The matter of the election manager is imminent, Jiang Qingran is busy trying to win over everyone, and he has no time to trouble An Su again. An Su was happy, so he was still as usual, and when he was free, he went to Huanning Hall to accompany Xu Meiren. Xu Meiren has been very fond of her since she was relieved by An Su in Yuliangtai that day, and she is of course very welcome to come to Huanning Palace.

On this day, when she went to Huanning Palace, An Su brought Xu Meiren the pork rib soup she always loved to drink, and specially added some green fruits to it, which made it taste fresher. Carrying the food box into the palace gate, but saw that today's Huanning Hall was very lively, and the palace maids and eunuchs were all around the door, talking nonsense, but their faces didn't seem to be very good.

"What's going on? Sister Moshang, why are you outside? Don't you have to stay by your mother's side to serve? "An Su has come to Huanning Hall more, and the palace people in the hall have gradually become acquainted, and they don't see each other when they ask.

"Niangniang was unhappy, saying that she wanted to stay alone for a while, so that we didn't have to go in to serve!" Mo Shang frowned sadly, suddenly glanced at the food box in An Su's hand, and asked again, "Miss Shangguan, what good things are you bringing with you?" ”

An Su held up the food box: "This is a pork rib soup specially prepared for Niangniang, last time Niangniang said she liked it." ”

Mo Sheng waved her hand regretfully: "This is a waste of the girl's thoughts, the mother is unhappy because there are too many dim sum patterns in the imperial dining room recently, and the greed hurts the spleen and stomach." The former doctor just came to see it, and said that he had to drink porridge for more than half a month, and he couldn't see the greasy meat, and the mother was sulking after drinking the porridge! For the sake of Niangniang's body, this pork rib soup is even more unacceptable. ”

"No wonder as soon as I came in, I saw everyone frowning." An Su handed the food box to Mo Xiang, "Since Niangniang can't use it, and it can't be wasted, let's share it with everyone!" I'll go see the mother first. ”

As soon as An Su entered the dormitory, he saw Xu Meiren lying on her side on the bed, although she closed her eyes and mouth, she still pouted, and at a glance, she knew that she was very dissatisfied with the porridge. An Su felt cute, and said that some people were sick and would play some childlike nature, and it seemed that Xu Meiren was like this.

"Mother, the slave is here." Ansu sat down on the steps beside the bed and whispered.

Xu Meiren really didn't really fall asleep, and opened her eyes when she heard An Su's voice. She was aggrieved, and when she saw An Su, she grabbed her hand, and her voice was soft.

"Ansu, it's too painful to drink the porridge. Hongu heard that you brought pork rib soup, so let Hongu taste it, okay? ”

An Su shook her head resolutely: "Niangniang, it will always be uncomfortable during the treatment, just survive this half a month, and the slave maid will make more delicious food for Niangniang in the future." ”

"But this porridge is tasteless, and it's really sad to drink." Xu Meiren sat up, still like a child.

An Su thought about it, once in her hometown of Qinghe County, when her two younger brothers were occasionally sick and needed to avoid eating, she also changed her ways to make some tricks on what they could eat. Maybe I can also help Xu Meiren try, if it is done well, it can always make her eat more smoothly, if it is not good, it is just to continue to drink clear porridge.

"Niangniang, the slave maid will go back and try it, maybe she can make the porridge more refreshing." Ansu said tentatively.

"Really?" Xu Meiren's eyes lit up.

"However, after all, it is clear porridge, it will not be better than pork rib soup, but I just want to make it easier for Niangniang to swallow." An Su still felt that he couldn't give Xu Meiren too high expectations.

"Hongu understands, you can go and try it!"

When An Su came back from Huanning Palace, he plunged into the small kitchen, and locked up in the small kitchen for a few days to tinker with when he had free time. Everyone only thought that she was preparing for the election of the palace maid, Jiang Qingran scoffed behind her back, and just sneered at everyone.

On the day before the campaign, Ansu finally made Xu Meiren's porridge a satisfactory taste, and some of the ingredients added to it were good for the spleen and stomach. On this day, everyone had to be busy preparing for tomorrow's election, and they couldn't spare much time, so An Su only hurried to the door of Huanning Palace, and after handing over the food box to Mo Shang, he didn't have time to listen to Xu Meiren's evaluation and went back to the palace maid.

I heard that the skills prepared by Jiang Qingran are also cooking skills, which made An Su a little surprised, originally thought that an eldest lady like her, who had been pampered since childhood, would not cook in person. But surprise is only a momentary thing, Ansu is confident in his cooking skills, and it doesn't matter much what others do.

