Concubine Ling mentioned the matter of the fifth elder brother again and again, which made Hua Ying suspicious, even if it was for Ren Promise, why did Concubine Ling bite so hard, but she didn't know that she didn't bring down this Ren Promise and Concubine Jiang, Concubine Ling was unwilling.

"The concubine knows that the queen is thrifty, and the concubine is ashamed." Hua Ying got up and apologized, and the words were all said for this part, the queen had no reason to blame, the emperor's favor was left and right, and she could still blame the emperor: "Concubine Ling, don't be embarrassed and agree, since the emperor believes that Ren agreed, this matter is in the past." ”

"Get up quickly, the emperor cherishes you, and the palace is naturally the same, everyone likes good things and beauties." The queen showed magnanimity while not forgetting to incur a wave of hatred for Hua Ying.

"Oh? Yun Concubine is magnanimous. When Concubine Ling saw Hua Ying say this, she only thought she was pretending to be extremely hypocritical.

"In a few months, it will be the fifth elder brother's first birthday banquet, the emperor said that he would do it well, and he told the palace so early, and he really likes the fifth elder brother." The queen couldn't help but remember that the third elder brother not only had a hasty full moon banquet, but also invited a few royal relatives to the first birthday banquet perfunctorily.

"I'm tired of the queen's mother." Hua Ying pretended not to hear the queen's voice, sometimes in this harem, hypocrisy is a necessary protective layer.

The queen seemed to be recalling the scene of the draft at that time: "It's a blessing to think of Yun Concubine, she became pregnant with a child after entering the palace for more than half a year, and gave birth to five elder brothers after entering the palace for a year and a half, and in the blink of an eye, it has been more than two years." ”

"Yes, it's because of the care of the queen mother and the sisters." Hua Ying sighed in her heart, I don't know how many times these women's cares almost hurt her.

The queen smiled silently, but after a pillar of incense, she let them go back to their respective palaces.

"Sister, I know that the matter of the fifth elder brother is far from being that simple, why didn't the emperor continue to investigate?" Shun Guiren took Hua Ying's arm familiarly, and there was some anger in his tone: "The emperor loves his sister so much on weekdays, but he doesn't want to tell his sister the truth?"

Shun nobles are also so smart, after thinking about things a little, they probably know the ins and outs of the matter, what does the emperor want to check is not easy? The reason for this is simply because the truth of the matter needs to be concealed.

Hua Ying saw that she was unhappy for herself, and her heart was warm, at least in this harem, there is a sister who really treats her well: "Some things are not something we can control now, so we can only endure it and wait until the time is ripe to reveal the truth." ”

"That's what I said...... "Shun Guiren remembered that his position was still obtained by the emperor because he favored Hua Ying, and suddenly lost the morale just now, indeed as Hua Ying said, the emperor is good to her, but not so good that he can tell her everything.

Shun Guiren looked like a puppy with his ears drooped after being wronged, Hua Ying smiled and groaned: "You, it seems that you have been wronged yourself, but you said that the emperor was good to me, and you didn't have a little jealousy." ”

Shun Guiren was stunned, and his heart was like a mouth: "I never thought of being jealous for the emperor, but I would be jealous because my sister had a secret relationship with other concubines." ”

Hearing this, it was Hua Ying's turn to be embarrassed: "Ming'er is good to me, I know, but I'm afraid that the emperor will affect our sisterhood." ”

Shun Guiren smiled: "Sister, you just need to remember that no matter what, Ming'er is on your side, no one can affect me, I don't have deep feelings for the emperor, and my sister doesn't need to take care of me." "This is true, Shun Guiren is still one year younger than Hua Ying, he is the age of the beginning of love, but he entered the palace to be a concubine for the emperor, because the sense of small jasper will also be pampered every month, but the emperor is already a mature man, Shun Guiren has no lofty ambitions A little girl likes a handsome and dashing man of the same age, and it is natural that he is not really emotional.

If Hua Ying didn't take the emperor as a target at the beginning, I'm afraid she wouldn't have been tempted before, when you are calculating other people's feelings, you are only afraid that others are also calculating you, so you will be moved by your true feelings.

Hua Ying said in her heart Fortunately, she had not completely fallen into the trap of the emperor's tenderness, otherwise she would not be able to extricate herself: "Ming'er reminded me." ”

"Little master, what are you doing here?" Lan Yi was very curious, and it was the third time that he opened the curtain of the small kitchen and looked inside: "Didn't you say that you would cook some food for the emperor, how have you done it for so long?"

Hua Ying remembered that the emperor said that she would never take the initiative to send food to him in the Heart Cultivation Palace, but now her cooking skills have improved qualitatively compared to before, so she plans to show her skills today and cook some meals for the Son of Heaven, but this kind of thing is already something that every concubine in the harem knows, and there is nothing brilliant, so Hua Ying has to learn to be surprised, which is unexpected, what she needs to do is not to imitate others, but to be the most special person.

