Hundred Gardens, the second floor of Luofang Pavilion.

Xiaoguo leaned on the soft couch near the window, looked down with interest for a while at the edge of the sea of flowers downstairs, and the palace people were either holding colored satin in their hands, or carrying screens, or carrying wooden ladders, hurriedly walking back and forth, like busy ants on the ground before the rain.

She retracted her gaze, used homemade charcoal, brushed and painted on the paper for a while, and handed the paper to Bi Tao: "The stage will be arranged according to this drawing, and the tables and chairs will be prepared first, how to place them, and I will make a decision after I think about it!" ”

Bi Tao blessed her body and said respectfully: "Yes, Queen Mother!" ”

Xiaoguo said helplessly: "Didn't you say that it's okay, don't you use the cumbersome etiquette here where no one is around?" ”

Bi Tao pursed her lips and smiled: "Yes." ”

Xiaoguo knows that due to the difference in identity and level in this world, it is a luxury to eliminate the estrangement with the people around him and treat each other like friends.

Seeing that Xiaoguo had no other instructions, Bi Tao said goodbye and walked downstairs with the drawings, and just after walking a few steps, she heard Xiaoguo stop her again.

"Wait!"

Bi Tao quickly stopped and looked back at her.

"I have to let the imperial dining room pick some of the seasonal fruits, dried flowers, dried fruits, etc., and send them to the kitchen!"

Bi Tao responded happily and ran downstairs with a pummer.

Xiaoguo smiled and shook her head, this girl is so popular when she does things, quite like her back then.

Coarse and fine, neat, relaxed, and comprehensive, this is the reason why she values Bi Tao the most.

At present, Bi Tao's status among the people of Cining Palace is on par with Lu Ru, who has been in the palace for many years, and even has the momentum of transcendence, Xiaoguo not only hands over everything to her, but also takes her with her every time she goes to the kitchen.

Xiaoguo glanced at the hourglass on the table, there was still some time before lunch, she stretched, half-squinting like a sleepy cat.

There was a faint sound of footsteps going up the stairs in the dimness, and she opened her half-closed eyes a little, only to see a familiar grandmother walk in.

Xiaoguo jumped up from the soft collapse in surprise: "Mama Wang, are you back?" ’”

Mama Wang saluted respectfully: "Meet the Queen Mother!" Chitose Niang! Thanks to the mother's thoughts, the old slave is back. ”

Xiaoguo's first warmth when she came to this world came from Mama Wang, and she had a heartfelt intimacy with her Xiaoguo.

Xiaoguo said happily: "When will Mama return to the palace?" How are you doing at home? ”

Mama Wang replied with a smile: "I just returned to the palace for less than half a pillar of incense. Thanksgiving Hongfu, everything is fine! ”

Xiaoguo said: "Mama is tired from the boat and car this time, she must be tired, so she doesn't have to come over to serve, go back to the room to rest!" If I need Mama's help, I'll let Midori call you. ”

Mama Wang was moved: "Thank you for your kindness!" The old slave retired first. ”

Xiao Guo watched her leave, and looked downstairs, only to see her say something to Lu Ru, who was directing the construction of the pergola, and the two left together.

Xiaoguo retracted her gaze and closed her eyes again, her sleepiness was getting thicker, and she only heard a noisy "dong dong" sound coming into her ears.

Along with this rhythm, a childish children's voice came: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother!" Let's go fishing! ”

When Xiao Guo opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Li Bai's face flushed, and he ran over from the staircase with a bamboo fishing rod in his hand.

He was followed by a few panting little eunuchs, shouting: "The emperor slow down!" Slow down! Beware of knocking! ”

Xiaoguo looked the group up and down, and everyone had no empty hands in their hands, those holding rods, carrying buckets, and carrying bait!

