The day is on the eighth day of the ninth month, and the queen mother's chrysanthemum banquet will be held tomorrow, and the location is set in the Xiangcui Building of Le Shou Tang.

The catering department is busy inside and out, up and down. Everyone wears many hats, multitasking, putting down this, and hurriedly picking up that, washing, washing, and frying.

At the moment of Shen, the shadows of the trees in the courtyard were swaying, and the sun was gradually turning west.

Min Sishan finished talking back from Han Shanggong and rushed back to the Catering Division, the hour was not early, and he remembered that at tomorrow's banquet, there was a magnolia flower piece needed for cold spelling, and he had not yet received it back from the Internal Affairs Office.

When the Food Division is hosting some important banquets, some valuable ingredients often need to be registered and collected in person by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Xia Qing is usually sent to go, she is a first-class palace maid in the catering department, she is also very clever, and when she stops there, she looks a little imposing, and those internal supervisors who see people putting dishes on the dishes dare not bully and fool easily.

There are unforeseen circumstances, and in that turmoil in the internal election, Xia Qing made a big mistake, he was already recommended by Guanglu Temple Bai Cheng and sent to the Pharmaceutical Division to do things, and the day before yesterday he had silently packed his luggage and left quietly.

Now, her original two right-hand men are only one right arm.

But now she looked left and right, and didn't look at the shadow of the right arm.

After asking Bisha, she suddenly remembered that at noon, she had arranged for Chunhua to take her codex and ask her aunt in charge of the food department to borrow chrysanthemum wine for cooking.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs closes at the same time, and if it is a little later, I am afraid that it will not be in a hurry.

It's all to blame for the delay in checking the matter at Han Shang Palace, who should I leave such an important matter to.

After thinking about it for a while, he picked up the curtain and entered the back kitchen, and saw that Mu Lan and the lotus core on the side were washing the ingredients, so he instructed Mu Lan: "Mu Lan, put these down first, hurry up and go to the Internal Affairs Office for me, find Manager Li to get it, and let's make the magnolia flowers to be used tomorrow." ”

After a moment's hesitation, he said to Lianxin, who was looking at him from the side: "Lianxin, you go with Mu Lan, don't go on a business trip." ”

Mu Lan knew that this matter was urgent, so she hurriedly nodded yes, took Lianxin's hand, and said goodbye to Min Sishan and went out.

Xiao Dezi, the eunuch on duty in the Internal Affairs Office, heard that they were going to take the magnolia flowers, so he didn't dare to take matters into his own hands, so he hurriedly went to the inner room to move the chief manager Li Jinchao back.

Li Jinchao walked into the door in all directions, and because he saw that it was two young palace maids, he walked to the rattan chair and sat down, took a sip of the teacup, and asked leisurely, "Are you new to the catering department?" ”

Mu Lan and Lianxin bowed slightly on the side, and replied respectfully, "Yes." ”

Li Jinchao's gaze swept over their faces, and he said with some dissatisfaction: "Isn't it usually Xia Qing who comes?" Why didn't she come? ”

Mu Lan didn't know what it meant, so she found an excuse and said, "Back to my father-in-law's words." The Shanggong Bureau has been busy for a while, and everyone in the Catering Department is also busy with their feet on the ground. Today, Min Sishan went to Han Shanggong to report the incident, so he was a little late. It happened that there was an important matter handed over to Sister Xia Qing, so she arranged for the slaves and maids to come. Please also ask your father-in-law to help me. ”

Li Jinchao stretched out his right hand to his chest, lowered his head and took a closer look, used the long armor left by his thumb to pick out the dirt in the cracks of other nails, and said quietly: "The queen mother's chrysanthemum banquet will be held tomorrow, which one can be a slave to be idle, just be busy, that is the duty of a slave." I don't have that much time to spare, so I worry about it. Regardless of what you want to take, you must hand over the roster first, sign and sign it before you can take it away. ”

After that, his eyes swept to Mu Lan, who was the leader, and said in a long voice: "What are you waiting for, bring it!" ”

When Mu Lan heard what Li Jinchao mentioned, her heart suddenly felt a little bottomless.

She is a newcomer who has only been in the palace for a long time, and she doesn't know the previous rules.

I only knew in my heart that when Min Sishan told them to come to pick up the magnolia flowers, he didn't mention any roster.

Perhaps, Min Sishan has been a little sad and sad due to Xia Qing's departure recently, and he is too tired from a lot of affairs, so he forgot to explain the roster to them?

Or, the oily and smooth chief manager in front of him, because he saw that they were new little palace maids, deliberately made it difficult for them?

Otherwise, when he saw himself and Lianxin just now, he suddenly asked Xia Qing, who had already left, would it be any purpose?

For a while, it is really difficult to judge and clarify, and some people are extremely frightened to think about it, and they don't realize that there is already a dense layer of fine sweat on their backs.

Mu Lan quickly calculated the time in her mind, if she turned back to the Catering Division to get the roster now, and then returned to the Internal Affairs Office, I am afraid that the time for the Internal Affairs Office to take stock behind closed doors has come, even if she runs and turns back, it will only hit a big lock and be in vain.

At this time, except for a low-voiced request, there can be a glimmer of hope, otherwise there will be no chance at all.

Immediately decided, Mu Lan secretly held the hand of the lotus core, pulled the lotus core and knelt down together, kowtowed to the high Li Jinchao, and begged: "Gonggong Li, what you just said is very true. It's just that when Min Sishan told us to go out just now, he was in a hurry and forgot to bring the roster you mentioned. I hope you see that tomorrow the Queen Mother is going to hold a banquet, and this time the magnolia flowers to be taken are the joints that must be used for the first dish, open the grace can open a side, understand the slaves and maids are not good, and wait for the slaves and maids to go back and must truthfully report to Min Sishan, presumably Min Sishan will know your favor, and in the future, if you need to eat the slaves and maids to contribute, the slaves and maids must devote their lives to your father-in-law. ”

After saying this, Li Jinchao was slightly stunned, lowered his head and looked carefully at the little palace maid who was talking in front of him, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Yohe, a small mouth is quite sweet, what's your name?" ”

Mu Lan raised her head and said with a slight smile: "The slave maid is a new palace maid, and the master has not given a name for a while, so you can see your father-in-law." ”

Li Jinchao listened, stared at a pair of round eyes like cowbells, and said in a long voice: "What's the matter, don't you even have the name of the girl before entering the palace?" ”

This ominous tone forced Lianxin, who had been lowering his head and not daring to speak, to raise his head slightly and glance at Mu Lan quickly.

Mu Lan saw it, quietly between the sleeves, touched the cold little hand of the lotus core, and quietly broke the clenched little fist secretly, one by one, and held it tightly in the palm of his hand, wanting to warm this hand and tell their owner, don't be afraid.

The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds.

In a place like the harem, in the face of some knowingly beatings, sometimes you need to pretend to be crazy and stupid in order to get by.

Mu Lan looked at Li Jinchao with an honest face, and said respectfully word by word: "The slave's mother is illiterate, and the name given to the slave is even worse than a cat or a dog, and the slave and maid really can't say it, please forgive your father-in-law." ”

As soon as the words changed, he made a silly and silly look again, grinned, and muttered: "However, the slaves and maids are only the lowest people in the catering department, and it doesn't matter if the miscellaneous person has a name or not." Anyway, it's to follow others and do things for yourself. However, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, if the queen mother's chrysanthemum banquet is missing the first dish of chrysanthemum duck palms, I don't know if the slaves and maids will be beaten?