Chapter 58: The Lord Who Hurts People
The next day, the fish and butterflies got up early in the morning, came to the porch after freshening up, stretched their waists, glanced at the sky, the blue sky floated white and gentle clouds, looking as soft as cotton, beams of sunlight sprinkled, shining all over the yard just awakened flowers and plants.
Peony knew that she still had to cook for the emperor today, so she had already picked a basket full of elm money and put it under the porch, just waiting for the girl to wake up and go to the dining room to cook.
Yu Die'er called them to go to the dining room together, because there were more things to do today, and for fear of missing the hour, Yu Die'er ordered some simple errands for Peony to do.
Because the edible days of elm money are very short, about half a month. When the elm seeds have set seeds, the color will turn pale. As soon as the wind blew, the white coin-like discs fell. The poetry scattered into the sky is piled up on the ground and becomes garbage, which can no longer be enjoyed. So while it was green, I thought about making a few more tricks for the emperor to taste in the past few days.
First, steam the elm money, wash the elm money with clean water, mix it with an appropriate amount of cornmeal, sprinkle it with salt, mix well, and steam it in the basket. Put vinegar, salt, crushed garlic and sesame oil on the pot to make it fragrant!
I boiled elm money porridge again. The porridge boiled with elm money and cornmeal is green and yellow, and the color is fresh, which makes people greedy when they look at it. Served in a white porcelain bowl, the yellow porridge noodles float with green elm money, and when you take a sip, the slimy taste is particularly sweet.
I also made a few Yuqian snacks, Yuqian egg cake, fragrant fried Yuqian meatballs, Yuqian Wotou, and it was just an elm money dinner!
Still fried lotus, this time put more, full of plates, lest the emperor say too little, this time did not sprinkle sugar, poured some honey juice, try a bite, the skin is crispy, the middle is sweet and soft, and there is a touch of honey sweet fragrance, delicious!
In addition to the elm money meal and lotus meal, I also made a few other things, including the tender bamboo shoots that have just been paid tribute and are still tingling with attractive green, the fragrant mushroom soup, the fragrant potato cake, the five-silk vegetable roll, the steamed eggplant with garlic, a plate of soy sauce and fragrant soybeans are eaten with potato cakes or wotou, and a plate of vegetarian fried pumpkin tips.
Because the emperor's meal is not seven big plates and eight big bowls, make a few more things, eat or not, and look at it is not pompous. And each plate is not much, it is beautiful and small and exquisite, you can taste more flavors without being too wasteful. I'm afraid she's the only one who makes food for the emperor and is afraid of wasting it. The emperor didn't know how many things to use up for a meal.
Although these foods look light and light, there is no big meat, but smelling and looking at it still makes people have a great appetite. The enamel bowls and silver plates were all packed into food boxes, but today it took a few food boxes to finish.
A few things were deliberately made more, and the other two were divided, one was still sent to the Star Picking Palace, and the other was prepared for Hetai. It's just that I don't know if the prince is not here today, there is no news of him in the past two days, some of the people below say that Concubine Rou is sick and summons the prince to visit and accompany him, and some say that he accompanied the lord of Linlang out of the palace. She wasn't interested in asking.
A few servants carried food boxes, and Yu Die'er led them to deliver food, of course, to the emperor first, but the emperor was the master of this errand. When I arrived outside the Xuanyi Palace, Yu Die'er instructed a few people not to make a mistake.
A few of their low-level slaves saw the emperor for the first time, and they couldn't help beating drums in their hearts and were happy. Thinking that he has seen the emperor, he is still so close, some show girls may not see the emperor for the rest of their lives.
"Fish girl, oh, no, the emperor, you are here, the emperor is chattering. "Father-in-law Yu came up from afar.
"Father-in-law Yu, don't be an adult, I'm not used to it. Yu Die'er smiled, she suddenly heard the shouting of adults, she was really unaccustomed to listening.
"That's not possible, the slave is only a second-grade, and according to the rules, you should be called an adult. Yu Gonggong said respectfully.
"When there's no one else, you can call me Girl or Fluttershy, and adults are angry. Besides, you are an old man in this palace, it is said that you are still a senior, and you will have to be mentioned more by Father-in-law Lao in the future. Yu Die'er said modestly, these old eunuchs have a lot of flowers and intestines, and they have a lot of hearts, if they just don't help themselves, don't use them for bad intentions, so she intends to win them over.
"Needless to say, the slave knows everything, and the slave has to rely on the adult. "He can talk. "The breakfast in the dining room has been delivered, and the emperor is useless, waiting for the girl's meal! The emperor said that the girl is just doing it casually, which is equivalent to the effect of medicinal food, and if she specializes in this position, the dragon body will definitely become healthier and healthier. ”
In fact, in addition to the imperial kitchen, the Tai Hospital also has some imperial doctors who specialize in studying food and drink for the emperor. The so-called medicinal diet, but they only pay attention to the word medicine, and the things they make are also strong bitter smell, so that the emperor wants to vomit when he smells it, so after eating Yu Die'er, he arranged for her to specialize in medicinal food. Thinking about it, I can make food and cure diseases, and the combination of the two can make medicinal food to get twice the result with half the effort.
All the way to the palace, I saw that there was already a table with lacquer flowers inside.
Peony, Xiao Qianzi, and Qiu Ying are the first time to step into here, and it is also the first time to see the emperor, and they don't dare to raise their heads, but they just put their heads down and carefully put out the meals, for fear that something will go wrong.
