"Smack!" The curtain lifted slightly, and then fell heavily.

A palace maid with a beautiful figure but a frosty face, holding a hundred birds and phoenix cloisonné enamel food box, walked out of the dining room with her head held high.

The remaining palace maids in the dining room saw the leading palace maid Xia Qing go out on her front foot, and their tense spirits suddenly relaxed.

A sharp-eyed palace maid simply put down the work in her hand, ran to the window and tiptoed a pair of thin feet, picking at the crack in the door and looking out.

Such a move inevitably caused a chuckle from everyone in the room.

It wasn't until the thin and straight back disappeared from sight that the palace maid turned her head and said to the room with her eyebrows fluttering: "What are you laughing at?" A bunch of fools. ”

No one wants to be taken as a fool, this sentence is thrown so lightly, as if a stone stirs up a thousand waves, causing the palace maids to blow up their nests.

"It was Xia Qing who sent breakfast to the Queen Mother just now, right? Is it so pretty? ”

"Who are you saying are you stupid? Everyone is stupid, just you are shrewd! ”

"That's it, Xia Qing is not the immortal in front of us, what is there to see."

......

The sharp-eyed palace maid was not annoyed, her eyes carefully swept over everyone's faces, trying to find out one of the people in this circle who understood.

In the end, he couldn't help but sigh and said, "Alas, didn't you see Xia Qing smiling?" ”

As soon as the words came out, the words that everyone wanted to say, even the boiling dissatisfaction in the concentric heart, were all suffocated back into their respective stomachs.

A circle of people were silent, looking at each other, and they couldn't help but start thinking about what kind of expression Xia Qing had when he passed by him, and whether he was smiling.

At this time, an older palace maid said lightly: "Ziling, did you really see her smile just now?" ”

It turned out that this sharp-eyed palace maid was named Ziling.

Ziling frowned slightly, and said categorically: "I just saw the corners of her mouth, bent to both sides, you say, does this count?" ”

The palace maids sighed.

Seeing this, Ziling was anxious to prove that she was not wrong, and hurriedly added: "Even if she didn't laugh, didn't you all see that the food box she sent out today was not the Queen Mother's?" ”

A palace maid who usually has a good relationship with Ziling was the first to suddenly realize, and took over the conversation and said: "What Ziling said is right. When Xia Qing left, I also saw that she was not holding the colorful Fushou that usually sent food to the Queen Mother, but the one with a hundred birds and a phoenix. ”

It was another sigh with different looks.

"Huh? Didn't Xia Qing always bring food to the Queen Mother? ”

"That's right! The one with a hundred birds and a phoenix, isn't it a food box that made a special trip to deliver food to the queen's mother? Maybe Xia Qing got it wrong! ”

"You're funny! Which eye of yours has ever seen Xia Qing confused? As long as she can not pick on our mistakes, it will be fine. ”

"By the way, hasn't it always been Mu Lan who delivers food to the queen's mother? Why did she go? ”

"Did the queen mother not like her, so Min Sishan sent Xia Qing to send it?"

......

In the midst of different opinions, the door of the dining room was pushed open with a "creak".

Min Sishan stood in front of the door with a solemn face, his eyes swept over the faces of the palace maids in the room one by one.

The palace maids hurriedly lowered their heads one by one, pursed their lips tightly, picked up the things they had in hand, and pretended that they didn't say anything more.

Min Sishan frowned, his chest was slightly lowered, and he raised his voice to a room of people: "This is the catering department, a place to do things with your hands, not a place to do things with your mouth." You are all so good at chasing the wind and shadows, why don't you want to put a little more effort into your own cooking? ”

For example, it takes seven inches to fight a snake, and Min Sishan's few words also happened to talk about the sore spots of the palace maids, and everyone was speechless in their hearts.

At this hour, the reason why they were sent to stay in the dining room to wash and wash is not because their skills are not as good as others, and they are not even qualified to go out to deliver meals, and their qualifications are only enough to do chores in the dining room.

"Ziling, you're out of the ranks."

Min Sishan had a pair of narrow phoenix eyes, staring coldly at the sharp-eyed palace maid just now.

When Ziling was talking about it, how could he have thought that there were ears in the door, and these ears that also heard were actually Min Sishan's.

It's just unlucky, it's just a few more words of the truth, I want to be a fool in this circle, but I didn't expect to be too shy.

Ziling looked embarrassed, hung her head in shame, and took a step forward.

