"The Imperial Dining Room?"

Jin Nian held his chin in one hand and looked up at the huge plaque on the temple in front of him, and the lantern he was holding in the other hand flickered in the cool evening breeze. At this time, the imperial dining room was still running because the emperor had not yet gone to bed, and through the half-open door, Jin Nian could see the fat man who was dozing inside.

The fat man's volume is not ordinarily large, his brain is full of fat intestines, and his facial features are forced to squeeze together, which is not ugly. According to Xiao Shunzi's description, this big fat man should be Xiao Shunzi's second uncle. Jin Nian pondered.

So he went up the stone steps, put the lantern in his hand in the doorway, and pushed the temple door open.

"Squeak-squeak-"

The big fat man slept lightly, woke up, and saw a strange boy come in and stare at him with a smile, the fat man stood up abruptly and asked, "Who are you?" As he spoke, he picked up the kitchen knife he held in his hand and raised it to the height of his head, his round eyes full of vigilance.

"Xiao Shunzi asked me to come!" Seeing that the kitchen knife was about to swing and chop over, Jin Nian hurriedly said Xiao Shunzi, and blocked it in front of him with both hands, closing his eyes tightly.

The fat man paused, then put down the kitchen knife in his hand, and muttered "Why haven't I seen you?"

Jin Nian saw him put down the kitchen knife, only then relaxed his body, and was about to put his hands down, when the big fat man in front of him suddenly raised the kitchen knife again, and asked coldly, "What are you doing here?" ”

Jin Nian was so frightened that he raised his hands to protect his head again, and after seeing that the person opposite did not move for a long time, he quietly peeked through the gap between his fingers, and saw that the person opposite was looking up and down at him.

"Fat uncle, Xiao Shunzi asked me to get the ...... to eat"

The fat uncle stopped looking, put the kitchen knife in his hand back on the board, wiped his hands on the apron, yawned again, and his fat body moved away, revealing a long table full of all kinds of delicacies behind him, and said, "Which one do you want?" Take it. ”

Jin Nian stood in place, staring at plate after plate in a daze, dizzying.

"Hahaha, so much delicious!" He walked over excitedly, looked at them carefully one by one, and the saliva in his mouth couldn't stop flowing, and when Jin Nian wiped it with his sleeve, it was gone.

Jin Nian looked at the exquisite dishes in front of him, and couldn't help but take one and try it.

"Hey, don't move!" The fat man stood across from him and stared at him, warning.

"Oh......" Jin Nian reluctantly withdrew his hand.

"Whichever one you want to eat, take it quickly." The fat man urged.

Jin Nian pursed his lips, his eyes swept between the plates in front of him, and he couldn't make up his mind.

"Imperial Chef Li, are the princesses ready for hibiscus crisp and lotus leaf red date soup?"

At this moment, a crisp voice came from the door, Jin Nian looked out, and saw a girl in palace clothes, this girl had a serious face, and she didn't seem to be very close.

The palace girl also saw Jin Nian, and saw that he was dressed in tatters, and his messy black hair almost covered half of his face, and she was looking at her curiously, and couldn't help but glance at him with disdain.

"Imperial Chef Li, in such an important place as the imperial dining room, how can you let such idle people wait for you to come in, if you let the emperor and the queen eat something and spoil their stomachs, do you know what the consequences are?" The palace girl sneered, her eyes full of superior arrogance.

When the big fat man heard this, he hurriedly scolded: "Did you hear that? Why don't you grab your things and go? ”

Jin Nian held a plate, held a piece of pastry in one hand and sent it to his mouth, and said inarticulately: "Master, I'm not an idle person, I ......"

"Let's go, let's go!" Before he could finish speaking, the fat imperial chef had already pushed him out mercilessly.

When she passed by the door, the palace girl frowned and avoided it in disgust.

Jin Nian was pushed out of the temple and almost fell.

“...... It's too much to eat people......" Jin Nian muttered indistinctly, and then stood under the porch with a stack of pastries and ate it.

Later, the palace girl came out with a food box, and when she saw Jin Nian standing under the porch and eating wolf, she couldn't help but sneer: "Where did the stinky beggar come from!" ”

As he spoke, he walked quickly with the food box.

Jin Nian was stunned for a moment, stared at the girl's back, and after swallowing the food in his mouth, he pointed to himself and asked, "I'm a beggar?" ”

Jin Nian took a piece of pastry and stuffed it into his mouth, put down the plate in his hand, and then rolled up his sleeves angrily, and quietly followed the footsteps of the palace girl.

The maid went out of the imperial dining room, twisted around a rather considerable rockery, behind the rockery there was a pool of living water, two huge stone lions squatted on the edge of the pool and opened their mouths to spit out two springs from the cheeks, the sound of the water flow "lala" in the quiet and deep palace garden is very beautiful.

The maid carried the food box in one hand and the palace lamp in the other, stepped on the stones on the edge of the pool and went around to the opposite garden, and on the other side of the garden, there was a palace, and the palace was lit up.

Seeing that she was going to the palace behind the garden, Jin Nian hurriedly quickened his pace, ran behind the maid, and patted her on the shoulder.

"Hey ......"

"Ahh

The maid was so frightened that her face was pale, and the lantern and the food box in her hand fell to the ground, and the lantern fell out of shape, and the food in the food box almost rolled out.

"Are you...... That stinky beggar! What are you doing with me? The maid was shocked and angry, stared at a pair of slender and mean eyes, and pointed at Jinnian with one hand.

Jin Nian originally came to ask for an explanation, but he didn't think he scared people, but he wanted to explain but was pushed by the maid, and before he could stand firm after stumbling, the maid stretched out her hands and pushed again, and Jin Nian subconsciously blocked it.

"You give me back! Give me back my stuff! The maid saw that the food in the food box was scattered all over the ground, and chased Jin Nian angrily, Jin Nian was not good at using force against a little girl, so she had to try her best to block it.

"Someone! Catch the thief! There are thieves here! Come on! The maid opened her mouth and shouted, her thin voice very penetrating.

"I'm not a thief! Stop shouting! Jin Nian defended himself while protecting himself from being beaten by the palace maid, but the palace maid didn't listen to him at all, the more he defended, the harder she shouted.

The two of them have gone from the pond to the back of the rockery. At this moment, the footsteps from almost all directions were getting closer and closer, Jin Nian secretly felt that it was not good, and when he wanted to slip away, it was already too late - a team of guards ran at the gate of the palace on the other side of the garden, and several little eunuchs and palace maids came to the left and right sides of the rockery, and they surrounded them behind the rockery.

The leader of the guards was a young man in his early twenties, with a thin body and a white face, but the words he said were very imposing, and he grabbed Jin Nian and asked, "Where did you come from, a wild boy, dare to trespass into the harem!" ”

Jin Nian was surrounded by people, and it was the first time he was questioned so harshly, he blinked, and saw the sword eyebrows of the person who grabbed him, and the righteousness between his eyebrows was awe-inspiring, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

"What did you steal? Hand it over quickly, or I won't spare you!" ”

The head of the guard surnamed Hu Mingzheng, is the only son of Hu Quanlin, the capital of Huazhou, after the weak crown last spring, he was appointed by the emperor as the commander of the guard with a knife, mainly to protect the safety and order of the harem.