The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 46 Embarrassment
When they arrived at the imperial dining room, Xueli told the emperor's order first, and Cui Wan pulled her to ask how the cold noodles had just been served and went in.

Xue Li thought for a while, and told her truthfully: "Your Majesty ate four small bowls of noodles, and he probably liked it quite a bit. He also ate two bites of the dishes. He seems to like chewing that sweet and sour radish very much!"

Sydney is very impressed with this.When she herself eats sweet and sour radishes, she always bites half of it first, eats it, and then eats the other half.The emperor threw a whole round radish ball into his mouth twice, chewing it loudly, which sounded very refreshing!

After hearing what she said, Cui Wan was relieved.He breathed a sigh of relief, and started to prepare the dessert that the emperor wanted.

It's okay to say "make it sweeter", but how sweet should it be?Usually it's five cents of sugar, how about this time?six points?Eight points?very?

Everyone in the imperial dining room frowned again.In fact, it is not necessary to be too careful. It is possible to show displeasure if you don’t like your Majesty, but it’s not really punishing anyone just because of the sweetness.

However, isn't it because he was in a bad mood before?Now I don't know if I have slowed down or not, which makes people extremely scared.

So I set the meal list first, a steamed rice cake with milk, a sweet-scented osmanthus sponge cake, a bowl of steamed cheese with sugar, and yogurt.

There's a little calculation here.The yogurt can be without sugar first, and a bowl of yogurt with a plate of sugar and various fruits is presented, and the palace servants over there can adjust it according to the emperor's wishes.

Among the other three items, the sweetness of the steamed rice cake with milk is okay. A little bit of sweetness is also good with the aroma of rice and milk. Moreover, this thing is soft and has an advantage in taste.

Cui Wan decided to put seven-fen sugar in this.

The sweet-scented osmanthus muffin is sweeter and more delicious. After discussion, everyone thinks that the sugar can be added to nine points.Be sure to come down, Song Min, the permanent attendant, immediately started to mix the flour.

The eunuch Liu Changsheng pulled Xueli aside and told him, "You should pay attention to your majesty's reaction after eating this muffin, so we can count."

Xue Li nodded in response, and over there, Cui Wan explained how to make eight-point sweets with steamed custard, and said: "It's safe. Let's bring some other candied fruit over. If Your Majesty really wants to eat sweets, he can handle it."

Then it's all busy.Xueli and Song Min made the sweet-scented osmanthus sponge cake together. This kind of sponge cake mostly uses glutinous rice flour, sticky rice flour and white sugar. First add a small amount of water to make the fine powder into a coarse powder. Do not add too much water to make it sticky, and knead slowly with your hands every time.

Xue Li concentrated on rubbing, and the cool touch spread from her fingers, and occasionally it seemed to go directly to her lower abdomen, which made her feel obvious, but not uncomfortable.

Knead the cake powder evenly and pour it into a sieve to sieve, and sieve out any lumps, so that it is fine and delicious.

After this step, it is easy. Pour the prepared cake powder into the mold, and steam the mold together for a while. After it is out of the pan, sprinkle osmanthus while it is hot, let it cool and then remove the mold.

So far, Sydney has never had the opportunity to cook a complete dish by herself. Knowing that it is easy, she begged Song Min to let her come.Song Min thought about it and agreed, and guided her to do it, and Xue Li had a great time doing it!
Making dim sum with molds is so much fun!There are various molds, ranging from the most common square and round ones to those in the shape of ducklings and deer. When Sydney and the others make dim sum for themselves in private, they like to make each piece different in shape, but they present it to the emperor. No way.

Osmanthus muffins are always square, with six small square bricks on a plate.Song Min gave her the square mold, and she couldn't help but peek at the five-petaled flower next to it.

It must look good with that!The sweet-scented osmanthus sponge cake is white and soft, and the outer layer of cake powder makes it look like a handful of fluffy snowflakes, how cute the little white flowers are!

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that the emperor would definitely like it—or at least he wouldn't dislike this dim sum because of it. She bit her lip and tried to discuss with Song Min: "Sister, you said that if you put six square ones on the bottom, and put six square ones on the top, How about a little flower?"

Song Min was taken aback by her "whim".

Xue Li hurriedly said again: "Just six squares is a bit rigid, Your Majesty is in a bad mood...Put a small flower to make it look more beautiful?"

"Put eight on the bottom, stack four on top of each other, and put a flower in the middle of the top." Cui Wan answered the words first from the side.

Sydney suddenly smiled!

After the dish was served, she watched it for a long time.It feels as beautiful as a small sculpture, set off by a dark plate, the eight pieces below are a support, and a small flower is white and crystal clear on it, looking delicate and pretty!

The other items are also prepared and put into food boxes.There were not many things and they were not too heavy. They were put into a food box, and Xue Li carried them back to the Zichen Palace. After being emptied into the tray, Chen Jijiang asked her to bring them in together.

When a few snacks were put on the desk, Xie Zhaozheng was writing a memorial to reprimand Yu Guangxi, this time the reprimand was a little more brisk, and from the corner of his eye, seeing the palace servants presenting things to the desk, he sighed lightly and raised his head.

The yogurt is placed at the front, next to it are several kinds of fruit ingredients and a small dish of sugar, and at the back are the other three kinds, and there is another small glazed dish with four kinds of candied fruit in it.

