Shang Kelan lowered her eyebrows, folded her hands in front of her forehead, and said respectfully: "The concubine thanked the Queen Mother!" ”

At this time, there was a sound of gentle footsteps from far and near, and then, the queen, who had changed into a red embroidered peony palace dress, walked in with a peach fragrance.

After the queen saluted the queen mother and the emperor, she stood respectfully in the center of the main hall, looked at Shang Kelan suspiciously, and said, "Why is Sister Concubine Chen kneeling here?" ”

Shang Kelan bowed her head meekly and did not speak, but she knew that the queen was knowingly asking.

When the Queen Mother heard this, she snorted coldly and said, "Okay, you all have nothing to do, let's all step down, the mourning family is going to have dinner with the emperor, if the queen is willing, stay together!" ”

When the queen heard this, she was overjoyed, and said with a dignified smile: "The concubine thanked the queen mother." ”

The Queen Mother issued an eviction order, and all the concubines got up to say goodbye, Jin Yantang helped the Queen Mother to Cining Palace, and the Queen Mother waited by the Queen Mother's side.

The hall was empty all of a sudden, and Mama Chen came to Shang Kelan's side and said kindly: "Slave and maid help Niangniang to get up!" ”

Shang Kelan let go of her hand without a trace, and stood up holding Gardenia's hand.

Afterwards, Shang Kelan smiled at Mama Chen and said, "There is Mama Lao, please go back to the palace with me, in the next three days, there will be many troublesome things in the palace." ”

Mama Chen didn't see any emotion on her face, but said respectfully: "Niangniang's words are serious." ”

At noon, Xianya Palace.

Last time, after Jin Yantang learned that the ice cubes in Xianya Palace were not enough, he instructed the people of the Internal Affairs Office to send more ice cubes, and now the ice cubes are displayed in Xianya Palace, and the palace maid is fanning the wind, and the entire Xianya Palace looks much cooler.

The summer cicadas were screaming endlessly in the trees, and the scorching sun scorched the ground, which really made people feel irritated.

After a while, Xiaoxia, who was dressed in a pale pink tulle dress, walked in, holding a food box in her hand, a little sullen.

Shang Kelan sat at the table of the Eight Immortals and looked at the shade of the trees outside the window, and after hearing the movement, when she looked back and saw Xiaoxia's appearance, she couldn't help but smile: "Xiaoxia, who bullied you?" ”

Xiao Xia put the food box on the table listlessly, sighed and said: "Alas, Niangniang, those people in the imperial dining room are too good at the wind and rudder, yesterday, when I was studying new dishes in the imperial dining room, everyone saw that His Majesty actually drove to the imperial dining room in person, and told them to take good care of Concubine Ning's food. ”

"The cooks in the imperial dining room are all focused on Concubine Ning's mother, and they don't care about the other concubines in the palace when they eat, and they are all perfunctory!"

Gardenia listened, and hurriedly stepped forward to lift the lid of the food box, and took out the contents one by one and put them on the table.

But I saw that among the six dishes, a stack of pickled cucumbers, a stack of cold preserved eggs and a stack of cold salad three shreds, all of which were vegetarian, and a cup of chilled mung bean soup, a bowl of jasper lotus seed soup, and a sesame crisp.

Gone......

It's so light, there's not even a meat dish?!

Suddenly, Gardenia looked up at Xiaoxia in shock: "How could this be, didn't you ask the cook if he had the wrong meal?" ”

Xiaoxia said with a bitter face: "I asked, but people say that thrift prevails in the palace, and now it is already very face-saving to give our mother six dishes!" ”

Hearing this, Gardenia put down the food box heavily, and said angrily: "What a group of wall grass, let me meet them!" ”

Gardenia said, about to rush out, the late winter on the side saw this, hurriedly stepped forward to pull her, persuaded: "Sister Gardenia, the charges on Niangniang have not been cleared, you go to the imperial dining room at this time to make trouble, I am afraid it will only be more unfavorable to Niangniang." ”

Wen Chun and Zhiqiu nodded in agreement when they heard this.

