Chapter 9: The Concubine Cooks
Lin Shaoning and Concubine Lin Xian got the news that Wang Meiren was invited out by the two minions, and couldn't help but scold: Idiot!
A fool who can't figure out his identity, it seems that he really overestimates her, and such a person can't be a good chess piece if he keeps it. At the same time, Lin Shaoning was also worried about Concubine Ning's stay in the Qingxin Palace, the Qingxin Palace is the emperor's bedroom, except for the queen, other concubines can not stay in the emperor's bedroom, even the emperor's favorite concubine, this is the rule of the harem.
But the emperor repeatedly let Chen Ningxi stay in his bedroom, why is this, could it be that he cares so much about the daughter of the Chen family, so he wants to send her to the throne.
And what about her? What is she? After so many years, what is her companionship? And her eldest prince?
"Mother, the eldest prince is coughing again, come and take a look."
Lin Shaoning heard that it was not winter this year, how could the emperor's condition worsen, and recalled the words of the imperial doctor last time, "I'm afraid the eldest prince won't be able to survive for a few years!" β
"Emperor!" You must hold on for a few more years, my mother can't live without you!
Wang Meiren returned to Yuxuan Pavilion but was angry, and hatefully dropped two commonly used teacups, her heart was unfair, she was also raised by her father and mother since she was a child, how could she have been treated like this today, that Ning Guifei didn't rely on her father to be a general with heavy soldiers, I heard that she still came in red when she entered the palace, and it didn't rely on her father's prestige.
If Ningxi knew Wang Mei's thoughts, she would definitely say: Sister just wants to fight for her father, and she will not accept it!
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When Ningxi woke up, Xiao Chengyan had already gone outside, and he slept extremely comfortably this night, and no one came to disturb him, he was stunned for a while, and remembered that he was going to eat a pot to celebrate tonight.
"Master, you're awake!" Forsythia heard the noise in the house and hurried in, and sure enough, Ningxi had already sat up.
"Hmm~"
"Slave maid go get you water to wash." With that, Forsythia hurried to prepare.
A sentence that all the subordinates in Yongfu Palace remember: When is the master the most afraid to provoke? When you first wake up from your sleep and smile your face, that's the most frightening moment.
Ningxi got out of bed lazily, and it happened that Forsythia came in with a basin of water, "Give me the towel, I'll do it myself." β
After washing up, Ningxi sat in front of the mirror and began to dress up, and when her eyebrows were halfway drawn, Ningxi suddenly asked, "Forsythia, how is my pot prepared tonight?" β
Forsythia, who was waiting on the side, remembered that she hadn't returned to Yongfu Palace since she accompanied her master at noon, but Poria should be prepared, so she said slowly: "Master, it's probably almost ready." β
Lemon Creek nodded, continuing to fight her eyebrows.
The master and servant returned to Yongfu Palace, and Ningxi deliberately went to the small kitchen, but the scene in the kitchen was completely different from what the two had imagined.
Ningxi sneered, looked at Forsythia, and asked out loud, "This is what you call ready?" β
Forsythia wiped the cold sweat that didn't flow, how could there be such a stupid group of people, the master clearly explained in the morning, and smiled dryly, "The slave and maid will call someone to prepare for it, it will definitely not delay your celebration at night, master, you go to rest first!" β
Ningxi glared at Forsythia and didn't say anything, turned around and left first.
Looking at the back of Ningxi leaving, the look on Forsythia's face immediately became solemn, and she beckoned to a little palace maid, "Aunt Forsythia!" β
"Go find Aunt Poria and come over."
Poria hurriedly came and saw Forsythia and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" β
The little palace maid in the kitchen went to look for her just now, and said that Aunt Forsythia didn't look very good, and after hearing this, Poria hurriedly put down the work in her hand and hurried over.
"Are you busy and forget, the master is going to eat the pot tonight."
Poria patted her head when she heard this, looked at Forsythia and said, "The master has been here!" β
"If the master doesn't come, I can make people call you in a hurry." Forsythia sighed, "It's also to blame that I didn't come back at noon to help you, fortunately the master woke up early today, otherwise we would all be unlucky." β
"Don't say this, I called Mama Lin to go, the master likes her hand-rolled noodles very much." Mama Lin is quick with her hands and feet, and she is also an old man in preparing meals, so she knows her master's preferences better.
"Cheng, then we are tired of Mama Lin today, let's send a consolation gift to Mama tomorrow."
Poria nodded in agreement.
