Chapter 92
83_83499 That night, the housekeeper of Prince Ronghe's mansion came to invite Du Qiyue to go to the mansion the day after tomorrow to make a few snacks for the full moon banquet of the little prince, but Du Qiyue didn't suspect anything at all. You must know that he is now famous in the capital, and it is normal for the prince's mansion to ask him to come over and make a few snacks.
This matter was to be spread in the past, Du Qiyue must have been very happy and agreed, go to the prince's mansion, how can you say that you can have a hundred and ten taels of silver. But now Du Qiyue heard this, but he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, Prince Ronghe and Princess Haoyu are half-brothers, and they can be regarded as his own uncle, he went to work at his uncle's house for a little silver, and people called him around like a subordinate. Those young ladies who had the same status as him, or even inferior to him, were served as guests, and they felt unbalanced when they thought about it.
But Du Qiyue was not happy but couldn't refuse the other party's invitation, he knew that his status was high, but people only regarded him as an inconspicuous mustard, if he refused without eyes, maybe he didn't wait for the emperor to decree that Princess Haoyu would recognize him, and he would be rectified. So in the end, Du Qiyue could only comfort himself that he was working for his uncle's family for the sake of family affection, not for the sake of employment, and then reluctantly agreed to this single thing.
"Lang Jun, why do you look like you're not happy to take this job? Prince Ronghe is a well-known kind person, and he is also generous, and he must be rewarded a lot for doing things at their house, which is much easier than selling snacks to us. Qiu'er looked at the invitation in her hand and said, this Ronghe Prince's Mansion is good at doing things, and even specially wrote a post, which can be regarded as giving Du Qiyue face.
"Yes, I'm not happy, Lao Tzu doesn't want to take anyone's job now!" Du Qiyue snorted, he wants to get married now, he is running for three, and finally met a squid who is not playing with a mallet and a bed is ridiculous
"I said Lang Jun, what's wrong with you in the past two days, why do I think you're weird?" Qiu'er frowned and looked at Du Qiyue, he felt that Du Qiyue had become very strange since he came to the capital, and it was getting stranger and stranger these days, either frowning and sighing, or laughing like a fool, and he didn't know what was going on.
Du Qiyue lay down on the bed and said, "Don't worry, I've been stimulated these days, and I'll be fine when I recover in a few days." "Anyone who suddenly becomes the son of a princess will be a little irritated in his heart, at least he has no heart to do anything.
"What are you stimulating?" Qiu'er asked.
"It's nothing, you go and take out the guy who made our snacks and wipe it well, remember that there can't be a little dirty, and the day after tomorrow we will go to the prince's mansion to show our hands." Du Qiyue said, then yawned and closed his eyes and fell asleep.
A day later, Du Qiyue and Qiu'er arrived at Prince Ronghe's mansion early in the morning. This Prince Ronghe is older than the emperor in the last round, and he has already reached the age of being a grandfather, but only one sister-in-law has been married for many years and has not had children, and the children of several concubines can run and jump.
As soon as the day dawned, the avenue in front of Prince Ronghe's mansion was blocked by various carriages and sedan chairs, and many carriages and horses were followed by a few small men carrying large wooden boxes, these wooden boxes were filled with gifts, all tied with red cloth, and carried them to the palace.
Entering the door of the house, the house is full of people, the guests come in in an endless stream, and the people lead people in and out again and again, and they are very busy.
Du Qiyue and Qiu'er stood at the side door, and they were ignored after a few moments, and no one paid attention to them after standing for a long time. Qiu'er had the heart to let the little guy who was guarding the door give a report, but the little guy impatiently said that the housekeeper would send someone in to take Du Qiyue in, let Du Qiyue stand and wait for a while, and then nodded and went to greet the people brought by the guests who went to the banquet.
There was no way, the two had to wait. It took almost a stick of incense before a little guy with his head bowed and wearing the clothes of an inferior servant came over and asked, "Is it Chef Du?" ”
"Yes, I am. You're here to take us to the kitchen? Du Qiyue said, still a little unhappy on his face.
Yesterday he looked at the invitation, and thought that this palace was a polite family, but now it is not like that at all. There are hundreds of people in this palace, and even if he is busy today, he can't find someone to take him in, but he has been standing here and waiting for a long time, as if he is asking to make food for the people in this palace. Besides, he sent someone to send a good one, and he actually sent such a little guy over, his eyes seemed to grow on the ground, and he didn't want to be too heady, and it made people angry when he looked at it.
"Yes, the slave is here to take Chef Du to the kitchen." The little guy said, turned around, and walked into the courtyard.
Just now there were two invited cooks who entered the house, but they didn't take the road led by this little guy, Qiu'er saw that it was wrong, and hurriedly called out to the little guy, and said: "Alas, it's wrong, it's wrong, you bow your head and admit the wrong way, it's not the way to go to the kitchen!" ”
The little guy looked up and glanced at the road in front of him, and said, "This is the road." ”
"Someone said just now that the way to the kitchen is to go that way!" Qiu'er pointed in the direction of the left-hand side and said.
