The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 53 Preparation
The emperor watched calmly, and listened to Xue Li's "speaking the truth" with a pleasant face, trying to hold back a smile when his eyes caught her rolling bright eyes.

——Too obvious!With her eyes looking left and right, who can't see that she has some tricks?

After saying two or three sentences, he could tell that she didn't want to go.In fact, he also expected this, so he didn't ask the palace servants to hand it over directly, but came here himself, and avoided others.

He originally thought that if she really didn't want to go, he wouldn't force her, and he would take back what Concubine Hui gave her intact.Put the things on his desk, even if Concubine Hui felt strange afterwards and came to Yu to ask, Xu Shishui could only reply: "Your Majesty may have forgotten in a hurry."

This kind of trivial matter is really insignificant compared to the pile of memorials on his desk, it's no big deal if I forget it, Concubine Hui can't say anything, and can't rush, this matter will pass naturally.

But look at Sydney in front of you...

She went around saying something here and there, and she didn't know how to say those twists and turns, but she insisted on saying it, from "no meritorious deeds" to "servants don't understand the affairs of the harem, which makes Mrs. Hui unhappy." What should I do?" I have mentioned every point, but I didn't mention the phrase "I don't want to go".

The emperor waited with a smile in his heart, thinking that even if she didn't dare to say it directly, she had done so much foreshadowing so well, and finally asked tactfully, "Can I not go?" Is it okay?

However, I have never heard of it.

She rolled her black eyes and said one by one, looking at him expectantly after each sentence, and seeing that he didn't say anything, she nodded and said the next one.

Is this waiting for him to nod and say "then don't go" after hearing her reason?
Xie Zhao frowned slightly: I don't.

So, when Sydney finished saying, "Concubine Hui has so many things to take care of, it's inappropriate for a servant to disturb her?", she finally racked her brains and ran out of words.

The emperor smiled calmly: "It's okay. The etiquette is here, you can go at ease."

Sydney's face was stiff, and she screamed in pain.

That night, there was a frying pan in the courtyard.

Being directly summoned by concubines in the harem, or directly summoned by Concubine Hui who is in charge of the sixth palace, none of them have experienced such a thing!
After hearing what she said, Su Zixian and Yue Tingxian all looked terrified. They first asked her when she would go, and Xueli said with a sad face, "Let's go tomorrow."

Then Zixian asked her again: "What do you think about it?"

Sydney shook her head.

Then the two of them helped her make arrangements, from which clothes to wear with which shoes, to which hairpin to wear with which hairpin, the three of them discussed in her room together in a heated manner, as if they were going to demolish the house!

Sydney didn't have the court attire for the envoy Gong at all, but Zixian Tingxian's Shangfu Bureau was sent later.

Ting Xian took her own set and stuffed it for her: "You can wear this! Look more ordinary, don't let Mrs. Hui feel that you are too special."

As soon as Xueli was about to pick it up, Zixian immediately disagreed: "That's not the case! Look, there are so many people in Yuqian, why did Mrs. Hui only reward Sydney as one? She must have known that Xueli was different from others in Yuqian. It’s the same! If you insist on making it the same, wouldn’t it be fake?”

Sydney thought about it, and decided to listen to Zixian on this point.

So I opened the cabinet and rummaged through it, and found a chest-length underskirt with a blue skirt and a blue-and-white skirt—didn't the emperor say that blue looked old-fashioned on her?But it's just right to see Concubine Hui, and it won't make her look too small.

After ordering the clothes, the earrings are easy to choose.They don't have many of these things in their hands. Sydney has three pairs of earrings in total, a pair of emerald jade, a pair of red agate, and a pair of pearls.

With blue clothes, only the pair of pearls can be used!

There was another debate on the hair accessories. Zixian said to use the pair of hairpins that the maids have, because Sydney usually wears them like this, and Ting Xian said to use the one that Concubine Hui just rewarded, so that it would make Sydney like it very much. What she rewarded.

Sydney struggled for a while, this one is from Ting Xian!

In fact, the number of "two pairs" of hairpins rewarded by Concubine Hui is very large. In addition to the main hairpin and the attached hairpin, there are also combs and so on. Sydney took out the pair of small burnt blue combs, one on each side and one on the other. enough.

