Chapter 118: Seeking Other
After returning to Wuyuan, Gu Muyan, Xi Xiang and Yi Jin wrapped these small things again, which looked more delicate, and put them in Gu Muyan's room, just waiting for the queen mother to enter the palace tomorrow.
"Yi Jin, give this to the new porter." Gu Muyan took out a small packet of things from his sleeve, looked like a medicinal powder, and handed it to Yi Jin and commanded.
Yi Jin took the small bag of things and asked suspiciously, "Concierge?" Why did you give it to him? Where is Miss going? I can send it! β
"That person was arranged by Ruoshu to come in, so you won't need to go out so eye-catching in the future! Leave it to the porter and he'll do it for you. After Gu Muyan finished speaking, he looked carefully at the things that Yi Jin bought today.
Just as Yi Jin received the order to go out, Gu Muyan suddenly thought of something that he didn't order, so he immediately stopped Yi Jin and said, "Yi Jin, wait, just let him send this thing to the people's grain farm." β
"Yes, miss." Yi Jin sighed and pouted, I was still thinking of going out to the market, but now the only job that can go out has been robbed by someone!
Seeing Yi Jin's aggrieved appearance, Gu Muyan and Xian Xiang couldn't help laughing.
On the second day, when Gu Muyan was going to the direction of the palace with Xiangxiang, he was just about to enter the Forbidden City, when suddenly a woman rushed forward and knelt in front of her, and was almost pulled away by the guards at the palace gate.
"County Lord, are you the County Lord! Please, save the husband of the people's wife, who has been in a coma for a day and a night! The woman's crying was so hoarse that it attracted many people to stop.
Gu Muyan looked left and right, and if he left it alone, he was afraid that it would not be good, so he hurriedly helped the woman up and said, "But shouldn't I go to the doctor for this matter, I am not very proficient in medical skills!" β
"The women know, but the best doctors in the capital say that they can't do anything, so... That's why the women wanted to ask the county lord for your help, and the doctor who cured the plague at the beginning might ask for help? The women are willing to invite them back! After the woman finished speaking, she knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted that Gu Muyan must agree.
"But..."Gu Muyan hesitated, now this Li Zhonghe is not something he can see if he wants to, let alone invite him out of the palace, it will be even more difficult.
"County Lord, for the sake of the husband of the people's wife, please save the husband of the people's wife!" Seeing Gu Muyan hesitating, the woman knelt down and climbed forward a few steps, looking at Gu Muyan crying and saying.
Immediately, Gu Muyan became annoyed, directly tore off his dress, took two steps back, and said: "Presumptuous, why does this palace look at your husband's face, I don't know who your husband is!" β
"No, no, that's not what the folk woman meant, it's just that the husband of the folk woman is the half-brother of the Prime Minister! So... That's why the women wanted to ask the county lord to help! The woman climbed a few steps forward and wanted to grab the corner of Gu Muyan's clothes, but was stopped by the guards of the palace, so she could only kneel outside and continue to beg Gu Muyan.
However, Gu Muyan's face was still not very good-looking: "But someone told me about my father and a younger brother, but my father never said it himself, so it can't be true!" β
After speaking, Gu Muyan turned his head and walked away from the Ten Thousand Emperors Palace, but the woman did not give up, and shouted loudly: "County Lord!" What the women say is true! The husband of the folk woman is really the uncle of the county lord! β
This voice spread far away, even if Gu Muyan walked a hundred meters forward, he could still hear it clearly, which showed how hard this woman roared.
"Miss... Do we really care about this? When Xiang Xiang on the side passed by the gate of the palace, he asked Gu Muyan in front of the guards.
And Gu Muyan just walked quickly, the brows on his face furrowed tightly, and he didn't answer the attack incense beside him.
"Miss, will the emperor really come to summon you?" Seeing that there was no one around her and it was empty, she asked with some concern.
"Nine times out of ten, even if not, I'm already in this palace, and it's always okay to think of other ways." Gu Muyan also took a long breath and said, naturally there were still some worries in his heart.
"Auntie, can the Queen Mother be in the dormitory?" Gu Muyan was about to walk to the Queen Mother's palace, when she happened to meet Honggu coming back from the imperial dining room, carrying a food box in her hand.
"County Lord, you're here! Hey, the Queen Mother has a bad appetite today, and she only has breakfast now, and I don't know if the food here is suitable for the Queen Mother's appetite..."Honggu sighed and said, her face was also full of sadness.
Hearing Honggu say this, Gu Muyan was also a little worried and said: "Then let's go and see the Queen Mother first, if it is really not with your appetite, I will cook some more myself, maybe the Queen Mother is tired of eating in this palace, there are also a lot of delicacies outside this palace, refreshing and delicious!" β
"The county lord knows how to cook?" Honggu asked with some doubts, after all, Gu Muyan is not the county lord and the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so she shouldn't know how to cook, right?