Xiaoguo took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Xiaobai's forehead, and whispered into his ear: "Is this planning to skip school to go fishing?" Not afraid of the teacher's punishment? ”

Xiaobai looked up at her happily: "No! Today, Uncle Eleventh Emperor is going to re-evaluate the teachers of the college, and the students are resting! The queen mother, I just passed by the blue pool, and saw that the fish in the pool were very fat, why don't we go and catch some, it's fun and delicious! ”

Xiao Guo flicked his head lightly and said with a smile: "You clever ghost!" Let's go, the queen mother will go fishing with you! ”

The blue water pool is in the middle of the Funing Palace and the Royal Academy, the water of the pool is green and clear, you can vaguely see the aquatic plants at the bottom of the pool and a few round pool stones, there are two white jade bridges on the pool, it is the only way for Li Bai to go to the college.

Xiaoguo was pleasantly surprised to find that the pool was full of fat fish, and from time to time a few naughty fish would delusionally cross out of the water, fall back into the pool, and swoop to the bottom of the pool in one go.

The lunch distributed to the palace people in the imperial dining room just arrived at Cining Palace, and Xiaoguo and they also returned triumphantly!

This time they caught a lot of fish, not only did they catch a lot of fish, but they also caught some small shrimp and a few big crabs!

Xiaoguo set aside one mandarin fish and two black fish, and let the little eunuchs help pour the rest into the large vat in the courtyard, and sent them to eat.

Angelica and Luru have been following Xiaoguo to eat in the small kitchen, they are waiting to be anxious, seeing that they have caught so many fish and shrimp, they can't close their mouths happily, and happily come over to help.

Angelica slaughtered the live fish, Bi Tao took over for him to light the fire, Xiaobai grabbed the melon seeds in his hand, consciously carried the brocade stool, and found a place where he could see all of them and sat down.

Xiaoguo first put the washed fragrant rice into the pot and steamed it, and the fungus was soaked in warm water, and then, she grabbed a black fish that had just been processed by Angelica, removed the head and tail, cut it from the back of the fish, removed the fish bones, and sliced the fish into thin slices, she put the fish fillets into a basin, added salt powder, pepper, a little white wine, egg whites, flour, stirred evenly and set aside to marinate. The head and tail and bones are placed in another basin and marinated in the same way.

Angelica had cleaned up the other two fish, and Xiaoguo was busy deboning and slicing them separately, Angelica then took care of the stove, and Bi Tao washed the cabbage, rape, carrot, celery, and chives according to Xiaoguo's requirements, and sliced them into sections.

Heat the lard in a dry pot, add the green onion and ginger to the small fruit and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the cabbage, fish head and fish bones and a few spoons of the secret rice vinegar made by the imperial dining room, stir-fry the vinegar fragrant, add the broth, boil for a while, wait until the soup turns white, add an appropriate amount of salt and pepper to the soup; Then take out the cabbage and fish head and bones, boil the soup in the pot until it boils, put in the marinated fish fillets, quickly spread them, and wait for the soup to boil again, and immediately put in the soup Gu. Sprinkle an appropriate amount of chopped green onions and peppercorns into the Gu, heat the oil, and splash it on it, and an unusually strong smell of fresh and sour hemp spreads in the kitchen.

Xiaobai couldn't sit still for a long time, so he gathered around and watched while drooling.

Brush the pot cleanly, add water to the pot, wait for the water to boil, put in the rape and blanch it out, and then put in another slice of black fish, slightly blanched and removed. Put oil in a dry pan, put in an appropriate amount of sauce when the oil is hot, fry the sauce and overflow, then put the mandarin fish fillets into the pot, fry until it changes color, add carrots and fungus and fry until it is cooked thoroughly, add salt powder and a little vinegar, soy sauce, and serve it in a dish where the rape is placed. Put oil in another pot, when the oil is hot for five minutes, put in the scalded black fish fillet, add the broth, a little white wine, an appropriate amount of salt powder and sugar, and quickly stir-fry over high heat to reduce the juice.

Finally, I fried a vegetarian dish - fried tofu with parsley and called it a day.

Leaving a part of each dish for Bi Tao and Angelica, Xiao Guo carried the meal containing herself and Xiao Bai, and walked towards the side hall of Cining Palace, which had been converted into their restaurant.

Xiaobai was like a puppy, circling around the food box in Xiaoguo's hand as he walked.

As soon as the mother and son set up the meal, they picked up the chopsticks and couldn't wait to start eating, only to hear the sharp voice of the little eunuch from the courtyard: "The Empress Dowager has arrived!" ”