After Poria left, Forsythia went to the back kitchen to prepare the dipping sauce for the evening, let the master taste picky, her forsythia configuration dipping sauce is ancestral, no choice!
In the evening, I simply didn't delay Ningxi to eat into a pot, and saw that the master left the table with his stomach in his hand, forsythia and Poria cocos breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, touched each other with a glass, and drank a glass of wine to suppress the shock!
Knowing why the two of them proposed to eat the pot, Forsythia poured Poria full of wine, raised his wine glass, and said, "Poria Cocos, drink another glass!" β
"Cheers!"
In the middle of the night, Ningxi woke up and was thirsty, struggled to get out of the warm quilt, got up and put on her coat and walked to the table, poured herself a glass of water and held it in the palm of her hand, heard the footsteps, and thought it was Yun Zhi who was keeping vigil.
"Why did the emperor come here at this hour?" Ningxi was surprised in her heart, and she didn't hide it on her face, and leaned over to salute and say goodbye.
Xiao Chengyan motioned for her to get up, and also sat down at the table and poured herself a glass of water, and took two sips, "I don't have anything to think about today's good days, come and sit in the palace of the concubine." β
Hearing what Xiao Chengyan said, Ningxi ignored it, it's only the eighth day of October, and the day you personally selected is still bad!
However, watching this person pick up tea and stomach after cup, "Your Majesty, it's better for you to drink less water at night." "Ningxi is afraid of getting up at night and never wants to drink more water, otherwise he won't be awakened by thirst tonight.
Xiao Chengyan put down the teacup and said, "Then rest, it's not too early." β
It's really not early, he just can't fall asleep when he tosses and turns in bed, and he suddenly wants to go to the palace of the concubine to take a look, and every time he doesn't sleep well, he will be able to fall asleep well with the little concubine.
To say that his concubine has been in the palace for a year, who wants to come in and take a look, this girl is still awake, but it is a surprise.
Ningxi didn't know that she was used as a sleeping pillow by the emperor at this time, staring at a pair of eyes and really not sleepy, listening to the sound of steady breathing around her, it seems that it is still necessary to cancel the afternoon nap in the future.
Ningxi didn't expect that insomnia would happen at her age, could it be that she is old, no, she is still the flower of the motherland, Ningxi resisted the idea of kicking Xiao Chengyan awake, that is the emperor, a knife on the head, I bear it!
This guy slept so soundly, Ningxi gently turned sideways, slowly looked at his sleeping face, just looked at it, I don't know when this person's lips hooked up a touch, and he woke up and pretended to be asleep, bastard!
Ningxi gave up and lay down, girl, is there anyone more embarrassed than her? It's embarrassing to be caught by voyeurism.
"Why do you peek at me if you don't sleep in the middle of the night?"
Ningxi really wants to punch this smiling face, can it be why, it's not because I don't feel angry when I see you sleeping soundly, but also because you are the emperor who doesn't dare to wake you up, and I want to secretly admire your wonderful sleeping face and be caught!
The most important thing is to wake up the sleeping emperor in the middle of the night, and Ningxi doesn't know, because the air at this time is very quiet.
In order to alleviate this awkward atmosphere, she couldn't help but laugh dryly.
However, the air of embarrassment did not seem to be relieved, more like it froze.
Xiao Chengyan was already alert when he slept, not to mention that the concubine's eyes were staring at him directly, if he still pretended to be like a word, he slept well and was woken up by her small movements, Xiao Chengyan didn't have someone's go-up gas, he only felt a little funny, this girl usually turned a blind eye to his appearance, and now he is asleep, how can he stare at it!
"Your Majesty, don't get me wrong!" Don't get me wrong, I'm not interested in it. "I just slept a lot at noon, and I can't sleep a little tonight, I'm not attracted by your prosperous beauty."
If you want to cover it up, talking too much is the most likely to arouse other people's thoughts, and Concubine Ning, who is the most disdainful of explaining to others on weekdays, is not arguing about what to do now!
"Hey, don't move your hands and feet when the night is dark and windy."
Ningxi, who lost her freedom with both hands and feet at the same time, could only use her mouth to resist the enemy's attack, but the enemy only imprisoned her hands and feet and did not carry out the next attack, but said softly in her ear: "Good, sleep peacefully." β
What is this gentle little brother bathing in the spring breeze, Ningxi closed her eyes and told herself, don't be tempted by this person anymore, what you like is a domineering president!
Ningxi still doesn't know about this goods, Xiao Chengyan already has an understanding in his heart, his concubine is stubborn, but she doesn't admit that she has begun to have thoughts about her husband.
