Chapter 349 Shocking Change

Eunuch Wei sent someone to say that the emperor would have lunch with the queen today.

That was just right, saving Ye Jiayao from making two portions. Although the emperor said not to worry about him, she couldn't take it seriously. She had to do it. This was her intention. She didn't care whether the emperor ate it or not. However, the vegetarian dishes she made were delicious. With all the fragrance, it’s hard for the emperor to resist the temptation!

Panlong eggplant, pine nut crispy fish, Dongpo hydrangea, Hangzhou pepper beef, three kinds of ground delicacies, suiyuan soup... When the exquisite vegetarian meals were presented one after another, the emperor frowned and said displeased: "Isn't it that? Is it a vegetarian meal? Why are there so many meat dishes? Is this made by Ye Jinxuan?"

Eunuch Wei smiled apologetically and said, "Mrs. Xia said that these are vegetarian meals, so it shouldn't be wrong."

The emperor shook his head, pointed at the crispy fish with pine nuts and said, "Look, the fish has been served, and it's still said that it's not a meat dish? Where's Ye Jinxuan? Pass it to her."

During the national mourning period, when the whole country was on a vegetarian diet, she actually cooked meat dishes for him to eat. How could she be at ease?

The queen looked around and felt that the fish was a real fish. She thought to herself, Jinxuan was too reckless. For the sake of the emperor's health, she couldn't violate the taboo! I have a headache thinking about how to excuse her later.

Ye Jiayao was summoned to the palace.

"Jinxuan, look at what you have done?" The emperor's tone was stern, and his expression became even more gloomy.

Ye Jiayao said inexplicably: "My concubine is cooking a vegetarian meal! Panlong, crispy fish, Dongpo hydrangea... are all made with vegetarian ingredients! Even the oil is made from soybean oil, oh, there is also a pot, too A pot for making vegetarian meals on weekdays.”

The emperor was stunned when he heard this: "You mean this fish is fake?"

Ye Jiayao nodded: "It is made of bean curd wrapped in bean curd filling. Your Majesty, you will know after you try it."

The emperor was suspicious, and Eunuch Wei hurriedly picked up the chopsticks, poked open the tail part of the fish, and took a handful to try. He put it in his mouth and chewed it. After a long while, he said, "Your Majesty, it is really made of tofu. It has no fishy smell and tastes great."

The queen breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Jinxuan, you are so awesome. What you did was just like the real thing. The Ai family and the emperor didn't dare to take off their chopsticks after seeing it."

Ye Jiayao said slightly: "Even if it is a vegetarian meal, it must be delicious and delicious to arouse your appetite! I have put a lot of thought into it."

After the emperor tasted it himself, he believed that it was a vegetarian meal. He couldn't help but feel an appetite. He had not had such a strong desire to eat for several days.

"You always surprise people." The emperor smiled lightly.

"There are so many dishes, why don't you sit down and eat together?" the queen said.

This is a great reward and a great honor. Ye Jiayao understood that the queen was promoting her. But she was frightened. She was already conspicuous enough. If word got out that she was eating at the same table as the emperor and queen, she would be cursed to death.

Ye Jiayao Nuonuo said: "I would like to thank the queen for her kindness, but I don't dare..."

"What are you afraid of? You dare to teach me a lesson. You are so audacious. If the queen wants you to sit down, sit down. We are not man-eating tigers." The emperor said with a bluffing face, but his tone did not mean to teach anyone a lesson.

Ye Jiayao said in her heart: You are probably better than the tiger. When the tiger comes, she can resist with her knife and arrows and fight back hard. If you want to eat someone, the person has to be brought to your mouth obediently.

Eunuch Wei gave a look to the chamberlain, and immediately a chamberlain brought the embroidery pier.

Ye Jiayao couldn't push it away, so she had to sit down.

She never thought that one day she would be able to eat at the same table with the emperor and queen. It was like a dream. Others might not get such an opportunity even if they tried their best, but she just cooked a few dishes.

As soon as she sat down and before she even touched her chopsticks, the prince and Prince Yu came over together, and Ye Jiayao got up quickly.

The prince and Prince Yu were secretly surprised when they saw that Ye Jiayao was eating at the same table as his father, the emperor and his mother. However, the thoughts are different.

The prince was surprised but also delighted. It seemed that the vegetarian meal prepared by Ye Jinxuan satisfied his father, the emperor and his mother.

King Yu was surprised, heavy and worried. He finally managed to make the emperor wary of Xia Chunyu, and then came out Ye Jinxuan to win the favor of his father.

Ye Jiayao took the opportunity to resign and let the prince forget it. She was from his group anyway, and she didn't want Prince Yu to have any bad thoughts towards her. You could tell by his eyes that he was a ruthless character. Chunyu is not here anymore, she can't afford to offend him.

As soon as he left Zichen Palace, he saw Xiao Jing coming in a hurry.

"Yao Yao, I'm looking for you!"

The last thing Ye Jiayao wanted to see today was Xiao Jing, because she told Butler Zhao when she went out that she would tell Xiao Jing if there was something urgent.

"Did something happen to the Hou Mansion?" Ye Jiayao asked anxiously.

"Probably, Butler Zhong didn't say anything, but he was very anxious. I just saw Chunfeng and told him, and he had already rushed back." Xiao Jing said.

"Then help me tell the eldest princess that there is an emergency at home that must be resolved. Ask the eldest princess to help me take care of it. I will come back as soon as possible."

Xiao Jing asked with concern: "Do you want me to help?"

"No, it's a family matter." Ye Jiayao refused, not wanting to expose the family scandal. Even if they were as close as Prince Helian, it was better not to say anything.

