The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 19 Hot Pot
It hasn't been long since the rash happened, and everyone in the Shangshi Bureau has lingering fears when they think about the punishment of such a big battle.Now that he heard that the emperor was injured, he was even more nervous.

Zou Shangshi and the four chefs appeared in the dining room more frequently, patrolling around to watch people doing things.Seeing that the unskilled ones simply take over and do it with their own hands, in short, nothing can go wrong.

Those who wake up in the middle of the night to be on duty can go back to their rooms to rest at noon.Calculation is actually similar to the time spent on duty from morning to night, but the tension this morning has calmed down, and when I leave the dining room at noon, it feels like hundreds of years have passed.

Terrible!
Sydney couldn't help praying for the emperor.Pray that no matter where he hurts or how severe it is, he will recover as soon as possible!Don't procrastinate for too long, the possibility of minor troubles in Shangshi Bureau is even greater!

That night, the entire Shangshi Bureau was fried.

Yu Qian came to deliver an oral order, saying that tonight the emperor called the seven kings to have a meal together, and they wanted to eat hot pot.

In the morning, it is said to avoid meat and meat, and in the evening, it is said to eat hot pot.

Zou Shangshi's face was ashen, and he spent a long time with the people from Yuqian Palace who came to pass the message, first he said euphemistically, "For the sake of His Majesty's holy body and health, can I not eat hot pot?"

The eunuch who came to pass the message was called Xu Shishui, looking at the young man, but he was full of momentum, rolled his eyelids: "Miss, don't embarrass the younger one, the younger one is just here to pass on a message. Your Majesty asked for this by name, how can the female officer stop the younger one? "

Zou Shangshi was desperate to persuade him to go back, he calmed down and said again: "If it's only vegetarian..."

Xu Shishui tilted her: "Have you ever heard that people who eat hot pot are only vegetarian?"

The palace people who were close couldn't help trembling, and looked at Zou Shangshi eagerly, hoping that she would take care of this matter.

Right now, for Zou Shangshi, all he can do is ask the Shangshi Bureau for a gold medal to avoid death.

In the words, Tan Xu Shishui's tone was circumvented, and she wanted to say "If something happens, don't blame the Shangshi Bureau"-although it doesn't matter if he is a little eunuch, as long as he dares to Said, at least it means that the emperor, or the superintendent Chen Jijiang had such a meaning.At the very least, he was forced to make a slip of the tongue and let it go here, and then Chen Jijiang would have to help them more or less.

Who made him Chen Jijiang's apprentice?
But the people in front of the imperial court are all good people, Xu Shishui knew in his heart what Zou Shangshi wanted to hear, even if she said it, he would not let go.After spending nearly a moment like this, he bowed: "Miss, please prepare quickly, lest you fail to present it when the time comes."

As soon as the voice fell, the person left.

A group of maids from Shangshi Bureau scolded him [-] times behind his back!

The maids who were still on duty were washing the dishes, mixing the sauce, and preparing the bottom of the pot, and all of them were saddened as if they were being tortured.

The carp needs to take the most delicate and tender meat from the abdomen, and the maid who is picking up the fish wants to kneel down to the dead fish in front of her: Don't let your majesty do anything!
The long fresh shrimp had to be peeled and headed off before serving. The maid who peeled the shrimp quietly hid a few shrimp heads, thinking about going back to the room and offering three sticks of incense to them, wishing them a good family in the next life, as for this life... ...Death is dead, don't torment Your Majesty!
These fresh fish and shrimps are prepared a little in advance and kept fresh on ice. Because the beef and mutton must be sliced ​​into extremely thin meat rolls, they must be sliced ​​​​a moment before serving. After a long time, the rolls will collapse.

But the few Gong'e who will be in charge of the meat for a while can't move their eyes from staring at the piece of meat in front of them, gnashing their teeth one by one, wishing that they can have some supernatural powers to see what is in the beef and mutton that will affect the wound healing. Pick it out!

The depression spread in Shangshi Bureau little by little, and soon even the maids who were not on duty heard about it.A dozen or so girls had gathered in the yard to copy the recipes. After hearing the new young master talk about it in an exaggerated tone, they were all stunned.

Bai Ji, who was the least courageous, obviously shuddered, and he couldn't speak clearly when he opened his mouth: "This...if, if Your Majesty eats it badly, don't we..."

Her eyes were already red.Seeing her at the side, Jiang Yuyao felt that she was so embarrassing in front of the newcomer, and frowned in disgust: "Why are you crying? If you have the ability, please ask your Majesty to come down?"

Su Zixian and Jiang Yuyao had disliked each other for a long time, and upon hearing this, they were about to choke her.But before the scolding came out, a female official came.

After roughly counting the number of people in the courtyard, the female officer of the Dianji breathed a sigh of relief: "You guys will help Chengshan go."

Everyone: "..."

After redressing and returning to the dining room, the base soup, dipping materials and most of the dishes have been prepared, and the beef and mutton are sliced ​​again.

A group of envoys who were called to pass on the food were quite resentful. This was supposed to be the work of the junior envoys. Why did they still have to do this when they were promoted to envoys?

Some people had the courage to ask Nv Shi, and the answer they got was: I'm afraid that the little girl who just entered the palace will make a mistake, so she can't make a mistake now.

There were more than 30 people on this trip.