Xiao Chengyan listened to the steady breathing sound around him, looking at the sweet sleeping face, a sense of satisfaction in his heart continued to rise, perhaps from the moment he promised the Chen family to choose someone to let Ningxi enter the palace, his heart was not at peace. It's just that at the beginning, he deliberately hid it clumsy and made him lose his mind.
However, she didn't know that everything about her was told by the Ning family, and she was stupidly kept in the dark, and watching it on weekdays could arouse a lot of interest in herself.
However, as the queen acted more and more out of proportion, he changed the queen in his mind, and naturally he couldn't let her waste all day long if he had a thought.
It's just that she has a lot of ability, and she handles everything in an orderly manner, and she is more than a star and a half stronger than that Miss Chen.
Ningxi, who was asleep, didn't know that after she disturbed people's dreams, people watched her fall asleep soberly, anyway, who cares about the awake people after falling asleep.
In the early morning of the next day, Ningxi only felt that she had slept well last night, and she was in a good mood after waking up. Recalling that he woke up innocently last night, he sighed, why don't you make some pastries for him today~
Ningxi is easily reluctant to enter the kitchen, and occasionally goes around when she is in a good mood, and the number of hands is extremely rare. The palace people in the kitchen thought that the concubine was coming to see it in her spare time, and when she was sent out of the kitchen, she realized that the concubine was going to cook.
Poria went to the Shanggong Bureau early in the morning to do the things that Ningxi explained, and when she returned to the palace, she didn't find anyone, so she walked around and stayed in the kitchen to see that everyone was waiting outside, so she asked, "The master is cooking?" β
"Back to Aunt Poria's words, exactly." A palace maid with a small round face replied.
Poria nodded to show that she understood, looked at it again, and asked, "Is it Aunt Forsythia waiting inside?" β
"Yes~"
Knowing that there was forsythia waiting for Poria inside, he originally planned to leave first, but in a blink of an eye, he thought about the tossing energy of the master every time he cooked, forget it, it was better to go in and help.
Poria opened the kitchen door and went in to see a panicked scene, it was the right decision to come in and help, otherwise Forsythia would not know how to play herself in the future.
Sure enough, Poria who came in received a grateful look from Forsythia, Poria lowered her head and smiled, and together they helped clean up the messy kitchen.
Poria pinched a small piece and put it in her mouth, "It's really full of color and flavor, and the master doesn't miss his hand, this show of skill really makes these cooks unable to live!" β
Ningxi accepted Poria's praise very calmly, no way, people, too good, everywhere is the focus. Fortunately, she is used to all kinds of compliments,
Ningxi instructed Yun Zhi to send these plates of dim sum to Xiao Chengyan, and went back to the palace to prepare for the day's work.
Yun Zhi brought the food box to the Qingxin Palace and handed it to Gonggong Wan and returned to Yongfu Palace, as soon as he came, the master only ordered the dim sum to be delivered to the emperor in person; Second, this Qingxin Hall is not a place where a little palace maid like her can enter, so she has no idea.
Father-in-law Wan carried the food box in, put the dim sum on the table and presented it to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this is the concubine who personally cooked it for you today, and I just ordered the little palace maid to send it." β
"She wasn't poisoned."
Is this the reaction that our Long Live Lord should have? Shouldn't you feel so excited and happy?
Grandpa Wan was also speechless, he really didn't know how to reply to Lord Banzai, and his first priority was to be responsible for the safety of Banzai's diet and daily life, the dim sum sent by this concubine had naturally been tested early, otherwise where would he dare to present it.
Where did Xiao Chengyan think that one day he would be lucky enough to let the concubine cook snacks for herself, it was not in vain that she opened her eyes for half a night last night, it was worth it!
Xiao Chengyan tasted the dim sum one by one, and the look in his eyes changed from suspicion at the beginning to amazement at the end, I really didn't expect the concubine to have this hand.
"Don't look at the young age of the concubine, but this craftsmanship is not bad, this dim sum is really crispy and delicious, which makes people feel memorable."
Xiao Chengyan felt that he couldn't stop eating this small snack, and he thought it was a show when he saw her go to the kitchen before, but now that he has tasted her craftsmanship, it seems that there will be more in the future, hahaha.
Seeing that the Lord Long Live was eating happily, Wan Dequan also breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that this concubine would tease the emperor with two moths on the hour for three days.
If you want to say that the emperor likes to see the concubine out of trouble, then our concubine and the emperor are only half a catty, the two can be said to smell like each other, and it is fun to correct each other.