Chapter 62: Infiltrating the General's Mansion (2)

In the general's mansion, the two mothers-in-law did not immediately take Chi Xiaoman to the manager, but directly brought her into the kitchen.

Of course, the General's Mansion is not something they can bring people into casually, but when they said that Chi Ying was a new cook, and the chief manager asked them to bring him over, the guards at the back door also believed it, after all, these two cooks were recruited as soon as the General's Mansion was built, and they were the people who had been working in the General's Mansion for the longest time.

Chi Xiaoman was a little suspicious of the thoughts of the two mothers-in-law, but she didn't really want to be the cook here, she just wanted to find a reason to stay here for a while.

"What will you do? Hurry up and do it, if the crown princess is willing to eat, we will take you to the chief steward." One of the women said after entering the kitchen.

Chi Xiaoman looked around the kitchen of the General's Mansion, in addition to these two mothers-in-law, there were two cooks in the kitchen, and the two cooks stared at her curiously.

She was glad to see such a thing as an oven, and then asked them for the ingredients they needed to bake biscuits, and then leisurely instructed the cook and the two mothers-in-law to start making snacks. Of course, before instructing them, she demonstrated it first, and then instructed them how to make biscuits of various flavors.

The cooks and mothers-in-law were originally quite dissatisfied with her command, but under the threat that if they refused to help, then she would still go to another house to do things, so she had no choice but to obediently listen to her command. Now they are dead horses and live horse doctors, if the princess refuses to eat anything at this meal, they will have to go home to eat their old books.

Of course, Chi Xiaoman saw their reluctance, but she didn't care so much! Because she knew that they had to listen to her even if they were reluctant, who made them desperate!

She asked the two cooks. In the past few days, they have made all kinds of dishes with sweet and sour tastes, and none of them have won the favor of the crown princess. This means that the problem is not in the taste itself, that Cheng Yin should have a heart disease, right?

But they didn't try to make dim sum. Because none of these cooks know how to make dim sum. In the general's mansion, there are only things like lotus seed soup and bird's nest.

In fact, even if they can make dim sum, Chi Xiaoman thinks it should be useless, because the pastries of this era are really lackluster, whether it is the Shengxing Dynasty or Yasukuni, the pastries are not brilliant.

She was glad that there was such a thing as milk in the General's Palace, thanks to the General's wife, who seemed to be quite fond of doing things that did not suit her status, such as creating a vegetable garden behind the General's Mansion and enclosing a small area to keep cattle and sheep.

Therefore, the people of the General's Mansion are no strangers to cow and goat milk. It's just that they don't drink it and use it as food, only the general's wife occasionally takes it to wash her face.

Chi Xiaoman wants to use this novel Western-style biscuit to arouse Cheng Yin's appetite, although she doesn't know about the preferences of pregnant women, but everyone has curiosity and likes to try new things, as long as they are not too dull and timid, they will want to try new things, and she believes that this woman Wei Chimu once liked. It shouldn't be dull and timid, because Wei Chimu doesn't look like someone who likes that type of woman.

The two cooks and the two mothers-in-law looked at the strange "biscuits" that they had never seen before, and although they smelled delicious, they seemed to be quite skeptical that this kind of thing would really taste good.

"Not bad. Do more. It shouldn't matter if you eat some here. Chi Xiaoman unceremoniously took a piece and ate it.

The two young cooks picked up a biscuit with suspicion on their faces and took a bite, the crispy texture accompanied by the milky aroma. It was so delicious that they couldn't wait to stuff the whole biscuit into their mouths, and reached out to get another piece with a different flavor.

Look at how gluttonous they are. The two mothers-in-law also tentatively took a biscuit with fruit filling, a sweet and sour biscuit with a strong milky fragrance. made the eyes of the two mothers-in-law widen, and they couldn't believe that they were so delicious.

"Delicious, right?" Chi Xiaoman looked at them with a smile and said, "Pick a few of each flavor and send them to the crown princess, no more, this is not for the princess to eat, just let her taste the taste, if she can eat a little bit, she will feel hungry and want to eat." ”

The mother-in-law and the cooks, who were originally reluctant to her command, listened to her words obediently at this time, and were very willing to put the biscuits into a beautiful porcelain plate and put them in the food box for the princess to enjoy.

After a quarter of an hour or so, the two mothers-in-law came back with food boxes, and from the looks on their faces, Chi Xiaoman knew that it had succeeded.

Sure enough, as soon as the two mothers-in-law stepped into the kitchen, they smiled from ear to ear and said, "The princess has eaten everything, and she has a good appetite and orders a few dishes and says she wants to eat." ”

"That's good...... You shouldn't have mentioned me to the manager yet, right?" Chi Xiaoman asked.

"Ah! We'll go at once. The two mothers-in-law were shocked, originally they were selfish and just wanted to take advantage of her, but when she mentioned it like this, they were not people with bad intentions, so they had to say so quickly.

"No, don't be busy, I hope you let me stay here for a few days, I don't plan to do anything in the General's Mansion. Chi Xiaoman stopped them.

