Looking at the old lady's increasingly gloomy old face, Zhao Xinyi smiled proudly.

Originally, she didn't remember who Ni Wenyu was, until she was beaten by Ni Wenyu, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became.

finally remembered that Ni Wenyu had come to the Prime Minister's Mansion on the day Zhao Lihua recognized her ancestors and returned to her ancestors.

Ni Wenyu defended Zhao Lihua so much, and she had a personal affair at first glance.

She was beaten by Ni Wenyu and the slap disappeared early.

It was her aunt who swelled her face again after hearing about this, and planned to let her come to the old lady to pretend to be pitiful, and by the way, tell Zhao Lihua about her state.

Who knew that she hadn't looked for the old lady yet, and she was arrested by Mama Gui.

Now Zhao Xinyi is extremely grateful to her aunt for giving her an idea.

Otherwise, she will be yin by Zhao Lihua again.

At this moment, Zhao Lihua's face was impermanent, unfazed, and she didn't see a little panic that was debunked.

Her attitude made the old lady a little incomprehensible.

The old lady opened her mouth and asked, "Pear Blossom, is what the second lady said true?" Do you have a personal affair with Reconciliation Yuan? ”

"Fake." Zhao Lihua replied directly in two words, simply and clearly.

With the old lady's interest-stricken temperament, Zhao Lihua did not intend to let her know and meddle in her family affairs now.

Zhao Lihua briefly said about Ni Wenyu's situation again: "My cousin has taken good care of me since I was a child, and he is the youngest Xie Yuan this time. ”

"If he becomes the champion after the palace examination next spring, it will only be good for our Prime Minister's Mansion, and there will be no harm, and it is understandable that I have a better relationship with him."

Zhao Lihua believes that with the old lady's heart, she can understand her meaning as soon as she listens.

Sure enough, after hearing this, the old lady pondered for a moment and didn't ask Zhao Lihua about it again.

The old lady thought that Ni Wenyu had no parents, and she had this relationship with Zhao Lihua, and if she won the champion in the future, it would indeed be good for the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Seeing that there is a sister-in-law and two concubines in the house now, none of them stand out.

After Ni Wenyu won the champion, she promised to give him a concubine, then he would be the son-in-law of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The old lady's wishful thinking was crackling, but it was doomed to fail.

Zhao Xinyi saw that the old lady's face improved, and her mouth opened and wanted to open her mouth, but she was pulled by Aunt Lin behind her, so she gave up.

After sitting for a while and talking about some boring things with the old lady, Zhao Lihua said goodbye: "Grandmother, if it's okay, I'll go back first." ”

"Fourth sister, grandmother hasn't said to let you go yet, you just want to leave, don't you want to stay with grandmother?" Zhao Xinyi opened her mouth to question her.

The old lady turned her eyes to look at Zhao Lihua to see how she would answer.

Zhao Lihua said calmly: "First, I think it's too late now, and my grandmother needs to rest, and second, the third prince thinks the pastries I made today are delicious, and they want me to enter the palace to make them for the Queen Mother, and I want to go back and prepare." ”

When the people in the house heard Zhao Lihua's words, they were all surprised, and they looked at her with envy and jealousy at the same time.

The old lady was also surprised: "You want to enter the palace to make pastries for the Queen Mother?" ”

Zhao Lihua nodded.

"Oops, why didn't you say it earlier?" The old lady's wrinkled face was full of smiles, like a chrysanthemum: "Pear Blossom, go back and prepare, this is a big matter, and it must not go wrong." ”

As she spoke, she changed her words again, glared at Zhao Xinyi and said solemnly: "You go back and copy the women's ring two hundred times, and you know how to pick thorns if you don't have anything to do in a day, it's really useless!" How sensible do you see Rika is? ”

Zhao Lihua smiled sweetly at the old lady and left with good luck.

Aunt Sun and Zhao Xinfen, who were transparent people, also left with the maid.

Zhao Xinyi looked at Zhao Lihua's smug appearance and was so angry that her teeth itched.

Why does Zhao Lihua always have such good luck! She's so unwilling!

Aunt Lin and Zhao Xinyi got up from their chairs and were about to leave.

The old lady said sarcastically: "Why are you standing stupidly if you don't leave?" Do you want me to keep you in the Glory Garden? ”

In the eyes of those who are not used to looking at you, it is wrong for you to drink saliva.

At this moment, the old lady looked at Aunt Lin and Zhao Xinyi like this.

Aunt Lin hurriedly said good things to the smiling face, and then pulled the unwilling Zhao Xinyi and hurried away.

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Two days later, Zhao Lihua received a message from Long Tianyu saying that the Queen Mother liked the three-color egg yolk cake very much, and told her to get ready, and the palace should send someone to pick her up the next day.

Zhao Lihua actually has nothing to prepare, she must use the things prepared in the palace to eat when she enters the palace, and she makes pastries just to make a show.

However, she still had to practice a few times, and the appearance she had done before was similar to that of the space.

When it was actually presented to the Queen Mother, she would just change into the pastries she was holding in the space.

After all, the food materials of this era are much rougher than those of the 21st century, and the taste of the food is definitely not as good as that in the space.

Even if the Queen Mother wants to make the recipe for herself, she is not afraid, just say that everyone makes it with a different taste.

When it was almost noon the next day, someone came to the palace, it was Gonggong Xiao next to the Queen Mother, with a white face and a round face, smiling, and looking very kind.

