Chapter 46: Do You Want to Eat Kimchi?
"Rest assured, the slave knows what to do."
Yu Qing was afraid, sped up, and soon came to the imperial dining room.
As soon as she came back, she saw Xiao Mingzi coming over, Yu Qing felt a little weird in her heart, and later saw Li Defu sitting on the stool, and then she realized that Li Defu was looking for her to have something to order.
"Director Li, what do you have to do?" Yu Qing stepped forward and saluted, and said with a smile.
"Tomorrow's banquet dinner, the emperor named you to participate, and then he said it wrong, so he came to inform you in person." Director Li returned the salute slightly and said with a smile.
Yu Qing was stunned for a moment, and finally took a day off, and was named to make meals, she is not a robot, and she also needs to rest.
"The slave and maid know, please let Gonggong Li run away in person." Although there was anger in her heart, in front of Li Defu, Yu Qing still smiled and agreed.
Seeing this, Li Defu nodded with satisfaction and got up to leave.
Day 2.
Busy and busy, in a blink of an eye, it was noon, Yu Qing and other people who prepared the banquet meal prepared the meal together, Yu Qing was exquisite, and naturally took on the role of chef.
Because there were too many ingredients needed, it didn't stop until the evening, Yu Qing sat under the eaves and rested in the wind, and the little eunuch saw this, and hurriedly brought a bowl of tea to Yu Qing.
"Auntie, let's go back and rest early, this banquet is about to end." The little eunuch saw that she was holding the tea bowl and didn't drink, so he couldn't help but say something out loud.
Yu Qing came back to his senses and took a sip of tea.
"When I was cooking, my eyebrows jumped and I felt that something was wrong, so I checked the knife I was using. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, I didn't pay much attention to it.
But after a while, I found that one of the ingredients used had been replaced, and fortunately I found it in time, and I ...... it in time" Yu Qing chuckled, a little sarcastic, and I don't know who was sarcastic.
Hearing this, the little eunuch's heart immediately jumped, and the more he thought about it, the more terrible he felt, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
"Auntie needs to be very careful today, if there is another banquet, I will use the excuse of being unwell to push it." The little eunuch was a little worried in his heart, and said anxiously.
"Are there a lot of banquets in the palace?" Yu Qing was stunned when she heard this, and she was concerned about the number of banquets.
"There are still a lot, if the DPRK and China are stable, the banquet will be a small event in three days, a large event in five days, and a lot of it." The little eunuch immediately explained.
Yu Qing nodded, and without waiting for the little eunuch to say more, she said hello and got up and went back to her residence.
A few days later.
All kinds of frame-ups are endless, and Yu Qing is fortunate that she is extremely smart and has solved them all, if not, a small frame-up will also ruin a person.
Although life is constantly framed, Yu Qing feels a little fun from it, and these pediatric frames make her peaceful life a little interesting.
When the days were dull, Fu Ankang also ran here for three days, sometimes sending her some pastries, and sometimes saying some fun things outside the palace, and listening to Yu Qing was envious.
However, Fu Ankang is very busy with official business on weekdays, so every time he comes in a hurry, leaves in a hurry, and never stays long.
The faint fragrance of plum blossoms invaded the imperial dining room on a winter night, and it happened that the music was finished, and the emperor paced to the door.
"Your Majesty, it's late at night, and tomorrow will be early." The father-in-law on the side walked to the emperor's side, bent down and said.
"No, I don't have to send someone to follow me when I go out for a walk." It was long past bedtime, and he was in good spirits at this time. It just so happened that the plum blossoms were fragrant outside, and the emperor was interested.
And there is no one around in the middle of the night, and there is no need to put the emperor's shelf, so it is easy to walk.
Seeing that Mei Zi wanted to go to the Imperial Garden, but when he arrived at the Imperial Garden, he found that the most fragrant plum blossom was not here, and the emperor followed the fragrance of flowers and walked to the imperial dining room in the west.
Afraid that he was not hungry and mistook the aroma of food for plum fragrance, the emperor shook his head and stepped in.
As soon as the front foot stepped in, the back foot heard the movement, and the sound of a shovel touncing the dirt came from the backyard.
Oh, it's really bold, when there is no one in his harem, it seems that those guards who don't know where to go should be replaced.
Following the voice, the emperor walked all the way and saw the person squatting on the ground, with willow eyebrows and eyes, white teeth and red lips, is she? The consul's aunt in the Imperial Dining Room......
However, there seems nothing wrong with her appearing on her own turf. Yu Qing was picking up the soil with a shovel at this time, and soon a jar was revealed.
A gleam flashed in the emperor's eyes, and he stepped forward and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”
These words frightened Yu Qing's legs weakened and sat on the ground.
I didn't hear any footsteps at all just now, why did a voice suddenly come out of my ears, Yu Qing was scared out of cold sweat, raised the shovel, and said loudly: "You...... Are you a human or a ghost? ”
The emperor was suddenly a little amused by her appearance.
"Whether I'm a human or a ghost, can't you see for yourself?" Yu Qing's reaction is really interesting, much more interesting than those who only call him emperor on weekdays.
I?
