Chapter 514: The Mystery of the Small Kitchen

Leng Fifteen took out a delicate snack box from behind him and handed it forward, "The princess didn't eat much, did she?" Sure enough, the prince expected it, give it to you, and take it to the princess to add food. ”

Xiao'er took it in surprise, Leng Fifteen took out a small oil bag from his arms, handed it to Xiao'er and said, "Here...... It's two pancakes, I bought them on the street when I came, and I thought you might not have much time to eat, so let's eat them. ”

"No, no need," Xiao'er looked at the oil bag, and a sour taste welled up in her heart, "You can keep it for yourself." ”

"I'm as strong as an ox, how can I eat these two baked cakes? Besides, I've already eaten, I don't have anything to do in secret, and I have time to eat, so take it quickly, don't be verbose. Leng Fifteen said, and stuffed the thing into Xiao'er's hand.

"The princess has something for you to see." Xiao'er held the oil bag, her eyes flashing and diverted the topic.

"What?"

Rong Xi saw Xiao'er coming over with a small food box, and his eyes also showed a look of surprise, smelling a faint aroma, and greeted Xiao'er: "Come on, I feel hungry again when I smell the aroma." ”

Xiao'er walked over quickly, put the food box in her hand, and lifted the lid, which contained three dishes, a bowl of soup, and a small pot, which was the milk tea that Rongxi had to drink every day.

When Rong Xi saw the familiar dish, her heart was suddenly overflowing with emotion, like warm spring water, moistening her heart, she took a sip of soup, and felt that it was more delicious than the one she drank just now.

Rong Xi looked at the small oil bag in Xiao'er's hand, "What's that?" ”

"......" Xiao'er's face was slightly red, and she hesitated for a moment and said, "Miss, this ...... It's ......"

"Forget it," Rong Xi guessed when she saw her expression, and she didn't want to make Xiao'er embarrassed again, so she pointed to the meal and said, "Let's eat together." ”

"No, no," Xiao'er was startled and hurriedly waved her hand, "How can this be done?" The slave didn't dare. ”

"What don't you dare," Rong Xi sighed slightly, "When you go out, don't pay so much attention to it, and there is no one else, maybe...... After you get married, such an opportunity will be even more difficult, eat. ”

Rong Xi said, Xiao'er's eyes turned red, silently took the chopsticks, and accompanied Rong Xi to eat together.

Leng Fifteen and Leng Fifteen met, Leng Fifteen continued to stay, and he quickly went to the small kitchen.

The small kitchen in Concubine Wei's palace is not difficult to find, you can find it by following the smell, Leng Fifteen is on the back window, gently pushing open a gap, and he can see the scene inside.

The small kitchen is not very big, and there are not many people in it, after all, she usually only cooks for Wei Guifei alone, adding a dish or something, and the palace maids and eunuchs are not qualified to eat the meals in the small kitchen, so there are not many people here, but fine.

Therefore, Leng Fifteen soon saw the cook that Xiao'er said.

There are two cooks in the small kitchen, one is older, and the other is the one Rong Xi met just now, although her appearance is not outstanding, but she is much younger than the other.

Youth is capital, and Leng Fifteen saw from the eyes of the old cook that she was not very good with the young man.

"You really treat yourself as a dish," Finally, the old cook couldn't help but find fault, "I have been washing things for so long, did you take advantage of the opportunity to come to the palace today, and go to the concubine Niangniang to show off again?" ”

"I don't," the young cook said in a soft voice, "You know, this ingredient is rare and precious, but it has a fishy smell, and the concubine likes to eat it, but she doesn't like it, so I naturally have to wash it for a long time, so I delay it for a while......"

"Humph! Do you dare to fight back?! I also used the concubine to press me! Don't forget, you've only been here for a few days, but you can cook a few dishes, and you really think that the concubine will look down on you? The old cook wrinkled her eyebrows and glared, her mouth spat splashing, looking at that appearance, she couldn't wait to bite the young cook to death.

The young cook pursed her lips and said no more, and kept busy with her own business.

When the older cook saw her reaction, she immediately became even more angry, she slapped the table, and said viciously: "What kind of attitude do you have?" Do you throw your face to show the old lady? ”

As soon as her words fell, the kitchen door suddenly opened, and a little palace maid stood at the door and said: "Mama Liu, the concubine Niangniang ordered to let you make your new fruit tea a while ago, hurry up, the distinguished guests are waiting to use it." ”

"Yes, yes," said the older cook, who immediately smiled, "here it comes." ”

The little palace maid stopped answering, turned around and left, the old cook girl twitched the corners of her mouth, her eyes were full of pride, she said to the young cook, "Do you see it?" The concubine is still the most common sense mine. ”

With that, she quickly brewed a pot of fruit tea and walked out with a tray.

