Concubine Huang said she wanted to leave

Chapter 28 Lunch
Shang Kelan lowered her eyebrows, folded her hands in front of her forehead, and said respectfully: "My concubine thanked the empress dowager!"

At this time, there was a sound of light footsteps from far to near, and then, the queen, who was dressed in a red peony embroidered palace dress, walked in with Tao Xiang.

After meeting the empress dowager and the emperor, the empress respectfully stood in the center of the hall, looked at Shang Kelan suspiciously and asked, "Why is sister Chen concubine kneeling here?"

Shang Kelan bowed her head docilely and said nothing, but she knew that the queen was asking the question knowingly.

The Queen Mother heard the words, snorted coldly, and said: "Okay, you all have to leave if you have nothing to do, Ai's family is going to have dinner with the Emperor, if the Queen is willing, you can stay together!"

The queen was delighted when she heard this, and said with a dignified smile: "The concubine thanked the queen mother."

The Empress Dowager issued an order to evict guests, and all the concubines got up to leave one after another. Jin Yantang helped the Empress Dowager to the Palace of Compassion, and the Empress waited beside the Empress Dowager.

The hall suddenly became empty, and Nanny Chen came to Shang Kelan's side, and said kindly: "Young lady, let me help you get up!"

Shang Kelan let go of her hand indiscriminately, and supported Zhizi's hand to stand up.

Afterwards, Shang Kelan smiled at Nanny Chen, and said, "I'm sorry, please go back to the palace with me. In the next three days, there will be a lot of troubles for Nanny in this palace."

No emotion could be seen on Chen Nanny's face, she just said respectfully: "Your Majesty, you are serious."

At noon, Xianya Palace.

The last time Jin Yantang learned that there were not enough ice cubes in the Xianya Palace, he ordered the people from the House of Internal Affairs to bring more ice cubes. Now that the ice cubes are displayed in the Xianya Palace, the maids are fanning the wind, and the whole Xianya Palace looks cool a lot.

Xia Chan screamed endlessly on the tree, and the scorching sun scorched the ground, which really made people feel irritable.

Not long after, Xiaoxia, who was wearing a light pink tulle dress, walked in, holding a food box in her hand, feeling a little unhappy.

Shang Kelan sat in front of the Eight Immortals table and looked at the shade of the trees outside the window. After hearing the movement, she turned her head and saw Xiaoxia's appearance, and couldn't help smiling: "Xiaoxia, who bullied you?"

Xiaoxia listlessly put the food box on the table, sighed and said: "Oh, ma'am, those people in the imperial dining room are too ruthless. Yesterday at five o'clock, when I was studying new dishes in the imperial dining room, everyone saw your majesty. He actually came to the imperial dining room in person and told them to take good care of Concubine Ning's food."

"The cooks in the imperial dining room are all focusing on the good food and drink for Concubine Ning, and they don't even care about cooking for the concubines in other palaces, and they are all perfunctory!"

After hearing this, Zhi Zi quickly stepped forward to lift the lid of the food box, took out the contents one by one and placed them on the table.

But among the six dishes, a stack of pickled cucumbers, a stack of cold preserved eggs, and a stack of cold salad with three shreds, all of which are vegetarian, there is also a cup of iced mung bean soup, a bowl of jasper lotus seed soup, and a sesame crisp.

Gone……

So light, not even a meat dish? !
Immediately, Zhizi looked up at Xiaoxia in shock: "Why did this happen? Didn't you ask the cook if he distributed the wrong meal?"

Xiaoxia said with a bitter face: "I asked, but people say that frugality is prevalent in the palace, and now it's a shame to give our mother six dishes!"

Hearing this, Zhizi put down the food box heavily, and said angrily: "What a bunch of weeds, let me meet them!"

As Zhizi said, she was about to rush out. Seeing this, Wan Dong hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her, persuading her, "Sister Zhizi, your mother has not been cleared of the crimes, you can go to the imperial dining room to make a fuss at this time." , I am afraid it will only be more detrimental to the empress."