Chi Xiaoman's reaction made the two mothers-in-law puzzled, and one of them said suspiciously: "Aren't you short of silver......?

"I just have to eat and drink, I want to research more new pastries, and then go to the teahouse to do things. She made up a random reason.

"Yes...... What shall we say if the chief or someone else comes to see you?" asked one of the mothers-in-law, thinking of this.

"Let's just say that I'm a distant relative of one of you, and I'll take refuge for a while?"

The two mothers-in-law kept their jobs because of her, and they were naturally willing to help with this little favor, so Chi Xiaoman stayed in the General's Mansion by the way.

On the other hand, on the third day after the prince Chi Hao arrived in Suiyang City, he received the news that Tianji Xingchi Xiaoman had arrived in the capital and left the inn alone, and did not return to the inn.

The people of Qilin Villa couldn't find her, and it seems that they asked the people of Megatron Castle to help find someone, but to no avail.

When Wei Chi Hao saw such news, the corners of his lips hooked, it seemed that his plan had taken effect, Chi Xiaoman really minded the matter of Yu Chi Mu and Cheng Yin, and as he thought, he had a dispute with Yu Chi Mu and left him angrily!

This is really great news for him, and then he just needs to find Chi Xiaoman and win her over.

And to find Chi Xiaoman, he didn't need to work hard at all, as long as he followed the people of Qilin Mountain Villa and Earthquake Castle.

Now that he has delivered the official money, the task he deliberately asked his father for this time has been completed, and he plans to return to Beijing tomorrow.

Tianji Xing, if it is his person!

In the county office, in the flower hall, Wei Chi Hao casually chatted with Xu County Ling and the minister who came with him this time. Suddenly, a servant walked into the flower hall, interrupted the conversation between the prince and the county magistrate, and handed over the letter.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, there is a letter from the capital. ”

The guard beside Yu Chihao stretched out his hand to take it and handed it to the prince. Wei Chihao took the letter, glanced at the contents of the letter, and didn't know whether to be happy or sad for a while.

Cheng Yin was pregnant with his child......

On the second day of mixing into the General's Mansion, Chi Xiaoman could only cover his face with a cloth because the yellow gouache on his face had been washed off, and he had a headscarf wrapped around his head to cover the skin on his forehead before he dared to step into the kitchen.

Although this made her look quite strange and ridiculous, she had no other way, she didn't think that there was anyone in the General's Mansion besides Yu Chimu who could recognize her as Chi Xiaoman, but she didn't want to take risks, especially since she didn't want to be seen by Yu Chimu now.

"Oh, Koike...... What's wrong with your face?"

As soon as she entered the kitchen, she heard the strange screams of her mother-in-law, but fortunately she had already figured out how to answer.

"Soil and water are not adapted...... I woke up in the morning with a rash for fear of scaring people...... Alas, so be it, let's make some cookies today. She didn't want them to put the topic in her face, so she quickly took the topic away.

"Let's see, if the situation is strict, it's better to see a doctor. A chef said.

"No, I've come all the way from the south, I have some medicine on me, it'll be fine, it will only take a few days. Chi Xiaoman calmly lied.

The cook shrugged her shoulders and stopped insisting. However, she still looked at Chi Xiaoman from time to time, as if she was suspicious of something.

Chi Xiaoman noticed her gaze, but he didn't plan to ignore it, because whether the other party was suspicious of the whiter skin at the corners of her eyes than yesterday, or doubtful about her identity, it didn't matter, as long as she didn't reveal her identity now.

In fact, the cook did have doubts about Chi Xiaoman, she was arranged to enter the general's mansion after the prince married Cheng Yin as the crown princess, and reported Cheng Guang's movements to the prince on time.

Cheng Guang is a cavalry general, commanding the cavalry of the entire Yasukuni, the prince is worried about his former friendship with Wei Chimu, and does not want to submit to himself, and secretly still corresponds with Wei Chimu, so he puts eyeliner in the general's mansion.

Of course, she is not the only one in the general's mansion, there are two other little guys.

Chi Xiaoman calmly taught the cooks and mothers-in-law to make three different biscuits, these are not the refreshments she sold in the Xiangman Building of the Shengxing Dynasty, no matter the shape and materials of the biscuits are also very different.

She didn't know if she could hide it from Wei Chimu, so she could only pray that he would ignore these things because he didn't like sweets.

She instructed the mother-in-law carrying the food box that if anyone asked who made the biscuits, she should not say that she made them, because she had no intention of staying in the general's mansion, and let the mother-in-law accept any reward herself.

She said this secretly to the mother-in-law who delivered the food, but the cooks did not hear it, and although the mother-in-law felt a little strange, the joy in her heart covered up all her doubts, and she only kept thinking and thinking about whether she would really be rewarded and what reward she would get.

When the mother-in-law came back, she was not as radiant as last night, but had a bitter face, followed by a middle-aged man with a rather stern expression on his face.

Chi Xiaoman didn't have time to hide, so he had to stand in the middle of the kitchen with the others. (To be continued......)