband knew about it, as did the servants in her family. This showed that the princess's affair was not just a thought... As a married woman, if she wanted to remarry, either her husband had to die or she had to divorce...

So that's why the prince consort suspected that sending the food was an act of poisoning?

So that's why the prince consort has to show his loyalty to the princess, in case the princess has an excuse to divorce?

Tao Ye seemed to understand everything.

As soon as they walked to the door of their room, they saw the kitchen butler Zhao waiting there. As soon as he saw Tao Ye, he said, "The Prince Consort just sent someone to say that Miss Tao Ye will still deliver dinner tomorrow."