Coming out of Cining Palace, Zeng Rong had one more thing in his hand, a food box, which the Queen Mother ordered her to send to the emperor.

Originally, she was still struggling with whether to go to Qianning Palace to reply when she came out of Cining Palace, but the Queen Mother ordered someone to pick up two dishes and indirectly told her what to do.

To be honest, she was a little moved by the Queen Mother during this trip to Cining Palace, not only did the Queen Mother blame her for "teasing" the emperor, but also deliberately reminded her that she should no longer call herself a "slave" in the future.

Of course, it is only a flash of regret.

She is a person with a strong will, and the road she chooses will definitely go down step by step, knowing that the road ahead is difficult and dangerous, knowing that ants shake the tree, but she still has to carry the weight forward, which is the meaning of her rebirth.

Standing in front of Qianning Palace again, Zeng Rong took a deep breath, and then asked the eunuch at the door to report, saying that Zeng Rong, the head of the Pharmacopoeia Bureau, was ordered by the Queen Mother to deliver meals.

Coincidentally, when Zeng Rong entered, the emperor was also setting up a meal here, this time it was not in the upper study, but in the first room in the west, the emperor was sitting on the kang with a scroll and looking through it, and there were several dishes on the kang table in front, Chen Xia led Zheng Jiao and the two to stand aside, and every time a dish came up, the eunuch set aside a mouthful into the bowl for them to taste first, and after all the dishes were tasted, the emperor had to wait for a quarter of an hour before they could eat it.

This is the dining rules that Zeng Rongcai learned from the Queen Mother, and it is no wonder that the mother and son are flipping through a few paintings and reading books with a scroll, it turns out that they are all to pass the time.

"Enlighten the emperor, the lower officials have completed the emperor's mission, and repeated the emperor's will word for word, and the queen mother learned that the emperor still had pain in swallowing, and ordered the lower officials to send two dishes to the emperor." After Zeng Rong finished speaking, he handed the food box to the eunuch who passed the food.

The eunuch who delivered the food took it and opened the food box, and when one of the eunuchs was about to pour the food into Chen Xia's bowl, Zhu Xu spoke, "Let her try these two dishes." ”

Although Chen Xia was a little surprised when she heard this, she didn't say anything, and handed the dishes and chopsticks to Zeng Rong, who had a slight cleanliness habit and didn't want to use the dishes and chopsticks used by others, so she was a little hesitant when she reached out to pick them up.

"Give her a clean pair of chopsticks." Zhu Xu commanded.

At this time, not only Chen Xia's eyes widened, but even the eunuch who dialed the dishes was so shocked that her hands trembled, and she almost didn't hit the bowl in her hand, but Chang Dezi was clever, and hurriedly took a set of clean bowls and spoons from the small round table in the middle of the room, and personally dialed half a bowl of hibiscus ham and egg custard from the bowl, this dish is made of spring bamboo shoots, Jinhua ham and eggs, fragrant and delicious, Zeng Rong ate it in the Xu family in his last life, but the Xu family's chef is still worse than the palace cook.

The other is the meatball soup, a few pieces of green leafy greens are placed in the white porcelain bowl, and four balls are spread on the greens, each of which is wrapped in a piece of bamboo, fortunately, this time Chang Dezi only scooped a ball for Zeng Rong, Zeng Rong chewed for a while, and only ate the fresh seafood and part of the chicken in this ball, and nothing else was tasted, but the taste was indeed delicious.

"How?" Zhu Xu asked Zeng Rong.

"Back to the emperor, both dishes melt in your mouth, which is just right for the emperor." Zeng Rong bowed and replied.

"Idiot, I'm asking what it tastes like?" Zhu Xu glared at Zeng Rong.

"Your Majesty, this egg custard is fragrant and delicious, this meatball is soft and delicious, it is a delicacy that Xiaguan has never tasted, and it is fragrant to this day." Zeng Rong pondered the wording and replied.

This is indeed a bit difficult for her, after all, she is not a gourmet, although she has lived in the Xu family for many years in the previous life, the Xu family is not a proud and lascivious family, and pays more attention to the scholarly inheritance, and secondly, Zeng Rong is just a concubine, so she is purely a layman for food.

"Bring it, I'll taste it." Zhu Xu glanced at Zeng Rong, obviously not agreeing with Zeng Rong's words.

He has eaten the imperial dining room for decades, what kind of taste of these dishes can he not count in his heart? If this girl really said it was so good, why did he look at these things and have no appetite at all?

"Your Majesty, it's less than a quarter of an hour." Chen Xia stopped Chang Dezi, this is her duty.

"Bring it." Zhu Xu didn't look up, only raised his eyelids and glanced at Chen Xia, and spit out three words.

Chang Dezi heard that he hurriedly brought the balls in his hand to the emperor, and the emperor picked up a spoon and scooped one into his mouth to taste, it was indeed quite soft, delicious, and a little, put some seafood and mountain delicacies, plus chicken, this soup is a broth hanging out of several pheasants, so thinking about it, the taste seems to be really good.

In order to experience the fragrant teeth and cheeks described by Zeng Rong, Zhu Xu scooped another ball and put it in his mouth to savor it, and he rewarded Chang Dezi with the rest of the ball.

He also ate half a bowl of egg custard, feeling average, not as good as meatballs, maybe because of the ham, although it is not fragrant to the teeth and cheeks, but this fresh fragrance has not dissipated for a long time.

Zeng Rong saw that he had tasted both dishes, and thought that he should have nothing to do with himself, so he bowed down to leave.

"The emperor's meal can't be disturbed." Chang Dezi didn't wait for the emperor to reply, and warned her softly.

Zeng Rong didn't know that there was such a rule, and she slandered again, she didn't eat in the morning because she was punished, and this delay in the afternoon, it is estimated that her dinner should be delayed again, to be honest, if it weren't for the half bowl of egg custard and a ball just now, I am afraid that her stomach should be screaming again.

But slander is slander, Zeng Rong definitely didn't dare to speak, she understood the rules of eating without words, she was just too eager, she didn't think about it so thoughtfully for a while, she felt that the emperor was tasting the dishes sent by the queen mother, and it hadn't officially started yet, so she could take advantage of a loophole.

But then again, she couldn't understand why she made so many mistakes on this day, obviously she got along well with several aunts in the Splendid Workshop and the Embroidery Workshop before, as well as the Queen Mother's old man, although several elders were a little selfish, but they all cared for her, but they were alone in front of this person, and they made mistakes again and again and were scolded and punished.

It seems that she is still suitable for dealing with female elders, and has an instinctive rejection of men.

Fortunately, this time Zhu Xu didn't punish her, just glanced at her coldly, Zeng Rong shivered involuntarily, and hurriedly lowered his head, hunched his back, eager to hide his head.

Zhu Xu tugged at the corners of his mouth slightly, didn't tease her anymore, picked up the chopsticks, and officially started, but unfortunately, he just had a little appetite, and he didn't know how to put down the dishes on this table.

"Come, come." Zhu Xu called Zeng Rong again.

Zeng Rong didn't know if he was calling himself, so in order to avoid being scolded, he raised his head, and when he saw that the emperor was really looking at her, he had to take a few steps forward.