"That's going to the outside kitchen, and Chef Du is going to the small kitchen inside. Let's go, time is running out! The little guy said, raising his leg and going forward.
The small kitchen is generally built in the inner courtyard, where the outside man can't go in casually, Qiu'er was puzzled, so she reached out and grabbed the little girl's clothes and asked, "Why do we go to the small kitchen?" Can't you do it in the outside kitchen? ”
"Why are you doing so much?" The little girl was asked a few times, and said impatiently: "Our princess ate Chef Du's dim sum in the palace last time, and she thought it was very good, so I wanted Chef Du to make some dim sum for today's relatives." The food prepared for the in-laws is naturally made in the small kitchen. ”
"I see, let's go, I was delayed at the door for a long time just now, and I won't have time to make a snack." Du Qiyue said that he didn't care where he worked, he just wanted to make snacks quickly and leave this place early.
The two of them walked a long way after the servant before entering the inner courtyard, and after entering, they walked a long way, but they never saw the kitchen. Moreover, the subordinates who were usually guarded in the courtyard were probably all sent to the outer courtyard to greet the guests, and Du Qiyue and they didn't even meet anyone along the way, which made people panic.
After walking through a long corridor again, Qiu'er finally couldn't help asking, "Where is this small kitchen, why haven't you arrived after walking for so long?" ”
At this time, the three of them happened to be walking on a promenade on the water, and in the center of this promenade was a small octagonal pavilion, and the little guy suddenly stopped, pointed to the small pavilion and said, "Chef Du will wait here for a while, and I will go to the kitchen to report." ”
Du Qiyue retracted his gaze at the koi in the pool, frowned and asked, "Do you want to report when you go to the kitchen?" ”
"What you eat in your mouth is the most important, and when you enter the kitchen, you naturally have to report it." The little servant said, and then led Du Qiyue into the pavilion.
Qiu'er followed Du Qiyue and was about to walk in, but was stopped by the little guy and said, "You come with me first, there are no ingredients in the small kitchen, and you have to go somewhere else to get them." ”
"It's so fresh, there's no ingredients in the kitchen, so where are the ingredients?" Qiu'er snorted, but still followed the little guy.
There must be a lot of rules in the mansion compound, but it is rare to have so many things in the kitchen, Du Qiyue was not very happy in his heart, and it was even more unhappy to be made like this, and after Qiu'er followed the little guy, he sat sullenly in the pavilion.
Prince Ronghe's mansion is more exquisite than Jingyuan's mansion, the pavilion is empty, but incense is burning, Du Qiyue just walked in and smelled a sweet fragrance, this smell is also strange, the windows on all sides of this pavilion are open, and the smell can be so strong.
Sometimes Du Qiyue really doesn't understand the habits of these ancient people, the fresh air in the yard is not smelled, the natural fragrance of flowers is not pounded, and the fat is blowing, the south lot, the ditch is annoyed, and the fat is broken
The little guy just said that the kitchen was in front, but Du Qiyue saw that the kitchen was still some way from here, and it was estimated that it would take a while for someone to come back to pick him up, Du Qiyue thought about it and found a teapot to pour himself a cup of tea, and then sat on a chair in the window casually, and waited leisurely while drinking tea.
To tell the truth, this palace is much more beautiful than the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion, after all, the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion is where the military generals live, and the architectural style there tends to be simple and atmospheric, while the architectural style of the Ronghe Prince's Mansion is inclined to luxury and exquisite. Just now, they walked all the way, there were rockeries and lakes with unique shapes, and there were many houses with ingenious and unique layouts, and now sitting in this water pavilion, these scenes can be seen clearly.
Because the pavilion was built on the water, it was already very cool, and today there was a breeze blowing in outside, and it was very comfortable to sit and rest, and the laziness of the whole body was blown out by this breeze. It didn't take long for Du Qiyue to feel dizzy, and his eyelids began to fight, and the yawning was one after another. At first, he could endure it, but then no one came, and he couldn't help but close his eyes and fell asleep.
I didn't know how long I slept for a while, Du Qiyue didn't wake up until a few cries sounded on the side, but before he opened his eyes, he felt that his hands and feet were being suppressed, and there was a voice in his ears that said that he would be tied with a rope.
Du Qiyue was full of excitement, and opened her eyes, but found that she was not sitting on the stool next to the bed as she did before going to bed, but she didn't know how to lie down on the couch, and there was a little girl in disheveled clothes crying to death, looking like she was going to die.
Du Qiyue closed his eyes and lay back on the couch, letting a few subordinates press his arm, heh, he really didn't agree with this palace, he couldn't imagine that this kind of thing would happen