The emperor's diet is cautious and cautious, the most afraid of people on the food, so the imperial kitchen, miscellaneous servants, eunuchs, are repeatedly selected, but still afraid of the letter, in order to prevent food problems, there are also eunuchs who taste food before eating, before the emperor eats, taste it first, and then the emperor eats again, when eating, it is also necessary to use silver plates, silver chopsticks or ivory chopsticks to test whether it is poisonous, before daring to enter.
The last time Yu Die'er sent breakfast, Gonggong Yu handed over the silver spoon first, and the emperor used that spoon to eat. It can be seen that he is careful.
Today, Father-in-law Yu not only put on the silver spoon, but also tasted the meal first, maybe it was to see the emperor eat the dragon's heart Dayue, but also wanted to taste this meal, I really gave a secret thumbs up after eating, although there is no big oil in the green and green, but the taste is really fragrant, really smooth.
The emperor was satisfied with the meal again, and listened to Yu Die'er say that Yuqian could not eat for much time, but he felt that it was a pity, and ordered him to send another Yuqian fried meatball for lunch, which was delicious. The imperial dining room still sends meals as usual, this is the emperor's dignity and pomp, and whether to eat or not to eat is to be sent as usual, so the fish and butterflies only need to do a few things to assist immediately, but it is not difficult.
In fact, the royal meal, especially the emperor, has rules, each dish can not be eaten more, a few bites of light taste, even if you like to eat, can not be seen, for fear of being touched by the rules and preferences will be done by people, but because Yu Dieer understands medicine, and cures the emperor, what is done is only as a medicinal diet, used to regulate the body, so you can indulge a little, others have nothing to say, whether it is delicious or not, you have to eat, in disguise to satisfy the appetite.
Coming out of the emperor's place, walking in the direction of the emperor's residence, the two grandmothers were waiting there with food boxes, which were ready to be sent to Hetai. Yu Die'er told the peony to go back first, and then took the two grandmothers to deliver food to the angry prince.
Outside Haoyuezhai, the little eunuch seemed to know that she was coming, and reached out to take the food box in Mama's hand, and Yu Die'er ordered Mama to wait here, and she went in with the eunuch.
When I entered the door of the second courtyard, I saw a clean and cold man in the front hall from a distance, wearing a dark blue satin round-necked robe, with a jade belt around his waist, sitting on a carved chair with rosewood armrests in the hall, facing the door with his side face, drinking a cup of tea.
"Lord, the emperor is here. The eunuch said lightly.
Yu Die'er is an official and respectful, and the eunuch naturally respects an adult.
Hetai turned his head to look at it when he heard the sound, his face was indifferent and cold, just a glance, her heart was pounding violently, Hetai was flat, and when he saw her, he joked: "This king thinks you won't come today?"
Breakfast had been placed on the long table of rosewood with three bent legs in front of him, but it was as if it had not been moved, and when he saw the food box in the little eunuch's hand, there was a little smile in his eyes, and he ordered the little eunuch to remove the meal on the table. The little eunuch put the food box on the table and took the food on the table away.
Yu Die'er didn't say much, just took out the food from the food box and put it away, the little eunuch took a silver spoon and pestled it beside it, after all, it was not the food sent by the prince's meal, it should be fulfilled, but he was afraid of Yu Die'er's level, and he didn't dare to step forward easily, Yu Die'er saw him standing there crampedly, so he took the spoon and went to the food to check, before he touched it, Hetai intercepted it and threw it on the table.
"You don't have to. Hetai said lightly, and then ate by himself.
"I'm really not afraid of death!" said Yu Die'er secretly.
Suddenly, he seemed to say to the eunuch: "She doesn't dare to poison herself, how can she destroy her future when she has just become a big official? Besides, this king doesn't believe that a person who is so scared that he wants to sing and strengthen his courage when he walks at night has the courage to kill someone?"
He said while eating, a little vague, Yu Die'er was embarrassed in his heart, it seems that he heard him singing last night? But why do you say that you are brave and in a good mood to sing two sentences? But she was really afraid to sing, she was a little weak-hearted, so she didn't squeak.
As if he had understood her thoughts, he continued to say to the eunuch: "Didn't you hear it, that song was sung, trembling, fluttering, this king almost thought that the unjust soul came out to ask for his life?"
"You ......!" Yu Die's words were angry, her little face was tense, and she looked at him angrily.
He is still in the wind and clouds like no one, and the fish and butterflies are even more angry, you eat me, drink me, and promote my troubles. What prestige do I have in the future?
She stretched out her hand to cover the plate, and then leaned towards herself: "You person, I kindly gave you food, but you still talk nonsense and don't give you food." ”
Alas, it's so funny. Seeing that she was really anxious, Hetai said with a straight face: "Okay, okay, it's this king who is dazzled, okay? admit that I was wrong, it wasn't you yesterday, okay? Give me something to eat." "Don't say it, it's really delicious, people die for money, birds die for food, for food, it won't be good to say something soft anyway.
"What to eat, you won't give it to you!" said Yu Die'er as she picked up her plate into the food box.
Lord, what kind of prince are you? If you know it early, you won't be soft-hearted and bring you food.
"Hey, hey, you're so stingy, just say a few words, and don't let you eat?" Hetai stood up and reached out to the plate and scooped up two more pieces of Yuqian quiche and stuffed them into his mouth.
The little eunuch didn't dare to raise his head, he only peeked out of the corner of his eye, is this still his own prince? Qinggui and coldness disappeared without a trace, how could this emperor ...... Alas, this is the prince, what kind of imperial lady, it's like two children who are fighting for a piece of candy, a toy fight with a red face and a thick neck.
When Yu Die'er's figure disappeared outside the door, Hetai was still depressed, obviously looking forward to a night and a morning, why did a few words make her angry?