Xiao Jing understood that it must be something that couldn't be said. Now only Chunli, his wife and Yaoyao were left in the Hou Mansion. Chunli was an unreliable master, and maybe it was Chunli who was in trouble.

"Then go ahead, I will tell my mother." Xiao Jing said.

Ye Jiayao hurried to the palace gate.

All kinds of bad thoughts kept popping up in my mind. In the middle of winter, I broke out in a cold sweat.

Butler Zhong and Qiao Xi were waiting at the entrance of the palace. When they saw Ye Jiayao, they hurriedly came forward and said with a solemn expression: "Cuiyan came to make a fuss, saying that she was pregnant with a child. The eldest young master was in trouble and finally gave up. The old slave was frightened. , I don’t care about anything else, I tied up the person first and gagged her, if she is allowed to make a noise, I can’t hide anything.”

Ye Jiayao said in a deep voice: "It's tied up well."

This Cuiyan is really a bit brave. She dares to come to the door to make trouble. Is it because she is pregnant with Xia's seed, or because she knows that Youshi and Marquis are not here? Or maybe she knew that this was an extraordinary period and took the opportunity to pinch the Hou Mansion and force the Hou Mansion to let her in? There are really no tigers in the mountains, only clowns come to play.

"The eldest young lady fainted from anger and called the doctor to rescue her. It took a long time before she woke up. It seems that she had fetal force at this moment. I don't know if she can be saved." Butler Zhong said in a serious tone.

Ye Jiayao was frightened. Is this okay? Qiao's normal delivery date is February, which is still more than two months away! Youshi handed over this family to her, and she was sure of it. As a result, such a big thing happened. The doctor said that Mrs. Qiao was pregnant with a boy this time, the first eldest grandson of the Xia family. If there was nothing like this, Well, how can she shoulder this responsibility?

Ye Jiayao was anxious: "Go back quickly..."

The carriage ran very fast. Fortunately, during the national mourning period, the streets were deserted and there were no people. The journey back to the Marquis of Jing'an was smooth and smooth.

Ye Jiayao almost jumped out of the carriage, her ankle sprained, and she broke out in a cold sweat from the pain. She gritted her teeth and moved her ankle, but luckily she didn't hurt her muscles.

He walked quickly inside and went straight to Qiao's courtyard.

In the yard, both Chunli and Chunfeng stood in the wind. Chunli looked ashamed and didn't dare to raise his head when he saw Ye Jiayao.

Ye Jiayao really wanted to kick this scumbag to death, but she had no time to pay attention to him now and would settle the score later.

Chunfeng said: "Go in and take a look. The doctor said the situation is not good, so I invited the doctor from Renhetang to come over."

Ye Jiayao glared at Chunli fiercely and went into the room.

Fang's mother and Lin Kun's family were all there, and Mrs. Qiao's dull moans could be heard from time to time in the bedroom. Seeing her coming, Lin Kun's family responded with worried expressions, and whispered: "Second Young Madam, I'm afraid it's not too bad." Okay, I'm going to give birth prematurely, and I've already gone to ask for the mother-in-law. The mother-in-law whom I originally agreed to give birth to is not at home because I didn't expect that the eldest mistress would give birth early. She said she was visiting relatives, so now I have to find another family."

Although Ye Jiayao was mentally prepared, she still couldn't help but feel a sinking feeling in her heart.

"Call a doctor."

Lin Kun went into the bedroom and called the doctor from Renhetang to come out.

Ye Jiayao asked directly: "Doctor, how sure are you?"

The doctor looked solemn and said: "There should be no problem with the child being born, but the child is not yet full term, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to feed him."

Ye Jiayao felt her vision go dark. Qiao Xi quickly supported her and called out urgently: "Second Young Mistress..."

Ye Jiayao shook her head, gathered herself together, and said with force, "I'm fine, Qiao Xi, you go to Prince Helian's Mansion right away and talk to your ancestors and tell them that the young man was born prematurely and needs help from the royal doctor of the palace."

The health of Yide and his ancestors are taken care of by special imperial doctors. They have been in Prince Helian's Mansion for many years and are trustworthy. Giving birth to a child in ancient times was a very dangerous thing, as it was tantamount to a trip to hell, not to mention premature birth and the mother's current emotional instability. She must do her best to provide medical protection.

The adults must save it first. As for the child, Ye Jiayao felt a pain in her heart and could only rely on God's will.

Qiao Xi knew that this was a serious matter, so she immediately nodded and went to deal with it.

When the doctor from Renhetang heard that the imperial doctor would come, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It would be great if the imperial doctor was here, otherwise he really wouldn't be completely sure.

"Can I go in and have a look?" Ye Jiayao asked the doctor.

The doctor said: "Okay."

Lin Kun's family opened the curtain and let the second young lady in.

The doors and windows of the back room were closed, and two large charcoal fires were lit. The hot air hit her face and it was very stuffy. Ye Jiayao frowned. The air was not circulating. Is this okay? Ask the doctor later.

Several mothers in charge of the house who had experience in giving birth were waiting on the side. Mrs. Wen hadn't arrived yet, so they had to bear the burden first.

Ye Jiayao walked to the bed and saw Mrs. Qiao's face full of tears. She didn't know whether it was because of pain or sadness.

Fang's mother said: "The pain just passed. Now it hurts for every incense stick."

Ye Jiayao didn't know much about giving birth. She only knew that the shorter the interval between labor pains, it meant that she was about to give birth.

Then, she still had less time than a stick of incense to talk to Mrs. Qiao for a while.

"Lin Kun's family, go and hurry up Po Wen and ask them to come quickly."

Lin Kun's family left in response.

Ye Jiayao glanced at Fang's mother: "You guys should step aside first, I want to say a few words to the eldest young lady."