Chapter 301: Whispers in the Tent
Empress Ye has lived in the palace for a long time, and it is rare to listen to some interesting stories in the market, and it is indeed idle chatting with Mrs. Gu, and the more she chats, the more energetic she becomes, and everyone who walks by outside the tent can hear the laughter coming from inside. γFor more exciting novels, please visit wΓ¨nγ
When the palace maid was about to change to new tea again, she was stopped by Queen Ye.
"I heard that Bai Ko is a good milk tea, and now it's getting late, why don't you make us a pot as an end?"
"Niangniang commanded, it is the maid's honor, but the maid has a request, please allow the maid to check the mother's usual tea making tools and tea leaves, there is a secret to delicious milk tea, that is, all kinds of tea are compatible in different proportions, so as to get different tastes."
"That's right."
Bai Ko bowed and walked to the small fire pit where the tea was boiled, and the palace maids took out the tea set box and placed the big and small tools on the tea table.
Of course, the queen's special tea set is also a fine workmanship, but it should be an old style that has not been changed for many years, without any improvement, and even the tea leakage mesh of the filter tea residue is too sparse and not fine enough.
After looking at the tea set, and then looking at the tea leaves, more than a dozen portable small tea cans were lined up on the table, and Bai Ko opened them one by one to check, and then put different tea cans together like playing a combination game, took out a pen and paper from the shoulder bag and wrote the milk tea recipe according to the current one, and then changed the tea cans after writing, and it was a new recipe, and then copied it down.
Empress Ye saw that Bai Ko didn't have to think about writing, and she was full of praise, and Mrs. Gu also praised a few words by the way, telling Queen SΓΉ that Bai Ko not only practiced calligraphy every day, but also began to learn more difficult knowledge of bookkeeping and tax law, and tried to be the best housekeeper.
Ye Junting looked at it disapprerovingly, feeling that Bai Ko was showing off her skills too much, as if there was no other capable person in the world except her, what did she do with so much knowledge of bookkeeping and tax law as a housekeeper, wouldn't it be better to hire a few more good shopkeepers, could it be that she wanted to steal Gu Yun's money by herself in the account?
Thinking about it like this, Ye Junting looked at Bai Ko like a thief.
Bai Ko wrote several pages of milk tea and tea recipes in one go, each page is a recipe, and then tore it off and handed it to the palace maid to forward to the queen.
Queen Ye read it page by page, handed it over to the palace maid to put it away, and let her serve tea.
"Bai Ko has written so many recipes, Bengong wants to taste them all, it's too late today, or the day after tomorrow? Later, in the morning, Mrs. Gu, you brought Bai Ko here, and the palace called my brother and sister and your mother-in-law, and we chatted about family life together, and asked Bai Ko to cook these recipes on the side to taste. β
"Obey the will of the mother." Mrs. Gu leaned over and saluted.
"Obey the will of the mother. Xie Niangniang carries love. Bai Ko walked out of the tea table and saluted, and when she straightened up, she raised her right hand again, as if she had something to say.
"What does the little girl want to say?" Queen Ye really had a good afternoon and kept smiling.
"Please allow the maid to bring her own tools."
"Oh? Aren't Hongu's tools bad? β
"Back to Niangniang's words, Niangniang's tools are naturally exquisitely made, but the old style is old, and it can be used as an antique outside the palace, and the tools used by the maid have some new styles, and they are also used to it, if you rashly change the tools, I am afraid that it is a little incompetent."
"Well~~~, there is a vision, this tea set in this palace is indeed an old thing, it was given to the old queen mother by the emperor when he was young, and the old queen mother passed it to the palace, and the palace has lived in the palace for many years, I really don't know what style the new tea set is on the street, you will bring tools the day after tomorrow, so that the palace also has a long experience."
"Obey the will of the mother."
After a while, Queen Ye and Mrs. Gu finished drinking tea, and Mrs. Gu got up and retired.
The palace maids sent Mrs. Gu out of the car and got into the car, picked up a section of white cardamom along the way, and let her get off the car and go back to the small camp on the fork in the road.
