Seeing her absent-mindedness, Lu Zhi asked while putting vegetables in her porridge, "Madame, is there something on your mind?" By this hour, it was fast forward, and there was no hurry to eat. ”

was exposed by Lu Zhi, she did not refute, but asked along the way: "Lu Zhi, in the Chinese New Year's Eve meals that the palaces prepared before, you reported the 'bright moon on the sea'?" ”

"Mrs. Hui is 'the moon on the sea'. Even the steps of cooking are reported according to your instructions. ”

Listening to what she said, Luo Ge still felt unreliable in her heart, she put down the meal in her hand, and immediately got up and walked out.

Seeing her in a hurry, Lu Zhi immediately arranged for others to clean up the table, and then took the winter coat hanging on the hanger and pulled Han Yu out with her.

Lu Zhi, who was following Luo Ge, asked while putting on a winter coat for her, "Madam, why are you in such a hurry?" ”

"I'm going to the Imperial Dining Room."

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm worried that the imperial chef of the 'Bright Moon on the Sea' imperial dining room won't be able to do it. After all, I asked you to write the basic steps and dosages, but if you want it to taste delicious, you need to pay attention to the heat. ”

Listening to what she said, Lu Zhi felt a little confused. She has been with Luo Ge for almost five years. She had never heard of Luo Ge cooking. In the past, Luo Ge was a woman who didn't touch the spring water with her fingers, and all she liked was those rouge gouaches, music and dance. After arriving in Mu Jinguo, the dishes she chose for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner were the simplest clear soup noodles, and the reason she gave was that only such ordinary dishes could have a family feeling.

This year, she suddenly said that she wanted the imperial dining room to make "the moon on the sea", and then she also worried about the steps and heat of cooking, which she didn't know.

Follow her all the way to the outside of the imperial dining room, and the time is already three quarters.

Luo Ge didn't wait for the attendant to report, and directly pushed the door in.

Before entering the door, the heat of the shop made her cough constantly, and the noisy sound around her made Lu Zhi and Han Yu who followed behind her frown.

Luo Ge didn't care about these at all, but casually pulled a waiter who passed by his side, and asked loudly, "Who is in charge of tonight's dishes?" ”

"What did you say?" The chamberlain who was pulled over, looking at her clothes, had already guessed her identity.

"I'm asking, who is in charge of tonight's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner?"

"Oh!" Hearing her question, he raised his hand and pointed to the door, and said, "Go out from this door, turn right, and go to the innermost part of the courtyard." There is a Li Imperial Chef, who is not very old and has a beard, and he tastes tea. ”

After listening to the words of the waiter, Luo Ge found Imperial Chef Li according to the map. He was a good-looking man, but he had a slightly blessed figure. At this moment, he was sitting under the plum tree in the courtyard, warming a small pot with a small stove. He was holding a cup in his round hand, still steaming.

Unlike his leisurely and self-satisfied, Luo Ge was in a hurry. She came to him in three steps and two steps, and said, "Presumably you are Imperial Chef Li, right?" ”

Looking at the person in front of him, he looked up and down, and then said, "It's Xiaguan." I wonder what happened to this lady? ”

Seeing that he didn't squirm, Luo Ge said directly: "I am Mrs. Luo of Xiao Han Palace. A few days ago, I reported a dish in the palace called 'Bright Moon on the Sea', I don't know if you have any impressions? ”

Imperial Chef Li thought for a moment and said, "Yes." I wonder why Madame is here? Do you think that Xia Guan can't make that 'bright moon on the sea'? ”

"Nope." Luo Ge denied, "This 'Bright Moon on the Sea' is a Jiangnan dish, and it is easy to make according to the steps given by my palace before, but if you want to make the taste of the dish delicious to the extreme, then you need to pay attention to the heat, I didn't take this into account at that time, so I let the maid who reported the dish forget to write the heat." ”

Hearing her words, Imperial Chef Li burst out laughing.

"I wonder why you're laughing?"

Imperial Chef Li put down the cup in his hand, got up leisurely, and said with a smile: "I don't think anyone in this palace knows this dish better than me." ”

"What do you mean by that?"

"Madame doesn't know, I'm from Jiangnan. Since childhood, he has studied the dishes of major cuisines with his master. And this 'bright moon on the sea' is Xiaguan's work out of the mountain. At this moment, Xia Guan can still remember the scene when the master asked me to cook this dish. ”

Li Yuchu began to talk about the past with a reminiscent face, but Luo Ge didn't want to know, she just smiled slightly and quietly walked out with the two people behind her. And Chef Li, who didn't find it, is still seriously recalling the cooking methods of the dishes.

After following her out of the imperial dining room, Lu Zhi asked, "Madam, didn't you come out before you heard him tell him the steps?" ”

Luo Ge shook his head with a smile and said, "No need. ”

Her attitude left the two behind her scratching their heads. But Luo Ge was thorough in his heart.

Because this leisurely tea tasting Li Imperial Chef is a famous chef in the rivers and lakes - Li Cong. He has always been in the top 10 in the previous Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng rankings. And with Xia Tianqing's memory, he should have been ranked eighth last year.

Luo Ge didn't see his appearance when he entered the door, after all, he was already very different from the portrait Luo Ge had seen. It wasn't until he put down the teacup in his hand and raised his hand to start recalling that she saw the birthmark on his right hand that she realized that he was Li Cong.