"When I was a child, the yard was far away from the place where I ate, and when I arrived, my father and they had already had dinner, so sometimes they would make some by themselves, and over time they would do it, but the cooking skills were not as good as the imperial chef in the palace, but they would also cook home-cooked food." Gu Muyan said modestly. When I finished speaking, I realized that I had said a little too much.
But his cooking skills are definitely comparable to the chefs in the palace, after all, in his previous life, in order to let Xiao Yi stay in his palace to eat, he can be said to have worked hard to learn cooking skills for a year!
But in the end, I only got a sentence: "You are my queen, not a cook, but you go to a place like the kitchen!" Gentleman is far away from cooking! Finally, he threw up his sleeves and left.
At that time, he was still naΓ―ve, which meant that Xiao Yi felt sorry for himself, so he didn't want to let him go to the kitchen, and now that he thinks about it, he is really disgusted with himself.
"Huh, huh?" Honggu actually didn't believe what Gu Muyan said, she just thought that Gu Muyan wanted to please the Queen Mother, so she said this, and she originally liked Gu Muyan a lot less in her heart.
And the Queen Mother, who originally looked a little sad, instantly got better after seeing Gu Muyan, but it was not very good, after all, she had a bad appetite in the past few days, and the whole person had lost a lot of weight.
"See the Queen Mother, Niangniang Chitose Chitose Chitose." After Gu Muyan entered the palace gate, he saluted to the Queen Mother on the couch.
"Let's be flat, hey, it's autumn, and the appetite of the mourning family is also a little worse." The Queen Mother sighed and said, "Come on, Yan'er, be next to the mourning family." β
The red aunt on the side waited to put the newly made dishes in the imperial dining room in front of the queen mother, and was about to let people try the dishes, but the queen mother waved her hand and said: "Forget it, they don't have to bother, the mourning family still doesn't want to eat, let's withdraw." β
"Queen Mother, Yan'er knows some cooking skills, but they are all home-cooked dishes, sour and hot shredded potatoes, refreshing melons, sweet and sour hairtail..."
When the Queen Mother heard this, she said with great interest: "It's all the food that the mourning family ate when they were young, but they haven't eaten it for many years, but Yan'er really knows how to do this?" β
"Really, Yan'er will go to the imperial dining room with her aunt now, and the Queen Mother will wait for Yan'er." Gu Muyan immediately got up from the Queen Mother and stood up and said.
Then he directly pulled Honggu away, leaving the incense in the queen mother's bedroom, this incense was afraid of leaving or staying, so he simply stood aside and lowered his head and didn't speak.
But the Queen Mother saw the things in her hand with sharp eyes, so she asked, "What are you holding in this hand?" β
Raid Xiang patronized and was nervous, not realizing that the Queen Mother was talking to herself, and she didn't react for a long time, until the Queen Mother asked again, and the palace maid next to her reminded her that Raid Xiang reacted.
"Returning to the Queen Mother, it is a gadget prepared by my young lady for the Queen Mother..."After Xiang Xiang finished speaking, the whole person lay on the ground and didn't dare to move, but made the Queen Mother laugh again.
On the other side, Honggu saw that Gu Muyan really had a posture of cooking, and hurriedly ran up and asked, "County Lord, do you really know how to cook?" β
"Auntie doesn't believe it?" Gu Muyan smiled and asked rhetorically without any hesitation.
This made Honggu a little confused, and she naturally offered a lot of hospitality on weekdays, so she also took it for granted that Gu Muyan was joking.
But now that I have made a promise in front of the Queen Mother, if this is not done well, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will also be cold!
"It's not that I don't believe it, it's not that I don't believe it, hey, but..." Honggu was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, not worried about Gu Muyan, but really afraid that the Queen Mother would be sad again.
And Gu Muyan also saw Honggu's worry, so he stopped and held Honggu's hand and said, "Auntie, don't worry, when the time comes, Yan'er will be the first to let my aunt taste it!" My aunt will know when the time comes! β
The relationship between Honggu and the Queen Mother is not trivial, so Gu Muyan is also extremely respectful, and this is the first time Honggu has been treated so politely.
Seeing that Gu Muyan was so confident, Honggu's worries were also put down a lot, and there was nothing behind Gu Muyan.
When he arrived at the imperial dining room, Gu Muyan first asked the Empress Dowager Honggu's preferences and taboos, and then began to cook.
Although he knew the Queen Mother's preferences in his previous life, Gu Muyan didn't plan to show all his skills the first time, but made some flavors more biased towards the Queen Mother, so that he could do it next time.
Moreover, if you make a delicious meal in one go, I am afraid that it will not make people suspect that you are prepared.
"When you cook the rice, when the rice is almost ready, sprinkle a few grains of plum on it." Gu Muyan commanded the palace maid who was about to cook.
No one has ever done this before, so the palace maid naturally hesitated, and her eyes also looked at Honggu for help, after all, the queen mother was not satisfied with the food in the past few days, if she was not satisfied, I am afraid that the saint will be blamed!