Honggu naturally had never seen such a method of steaming rice, but looking at Gu Muyan's confident appearance, she still nodded at the palace maid.

Then the palace maid turned around and went to prepare for the conversation, and the other palace people also listened to Gu Muyan's dispatch.

After a while, dishes with all colors and flavors were placed in front of Honggu, and those imperial chefs were still a little hostile to Gu Muyan at first, but when the dishes were placed in front of them, they were also convinced.

"Let's try it." Gu Muyan personally went to fill a bowl of rice and handed it to Honggudao.

Picking up the rice, the fragrance of the rice and the slight sour taste of the plum poured into the tip of Honggu's nose, and even Honggu, who had already eaten, was hungry.

Originally, Honggu thought that this rice would be a little sour in the mouth, but who expected that the aroma of this rice was surprisingly strong, and there was no trace of sourness at all.

"W-why is that?" Honggu looked at Gu Muyan suspiciously, and then asked, "I clearly let go of the words, but there is no sourness at all!" ”

"Because this plum is put in when the rice is about to be cooked, not only will it not soak the rice with the sour taste of this plum, but it can even make the rice more sweet!" Gu Muyan explained: "But the timing of this must be mastered, otherwise it will not be good if the rice has a sour taste." ”

"I see!" Honggu nodded, revealing a clear expression.

Then Gu Muyan gestured with his hand to the other dishes in front of Honggu and said: "Auntie, try something else, if the taste is okay, we will send it to the Queen Mother, after all, if it is cold, the taste will be worse."

Without waiting for Gu Muyan to finish speaking, Honggu couldn't wait to start tasting the dishes in front of her.

"I really can't imagine that the county lord has such craftsmanship! It's not much better than the imperial kitchen in the palace! Honggu looked at Gu Muyan with satisfaction in her eyes and said.

After tasting the dishes without any problems, Gu Muyan and Honggu put them in the food box and walked in the direction of the Queen Mother's bedroom.

As soon as she walked outside the hall, the Queen Mother's hearty laughter kept coming out of it.

"Who's here today?" Honggu asked the palace maid guarding the door beside her suspiciously.

The palace maid blessed her body and replied: "Except for the county lord, no one else came. ”

"What kind of joy has happened to the Queen Mother? Laughing so heartily? Honggu said suspiciously, and then hurriedly walked in.

I saw that Xi Xiang was waiting to show all the gadgets prepared by Gu Muyan to the Queen Mother, there are too many valuable things in this palace, and the things in the market outside are very fresh, and many gadgets will not flow into the palace at all.

So the Queen Mother naturally can't look down on her in the palace, and besides, those who generally come to please the Queen Mother will not buy these small things.

Seeing this, Honggu became more and more fond of Gu Muyan in her heart, and she felt more and more sorry for Gu Muyan, after all, she was still just a child who had not yet reached the end of her life, and she had such skills, if there was no one in the house to serve her, how could she cook herself?

And the meals made by Gu Muyan himself were served to the Queen Mother after being tasted by a special palace person.

The Queen Mother, who was already amused by those small objects, also opened her appetite, especially these dishes were fragrant and delicious, and the slight sourness stimulated the taste buds, which really made the Queen Mother eat a full bowl of rice.

"Honggu, bring another bowl to the mourning family!" The Queen Mother pointed to the empty bowl in front of her and said.

Just when Honggu really wanted to go down to serve dinner, Gu Muyan stopped Honggu, and then turned her head to look at the Queen Mother and said: "Queen Mother, you have a bad appetite these days, and you don't have much to eat, if you eat too much at once, I'm afraid you will accumulate food, if the Queen Mother likes it, Yan'er will come to the palace every day to cook for you!" ”

"According to you, according to you!" The Queen Mother was amused by Gu Muyan and said again and again, and for a while, the entire dormitory was filled with laughter.

In another place, while reviewing the recitals, the saint listened to the little eunuch's reply.

"Did the queen mother really eat?" Jinshang put down the dragon pen in his hand, looked at the little eunuch below with some suspicion and asked again.

The little eunuch lowered his head a little lower and replied: "The slave doesn't dare to deceive Your Majesty, the Queen Mother really eats, and even wants to have some again, but she was stopped by the county lord, saying that she was afraid of accumulating food." ”

"Alright, let's go down." The emperor waved his hand and let the little eunuch retreat.

But the moment the little eunuch closed the door of the palace, another figure appeared in the imperial study.

"You go and take the leftovers of the queen mother's food to the imperial doctor in the palace to see if there is anything addictive in between." After the order was given, the secret guard disappeared again.

"Xiao Dezi, do you think this Gu Muyan will let the queen mother borrow someone from me later?" Jinshang lay back, lay on the dragon chair, closed his eyes and kneaded the eye point between his two eyes with his hands and asked.