They were about to leave as soon as they presented their things, Xue Li naturally wanted to follow, but he stopped him: "Xue Li."

She was taken aback, and walked back to his desk. He looked at the extra round stool next to him: "Sit."

She resolutely sat down again, and he put the steamed cheese in front of her: "Take a break and eat first."

A bowl of white, tender and tempting steamed custard with sugar, the toppings are sprinkled according to his preference, including honeydewed red beans and sliced ​​almonds.

This actually suits the taste of Sydney, but for some reason now, the first reaction when I looked down was "it's so cold", and then my stomach twitched again.

Maybe I caught a cold.Sydney lightly pressed and rubbed, and soon got better again.

"Uncomfortable?" Xie Zhao noticed her little movement.

She nodded: "Stomach hurts."

"Bring some hot tea," he said.Immediately, a palace woman went to make new tea, and it was brought in after a while. When Sydney saw it, she got up consciously to meet it.

As soon as she walked out, she threw the emperor's back again. Xie Zhao raised his eyes inadvertently, and suddenly his face froze: "Sydney."

"Huh?" She turned her head, a little dazed at first, but soon realized that her back was facing the emperor again, and turned around immediately.

——This time, all the people in the palace froze when they saw her back.

The eunuch lowered his head and pretended not to see, Gong'e blushed and suppressed a smile.Xie Zhao was the most embarrassed, and it took him a long time to calm down, and said in a muffled voice with his hands on his forehead, "Take her to the side hall!"

Only then did the older maid dare to step forward, and hurriedly carried her out.When she arrived at the side hall, Sydney still looked confused, the maid suppressed a smile and pushed her towards the standing mirror, and then took a round mirror the size of a copper basin to take a picture behind her: "Look for yourself."

Sydney took a closer look...

The round mirror was reflected in the standing mirror in front of her. The round mirror shone on her back, and the blood stain on the skirt was particularly obvious!
"Ah!" She felt ashamed at the thought of so many people in the palace just now, she turned her head and threw herself into the arms of the maid.The court lady did the same thing, burst out laughing from time to time, stroking her back and coaxing: "Okay, okay, don't be afraid. My daughter's family has this, and the girl has grown up. I'll get you clean clothes .”

It's not because she's afraid!

The ladies had taught them these things earlier, and she knew this well, but she didn't expect her menarche to be made public!

"So many people..." She was about to cry as she lay in the palace maid's arms, stomping her feet in embarrassment.The maid coaxed her a few more words, helped her to sit, then closed the door, and went to fetch her clothes.

Sidney herself felt hot all over her face!

After a long time, the door was knocked loudly.

She stood up, feeling awkward, her legs were stiff and she moved towards the door, and as soon as she thought about opening the door, she hurriedly pulled that sister in and then closed the door!
As a result, I opened the door and was about to reach out... there was an eunuch outside!
"Miss." The eunuch was a little taller than her, but bent lower than her, and pushed forward the tray in his hand, "Your Majesty said that the girl has caught a cold, and ordered to bring a bowl."

As a court lady who dealt with the kitchen, Sydney could smell the thing he sent with her eyes closed.

——Ginger brown sugar water.

She blushed!

"Many, thank you, Mr. Zhong..." Xue Li said embarrassingly.

The eunuch withdrew without saying a word, and Xue Li drank the ginger and brown sugar water while it was hot, and went to the mirror and looked back and forth, always afraid that blood would ooze again by accident!
"Don't worry. Go back quickly and sew some menstrual belts yourself. It's fine, ah." The older court lady smiled and persuaded her, and Xue Li thanked her and said goodbye.

In the inner hall, Xie Zhao was relieved for a while from the embarrassment of "a big man accidentally saw the little maid's menstruation" and then calmed down. He scanned the expressions of the palace people next to him, and saw that everything was normal, and their faces were calmer.

Thinking about it again, he continued to write the memorial, and laughed out loud.

I don't know how she will react after going to the side hall to find out the whole story!
He actually wanted to take a look a little bit, and he suppressed this "bad idea" for a while, shook his head, and said to himself twice: don't tease her, don't tease her.

Xu Shishui kept stealing eyes on the emperor from the side.

What is His Majesty thinking?Laughing and shaking my head for a while...

He was thinking about it when His Majesty sat upright and took tea to drink, and suddenly laughed again: "Pfft..."

Xie Zhao couldn't help imagining how she looked when she received the brown sugar and ginger water, and thought it must be very interesting!
He knew that he shouldn't "stab" her like this, but he couldn't hold back after holding back, even if he couldn't see her expression, he still felt that it had to be done for fun.

There were four or five occasional bursts of laughter during the emperor's forced sedation. The senior palace people around who thought they knew His Majesty's temperament were all dumbfounded, and they dared not peek with low eyebrows. He teased: Don't laugh, Your Majesty, you drank water when you laughed.

After drinking half a cup of tea slowly, Xie Zhao could be considered to have recovered completely.His eyes fell on the memorial in front of him again, and he planned to continue scolding Yu Guangxi, but he couldn't write any more...

The anger accumulated all morning was gone, and he held a pen to brew it for a while, but it didn't help.She put down the pen with a helpless smile: "When the lunch and dinner are hot, send them to her, and then let the medical girl go and have a look."

(End of this chapter)