Chapter 39: Fame soars
"Puff, do you miss your mother today!" It's time to play with your son several times a day.
Puff is now learning to crawl, so Gu Qing asked someone to vacate the ear room. Because there is no carpet, Gu Qing asked people to spread the futon, and the guy had a spacious place to climb, and he rolled happily.
"Niangniang, how many people from the imperial dining room are looking for you outside?" Fangcao said as she stood in the doorway.
"The people in the Imperial Dining Room?" Gu Qing stood up along Fangcao's hand, "Is there something wrong with them?" ”
Fangcao commanded someone to put on Gu Qing's shoes, "The slave doesn't know, Niangniang, do you want to see it?" ”
"See! Why not? ”
When Gu Qing went out, the chefs of the imperial dining room stood in a formal manner, and their eyes didn't dare to drift.
"The slave sees Concubine Yue." Seeing Gu Qing coming, the group hurriedly saluted.
"Get up!" Gu Qing sat on the main seat, "I don't know what the imperial chefs are doing here in the palace?" ”
The imperial chef at the head stood up, "Back to Niangniang's words, the slave maid has obeyed the emperor's will, with a few cooks, and will then settle in the kitchen of Changle Palace." ”
"What???" Gu Qing was drinking water, almost choking on this saliva, "Ahem, it's okay, it's okay." ”
Fangcao on the side was frightened, and hurriedly patted Gu Qing's back.
"Didn't you say that the palace of the harem concubines can't have a private kitchen?" Although Gu Qing was happy, he was not carried away by the surprise.
The head of the imperial chef said, "If you go back to Niangniang, it is true that you can't set it privately, but this is the emperor's order, but it can't be considered a private one." ”
"Ah, that's great, but we haven't cleaned up the kitchen yet!"
"Niangniang, don't worry, the slave brought someone here, and he came to clean it up on purpose."
"That's fine." Now that it was confirmed, Gu Qing hurriedly ordered, "Fangcao, it's up to you and this ...... Eh, I don't know your last name? ”
"Don't have your surname Meng, and your name is a Taoist character." Meng Dao said with a smile, it seems that this Concubine Yue is better to get along with than she thought.
Gu Qing nodded, "Fangcao, you have to fully cooperate with Chef Meng, tableware or something, just use my previous ones, other things that need to be purchased, don't spend money, buy one word, buy what looks good, anyway, I have a lot of money." ”
Gu Qing looked like I was stupid and had a lot of money, which made everyone laugh, "I know, Niangniang, the slave will take Chef Meng and them over." ”
Meng Dao and Gu Qing said goodbye and followed the maid out.
Meng Dao is twenty this year, he is already very old in ancient times, but he has not yet married, he was mixed in the imperial dining room before, he belongs to the kind that is not up to the bottom, in fact, this time, he should not have come, helplessly, he can enter the imperial dining room is also all by chance, in fact, everyone in the imperial dining room is not very willing to come, after all, Concubine Yue does not seem to be very favored.
Compared to Concubine Yue, everyone is more willing to go to Li Zhaoyi's place, but since they come and settle down, Meng Dao is not a person who always complains, so he quickly calmed down.
"Chef Meng, this is the kitchen." Yerba said, pointing to a room that didn't look big.
"Thank you."
Meng Dao took people to look around inside, although it was useless, but the kitchen was also very clean, and it only needed to be used once to remove the dust.
Listening to Meng Dao's instructions, Fangcao arranged for the maids to clean up the kitchen, "Chef Meng, why don't you go and see what can be used in the warehouse?" The slaves don't know exactly what you need, but we have a lot of things. ”
"Okay, Miss Lao will lead the way."
Meng Dao and his entourage, originally thought that they would go to the treasury to get the tableware, but they didn't expect to be stunned by the gold, silver and jewelry full of warehouses in front of them, no wonder this Concubine Yue said that she had money, and this treasury could only be compared with the queen's mother!
"Chef Meng, these are kitchen utensils, what do you think you need?" Fangcao said, didn't hear the answer, and turned around, good guys, these cooks, all widened their eyes and looked a little cute.
"This, this, this...... It can't be the work of Mr. Xie Yongtong, right? ”
"You see, there are plum blossoms on the bottom of this bowl, which is made by Mr. Xie Yongtong."
"Oh my God, I didn't expect that I would be able to use Mr. Xie Yongtong's works before my lifetime, and they are still so complete, even the imperial dining room is not so complete."
"The dinner plate fired by Mr. Xie Yongtong is hard to find!"
"Hey, this doesn't seem to be our country's bowl, it looks like a zucchini country."
"These are too pretty, aren't they?"
"Hey, this pot is so strange, why haven't you seen it?"
