The two entered the palace hand in hand, and met a few young ladies on the way, laughing at their food boxes in a bad way, Qi Wanru didn't care, and asked another young lady, "When did you boil your porridge, I boiled it last night, and I wanted to make it in the morning, but I couldn't get up, so I had to boil it up last night." ”

The young lady looked at her like a fool, "Are you really boiling it yourself?" ”

"Huh? So what's not? Qi Wanru was puzzled, "Didn't you say that you want to boil it yourself?" ”

The girl sneered, "You are so real, you have seen whose girls have entered the kitchen, let alone the kitchen, you ask them if they know where the kitchen door opens?" ”

Qi Wanru's expression was stunned, was it like this, "Then, then you are all cooks at home?" ”

The girl looked at the side and whispered: "Like, I'll tell you secretly, my own chef is quite sincere, most of them are boiled by the master of a famous restaurant in the capital, otherwise what do you compare with others?" ”

Qi Yanru opened his mouth wide, "Then, isn't this a blatant deception, who can't eat it?" ”

"What about eating it, everyone knows it, no one will say anyone, and you don't want to think about it, just the porridge we boiled out, who is willing to eat it, everyone is not happy to eat, what a disappointment! It's like everyone is better looking at their clothes, and it's not all about who invites the show girl to have good craftsmanship, do you still sew it yourself? ”

Xie Ruqing shook his head and smiled, he was too lazy to toss, as if he was real.

The concubine was dressed very dignified and decently today, and the fourth princess standing in front of her was also quieter than before, and she also had a food box in front of her, which was obviously also in the competition, but she was not very happy, and when she saw the second girl's jade food box, her face was even more ugly.

Xie Ruqing said in his heart, could it be that the fourth princess boiled it by herself?

"Yo, the girls are attentive, each one is more delicate than the other." Yao Guifei looked at the young ladies who were rushing in, and smiled from ear to ear, she pointed to the second girl of the Jiuwang family and said, "Yo, what are you mentioning, I thought it was a jade carving?" ”

"It's not worse than Yuzun." The second girl smiled, and her words were full of pride, "I specially asked the holy hand of the time-honored brand to carve it, even if it doesn't make a food box, it is a pleasing object at home." ”

"It's not like a food box, why do you want to look so good?" The fourth princess muttered unhappily.

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the young ladies froze, after all, most of the young ladies used beautiful food boxes, if they had known that the four princesses used ordinary ones, they would not be in the limelight if they said anything, it was small to not win the game, and it was not fun to provoke the four princesses.

The four princesses are really aggrieved today, the idea of this Laba porridge competition is actually hers, the purpose is to want Yao Guifei's set of head jewelry, which is not long ago Fanbang tribute, only this set, good-looking needless to say, the key is rare, it is said that the beads inlaid on it are difficult to find, usually one or two are the treasures that can be handed down, this set of head jewelry is inlaid with a full eighteen, which one does not want?

In order to curry favor with the Celestial Empire, the small country of Fanbang borrowed flowers and offered Buddha to the most noble concubine of this dynasty, Yao Guifei. This incident made some concubines in the harem complain, and most of them thought that Yao Guifei's status was not enough to become the most woman in the Celestial Empire, and only the emperor's original wife was qualified. And Yao Guifei will be a person, and will also look at the situation, this object is a set of jewelry, to put it bluntly, it is enviable, but it is hot, it is better not to, so she took the initiative to ask for this object to be placed in the palace treasure pavilion in front of the emperor, which not only highlights her modesty and prudence, but also blocks the mouth of Youyou, so that the emperor is greatly appreciated.

But the fourth princess was arrogant, she didn't care about political factors, she just liked it, so she wanted to come, so she came up with the idea of holding a competition with her mother, saying that the Laba Festival would hold a competition, and whoever won would give this object to whomever she would. Yao Guifei felt that it was very fair, so she reported it to the emperor, and the emperor readily agreed, because this competition was the emperor's personal will, which can be seen to be grand.

