The Empress Dowager glanced at Qiao Jinniang fiercely and said, "You didn't know? You mean you are exonerated just because you said you didn't know?
"No cook in Chang'an dares to cook this dish, but you dare to use this dish as the main dish of a funeral banquet! I must not spare you! "
"Grandmother, Jinniang really didn't know about this." Lu Chen strode from outside the door, bowed to the Empress Dowager, and helped Qiao Jinniang up.
Lu Chen held Qiao Jinniang's hand. "Besides, Grandmother, you just banned commoners from making this dish, but Jinniang is my wife, so she is a member of the royal family. Her making chrysanthemum tofu should not be regarded as disobeying your order."
The Empress Dowager looked at their clasped hands and said, "Your wife? Are you willing to make this salve-raised rude woman your crown princess?"
Lu Chen said, "Jinniang and I have already married. She is my wife."
