Why am I, a cook, always involved in cases?

The spring garden party opened grandly in the dazzling clusters of peonies, like a luxurious feast.

In the past, this celebration always arrived early in the chilly spring weather, and guests often wrapped themselves tightly in their coats because of the cold.

So this year's event wisely chose a warmer time, a little later but just in time.

Such changes should have been implemented earlier, but the power of tradition is like a solid rock, deeply rooted in people's hearts and difficult to shake easily.

In the courtyard, a bright red carpet was spread out like a flame, and long tables and chairs were arranged neatly in an orderly manner.

The band members are concentrating on adjusting their instruments, preparing to play the upcoming magnificent music.

The women bustled around, making sure every detail was perfect.

The young military officers stroked their not-yet-thick beards and watched them busying around with a look of delighted anticipation.

Behind the curtain, the scene was bustling with noise and activity.

A thin girl was holding a huge vase with difficulty. The vase was filled with cauliflowers of various colors. Some of them were in bud, while others were just beginning to bloom, but none of them had yet to reach their full bloom.

“This miracle actually happened.”

Quan Wushuang's eyes wandered among the buds that had not yet fully bloomed, marveling at the splendor and diversity of the colors - red like flames, yellow like warm sunshine, white like frost and snow, gorgeous peach pink, and the rare black, purple and even green cauliflowers, competing for beauty.

He originally only expected to get a green cauliflower, but he never expected that this unexpected harvest would be so colorful.

Quan Wushuang couldn't help but wonder how this was done?

"It was indeed a big challenge, and we were unable to get them to bloom as expected."

Lin Zhiruo's voice was filled with a subtle shock. After all, she had never seen such a variety of cauliflowers in her previous life...

Quan Wushuang knew her temperament very well. Although he understood it in his heart, he still couldn't help feeling a little unhappy.

"No, this is already amazing enough."

Quan Wushuang gently picked up a cauliflower and saw drops of water quietly sliding down the flower stem.

He felt something was amiss, but decided to put his doubts aside for the moment and put the cauliflower back into the vase.

Originally, I just wanted a single green cauliflower, but now I get such a variety of colors, which is really a pleasant surprise.

Quan Wushuang entrusted the exhausted girl to the care of the maid from Liuli Palace, while he held the vase in his hand and placed it in the most conspicuous position at the banquet.

Those flowers that are about to bloom seem to be enough to attract everyone's attention, making them temporarily forget the beauty of the peonies in the garden.

The crowd watching were all amazed and even those high-ranking officials who had originally dismissed this matter were now looking at it with surprise and discussing it.

Quan Wushuang, as a eunuch favored by the emperor, is so handsome that he does not need to boast about his appearance, which is already amazing.

However, even so, he is not without enemies.

Not all officials were happy to see a young eunuch so popular.

Quan Wushuang always maintained a fairy-like smile, charming yet dignified, with her back straight, walking slowly towards the platform.

The emperor had a beautiful beard and walked towards the throne surrounded by a group of beautiful concubines.

There were all kinds of thoughts and calculations hidden in the eyes of the people looking at Quan Wushuang.

If it is lust, it is not so bad, after all, it is easy to use; if it is jealousy, it can still be dealt with.

As long as you know what the other person is thinking, you will always have a way to deal with it.

However, what troubled Quan Wushuang the most was the official waiting for orders on the emperor's left - Hongming.

On his chubby cheeks hung a pair of deep and unfathomable eyes, as if they could see into people's hearts but were still unpredictable.

Quan Wushuang knew very well that this person was by no means an easy person to deal with.

His eyes were sometimes focused, sometimes absent-minded, and there was always an ambiguous smile on his face that was hard to understand.

This man is none other than the biological father of one of the concubines in the harem, Imperial Concubine Shuwan. He is deeply favored by the late emperor, and even today, the emperor still has to be tolerant of him.

This is not a good thing, but Quan Wushuang still maintains that unchanged smile...that's how it should be.

Quan Wushuang shifted his gaze from Hongming to the man on the emperor's right—General Zhimou.

He wore a monocle, his eyes were as cunning as a fox, and he gnawed on the chicken wings without caring about the occasion.

He seemed to think he was hiding it well, and after each bite he quickly hid it in his sleeve and then took another bite.

This person is the most troublesome person at the moment.

Not only did he behave in a presumptuous manner, he also quietly took off the crown from the head of the senior official next to him in full view of everyone.

There was a ball of black hair stuck under the hat for some reason. General Zhiwu pretended to be surprised, which made the three senior officials sitting opposite him laugh.

It was so cruel that even the wig was so realistic that it couldn't escape his prank.

Seeing General Zhimou's childish behavior, some people smiled bitterly, some were shocked, and some tried hard to hold back their laughter.

Quan Wushuang also found it difficult to remain calm, but he knew very well that he could not lose his composure, so he forced himself to maintain his expression and knelt down on the red carpet.

After he presented the colorful cauliflower to the emperor, the emperor stroked his beautiful beard and nodded with satisfaction.

Quan Wushuang resisted the urge to let out a long sigh and slowly retreated.

General Zhiwu continued to pretend to look into the cauliflower vase, and this time he even started to eat the raisins.

Why is this guy so outrageous yet never blamed?

Quan Wushuang couldn't help but have such doubts in his mind.

In a pavilion a little away from the banquet, Susu let Lin Zhiruo lie on her lap, and she looked at Lin Zhiruo with a worried look on her face.

Concubine Yuyao, who was confirmed to be pregnant, did not attend the banquet this time. On the surface, it was out of courtesy to Concubine Si Lan for her first appearance, but in fact there was another hidden reason.

The reason why Lin Zhiruo had become so thin made Susu worried, and there were clues to the reason.

It turned out that Lin Zhiruo would be overworked every time she went to Zixiao Palace.

Over the past month, she has been going there frequently.

The maids in Zixiao Palace still treated her the same as before, as if she were some kind of monster, but Lin Zhiruo didn't care.

However, in order to make cauliflower, Lin Zhiruo had to come to Zixiao Palace.

She had asked Quan Wushuang to arrange the location in advance - the steam bath room in Zixiao Palace.

This was built by Lin Zhiruo in the past at the request of someone to speed up the construction in order to help Concubine Pinglan recover from her illness.

Although Concubine Pinglan was still a noble person, she agreed to Lin Zhiruo's request without hesitation.

Lin Zhiruo knew that Concubine Pinglan was a generous person, so she dared to discuss this matter with her.

To thank Concubine Pinglan for her generous help, Lin Zhiruo gave her a newly ordered cookbook - a cookbook that the emperor particularly liked to read.

After seeing the contents of the recipe, Concubine Pinglan gracefully walked back to her room.

Lin Zhiruo remembered that she was watching all this calmly, while the maids were whispering and watching her back.

No one could have imagined that such a cookbook would fall into the hands of a noble person.