Yanzhou.

Some people regard themselves as a thorn in their side, and Chu Xue knows it.

She has learned Xu Jinhe's methods, and she hates the other party, but there is no way, who makes the other party Song Chen's wife, the princess, and the main mother of this huge palace, and herself, although she is favored, has always been under others, and she is far away from her mother's family and has nothing to rely on, so the way to protect herself is to try her best to respect each other.

But she also knew that despite repeated concessions, as long as Song Chen spoiled herself, Xu Jinhe would always hate her.

When Song Chen was there, Xu Jinhe would be afraid of him, so naturally he didn't dare to blatantly attack him. But now, he's not here, and Xu Jinhe is probably going to find trouble for himself.

She knows this very well, so since he left, she told the people around her that everything needs to be cautious, and she must not let others hold any handle because of her own negligence, otherwise, she really doesn't know what tricks Xu Jinhe will make.

Fortunately, after being cautious for half a month, it was still calm, and Xu Jinhe was still worried about his position as a side concubine, Chu Xue thought, just wait for more than a month now, Song Chen should be able to come back, and then he can breathe a sigh of relief.

However, who is Xu Jinhe, how can Chu Xue be cautious and avoid it?

Since the last peach blossom pollen incident, Chu Xue's diet has been taken care of by the small kitchen in her own yard, but the ingredients still need to be picked up from the palace dining room every day, and every morning, fresh vegetables will be transported to the dining room, and then for the courtyards that need to open a small stove to come and choose. In fact, except for Wantang Garden, the other three courtyards are basically responsible for the daily diet by the dining room, so there are basically only people who go to the dining room to pick up ingredients every morning.

Because she was too busy to serve Chu Xue's breakfast, Ruyue deliberately picked two trustworthy little maids to get the ingredients. Every morning, Ruyue writes down all kinds of fish, meat, vegetables, supplements, and dry goods to be used for the day, and hands them over to the two maids, and then they go to the dining room and take the samples written by Ruyue.

After more than half a year like this, the kitchen manager also mastered the preferences of Wantang Garden, and Chu Xue was favored, they didn't dare to slack off, and deliberately left them good and fresh every day, so that even if sometimes their people went late, they could get good dishes.

But on this day, the two little maids who were in charge of picking up the vegetables, Jin Yu and Hui Xin, went wrong.

Ruyue checked the vegetable basket that the two of them carried back, frowned, and said: "You two are asleep today, I obviously want perch, you bring me crucian carp, obviously I want green radish, you bring back white radish, and this, I want black chicken, you bring the old hen...... What is this? ”

Jin Yu and Hui Xin looked aggrieved, and whispered: "Sister Ruyue, don't blame us, when we went, the things you wanted happened to be gone, and the people in the dining room had no choice, so they had to take these first, you should be able to use it, right?" ”

Ruyue is a strict girl, seeing that her requirements have been changed, naturally she has no good face, she looked at the two little maids coldly, "These things don't match what I want at all, our master loves to eat fish, the perch has few bones and tastes delicious, but there are many crucian carp bones, can it be compared with perch?" There are also green radishes and white radishes, although they are both radishes, but I want to be cold for the master to eat, green radish cold salad is delicious, can white radish be cold dressed? If there is this old hen, can it compare to the efficacy of the black chicken! ”

Ruyue became more and more angry the more she spoke, her apricot eyes widened angrily, and her voice couldn't help but get louder, "You have been following me in the kitchen for so long, don't you understand these things?" ”

Chu Xue, who was having breakfast in the house, heard the voice, it was very unexpected, you must know that Ruyue has always been a chronic child, usually light yì will not be angry, but this situation is very rare to see at the moment, she raised her chin to Yanling, "Go outside and see, what's wrong with Yue'er, why is it so angry?" ”

Yanling was also surprised, and hurriedly went out to see.

After a while, she asked the reason, and Yanling came in to report to her again.