Although Hua Ying has ten slender fingers, she is skillful in handling the spatula and pan at this time, and is holding a sharp knife, cutting the lotus root that has just been picked up into slices, and the knife is falling down, like that: "Lan Yu, you can watch the palace cook a decent meal with peace of mind." ”

"Didn't you say to send it to the emperor? How do you make a table?" Lan Yu admired Hua Ying's extremely delicate knife work, and wondered.

"You don't understand this, just wait and see." Hua Ying concentrated, heated the oil and poured in the onions, garlic and other things, and after a while, a burst of fresh fragrance suddenly erupted in the small kitchen, stimulating people's layers of appetite, so that Lan Yu couldn't help but swallow saliva.

The emperor is used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the palace, and the taste of the imperial kitchen is only a few things back and forth, so Hua Ying not only wants to make the emperor feel fresh, but also strictly controls the taste and captures the emperor's taste buds.

"Master, you asked the servants to go to the imperial dining room to find the thick vegetables, this thing is not easy to find, and it is rarely used by cooks." Xiao Fuzi took a handful of green vegetables and presented them to Hua Ying.

"The slave will give you a hand." Hui Xin washed her hands and went to help Hua Ying wash vegetables and choose vegetables, she couldn't see anyone in the middle of the heart, and when she saw that several people were sitting around here, she thought that this Yuqing Pavilion had been changed into a restaurant in the palace!

"Alright, that's the last course." Hua Ying finally stir-fried the emerald green dish and put it on a specially prepared delicate plate: "Qingxu, can you find the larger food box you are looking for?"

Qingxu had never seen such a big battle in the palace for a long time, so he could only prepare according to Hua Ying's requirements: "Little master, can you see this?" This is the largest of the slaves and maids found. ”

Hua Ying looked at the food box and estimated: "Okay, just her, you will accompany me to send it to the emperor in a while." ”

"Niangniang, the emperor has been busy with the drought in Tongzhou these days, and he put off his chopsticks without eating a few bites...... "Qingxu was worried that the master would be busy for a long time, and the emperor would not appreciate it, but Hua Ying smiled and said that it was not in the way, so he carried some food boxes and Hua Ying to the door of the Heart Cultivation Palace.

"Yo, why is Concubine Yun here now?" From afar, Li Quan saw Hua Ying and the people behind him carrying a lot of things: "This is ......"

"Has the emperor had lunch?" Hua Ying said with a pleasant face: "I heard that the emperor always doesn't eat well these days, so the palace made some himself, and wanted to send it to the emperor, so that he could eat a full meal and not be tired." ”

"These are all made by the mother's own hands?" Li Quan's eyes widened: "What Niangniang said is right, it is indeed the case, if the emperor likes the food cooked by Niangniang, it is really gratifying." "It's the first time I've heard that a concubine came to deliver food, not pastries and tea.

"The emperor let Niangniang in." Xiao Pingzi, who went to pass the word, came out and said, and Hua Ying followed Qingxu into the Heart Cultivation Palace

"I heard you brought me something to eat?" When Hua Ying entered, the emperor was bowing his head and writing something on the fold: "Then put it there." ”

"Then you have to move the emperor aside, otherwise you can't let it go?" Hua Ying asked Qingxu to put the lunch box on the table and retreat, and the emperor who looked up when he heard the words began to look up with puzzlement in his eyes, and when he saw a huge food box on his table, he was speechless for a while.

Hua Ying saw him like this and knew that he had never been treated like this, and while smiling in her heart, she opened the food box that had three layers, each layer could hold two or three dishes, and placed them in front of the emperor's table one by one, as she said, there was nearly a table, but there was really no place for the emperor to write again.

"Why hasn't the emperor eaten well these days? Even if you are busy with national affairs, you should take care of your body first. Seeing that the emperor still didn't speak, Hua Ying handed him a pair of gold wire chopsticks, and tested the poison one by one: "This is all made by Ying'er herself, the emperor can try it, they are all some home-cooked side dishes, which are refreshing." ”

Only then did the emperor realize that this girl had really fulfilled her promise last time, and brought herself a table of meals and meals: "Ying'er has a heart." ”

These dishes are indeed as Hua Ying said, most of them are light and greasy, and there are some that he seems to have never seen before: "I have never tasted this dish before, and it is a little interesting." ”

What the emperor said was the dish that used Houhe cuisine, Hua Ying said slowly: "The emperor doesn't know that this dish is also normal, this is a folk dish that the concubine accidentally heard when she visited the south in her early years, don't look at it green, in fact, it uses a full seven kinds of vegetables, today it is added to the thick cabbage, radish, spring vegetables, leeks, shallots, pork, mushrooms, so it is called Qicui soup, which means that wealth and luck are enjoyed, and it has the effect of regulating greasy, light and refreshing." ”

When Hua Ying said it, she seemed to be unable to stop talking: "This local chicken soup has taken the longest time for the concubines, it is lily chestnut chicken soup, it is mellow and delicious, the chicken soup is not greasy at all, the concubine gives the emperor a bowl, you must try it......"

The emperor watched her talk about these dishes endlessly, and knew that this must have been made by her own hands, and his appetite was surprisingly good.