Making spring cakes is indeed a handicraft work, and it takes a lot of effort to make it.

Yuehua felt that it might just be a show, go to the imperial dining room to stand for a stop, make a ball of noodles, roll a roll, and most of the work is still busy with the imperial chefs. When the time comes, Mo Guhan will lead the ministers back and reward them, saying that they did it by the ladies themselves to show their favor, and it will be fine.

Wynne wore a brocade leather jacket with narrow sleeves today, and the sleeves were pulled up, neatly and neatly.

She asked Yuehua in a low voice, "Do you know how to make spring cakes?" ”

Yuehua shook her head honestly: "I used to learn from Xiangshen, but I always didn't do well and was disgusted by her." ”

Wynne covered his mouth and smiled: "Then you can learn it today." ”

Yuehua was stunned for a moment, and reacted: "Is it difficult to do it in a down-to-earth manner?" ”

Huai En nodded solemnly: "In the past, when the Empress Dowager was here, she always attached great importance to these customs and rules, and she tossed people every year. Now that the Queen Mother is in charge, she will not be perfunctory. ”

The two were chattering in private, and the steward in the imperial dining room had already led the imperial chefs out, saluted and greeted, and then returned to the queen mother how much flour they had mixed and what kinds of vegetables or meat they had prepared for filling.

The Queen Mother nodded in approval, and then led a few people into the imperial dining room.

Everything had already been prepared inside, and the half-inch-thick pan had already been burned on the charcoal fire, and as soon as I stepped into the imperial dining room, I felt a heat wave rushing towards me, and the heat was scorching.

Yuehua rolled up her sleeves, and then noticed that even Concubine He, who had always had a wide robe and big sleeves in Pingsuri, had changed into a tight-sleeved skirt for the first time today, and she couldn't help frowning as soon as she entered the imperial dining room, thinking that she didn't like this kind of heat.

After the queen mother cleaned her hands first, she began to knead the dough and roll out the cakes, and the others naturally couldn't be idle, so they stepped forward and started to get busy.

Concubine Ling disregarded her dignity and humility, and took the position next to the Queen Mother first. Yuehua just smiled indifferently, unwilling to be in her lower position, sandwiched between her and Concubine He, and provoked right and wrong. He simply stood behind with Wynne, and it was easy to talk.

Yuehua used to help Xiang Shen in the maple forest, so she was able to do these things quickly and handy, rolling out the cake round and even.

She was next to Wynne, laughing and doing things, watching the dough cake being baked on the cake pan into a golden color on both sides, and the whole imperial dining room was filled with the aroma of white flour mixed with sesame oil, and felt quite appetizing.

Concubine Ling just touched her hands, so she was disgusted, saying that she couldn't stand the oily smell. The Queen Mother treasured her, so she hurriedly agreed to let her out.

After a while, the girl next to her came in, whispered a few words to the imperial cook, and went out with a few snacks from the cage drawer on the side.

Huai En pouted secretly: "You are now older than her when you are pregnant, and you are not so squeamish, so the Queen Mother doesn't know and asks you?" ”

There was a cook busy baking cakes nearby, and Wynne had to keep his voice down.

Yuehua smiled and "shhhhhh ”

Yuehua glared at her with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be lazy." ”

Huaien pursed his lips: "I dared to be lazy and doze off in front of the emperor." ”

Yuehua couldn't help but shake her head and smiled dumbly.

Wynne smashed Yuehua with his elbow: "Look! ”

Yuehua looked up and saw Huai En snorting at her, followed her gaze, and saw that Concubine Crane was sweating profusely, holding a rolling pin in her hand, and the green tendons on the back of her hand were rising, rolling out the dough on the board, as if she was venting her anger.

"Who provoked her?" Yuehua asked in a low voice.

Wynn shook his head: "It's fine when you eat noodles." ”

Yuehua glanced at it quietly again, shrugged her shoulders, and said she didn't understand.

The Queen Mother also noticed Concubine He's abnormality, and asked in a deep voice with some displeasure: "What's the matter, Concubine He?" If you don't want to do it, you can go out, and the mourners won't say anything. ”

Concubine Crane was clever, wiped the sweat on her face, and smiled far-fetchedly: "No, no, it's just that today's noodles don't feel obedient, and a few rolls are not satisfactory, so I'm a little anxious." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at her dissatisfiedly: "This bread is to be calm, how can you be so impetuous?" In vain, you have been practicing for so long. ”

Concubine Crane shook her head again and again, trying to slow down the speed of her hands, but after a while, she became irritable again, and even the green tendons on her forehead were as meandering as earthworms.

Yuehua couldn't help but move in her heart when she saw her description, feeling that she was really abnormal today, not like the style of the past. I remember the last time she was catching the wind for several county lords in the vassal king's mansion, she drank a very low degree of Huadiao wine that time, and the palace was stuffy. It seems that there has been such a time, impetuous and profligate.

It is said that Wushisan is poisonous, and if taken regularly, it will cause hallucinations, and the person who takes it will be irritable and short-tempered. It is like Ji Kang, one of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, who would chase a fly with a sword after taking Wushi San, which can be seen.