After the costumes were decided, Sydney asked the question that made her most uncertain.

——Do you want to prepare something for Madam Hui?

She felt that it must be inappropriate to go empty-handed, right?Even if gratitude and "reciprocity" are two different things, wouldn't it be insincere to go empty-handed?
But what should I prepare?Concubine Hui must not look down on the things they have here!
The only thing that can be sold is culinary skills, but the things that are imported are the most prone to accidents. They are usually afraid of making mistakes when they are on duty. Now it is a bit timid to take the initiative to send food to Concubine Hui.

After much deliberation, they couldn't make up their minds. The three of them sat around the case and looked at each other, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to ask Mr. Chen or Mr. Xu.

They know how to do more than they do!The idea is right!

In the outer hall of Zichen Hall, Xu Shishui was invited out by his eunuchs, and he immediately recognized that the person looking for him was Fugui from the Sydney courtyard.

Fugui's impression of Xu Shishui was even deeper.When Sydney was escorted to Gongzhengsi, he ran to Wei Chen to save him, but was caught by Xu Shishui as soon as he arrived at the Zichen Palace.

So until now, Fugui trembled when he saw Xu Shishui.He stuttered and said what Xue Li wanted to ask, then said with a low eyebrow and pleasing eyes: "I beg your lord to give you an idea..."

When Xu Shishui heard it, what about Sydney?

Putting it in front of the emperor is really a big deal, and now no one dares to be careless.It has something to do with seeing Concubine Hui, so you have to be more careful.

After thinking for a while, his eyes flicked across Fugui's face: "Come with me."

This sentence almost scared Fugui to his knees!
where to goInner Temple!Who is in the inner sanctum?Your Majesty!

Earlier, when the emperor went to the small courtyard to look for Xue Li, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to come out to be an eyesore, and he huddled in the house and pretended not to exist.He didn't dare to make any movement. If there was movement, the emperor would know that someone was there, but it would be bad if he didn't see the ceremony.

He wanted to sneeze at that moment, so he endured it for a full moment!I almost cried!

In the end, he was still going to see the emperor now, or directly questioning him in the inner hall, Fugui felt his heart beating so hard that it almost broke.

After entering the inner hall, Fugui didn't dare to raise his head after worshiping him. The emperor looked up at him and asked Xu Shishui: "What's going on?"

"This is someone from Miss Ruan's yard." Xu Shishui bowed and replied, "Seeing about Mrs. Hui, Miss Ruan wanted me to give you an idea, but I didn't dare to decide."

Isn't it just to thank you, why is there still something to let others make up their minds?
Xie Zhao frowned, looked at Fugui, "Say it."

Fugui stuttered while muttering "you can't stutter" in his heart, intermittently finishing the matter.The previous preparations were skimmed, and the focus was on Sydney's uncertainty about whether to make two snacks for Mrs. Hui to show her respect...

There was no movement for a long time after speaking.

Xie Zhao's expression was complicated at first, and then he wanted to laugh. After a while, he couldn't hold back anymore, so he yelled coldly: "Everyone go out."

The palace people were frightened, they didn't know why His Majesty was suddenly annoyed, they went out without even daring to let out the air, Fugui was even unsteady on his feet, so when he exited the threshold, he couldn't hang his head directly.

The door of the palace closed, Xie Zhao's last smack of coldness disappeared in an instant, and he collapsed laughing on the table suddenly!

It's fun to imagine Sydney tilting her head and thinking seriously about "Should I give something away"-what the hell is this stupid pear thinking?Do you have to bring back gifts when you go to thank you?
I have never heard of him growing so big!

The more he thought about it, the more ridiculous it seemed.Think about the festive seasons, Concubine Hui has a lot of things to do to reward the people in the harem, and they all send back gifts one by one, can Roujia Palace bear it?

This Sydney!

She knows how to use her brain, why doesn't she know what to think about?She didn't know how to think about the fact that someone else was wearing exactly the same clothes as her!

Really don't worry about what you should worry about, and worry about what you shouldn't worry about!
Xie Zhao was laughing while recalling all kinds of things recently, and he felt dumbfounded after accumulating, so he simply took this opportunity to laugh enough at once.

——He really couldn't do it to make him smile like this in front of her, it's suffocating him these days!

