Stop, who is that person? Little Guizi, go and see?" Behind Annie, the black shadow at the bottom of the furnace quickly chased after him. Annie was startled, held her skirt and pulled the skirt on her legs. Before she could run two steps, the black shadow was pulled back. She heard a deep and terrifying voice behind her: "Which palace are you from? What are you doing in Fengxi Palace?"

Annie couldn't understand his words, but she was so nervous that she didn't dare to move. The shadow turned her head and the image of a little eunuch was reflected in her eyes.

"Ah? Yes..." Xiao Guizi was at a loss all of a sudden. He recognized Annie. Annie's appearance was so easy to identify. Although Xiao Guizi had never seen her before, she knew her identity.

Another person also chased him, Zhu Jun. These days he has been sleeping in the side hall of the harem. Qu Ci woke up in the middle of the night and was hungry. This was originally a normal physiological phenomenon for pregnant women. Zhu Jun first wanted to ask someone to go directly to the pastries in the imperial kitchen. Later, he suddenly remembered the vinegar chicken soup popular in his hometown in his previous life. This thing is extremely nutritious and sour, which is very suitable for pregnant women to eat. He couldn't sleep anyway, so he called the sleepy little Guizi to find some ingredients and gave birth to a stove in the pavilion to make chicken soup.

This is the first time Zhu Jun has cooked things since he traveled through time. In his previous life, there was a gas stove. At least there is still honeycomb coal. However, although the sea capital of this era has begun to mine coal mines and burn coal balls, due to the large amount of coal impurities, not only does it require people to incite the bottom of the furnace to stimulate heat, but also the burning process is accompanied by a lot of smoke. At this moment, Zhu Jun and Xiao Guizi's faces were covered with black marks of smoke. Although it was not scary in the night, it was shocking at first glance.

Zhu Jun saw Annie's face, and Annie looked both panicked and at a loss under the moonlight. Zhu Jun originally wanted to scold who was so bold and ran around in the middle of the night. When he saw that it was Annie, he softened his heart and knew how she had been recently. In the middle of the night, a woman wandered alone in the tall palace wall. Obviously, it was not much better. Zhu Jun moistened her throat and told Xiao Guizi to go back and take care of the fire. She wiped her hands with some coal-black quilt and said, "Miss Annie hasn't been asleep yet?"

Annie understood what Zhu Jun said. She looked at the strange man with a dark face in front of her, but she felt that his tone was a little familiar, but she didn't recognize that it was Zhu Jun. Although she had met him for a while, she didn't have much impression of Zhu Jun and left. When Annie heard the long-lost local accent, she felt calm and she felt a lot of fear. Although the other party's spoken language was not standard and his pronunciation was strange.

Seeing that Annie didn't say anything, Zhu Jun thought she was scared and hurriedly said, "Why don't you even take a maid when you go out at night?" Zhu Jun said a little blame in his tone this time. However, Annie felt much warmer, just like a floating duckweed that found support. She finally spoke, her face feeling a little embarrassed: "I'm lost."

Zhu Jun smiled in silence, his mouth opened on his black face, revealing his white teeth, which was very dazzling under the moonlight: "I'll go and ask someone to take you back." Zhu Jun looked around, there were no one around, and at this time, the lights were turned off in each hall to sleep. The eunuchs who were patrolling the night had not passed here yet. There were several eunuchs on duty at the palace gate in the distance, but the journey was long. Zhu Jun sighed: "It's better to do this, you can wait here first."

Zhu Jun led Annie to the pavilion. At this time, the vinegar in the porcelain jar was boiling, and a scent of vinegar came out. Zhu Jun wrapped the vase with cloth and pinched it. He looked at it. With the light emitted by the lanterns in the pavilion, he saw the chicken inside rolling and then closed it again. The soup had to be boiled slowly, at least one hour, so he felt sorry for Xiao Guizi, who lay under the small stove and fanned the wind, as if his face was covered with black smoke.

Annie looked around with a reserved look for a while. She felt a pungent smell of smoke at the tip of her nose first, and then a faint fragrance gradually emanated from the porcelain jar. Finally, she couldn't help but ask Zhu Jun: "What are you doing here?"

"Make the soup." Zhu Jun answered her. She felt a sense of accomplishment. Although the result of a victory was different from a bowl of soup, this sense of accomplishment was the same. It was even more comfortable for Zhu Jun to do a subtle thing than the military and political affairs all day long. All the processes were ready. The shortage was time. Zhu Jun was very interested in telling Annie about the method of making vinegar chicken soup. Annie had never been involved in cooking. She lived a pampered life in any country and royal family. She didn't even know how to make bread. At this time, she heard Zhu Jun's explanation. She was ignorant and novel.

Every few minutes, Zhu Jun would lift the lid and stir it in the jar with a large spoon. Otherwise, the chicken pieces would easily stick to various ingredients. Although this was thick, it would have a bitter taste. Qu Ci was a pregnant woman who liked to eat sour foods. Annie was throbbing and also followed Zhu Jun's appearance, so the spoon helped Zhu Jun stir it together. For Annie, although the black face in front of her was very scary, she always gave her a sense of peace of mind. At least she forgot about her misfortune for the time being.

