Everyone welcomed the queen in, and the eunuchs and grandmothers initially gave Xu Meiren's seat, but now they were given to the queen, and Xu Meiren sat in the position of Fang Caiqin's mother. As soon as she took her seat, there was a palace maid with full eyesight, who presented the two plates of dim sum to the queen, just waiting for her to taste her face.

"Xu Ji, which plate is this savory pastry you are talking about?"

Xu Meiren signaled, and Mo Sheng stepped forward: "Queen Mother, this plate of light cyan is the salty pastry that our mother said." ”

The queen curiously took a piece and put it in her mouth, as if she tasted it carefully, and nodded seriously: "Yes, it's really good." This savory pastry is really a novelty, who made it? ”

"Returning to the queen's mother, it was made by a slave." Ansu stood up generously.

The queen's gaze lingered on her, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "It's you, this palace remembers you, last time you sent the elves of this palace back to the Jiaofang Palace." ”

"The queen has a good memory, and the slave maid is indeed fortunate to have been to the Jiaofang Palace for sending the cat, and the maid also rewarded the slave maid."

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother, try the slave again!" Jiang Qingran was afraid that the queen would also appoint An Su as the palace maid, so she desperately squeezed forward with her own pastries.

"This little palace maid has clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and she is also a smart look, try it in this palace." The queen was quite face-saving, twisted a piece and put it in her mouth, and nodded thoughtfully after a while, "This one melts in the mouth, it has the flavor of Imperial Chef Chen in the imperial dining room, and it really has to ......be compared with the salty pastry."

The queen paused for a moment when she said this, as if making a detailed comparison, and everyone present looked at her nervously.

"It's still sweeter." The queen put the whole piece of pastry in her mouth and nodded in confirmation.

"Thank you, Queen, thank you." Jiang Qingran's joy was all expressed on his face, with the queen's words, I am afraid that the position of the palace maid is already in the bag.

"Queen Mother, then in your opinion, who will be the palace maid in charge?" Mama Qin really asked.

"Bengong feels ......" The queen's gaze lingered on the faces of An Su and Qing Ran, and before she could reach a final conclusion, An Su stepped forward.

"The queen mother Mingjian, the slave maid was originally preparing sweet pastries for today's election, but the ingredients used were manipulated in advance, and after the competition began, it was found that all the ingredients had become salty. So I had to take advantage of the trend and make these savory pastries. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Jiang Qingran was proud, who expected An Su to be so bold and dare to defend herself without evidence, she panicked all of a sudden.

"Ansu only said that her ingredients were tampered with, why are you so excited?" Xu Meiren is smart, and when she sees her words like this, she already understands most of it in her heart.

"Slave maid, slave maid is, because the ingredients of the slave maid are good, so I am worried that Shangguan Ansu will use the ingredients as an excuse to trick the two maids!" Jiang Qingran panicked.

"Then according to what you mean, do you think that this palace and the queen can be easily deceived by others?" Xu Meiren likes Ansu, so she naturally can't get used to Jiang Qingran, who is-for-tat with her.

"The slave doesn't dare, the slave doesn't mean that."

The queen has always been most annoyed by these troublesome things in the harem, and she used to find them interesting, but now she just wants to leave quickly. It's just that you have to say everything about this matter, and it takes some thought to find out clearly, which is really annoying. The queen is here again, and she can't let it go, otherwise it will reach the ears of the queen mother, and it will definitely be another admonition. It would be nice if someone could come forward and give an accurate account of this matter.

The queen had such an idea, and a person really appeared to solve the problem. Su Zili, who had locked himself in the small kitchen for a long time, suddenly opened the door and walked out, holding something in his hand, and went straight to the place where everyone gathered.

"The queen mother is happy forever." Su Zili saluted first, and then raised the bottle and jar in his hand forward, "Please also ask Niang Niang to order someone to taste these spices." ”

"You just came out of the kitchen?" The queen could see the small kitchen at a glance.

"The slave went to clean up and accidentally knocked over a bottle of spice and found that it didn't taste right." Even in front of his master, Su Zili still spoke concisely.

"Pear Heart, taste what's going on." The queen gave a command, and Lixin took the bottle of salty seasoning, twisted a little and put it on the tip of her tongue.

"Sweet?" Lixin exclaimed, "Niangniang, this is not salt, this is sugar!" ”

"Sugar?" Mama Qin also came forward to taste some, and it was true. She turned to Su Zili and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"Before the slave went to clean, I saw Zhou Meihong sneaking in and out of the small kitchen." Su Zili doesn't like to talk on weekdays, and she doesn't have much sense of existence, but now that she suddenly comes out and says a few words, no one will suspect that what she said is false.

"Zhou Meihong has always been good friends with you, could this matter have something to do with you?" Mama Qin looked at Jiang Qingran seriously.

