"Two old sisters, this is Miss Lin Xiaozhu." As soon as she entered the hall of the second gate, Mama Wu smiled at the two richly dressed women.

"Well, we've met once." A woman glanced at Lin Xiaozhu, pointed to a burden on the table and said, "The Queen Mother specially asked the old slaves to bring clothes and jewelry, so let's change them quickly." It's not too early at this time, and if you don't go to the Queen Mother to start a fire, you and I won't be able to carry it. ”

These two women had followed the Queen Mother, who was still Princess Rui, to the Yuan Mansion and beat her once, and Lin Xiaozhu naturally had an impression. She knew that she couldn't run away from entering the palace this time, but she simply said a few polite words, then picked up the burden on the table and wanted to go back to the room to change clothes.

"Where is the time to get you back to your room? Let's change it in the wing room here. "A woman. He pointed to Tingyu, who was standing aside, and ordered: "You, hurry up and wait for Miss Xiaozhu to change her clothes." ”

"Yes." Tingyu glanced at Lin Xiaozhu with jealousy in his eyes, and reluctantly responded.

She grew up with Yiwang's childhood sweetheart, and today's glory should have been hers, but she was robbed by this dirt bun from the mountains, how could she not hate her heart? But since the last incident, King Yi didn't even look at her, and her hatred for Lin Xiaozhu could only be buried in her heart, and she didn't dare to make trouble with the wind and rain.

"How dare you bother to listen to the rain girl? I'll do it myself. I also asked a few grandmothers to wait outside. Lin Xiaozhu was reluctant to let Tingyu serve her, and the silver tickets and accounting papers she was carrying on her could not be seen. He hurried into the chamber and closed the door. He changed into gorgeous but not complicated clothes, put away the silver ticket, and simply tied a bun, and chose jewelry in the baggage. Open the door and go out.

Seeing that Lin Xiaozhu was dressed up after a while, the two grandmothers from the palace were very satisfied, stood up and said, "Let's go." ”

Yuan Tianye originally had to often enter the palace to see a doctor for the emperor, so Yuan's mansion was not far from the palace. Before the time of the two pillars of incense, the carriage arrived at the gate of the palace. Lin Xiaozhu got out of the car, followed the two grandmothers, entered the palace from the corner gate, and walked a long way before stopping.

The grandmother saw that Lin Xiaozhu was neither looking around, nor fighting. He didn't pull them to ask questions in a panic, and followed them very quietly and calmly, and couldn't help but be secretly surprised in his heart, and said: "You and Mama Lin are here for a while, and I will report to the Queen Mother." I'll pass you on again. ”

"Yes, there is Mama Lao."

The grandmother went in for a while, then came out and said to Lin Xiaozhu, "Follow me." "Take Lin Xiaozhu and go inside. After walking more than a dozen steps, he came to a door and shouted loudly: "Little bamboo girl has arrived." Motioned for Lin Xiaozhu to go inside.

It's a blessing or a curse, and it's a disaster that can't be avoided. Lin Xiaozhu entered the door with a very calm mood. In the afterglow, I only felt that the house was full of golden wall splendor. The middle-aged man sitting at the top is fatter, and it should be Yuan Tianye's father. Now he is too emperor. On his left, there is a man in his twenties, wearing a dragon robe, who is naturally the emperor. On the right side of Yuan Zhibai, there is a couch, and the beautiful woman lying on it is the Queen Mother. She seems to be much thinner than at the beginning, her face is pale, even if she is smeared with fat powder, it is difficult to hide her sick appearance. He who sits at the couch and waits. It was a woman of about twenty years old, and looking at the clothes and dignified and beautiful face, she knew that she should be the queen. And Yuan Tianye was wearing a stone blue moire robe. sat behind the queen mother's bed and saw Lin Xiaozhu come in. He frowned slightly, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, no matter how expensive the knees are, they must also kneel. Lin Xiaozhu didn't bother with anything, and bowed down to the high position Yingying: "Slave Lin Xiaozhu, meet the Emperor, the Queen Mother, the Emperor, and the Empress." "She is Yuan Tianye's subordinate, so naturally she can't call herself a grass people.

After this salute, she turned around again and said to Yuan Tianye, "Meet King Yi." ”

"Let's be flat." Yuan Zhibai saw that Lin Xiaozhu's face was calm, and he was even more polite than those foreign women who entered the palace for the first time, and couldn't help nodding secretly.

"Emperor Xie." Lin Xiaozhu stood up, looking at his nose and nose and his nose and heart.

"Father, mother, you recruited Lin Xiaozhu, what are you going to do?" Yuan Tianye turned his head and asked.

Lin Xiaozhu's eyelashes moved. Could it be that Yuan Tianye didn't know if she entered the palace?

"Yang'er, our family is reunited today, but it is a happy day, and my mother is happy." The Queen Mother probably cried because of excitement, and spoke in a nasal voice, "You are also eighteen years old this year." I couldn't help it before, but I was worried about it, and it was not good to help you get married. Today, on this happy day, I will book your family affairs, and I will also count the thoughts of the queen mother. ”

Yuan Tianye glanced at Lin Xiaozhu with some surprise and some nervousness, and then turned to his mother: "The queen mother means ......"