Seeing that Annie was interested, Zhu Jun let her stir. As time went by, the soup in the porcelain jar became stronger and stronger. Annie smelled this.

.I am very accomplished in my heart. This is her first time doing things. Although it is just a trivial matter, it is also very impressive for a princess like her.

The three people under the pavilion seemed to have formed a tacit understanding. Little Guizi was responsible for stirring the fire. Annie kept stirring the soup. Only one Zhu Jun sat by the stone bench to explain to Annie. Some people might get tired of this kind of trivial matters in life. But compared to the royal princess who can reach out and eat, it is very novel.

An hour later, the vinegar soup was finally cooked. Xiao Guizi brought the utensils that had already been placed on the stone table and put them in the food box. Zhu Jun took the two of them to the bedroom. Unexpectedly, Qu Ci was already asleep. Zhu Jun smiled and did not push the door in. He sent the food box to Xiao Guizi's hand, so that Qu Ci could eat when she got up at night. He yawned himself and drowsy. Only then did he notice Annie on the side. He was too focused on chatting and actually forgot that Annie was lost. So he forced himself to let Xiao Guizi pack the food box first and send Annie back to the palace.

Annie followed Xiao Guizi a few steps back and looked back, her eyes shining under the moonlight: "What's your name?"

Zhu Jun was stunned. It turned out that Annie had not recognized him after saying so long. How could he know that his face had already turned into a black slap. In fact, it was not only him, but Xiao Guizi's face was also pitch black and Annie couldn't be much better. She was just in front of the cigarette when she was stirring the soup, and her face was also black and white. Zhu Jun smiled and didn't say anything. Isn't it good to meet at night to leave some suspense? She felt a cramped feeling in her heart, and he believed that Annie would know sooner or later.

Seeing that Zhu Jun did not answer, Annie reluctantly retracted her eyes and followed Xiao Guizi a few steps. She gritted her teeth and turned back and said to Zhu Jun: "Sir, are you the chef here? Are you still here tomorrow?"

Zhu Jun was stunned and said casually: "I live here."

Annie then twisted her waist and left.

Zhu Jun's head was full of sleepiness at this time. He really didn't want to have too much entanglement with Annie. He went back to the bedroom alone and fell asleep peacefully.

This sleep was almost the best day, and today's morning court was missed again. The eunuch hurried over and reported that the cabinet had sent military information, and the Li Xiong who was escorted back also arrived in Haidu and was taken to the Heavenly Prison.

"It's just right." Zhu Jun said in his heart. After washing up, he rushed to send Mu Tianbo and Yang Side to meet. In the cold winter cabinet, two cabinet ministers presented the military information from the north. Among them, there was a memorial from Li Dingguo, who frankly admitted the strategy of besieging the city and attacking aid, using Changsha as bait to attract Qing troops from all over the country, and then using ambush or taking advantage of their unstable foothold to make breakthroughs. Zhu Jun looked at it for a while and felt that this strategy was not a big problem. The Battle of Jiangnan generally showed that the army still had the upper hand. The time and time of the people and people were on the side of the Ming army. The Qing Dynasty had just occupied the advantage of the territory, and the besieging the city and attacking aid also played a factor of turning the geographical advantage. Once the Qing reinforcements from various provinces arrived outside Changsha, the Ming army, which had already been prepared, would be much easier to fight.

Zhu Jun exchanged a few more greetings with Mu Tianbo and Yang Side, and then the topic finally turned to Li Xiong. Li Xiong was a person with endless uses for Zhu Jun. Zhu Jun had been struggling to find a typical traitor. Wu Sangui was originally the best representative, but unfortunately he died in battle. Li Xiong could arouse patriotic enthusiasm. Well, it was a big deal, and it was a big deal. Zhu Jun then issued an edict. Three days later, the public trial meeting was held in the square of Haidu City. The people could come to watch at any time, and all workshops could be on holiday for one day.

The so-called public trial is actually equivalent to a complaint and debate meeting. Zhu Jun wants to let people know how a traitor is without a father or a king, and how to let everyone see the consequences of a traitor. However, before the public trial, Zhu Jun wanted to meet Li Xiong.

After the discussion, Zhu Jun changed into a regular dress and found an inconspicuous carriage. The guards around him also changed their costumes, left the palace, and headed straight to the prison.

The so-called Tianzhu refers to a prison directly under the imperial court in the capital. It is different from a dungeon (a cell below the ground), which refers to a cell above the ground, which is a place where severely sentenced prisoners are imprisoned. When the prison officers here saw the emperor visiting in person, they hurried out to entertain and guide Zhu Jun's cell. The Tianzhu in Haidu is newly built, with a radius of several miles, surrounded by tall walls with bricks and cement, and the walls are covered with sentry posts, which is very strict.

After entering the cell, the furnishings were fresh enough, so there was no corruption or old atmosphere. Just the prison guards held rulers and felt a little strict.
Chapter completed!