Li Cong has been learning hundreds of dishes from his master since he was a child, and he is not only the first chef in the rivers and lakes, but also a master in the list of drugs in the rivers and lakes. His use of poison is different from other people's, he uses food to poison people, so as to take people's lives. In his youth, whoever tasted what he cooked would not live for more than three days.

But later, for unknown reasons, he never killed again, but hid in the rivers and lakes as a little cook. As for him coming to the palace of Mu Jin Kingdom, although Luo Ge couldn't guess everything, he could also guess one or two.

However, Luo Ge didn't think much about it at this moment, because Han Yu beside her whispered to her when she just left the door of the imperial dining room, and she was the only one left in the Queen Mother's Palace.

Luo Ge carefully pretended to be the image of a pregnant woman, and at the same time sped up the pace and rushed to the Queen Mother's palace. Finally, before the end of the day, she rushed to the outside of the Qingxia Palace.

The attendant outside the palace gate saw her panting and reported in a sharp voice: "Xiao Han Palace, Mrs. Luo has arrived." ”

At this time, I saw that all the maids in the Qingxia Palace knelt down and saluted her. This frightened Luo Ge a little. Although Mu Ziqin had already told her in advance that once she was "pregnant", all the maids in the Empress Dowager's palace would change their attitude towards her. But she didn't expect to change it like this.

Lu Zhi and Han Yu helped her in one by one. When I entered the palace where the Queen Mother was located, I heard the Queen Mother's personal palace maid say: "Come here, prepare a seat for Mrs. Luo." ”

Before Luo Ge could salute the Queen Mother, he saw that the people present were helped to their seats and sat down. After sitting down, I heard the Queen Mother say: "The people are finally here." ”

After the Queen Mother spoke, Luo Ge had the opportunity to take a serious look at everyone sitting in this hall. In addition to Mu Ziqin on the main seat and the queen mother on the left, there is an empty position of Su Qingyu on the right. She sat in a seat one step lower than Su Qingyu. And the three people standing opposite her were Mu Ziqin's brothers.

Although she had never met his brother, she could probably guess a thing or two from the grade and the clothes he served. The leader is the son of Concubine Wan who is now worshipping Buddha in the Qingxin Temple in the palace - Mu Wang Mu Ziyan. The only one who is dressed in plain white is Mu Zifeng, the Red King who has the same mother as Mu Ziqin and is known as the merry prince. And in the end, dressed in crimson and with a light rouge between his eyebrows, was the son of the late Concubine Yang - Lamb King Mu Ziyao.

And on her left is Mu Yu, who has already seen on the twenty-third day of the lunar month, the son of Mu Ziqin, the first heir to the throne of Mu Jin.

"Luo Ge." The Queen Mother's affectionate call interrupted Luo Ge's observation, she looked up and smiled and wanted to get up to answer, but was motioned by the Queen Mother to sit down. Then I only listened to the queen mother: "You have been in the palace for three years, although you have not been favored by the king, but you can conceive a dragon fetus for the king at this time, which is really a great joy for this year." ”

Looking at the queen mother's happy appearance, Luo Ge smiled and said, "This is the blessing of the concubine." ”

On this topic, the Queen Mother didn't talk much about it and talked about something else.

"According to the ancestral system, today and every day you will be in the palace of the mourning family, and you will rejoice with the mourning family." The Queen Mother smiled and looked at the princes standing on the side, "I don't know, Ziyan, Zifeng, Ziyao, have you ever brought the princess into the palace together?" ”

Hearing the queen mother's roll call, the three princes said neatly: "I didn't bring it." ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother made an unhappy expression and said, "Why are you still so ignorant?" You didn't bring it when you entered the palace last year, why is it still the case this year? ”

Listening to the queen mother's question, Mu Ziyao immediately said: "After returning to my mother, my son thought that today was the day of family reunion, and my son's princess could only go home to see her parents on such a day, so my son entered the palace alone." ”

"Your princess's maiden family is in this imperial city, and the mourning family knows it. But Ziyan and Zifeng's princesses are not like this. What are you two like? ”

Mu Ziyan replied first, and said, "Erchen's princess went to Qingxin Temple three days ago to visit Erchen's biological mother, Concubine Wan. She once made a vow in front of the Bodhisattva to copy the Heart Sutra for her mother. Therefore, the next half moon will also be in the Qingxin Zen Temple. ”

"What about you? Zifeng. ”

"After returning to his mother, the princess and queen mother of the sons and daughters are probably going to be disappointed. A few days ago, she secretly carried her sons to the mountains to pick an herb called longevity grass for the queen mother, and accidentally sprained her foot. I'm still lying in the house and recuperating. ”

Hearing this, the Queen Mother asked with concern: "Are there any injuries in other places?" ”

"After returning to my mother, no. It's just that after seeing it, the doctor said that he would not be able to walk around the ground until the spring of the next year. ”

Hearing him say this, the Queen Mother breathed a sigh of relief, and Luo Ge also quietly found that the three princes were also secretly relieved. Looking at the eyes of the three of them looking down at each other, she secretly laughed.

And Mu Ziqin, who had been sitting on the throne and had not spoken, suddenly asked at this moment: "I don't know, why is Mrs. Luo so happy?" ”