"I heard everything you just said. Ziling, you listen well, from now on, you will be temporarily relieved of all positions in the Catering Division. Within one month from now on, you will be responsible for cleaning the inner and outer courtyards, and no idle people are allowed to help. A month later, you'll come to me alone. ”

Ziling's face turned red, and she was very unwilling in her heart, and blurted out: "Aunt Min, you are really eccentric." ”

Min Sishan's expression was cold, and he said lightly: "Ziling, you say I'm eccentric?" Tell me, who am I favoring? ”

Ziling obviously wanted to hold back, but a sentence still came out of biting her lip: "You are partial to Mu Lan!" ”

When Min Sishan heard Ziling mention, it turned out to be Mu Lan's name, and said with a smile: "I thought you wanted to compare with anyone, but it turned out that I thought I was partial to Mu Lan." Yes, Mu Lan is the latest to enter the palace, but from the first day she came to the Catering Division, she has been the most diligent one in the entire Catering Division! ”

"You entered the palace earlier than Mu Lan, but what about your cooking skills? Can there be any growth? I was late and left early every day, and my mind was not on the ground at all. The master leads the way and practices in the individual. In the same way, why can Mu Lan be on his own now, but you can't? ”

Min Sishan looked at Ziling, and said with a cold look in his eyes: "Ziling, I have said so much, if you still think that I am partial to Mu Lan." Then you can do the same. From tomorrow onwards, you will get up with Mu Lan, you will follow what she does, and when she goes back to the palace maid to rest, you can go back together. I ask you, can you do it? ”

Ziling originally wanted to argue a sentence or two, but as soon as she heard that she was going to follow Mu Lan to do things, she was instantly deflated like a raft and lowered her head deeply.

Min Sishan looked around and solemnly said to the palace maids: "It turns out that you all care so much, who will I send to deliver food to the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother every day." I now solemnly tell you that I have my own ideas for all matters in the Catering Division, and I do not allow or need to be ignored by others. If there is any one of you who will never forget, please save your mind! ”

Seeing that the palace maids were honestly no longer talking, Min Sishan's tense face relaxed a little and began to announce an important matter.

"The Ministry of Internal Affairs has officially notified that on the ninth day of this month, the Queen Mother plans to set up a chrysanthemum banquet to invite the concubines of the harem. At that time, the masters of the entire harem will inevitably be present, and even the emperor himself may come to congratulate him in person. ”

"In the Shangshi Bureau, a war without gunpowder is about to start. After learning the news, the other three divisions were working overtime to carefully prepare the dishes and soups on the banquet. It's time for you to work hard for the catering division! ”

"I hope that this time, everyone can eliminate the suspicions, share the same hatred, work together, and put all their thoughts on the development of the dishes that will be unveiled by the catering division, no matter what, we must win the other three divisions, and we can't easily lose this game and smash the signboard of our own eating! Make sure that the catering division takes the lead in the feasting and drinking, and let the catering division carry forward in your hands. ”

Min Sishan's solemn and gentle words aroused the decisive heart of every palace maid present. Everyone is secretly determined to make all preparations for this banquet, and strive to make their own dishes, which can be placed on the table of the Queen Mother's chrysanthemum banquet.

For myself, and for the sake of the Catering Division. Everyone understands the truth that the skin does not cover the hair.

The people in their catering department, every time they go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to get something, they encounter a wall, which is considered to be very small among the four divisions of the Shangshi Bureau, and the reason is not all because of this.

Seeing that the palace maids were no longer tired, Min Sishan resumed their quiet and serious busyness, and with a trace of doubt in his heart, he turned around and left with a smile.

In the dining room, Chunhua was preparing to make a sweet soup of bird's nest and barley that the Queen Mother loved, and when she saw Mu Lan coming to give her a hand, she knew that Min Sishan was secretly supporting her to support the newcomer, and her enthusiasm for Mu Lan was only more prosperous than before.

Chunhua pointed out very carefully, Mu Lan learned very quickly, the room was full of fragrance, the two chatted while doing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Chatting and chatting, Chunhua suddenly remembered something and asked, "Mu Lan, haven't you been sending food to the queen's mother?" Why did you see that you were transferred to the Queen Mother's side early this morning? Min Sishan saw me this morning and asked me if I knew what was going on, and I was still puzzled at the time, thinking that my aunt had arranged for the assignment. ”

After speaking, he glanced at Mu Lan lightly, waiting for her answer.

Mu Lan quietly put the boiled soup into a cyan Ruyao soup cup, gently covered the delicate lid, and let out a long breath in his heart, Fang raised his head and smiled at Chunhua Yingying: "I took the initiative to exchange with Xia Qing." ”

Chunhua knew in her heart that Mu Lan dared to do it, and the look of surprise on her face only flashed.

Min Sishan did not punish Mu Lan, but asked her to follow her to learn cooking skills, she was only entrusted to inquire secretly, and she didn't do much.

Chunhua smiled slightly, and gently handed the Wucai Fu Shou Food Box that had been prepared for Tai Tai into Mu Lan's hand.

And the pair of clear eyes in front of him didn't seem to be in a hurry to leave, but looked at himself with a fixed gaze, and asked casually: "Sister Chunhua, do you know which lady in the palace likes jasmine flowers that are good at raising and branching?" ”