Chapter 45: The little eunuch who broke his heart
Seeing that she looked down and didn't want to look at herself, the emperor felt a little lost in his heart, but he didn't know where it came from. I was upset, so I was a little unhappy even in my tone.
Yu Qing heard the displeasure in the emperor's true tone, and she felt a sigh in her heart, and began to get nervous, I don't know what he meant by asking this, is he going to remove her from her position?
"Slave and maid are." Yu Qing hurriedly responded.
Although she was very panicked, she couldn't show it on her face, and she didn't know what was wrong with her, she was usually very bold, but she didn't expect that now she was in front of the emperor, and she was very cowardly.
"Well, your cooking skills are also very good. In this way, Aunt Consul, you continue to do it, and then personally select a few people to be in charge of my diet from today onwards, can you do it? ”
Seeing her so cautious, the emperor unconsciously hooked a smile on the corner of his mouth, with a little sweetness.
"Slaves can do it."
Yu Qing immediately breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it was a big deal, it turned out that this was the case, and he was also responsible for the emperor's meals in the past, so of course he had no burden on this.
"Good."
The emperor nodded with satisfaction, said a few more words, and hurried back to the imperial study to deal with political affairs.
Wait for the emperor to leave.
Yu Qing and the others breathed a sigh of relief, worthy of being the lord of a country, this momentum cannot be compared.
"Yu Qing, prepare well, you can't be so casual about the emperor's meal, I'll pick four people who are careful and quick to help you." Li Defu said and looked at the people behind him and picked a candidate.
Yu Qing did not object, and stood beside him and waited. Soon, the four were selected.
Li Defu dismissed everyone, leaving only Yu Qing and the four people selected, moved the table and other things in the imperial dining room to the side, specially moved a space for them, and left after a few words.
Day 2.
Yu Qing looked at the information in her hand and expressed doubts about life, she originally thought that she would specialize in cooking the emperor's meals, which would be similar to cooking usually, at most it would be good to be careful.
But I didn't expect that there are so many things that need to be paid attention to, such as making this Jinling dish, only taking the most tender part of the root, and throwing away the rest.
Although Yu Qing also understands that it is also to make the ingredients taste more delicious, it is indeed a bit wasteful.
"How's it going, auntie, are you watching?"
Xiao Mingzi has been much closer to her since she was in charge of the emperor's meals with her yesterday.
Yu Qing looked at the dense precautions and the black lines on her head.
"Alright, let's get ready to eat, it's almost time for breakfast." Yu Qing exhaled deeply, forcibly pulled out a smile on her face and said.
"The menu ingredients haven't been delivered yet, so we need to wait a while." At this time, Xiao Mingzi interjected.
Yu Qing frowned slightly, originally thought that there was nothing to be responsible for the emperor's meal, but now it seems that he is worthy of being the first person in the imperial city.
It didn't take long for the voice of the eunuch delivering food outside.
Yu Qing breathed a sigh of relief, and before she could react, the people around her ran forward and carefully carried the ingredients to the imperial dining room.
The eunuch who delivered the food respectfully took out a brocade silk from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Yu Qing, then turned to leave.
After Yu Qing took it, he handed it to the little eunuch beside him, and the little eunuch hurriedly took it and reported the menu word by word. The rest of the people quickly processed the ingredients they needed, keeping what they should keep, throwing what they should throw, and not mixing any impurities.
Yu Qing looked at the ingredients that were thrown down in distress, and her heart kept bleeding.
Later, seeing that the people around her didn't pay attention to her, Yu Qing quietly came to the side of the ingredients that were thrown down and secretly hid the ingredients.
When the meal was done, everyone went to rest, and now they were very different from the rest of the imperial dining room.
When Yu Qing saw them resting beside them, she did not leave. But I was secretly anxious in my heart, and I kept looking at the place where the ingredients were placed.
"Auntie, what are you looking at?"
Xiao Mingzi always glanced at one place when he saw Yu Qing's eyes, and he was very puzzled, so he asked.
"Ah, nothing, haha." Yu Qing said embarrassedly.
"Let's go out and take a break, Auntie, and you can cook some food." The little eunuch was very embarrassed when he saw Yu Qing, and when he thought of the scene he had just seen, he secretly laughed out loud in his heart.
But in the end, he didn't want to embarrass Yu Qing, so he called the rest of the people to go out to rest. Yu Qing listened to the little eunuch calling them out to rest, and suddenly her eyes lit up, and her expression was much brighter.
After the little eunuch took them away, Yu Qing quickly walked to the place where she hid the ingredients, took out the ingredients, happily hugged the ingredients and kissed them twice, and then buried her head in dealing with them.
The Imperial Study.
The emperor looked at the food on the table, and the corners of his mouth hooked slightly.
Somehow, Yu Qing's figure suddenly appeared in her mind, I wonder if she felt like she was overwhelmed when she was preparing these meals?
"The emperor seems to be very happy today."
Xue Gui, who was in charge of serving the meal beside him, saw that the emperor looked a little happy, and secretly doubted in his heart. In the past, when the emperor used to eat, he didn't frown, but today it is a little strange.
"Grandpa Xue, have you had very few things lately?"
The emperor knew that his expression was exposed, and immediately restrained himself, and then he did the same as before, frowned, and said unhappily.
