Ability Shuttle: Don't mess with the black boss

Chapter 20 Qiankun Jade Cup (8)

I instructed them to steam the pumpkin in a pan and mash it into a puree.I personally added an appropriate amount of flour and stirred it with the cold boiled water. After a while, a large pot of fillings was ready.

Madam Hu has already heated up the wok with lard, and now she is waiting for the frying step.

I squeezed the pumpkin paste into a round shape and sent it into the pot along the side of the pot. When it touched the oil, it crackled.I took a step back and stood aside waiting for the first trial to come out.

After 3 minutes, I saw that the pumpkin pie had turned golden brown, so I picked it up with chopsticks and put it on a plate.Divided a small piece, put it in the mouth and blew it to cool, and tasted it.Only then did I find that a very important step was missing: my God, I forgot to add sugar.

Fortunately, I had planned a long time ago, so I only made one to try.

I asked Xiao Cui to fetch sugar and add it to the pumpkin paste.After a lot of tossing, a large plate of pumpkin pie is finally done.

Mother Hu instructed Xiaocui: "This is so smoky, why don't you hurry up and help the princess out." Then she smiled and said to me: "The princess can just leave the rest of the process to the slaves."

I saw that the servants in the whole kitchen were very reserved.In this winter, one can sweat profusely even standing still.Knowing that staying any longer would surely make them sick, they wrapped a pumpkin pie in oiled paper and said, "Okay, then do your work."

After thinking about it, I took another one and left.

After I left the kitchen, it was already evening.Remembering the appointment to have dinner with Concubine Yin in the morning, she said to Xiaocui, "Have you invited the prince today?"

Xiaocui pursed her lips and smiled: "Princess, don't worry, the prince said that he will definitely come back for dinner. It's just that he's back home now."

I said lightly: "Then we can go directly to the dining room."

Li Rui came back really early today, when I entered the dining room, Concubine Yin and him had already arrived.Seeing me, he curled up his lips and smiled, and said: "I just sent someone to invite you, I didn't expect to arrive so soon. I just heard from Er Niang that the princess has prepared a surprise for us tonight."

I sat down next to Li Rui, and said with a smile: "It's not a surprise, just treat it as a farewell party for Er Niang as my daughter-in-law. The prince will know when he sees it later."

He glanced down at the jade bracelet on my hand, and thoughtfully said: "The princess has a heart."

The maids came in and put exquisite meals on the table one by one.Nanny Hu followed at the end of them. After the last soup was ordered, she held the wooden tray with both hands, and brought up the two trays of pumpkin pancakes I had fried earlier.

Standing beside Concubine Yin, she did not forget to flatter me and said: "The dim sum made by the concubine herself, even slaves would salivate after seeing it, it is really delicious in color and fragrance."

Concubine Yin covered her mouth and smiled, "How do you know how it tastes? You ate it secretly."

Mother Hu repeatedly defended: "I don't dare to do it, but I also worked in the imperial dining room for several years when I was young, and I can tell that it is delicious."

Concubine Yin picked up a piece of pumpkin pie, put it in her mouth and took a bite.

I looked at her with my eyes open, wondering whether the tastes of the ancients were different from those of our time.After she finished chewing carefully, a knowing smile appeared on her face, she turned her head and said to Li Rui who was beside her, "It really is an exotic delicacy, Rui Er, you should try it too."

Li Rui also took a bite, and said lightly: "I never thought that the concubine has such cooking skills, but I don't want to cook it for my king in the future."

I was taken aback, not understanding what he meant.

Concubine Yin was also at a loss: "Rui'er, Cheng Ya has good intentions, what are you talking about?"

Unexpectedly, in the next second, he looked at me with piercing eyes and said: "I am afraid that I will get used to my concubine's craftsmanship, and I will not be able to do without three meals a day from now on. By then, I will be tired of my concubine, so I will not bear it."

I blushed, knowing that he was acting on purpose, but I was still a little embarrassed to be flirted with in front of everyone.

Although the pumpkin pancakes are delicious, they are too greasy, and the concubine Yin and I dare not eat more.After the banquet was over, there were still a few left on the plate, so Concubine Yin ordered Mother Hu to give it to everyone in the house to share, and it was considered a favor for me.

After Li Rui sent me back to my room, he said that he still had business to do, so he went to the study instead.Feeling at ease, I took out a pumpkin pie and handed it to Xiao Cui, saying, "You have served me for a while, so I'll give you this to eat."

Xiao Cui took the pumpkin pie, her eyes filled with tears and she said incoherently: "Thank you... Thank you, Princess. Can I give some to Xiao Hong and the others?"

Xiaohong and Xiaocui were maids who entered the mansion at the same time, and are currently working in the laundry room.Unexpectedly, she is quite affectionate, and I have a little more affection for her.

My original intention of giving Xiaocui the pumpkin pie was to send her back.Now it is more like what I want, I nodded: "Of course." She happily went to find Xiaohong.

Seeing her walking away, I took another pumpkin pie wrapped in oil paper and put it in my arms, then walked to the wing where Shen Yuan was.

As soon as Yue'er got on the top of the willow tree, I knocked on the door of Shen Yuan's room, within a short while, he opened the door from the inside.I squeezed into the room from the gap beside him, closed the door behind my back, and looked at him with a smile.

He looked at me with a sullen face, frowning and said: "You have something to say to me?"

I nodded, and when I was about to take out the pumpkin pie in my arms, I heard him say again suddenly: "Don't want to go back? Are you so happy?"

I was taken aback, looked at him blankly and said, "What did you say?"

He turned his face away, as if looking at me even more would bother him.I heard him say in a cold voice: "It's quite reasonable, you are a princess in the Xifeng dynasty, and you live a life of rich clothes and fine food, it will indeed be ten thousand times better than your current status of being ruined in the Qing Dynasty."

I guessed that he must have misunderstood what happened on the night of the wedding, and was about to tell him the truth, but he suddenly said quietly: "After all, here, no one knows that you are a corrupt criminal."

As if struck by lightning, I was silent for a while, looking at Shen Yuan speechlessly.In the end, he was willing to believe that the words just now really came out of his mouth.

I swallowed, and the tears were held back.Turning around and pushing open the door, he walked out with heavy steps.After walking less than five steps, Shen Yuan pulled her back from behind.He slammed the door shut, and I saw the shadows of the patrol passing by the wing door.

The incident happened suddenly, and Shen Yuan was also terrified.So much so that now he pushes me against the door, covering my mouth with one hand.His body was pressed against mine.Suddenly I felt a sticky feeling on my body, and I was surprised, maybe the pumpkin pie was squashed.Immediately, he broke away from his hand and pushed him back.

Shen Yuan naturally also noticed the abnormality, because there was a large oil stain on my clothes at this time.The crushed pumpkin pie just flowed out at an inopportune time.

It looks so disgusting that anyone who doesn't know it will think that some part of me is bleeding pus.

For example, Shen Yuan.

He came back to his senses, hesitated for a moment and asked me, "What's wrong with you?"

I was ashamed and annoyed, wishing I could find a crack in the ground and crawl in, thinking of his previous sarcastic remarks, wishing I could tear him apart.But firstly, there is no ground seam here, and secondly, I am a cheap bone, and I just don't want to do anything to him.So he had no choice but to cover the oily place, saw no one outside the door, opened the door and ran back to his room in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)