Shangshi female official

Chapter 46 Millet Porridge 2
Wang Yifu shook her head and said: "Today's meal is indeed not as good as in the past. Even if they don't say anything, the masters will definitely ask. Masters will ask questions. It's much better to have a complete answer than to ask three questions. As long as you ask the waiter Yan Xuan Enough."

At noon, when the eunuchs came to carry the meals, Wang Yifu had already packed the things that should be served, waiting for them to carry them.

The eunuch carrying food put away two dishes, one soup, one plate of pickles and one bowl of rice. When he finally went out, the younger eunuch turned his head and shook his head slightly at her.

Wang Yifu could only rely on guesswork to understand what he meant. It couldn't be that the masters all chose to swallow their anger when faced with the decline in food quality.People are different, some are honest and easy to bully, and some are easy to find fault and bully. It is impossible for more than 60 people to bear it.

There is no place for entertainment in the palace, food is a major issue, things this morning have lost their usual standard, so it is time to ask the eunuch if there is a replacement.

Could it be that when Sister Moxi missed her hand on weekdays, the eunuchs who were favored by her would cover it up for her?
"What do we do now?" Juanzi asked.

"Wait a minute, I should ask after lunch."

If it is an occasional miss on weekdays, the ladies and waiters don't care about it, then if you haven't eaten a good meal all day, you should also ask each other.

Although Wang Yifu's hands were cleaning the kitchen utensils and washing pots, she was very anxious in her heart. She kept thinking about what to do if these people were low-ranking and did not dare to ask more questions. What to do if you pass by.

This was absent-minded, and she didn't hold the knife in her hand properly, so she made a cut with her finger, and she hurriedly covered it with coarse sugar.

As soon as I finished cleaning at noon, I had to get busy with dinner. The two of them were busy all afternoon and finally made all the dishes.

In the evening, the eunuch carrying food was preparing to leave. Four or five women in official uniforms with tufted flowers walked into their small place vigorously. Behind them, one of the maids was holding a ruler, and the other was holding a whip rolled into two circles.

Ruan Sishan was the last among those people, and Wang Yifu concluded that these people had a lot of background.

The four meal eunuchs had their poles lifted to their shoulders. When they saw the female officials, they immediately took them off, folded their hands on their stomachs, and stood up respectfully with their heads bowed.

Juanzi and Wang Yifu also followed suit. It is always right to see the official uniforms bowing their heads.

The leading female officer is slightly younger than Nanny Chen, and it can be seen that she has senior qualifications. She is not too tall, so she stood on the steps at the door, looked down at them, and asked, "You two are in charge of today's lady. And the meal for the waiter?"

Juanzi respectfully replied, "Yes, my lord."

"What did you do for dinner?"

"Dinner is steamed fish cubes, stir-fried cabbage, beef brisket and taro soup, and pickles are capers."

"Prepare one, let's try it."

Juanzi hurried back to the room to arrange the evening dishes on the long table. Several female officials came in to see the appearance of several dishes. Juanzi handed over the chopsticks, and they tasted them one by one.

"What did Ruan Sishan say?"

The older female officer asked, and Ruan Sishan replied at the end with lowered eyes: "Master Gongzheng, you have tasted it just now, and the taste of the cauldron is just like this. And the person in charge is not here today, the newcomer who just arrived yesterday To be busy with meals for sixty people is a little bit far from cooking well."

"How can you Shangshi Bureau allow newcomers to cook meals for so many people directly? Although the maids are low-ranking, they are serious masters. How many times have I told you?"

"Before this newcomer came, two people cooked so many dishes. Logically, they could do it."

"Then why did the servant choose to report to Empress Debi that there was a problem with her diet?"

"Mo Xi, who was in charge of choosing the ladies' meals, was fined to be locked up in the stable for three days. It is probably because the masters are used to Mo Xi's craftsmanship, and they suddenly changed people, so they are not used to it."

"For what reason, who was she punished for?"

Ruan Sishan bowed her head and did not dare to speak. As for the matters between concubine and concubine, it was not for her to speak too much as a Sishan, and it was her immediate superior who punished her. She had no right to question her superior's decision.

"Let me tell you, just make it clear that Empress Debi has personally approached Gong Zhengsi and has not informed Empress Empress before, so you are not waiting for Empress Empress to ask herself."

Lord Gongzheng moved the empress out, Ruan Sishan had to say under pressure, "Yesterday the soup served to Yan Xuan servant in this dining room, Yan Xuan servant said that he had a stomachache after drinking it, and Qiu Shangshi punished him. De Moxi was locked in the stable for three days, and ordered the kitchen to make two dishes for Yan Xuanshi to apologize."

"Is the soup for the waiter made one by one, or is it out of the pot?"

Juanzi replied: "The stewed duck soup yesterday was made in one pot."

"Since it's all out in one pot, and only one person has a problem, how can it be blamed on the head of the spoon? Qiu Shang punished him for food and punishment for no reason."

Ruan Sishan explained: "Yesterday's soup was not served well by the newcomer, and the offal was all leftovers for Yan Xuan. The waiter was probably not used to drinking it. Besides, the master was not feeling well, so he invited the imperial physician to eat it." My lord wants Yan Xuanshi to rest assured that if there is any problem with the imperial dining room, he will be rewarded and punished."

"Of course a duck has viscera. If you don't eat it, just tell the food eunuch. If it's for someone who likes to eat it, how can you just go to the kitchen and make trouble? If all the servants are so picky , can you still serve in the food bureau? And if the maid instigates the master to provoke troubles, and punishes his own people like this, will the six bureaus and one division still do things?"

"My lord, my little mind is clumsy, please be clear."

"Let that one named Moxi go. Lin Dian is going to call out the maids serving Yan Xuan to beat the [-] boards, and they will fight in Ciqing Palace, so that all the maids serving the ladies can see."

A female officer beside her responded and went out to do business.

Master Gong Zheng turned around and asked again: "Who shared the duck soup yesterday?"

As soon as Wang Yifu heard it, she knew that she could not escape the punishment of Gong Zhengsi, so she took a small step and said, "My lord, it's the younger ones."

"Wang Dianzheng, beat her twenty hands, and hit her right here."

Wang Yifu lowered her head and obediently spread her hands out.

Juanzi knelt down and begged for mercy: "My lord, this child just entered the palace the day before yesterday and started working yesterday. It is inevitable that he will not be able to master the world. Twenty boards, is the punishment too much?"

Mr. Gong Zheng was stern and unselfish, and only said coldly: "The apprentices in the Inner Jiaofang don't understand the world. After entering the palace, there are not so many who can tolerate her. She can even divide the soup evenly. I think it is the inner Jiaofang. Get beaten less."

In Wang Yifu's ears, these words were not only talking about her, but also satirizing Nanny Chen behind her. If she said that it hurts, she would be sorry for Nanny Chen's care for so many years.

(End of this chapter)