The next day is the most lively time in the past few months, all of them are family members who have just entered the palace, and they have no chance to meet the masters, and it is good to meet the palace maids and eunuchs of higher positions. Everyone was very excited from early in the morning, and Chu Ruo had been urging An Su to dress up well. Although this competition is not related to appearance, for the sake of Chu Ruo's concern, An Su also followed her wishes.

An Su felt that as a little palace maid, it was no longer appropriate to dress brightly, and she never thought that Jiang Qingran would dress up even more, so she probably used all the jewelry she brought from home. Everyone saw that Jiang Qingran would win this competition from the beginning, and there were too many stammers around her, which made her very useful.

Several chairs had been set up in the lobby of the palace maid's house, and the eunuchs and grandmothers in charge of judging had arrived one by one and sat down in their respective seats. Mama Qin was about to announce the start of the competition, but a eunuch's shrill voice came from outside: "Xu Ji Niangniang has arrived-"

This made the whole campaign process chaotic, and the eunuchs and grandmothers who had just sat down hurriedly stood up again and rushed out with a whole room of palace maids. As soon as everyone went out, they saw that Xu Meiren had already walked in.

"Xu Ji Niangniang is extremely happy."

It was the first time for Xu Meiren to set foot in the palace maid's office, but she didn't expect to encounter such a big battle, and her eyes wandered for a long time on the whole palace maid with her head down. She went to see these palace maids with a purpose, but their clothes were all the same, and she really couldn't tell who was who, so Xu Meiren had to give up looking for it on her own.

"Get up, where is Shangguan Ansu?"

"Xu Ji Niangniang, the slave is here." Ansu was originally standing at the end, but at this time he walked out bypassing the crowd.

"Ansu, the porridge you sent to Huanning Hall yesterday, this palace likes it very much, and I can't help but come to you today to ask for a bowl." Xu Meiren was blunt.

An Su glanced at the people behind him with his spare eyes, and said with a smile: "It's not difficult to make porridge, it's just that Niangniang, the slaves and maids are running for the steward palace maid, and this is just the beginning, if you interrupt at this time, I'm afraid it will be unruly!" ”

"The election of the steward palace maid?" Xu Meiren hadn't been in the palace for a long time, so she naturally didn't understand much about the things in these palace people, so she turned her head sideways and looked at Mo Sheng inquiringly.

"Niangniang, this is to select a good newcomer among the palace maids who have newly entered the palace, and take on the responsibility of managing other people's chores, and when they are officially assigned to each palace, they will no longer have to be on this errand." Mo Shang explained succinctly.

Xu Meiren nodded, and her eyes fell on Mama Qin: "Are you the head of this palace maid?" ”

"If you go back to the mother, the slave is exact."

"Well, this palace thinks that Ansu is good, you don't have to bother to campaign, just let her take on the errand of the palace maid!"

Mama Qin lowered her eyebrows and was about to respond, but a voice came from the back row first.

"Why? I've been preparing for so long, and it's not fair to let her win! ”

"Presumptuous! You dare to question Xu Ji Niangniang's words, I don't want to live anymore! Mama Qin reprimanded again and again, for fear of upsetting her master.

Jiang Qingran blurted out such a sentence when he was angry for a while, but at this time, he was reprimanded by Mama Qin, and his reason returned to his mind, so he began to be afraid. She threw herself back to her knees.

"Xu Ji Niangniang spares her life, slave maid, slave maid is just, in a hurry, she ......" Jiang Qingran's words were intermittent, she really didn't know how to explain it.

Who knew that Xu Meiren seemed to think that her words were reasonable, and after thinking for a moment, she said: "What you said is not bad, this is really unfair, then you can compare with each other, and this palace will also come and see." ”

Now that there is a master here, everyone is even more afraid to slack off, and some eunuchs and grandmothers have already given up their seats to make room for Xu Meiren. The competition of the palace ladies also began.

According to different skills, the content of the competition is also different, according to the original arrangement, Mama Qin was divided into several teams to line up, and each team had its own eunuchs and grandmothers to judge. In Ansu's cooking team, there were only two people, her and Jiang Qingran, and Mama Qin arranged for the two of them to compete in front of Xu Meiren.

Mama Qin has been in the palace for so many years, and her ability to observe words and emotions has already been perfected, and at a glance, she knows that Xu Meiren is optimistic about Ansu, so naturally she can't discourage her interest.

The theme of this competition has been set for a long time, and both An Su and Qing Ran need to make a snack with specific ingredients within an hour. As for how to distinguish the winner from the loser, it is judged by several more senior eunuchs and grandmothers, and now that Xu Meiren is here, her opinion must naturally be taken into account.

