In the years of famine, I led a comfortable life with my husband

The maid only whispered, "Chef Su, this is the Madam's order. You'd better not ask too many questions and just focus on your own affairs. It won't do you any good to know so many things."

Su Zhizhi heard this and had to force herself to suppress her nausea. "Thank you for your advice, young lady. I understand."

After the maid left, Su Zhizhi ran to the side and vomited. She knew that some people would like to eat the placenta, but it was still disgusting at first sight, especially when it was bloody, as if it had just been born.

After she had vomited nothing more, Su Zhizhi wiped the corners of her mouth and stood in front of the tray again. Although she had gotten used to it, she still inevitably felt nauseous. She put on gloves and began to handle the placenta. The touch made Su Zhizhi shudder, but she had no choice but to do it.

By the time the pigeon soup containing placenta was ready, Su Zhizhi was so nauseous that she couldn't eat. This amount of placenta was a day's supply, which meant that Su Zhizhi had to deal with it in three batches. And judging from the situation today, she was afraid that there would always be this kind of thing in the future.

Su Zhizhi was feeling extremely disgusted, but pigeon soup was placed in front of the queen on time for three meals a day. The pigeon soup was stewed for two weeks.

Su Zhizhi was almost immune to this thing, but unexpectedly, one day, the placenta was no longer among the food delivered.

Su Zhi was just a little surprised, but she wisely chose not to ask anything and just quietly did her own thing. She originally thought that the queen might have suddenly changed her taste and stopped eating placenta. Unexpectedly, the news Su Zhizhi received was that the queen was pregnant.

You should know that the queen has been in the harem for many years, but except for being pregnant with a child in her early years, she miscarried due to an accident before the child was full-term. Since then, the queen's body seems to be damaged and it is difficult for her to get pregnant again. Unexpectedly, after so many years, the queen's belly has moved again.

Not only Su Zhizhi was surprised, the reactions of other people in the harem were not much stronger than Su Zhizhi's. However, the most excited person was the emperor of the time.

After all, the current emperor has few children. Although there are many concubines in the harem and many of them are pregnant, they will eventually have accidental miscarriages due to various reasons. Many of those who are able to give birth successfully die in infancy. The issue of offspring has always been a concern for the emperor.

But now that the queen was pregnant, the emperor once again had hope for an offspring. The emperor was very pleased and held a grand banquet for the fetus still in the womb, whose future was unknown.

Almost all the dignitaries in the capital were invited to this palace banquet, and all the concubines in the harem also appeared to attend. This was an honor that had never been seen before in the current dynasty. Unexpectedly, it was only because the queen was pregnant.

As expected, the queen took advantage of this opportunity of pregnancy to regain her favor. For a time, she was in great glory and people envied her.

However, Su Zhizhi did not attend the banquet, while Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun were on the invitation list.

After the grand banquet, the ministers went out in groups of three or four, and Xie Chengjin and Shen Wenjun met each other quietly.

When no one was paying attention, Shen Wenjun slipped an envelope to Xie Chengjin, who then hid the thing in his sleeve. The two exchanged glances and then walked away, pretending they knew nothing.

After returning to the mansion, Xie Chengjin opened the things given by Shen Wenjun, which contained the latest information about the queen that Shen Wenjun had investigated.

In fact, Shen Wenjun knew about the Queen's pregnancy earlier, but he was a little suspicious about it, so he secretly investigated it. Unexpectedly, he discovered a shocking secret: the Queen was secretly keeping a lover outside the palace without the Emperor's knowledge.

This was a capital crime in the current dynasty. Xie Chengjin read the investigation results carefully from beginning to end and was shocked. He did not expect the queen to be so bold. He originally thought that the queen was just the mother of a country, but now he has completely changed his mind.

Xie Chengjin now has deep doubts about the Queen. After thinking about it, Xie Chengjin decided to send someone to investigate the Queen.

You don't know until you investigate. Xie Chengjin looked at the investigation results sent by his subordinates and sneered. If it was said that the tragic plight of Su Zhizhi's family was caused by Xu Chao, then the decline of Xie Chengjin's mother's family was inseparable from the queen.

In addition, Xie Chengjin also found out that there was some connection between the Queen and Xu Chao, which means that the person behind Xu Chao was most likely the Queen.

Xie Chengjin took a deep breath and put down the things in his hands. The situation in the capital was treacherous. He was becoming more and more confused about everyone in the capital. As expected, he had underestimated the muddy water in the capital.

At present, Xie Chengjin and others still don’t know what the queen’s real purpose is, so they can only act cautiously to avoid being targeted by people they shouldn’t provoke.

Su Zhizhi in the palace was unaware of these things and was still struggling to survive in a dangerous situation.

Now, in the harem, the queen is the most favored by the emperor. She is the master of the harem and now she has absolute power in the palace. The emperor values ​​the child in the queen's belly and is willing to compromise on anything.

When one person succeeds, everyone around him will prosper. The palace maids working in Fengyi Palace are also sought after by many people. They follow the people in Fengyi Palace, just hoping to get the favor of the queen and then rise to the top.

Su Zhizhi was naturally no exception. As a chef personally appointed by the Queen to serve her, many people valued the Queen's attention to Su Zhizhi, and many maids gathered around Su Zhizhi in groups of three or four to show their courtesy.

Su Zhizhi was not used to this kind of thing and kept making excuses, but those people just kept sticking to her as if they knew nothing.

Until Su Zhizhi became really impatient and asked directly: "What on earth are you pestering me for?!"

The palace maids seemed embarrassed and said that they wanted Su Zhizhi to introduce them to work for the Queen Mother.

Su Zhizhi was speechless and choked up. She said directly, "It's no use for you to come to me for this matter. You can go to the head aunt of Fengyi Palace. I'm just a cook. I can't speak in front of the Empress. Please stop pestering me."

After leaving these words, Su Zhizhi fled, leaving the others standing there looking at each other in bewilderment.

In order to avoid being harassed, Su Zhizhi ran back to the imperial kitchen to hide away. Chef Su was amazed when he saw this, but Su Zhizhi couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "Please stop watching the fun and making trouble. I'm almost annoyed to death."