Chu Xue felt that things were not normal, Jin Yu and Hui Xin were not in charge of this errand for a day or two, and the people in their courtyard were still more valued in the palace, how could there be such a mistake today...... She thought for a moment and instructed Yanling, "Call all three of them in, and I'll ask." ”

"Yes."

Yanling went out in response and brought in all three girls in a while.

"Yue'er, is today's dish much worse?" Chu Xue looked at Ruyue.

"Hmm." Ruyue nodded, the anger on her face lightened a little, "The two main dishes have been changed, and the green vegetable accessories have also been changed three or four." ”

After listening to this, Chu Xue asked Jin Yu and Hui Xin again, "What time did you two go to the dining room today, and are you much later than usual?" ”

The two little maids still looked aggrieved, "Mrs. Hui, the slaves and maids went at three o'clock this morning, although it was a quarter of an hour later than yesterday, but it was almost this hour before. ”

"What did the people in the dining room say, did they not eat these dishes, or were they used by others?" Chu Xue asked.

"Yes, yes." Hui Xin nodded hurriedly, "Madam, these dishes are all prepared in the kitchen and are available every day, but today's people in the dining room said that they were taken by Mama Li from Danwei Garden, and said that they were going to cook for the princess." ”

Danwei Garden?

Chu Xue was stunned, let out a sigh of relief, and said: "I know, since the princess wants to use it, we naturally want to let the two of you go early tomorrow, don't make Ruyue angry." ”

"Yes." The two little maids answered.

Yanling and Ruyue looked at her together, both wanting to speak and stopping.

She smiled, "In the days when the prince is not in the mansion, let's put patience first, let's do this today, Yue'er, you are tired, change the recipe first, don't be angry." ”

Ruyue sighed, "What is there to be angry about, it's not that I'm worried about Miss." ”

She looked at Ruyue with a smile, "I'm not in a hurry, it's just one or two meals, why can't I eat yet?" Besides, as long as you make it, coarse tea and light rice are also delicious. ”

Ruyue and Yanling glanced at each other, and both sighed silently in their hearts.

However, surprisingly, for several days, Jin Yu and Hui Xin encountered the same situation, no matter how early they went, they couldn't pick the ingredients they wanted. Sometimes I can also meet Mama Li of Danwei Garden, but this princess's dowry mama seems to be against them, and always picks away what they want first.

Jin Yuqi didn't have the heart to step forward to stop her, but Hui Xin persuaded her to come down, although they are all subordinates, but the grandmother around the princess is always a head higher than them, not they can say, besides, the master also has something to say first, everything meets Danwei Yuan, you have to endure three points, so they have nothing to do.

The same thing has happened several times, and anyone can see that this is Danwei Yuan putting pressure on Wantang Garden. When the prince was in the house, Wantang Yuan had to rely on, but now that the prince is not in the house, who else can be in charge except the princess? So even though they knew it, everyone was just watching from the sidelines. Although Mrs. Xue is favored, it is still the princess who holds the real power, and at this time she would rather pretend to be deaf and dumb than stand in line indiscriminately.

On this day, Ruyue wanted to make some longan ejiao porridge for Chu Xue, but the ejiao in the small kitchen just ran out, so Ruyue wanted to go to the dining room to get some.

But she didn't expect that even if she came forward, she would still have to go home empty-handed. The head of the dining room accompanied the smiling face, and still gave the same statement, Ejiao, which was originally well stocked, just let Danweiyuan take it away.

Seeing Ruyue's ugly face, the head of the dining room hesitated: "If the girl goes back first, I will send someone to Danwei Yuan to find some, they will take a lot today, and I think it will not be used up for a while." ”

Ruyue didn't show her joy and anger, "Let's take care of it." After speaking, he turned around and went back to Wantang Garden.

The head of the dining room also has a lot of suffering.