Wen Chun and Zhi Qiu nodded in agreement after hearing the words.

Zhizi had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​finding the imperial dining room to settle accounts, but she still couldn't help but said wronged: "When the empress was in the mansion before, she never suffered such wronged."

Shang Kelan likes to eat meat, not vegetarian, so every meal must have a meat dish.

Therefore, Zhizi feels sorry for Shang Kelan who can't eat meat.

But Shang Kelan held the chopsticks and said indifferently: "This sesame cake is delicious, sweet but not greasy, very filling!"

Xiaoxia's eyes lit up when she heard the words, and she hurried over and said, "Really, ma'am?"

She is most interested in eating!
Shang Kelan blinked at her: "Do you want to try it?"

Before Xiaoxia could speak, Shang Kelan put a piece of sesame cake into her mouth, Xiaoxia squinted her eyes to taste it, and praised: "Really, I must ask Mr. Li for this sesame cake recipe !"

Shang Kelan didn't stop chopsticks, and sent food to his mouth at a speed that was not slow but fast, while asking doubtfully, "Director Li? Who is it?"

Zhiqiu nodded Xiaoxia's head fondly, and said: "She said, it's Manager Li of the imperial dining room, father-in-law Li Xiulian, this girl Xiaoxia goes into the imperial dining room when she has nothing to do, and studies some weird foods. Director Li was also happy to see the excitement in the imperial dining room, so he left a kitchen stove for this girl in the imperial dining room."

While talking, suddenly a palace servant came in and reported: "I want to report to your empress, Manager Li of the imperial dining room is asking to see your empress."

I really said that Cao Cao Cao Cao is here!
Shang Kelan put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth, sat up straight and said, "Please come in."

Not long after, the father-in-law, who was dressed in green silk and satin embroidered with blue python patterns, walked in. Looking at his appearance, he seemed to be in his thirties.

After Li Xiulian entered Lanyue Hall, she was very polite and didn't look around, she just bowed her head respectfully to Shang Kelan and said: "Slave Li Xiulian, I have seen Concubine Chen!"

Shang Kelan raised his hand and said politely: "Director Li, you don't need to be too polite, you came here at noon, but you have something to do?"

Li Xiulian smiled embarrassedly at Shang Kelan, raised the food box in her hand and said: "Go back to Madam, this servant is ignorant, and he took the wrong food from the cook for Madam, so the slave specially made it for Madam Bringing food over, I also fined that servant three months' salary, and please forgive me!"

Careful, this person's tone is humble, he looks easy to talk, but in fact he is all-round, and the punishment is minimized with a few words, without making her too angry.

Shang Kelan's eyes moved slightly, and she glanced at Zhizi, Zhizi stepped forward to take the food box and said, "Boss Li has a heart, and on behalf of the empress, I would like to thank Boss Li for making this special trip."

Li Xiulian touched the sweat on her forehead, and said with a smile: "The servant will not disturb the mother's meal, and the servant will leave."

With that said, Li Xiulian left Xianya Palace.

When I opened the food box, I saw that there were ten dishes inside, four meat and four vegetarian dishes. The dishes were exquisite, full of color, fragrance, and taste, completely different from the perfunctory six vegetarian dishes just now.

Zhi Zi couldn't help but said happily: "That's great, empress, finally that person in the imperial dining room still has a bit of conscience!"

Shang Kelan didn't pay attention to her words, after looking at Li Xiulian's leaving back for a while, she raised her eyes and said to the four palace ladies and Zhizi with a smile: "Don't be dazed, there are no outsiders here, eat with me Bar."

Saying that, Shang Kelan pointed to two more dishes and said to Zhizi: "Take these two dishes and share them with Yuan Ge, we won't be able to finish them if there are too many."

Gardenia smiled and went.

But Wan Dong asked with some puzzlement: "Mother, aren't you worried that you will be charged with that crime? According to my servant's humble opinion, it is better to investigate earlier, otherwise there will be no clues."

Shang Kelan hooked her lips into a smile with unknown meaning: "So... after the meal, you all have tasks!"

(End of this chapter)