Gardenia had to give up the idea of settling accounts with the imperial dining room, but she still couldn't help but say aggrievedly: "When Niangniang was in the house before, she never suffered such grievances. ”

Shang Kelan loves meat, not vegetarian, so there must be a meat dish in every meal.

It's Gardenia who is very distressed about Shang Kelan, who can't eat meat.

Shang Kelan took the chopsticks and said indifferently: "This sesame crisp is very delicious, sweet but not greasy, very satisfying!" ”

When Xiaoxia heard this, her eyes lit up, and she hurriedly leaned over and said, "Really, Niangniang?" ”

She's most interested in eating!

Shang Kelan winked at her: "Do you want to taste it?" ”

Before Xiaoxia could speak, Shang Kelan sandwiched a piece of sesame crisp into her mouth, Xiaoxia squinted her eyes and tasted it, and praised: "Really, the slave must ask Manager Li for this sesame crisp recipe!" ”

Shang Kelan's chopsticks didn't stop, not slow but fast to send food to her mouth, while saying suspiciously: "Manager Li? Who is it? ”

Zhiqiu doted on Xiaoxia's head and said: "What she said, it's Manager Li of the Imperial Dining Room, Father-in-law Li Xiulian, Xiaoxia, this girl will drill into the Imperial Dining Room if she is fine, study some strange food, and Manager Li is also happy to be lively in the Imperial Dining Room, so he left a kitchen stove for this girl in the Imperial Dining Room." ”

As he was talking, suddenly a maid from the palace came in to report: "Qi Niangniang, the head of the imperial dining room Li asks to see Niangniang." ”

It's really Cao Cao, Cao Cao!

Shang Kelan put down her chopsticks, wiped her mouth, sat up straight and said, "Please let him in." ”

After a while, my father-in-law, who was dressed in green silk and embroidered with blue python patterns, walked in, and looked like he was in his thirties.

After Li Xiulian entered the Lanyue Palace, she didn't look at it very properly, but bowed her head and saluted respectfully to Shang Kelan: "Slave Li Xiulian, I've seen Concubine Chen!" ”

Shang Kelan raised her hand and said politely: "Manager Li doesn't need to be polite, you came here at noon, but there is something?" ”

Li Xiulian smiled at Shang Kelan embarrassedly, raised the food box in her hand and said: "Back to Niangniang, this person is not sensible, and he took the wrong dish that the cook made for Niangniang, so the slave specially sent food to Niangniang, and also punished the person for March, and asked Niangniang to forgive me!" ”

Carefully, this person's tone is humble, he looks like a good talker, but in fact, he is exquisite, and he minimizes the punishment with a few words, and does not make her too angry.

Shang Kelan's eyes moved slightly, and she glanced at Gardenia, who stepped forward to take the food box and said, "Manager Li has a heart, and the slave and maid thank Manager Li for this trip." ”

Li Xiulian touched the sweat on her forehead and said with a smile: "Then the slave won't disturb the mother's meal, and the slave will retire." ”

With that, Annette Li left Xianya Palace.

When I opened the food box, I saw that there were ten dishes inside, four meat and four vegetarian dishes, the dishes were exquisite, full of color, flavor and flavor, which were completely different from the perfunctory six vegetarian dishes just now.

Gardenia couldn't help but rejoice: "Great, Niangniang, finally the person in the imperial dining room still has a little conscience!" ”

Shang Kelan didn't pay attention to her words, this was after looking at the back of Li Xiulian leaving for a while, she raised her eyes and said to the four palace maids and Gardenia with a smile: "Don't be stunned, there are no outsiders here, let's eat with the palace." ”

As she spoke, Shang Kelan pointed to two more dishes and said to Gardenia: "Take these two dishes and share them with Yuan Ge, we won't be able to eat them all if we have more." ”

Gardenia went with a smile.

Late Winter asked a little puzzled: "Niangniang, aren't you worried that the charge is really on your head?" In the humble opinion of the slave, it would be better for the mother to investigate earlier, but there would be no clues when it was too late. ”

Shang Kelan hooked her lips and smiled meaninglessly: "So...... After eating, you all have a mission! ”