"That's it, I haven't seen it either, not in the imperial dining room! It's circled, what does it mean? ”
A group of people studied around a pot, "May I ask the girl, this pot has a really strange shape." ”
"Ahem." Fangcao was originally quite speechless, this group of guys looked like they had never seen the world, but when they turned their heads, their expressions were very serious, and the Fangcao was also serious, "This pot that rises tall in the middle, our mother calls it copper hot pot, and the pot that is divided into two halves next to it is the special pot for cooking hot pot, which our mother will use from time to time, so these must be taken out." By the way, before Mother Li left, she went to the imperial dining room to teach you the country, you should be able to use it, right? ”
Listening to Fangcao talking about Mother Li, everyone was a little embarrassed, they didn't care about Concubine Yue at that time, how could anyone listen carefully! However, Meng Dao really heard Li's mother talk about it, and he just thought it was fresh at the time, but he didn't expect that there was really such a pot.
"Don't worry, girl, I've only heard of it before, and I still have to practice it a few times, but it's no problem to think about it." Meng Dao said confidently, "It's just that these tableware, can we all take them out and use them?" ”
"Of course, you can use it when you buy it, otherwise why keep it?"
So, Fangcao looked at a few people, holding these pots and pans with a solemn face, Fangcao thought that she didn't break one a few days ago, and now in retrospect, she really felt a little guilty.
Fangcao went back and reported the matter to Gu Qing one by one, listening that someone liked these things as much as she Gu Qing was quite happy, after all, there were really no people around who liked these.
Gu Qing thought that the winter clothes she had made for Pupu before were not finished yet, and she was about to go, but she didn't expect someone to come again, what happened today? All bumped together?
"Slave maid, see Concubine Yue."
"Get up! You are? Gu Qing didn't know the person in front of him, but looking at it, it seemed that he was in charge or something.
"Back to Niangniang, the slave maid is the newly appointed steward of the Xiufang Palace, the slave maid's surname is Chen, you can call the slave maid Chen in charge." Steward Chen said with a smile.
Substitution? Gu Qing was a little strange, "What about the one before?" ”
"She? I did something wrong and was put in a cell awaiting treatment. Speaking of his predecessor, Steward Chen glanced at Gu Qing with a wistful look, and thought about Manager Liang's words to her, this Concubine Yue is probably the most blessed person in the entire palace.
"Oh, that's it! Is there something you're here for today? Gu Qing asked.
Steward Chen replied: "It's a batch of good materials just came to the palace, which are used for underwear, and the slave thinks that you and the prince must be able to use it, so I sent it to you first, please choose first." ”
Wow, this benefit is too good, right? As soon as he was replaced, his treatment improved, and he didn't have such a good treatment before.
"That's okay, I'll choose two pieces of cloth from this palace!"
Gu Qing beckoned, let the maids holding the cloth go to her, seeing that the fabric this time actually had patterns, Gu Qing had a whim, wait for more than two months, it will be Yan Ze's birthday again, why don't you get two sets of couple pajamas this time?
With this idea, Gu Qing said to Steward Chen: "Is there a lot of goods this time?" I'd like to take two more horses, can you? ”
"Of course, there are enough goods." Steward Chen thought, even if it is not enough, let this boss choose first! However, this Concubine Yue is really kind, and she is indeed easy to get along with compared to the others.
In the end, Gu Qing still only chose three horses, thinking that it would be best to wear solid colors, and the remaining two horses were enough to practice and make clothes.
Today is the beginning again, and I have chosen a good-looking fabric, Gu Qing is in a beautiful mood, and Gu Qing, who is immersed in her own palace and is happy, does not know that rumors about her have spread in the palace.
"Did you hear that? Meng Dao and the others went to Concubine Yue's mother, and heard that they all used a complete set of Xie Yongtong's products. ”
"Why haven't you heard of such a big thing, not only that, I heard that the treasury is full of gold, silver, jewelry, porcelain, and countless others."
"There were rumors before that Concubine Yue was the favorite concubine of the former palace, but I still don't believe it!"
"No, now it seems that going to Concubine Yue is better than Zhaoyi Niangniang!"
"Who knows, Meng Dao is not a blind cat that bumped into a dead mouse, it's just luck."
"Bang."
In Chenghua Palace, Li Yuan was furious, the rumors in the palace, how could Li Yuan not know, and those who compared her with Gu Qing, what kind of thing is she, and the concubines of first-order merchants also deserve to step on her head.
"Mother, mother, you are angry." Pearl persuaded Li Yuan heartily, "Concubine Yue is far worse than you, and we also have it in our palace in the kitchen, and we have better fabrics, so why bother to be like her." ”
"Hmph, that's it, I don't look at what kind of person I am." With Pearl on the side to help scold, Li Yuan finally stopped.
Seeing that Li Yuan finally stopped, Pearl hurriedly handed over the teacup, "Niangniang, you drink saliva first and listen to the slave." ”
"Well, you say"
"Niangniang, you must know that Concubine Yue's maiden family is just a businessman, which does not help her in the slightest, but your father is a member of the third grade, and you are the daughter of the master, if you can't think of a way, please invite the lady into the palace!" Thinking about it, Madame must have a way! ”
"That's right, my mother obeyed my father's aunts, why did I forget this helper! It's really stupid, if you pass on the words of this palace, you will say that this palace misses your relatives and invites my mother into the palace. ”
"Yes."