Chapter 13 The Imperial Dining Room is in Trouble
Although Yuan Qi was drunk, he was not confused, and heard Liu Wen say that Mama Liu, the head of the imperial dining room, asked to see her, saying that there was something urgent, so he ordered Yunyou to send Mu Lingdie back to "Xuancui Palace." ”
Mu Lingdie hugged Yuan Qi unwillingly, and said coquettishly:
"Your Majesty, is what you just said serious? Would you really make a concubine a queen? ”
Yuan Qi just wanted to answer, but Yun You said intentionally or unintentionally:
"Mother, please!"
Although Mu Lingdie was not happy, she also knew that she couldn't push it too hard. If it's too tight, it will seem a little impatient, which is contrary to her play just now, because what she just said was not because of Yuan Qi's identity, but with him. If she holds on to the queen's throne, it will inevitably make Yuan Qi doubt her intentions.
Thinking of this, Mu Lingdie's eyes were gloomy, and she swept towards Yunyou with a resentful light, and then turned around and left.
After Mu Lingdie left, Yun You asked respectfully:
"The emperor wants to drink some sobering soup?"
Yuan Qi rubbed his aching head and said:
"No need, let Mama Liu come in, you can pour me a cup of tea."
Maybe after some tossing, Yuan Qi's wine strength was more than half, and his speech became a lot clearer.
"Then the emperor wants to humbly call the imperial doctor to bandage the wounds on the emperor's hands?"
Yun You saw that Yuan Qi's hand was still dripping blood, so he asked cautiously.
Yuan Qi glanced down, waved his hand, and Yunyou shouted helplessly:
"Pass on Mama Liu."
Then walked in an old man who was more than half a hundred years old, although his face was a little wrinkled, but he was full of energy, his eyes were bright, and when the emperor was alive, this old man worked in the imperial dining room. After Yuan Qi ascended the throne, he promoted her to the head of the imperial dining room.
As soon as Mama Liu came in, she fell to her knees and shook her head at Yuan Qi.
Yuan Qi took a sip of the tea handed over by Yunyou, and asked with a puzzled expression:
"Mama, what's the matter with me?"
I saw Mama Liu put a tray on the ground and held it on top of her head with both hands, it turned out that when Mama Liu came in, she came with a tray in her hand, Yuan Qi was curious, nodded, Yunyou took it, and gently placed it on the table in front of Yuan Qi.
"What is this?"
Yuan Qi picked up a piece of osmanthus cake and found that it made people take a bite.
There was also a bowl of chicken soup next to it, which was still steaming, and asked curiously:
"This is the chicken soup that Concubine Zhen Niangniang told you to boil for me?"
Yunyou hurriedly stepped forward, tried it with a silver needle, and said:
"Your Majesty, this soup is non-toxic."
Mama Liu hurriedly kowtowed and said:
"Yes, the emperor, it's just that this soup is not ......"
Before Mama Liu finished speaking, Yuan Qi scooped a mouthful with a soup spoon and put it in his mouth.
"The old slave hasn't finished speaking, don't be the emperor..."
When Mama Liu saw it, she hurriedly stopped it, but it was too late, Yuan Qi squirted out the chicken soup he drank with a "poof", and roared:
"Who did it?"
With trembling hands, Mama Liu took out a note, Yunyou hurriedly took it and presented it to Yuan Qi, Yuan Qi looked at it, gritted his teeth and asked:
"You mean, this is all a good thing that Su Yingxue did?"
Mama Liu hurriedly kowtowed and said:
"Yes, it's Concubine Shu, tonight Concubine Niangniang came to the imperial dining room, took a bite of all the pastries, and said that she was helping the emperor taste the taste. The old slaves begged hard to let Niangniang not do foolish things, but Niangniang scooped another bowl of chicken soup, and after drinking a bowl, she said that it was too light, and poured a whole jar of salt into the chicken soup. Before leaving, he said that he was afraid that the emperor would blame us, so he wrote this note, saying that he would make you angry, so he went to her to settle the account. ”
After Mama Liu finished speaking, Yuan Qi slapped the table and said:
"Nonsense, do you think I'm confused and deceitful? This word is not the word of the lady concubine at all, what do you think? ”
After Yuan Qi finished yelling, he handed the note to Yunyou, who only glanced at it, and then said respectfully:
"I also feel that this is not the word of Concubine Niangniang, Concubine Niangniang can be called a talented woman, the font is beautiful, neat and beautiful. But the words on this note ......"
