In the late spring of the following year, the East Palace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is the twentieth day of Yingsu's entry into the East Palace's Dining Department 1.

She was in charge of the food department at the beginning, and then once because the female officer in charge of the meal was sick, as a member of the food department, she took the initiative to ask to make a meal for the prince instead of the female official, but she didn't expect that the prince, who has always been very picky about meals, had a great appetite when eating the food she cooked, so she transferred the previous female official and let her be the head of the food.

Because she was good at combining diet and health, and was often ingenious in her practice, her reputation soon spread among the palace maids.

No one knew that she had spent five months learning the best of her life with the woman who had rescued her.

She had to do this, and she had to master one or two skills that would allow her to survive in an environment like the East Palace and completely obscure her true identity.

So learning to cook is just the first step in her overall plan.

She didn't dare to slack off.

For the palace ladies of the Dining Department, in the past, they tried their best to open the prince's appetite, but this girl, who had only been in the palace for twenty days, did it quietly, and they had to be impressed by her, so as soon as they had free time, they caught her to talk.

"How did you come up with the idea of putting yams and lilies in porridge?" One of them asked. There is both curiosity and a grasp of wit in the tone.

Yingsu heard it, so she replied with a smile: "Yam nourishes the spleen and warms the stomach, and lily clears heat and moistens dryness, both of which are suitable for nourishing the stomach, so I let it go." ”

"What's the deal with the scrambled eggs with leeks you've been making lately? Your Highness doesn't like to eat the same dish for several days in a row, don't you even know this? The other asked again.

It made them curious and uncomfortable.

What also made them curious was that the prince did not show dissatisfaction.

In the past, the prince would frown if he saw the same dish for two days in a row.

Yingsu smiled and explained: "Traditional Chinese medicine believes that spring corresponds to the liver, so spring should nourish the liver. Leeks warm and nourish the liver and kidneys, promote qi and strengthen the stomach, especially suitable for people with loss of appetite. And spring leeks are of the best quality, so it is best to eat them in spring. I asked Sister Chu Xiang to tell His Royal Highness about this reason. ”

Chu Xiang is the chef and is responsible for the work of eating first, so she can explain the reason for making this dish to the prince before eating.

Of course, most of the time there is no need to explain this, but if the prince shows that he is not satisfied with a dish, Chu Xiang usually explains it so that the prince can eat a little more.

Seeing that Yingsu's tone was gentle and reasonable, the palace maids didn't want to say anything more on this issue, and patted her shoulder and said, "Do a good job." ”

Ying Su hurriedly bent over and responded: "Don't dare to be, my sisters are all seniors, and I hope my sisters will take care of me in the future." ”

Her smile is warm and bright, her eyes are as clear as water, and her demeanor is down-to-earth and generous, which makes those palace maids want to hate it.

They had to smile and reply with a few polite words, but there was something unpleasant in their hearts.

Yingsu watched them walk away before turning back to her room.

Although the work of the catering department is very busy, it is also divided into periods, for example, now, when the prince has just finished lunch, they can have nearly an hour to rest.

Now, Yingsu's main job is to cook three meals a day for the prince.

When she finishes the meal, two other palace maids will bring it to the prince and be responsible for 'eating first', and she is not qualified to meet the prince directly.

That's exactly what she wants.

She had come here at great risk, just to find out one thing, which was the only belief that sustained her tenacity.

It was best to come quietly, if that matter was to go smoothly, so she would try to avoid meeting the prince until the matter was clarified.

Of course, her current position is also unlikely to meet him, so she can follow her plan without interference.

But she didn't feel any lighter. On the contrary, she now lives every day in fear.

She didn't know what would greet her tomorrow.

In such a place, there is not the slightest mistake.

Yingsu sat down on a small wooden bench by the window, looking out the window at the wide and quiet courtyard, analyzing her plans over and over again.

In order to be effective, she had to repeatedly adjust her original plan according to the actual situation.

There are a total of ten guards in the East Palace, adding up to nearly 20,000 people in total. Except for the left and right prison gates, the other guards are not easy for Yingsu to touch, so she has only met with the left and right prison gate leaders since she entered the East Palace, and the rest of the people have not had a chance to meet.

She had to find the man with a black mole the size of a little finger between his eyebrows from among the nearly 20,000 people.

Of course, it wasn't an easy task, so she had to wait for her time.

At the same time, she also needs to secretly probe the relationship between the prince and the Bu family to see if they have had festivals or conflicts of interest before.

However, in her impression, her father had never had any trouble with the East Palace, and he had not even said a bad word about the East Palace, so she could not conclude that the current crown prince had done it just by one of the person's tokens. However, if it wasn't him, why did that person use the token of the East Palace? If someone is fraudulently using the token of the East Palace, who is that person? What is the purpose?

