Zhu Xu saw that although Zeng Rong was standing bowed and his tone was quite respectful, his eyes were restless, and he couldn't see this bit of her thoughts?

"Dare to ask for a reward? I didn't punish you, so you can steal the fun. After Zhu Xu finished speaking, he saw that the bowl was empty, and tapped the table twice with his hand.

"Back to the emperor, the wine hurts your body a lot, you have already drunk two and a half bowls, it's time to eat some staple food." Zeng Rong scooped him half a spoonful of wine and persuaded.

"It's either rice or noodles all day long, and I don't like to eat it." Zhu Xu glanced at the bowl of white rice that Zeng Rong brought and shook his head.

"Then let the chef bake some cakes?"

"Dry, don't like it." After speaking, Zhu Xu seemed to think of something, "Girl, don't you want a reward?" Go and make me a staple dish that I haven't eaten before, and if you make it, I'll reward you, otherwise, wait for the punishment. ”

When Zeng Rong heard this, his face instantly collapsed, "Isn't it?" Your Majesty, isn't that task complete? How can there be another one? ”

Zhu Xu didn't reply, and gave Zeng Rong a look of "try if you dare to be disobedient", Zeng Rong muttered out of the other garden and found Zheng Jiao again.

"Haven't eaten a staple?" Zheng Jiao was also embarrassed when she heard it, she had been a waitress by the emperor's side for a few months, and the staple food used by the emperor had long exceeded her cognition.

The staple food of southerners is simple, except for rice is noodles, or rice noodles or gruel, and nothing else has been seen before.

Zeng Rong saw that Zheng Jiao was also at a loss, so he only came up with an idea to make a dish of green vegetable flour dumplings.

She also went home a few days ago, when the sister-in-law took her little nephew at home, the sister-in-law wanted to save trouble, and made a simple green vegetable dumpling by herself, and ate it with fermented bean curd.

The problem is that Zeng Rong has only eaten it, but he has not done it, and he can only describe this thing in words.

Zheng Jiao's cooking skills are stronger than Zeng Rong's, and when I heard Zeng Rong say it, I roughly understood what was going on, wasn't it just kneading lump balls with flour and boiling them in water, and the ingredients were green leafy vegetables.

Originally, according to Zheng Jiao's intention to use chicken soup as the base, Zeng Rong refused.

The emperor is tired of eating chicken soup, this kind of dish with a bit of farmhouse game should be light and light, without a little oil and water, and eat it with fermented bean curd, just scraping oil.

So, Zeng Rong and Zheng Jiao divided the labor, Zheng Jiao was responsible for cooking green vegetable dumplings, and Zeng Rong was responsible for going home to get fermented bean curd.

About an hour later, Zeng Rong anxiously carried a food box into the garden again, when the emperor had finished eating and was walking slowly in the courtyard to eat.

Seeing Zeng Rong enter the door, Zhu Xu glanced at the food box in her hand, "It's outdated, don't eat it." ”

"When you go back to the emperor, it's a supper, right? After all, for the sake of Xiaguan's hard work to run home to get things, this is definitely a staple food that you have not tasted, country food, aren't you curious about what your people eat every day? ”

Zhu Xu was a little interested when he heard that it was a country thing, but he had just had dinner, so it was really not appropriate to use it again.

Hearing Zeng Rong's mention of "supper", Zhu Xu looked up at the sky, at this time, it was the twilight of the day, and the sky was full of colorful clouds, so he gave Zeng Rong a look of contempt, turned around and walked towards the house.

"Back to the emperor, it's still early, why don't we have a game of Go." Zeng Rong stepped forward to stop him, and seeing that the other party was blowing his beard and glaring again, Zeng Rong hurriedly swore again: "Your Majesty, don't worry, this time the official will never regret chess, otherwise, in the next life, the official will be a dog, this will be done, right?" ”

"No, it's not a level." Zhu Xu simply refused.

He didn't have the interest to play this kind of childish game with Zeng Rong, he will be a dog in the next life, who knows what will happen in the next life?

"Your Majesty, who do you look down on, maybe who can win." Zeng Rong raised his chin and said.

Zhu Xu glanced at her from top to bottom, and said with disdain: "Just you? ”

This aroused Zeng Rong's fighting spirit more and more, "It's better for us to gamble, and do one thing for the one who wins if we lose." ”

Although Zhu Xu was not interested in playing chess with Zeng Rong, this condition really attracted him.

Let's just coax the children to play.

"Father-in-law Chang, I'm bothering you to eat this first, and I'm bothering you to invite the emperor in, I'll go and come, soon." Zeng Rong gave the food box in his hand to Chang Dezi and ran quickly.

When she dragged Zheng Jiao into the other garden, Father-in-law Chang really got the emperor into the study, when Zeng Rong entered, the emperor had already sat down on the Arhat collapse, Father-in-law Chang was helping to set up the chessboard, the food box had been opened and placed on the dining table, and there was a pair of bowls next to it, Zeng Rong guessed that the emperor should have tasted it, but she didn't ask for verification.

"What's going on?" When Zhu Xu saw Zheng Jiao, he immediately stretched his face.

"Your Majesty, the lower official said that he would not regret the move, but he didn't say that he would not ask for helpers, and you didn't declare it in advance. Come on, and don't forget that we've got a stake. Zeng Rong pushed Zheng Jiao to sit in front of the chessboard, that is, on the other side of the Luohan collapse, opposite the emperor.

Seeing this, Chang Dezi quietly retreated and sat down at the dining table.

"Father-in-law Chang, that bean curd is a little spicy, my sister-in-law made it herself, don't worry about it." Zeng Rong turned his head and shouted.

"Still can't get down?" Zhu Xu was impatient and asked coldly.

"Down, why not?" After Zeng Rong finished speaking, he rubbed to Zheng Jiao's side, picked up a white piece and put it down first.

This is also one of her daily salai, she doesn't like black, she likes to be white, but she prefers to go first, Zhu Xu is not surprised.

The beginning is relatively simple, the first three moves of chess Zeng Rong himself rules and regulations, starting from the fourth step, she will ask Zheng Jiao's opinion every step she takes, after three steps, seeing that the emperor is impatient again, Zeng Rong simply pushed the chess world to Zheng Jiao's side, "Sister Zheng, I'll leave it to you, you must win for me, otherwise, the emperor will punish me to go to the Huanyi Bureau to wash my clothes for a month, it's too miserable." ”

"Huh? I, I, I'm not sure. Zheng Jiao replied in embarrassment, couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at the emperor, seeing that the emperor's eyes were staring at the chessboard, holding the chess pieces in his hands, his face was peaceful, and he didn't seem to be angry, she hurriedly lowered her head shyly, as if she was carrying a fawn in her arms.

"Well, then, I won't make any noise about you, I'll go and prepare supper for you." After Zeng Rong finished speaking, he saw that the emperor had no objections, and hurriedly retreated.

When he went out, Zeng Rong didn't go far, he stayed in the lobby, and sure enough, after a while, I saw Chang Dezi kick out a few palace maids and eunuchs, and he was still guarding the door.

Seeing this, Zeng Rong retreated with peace of mind and went to the imperial dining room to explain first.

Coming out of the imperial dining room, Zeng Rong was not in a hurry to go back to his residence, but walked around the island alone, at this time the twilight was deep, the sky was gray, and the entire Moon Island seemed to be shrouded in a thin layer of gray, and the flowers and trees on the island only had a vague silhouette, and the wind blew, which would send bursts of floral fragrance, as well as bursts of cicadas and frogs.

Following the sound of cicadas, Zeng Rong walked into a willow forest.