As soon as she went out, two little palace maids looked around, and then they walked up to the young cook and whispered, "Cai Qiang, don't be angry with her, she is that virtue." ”

"I know," whispered the young cook, "go and get busy, lest she come back later and scold someone." ”

The two little palace maids nodded, turned around and left, each busy with their own work.

Leng Fifteen hugged his shoulders and watched from the gap, he was calm and calm, like a wolf waiting for his prey, he knew that it must be reasonable for the princess to let her observe this person, and it would not be for no reason.

Time passed little by little, and the cook named Cai Qiang had been busy with her own business with her head down, selecting various ingredients in her hands, and from time to time she would pick up something from another small pot to take a look.

The sunlight shone in through the doors and windows, and the small pieces were caged in the room, and everyone's eyebrows were in the light and shadow.

It's quiet.

Leng Fifteen looked at Cai Qiang intently, but still didn't find anything wrong, he waited patiently and quietly.

Finally......

That Cai Qiang slowly raised her head, her eyes looked left and right, and at this glance, Leng Fifteen keenly noticed that her eyes were completely different from just now.

Before Caiqiang, she was like a weak woman who had been exhausted, but at this time, her eyes were cold and sharp, and she was like a fierce wind blowing snow between turns.

Leng Fifteen's eyebrows jumped, and the corners of his mouth pulled slightly, sure enough...... knows that the princess will definitely not be wrong.

Cai Qiang slowly walked to the stove, holding something casually, she quietly took a dark purple root-like thing from the bowl she was holding, and then threw it into the casserole on the stove, picked up the soup spoon and stirred it, showing a cold smile at the casserole.

The heat in the casserole was rising, blisters were bubbling, the heat was permeating, and the smile on her face was looming, mixed with the light and shadow of the sun, there was an indescribable weirdness.

Leng Fifteen watched her return to the original place, and continued to do the original work, he smiled, took out a bamboo pipe from the small cloth bag around his waist, and blew it gently into the window.

The autumn breeze was slightly cool, and a faint fragrance soon wafted in from outside the window, like flowers blooming in autumn, and the eyelids of Cai Qiang and several little palace maids inside became heavier and heavier, Leng Fifteen jumped in from the window, took a slender strip of something from the small basin that Cai Qiang had been washing, and took a piece of something she had just thrown into the casserole, and then walked to the casserole to look at it, and then left from the window again.

Soon, after only two or three minutes of effort, Cai Qiang and the little palace maids regained their senses, but in this extremely short period of time, Leng Fifteen had already disappeared, as if he had never appeared.

He handed the two things to Xiao'er, and took the snack box away, Rong Xi looked at the two things, and sniffed carefully under the tip of his nose.

That slender strip of the same thing, there is a faint fishy smell, Rong Xi looked at this thing, always felt that she had seen it somewhere, but she couldn't remember it for a while, she thought about it, and said to Xiao'er: "Take a cup of hot water, the hotter the better." ”

Xiao'er quickly brought it, Rong Xi broke the thing for a short time, then soaked it in hot water, and put it under the tip of his nose to smell it, sure enough, there was a little sour smell.

She thought that in the soup that Wei Guifei drank, there was such a sour smell, she looked at that thing, almost black dark blue, as if there was a dark light, she thought for a long time, and ordered Xiao'er to pour out the cup of water, and put away the rest of the things, ready to take it back to the mansion to study it again.

And the dark purple thing, Rong Xi quickly recognized, it was a plant root called wisteria stem, which was often used to make a decoction to calm the nerves and help sleep.

That Cai Qiang is boiling soothing soup? According to Leng Fifteen's description, it shouldn't be, judging from Caiqiang's expression at the time, this soup was not boiled for her to drink.

She put her things away, suppressed her doubts in her heart, and believed that soon, she would be able to find out.

Rong Xi was busy in the room, the other women were busy arguing openly and secretly outside, Rong Bingjin, the young lady of the Rong family, was just drinking tea, Wei Guifei asked before commenting on the tea, and the rest of the time did not say much.

And Cai Ya and the mother and daughter of the Zuo family are different, with soft thorns in their words, you come and go, so it's not lively.

Wei Guifei has long been surprised by this kind of drama, she herself has passed through those battles that are even more powerful than those in front of her, and for these, she is just idle to listen to it.

She looked carefully, this Miss Rong family is also a good candidate if her martial arts can be said to be reasonable, after all, the emperor handed over this errand to her, she must do it well, and she must always choose a available person.

Wei Guifei had an idea in her heart, but she didn't know what Rong Xi was going to do, she thought that she would wait for Rong Xi to rest for a while, and she would have to reach an agreement with her.

She looked sideways in the direction of the room where Rongxi was, and the lady in charge beside her immediately understood, and bowed her head and whispered: "Niangniang, do you want the old slave to go over and see if the princess is resting?" ”