An Su interjected at the right time: "Jiang Qingran has always been at odds with the slave maid, if she has the heart, it is possible to exchange the slave's ingredients with the spices in the small kitchen." ”

"You talk nonsense! I didn't! You must be jealous that my pastries are better than yours, so you teamed up with Su Zili to frame me! ”

"Whether it is framed or not, you can taste the spices in this bottle yourself." Zili still looked indifferent.

"Impossible! That's impossible! I told her to pour all the sugar into the swill bucket, how could it be in the spice bottle? Jiang Qingran had never been looked at by so many people's scrutinizing eyes, and he was so panicked that he blurted out everything he should say and shouldn't say.

"I see, you really did it." Ansu hooked the corners of her mouth.

"You! Did you two join forces to trick me? Are you taking my word for it? Jiang Qingran finally reacted.

"Enough!" The queen wanted to hurry up, but she didn't want to make more trouble at this time, so she hurriedly interrupted Jiang Qingran's words, "This woman is jealous of others, violates the palace rules, and pulls down the twenty boards, and the palace maid in charge will be served by this palace maid who makes salty pastries!" ”

"Queen Mother, Queen Mother spare your life! The slave knows that she is wrong! ”

The eunuchs around the queen knew her temperament, and they were most afraid of anyone making noise, so they quickly gagged Jiang Qingran and dragged her out, so as not to make the queen bored again. Originally, I had just come to taste the novelty of the salty pastry, but now it was a little missed, and the queen left tiredly.

Xu Meiren was still worried about the clear porridge, and without waiting for An Su to learn from Mama Qin about the affairs of managing the palace maid, she took her to the small kitchen to make some porridge first. At the end of the day, when I had free time, it was already evening.

Previously, everyone was on the surface of Jiang Qingran's stammering, and they all knew that An Su saw it in their eyes, but now she was the one who finally took the position of the palace maid, and Qingran was punished with a cane again, and those people were very flustered. However, An Su had something hidden in his heart, and he had no intention of bothering with them, but walked straight to Su Zili.

"Zili, thank you for today's events." An Su sat down on the edge of Su Zili's bed, but this time she didn't show disgust.

"No, you don't."

"How did you find out they were manipulating the ingredients?" Ansu also knew that there was a problem after tasting the taste of the ingredients by chance.

"You tasted the ingredients during the competition, and then your face was wrong, and I saw Zhou Meihong coming out of the small kitchen." Zili didn't seem to want to say more.

"And how do you know she poured all the sugar into the bucket of swill?"

"I don't know, I just guess that they did something, and I didn't find out where the candy was, and I put the sugar in the spice bottle."

An Su smiled slyly: "So your original intention was also to deceive them?" ”

Zili only nodded and did not answer. But An Su knew that she must have regarded herself as a partner, and such a bold thing, if the queen mother investigated thoroughly, she might fall into the crime of designing to frame others.

An Su has always known how to repay the favor, Zili helped her once, and she naturally had to thank her. I was thinking of finding a way for her to meet Hu Bazi, and it might be clear to talk about many things in person. But Fazi didn't expect that the news of Hu Bazi's death came from the Zengcheng Palace.

When the news reached the palace maid's office, it was time for everyone to have lunch, and An Su subconsciously looked at Su Zili in the corner. There was no other expression on her face, and she was as indifferent and cold as ever, as if the matter had nothing to do with her. But she didn't move the chopsticks again, paused for a while, put down the dishes and chopsticks and walked out.

An Su then followed out, and the people inside were still discussing Hu Bazi's death fiercely, which seemed to give everyone an excellent topic to spend their leisure time at lunch.

"Zili, are you alright?" Ansu crouched down and patted her on the shoulder.

Su Zili sat on the steps full of clothes in front of him, his eyes a little dazed. More than a month ago, she still regarded Hu Bazi as her lifelong enemy, hated him to the core, and always wanted to cut her with a thousand knives. But once he knew that it was a misunderstanding, and the truth was not fully investigated, that person died in this deep palace. Zili recalled the good times with his brother and weak water outside the palace, short but happy, and the sourness in his heart spread.

"Hu Bazi loves flowers, my brother once planted a mountain of evening primrose for her, and I don't know if she has this flower by her side when she leaves." Zili didn't talk much, and he looked cold and ruthless, but now such a sentence suddenly appeared.

“...... Let's go to the Zengcheng Hall! An Su is usually able to speak well, but now when she encounters this matter, she doesn't know how to comfort her, so she only said this sentence for a long time. But Zili was very useful, and pulled An Su and ran to the Zengcheng Palace.

They ran wildly on the palace road all the way, but fortunately, there was no master passing by along the way, so they didn't have to worry about colliding.

At this time, at the gate of the Zengcheng Palace, all kinds of palace people have gathered, including the imperial doctors and midwives who have not yet left, the eunuchs in charge of funeral matters, and the emperor Liu Ying, who rushed to hear the news.