Concubine Xian bit her lip, she didn't think that the queen was so powerful before, she was pregnant but wanted to scare and scare the queen, but she didn't expect the queen to be afraid, and she dared to laugh at herself for having spots. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"The queen said with a smile, the emperor let all of us go, leaving only the Niang Nian, it can be seen that it is very much favored by the mother, how can the concubines disturb the mother's Yaxing, but the mother has a good saying, the prosperity must decline, a person has reached the top, the position is high and powerful, it must hurt to fall, the mother is so beautiful, and it is a noble background, it is better to be careful, sister, I am also lacking, go back first."

The corners of the queen's mouth twitched, "Let's rest, this is the emperor's first child, this palace is the child's mother-in-law, so naturally I want to take good care of it, and my sister has anything to ask for, just come to this palace." ”

"Yes."

Concubine Xian bowed lazily and retired.

"Phew! What kind of thing is she, she dares to make such a face to show Niangniang, Niangniang, this virtuous concubine is too hateful, what she said just now was obviously talking about you. ”

The queen waved her hand, "That's it, since you know that she only relies on her belly, then don't care, it's not necessarily a son or a daughter, I see that Concubine Xian is not a blessed person, just pregnant, the world will be in chaos, I see that the emperor's appetite is not good, let's go and make something for the emperor." ”

The maid hurriedly flattered and said, "Niangniang really has a deep relationship with the emperor, and at this time, only Niangniang remembers the emperor's body." ”

"This palace and the emperor are husband and wife, as they should."

The queen walked into the imperial dining room, there was a place called Xiao Meiren, the dim sum made was extremely exquisite, Xiao Meiren's famous female dim sum chef, famous for making steamed buns, pastries, dumplings and other dim sum, the dim sum in the palace was quite admired by her, and her dim sum was praised in the "Suiyuan Food List" as "small and cute, white as snow"

"It's also good to make some snacks at this time."

The queen saw that Xiao Meiren was busy working in the palace, this cook's surname was Xiao, and her name was Beauty, but this beauty could only sit in the kitchen, half of her face was full of birthmarks, and she looked very inferior, but the pastries she made were very delicious.

"I've seen the queen mother, the queen mother is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"

"Get up, Xiao Meiren, what are you doing here?"

The queen looked at Xiao Meiren's table with a lot of flowers.

"Queen Mother, the slave maid watched the lotus flowers in the garden bloom, this time is really the time to make pastries, I want to send some to the ladies of the palace, the last time the slave maid made pumpkin flowers, Niang Nian is also very fond of eating."

The queen thought that at that time, the cook brought a plate of pumpkin flowers, and she ate a lot of them, which was indeed delicious.

"I thought that flowers could not only moisturize the skin, but I didn't expect that they could be made delicious."

Xiao Meiren said, "This is the flower water refined by the slave maid,

In addition to being used for moisturizing, another important beauty use of flowers is to refine "flower water". "Flower water" is in the cloud of "Zhufan Zhi": "Rose water, the flower dew of the great food country." After the process was learned by the people in the palace, that is, through the distillation method, the flowers were "steamed into water, picked and steamed repeatedly, and accumulated into incense". Not only is it used as a perfume for external application, but it is also believed that it can be used to achieve the effect of nourishing the skin by drinking, eating, and using medicine. The queen can try it, especially this floral fragrance is very good, much better than those rouge powder. ”

After speaking, he handed the queen a white delicate porcelain vase, and when she opened it, it was really fragrant.

"Sure enough, it's a good craft, the box of powdered cakes in this palace is made by you, and this palace wants to reward you well."

Saying that the maid next to him took a bag of gold and silver to Xiao Meiren,

Xiao Meiren took it and looked at the queen mother,". "Flour black powder, with plum blossoms, pear blossoms, cherry blossoms, white hollyhock flowers, white lotus, red lotus, swirling flowers, Qin pepper each six taels, peach blossoms, papaya flowers, agarwood, cloves, green wood incense, stalactite powder each three taels, pearls, jade shavings two taels, Shu water flowers one tael, soybean end seven together, for the fine bottle collection. Every day, wash your hands and face, and be as clean as jade for 100 days. "But the slave maid inside has added a new prescription, and the mother must be as white as snow after using it."

"This is natural, after trying it, this palace found that it is indeed much whiter and tenderer."

The queen looked at Xiao Meiren, a woman who was originally good had such a big birthmark, "You can stay by my side in the future." “

"Thank you to the queen mother, if the mother does not give up, the slave wants to ask for a favor."

"You say."

"The concubine wants the flowers of Xuanning Palace as a reward, so that the queen can develop more rouge gouache."

"Why are you there?"

The queen frowned, "That place is the depths of the palace, the emperor has always disliked others to go, why do you want flowers in that place, if the flowers are good, it must be better in the imperial garden,"

"What Niangniang said is, but Niangniang doesn't go directly to that place There is a hot spring, and the flowers bloom the earliest and the best, so the slave wants the flowers of that place."

The queen glanced at the maidservant, "The emperor has ordered that outsiders are not allowed to enter, if you want flowers, you can let you in and pick them, but other things can't be touched, otherwise the palace won't be able to report you, you remember." ”

Xiao Meiren knelt on the ground, "Thank you for the queen's reward, the slave must remember." ”

"By the way, the lotus cake you said, Bengong also wants to learn to make it, you might as well teach Bengong."

Then the queen said,

"The emperor has a bad appetite, this lotus flower is fresh and appetizing, and it is naturally the best."

Xiao Meiren said, took out a lotus flower, quickly cleaned it, placed the flowers neatly, and prepared the flour on the side.

"Niangniang, you see this lotus flower has a memory, it is easy to provoke small insects, you must deal with it, these are all handled by slaves, you can evenly spread this batter on the lotus, and then put it in the oil pan to quickly fry the golden brown."

While talking and demonstrating, the queen also washed her hands and fiddled with it on the side, in the end, it was the delicate and expensive queen mother, eight out of ten could not be seen, and barely one or two more could be seen after Xiao Meiren's treatment.

"Niangniang is really talented."

Xiao Meiren said, not looking at how many flowers were wasted on the side. She was very distressed.

"This is a fresh lotus leaf, the dew on it has been collected by me, and the porridge is very fragrant with this, Niangniang might as well try it."

The queen opened the bottle, and sure enough, it was full of the aroma of lotus leaves, poured them into the pot and boiled, and finally finished her busy work after a busy day. (To be continued.) )