She had to think about it, so sometimes the more she thought about it, the more scared she felt.

She withdrew her gaze from the window and took a deep breath.

The sun outside the window shone warmly on her weak body, and she didn't notice it, she fell asleep in extreme exhaustion.

As always, she had nightmares again.

She woke up from a nightmare and saw that the sky outside the window was dark.

It's a sign that it's going to rain.

Sure enough, there was soon a rumbling thunder in the sky.

She hurriedly got up and closed the window.

Heavy rain then poured down.

She looked at the raindrops that were beating hard against the windows, and tears rained down.

What happened to the bodies of the three closest relatives? Will the men in black bury them or just leave? If the latter is the case, the place where they fell is not far from the river, and will they be washed away when the river overflows?

Half a year has passed, and she still can't help but think about it from time to time.

She hid her face with her hands and wept in a low voice.

Crying about the little ability of his current life, and also crying about the misfortune of his loved ones.

But when she arrived at the kitchen, her tears had been quietly wiped away by her, and all her previous emotions had been concealed. She greeted Chu Xiang and Wen Zhu with a smile, and then entered the kitchen.

"Your Highness said that tonight I want to drink the kind of almond walnut wheat porridge you made that day." Chu Xiang followed in and said.

"But the walnuts don't seem to be there." Yingsu said as she opened the locker to look.

Sure enough, the jar of walnuts was empty.

"It's easy to do, I'll call someone to buy it right away." After Chu Xiang finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.

Xu is Chu Xiang's sleeve was accidentally brought to the teapot on the table, and the teapot that had just been filled with boiling water immediately fell to the ground.

Before Chu Xiang could react, Yingsu had already reached out to block it.

But Yingsu was a step too late when she made a move.

The teapot fell straight down on Chu Xiang's right foot, and the boiling water in the teapot flowed out immediately.

"Oops." Chu Xiang couldn't help but shout, and looked down with a frown.

I saw that the shoes on my right foot were half wet. The soles of my feet also began to hurt my heart.

"Don't take off your shoes yet, or you'll hurt your skin." Ying Su hurriedly said, reaching out to help her to the side of the stool and sit down.

"Sister Wenzhu, please go and bring cold water." Yingsu raised her head and said to Wen Zhu, who was pale with fright.

Wenzhu immediately complied.

Yingsu slowly poured a basin of cold water on Chu Xiang's right foot.

After pouring a basin of cold water, Chu Xiang breathed a long sigh of relief, and said to Yingsu with a smile: "Now it finally doesn't hurt so much, thank you!" ”

Yingsu smiled and shook her head, crouching down and carefully unshoeing off her right shoe.

But I saw that Chu Xiang's right foot was red a lot.

"It's good that the skin doesn't peel." Yingsu breathed a sigh of relief, looked down at the injured place carefully, and said, "The injury is too big, I'm afraid I still have to apply some scald cream or something." ”

"Then can you help me go to the Pharmacy to get a box of burn cream?" Chu Xiang hurriedly asked.

She knew that it was nearly two hours before the prince's dinner, so even if Yingsu went to get the ointment and came back, she would still have time to make dinner. Besides, the person sent to buy walnuts has not yet returned, and Yingsu is just idle now.

Yingsu nodded.

Chu Xiang told Yingsu about the approximate location of the Medicine Depository Bureau.

Yingsu silently made a note and walked out.

The Medicine Bureau is located on the northwest side of the East Palace, and it takes about a quarter of an hour to walk from the Dining Department.

Yingsu lost no time in looking around as she walked, but when she saw the high city walls and deep courtyards, she suddenly felt a little depressed.

Occasionally, palace maids or eunuchs passed by her, and everyone's expressions were solemn and restrained, and their clothes were very neat and decent.

Yingsu saluted them respectfully one by one.

After walking through an S-shaped garden path, and then passing through two three-story pavilions, the words 'Drug Collection Bureau' appeared on the door of the house in front of me.

Yingsu hurriedly quickened her pace.

Suddenly, there was a sound of hurried footsteps from the other side, and the footsteps were approaching in the direction of Yingsu.

Yingsu hurriedly flashed into the bamboo forest on one side.

Looking out through the cracks in the bamboo, Yingsu saw several guards, palace maids, and eunuchs hugging a tall man walking the way she had just come.

Because they were walking so fast, Yingsu could only see the man's back.

But I saw that the man was wearing a crimson robe, wearing a crown of double dragon wings, and brown leather boots, tall and straight, with steady and brisk steps, and a noble and indescribable demeanor in his gestures.

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Note 1: The Chef Department, a department under the East Palace, has two chefs, who eat first, and the members have three people each. Zhangshi is responsible for meals, lamps and candles, and charcoal, the doctor is responsible for prescriptions, and Zhangyuan is responsible for planting vegetables and fruits.