Danwei Yuan and Wantang Yuan's fighting spirit, but it really hurt their dining room, saying that now the princess is in power, of course they should listen to the princess, but who is Mrs. Xue, that is the tip of the prince's heart, who doesn't know that when he beats people into the door, that is the only pet? Now that their dining room is sandwiched in the middle, Zhenzhen'er is not a person at both ends, and it is difficult for Mrs. Xue to follow the princess's intentions, and it is difficult to say whether the princess will remember their merits, but when the prince comes back, they must be the biggest fault when they file a complaint in Wantang Yuan!

Alas!

The boss sighed deeply, and secretly said countless times that women are difficult to raise, and women are difficult to raise!

Ruyue returned to Wantang Garden empty-handed, and was depressed, but half an hour later, she saw Mama Li from Danwei Garden coming in person. Mama Li smiled and saluted Chu Xue, and said politely: "Mrs., the old body said that she was going to make a tonic for the princess today, and sent the maids to the dining room to get some medicinal materials, who would have thought that these ignorant little maids would actually move all the Ejiao in the dining room back, how can this be used up, I heard that the head of the dining room said that Miss Ruyue just went to look for Ejiao, and the old body sent the rest to you, I hope that Madame, you are magnanimous, don't be a subordinate to us." ”

As he spoke, he handed the tray in his hand forward.

Chu Xue motioned for Ruyue to take it, and said with a smile: "Mama Lao is bothered, and she has made a special trip, Mama will sit down and drink tea." ”

"This is not to be done, ma'am." Mama Li still smiled, "There are still a lot of things going on over there on the princess's side, the old man will go back first, you can rest." ”

Chu Xue smiled and watched the visitor walk out of her yard.

When he turned his head, he saw Ruyue's face full of anger, "Miss, all the pieces she brought are remnants, which is clearly humiliating us......"

Chu Xue raised her hand, stopped Ruyue's words, and still smiled: "It's just a little Ejiao, can you starve to death if you don't eat it?" There is still more than a month, and the prince should come back, so bear with it. ”

Anyway, go and fiddle with a pot of newly planted jasmine.

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The weather is getting warmer and warmer, and the flowers in the garden are blooming one after another. Xiao Song Ning's health has slowly improved since last winter, and she has never had any illness for several months, Li Jiaoyun's mood has also improved a lot, and she has recently taken her to the garden to play. While playing this day, the little girl suddenly thought of Chu Xue and said to her mother: "Mother, I miss Aunt Xue." ”

Li Jiaoyun sighed, "My mother misses her too, let's go to my aunt's place and sit together." ”

"Good!" The little girl grabbed her mother's hand tightly and ran forward.

On the side of Wantang Garden, Chu Xue heard that Song Ning was coming, and happily went out to greet her. Although it is late spring, there are still a few peach blossoms in the garden, and the spring breeze will inevitably bring up pollen. I was looking forward to someone to talk to her, so when Li Jiaoyun's mother and daughter came, she was happy in her heart.

Chu Xue welcomed the mother and daughter, let the maids serve good tea, and kissed the little girl for a while, Li Jiaoyun said tentatively: "How is my sister doing lately?" ”

Danwei Yuan's unhappiness in looking for Wantang Yuan is already known to everyone, and Li Jiaoyun naturally knows it. But she is also a side concubine, although she has the heart to help Chu Xue, she is really powerless, and now she can only come to greet her for a word or two.

Chu Xue added a cup of tea to her and said with a smile: "Of course, it's just that there are peach blossoms blooming in the garden, and I don't dare to go out, and there is nothing else." Sister doesn't have to worry about it. ”

Li Jiaoyun nodded, and was about to say something more, but saw a little maid running in in a panic outside, and Chu Xue saw that it was Jin Yu.

Jin Yu gasped heavily, and looked anxious, "Madam, it's not good, Sister Yanling is outside, arguing with Mama Li from Danwei Garden, quarreling." ”

"What?" Chu Xue was startled, sighed secretly, and didn't care that Li Jiaoyun's mother and daughter were still there, so she rushed outside.