The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 3 Fright
Everywhere in a small courtyard is weird.Neither of the two young men knew how to coax the little girl, so they stared helplessly at each other.

Fortunately, the little palace lady in front of her didn't like to cry at will. When she was forced to stand up by the commander, she felt that he might not intend to kill her. She raised her head to look at him with sobs, and muttered, " : "You let me go..."

The commander frowned, adding a layer of sternness to his face.

Being bewildered by a little girl whose height is less than their chest, it is inevitable to feel gloomy.

He stopped and stared at her for a while, wanting to vent her anger at her, but he didn't know how to do so. After a while, he took a deep breath: "The Huanyi Bureau is in the southwest corner."

Sydney responded with a sobbing "Oh".

The commander said again: "Take your things and go, dare to reveal half a word of what I saw today..."

His words stopped, and her breathing stopped along with it, and she stared eagerly, waiting for the next sentence.

He frowned slightly: "We will let Gong Zhengsi try all kinds of movable punishments on you, and then kill you."

Xueli suddenly felt her limbs go numb, and shook her head again and again: "I, I won't say it!"

Sydney hurried to the clothing bureau and met the female officer in charge.Send the rose and lotus seed jelly, and tactfully say what you want, and then leave.

The female officer didn't give her the right words, and she was worried all the way. Thinking about the two people before, she felt more like a hedgehog rolling in her heart. She trembled all over while walking, and almost burst into tears several times.

It was already dark when we returned to Shangshi Bureau, Xue Li crossed the threshold with a depressed head, and headed for his own residence with a depressed head.

When she arrived at the door of the room, she found that the light had been turned off, so she went to the small room at the top of the corridor to wash, and then opened the door to go back to the room, and tiptoed to her couch.

"Xueli?" She had just laid down when Su Zixian's voice came over, Xueli was startled, and looked at the bed facing her: "Aren't you asleep?"

"No." Su Zixian said, and then clicked his lips, "Yuyao and Aji have not come back, I heard from Qianchi under Zhang Nvshi's subordinates, they have been curry favor with sister Awan, and they may still be with her now !"

The "Sister Awan" that Su Zixian refers to is the female Shi Cuiwan who is in charge of teaching them.

The first-order female history ranks from the fifth rank, which is not low in the Shangshi Bureau. She can take full control of the meals of the emperor and high-ranking concubines, and is also responsible for teaching junior court ladies, even if she is at the level of the master.

Cui Wan, who was in charge of teaching them a few, looked gentle, but in fact she was serious. The nine little maids under her command were all a little afraid of her.

A Ji was the one who was most afraid of her, and now he took the initiative to curry favor with her?

It seems that everyone is in a hurry.

While thinking about it, Sydney fell asleep in a daze.I was too tired from crying today, and I have to wake up early tomorrow to be on duty, so I don't have the energy to think about other people's affairs.

At Yinshi the next day, Xueli and Zixian woke up.I don't know if Zixian was too dissatisfied with Jiang Yuyao and Bai Ji's way of flattering the female history behind their backs, changing clothes and washing made a lot of noise, and finally Jiang Yuyao couldn't stand it anymore, she threw a pillow and knocked the cup to the ground.

Su Zixian rolled up his sleeves as soon as he saw it, Xueli hurried to stop her, and dragged Su Zixian out of the room.

When I entered the dining room, the rest of the people on duty also arrived.They lined up in four rows, listened to a few orders from the serving lady in charge today, and then they all bowed down and said "promise", and went to do their own things.

Those who wake up "early in the morning" are actually making lunch.Those on duty to make breakfast usually get up in the middle of the night.

Although a little court lady like Xue Li has learned a lot of cooking under the guidance of Nu Shi, she is still far from qualified to present meals to concubines, and has always only done some odd jobs.

Helping read the menu, washing vegetables, and running errands are the most common things. At most, Cui Wan will ask her to help chop vegetables when she is too busy.

It can only be shredded and not diced.The kung fu of shredding Sydney has been well practiced, but all the dices are different in size. In the words of the Dianshan female officer training her: "It is not enough to change the board for you if you present it like this."

So on this day, more than a dozen little maids started washing vegetables together from dawn to three poles in the sun.

Everywhere in the dining room was busy all the time, and the female officials were doing things step by step swiftly and calmly.The prepared dishes were also handed over to these little maids, and they were taken to the meal preparation room next to them. There were maids in charge of the menu waiting for them, and they were put into the food boxes prepared on the desk, waiting for the palaces to pass them on.

What happened after that... It seemed a bit strange to Sydney, as if she had accidentally touched some spell.

First, at the time of Si Shi Chu Shi, someone sent a message from Yipin Lifei Empress Palace, saying that she wanted to eat rose lotus seed jelly.

This is not unusual, although rose lotus seed jelly has never been on the menu, but it is normal for the concubine to crave a certain dish occasionally, just prepare it.

After a while, Mrs. Concubine Shu of Yipin also sent a message, saying that Shangshi Bureau had sent her as many rose brines as she wanted to learn how to make rose lotus seed jelly.

This, this is not unusual, this is a challenge to Concubine Li.Everyone in the palace knew that these two had been fighting each other, and if the emperor was too lazy to take care of it, it was no one else's turn to take care of him.Anyway, rose marinade is not commonly used, and her majestic Mrs. Yipin asked for it, so she gave it to her.

But at the beginning of noon, Yu Qian came to say that His Majesty would like to taste rose lotus seed jelly...

