The food box was brought in, and Gui Yuan brought out the four fine fruits inside, and served a bowl of lotus seed and lily soup for Liu Yan: "The princess takes a break, and it's not too late to write the words again." ”

Liu Yanzheng had a dry mouth and scooped a spoonful of soup first.

"Well, it's delicious."

Liu Yan's taste is strange, most of the little girls love sweet, she likes it too, but she doesn't like it too sweet. Ordinary people think it's good, but she feels a little tired. Others think that the sugar is not enough, and the taste is weak, but she thinks it is just right. Liu Yan didn't specifically order the essence of the person who could mix up in the imperial dining room, but the dim sum and fruit cakes that could be sent were all suitable for her taste. The soup is sweet and not greasy, the lotus seeds are crisp and tender, and the fresh lotus seeds will not be eaten in the summer, so let's eat a few more bites while you can eat them now.

Gui Yuan waited on the side and whispered, "Princess......"

"Huh?" Liu Yan glanced at her with a spoon in his mouth.

"Xiao Song in the dining room just sent a snack, but he was still outside, for fear that it would not suit the princess's taste, so he didn't dare to leave."

"It tastes good." Liu Yan asked, "What is he waiting for?" ”

Liu Yan is not stupid, what she sent today is not a delicacies of mountains and seas waiting for her to eat well and receive a reward, just a few ordinary fruits and a bowl of soup, and he has never rewarded him for this. If it's not for reward, is it for punishment?

Gui Yuan hesitated: "Usually the princess's meals and cakes are made by Xiao Song's master Zhang Gonggong, but today Zhang Gonggong can't do it, these things are Zhang Gonggong's guidance, let Xiao Song try to make them." ”

"Oh, he's sick?"

"It's not sick, it's hurt." Gui Yuan originally didn't like to be nosy, and the errand of serving the princess was much more economical than that of others, and there were few rights and wrongs, and the work was easy. But sometimes when you don't make trouble, others will come to find trouble, such as the current one. If it's just that the people below are scrambling to step on each other, Gui Yuan will not care, but this matter is not so simple.

"The fifth princess said after breakfast today that the dining room was not well served, the porridge sent was too hot, and there was a sour and rancid taste in the side dishes, she and the eunuch Ma Tan in front of her led people to the dining room, and beat several people indiscriminately, and Zhang's father-in-law's hand was knocked by them, and the injury was not light."

"Is your hand broken?"

"They don't have the face to ask the imperial doctor to see and treat him, Xiao Song said that his master's hand doesn't listen to the call now, and he can't use half of his strength, so he has to rest for a month, I'm afraid that the princess won't serve well in the future, so Xiao Song just sent something and waited outside, don't you want to ask him to come in and ask questions?"

Liu Yan stirred in the bowl: "Let him in." ”

Xiao Song was wearing a half-worn old green robe—all the unqualified little eunuchs in the palace wore such a suit. It is said that you can't lose anywhere when you are on an errand in the dining room, Xiao Song is still as thin as a monkey, and he doesn't look rich and round.

He came in and knelt down and kowtowed to say goodbye, and then told him about the morning's events, which was almost the same as what Guiyuan said, and he didn't add oil and vinegar.

When he came, his master Zhang Gonggong had ordered him. said, "The fourth princess is a smart person, there are some things that need not be said on the surface, don't pretend to be smart, it will definitely dislike the princess."

After he finished speaking, he didn't dare to look up, and heard the fourth princess say, "Get up." It's not easy for people from the hospital to be invited, and it's not good for me to set this precedent for your master. Fortunately, not only the imperial doctor can see the bruises, but the people on the side of the imperial horse prison are better at treating this than the imperial doctor. ”

The Imperial Horse Warden is specialized in raising horses, and the people there do not treat people, but are only good at treating livestock. Liu Yan didn't mean to belittle Father-in-law Zhang when he said this, Xiao Song also kowtowed again and again when he heard this: "The princess is right, the slave and maid will go to the imperial horse prison to run when they go back." ”

Father-in-law Zhang is old and refined, how can Liu Yanjiao be used to treat injuries? Liu Yan didn't take Xiao Song's words seriously.

"Longan, take twenty taels of silver for Xiao Song, and take two bottles of medicine for Xiao Song to bring."

Xiao Song kowtowed again to thank him.

"Let your master take good care of his injuries, don't be in a hurry with his errands, and then go to the stove when he is all right. Even if you can't use your hands, you can still think about the recipe during this time. ”

"Yes, thank you, princess."

Xiao Song deserved this last sentence, and his voice was exceptionally loud.

What is Grandpa Zhang most worried about? Why did he send Xiao Song to ask to see the fourth princess?

To complain? In order to instigate Liu Yan to fight with the fifth princess? To ask someone to show him his injuries?

Neither.

What Father-in-law Zhang was most worried about was that during the period when he couldn't work, others would push him down. There are many eunuchs in the palace, and it is not surprising that Grandpa Zhang's six products are grabbed one by one. The grade is not important, the errand is important! For example, the eunuch in charge of the imperial horse eunuch just mentioned is a four-rank, and the eunuch who takes care of the treasury is also a four-rank, but can the power be the same? There are some tables and stools, pots and pots, all of which are shabby household goods that cannot be used, one has no power and two has no money, and if it is lost, it will be eaten and hung up, no matter how good it is, there is no merit.

Father-in-law Zhang now specializes in the meals of the four princesses, among several princesses, the eldest princess is married, the second princess is adopted, the third princess is actually the emperor's nephew, the fifth princess's dead biological mother is only posthumously crowned concubine, only one of the four princesses is the queen's own concubine, and this identity is naturally higher than others.

Even if you don't talk about identity, the second princess doesn't go out all year round, the third princess is confused, and the five princesses are not good masters, so Grandpa Zhang naturally doesn't want to lose the beauty he has now.

What Liu Yan said to Xiao Song undoubtedly kept the position of Father-in-law Zhang.

When Xiao Song retreated, Gui Yuan asked, "Princess, what should we do about this?" ”

Where is the fifth princess playing cook, she is obviously coming for Liu Yan. The dining room dares to send a rancid meal to the princess? No kidding, it's clearly intentional. The person in charge of the five princesses' meals was not beaten, but the people in charge of the four princesses' meals were beaten. Liu Yanzhen swallowed this breath, the fifth princess will definitely have to inch in, I don't know what kind of demon she wants to be.

"Don't do it." Liu Yan glanced at Gui Yuan: "Do you want me to rush to Lu Jingxuan to fight with her?" ”

"That's not what slave means."

But is this loss in vain?

"Ignore her." Liu Yan rinsed her mouth and wiped her hands, and continued to write in distress: "The more you pay attention to her, the more energetic she becomes." ”

Gui Yuan had to admit that his master was right. The fifth princess, no one pays attention to her, she has to toss herself, if someone cares about her, she can't wait to cry and complain about her grievances, and she can memorize that set of words. It's nothing more than that she was bullied without her mother, others looked down on her, bullied her openly and secretly, how bitter she was, and how partiality the emperor and queen were.

"Tell the others, don't deal with Lu Jingxuan's people."

Gui Yuan had no choice but to respond.

It's just that when she went out, she turned her head and looked, and she always felt that this swallowing of anger was not the temper of her master, and she might hold back to give the fifth princess something good-looking.