Xue Gui was sweating coldly on his forehead, knowing that he was talking too much, he didn't dare to speak, and fell to his knees, hoping that the emperor would forgive him for his words.
"Alright, get up, you don't have to wait by your side when you eat in the future." The emperor said coldly, told him to get up, and then ordered him not to wait for dinner by his side in the future.
Xue Gui was stunned when he heard this, since he was waiting by the emperor's side, the emperor was in charge of his own meals, but he didn't expect that the emperor would order like this now.
"The minions obey." Xue Gui said in a low voice.
At this time, the emperor didn't care about Xue Gui, frowned, and continued to eat.
In the next few days, the standard of exceeding the sunny day was three points and one line, and the residence, the Changcang Hall and the imperial dining room, life was very chic and comfortable, and every day was extraordinarily satisfying.
Especially in charge of the emperor's meals, those ingredients are all top-notch ingredients, and the dishes made are really delicious.
Therefore, every day, he puts away the remaining ingredients and thinks about new dishes, and his cooking skills are also growing day by day.
Xiao Mingzi, the little eunuch and others all had a tacit understanding and did not mention that she stole the remaining ingredients to cook, which made Yu Qing happy.
It's just that when she went to Changcang Hall recently, Concubine Shen's expression was always very unkind to see her.
I don't know what happened, Yu Qing didn't ask, I thought it was the recent events that made Concubine Shen feel unhappy.
After these days of getting along, Yu Qing understands what kind of person Concubine Shen is, although she is very impatient on her face, she still likes herself very much in her heart.
"Auntie, Director Li came to say that there is no need for us to prepare any more meals for the banquet in the palace tomorrow, and we don't have to take care of the meals in the banquet, which means that we can take a few days off."
When Xiao Mingzi came in, he was overjoyed, obviously happy to be able to rest.
"I can finally rest for a day, these days have exhausted your aunt and me. Tomorrow you will rest in your own place. Yu Qing nodded with a smile, couldn't help but stretch, and left directly after speaking.
"Huh? Why is it only you? What about the sunshine? Li Defu gasped, very embarrassed in the imperial dining room.
After coming, he didn't even catch his breath, his eyes looked for Yu Qing everywhere, and when he saw that Yu Qing was not there, he turned his inquiry to Xiao Mingzi.
"Aunt Yuqing just left."
Seeing him like this, Xiao Mingzi took out a stool with a great eye, put it next to Li Defu, and helped him sit down, and then heard Li Defu's inquiry and immediately answered.
Hearing the sound, Li Defu sat on the stool and breathed slowly, without saying anything, it seemed that he wanted to wait for Yuqing to come back.
"Director Li, I don't know what you are looking for your aunt, if you are not in a hurry, when your aunt comes back, the slave will tell your aunt." Xiao Mingzi saw that he was in a hurry, and he was very puzzled, and then secretly guessed that it should be related to tomorrow's banquet.
"It's not a big deal, tomorrow's banquet, the emperor personally named Yu Qing to participate in the preparation of the meal, so he was in a hurry to find her."
Li Defu just said a few words, and then stopped, Xiao Mingzi naturally didn't dare to ask more, so he stopped and served Li Defu honestly.
The other side.
Yu Qing came out of the imperial dining room to breathe, walked away from the imperial dining room, looked at the high wall in the palace, Yu Qing felt unbearable loss, she didn't want her new life, just wasted in the deep palace like this, but she had no choice, and now she can only stay in this palace full of scheming.
"The bold slave dared to disturb Concubine Hua's mother." Yu Qing walked forward in a daze, not knowing that she had broken into Concubine Hua's territory, until the angry scolding of the maid of the palace sounded, Yu Qing reacted, and subconsciously looked up at the situation in front of her.
It was Concubine Hua with a cold face.
Yu Qing's heart suddenly fell to the bottom, if it was Concubine Rong, she could be said to be not afraid at all, but it was Concubine Hua.
Concubine Hua can't fight herself, she is meticulous in her mind and vicious in her heart, this is the label that Yu Qing gave her at first sight, so Yu Qing didn't want to provoke her very much.
"The slave and maid should die, it disturbed Concubine Hua's mother, the slave and maid have eyes and don't know Mount Tai, and beg the mother to forgive her sins."
When it's time to coax, you have to be cowardly, and you can't take your life in vain for the sake of a momentary pleasure.
"Which slave are you, how could you accidentally break into here?" Concubine Hua's eyes were slightly cold, but she looked at her with a smile on her face.
Yu Qing shuddered fiercely when she heard the voice that seemed to be smiling or not.
"The slave is a small slave in the imperial dining room, and she is bored in the imperial dining room, so she came out, how do you know that she disturbed the mother, and the mother spared her life." Seeing that she didn't know her, Yu Qing felt slightly relieved in her heart and said honestly.
"Okay, let's go back, don't go out and hang out if you have nothing to do." Concubine Hua said coldly, and then walked forward again.
Yu Qing hurriedly turned sideways and saluted.
It wasn't until she couldn't see Concubine Rong's figure that Yu Qing's heart relaxed, and she didn't dare to stay in the palace, so she hurriedly found a shortcut and returned to the imperial dining room.
"Niangniang, why are you ......" After leaving Yu Qing, the maid beside Concubine Hua asked puzzledly.
"Happy today, tell me to go on, her life is a little calmer." Concubine Hua snorted coldly, and directly interrupted the maid's words, her eyes shining fiercely.