Could it be that she has overdosed on Wushi San, so she can't control her emotions more and more?

But according to Xiange, she has always been calm and gentle when she receives people and things on weekdays, and it shouldn't be like this.

Xian Ge was waiting in front of him, and when he saw Concubine He's face sweating profusely, she took out the handkerchief on her sleeve: "Niangniang, wipe the sweat on your face?" ”

Concubine He took it and wiped her face anxiously, frowning slightly: "I got up in the morning with a layer of peach blossom powder on my face, and now I am sweating, it is very sticky, you go and soak the handkerchief with cold water for me." ”

Xian Ge took the order, went to the side of the jar to get water, and called the nearest jade book: "Jade book, help me pour some water, the basins here feel a little greasy." ”

Yushu put down the work at hand, went over to the water scoop on the side, scooped up the cold water in the tank, bent down and poured it directly on the handkerchief of the slender singer, Xian Ge rubbed the handkerchief twice, and told Yushu: "The water scoop is lower, the water splashes on the surface of the feet." ”

Yushu did as he was told, and bent lower. Xian Ge wrung out the handkerchief, said "thank you", and turned to hand it to Concubine He.

Concubine Crane seemed to be a little impatient, took it in her hand, put the wet handkerchief on her face, and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Yuehua rolled out the cake in his hand, took the jade book, flipped his wrist, but accidentally spilled a bowl of sesame oil on the board. The sesame oil was poured and directly dripped.

She hurriedly took a step back, but her body avoided it, and only two points fell on Luo's skirt, and the sesame oil dripped down the board and landed on her feet.

Yushu hurriedly asked for forgiveness: "Niang Niang forgive your sins." ”

Yuehua helplessly dusted off her skirt and hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief: "Next time, you have to pay attention, don't be so careless." ”

The Queen Mother glanced at it and said coldly: "It's a pity that a good bowl of sesame oil is really useless, and you can't do anything well." ”

Yuehua didn't care about the Queen Mother's cynicism, and just smiled.

Yushu persuaded: "Niangniang, I'll send the girl back to get a Luo skirt and go to the side to change it, right?" ”

Yuehua didn't care and said: "I have to change the spring cakes after a while, so it's just dirty for the time being." ”

"This dress is not tight, but the embroidered shoes are stained with sesame oil and want to slip, and the ground in this imperial dining room is slippery, but don't fall." Yushu insisted.

The Queen Mother also turned her head when she heard this, and waved her hand impatiently: "Hurry up and change your embroidered boots, and the mourning family can also order someone to clean up the soles of your feet, don't really fall." ”

The Queen Mother's order Yuehua naturally couldn't disobey, patted the flour on her hands, and cleaned her hands. Yushu stepped forward to support him, and cautiously walked out of the imperial dining room.

There is a warm pavilion near the imperial dining room, which is a special place for the concubines to rest. Yushu helped Yuehua to sit down: "The slave will send someone back to get the shoes, Niangniang wait." ”

Yuehua raised her eyes and looked at Yushu suspiciously: "Yushu, did you deliberately find an excuse to let me out?" You have always done things steadily, and the sesame oil bowl is so far away from your wrist, no matter how careless, you will not spill it so coincidentally. ”

Yushu nodded and said bluntly: "Yes, Niangniang." ”

Yuehua smiled: "One of you will be lazy than the other, but you are just making two more spring cakes, can you make such a small trick?" ”

Yushu shook his head solemnly: "No, Niangniang, the slave is not lazy, but when Shicai Xiange asked me to help her pour water, she secretly told me and let me find a way to bring you out." ”

Yuehua's smile suddenly froze on her face, and she was in her heart: "Why?" ”

Yushu shook his head: "I don't know, but I saw that she had a solemn face, as if something was going to happen, and she beat the drum in her heart, so I did as she was told." ”

Yuehua got up suddenly: "It's bad, it's really going to happen!" ”

Her tone was solemn, and Yushu was shocked: "What's wrong?" ”

"Shicai was full of irritability when she looked at Concubine He, it must be that girl who couldn't help it, regardless of it!"

Yuehua said, and went outside.

Yushu grabbed her as soon as he grabbed her: "What is that lady going to do?" ”

Yuehua said anxiously: "I must find a way to stop it!" Let's see if there's room for recovery. ”

"If Niang Niang said it clearly, wouldn't it hurt Xian Ge, and everything would be exposed?"

Yuehua shook her head: "I know, but I can't take care of it, what if Concubine He's medicinal properties come up, regardless of it, and hurt the people in the house?" ”

Yushu grabbed her stiffly: "If it's hurt, it's hurt, who in the room will feel sorry for Niangniang?" ”

Yuehua is a person who practices martial arts, and her skills are neater than those of the jade book, and when she twists her wrist, her hand is like a swimming fish out of the clamp of the jade book, and she trots all the way in the direction of the imperial study.

The jade book is shocked in the back, and the mother doesn't care about it like this, isn't she worried about the fetus in her womb?

She exclaimed, and immediately chased after her desperately.

Before I arrived, I heard a noise in the imperial dining room, mixed with exclamations, and the movement was unusual, it was already an accident!