The palace maid turned to leave, and Mu Jiaren looked at Bai Shao in confusion: "What's going on?" ”

Bai Shao sighed: "You are really good-natured, this is all to blame on Imperial Chef Hong, he is the cook of Concubine Li's hometown, Concubine Li and Concubine Chen have been at odds for a long time, Imperial Chef Hong only thinks about currying favor with Concubine Li, Concubine Chen will find someone to reprimand us every time." ”

Zi Su reminded: "Don't talk to you in the future, otherwise Concubine Chen will think that you are Concubine Li's person, and it will target you in the future." ”

"The imperial chef has no official position, just a few dishes, does Concubine Chen care so much?" Mu Jiaren didn't understand.

"It's that I don't have an official position, but the emperor likes the dim sum made by Imperial Chef Hong, so he will go to Concubine Li more, of course Concubine Chen is not happy."

Mu Jiaren shook her head, sure enough, nothing can be compared to the emperor's liking, there are really a lot of things in the palace.

She began to prepare the dim sum she was going to make, and Bai Shao came over with a plate of osmanthus crisp: "This is the leftover dim sum at noon, do you want to eat it?" ”

Mu Jiaren shook her head: "I was very full for lunch, and I wasn't hungry." ”

Bai Shao pouted: "This is made by Imperial Chef Kong, the emperor likes it the most, and I can't eat it on weekdays." ”

Mu Jiaren thought about it, the emperor's taste, so he took a little bit and tasted it, the taste of osmanthus is very strong, not only the osmanthus sprinkled outside, but also the osmanthus nectar should be added when making noodles.

It turns out that the emperor likes rich taste.

But she didn't care about that, she didn't plan to live here permanently.

Tao Ran came over to play, and when she saw the snack in Bai Shao's hand, she immediately went to grab it, and Bai Shao hid to the side and protected the plate.

"Eat alone, be careful of bedwetting!"

"You come to us every day to eat, and you don't bring anything." Shisu also said with disgust.

"I'm a miscellaneous worker, so there's nothing to eat."

Zi Su looked at Mu Jiaren: "Xia Zhu, what are you going to do?" ”

"I want to try rush cakes."

"What is a rush cake?" Bai Peony has never heard of this name.

"It's a folk snack." She flipped through all the dim sum in the Empress Dowager's palace, in fact, the dim sum in each palace and hall was determined, and she would choose a different preparation every day.

In the palace, the meals are also according to the rank, she did not see the wick cake in the book, presumably the Queen Mother has not tasted it, since she came, she should show some sincerity.

The wick cake is added with mint licorice, etc., it will be much cooler to eat, the taste is light, after eating, it can invigorate the blood and refresh the spirit, strengthen the stomach and temper, she does not know the preferences of the queen mother, so she prepared three kinds, one is the original rush cake, there is a kind of wolfberry, and the other is a chrysanthemum.

After it was done, it was placed on the plate into thin threads, and the white peony came over curiously.

"Can I eat it?"

"Yes."

The three of them reached out to take it, and after tasting it, they felt very novel: "It looks very ordinary, I didn't expect it to taste so delicious." ”

"Mm-hmm, I like goji berries."

Bai Shao pointed to her plating: "You can do this." ”

She put a chrysanthemum flower for her to see, and Mu Jiaren tried it, so it would look better.

After that, she made several kinds of dim sum and was busy until Hong Yuchu came.

Chef Hong tasted it and felt that the wick cake was quite suitable for the Queen Mother, and the remaining few dishes were okay, but there was a dish of chilled perilla soup, and Chef Hong said a few more words.

"Don't send this dish to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother doesn't like this taste."

"Yes."

Mu Jiaren was about to bring it to the side, but Hong Yuchu stopped her.

"You make another one tonight and send it to Weiyang Palace."

After he finished speaking, Bai Shao and Shisu both raised their heads, and Bai Shao squeezed her eyes at her and motioned for her not to agree.

Although Mu Jiaren didn't know why, she still accepted this love and said: "This soup is made casually by me, and I need to add some ingredients, and it is not suitable to drink ice drinks at night, I think it is for the masters to drink in the afternoon." ”

Chef Hong thought about it and felt that it made sense: "Then you study it well, and I'll try the dishes later." ”

"Yes."

Then everyone began to get busy, and when they were making noodles, Bai Shao walked to Mu Jiaren's side and whispered: "Weiyang Palace is where Concubine Li lives, and if you send this soup to Weiyang Palace, Concubine Chen will definitely know that you will not be able to do it well in the future." ”

Mu Jia has a headache, and she has to think about cooking so much, will it really be delicious?

After finishing the evening's meal, they returned to the dining room to rest, and as soon as Mu Jiaren entered the door, Tao Ran took the initiative to introduce her.

Mu Jiaren got to know everyone, Tao Ran is very gossipy, and likes to know all kinds of news.

The palace maid in charge of the dining room is called Linglong, tall and relatively outstanding, and she simply greeted Mu Jiaren when she saw her.

"We are all in the same spirit, you are a new palace maid, you must also be friendly to everyone, be careful, don't burden our dining room or Shanggong Bureau to accompany you to be humiliated."

Mu Jiaren nodded: "Xia Zhu understands, thank you Linglong for reminding me." ”

"Just call me Sister Linglong."

Tao Ran immediately smiled and pulled the two of them: "I told Xia Zhu that the dining room is very easy to get along with, and everyone is very good." ”

"You, I think it's because you're greedy, eat wherever you go, and say yes to those who stutter."

"Yes, yes, if Tao Ran is abducted one day, she will definitely be deceived with dim sum." Several palace maids coaxed.

"I'm also a picky eater, okay, besides, I'm young, Sister Linglong said, it's easy to get hungry when you grow your body."

"I'm worried that you won't be pushed." Linglong also teased her along with the other palace maids.

Mu Jiaren turned around to pack her luggage, and Bai Shao came over.

"I'll help you."

"You've been busy all day, rest early, I don't have much to do." She folded her clothes and put them in the closet beside her.

Because it is a temporary palace maid, the daily needs are also prepared later.

Bai Shao looked at her other wooden box and asked curiously, "Is this all jewelry?" ”

Mu Jiaren shook her head: "It's some medicine, I'm not in good health, just in case." ”

As she spoke, she opened the wooden box, and Bai Shao saw that there were bottles and jars inside, with the names of medicines on them, and some ordinary jewelry on the other side.

After Mu Jiaren finished cleaning up, she sat on the bed to rest, and the room in the dining room was flanked by Datong bunks, with six people on the left and right.

Sleeping next to her was Tao Ran, Tao Ran was the youngest, only fourteen years old, I heard that she entered the palace at the age of eleven, and she stayed in the palace for three years.

Mu Jiaren didn't choose a bed, but when she thought that this was in the palace, she was inexplicably nervous, even if she knew that she wouldn't stay in the palace for long, but when this would end, she didn't know the bottom of her heart.

She looked at the bed frame on the wall, and a first quarter moon was faintly visible outside, and she didn't know if the prince was having a good day.

"Sister Xia Zhu, don't you even take your veil to sleep?" Tao Ran asked in a whisper beside her.

Mu Jiaren shook her head: "I am weak, and it is not easy to get sick with a veil." ”

"Oh."

The palace maids in the palace do not wear veils, but there are some exceptions, sometimes the smoke in the imperial dining room is too choking, they will also wear it, I thought Mu Jiaren didn't want to smell the smell of oil smoke, but I didn't expect it to be because of weak health.