Yun You didn't finish speaking, shook his head, and crossed into Su Yingxue's Zhan Xiaoxiao, who was born in traditional Chinese medicine, and the font was also used to writing Chinese medicine fonts. So even if she writes well, she writes crookedly. And the original owner, Su Yingxue, is a beautiful girl, also known as a talented girl in the capital, so there is a world of difference between Zhan's small words and Su Yingxue's words.
That's why Yuan Qi decided that Mama Liu was lying, and Mama Liu saw that Yuan Qi and Yunyou both doubted the authenticity of this note, so she hurriedly kowtowed and begged for mercy:
"The emperor spared his life, the old slave did not lie, the old slave entered the palace since he was a child, because he had a good cooking skill, he was appreciated by the first emperor, arranged into the imperial dining room, and stayed in the palace for most of his life, and now he is appreciated by the emperor, and the old slave is promoted to be in charge of the imperial dining room, the old slave will not be mistaken, nor will he recognize the wrong person, it is indeed written by the lady concubine herself."
Yuan Qi stood up in shock, could it be true that Su Yingxue said that she had amnesia? Amnesia, will a person's personality change? Could it be that the characters will also change?
"Yunyou, take someone to go to the cold palace with me, bring Mama Liu, I want Mama Liu to confront her face to face."
"Yes"
Yun You hurriedly replied.
Yuan Qi naturally knew that Mama Liu didn't dare to lie to him, so he wanted to find out.
At this time, Su Yingxue, who was full of food and drink, crawled back to the cold palace along the wall, lying on the bed, touching her round belly, and couldn't help but laugh "hehe......".
When she thought that Yuan Qi drank the bowl of chicken soup mixed with a jar of salt, Su Yingxue was even more proud:
"Damn scumbag, if you dare to cut off my rations, I will dare to eat your imperial meal, hum......"
It turned out that in the evening, Su Yingxue felt hungry, and her chest was pressed against her back, and she knew that Yuan Qi said during the day that he would not bring her food and planned to starve her, this thing was true, he was so ruthless.
She walked around the courtyard a few times, and found that the walls of the cold palace were not so smooth, so she wanted to climb out to find something to eat and fill her stomach.
When she walked to the road, she saw two little palace maids walking towards her, and Su Yingxue hurriedly hid in the flowers. I heard two little palace maids chatting.
"I'll tell you an interesting news, tonight the emperor called ten concubines to sleep......"
"What? Ten bits? Is the emperor physically able to eat? ”
"Haha...... Who knows? It is estimated that Concubine Zhen made the emperor angry, so the emperor will ......"
"Doesn't the emperor love Concubine Zhen very much? How can you be angry? ”
"Your heart is unpredictable! Anyway, just now I saw Concubine Zhen go to the imperial dining room, it is estimated that she will let the imperial dining room boil chicken soup and make amends to the emperor! ”
"By the way, replenish the emperor's strength? Haha......"
……
The two little palace maids muttered quietly, covered their mouths and smiled, and walked into the distance, Su Yingxue frowned and cursed:
"Sure enough, it's a scumbag, only a scumbag can do this kind of thing. Ten concubines are sleeping, and you are not afraid of dying of exhaustion, I ...... Sooner or later, one day, I will let you abolish me and stay away from you scumbag. ”
scolded here, and a sound of stomach "gurgling" rang out, pulling Su Ying back to reality:
"By the way, chicken soup, just now the little palace maid said that the vixen ordered the chicken soup to be boiled for the scumbag in the imperial dining room, why am I hungry, but you want to drink chicken soup? If you dare to starve me, I will go and eat your royal meal. ”
Thinking of this, Su Ying's snow thief grinned and began to look around.
"Nima's, this palace is too big! When you find the "Imperial Dining Room", won't the palace starve to death?! ”
Su Yingxue couldn't help but complain.