Ansu is used to making dim sum, and in order to ensure that the taste is error-free, the ingredients are tasted from time to time during the production process, even during the competition. Just this taste gave me a clue, the taste of the ingredients was completely wrong, and it seemed that someone had added something to it. What should have been sweet turned into salty, and salty turned into bitter, and after tasting them one by one, none of them were right.

An Su thought about it for a while, these ingredients for the competition were all prepared by the palace maids who had never participated in the election, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that they were prepared by Zhou Meihong. An Su turned her head to look at Jiang Qingran, her dim sum was very handy, and after feeling the gaze around her, she deliberately smiled at An Su.

In this way, the matter is very clear, it is nothing more than Jiang Qingran and Zhou Meihong who did something in Ansu's ingredients in advance. Such a simple approach, although insignificant, is the most effective. Everyone tried together, and An Su couldn't stop halfway, not to mention that she didn't have definite evidence, and at the moment, it seemed that it was indeed a dead end.

An Su pondered over the whole table of odorous ingredients, and had just tasted them all, all of them were either salty or bitter, and none of them were sweet. In this case, let's try some savory dim sum, although the pastries used to be sweet, it does not mean that the savory dim sum will be any worse. Maybe the sword goes sideways, but it can be victorious.

An Su glanced at Jiang Qingran, who was busy, took another deep breath, and began to do his own thing. It was the first time to make such a bold snack, An Su was cautious, like a child learning cooking, which made Jiang Qingran even more contemptuous. Mama Qin looked at her and was also a little worried, and even Chu Ruo found out that something was wrong with her.

Su Zili, who was secretly observing at the door of the bedroom, naturally took in all this. She leaned against the door railing and thought for a moment, and when Zhou Meihong came out of the small kitchen, she pretended to have nothing to do, and then quietly locked the kitchen door from the inside.

An hour passed quickly, Xu Meiren was sick and couldn't eat and drink at will, and it was boring to sit here all the time, and finally when the competition was over, she was especially interested.

"Bring it to the main palace and try it."

"Niangniang, the doctor has instructed you, can you eat this!" Mo Shang was the first to stop out.

"It's okay, the palace only tastes one bite of each of the two portions." Xu Meiren insisted, and Mo Shang had no choice, so she had to bring over two plates of dim sum and stare at Xu Meiren and only allow her to take a small bite.

The first thing to be presented was Jiang Qingran's doing, Xu Meiren tasted it and nodded appreciatively: "Yes, it has the taste of Imperial Chef Chen in the imperial dining room." ”

Jiang Qingran thanked him in a regular manner, thinking that this beauty's tongue was really powerful, and he tasted it at once. For this campaign, she deliberately bribed Imperial Chef Chen in the imperial dining room with a lot of money, begging him to teach her this skill of making dim sum, which came in handy today.

"The other plate is made by Ansu." Xu Meiren looked up at An Su and smiled, reached out and took a small piece and put it in her mouth, "This snack is actually salty?" ”

Xu Meiren was greatly surprised, as if she couldn't taste the exact taste of one piece, and reached out to get the second one.

Mo Sheng hurriedly stepped forward and stopped: "Niangniang, you can only taste one piece." ”

"Just taste this one, this palace can't tell who wins and who loses." Xu Meiren seemed to be really distressed.

An Su was about to step forward to persuade Xu Meiren, when a shrill voice came from outside: "The queen mother has arrived-"

It's strange today, the palace maid who usually has no sense of existence actually arrived with two mothers. Everyone didn't dare to slack off, and quickly stopped what they were doing and went out to greet them.

"The queen mother is happy forever."

"Xu Meiren is also there? Hongu smells the sound of singing and dancing instrumental music, and the smell of pastries, what are you doing together? The queen got off the sedan chair and saw Xu Meiren's figure at a glance.

"Back to the queen's mother, today's palace maid is running for the palace maid, and the concubine finds it interesting, so she comes to join in the fun."

"Interesting? The election steward palace maid will be held every year, is there anything different this year? "The queen doesn't care about the things in the palace, but she still knows something.

"The queen has been in the palace for a long time, and she can see it every year, so she naturally doesn't think it's novel and interesting, the concubine has just entered the palace for a few months, and she doesn't know much, but she has never seen such a campaign, so she thinks it's interesting." Xu Meiren thought of the salty pastry, and continued, "However, just now, a palace maid actually made a salty pastry, and the concubine felt that it was very fresh. ”

"Oh? Savory pastries? It's really funny. The queen helped the handmaid beside her, "Lixin, let's go in and have a look." ”