The prince beside the saint pretended not to know and asked, "Huh? Who does the county want to borrow? ”

"Haha! You old fox, pretending to be confused! Jinshang smiled and said: "Who else can borrow, naturally it is to borrow Li Zhonghe to save her uncle!" ”

"Could it be that person is really the prime minister's younger brother? Then it's not the turn of the county lord to borrow someone! Shouldn't that be the prime minister? The prince replied in confusion.

However, the emperor was also happy to explain: "Hmph, this prime minister has a thief in his stomach!" At the beginning, the imperial examination wanted a clean family background, but he felt that his father had three wives and four concubines, and he was not from the main house, so he let his younger brother move out of the family tree! ”

"There are such secret things, the saint is wise, and he can't hide anything from the saint!" The prince said flatteringly.

"Okay, don't please me, it's the right thing to ask what the Queen Mother and Gu Muyan have said!" The emperor sighed lightly and said.

After the princess retired, Jinshang was a little curious about how Gu Muyan's food was made, and it turned out that the queen mother, who had lost her appetite every year in autumn, loved it so much!

On the other side, Gu Muyan had a little sadness on his face this day, but he hid it well in front of the Queen Mother, but who is the Queen Mother, this little trick naturally can't be hidden.

But since Gu Muyan didn't say it, she also had her own considerations, so the Queen Mother didn't ask much.

After saying goodbye to the Queen Mother, Gu Muyan was about to walk to the gate of the Forbidden City for one or two miles, but suddenly turned back.

"Miss... You're not really going to seek the Holy One, are you? Xiang Xiang asked worriedly.

Gu Muyan replied as he walked: "Now there is only this way." ”

"Your Majesty, the county lord was already about to leave the palace, but I don't know why I turned back halfway, the palace people around the queen mother didn't hear what the county lord said, and there was no movement from the queen mother." The prince stood beside Jinshang and replied respectfully.

"Then where is this Gu Muyan now?" Imakami asked, raising an eyebrow.

"It's outside the temple now, but it's standing there, and no one has come in to pass the word, the servants have already sent someone to watch, and if there is any movement, they will come in and tell you." After the prince finished speaking, he stepped aside and stayed by Jinshang's side.

After about an hour, after the general had almost seen the recital, Gu Muyan still didn't move.

"Xiao Dezi, go and see, what kind of medicine is sold in this Gu Muyan gourd!" Now I'm a little curious, this Gu Muyan didn't come in, he didn't do anything, he just stood outside, so what was the use?

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The prince received the order, and after the salute, he was ready to withdraw to take a look.

At this time, the eunuch guarding outside knocked on the door and came in and said, "Qi Qi Sheng, the county lord has been walking back and forth outside for a long time, and now he has turned around and gone back. ”

"What? You! You call her back! Imakami said as he stood up with a frown.

"Ah, yes, yes! Minions, let's go! The little eunuch didn't react at first, but after reacting, he hurriedly ran out.

"County Lord! Princess! You wait! As soon as the little eunuch came out of the imperial study, he began to run wildly, and finally saw Gu Muyan, for fear that he would not be able to catch up, so he shouted there from a long distance.

Hearing the shout, the corners of Gu Muyan's mouth pulled out a trace of arc, chuckled, and when he turned around, there was still a smile on his face, but he waited there suspiciously and looked at the little eunuch running in the distance.

"The county... Lord of the County, Your Majesty... His Majesty proclaimed. The eunuch said breathlessly.

However, Gu Muyan didn't pretend not to know, but said clearly: "Okay." ”

"Wechen has seen Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty, long live, long live! Gu Muyan saluted respectfully to Jinshang.

However, Jinshang didn't let Gu Muyan get up immediately, but asked with great interest: "What is the matter with you standing outside my imperial study just now?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's for today's incident at the gate of the palace, but the minister doesn't know whether to say it, so he stopped outside the palace for a long time." Gu Muyan's face was still hesitant, but he didn't look like he was cheating.

So Imagami didn't get angry, but continued to ask, "Oh? Then can you tell me what happened outside the palace gate today? I'm a little curious! ”

"Your Majesty, it is a folk woman who claims that her husband is the younger brother of the minister's father, saying that she is unconscious, and wants the minister to invite Li Zhong and the doctor, the minister has seen it in the palace, but she doesn't dare to look for it rashly..."Gu Muyan said with an extremely tangled expression.

"Humph! See? Are you sure you see clearly? Imakami suddenly asked in a cold voice, and his tone dropped to freezing.

In an instant, the palace maids and eunuchs in the entire imperial study knelt down, and Gu Muyan also knelt on the ground and didn't dare to move, but in his heart, he was not worried that he would be blamed today, after all, after he came today, the queen mother's appetite was much better.

Today's saint is the most filial, so naturally he will not blame himself in this stall.