Before the carriage left, Ye Junting pounced on Queen Ye and coquettishly wanted the milk tea recipe just now.
"Auntie, that Bai Ko is too picky, what tools can't be cooked if they are not good, let my niece cook it for you according to that recipe?"
"So she's a connoisseur, you're not." Queen Ye touched Ye Junting's face lovingly, "Okay, it's getting dark, you can go back too, so you don't have to see your feet clearly when it's dark." β
"It's okay, auntie, niece will stay with you for a while."
"Are you in trouble out there?"
"No! What did my aunt say that? β
"You're just trying to please you after getting into trouble. The person who can tell you to hide, which royal family member have you provoked? β
"No, I just don't want to go out and meet people."
"Bullied?"
"Not really."
"What the hell is going on? Don't ramble, this palace doesn't have time for you. β
"That's it...... It is...... It's my eldest brother and sister-in-law who bullied me......" Ye Junting pursed her lips, her face full of displeasure.
"Why did they bully you?"
"They want me to marry the clan."
"It's a good thing, it's good to marry the prince or the prince."
"People don't marry into the clan."
"It's up to you to choose?"
"Auntie, you help your niece, don't marry your niece."
"But do you have a sweetheart? Who? β
"Nope! No sweetheart! Ye Junting squirmed, couldn't sit still in the chair, stood up suddenly, said hello to the queen's aunt and ran away.
"Running so fast, I still say that I don't have a sweetheart~~"
Queen Ye saw that Ye Junting ran away, and she was not in a hurry to chase her back, anyway, she couldn't run far, she just told the palace maid to send her back to her parents, as for her sweetheart's affairs, she would wait until she returned to the capital after the winter hunting, how could she have time to pay attention to her daughter's private affairs now.
Some of the palace maids went to chase Ye Junting, pulled her and arranged a carriage to send her back, and some waited for the queen to rest in the tent, and the husband and wife had to eat together at dinner.
The big tent of the Son of Heaven is in the middle, the right hand side is the queen's tent, and the left hand is slightly behind the tent of the favorite concubine Zhao Xianfei.
But in Concubine Zhao Xian's tent, the atmosphere is far less relaxed than that of Queen Ye, the tent is not soundproof, the people inside speak extremely quietly, and there are attendants outside who keep an eye on the surrounding movements at any time, for fear that someone will stop in front of the tent and hear a few words.
"Inquire clearly? Is that Bai Ko really from Bai Yehong's family? Concubine Zhao Xian leaned on her couch and said in a mosquito-like voice.
"It's true, Niangniang, the boys who got close to Gu Shizi have already spread the news, and a few people from the Fine Catering Division of the Ministry of Rites also think that Bai Ko looks good, and it is their old Bai family." A eunuch in his forties bent over and whispered back next to the couch.
"The little hairy boy is lucky."
"Niangniang, she's just a girl, it's not a big deal."
"It doesn't matter at the moment, I just think it's an eyesore, and I finally cleaned up all the people surnamed Bai in the palace, and another one surnamed Bai came out, and he also entered the door of the Gu family to be a subordinate, two surnames with the skill of the dragon, who knows what will happen to them in the future."
"Niangniang, now everyone knows that she is the Bai family, and she is a subordinate in the Gu family, if she is moved because she is an eyesore, I am afraid that people will immediately turn over the old case."
"What are you afraid of, how can there be half a point of human and material evidence in the events of that year? Isn't she in charge of Gu Yun's business, since she has to go out often, find an opportunity to give her a chance to make a robbery and murder. β
"Yes, Niangniang, the slave will arrange it, and I will start when I return to the capital."
"Be decent, don't make people suspicious."
The eunuch bowed and retreated, and the palace maids approached to help Concubine Zhao Xian, dress her up, and have dinner with the saint and the queen for a while.
Concubine Zhao Xian's henchman old slave inserted a golden hairpin with a phoenix tail inlaid on the master's hair in front of the mirror.
"The mother is so beautiful."
"No matter how good-looking she is, she is not a concubine."
"Niang Niang will definitely get her wish."
"Hmph~"
(Author's note: Today's third shift is finally done.) οΌ