Chapter 22: The Birthday Feast
The next day's birthday banquet was much earlier than Yu Qing imagined, and in terms of the current time, it was three o'clock in the morning.
Yu Qing and Wen Yu rushed to Tsinghua Garden with the imperial kitchen, because the birthday banquet started at ten o'clock in the morning, and there were many dishes that needed to be boiled for several hours, which was why they came here so early.
Wen Yu came to Tsinghua Garden for the first time, but she didn't care about enjoying the scenery next to her, and the imperial dining room was already busy.
Wen Yu was responsible for urging the palace maids to deliver the dishes, and Yu Qing was in charge of the imperial kitchen.
The two of them acted separately, and Du Juan was originally staying in the palace because she was the aunt in charge, but she begged Wen Yu for a long time before agreeing to bring her over.
As the palace maid who served the food, I waited and went with Wen Yu.
Yu Qing looked at the two people who were talking and laughing, and couldn't help but worry in her heart, Wen Yu was simple.
Although Du Juan has helped herself, she is thoughtful, and she has a strong purpose in everything she does.
Such people will use all means to achieve their goals.
And Chen Fuya humiliated her before, and after the cuckoo, she also seemed to be fine, which fully shows that the cuckoo is not simple.
Since Wen Yu was appointed consul, Du Juan has been very close to Wen Yu, pulling Wen Yu to do things together every now and then.
Wen Yu also ran for sisters, so she didn't take it seriously.
This time, she racked her brains and followed, afraid that there was another purpose.
However, this kind of thing, Yu Qing can't say it.
Tell Wen Yu, people just want to go out of the palace to see, and it's not a big deal.
Let's talk to the cuckoo, if you don't do it, you have to bite yourself.
The things in this palace are so subtle and vicious, it's up to you to find out.
"Sister, wait for me to deliver food, maybe I can see Master Fu, do you have something to say to Master Fu?"
When Wen Yu mentioned Fu Ankang, her cheeks were rosy and shy, and she had a feeling of wanting to see her sweetheart.
And Wen Yu also asked himself what color clothes Fu Ankang liked that day, but he naturally didn't know.
However, seeing that Wen Yu looked good in cyan clothes, he said casually, looking at it this way, Wen Yu is really wearing a cyan dress today.
No wonder this girl has to go to the food, you must know that serving the food is a very particular thing, and if you don't do it well, you will be punished.
Originally, Yu Qing planned to go, but Wen Yu insisted on going. At first, I thought that Wen Yu was going to show it, but I didn't expect to think of something else in my heart.
"Even if you see him, can you still talk to him alone? You, just do your own thing, don't make a mistake, or you'll lose your life......"
Yu Qing could see Wen Yu's feelings for Fu Ankang, and she naturally wanted to help, but the current situation was definitely not good.
The chef's movements are very fast, but in fact, Yu Qing doesn't have anything to do, just supervision.
The rest just waited for Wen Yu to come over and order the food, but it was also very boring.
"Hurry up, the emperor and the ladies are here, serve the food!"
Li Defu rushed into the kitchen and shouted, Yu Qing and Wen Yu hurriedly moved.
Yu Qing placed the dishes neatly one by one, and then asked the palace maids to send them over.
There must be no problem with this order, because each dish is eaten differently by the emperor and the ministers, and if you send it wrong, it will be a capital crime.
Yu Qing kept checking it, and Li Defu also looked at it, and after making sure that there was no problem, he asked Wen Yu to send it over.
This is the first level, Wen Yu and the others are the second level, and it is also the most difficult level, Yu Qing can't do anything now except pray that Wen Yu will do something.
Fortunately, there were no problems this time, and Wen Yu was extremely excited when she came back.
She saw Fu Ankang, and Fu Ankang gave her a gentle look.
Yu Qing looked at Wen Yu's appearance, and her heart was also mixed.
When I thought that I liked that person at the beginning, I also wanted Wen Yu to be like this, and I could be happy for a long time with one look.
Although here, two people meet in this way, it is not impossible to develop a relationship.
However, Yu Qing is now more focused on how to survive and how to rehabilitate the Irgen family.
As for Fu Ankang...... It can be seen that he cares about himself very much, maybe Fu Ankang is a love disaster specially arranged by God for Yu Qing.
"Oh, my Yuqing, what are you still stunned about! Serve! ”
Li Defu saw Yu Qing stunned there, and couldn't help but be anxious. When will this still be stunned, Yu Qing also hurriedly reacted.
In a hurry, the dishes were placed, and Li Defu checked to confirm that they were correct, and then sent them up.
"Chaoqing, you have to cheer me up, if you make a mistake here, you will ...... Ah! ”
Yu Qing looked at Li Defu's appearance and felt funny in her heart, but she didn't dare to relax anymore.
It's not modern now, and you can get your head on the ground in minutes.
However, the more she worries about something, the more she will come.
Originally, this was the fifth time that the food was delivered, and the sky gradually became clearer.
The imperial chefs also prepared the final dessert and waited for Wen Yu to send it, but after waiting for a long time, the dessert was cooled, and Wen Yu still did not appear.