The faces of all the palace officials on duty turned green.

Isn't this... looking for trouble?
I usually don't necessarily cook three bowls of food in a month, but today I need three people for one meal.One can't afford to be offended one by one, and offending any one is enough to make the entire Shangshi Bureau change.

The Si Shan who was in charge today gritted his teeth and agreed, and when the people in front of the imperial court left, everyone panicked—Concubine Shu just wanted to leave all the rose marinade, and now the emperor said that he wanted to eat rose lotus seeds, what should I do?
"Your Majesty, the rose marinade is gone, so I can't do it."—Isn't this courting death? !
Everyone hesitated for a long time, and Xue Li took the porcelain urn she had kept to Si Shan. Si Shan lifted the lid and looked at it. He frowned, touched her forehead and asked her to hug her back.

——The meaning is very clear, if this color is presented, it is courting death!

There are strict requirements for various ingredients in the palace. For example, the rose marinade requires only red and purple colors to be used.The pot of Sydney's own pot is not careful enough to "retain" when it is boiled. There is no difference in taste, but judging by the color, there are occasionally a few yellow petals, which look decadent.

After worrying for a while, I couldn't go on worrying any more, and the secretary invited Zou Shi, the female official of Shangshi, to come.Zou was in her early forties, wearing a maroon chest-length skirt, she looked more majestic than others, and all the palace people were waiting with their heads down, waiting for her to come up with an idea.

Si Shan naturally wanted to tell her that there was still some rose brine in Sydney, so she also lifted the lid to look at it, and frowned: Well, it really can't be used.

However, Mrs. Zou didn't frown any deeper, she let out a short sigh of relief, and said, "Go to Yuehe Palace and report to Mrs. Concubine Shu, saying that Your Majesty wants to try rose lotus seed jelly."

The surroundings were suddenly full of stunned exclamations.Even Sydney thinks that Shangshi female officials are different!After all, it's someone who has been around for so many years, because he has a lot of ideas!
They can't do it without rose brine, but Concubine Shu has it!If they can't do it, they can sell favors to Concubine Shu!
A young eunuch was found to spread the word, and the rest of them went on to do their own things as if they had been pardoned.

While Sydney breathed a sigh of relief, she still felt that the three consecutive encounters today were really amazing. Thinking about it, she still felt that it was amazing!

At night, Concubine Shu sent someone to deliver the reward.Dozens of purses were sent to the Shangshi Bureau, which contained loose silver taels, one for each person on duty, and the Shangshi female officer had a larger one.

What fell into Xue Li's hand was a bright yellow one. She opened it and looked, and there were three coins in it.

When you are hungry, you can order two more snacks for yourself.

She accepted it happily, and heard the comments of the elderly court ladies, one said, "This is not the work of Mrs. Concubine Shu!" To send it over, His Majesty put it down without eating two mouthfuls, he didn’t like it, so it would be nice to have a reward.”

Yeah, don't you like it?
Xueli curled her lips lightly, feeling that the king's heart is really unpredictable, and said that she didn't like the special things she ordered on a special trip, no wonder those palace people in front of the imperial court always live in fear!

The people sent by Concubine Shu left only a moment later, when several eunuchs entered the dining room, all the court ladies looked over in unison.

The person in the lead should be of a high rank, and the way he glanced at the crowd was a bit arrogant.His gaze paused, and he said in a sharp voice: "For today's supper, follow His Majesty's example and prepare an extra copy. I'm also preparing four different ones, and send them together."

Everyone was stunned, such a thing is obviously rare.

The latter sentence is not difficult to guess, it must be that the emperor has kept the courtiers to discuss matters until this hour, so he prepared a few more suppers for the adults.But the first sentence... specifically asked for the same one?

The serving lady went up to meet her, leaned over and asked, "My lord, which nobleman do you want to agree with?"

Even if it’s the same as the emperor’s supper, there is still a difference in salty and light preferences!

The eunuch looked down at Si Shan lightly, and hummed softly in his nose: "He's quite sensible."

Then he cleared his throat: "Listen clearly, His Majesty the Seventh Prince is playing chess with His Majesty in the Zichen Palace. If His Majesty the Seventh Prince is unhappy, His Majesty will be unhappy too, you can't eat and walk around!"

The yin and yang voice made Xue Li feel uncomfortable, and she and Su Zixian happened to be in an inconspicuous place, so they couldn't help sticking out their tongues at each other.

Before she could retract her tongue, she was knocked on her forehead. Looking up, Cui Wan took a water ladle and drank in a low voice: "Be careful!"

"...No." The two quickly agreed.He stuck out his tongue again in his heart, and knew in his heart that this matter was really careless: the emperor was the eldest son of the first emperor, and he had fifteen younger brothers, but only the seventh younger brother was born of the same mother, so he is of a different dignity .

After the eunuch left, Si Shan took a deep breath and turned around: "A Wan is serving the supper for His Majesty and His Highness the Seventh Highness, and A Qin is doing a good job for the adults. I will take people to send them over in a while, pick my feet and stand firmly." Focus on it."

"No." Cui Wan responded, and immediately glanced at the maids around her, signaling to go and prepare the meals quietly.

He also called Xueli and Zixian: "You and the people around Xue Nvshi will deliver it later, so be more careful."

Xue Li raised her eyes and looked, Si Shan had a solemn expression just now, and Cui Wan and the several servants, regular servants, and envoys who followed her had the same expression.

It seems that this Seventh Highness...is not easy to serve.

(End of this chapter)