Yu Qing saw the person who came clearly, isn't it the current emperor, she dug a kimchi and could still touch the emperor...... It's really scary.
"Say hello to the emperor."
Yu Qing hurriedly made a proper salute, "The slave didn't see it clearly for a while, but pointed at the emperor with a shovel and asked the emperor for forgiveness." ”
After Yu Qing finished speaking, it was a black line on his head, is the emperor so idle? It was scary to run here without sleeping at night, and almost made her dig the jar shake, hurting her baby.
"I'm asking, what are you doing?" Answering the question, Yu Qing still didn't tell him what he was doing, so the emperor's eyes were still fixed on the jar.
"If you go back to the emperor, this is all a non-popular thing, the slave is afraid that if you say it, the emperor's ears will be dirty, and the slave will leave." A companion is like a tiger, and Yu Qing doesn't know if his temper is good now, don't lose his life for a can of kimchi at that time.
So the soles of Yuqing's feet seemed to be smeared with oil, and he wanted to leave with the jar in his arms.
"I didn't let you go, what's the hurry?"
The emperor frowned slightly, but he was not really angry, and continued, "What is in this jar? ”
The dignified emperor actually dared to be interested in the kimchi in his jar, Yu Qing couldn't cry or laugh, and secretly complained in his heart, but in order not to offend the emperor, he had to explain, "If you go back to the emperor, this is kimchi, which I brewed half a year ago, and they are all leftovers eaten by the emperor, and I see that I lost it and used it because of the waste." ”
"Kimchi? There's something strange in your head, and I've heard of it, and I've opened the jar to show me. ”
Can leftovers still be cooked? Can I eat what I made? The emperor is really more and more curious. It's just that he has a temperament that is not angry and self-assured, and coupled with an unknown tone, it makes Yu Qing's heart alarmed.
Could it be that the emperor is angry with himself because he took his leftovers?
The moonlight illuminated the emperor's face, his eagle-like narrow eyes, the corners of his eyes were slightly raised, even if he did not frown his eyebrows, it gave people a sense of majesty.
"Your Majesty, the slave is afraid that this kimchi will not be brewed well, and it will smell foul when the time comes, and I am afraid that the emperor will be disgusted." Yu Qing hurriedly excused himself.
I also estimated that the time was about the same, and Yu Qing came to get this kimchi.
Who knows if the efficacy of ancient yeast and modern yeast is the same? Don't scare the emperor of this feudal era when the time comes, and condemn yourself to the crime of refining monsters, then you can't say anything.
"I'm right, no matter what it's like inside, I won't cure you." The emperor said impatiently, but let go of a jar, which made people more curious.
Yu Qing raised her eyebrows slightly, since the emperor said so, then it is better to be respectful than to obey her fate. So he gritted his teeth and lifted the lid of the jar.
The taste is a little sour when I first open it, but the hue is still okay.
Yu Qing didn't expect to be so good the first time she did it, her eyebrows were curved, and she was really a genius.
Because she didn't have chopsticks on her body, Yu Qing didn't think about it, so she grabbed one with her hand, sweet and sour, I don't know how much more delicious than the things that came out of the imperial dining room.
Although there was snow on the ground at this time, Yu Qing didn't care about it, and just sat on the snow and ate happily.
"This kimchi is really successful, what are you doing in a daze? Come here, come and sit and taste. Yu Qing smiled and crooked, and only after eating two did he pat his brain, and there was another person here.
Just as soon as I looked up, I saw someone looking at his hand in a daze......
Yu Qing looked down, because the weather was cold, her hands were already frozen red, but her hands were stained with kimchi, and the air was sweet when the wind blew.
Other than that, there's nothing special.
But what she didn't know was that when the emperor saw her grabbing it directly with her hands, he was really stunned for a moment, this ...... Even if the aunt in the imperial dining room is not a golden branch and jade leaf, she is also professionally trained, how can she be a grade higher than the common people, how can she do such an indecent thing?
"Are you asking me to sit down?" The emperor frowned, pointed to the snow on the ground, and there was a little surprise in his tone.
"Aren't you tired from standing? Sit down. ”
Yu Qing only thought about the taste of kimchi in her heart, but ignored the etiquette, so she pulled the emperor's sleeve and let him sit down.
Then, like offering a treasure, he moved the jar in front of the emperor, his eyes were full of hope, and said, "Taste? ”
"By hand?"
The emperor was silent for a long time, thinking back to Yu Qing's actions just now.
He was an emperor who was actually dragged to the ground and sat on the ground, and in such a humble place, he was invited to eat kimchi made of leftovers with his hands?
This is the first time in his life, the emperor raised his eyes to Shang Yuqing's starry eyes, as if this foodie had not realized that he had done such a disrespectful thing.
That's it, just now I promised that no matter what she does, she will not blame, and the emperor also found that he is surprisingly comfortable with this mode of getting along.
"Eat it." Yu Qing blinked and urged.
The emperor frowned, there was really no way to refuse the girl's kindness, but ......
He really couldn't do it, so he finally had to lament and give up, "You guys do this when you cook in the imperial dining room on weekdays? Directly by hand? ”