Even Li Defu was hurriedly called away, which made everyone present feel a little nervous.
Especially Yu Qing, her heart was full of ups and downs, and she always felt that Wen Yu had something to do, and sure enough, after a while, Xue Gui ran here quickly.
"Aunt Yuqing, come with me!"
Xue Gui is the person next to the emperor, Yu Qing did not delay, tidied himself up a little and followed Xue Gui away.
On the way, Yu Qing wanted to ask what happened, but Xue Gui was in a hurry, and Yu Qing couldn't ask.
After many twists and turns, it was finally time for the banquet.
I have to say that this lady's birthday banquet is really extraordinary, extremely luxurious.
In the center, the emperor and queen are being done, the concubine is sitting on one side, and the concubine and the nobles are being below.
There are also some women who don't know their positions, but they are all beautiful one by one, I have to say, this emperor is not shallow.
In this group of people, Yu Qing didn't see Concubine Rong and Concubine Hua, and it was strange to say that since that incident, she hadn't heard from these two people for a long time.
But it's no wonder that the consul of the imperial dining room could hear about the harem.
"Slave maid Ilgen is over the sun, see the emperor and queen."
Yu Qing knelt on the ground and saluted, and Wen Yu and the cuckoo disappeared.
Kneeling next to him, Fu Ankang, and the rest were some palace maids from Tsinghua Garden.
Yu Qing secretly looked at the expressions of others with her eyes and found that they were extremely scared.
It seems that Wen Yu and Du Juan are in trouble.
"Yu Qing, this thing, you asked Wen Yu to give Fu Ankang?"
Yu Qing glanced at the dish, it was a dragon and phoenix Chengxiang, this was for the emperor and the queen, and now the emperor asked like this, naturally Wen Yu was wrong, probably to see Fu Ankang.
"That cuckoo was also served to me by arranged?"
Yu Qing was confused when she heard it, when did she arrange for the cuckoo to serve food to the emperor?
The emperor's dishes have to be served by Xue Gui, and even Li Defu is not qualified to go up and serve food to the emperor, this cuckoo ......
"Yu Qing, I heard that you saved Concubine Zhen before and helped Concubine Jia find the ring, which can be regarded as brilliant, wise and brave, but why are you like this today? Could it be that you are pampered and arrogant, and have lost your sense of proportion? ”
The queen has seen this woman, and it was this woman that Fu Ankang saved last time.
The queen is also seeing what she is doing these days, and she likes this girl a little bit in her heart.
Why do you see it today, not to mention that you look ugly, and you don't know the rules so much about how to do things?
"Your Majesty, the queen's mother, it's still shallow to enter the palace, I don't understand the rules of this dish, and I hope that the emperor will read it for the sake of Weichen's only one relative, spare it!"
Fu Ankang knows the seriousness of this matter, in fact, if it is another dish, it will not be so serious, the key is that this dragon and phoenix are auspicious.
The dragon and phoenix are symbols of the emperor and the queen, what do you want to do when you eat this dish?
Yu Qing now roughly understands the whole process and understands what this matter is all about.
Now it's useless to complain about Wen Yu and Du Juan, since the two of them pushed themselves out, then this matter can only be carried by themselves.
"Master Fu, this dish is for you."
As soon as Yu Qing's words came out, everyone present was shocked.
Is this Yuqing frightened and confused? Fu Ankang hurriedly pushed Yuqing with his hand to tell her not to talk, but Yuqing had no intention of stopping.
"Say it again!" The emperor said angrily.
"Your Majesty, this dish is for Master Fu! Wen Yu did nothing wrong! ”
The emperor held the wine glass in his hand tightly and fell directly to the ground.
He reprimanded angrily: "Ilgen Yuqing, you are so bold! What does it mean for you to give Fu Ankang this dragon and phoenix Chengxiang? Do you want to rebel? ”
The queen and concubine hurriedly helped the emperor, and the queen pointed at Yu Qing angrily: "Someone! Now that she has admitted it, there is no need to say anything, drag it out, and you can be strangled! ”
Fu Ankang pulled Yu Qing, he kept begging for mercy, and Yu Qing also knew the importance of this matter.
If Fu Ankang protects himself too much, and when he says the wrong thing, it will definitely affect Fu Ankang, and what Yu Qing has always pursued is not to implicate others.
"Master Fu, don't worry about my affairs, the emperor, the queen, and listen to the slave and maid, and then execute the slave and maid!"
The emperor sat on the chair angrily, and the nobles and Concubine Jia watched the excitement on the side.
They are now sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight.
Du Juan and Wen Yu have been dragged down to the cane and blamed, and Yu Qing, who doesn't know whether to live or die, dares to admit it.
They want to see what else can be said this time.
"What else is there to say......"
The queen's words made the emperor interrupt, he looked at Yu Qing angrily, although he had long known that this girl often spoke amazingly, but today's things are different from the past, if the matter of this dish is not clear, then he will definitely torture this girl to death.
"You say, I let you speak!"