The golden and jade of the peasant girl in charge

Chapter 481

The old mother nodded again and again: "Yes, yes! It is clearly recorded in the queen mother's daily life note, and this old servant brought it for the girl."

The old mother brought the queen mother's daily note, and Ning Ci turned to the page of meals. While she was flipping through, the old mother added: "The queen mother has always been in good health and has a good appetite. Manager Yun The cooks who came back are very popular with the Queen Mother, and the Shangshi Bureau often sends over some new tricks. But these days, the Queen Mother has been ill, and she has lost her appetite even for her favorite dishes on weekdays."

Ning Ci nodded as she listened. The Daily Notes really recorded the life of the Empress Dowager in detail. Ning Ci's eyes fell on the Empress Dowager's meals for this month. The old mother: "The Queen Mother likes to eat celery?"

celery?The two men on one side were slightly taken aback, and Jiang Yan asked nervously: "Is there a problem with celery?"

Jiang Yan is indeed a filial son, but he has been busy with the affairs of the Hengluo emissary these days, so it is inevitable that he is unfamiliar with the Queen Mother. He just knows what the Queen Mother likes, so he specially asked people to prepare more carefully. When he heard celery, he also made a slight noise , the Queen Mother really likes to eat celery these days.

Ning Ci closed the notebook in her hand with a "snap", and said to Jiang Yan: "Your Majesty, the daughter of the people wants to go to the imperial dining room to take a look."

The imperial dining room of the Great Zhou Palace is naturally the most exquisite kitchen that Ning Ci has ever been to.The three rooms occupy an area, and on the plaque in the middle are three gold-lacquered characters "Imperial Dining Room".

Seemingly knowing that Ning Ci came to investigate late at night because of the permission of the emperor, Yun Xiaochuan had already locked the entire imperial dining room outside the door early in the morning.Seeing Ning Ci and Jiang Chengye approaching, Yun Xiaochuan accompanied him with a smile and bowed: "Slave Yun Xiaochuan kowtowed to the son and concubine."

Jiang Chengye clearly felt that the woman beside him seemed to be stiff for a moment, he reached out and held her hand naturally, and said lightly: "It seems that Manager Yun has almost taken care of this place."

Ning Ci quickly understood Jiang Chengye's meaning, her expression became more comfortable, and even a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth: "Yes, my son and I came over suddenly late at night, and Manager Yun is still so ready to greet you, it seems Director Yun is much more sensitive to disturbances in the palace, he is indeed an old man in the palace."

Yun Xiaochuan's expression did not change at all, and he even showed a bit of guilt when he heard the words: "The son and the concubine are really serious. The slaves have been in this palace for many years just to serve the master, but now the queen mother is ill. The emperor With kindness in my heart, this old servant was able to see the crown prince and concubine today. Now that he is going to treat the empress dowager's miscellaneous diseases, this servant must spare no effort to share the worries of the masters."

Jiang Chengye glanced at the imperial dining room behind Yun Xiaochuan: "Since that's the case, then Manager Yun will lead the people to leave. My wife doesn't like having outsiders present when doing things."

Ning Ci looked at Jiang Chengye in surprise, but Jiang Chengye's expression was as usual, and he didn't give her any more glances.

Yun Xiaochuan didn't stay too long, and took his people down after receiving his order.

Ning Ci always thought that the submission of the imperial meal in the palace would be very complicated and cumbersome because of the third secretary, but it was not the case.Guanglu Temple is only responsible for the banquets in the palace all the year round, and more often it is to review the menus of the meals in the palace. The Shangshi Bureau is the place where famous chefs gather. The real management of the Shangshan Room is the Imperial Dining Room.

The imperial dining room is very large, and the area covered by the three connected large rooms is even more spacious after entering.A row of stoves passed by, and almost none of them were fired, but they seemed to be placed there.On the other side is a layer of shelves, on which the ingredients should be placed, but at the moment it is clean, almost not even a chopped green onion is left.There were a lot of dinner plates on the large long table in the middle, Ning Ci asked someone to ask, these dinner plates were used to prepare supper for the masters.

"It's really strange. In such a big room, there is no food and no fire." Ning Ci's gaze shifted and landed on the shelf where the knives were placed. Jiang Chengye obviously felt that the eyes of the women around him were bright.

Sure enough, the next moment, Ning Ci had already walked to the knife shelf, looking at all the knives placed here.There is no doubt that these knives are top-notch, both in terms of materials and workmanship.Ning Ci was a little dazed looking at it. It has been many years since she came to this world, but when she suddenly saw this, she really felt like she had returned to her own private kitchen. Her set of knives was also top-notch that she picked out by herself. Guys, no one can touch it.

It's just that now, she is no longer as focused on cooking as before, and now she still has too many things to do.

Jiang Chengye had been watching her silently from the side, her gaze changed from bright to gloomy, and finally she looked away, these changes made Jiang Chengye frowned slightly and remained silent.

"It seems that Director Yun has taken care of this place very well. It's clean and there's nothing there." Ning Ci glanced around again, and called in another little eunuch: "Where is the celery that the Empress Dowager liked to eat before? ?”

The little eunuch thought for a while and replied: "Back to Shi Zifei, the ingredients are selected from the Shangshi Bureau and delivered here. Although the imperial dining room is called the imperial dining room, it is not a place for cooking. Most of the food in the palace today The Shangshi Bureau is responsible for all the meals, and if the concubine wants to check, she should go to the Shangshi Bureau."

But Ning Ci waved his hand: "No need, there's nothing here, and there's something in Shangshi Bureau. It's not so troublesome at night. This father-in-law should take us back."

The little eunuch was startled, and without further words, he bowed and asked them to leave.

Not long after the two of them came out, Yun Xiaochuan who had left appeared again: "The son and the concubine have finished checking? This imperial dining room is an important place. If the two of you finish checking, the slave will be locked after supper."

Ning Ci smiled lightly: "Boss Yun is dedicated to his duties, and it is convenient for us and my wife. Now we can't delay Boss Yun. The imperial dining room is under the care of the general manager. It is Ning Ci who has worried too much. Please forgive me for the trouble.”

Yun Xiaochuan smiled slightly: "Concubine Shi Zi, you are welcome."

On the way back, Ning Ci dismissed all the accompanying eunuchs. Although the eunuchs showed embarrassment, they didn't dare to stop Jiang Chengye, and obediently withdrew.

Jiang Chengye took Ning Ci for a while, and when he reached a rockery, he suddenly stretched out his hand to wrap her around her waist. Before Ning Ci could cry out in surprise, Jiang Chengye had already blocked her mouth with a smile: "If Call out, and they will follow again."

Ning Ci opened her big eyes and nodded.

Jiang Chengye let go of her, and turned his back to her: "Come up."

come up?Ning Ci was slightly taken aback, Jiang Chengye looked at her with a smile: "Don't you want to go to Shangshi Bureau to have a look?"

(End of this chapter)