All the ladies and ladies in Beijing who are qualified to enter the palace can participate in the competition, even including the concubines and princesses in the harem, especially the concubines who have seen this thing in the palace, they are all greedy, and they all want to come out on top.

The fourth princess has long thought about asking the palace chef to help her boil eight porridge, the food box should be carved by the master of the famous jade shop in the capital himself, and even the food towels placed in the food box should be made by the embroidery lady of Ming, not to mention the bowls, chopsticks and spoons, all of which must be made of sterling silver.

But Yao Guifei didn't allow it! Said that the competition is fair, must be in accordance with the rules, if the princess takes the lead in cheating, it will inevitably provoke the emperor unhappy, the four princesses begged for a long time to no avail, so angry that they haven't eaten for a few days, but still can't get Yao Guifei's approval, this is not early in the morning to get up to boil porridge, and the result is a pot of black charcoal-like porridge, when she knocked over a pot of porridge.

Or her nurse couldn't look at it, and at the end she helped her boil a pot, although the time was short and the heat was not enough, but it was still good to eat. But this kind of competition is obviously not good at the level of the entrance, and seeing that there is no hope of winning the prize, where can the face of the four princesses be good.

The ladies in the aristocracy have been messing with the fourth princess for a long time, and they all know what kind of temper she has, and after a little speculation, they know that her porridge is definitely not the best, so they regret it one after another, thinking about which lady to change with.

That Shang Shuhua looked at it for a long time, and only found three or five ordinary food boxes, but if the food boxes were ordinary, the porridge must be ordinary, so she picked a good one from these people and walked to the other party to chat.

"Like, how are you doing with this porridge?" She asked Qi Wanru.

Qi Wan shook his head, "It's not good, I guess I'm the worst, I have a bean that is not cooked." ”

Shang Shuhua comforted: "That's okay, I'm too soft and rotten, I guess there's no hope, it's better for you to pick the uncooked beans to me, so you can still fight, I heard that as long as you boil it well, you can get a reward." ”

Qi Wanru felt that it was not very good, but she was a little moved, after all, she also wanted to be faced, the first-class reward is not available to everyone, but the general small reward is said to be available to most girls, if everyone has her, she will naturally be made fun of, her mother said, in case she is looking for her mother-in-law's house in the future, she is mentioned that there is no reward for the Laba porridge competition, which will affect her reputation very much.

"How bad is this, how can I bother you?" Qi Wanru said.

Shang Shuhua knew that she was moved when she heard it, so she stepped up her flickering, "What's the problem, I don't have any hope, we are good friends on weekdays, if you can get a reward, it won't be a loss." ”

Shang Shuhua's identity is higher than Qi Wanru, Qi Wanru thinks that in the future, she will say that it will be easier than herself, and she may not care about this reputation at all, but she has no long things, if she can't even boil porridge, what will it be.

"Then ......" she lowered her head, feeling very sorry for Shang Shuhua, "Then, then I will definitely share half of your reward." ”

"It doesn't matter." Shang Shuhua held Qi Wanru's hand and smiled very amiably, "Later, let's go to the pavilion outside to rest, and pick out the beans when no one is around." ”

Xie Ruqing listened beside him, and couldn't help frowning, wanting to say that Qi Wanru was still too immature, and she was easily coaxed. She didn't know about the involvement of this so-called Laba porridge competition, but she only learned a little about listening to the women's conversations, and the head and face jewelry given was obviously a hot potato, which was thrown out by Yao Guifei by taking the opportunity, and whoever got it was called unlucky. That Shang Shuhua is not a good person, where does she have any good intentions, but Qi seems to be unable to understand.

She thought about it, it would definitely not be good to stop it clearly, and if it was not good, it would offend Qi Wanru, so she could only secretly obstruct it, so she secretly called Ruhuan to pinch Fang Hui's personal maid and told her that there were koi fish in the fish pond in the garden, and the nobles in the palace would go to enjoy the carp every day.

Fang Hui hated not being able to contact nobles on weekdays, and he would definitely not let go of such an opportunity, so he would definitely go to the pavilion to wait for a long time, so that Qi Wanru and Shang Shuhua would not have the opportunity to exchange porridge.