Outside the gate of the palace, the faces of the palace people were all pale, and they all hid from Fugui, but they didn't know what he said to offend His Majesty.

Xu Shishui guarded the place closest to the gate of the palace, in case someone was called from inside.Fugui had already wiped off his cold sweat seven or eight times from two or three steps away, and had recited "Amitabha Buddha" seven or eighty times in his heart, and now he was thinking about whether to give Xu Shishui some money, in case he was dragged out and beaten to death in a short while, Ask Xu Shishui to help set the coffin.

He was thinking about these things here, when there was a sound of "come" from inside.

Xu Shishui pushed the door open, raised his eyes for a while, glanced at the emperor's expression, then lowered his eyes again: "Your Majesty."

The emperor rested his forehead in his hand, a shadow was reflected on his side cheek, his expression looked heavy: "Where is Fugui?"

Xu Shishui turned his head and glared at Fugui, Fugui hurried in, and bowed down again as soon as he crossed the threshold.

The emperor breathed a sigh of relief: "Since she wants to give something, let her."

"No." Fugui responded quickly.

The emperor added: "But you can't use the small kitchen in her yard, you have to go to the imperial dining room."

Fugui replied "No", knowing that Sydney didn't want to use the small kitchen at first—she used to evacuate here to send her meals to the small courtyard. Not even oil, salt, sauce and vinegar!
The emperor said "Mm", and after pondering for a while, nodded his head and said: "Let her... make radish cakes and send them over. Concubine Hui loves radish cakes."

This time Fugui should be extra straightforward!This advice is so useful, let Sydney do it!

Fugui went to the small courtyard to reply, but Zichen Palace did not dare to miss a single word.The three of them were a little uneasy when they heard that there seemed to be a fire in the middle of the emperor and everyone was kicked out, but nothing happened afterwards.

But he couldn't figure out why, and Fugui came back safely, so he put aside this strange part for now, and went back to review the recipe of carrot cake.

Early the next morning, when Xueli arrived at the imperial dining room, she first told Cui Wan that she was going to Roujia Palace to thank her, and then she started preparing this dessert.

This thing is not often made in the palace, but it is actually quite delicious.It mainly uses rice noodles and finely shredded white radish, with bacon and sausage, seasoning with sugar and salt, and a little dried shrimp.

Shrimp skin should first be fragrant with oil, and shredded radish should be boiled in water. After that, all the ingredients should be mixed together until it becomes thick, and the cake is ready.

Shrimp skin and strands of radish shreds can be vaguely seen in the white cake base.After being steamed in the pan, it becomes a whole piece, and the filaments are not obvious, but this whole piece of crystal rice cake looks very attractive.

And it's delicious...

It's not over yet.The cooked radish cake should be sprinkled with chopped green onion while it is hot, then cut into cubes, put it in the oil pan and fry for a while, until the cold noodles are golden, and the surface is crispy when you bite into it, it is ready!
Sydney tasted a piece, and the aroma was very rich, especially the smell of bacon and sausage inside. After steaming and frying, it was mixed with rice aroma and it was overwhelming. She dipped a little fresh meat sauce that Cui Wan had just made, and she felt like eating it after one bite. Can't stop.

If she hadn't had to send it to Mrs. Hui, she would be happy to eat the whole plate!

Reluctantly put the radish cake into the food box, she also put a small plate of the sauce made by Cui Wan in it, and finally couldn't help asking Cui Wan to save some of the sauce for her.

Cui Wan looked at her with a funny face: "Go quickly, I will make another carrot cake, you come back to eat."

Xueli thanked her heavily, and was about to leave with the food box, but Cui Wan blocked her again, opened the food box to have a look, and added a plate of very ordinary bean paste cakes inside.

Cui Wan said: "What if Madam doesn't like carrot cake?"

This is also Sydney is also very strange this!
They all deliberately remembered the preferences of the concubines, but they didn't find that Concubine Hui liked to eat carrot cake in the handbook. Now that they heard it like this, even Cui Wan didn't know it?

Sydney was a little hesitant, but finally came to make this dish because...

She felt that Concubine Hui was His Majesty's concubine, and His Majesty must know better.

Since he said so, it should be!

(End of this chapter)