Could the wound on her body be caused by the eunuch who ate her? Seeing her haggard face, Mu Jiaren couldn't help but sigh, the people in the palace had a bad fate.

On the second day, Bai Shao came over and asked her if she would make the roselle cake in Jiangnan pastries, saying that there were several small masters from Jiangnan, and none of the palace people who accompanied her this time knew how to make Jiangnan pastries.

"The little master of Jiangnan?"

"Meng Mei and Qin Zhaoyi are both southerners, Meng Meiren said a Luo Shen cake, and several other little masters said they wanted to taste it, and Qin Zhaoyi also said that Luo Shen cake was delicious, so I want to know how to do it."

As she spoke, she took a money bag and handed it to Mu Jiaren.

"This is the master's tip."

Mu Jiaren didn't ask for it: "You take it, if you really want to thank me, buy me a roast chicken when you come back, there is too little meat in the palace." ”

Bai Shao smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll buy you two, plus a spiced dried fish!" ”

"Deal!"

Mu Jiaren taught the practice of Roselle cake to Bai Peony, which is actually made of Roselle with honey and golden silk dates, but Bai Peony is not from the south and has not been added.

Sometimes the little lord in the palace wants to eat some of the flavors of his hometown, and his residence does not have a small kitchen, so he will find a way to give some reward money and ask the imperial dining room to help make one.

Bai Shao accompanied her this time, and she also likes to inquire about some news on weekdays, so she took this errand.

"Meng Meiren is also an entourage?"

"Well, Meng Meiren is the show girl selected this time, she has outstanding appearance, the emperor likes her, one of the three show girls in Jinfeng, she is the daughter of the Meng family in Jiangnan weaving."

Mu Jiaren was surprised when she heard it: "What is Meng Meiren's name?" ”

"It seems to be called Meng Tingyu, what, do you know each other?"

"My family is not Jiangnan, but her name is a little similar to someone I know."

"Oh."

Mu Jiaren didn't tell the truth, after Meng Tingyu came out of the palace, she actually came to be a show girl, presumably the emperor knew her past, and named her a beauty, thinking that he really liked her.

The prince is only twenty this year, and the emperor is already forty, I really don't know how Meng Tingyu accepts this twenty-year-old gap.

The daughter of a famous family doesn't seem to be as glamorous as it seems.

Two days later, the emperor set off to the summer resort, and Mu Jiaren happily looked forward to finally being able to rest, but she never thought that she was suffering from heat stroke.

After the affairs in the palace were busy, she hurriedly went back to the house to rest, and Tao Ran took some medicine to relieve the heat and heat back and boil it according to what she said.

In order to let her have a good rest, Tao Ran helped her do a lot of work.

She woke up in the afternoon, there was no one in the room, she got up to drink water, and before she could take two steps, she felt dizzy.

A man appeared and helped her to the bed.

"Sister wants to drink water, I'll pour it for you." Jin Qiao stepped aside and poured her a cup of tea for her to drink.

Mu Jiaren couldn't help but feel a little strange when she saw that there were still scars on her arms.

"Is it useless to wipe the previous medicine?"

"It's me who is clumsy and always bumps, and my sister's medicine is very good."

Jin Qiao said and pulled up her sleeves, got up and wet the towel to wipe her face.

Mu Jiaren pointed to her box: "Sister Qiao, you help me take out the wooden box inside." ”

Jin Qiao took the key and went over to help her open it: "Is this it?" ”

Mu Jiaren nodded.

After taking it, she opened it and opened it with medicine, she took out a bottle of potion dipped in a silk handkerchief, and took Jin Qiao's hand to wipe it.

"Sister, I really don't need to."

"You and I take care of each other."

She didn't ask much, and Jin Qiao didn't speak again.

After wiping the medicine, Mu Jiaren lay down, Jin Qiao's medicine to relieve the heat was given to her to drink, and then she took a pu fan to help her.

"Sister Qiao, go back, I'm fine."

"Didn't you just say that you should take care of each other?" Jin Qiao sat on the edge of the bed and fanned her, Mu Jiaren felt very warm in her heart, and fell asleep after a while.

In the evening, Tao Ran brought the food back to her to eat, and Mu Jiaren felt much refreshed and in good spirits.

"You don't have to work so hard tomorrow, I'll do all the work, you let Xiaoluzi buy some delicious food, and we'll open meat."

Mu Jiaren handed Tao Ran some money, and Tao Ran was relieved to see that she had recovered: "I want to eat sauce elbow this time!" ”

"Okay, it's up to you."

"By the way, Sister Qiao likes to eat Songhua preserved eggs, the emperor doesn't like to eat them, and the masters in the palace also eat less, I'll let Xiao Luzi bring some for her to taste."

"Okay!"

There is a saying that is born from the heart, some people, you feel comfortable at the first glance when you see her, Tao Ran is, Jin Qiao is also.

The weather was hot, and there were not many people in the palace, and the palace people were also lazy, and when the palace people came to receive the food at noon, Mu Jiaren saw that they were all rancid, so they hurriedly stopped it.

"These meals are bad, and they can't be eaten!"

The eunuch who was cooking sneered: "It depends on who eats it." ”

"Even if it's a palace maid, she won't eat these."

"Who said that it was for the palace maids, this is a meal for the cold palace, if they are rancid, they will eat them, they are in the cold palace, even if they die, it is a gift from God."

As he spoke, his father-in-law left with the spoiled food.

When the three of them had dinner in the evening, Mu Jiaren asked Tao Ran with some emotion: "Do all the people in the cold palace eat glutinous rice?" ”

Tao Ran shook her head: "The emperor didn't say it, but after all, they are all guilty people, and of course the food is not good." ”

"That's not supposed to be ranciful, it's too pitiful."

"Don't sympathize with them, otherwise people with a heart will know about it, and they will think that you are planning to rebel!" Tao Ran hurriedly persuaded.

Jin Qiao also nodded: "Sister is kind-hearted, if you really feel uncomfortable, prepare more steamed buns, after all, steamed buns are not easy to spoil." ”

Mu Jiaren thought of a way: "You can make less tomorrow morning, and you can make fresh ones in the afternoon." ”

"It's useless." Tao Ran took a bite of the sauce pig's trotters, "Even if you make it fresh, it may not necessarily be sent to the cold palace, it is likely that the eunuchs ate it themselves, if it is really sent over, it will also add money, and if you don't give money, you won't be able to eat these good ones." ”

Mu Jiaren felt a little lost, the emperor obviously didn't say to let them die, why didn't the people in the palace treat them like this? They are all palace people, who knows if there will be that day?

This night, she still felt unbearable, so she decided to go to the cold palace to see it herself.

There are only two meals a day in the cold palace, one meal at noon, and one meal in the evening, basically the father-in-law will come to receive the meal when he is busy, and some of the ones who give money are also two meals, but each time they send a little more food, a little better.

In the dark bowl of summer, Mu Jiaren waited until the second meal was delivered, and then she quietly went to the cold palace.

The cold palace is the most remote place in the northwest of the palace, and the palace here is very dilapidated, and some crazy words can be heard from afar.

She took a few steps closer, and there was a thick iron chain tied to the door of the cold palace, and two guards sat not far away.