The four people walking in the front each carried a copper pot with four different soup bases: clear soup, spicy soup, bone soup, and mushroom soup.

The two people who followed each held a two-foot-long sandalwood plate, inside which were several small bowls of Xiaodie with various sauces.

The ladies in the palace behind all had three dishes on a sandalwood plate.The three items in Sydney's hands are vermicelli, lettuce, and fish balls.

It doesn't matter if the vermicelli is lettuce, Xue Li has been staring at the plate of white fish balls all the way, and said to each fish ball with cold eyes: Don't let His Majesty eat you!
Stepping into the night, a group of maids arrived in front of the Zichen Palace.

The four eunuchs holding a small stove entered the hall first, and then the maids carrying the soup and dipping materials came in, and the others were still waiting outside for the time being.

After a while, the Seven Kings arrived.

More than 20 little palace ladies are neatly dressed, and they are all short.

After the Seven Kings entered the palace, they got up and waited for a while, but they still didn't pass the food.Then waited, but saw an acquaintance.

Wei Chen was coming from the direction of the Xuanzheng Hall ahead, walking leisurely.

It wasn't until he got very close that Sydney realized it was him—he was wearing a white, gray and blue skirt, and looked gentle and elegant, but she had only seen him in a flying fish suit before, and it took her a long time to react. These two very different images face off.

Why did you enter the palace in ordinary clothes?
Sydney felt a little strange, and couldn't help raising her eyes to glance again.Wei Chen also happened to look over and saw her stunned for a moment, and just about to take a step forward, the eunuch who was waiting came forward with a smile and said, "Master Wei."

He had no choice but to continue into the palace with the eunuch.

Xue Li really wanted to stop him and ask: How is His Majesty injured?Is it okay to eat such a meaty meal?
Soon the fate will pass.

The line of maids on the right went in first, and Sydney and the others waited for a while on the left.

Sydney is at the back of this row. From the moment I stepped into the front gate, I even took my breath lightly. Watching the people in front walk in one by one, I knew that this was the Imperial Palace people trying to avoid bad luck again. Let them present themselves!
Just like the last time she entered the palace to deliver supper, she didn't dare to look up again!
A figure blocked the entrance to the palace for the second time, and the maids behind stopped immediately.

Looking up, everyone is blessed: "My lord."

Wei Chen stepped out over the threshold, glanced at the dishes in their hands one by one, and then stopped beside Xue Li: "Send the ones in front. Forget the ones in the back."

never mind? !
Xue Li looked up in surprise, but she still had to pretend not to know her, and bowed her head again: "What does your lord mean...?"

"Your Majesty said that there is no need for so much." Wei Chen didn't smile in front of everyone, and waved again to let the people in front of Sydney go in first, and let the people behind her back out, and stretched out his hand to lift the tray in her hand. Deliberately said loudly, "This fan is good, I will take it in."

"... promise." Sydney bowed.

Wei Chen lowered his eyes and lowered his voice: "Did you just want to ask something?"

She nodded, glanced around and realized that the other palace people had also been pushed away by him, so she asked with confidence: "My lord, where is Your Majesty hurt? Is it serious? Is it okay to eat hot pot? We are all afraid of death!"

He was much taller than her, and she couldn't help but tiptoed when she was anxious, as if she could see his expression more clearly.

Wei Chen reached out and pressed her forehead: "Small injury. If it's really serious, he will take care of himself, don't be afraid."

"The last time His Majesty had a rash, it was our bad luck..." Xue Li's voice was suppressed softly, and she was puzzled, "Who hurt Your Majesty?"

"His own." Wei Chen grinned dumbly and shook his head, "It's really a small injury, on his hand..."

There was a sudden pause in his speech, and he swallowed back the words "the sword cut a hole in his hand".

The continuation is still very natural: "It's similar to the wound you accidentally cut when chopping vegetables. Will you stop eating meat because of it?"

will not.

It is not uncommon for her to accidentally cut her hand when practicing knife skills. She never taboos, and often eats two extra pieces of meat to comfort herself.

If you bleed a lot, eat another snack!
So Xueli was relieved, and the maids who just went in to present the meal also retreated, so she saluted Wei Chen with them and left neatly.

In the inner hall, Xie Han picked up a piece of tender mutton that had just been fished out of the bone broth pot, and looked at Wei Chen, who brought in the dishes himself, dumbfounded.

Didn't you say that Master Wei is an important minister in the court?Why did you ask him to go out to welcome the maid of honor just now?
Then why did he bring in three dishes by himself?

...Is the imperial guard taking care of the eunuch's job?
Xie Han numbly put the piece of mutton into his mouth, chewed it, only to find that it was already cold.

The emperor just ignored his doubts.Insisting not to let the eunuch next to him intervene, he stretched out his chopsticks and searched the pot intently for a long time, picked up a piece of carp meat, and threw it into Xie Han's bowl: "Eat vegetables."

"... Oh!" Xie Han came back to his senses, and then realized that it was inappropriate for him to stare at Master Wei so hard.Get upright, bow your head to eat fish.

Wei Chen walked to the table, took out vermicelli, lettuce, and fish balls from the tray and put them down one by one, and said with a leisurely smile, "I think the vermicelli is good, so I cut it off."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, stretched out his hand for the plate of vermicelli, and poured all of them into the mushroom soup pot closest to him without expression.

(End of this chapter)