"Queen Mother, the dishes are all ready, why don't we talk about this after dinner, okay?" The queen interjected at the right time, and persuaded in a soft voice, "You are not in good health, so you can't be hungry for a long time." ”

"It's okay, since your imperial sister-in-law said so, then let's have dinner." The Queen Mother seemed to listen to the queen's words, held her hand, and slowly stood up: "Now that the dishes are ready, let's eat." Today is our family's family dinner, and it is the first time that people have arrived so together. He turned to Yuan Tianye again, "Yang'er, when you get married, you and your brother will have a few more children, and the queen mother will have nothing to ask for in her life." ”

"The child also begs his father and mother to live a long life." Yuan Tianye held his mother's hand, and when he saw her licking calves, he couldn't help but be moved. His mother's feelings for him were much purer than his father's. What she has done for her husband and eldest son in the past few days, she doesn't know how sad she is, and her body, which was already well recuperated, has deteriorated again. I was full of guilt for my youngest son.

"Okay, well, you're back, and the queen mother's body is slowly getting better." The Queen Mother held Yuan Tianye's hand tightly and shed tears again.

"Let's go, eat." Yuan Zhibai was afraid that his wife would say something again, which would make himself and his eldest son even more embarrassed and guilty, so he waved his hand and took the lead in the side hall.

Seeing Yuan Tianye helping the Queen Mother to walk into the side hall, the queen naturally took two steps back, looked at Lin Xiaozhu, who had been standing there, and said gently: "Miss Xiaozhu, I heard that you make a good dish." Can I bother you to make a snack for the Emperor and the Queen Mother? ”

Lin Xiaozhu was afraid that the Queen Mother would talk about marriage. Seeing that the queen interrupted and pulled the topic away, she breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing her make this request at this time, how could she not agree? The Yuan family's family banquet, what does it matter to her? She is a cook, just cook, don't mix it with the family banquet. The best reason for calling her here today is to cook for this feast. So he smiled: "Xiaozhu's craftsmanship naturally can't be compared with the imperial kitchen, but it is a little expressive." If the emperor, the queen mother, the emperor, and the queen don't dislike it, Xiaozhu will do it. ”

"Go ahead." The queen winked at a eunuch next to her.

"Little bamboo girl, please come here." When the eunuch saw this, he hurriedly walked forward.

"Yes." Lin Xiaozhu glanced at Yuan Tianye, and saw that the Queen Mother was holding his hand tightly, babbling something all the way, the mother and son went to the side hall, and there was no chance to talk to him. I had to follow the eunuch in the direction of the kitchen.

The eunuch had been waiting for Lin Xiaozhu to talk to him and ask him about the preferences of the emperor, the queen mother and others. saw that she only walked with her head down, without saying a word, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Seeing that he was about to go to the kitchen, he saw that there was no one left and right, so he took two steps up and said with a smile: "Miss Xiaozhu, our queen mother likes to eat longan, you can make a red date longan lotus seed soup in a while." ”

"Thank you father-in-law for the point." Lin Xiaozhu glanced at the eunuch in surprise, and he didn't know why he was so enthusiastic. The palace is full of nobles, these eunuchs and palace maids, their eyes are high. If you don't have money, or no status, he won't bother with you at all. What's more, she's just a little cook.

But after the eunuch said that, he turned a blind eye to Lin Xiaozhu's puzzled gaze, and didn't want to explain at all, so he pointed ahead and said, "That's the kitchen." Miss Xiaozhu, let's go quickly, don't let the masters wait. After walking a few steps in a hurry, he arrived in the kitchen, and told the kitchen manager to treat Lin Xiaozhu well, and left there.

The eunuch brought Lin Xiaozhu here, and it was a white kitchen specializing in making dim sum. The cooks are busy making all kinds of dim sum. Lin Xiaozhu saw that there were just the ingredients for making red dates and longan lotus seed soup on the desk, thought about it, and for the sake of safety, asked an imperial chef who was busy next to him: "This master, may I ask what kind of dim sum the Queen Mother likes to eat?" ”

The cook glanced at Lin Xiaozhu and said, "Red dates, longan, lotus seed soup." He pointed to the soaked ingredients and said, "If there is a soaked one, you can just do it." The busy cook next to him listened, and no one deliberately turned his head to look here, which shows that they all acquiesced to this statement.

This dim sum has the effect of tonifying the heart and blood, strengthening the spleen and stomach, suitable for people with anemia and fatigue, neurasthenia, thinking about the pale face of the Queen Mother, the tired look, and thinking that he has nothing worth others to calculate, Lin Xiaozhu decided to do what he liked, and did this dim sum. To cook food for the emperor, you must be most careful, if you are unhappy, you may shout and kill. There should be nothing wrong with making a dish that the Queen Mother likes and eats, right?

Probably because the Queen Mother likes it, so the ingredients are already prepared in the kitchen, and Lin Xiaozhu didn't spend much time making this dim sum, and specially added some white fungus to it and put it on the tray. Holding it in his hand, he went out to see that the eunuch who brought her was gone, and the kitchen steward said: "I don't know the road in the palace, can you send someone to take me to the place where the emperor and the emperor and others are eating?" ”

"Little Liuzi, you take this girl to the Heart Cultivation Palace." The kitchen steward was also cheerful, and called a little boy of thirteen or fourteen years old and gave him an order.

"Girl, please." The little sixth son was obviously also a eunuch and happily accepted the task. (To be continued)