The evening breeze is blowing, the night is shining, and under the moonlight, each patchwork temple has a reflection, a dull shadow, bringing a sense of oppression, and the eaves are winding and edgeless, as if a ghost is dancing.
Cheng Su Yingxue Zhan was a little scared, but hunger did not allow her to retreat, she prayed to the heavens:
"God, the Jade Emperor, all kinds of gods, I have spent my life saving lives and helping the wounded, and I have never done evil things, but now the scumbag abuses me, beats me, scolds me, and doesn't give me food, I plan to steal his imperial food, but it's not my fault, he starved me first, please bless me to find the imperial dining room quickly."
Maybe the little prayer of Zhan Xiao who crossed into Su Yingxue worked, maybe the heavens were helping her, in short, when she opened her eyes again, she saw that not far ahead, there was a dazzling light, under the moonlight, it was extremely dazzling.
"What's that?"
Curiosity made Su Yingmian couldn't help but walk over there, only to see a gold-lettered signboard with three big characters written "Imperial Dining Room." ”
With the thick aroma, Su Yingxue's stomach made a "gurgling" sound again.
Su Yingxue's feet swaggered inside without obeying the call.
"Wow! This kitchen is too big, isn't it? ”
Su Yingxue couldn't help but let out a sound of admiration, according to Su Yingxue's eyes, the imperial dining room can support as many as eighty people, and cooking for the emperor Yuan Qi alone is simply too extravagant and wasteful.
Hearing someone speak, everyone turned around, Su Yingxue's face was still a little red and swollen after being slapped by Yuan Qi's order, and no one recognized her.
Mama Liu shouted angrily:
"Who? Dare to break into the imperial dining room, don't you want to die? ”
Su Yingxue lowered her voice, coughed, and said:
"Bold, this palace is a lady concubine, when you see this palace, don't you hurry up and kneel? Want to rebel? ”
When Mama Liu heard this, she walked closer, took a closer look, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed:
"The old slave knocked on the concubine Niangniang, I don't know what the concubine Niangniang came to the imperial dining room to say?"
"Cut, just a concubine who has fallen out of favor, what is there to be arrogant about? Mama Liu, why do you salute her? ”
A concubine who has fallen out of favor naturally has many people who look down on her, and there are naturally many people who look down on Su Yingxue if she is a rule-abiding concubine like Mama Liu. Just listen to one person sneering.
"Hmmm! What she said is not unreasonable, this palace is just to find food, and when you are full, you will leave ....... ”
Su Yingxue didn't quarrel with anyone, walked straight to the pastry, picked up an osmanthus cake, stuffed it into her mouth, and said indistinctly:
"This palace is here to help the emperor taste the taste, this pastry is too sweet and not delicious."
Then he picked up another one and took a bite, and said this:
"This one is so hot that it doesn't taste good."
……
Mama Liu hurriedly stopped:
"Niangniang, that's all imperial food can't be eaten..."
But Su Yingxue was like a monkey, shuttling in the imperial dining room, and she just bit all the food.
Everyone wanted to catch her, but she ran fast, and the kitchen was big, and the whole person turned on her back.
Tired of running, Su Yingxue yelled:
"Don't move, the palace is full, taste a bite of chicken soup and leave, by the way, leave a name for the emperor, let him settle accounts with the palace, I won't blame you, the palace does things alone."
Seeing that this was already the case, Mama Liu could only order to stop chasing Su Yingxue, just wait for Su Yingxue to finish drinking the chicken soup and leave her name, so that she could make an errand with the emperor.
Who knew that after Su Yingxue drank the chicken soup, she said that the taste was too light, and poured a whole jar of salt into the chicken soup.
This is the scene at the beginning where Mama Liu asked Yuan Qi to complain.
Su Yingxue, who was getting carried away at this time, didn't know that Yuan Qi was rushing to the cold palace with people, and there was no feeling of danger coming.
Because she thought it was late at night, Yuan Qi had already hugged her, and his bunch of concubines were asleep, and if she wanted to settle accounts with her, she had to wait until the next day, but she never thought that Yuan Qi would come so quickly.