Chapter 157: The palace is so big

Shi Long, the housekeeper of the Zhaojing Palace, originally greeted Yuwen Zhengji at the main gate, but the carriage and horses of Yuwen Mansion only stopped at the main gate and turned to the back street.

"Steward Shi, my chef insists on entering through the back door," Yuwen Zhengji said, "I'm sorry for your introduction." ”

"Yuwen Gongzi, in that case, you can enter through the front door, and I will take the chef of your mansion to enter through the back door, which is indeed more convenient." Shi Long said politely.

"In that case, I'll go in through the front door," Yuwen Zhengji jumped out of the carriage and whispered to Jiang Jiang: "You will wait at the back door later, I will come out of the front door and go to the back to pick you up." ”

Jiang Jiang nodded, did not speak, in order not to make extraneous branches, she didn't even dare to say more.

It took a lot of time for the carriage to go around the back door, Shi Long was very polite to Jiang Jiang, and after arriving at the back door, he jumped down from the carriage and said, "Master Jiang, you slow down." ”

The housekeeper guarding the back door was still a little strange, and asked Shi Long: "Steward Shi, why did you come to the back?" ”

"This is the chef of Yuwen Mansion, our prince specially invited him, so don't hurry up and welcome him in." As he spoke, Shi Long instructed the family members to open the back door and move the things in the car inside.

Although it is the back door, but it is more magnificent and brilliant than the main entrance of the general mansion, Jiang Jiang walked in the first feeling that the wall here is very high, she once visited the Ming and Qing Dynasties Forbidden City, the palace wall of the Chaojing Palace, can be higher than the palace wall of the Forbidden City.

In the wall, there was a vacant space of more than 20 meters long, all of which were paved with large square bricks, but there was no decoration of trees and flowers, and there was only a row of three gatehouses at the back door for the gatekeepers to rest.

Further on, the penultimate row of houses is a house dedicated to firewood and charcoal.

The row of houses in front of the charcoal house is a utility room, and further on, there is a small garden, and the east side of the small garden is the residence of the people. But here are only servants of the third class and below, and to the west is a large horse garden.

The small garden is small, but it is bigger than the average person's back garden, and one of the main attractions is the artificial lake, Jiang Jiang knows that in addition to the role of decoration, it can also play a role in fire prevention.

There is a stone bridge on the artificial lake, and the row of houses in front of the stone bridge is the pulp washing room, and the embroidery room is in front of the pulp washing room.

Further on, there is the kitchen, which is planted with various flowers and trees in the middle of the kitchen and the embroidery room. There is a section of whitewashed wall with an arch in the middle.

Walking to the door of the kitchen, there were already two large rows of people waiting there, Jiang Jiang went over to greet these people briefly, because there was a stone dragon to introduce him and he didn't need to say anything.

After entering the kitchen, he found that the room here was indeed very large, more advanced than the kitchen in Yuwen Mansion, but the stove was obviously much lower, Jiang Jiang naturally did not doubt him, thinking that it was originally like this, and he was still a little strange in his heart.

But when I come here, even if I help the cook, I am also a guest resident, so it is inconvenient to ask more.

"Chef Jiang, if you have any orders but ask them to do it, these people are completely at your disposal today, if anyone disobeys your dispatch or neglects, you can tell me." Shi Long said politely to Jiang Jiang, turned his head and said to those people in the palace: "You must do your best, don't let the people of Beppu see the jokes." ”

The people below agreed in unison: "Steward Shi rest assured. ”

Shi Long said to Jiang Jiang again: "Chef Jiang, I can't accompany you here, there is something ahead." ”

"Go get busy!" Jiang Jiang said politely.

After Shi Long left, Jiang Jiang instructed the cooks of the Zhaojing Mansion to arrange the things they had brought one by one, and then follow the steps to cook.

The ingredients of these dishes are well prepared, and I have already made them in Yuwen Zhengji's mansion before, so I am even more proficient than last time.

The last time Shen Tuwen came back from Yuwen Zheng's own mansion, the cooks exploded among them, because it was said that the prince had eaten in Yuwen Mansion and had eaten all those meals.

These chefs usually put a lot of effort into the prince's diet, but they have never achieved this effect, so they are full of curiosity after listening to it, and now Jiang Jiang is here. They had long wanted to steal art, so everyone's eyes were focused on Jiang Jiang's every move.

However, the dishes made by Jiang Jiang are really very different from their usual cognition, including many ingredients they brought, such as rapi and tofu, which they have never seen before, and they don't understand what this is at all.

Besides, the family who helped Xiao Liuli go to Tongyu saw Mama Chang, so he said: "Xiao Liuli, the daughter of Prime Minister Xiao Cheng's mansion, came to visit Mama, do you want to see her?" ”

"Why did the daughter of the Xiao Mansion come to see my old woman?" Mama Chang asked a little strangely, "Didn't I hear that she went to Queping Mountain to learn art?" Is it already back? ”

"Yes, Miss Xiao has been back for three or four days, and he heard that Mama, you are in emergency treatment for gout, so he said that he brought the elixir." The family said cautiously.

"Anyway, she is the daughter of the princess, and she must have not returned to Ling Tiancheng for too long, so she came to the palace to meet her, since this is the case, please invite her in! There are no female dependents in our house, so naturally she can only see me. Mama Chang said, helping the little girl next to her to stand up.

"Let's go to the Xuanhe Hall in front to see her, if it's cold today, the room is warm and bright." Mama Chang said to the family.

"The little one is going to invite Xiao Qianjin into the house," the family said busily.

Xiao Liuli waited in the car for a long time, Mei Xiang's heart was up and down, and she couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Miss, people say that the door of Zhaojing Palace's mansion is not easy to enter, we won't eat closed door soup today, right?" ”

"What are you panicking about?" Xiao Liuli said calmly: "Although Mama Chang has a very high status in the Zhaojing Palace, I also heard that she is never proud of this, no matter what, she is just the princess's nurse after all, I came to see her at all, I can't climb at all, if I write a letter in advance, I'm afraid that she will go to ask for the prince's opinion, it's better to visit directly like this, she probably can't refuse." ”

As soon as Xiao Liuli's words were finished, the family member who had gone in to report before walked in with a smile on his face and said, "Miss Xiao, Mama Chang asked me to take you in." ”

Mei Xiang listened to this Ding's words, and couldn't help but look at Xiao Liuli and smile, feeling that her young lady was really right. Xiao Liuli nodded to the family and said with a smile: "Thank you for your thanks." ”

Although the family had also seen the world, he still couldn't help but be a little frightened, and said, "Miss is serious, and the slave can't afford it." ”

He was not afraid of Xiao Liuli's status, but was surprised by her beauty, he had seen a lot of young ladies from the public mansion in Ling Tian City, but there were not many who were as beautiful as Xiao Liuli.

In this world, there is nothing that can impress men more than women's appearances.

This Ding is no exception.