The old lady was full of joy and came out to greet the female dependents of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Father-in-law Xiao shook off the dust in his hand, and his father-in-law's unique rooster voice came: "Ouch, Mrs. Zhao also came to pick up our family in person, how embarrassing is our family!" ”

The old lady asked happily and knowingly: "Yes, yes, when did Gonggong Xiao come this time?" ”

After Gonggong Xiao explained his intentions.

The old lady stuffed a bag of silver into his arms: "Pear blossom is the first time to enter the palace, and I ask my father-in-law to mention more pear blossoms from our family." ”

Gonggong Xiao weighed the bag of silver, smiled even more happily, and good words kept coming out of his mouth.

"Patronizing and talking to the old lady, I don't know which one is the fourth lady, please come out and go with the two of us."

Zhao Lihua walked out from behind with auspicious wishes, and after saluting Gonggong Xiao, she stood there neither humble nor arrogant.

Gonggong Xiao nodded with satisfaction, worthy of being the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, this temperament, this state of mind, is different.

Choshin Palace.

The palace where the Empress Dowager lives today, the Empress Dowager's surname is Shen, and she is the mother of the current emperor.

When the emperor succeeded to the throne, he was still young, immature, and trusted his brothers.

Once was almost ousted by a brother's rebellion, but in the end, it was the Empress Dowager Shen who turned the tide and wiped out all the rebels to preserve the emperor's throne.

Therefore, the emperor was extremely filial to the Empress Dowager Shen, and it can be said that he obeyed his words.

At this time, in the Changxin Palace, Zhao Lihua was visiting the Empress Dowager Shen.

"Courtier Zhao Lihua pays a visit to the Queen Mother."

"Get up, Tianyu came back with some pastries yesterday, and said you made them?"

Zhao Lihua got up, still lowered her head and replied: "Yes, the Queen Mother, the courtiers like to make some food when they have nothing to do at home." ”

Empress Dowager Shen nodded, didn't say much, and directly asked Mama Rong beside her to take Zhao Lihua to the imperial dining room to make pastries.

Because Empress Dowager Shen likes food, in recent years, many people who want to please her have brought delicious pastries or private dishes to pay tribute to her.

As a result, when Empress Dowager Shen asked them to do it themselves, they couldn't do it.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Shen will not talk much to the people who come at the beginning now, and she will wait for the things to be made and she will eat them.

Mama Rong took Zhao Lihua to the imperial dining room, dismissed the irrelevant personnel, and said, "Miss Zhao, the materials are all here, if you still lack anything, just tell the old slave." ”

After speaking, Mama Rong stood aside without squinting.

Zhao Lihua didn't say much after thanking her, and commanded Ji Xiang Ruyi to help.

The tricolors she will do this time are pale yellow, pink, and pale green.

There is no pigment here, and Zhao Lihua does not need it.

The juice of the beetroot is squeezed with pink, the beetroot is red, and it becomes pale pink when diluted with flour.

The pale green color is also replaced with green vegetable juice.

Zhao Lihua tossed in the imperial dining room with auspicious wishes, and after about an hour and a half, nine egg yolk cakes were finally baked.

It's not easy, Zhao Lihua wiped the fine sweat on her forehead.

Originally, Zhao Lihua thought that she could just practice alone, and it would save trouble.

But then I thought about it, Ji Xiang Ruyi has always stayed by her side, and it is impossible to hide it from them, so I have to let them know how to make this pastry.

So Zhao Lihua made this pastry every day and auspicious Ruyi in the two days she was in the house.

Thanks to auspicious Ruyi, they learned quickly, although they were a little nervous to see the Queen Mother today, but after devoting themselves to pastry making, they were completely relaxed.

Zhao Lihua secretly gave them a thumbs up, and smiled happily.

Mama Rong saw that they were ready, and motioned for Zhao Lihua to go with her with the pastries and present them to the Queen Mother.

Zhao Lihua took advantage of Mama Rong's inattention halfway through, and replaced the pastries on the plate with the pastries in the space with lightning speed.

Fortunately, the pastries they made looked the same as those taken out of the space.

Zhao Lihua once again lamented her foresight.

If she hadn't done it for two days with good luck, she might not have made it with these coarse ingredients from ancient times.

In the process of doing it, Mama Rong stared so closely, if the appearance was too different after the replacement, it would inevitably arouse suspicion.

In front of the Empress Dowager Shen, Mama Rong secretly nodded to the Empress Dowager Shen, indicating that Zhao Lihua did it herself.

Empress Dowager Shen raised a smile: "Hurry up and give it to the mourning family to taste, yesterday, the pastries that Tianyu brought back were all icy." ”

Zhao Lihua presented the pastry, and another grandmother came out of the Empress Dowager Shen and took a silver needle to test the poison before presenting it to the Empress Dowager Shen.

In fact, some poisonous silver needles can't be tried, but this is the process in the palace, and Zhao Lihua naturally won't talk too much at this time.

Empress Dowager Shen took a small bite of one, tasted it carefully, and slowly finished eating one.

Empress Dowager Shen squinted her eyes and exhaled comfortably: "It's much better than what Tianyu brought back that day." ”

Zhao Lihua thinks this should be a psychological effect! Because now she doesn't eat freshly made!

Empress Dowager Shen ate two in a row before she began to ask Zhao Lihua why this is pale yellow? Why is this pale pink? How did you make it?

Zhao Lihua told her one by one, and Empress Dowager Shen listened to it with relish, and raised some questions from time to time.