Foster's mind was not at peace, for no one could remain calm for the first time when he entered an environment like the palace and was faced with a major task.

He could feel Lloyd's contempt for him, but that was something he had expected a long time ago, so there was nothing unacceptable, and the psychological construction that Xiao Yi had done for him before also adjusted his self-confidence and mentality well.

But even so, the moment he saw Alfie after entering the kitchen, his mentality almost collapsed on the spot.

A fellow brother who is only four years younger than himself but ten years later than he started, a genius who caught up with his senior chef level from apprenticeship in only three years, a sinister villain who constantly instigated himself behind his back to act on his senior brother's prestige party but sued in front of his mentor and led to his expulsion from the sect, a devil who beat him in front of everyone until he fainted after his mentor left.

The various projections of memories converged on the face of the personable middle-aged man in front of him, bringing a feeling that could not stop making the whole body tremble.

"Look who is here, I haven't seen you for many years, my senior brother, don't come unharmed!"

Greeting with a bright smile, Alfie took the initiative to greet Foster and gave Foster a seemingly warm hug, but he unabashedly retreated, making people understand the alienation and mustard contained in it at a glance.

"Let me introduce you, this is Alfie, the head chef of the palace kitchen, and this is Mr. Foster, who was invited by His Majesty to help prepare the dishes for this banquet, but it seems that Mr. Foster and Chef Alfie are old acquaintances?" asked Lloyd quietly.

"Yes, Lord Sir, Foster and I used to be in the same house, though he is now ...... Not under the teacher's door, but I still think of him as my brother!

I'm so happy to see you here, I think back to the last time we met more than ten years ago, when I was struggling to hit the level of the master master and didn't be able to catch up with the old brother well, is the senior brother still stuck in the master craftsman level? I must have made a breakthrough!"

"This ...... Still improving. ”

Foster was a little hesitant, and when the professionals asked each other about the progress of the breakthrough at the same level, in order not to appear embarrassed, when the breakthrough failed, he would use 'improving' to indicate the breakthrough failure, and vice versa, to mean 'a little experience'. Dan Foster still felt very embarrassed at this time, because Alfie's question was too explicit, and he didn't mean to hide it for Foster at all, or he simply asked knowingly.

"Ah...... In this way, it doesn't matter! With the talent of the senior brother, we will definitely be able to successfully break through in time, after all, the teacher always praised the senior brother in front of us when he was still alive......"

"Okay, don't say these irrelevant words, if you want to reminisce about the old banquet, there will naturally be time after the banquet, this banquet is very important, there is no room for mistakes, please pay more attention to the two of you!" said Lloyd with a displeased face, with his shrewdness he could naturally distinguish Alfie's intentions and psychology at this time.

On the surface, he greeted him amiably, but please ignore the high-sounding words such as "success", "reminiscence" and "praise", the whole process was actually full of mockery and trampling on Foster, and it was definitely not a simple open-mouthed statement in front of him, the head of the palace housekeeping, in summary, it roughly expressed these meanings:

The first is that Foster was expelled from the master's school, and it can be inferred from this that his character should not be much better; second, as a junior brother, he is now a master craftsman, and as a senior brother, Foster is still at the level of a master craftsman, and he has stayed for more than ten years without an inch, so his ability is not much better; It's not that I don't have an opinion, but I take into account the overall situation and endure the humiliation, and I've already vaguely reminded that if something really goes wrong, it has nothing to do with me!

This is a practice that does not take any responsibility for selling face, and can not only declare his sense of existence but also take the opportunity to step on the enemy who has a holiday, and if Alfie's scheming in a moment is also evaluated by the rank, I am afraid it will not be worse than his own skill rating.

Lloyd didn't want to pay attention to this, he didn't comment on Alfie's personality and didn't want to intervene in stopping his affair with Foster, although anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was domineering and despicable.

But you hire people to do things, not people, and the quality of a person is not really related to the effectiveness of his work, and as long as you do not cause trouble to the employer, the shrewd and capable villain is often more popular than the imbecile virtuous, and it is extremely naïve to blindly demand that your subordinates be flawless in all aspects.

Able to manage the complicated internal affairs of the palace and thousands of servants in an orderly manner, Lloyd is naturally a master of this skill, but when Vincent is involved, his position will change.

As the saying goes, if you don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, even if Forster is unbearable, he is still a hand-picked (indirect) character, not something that you can casually step on as a person who works in the palace! And it doesn't matter if you play with me in person, I don't treat you as a piece of material and can't afford to deal with you, but if there is a suspicion of implicating Your Majesty in your words, I will have to beat you up as an eyeless fool.

So he interrupted Alfie's continued behavior, and reversed his thoughts: 'irrelevant' means that I don't care if what you say is true or not. The scope of the two of you tells you not to think that you will be able to escape responsibility if the matter is smashed, and it is unacceptable not to work hard to stay out of the matter or deliberately make trouble, and since I did not respond to your hint to change the chef, it means that you have to do it according to the original plan, you still have to give a hand to the reinforcements invited by others, and you don't have to worry about whether the result is bad or not.

Judging from Alfie's unnatural complexion, which he tried so hard to control, he fully understood what Lloyd meant, and there was no room for resistance under his current conditions.

With a gloomy face, he watched the housekeeper return to the front hall, his face cloudy, as if he was thinking about how to vent his dissatisfaction.

Although Foster avoided the embarrassing situation for the time being, the normal heart that he had managed to maintain was gone, and he had to hide his uneasiness by placing the kitchen utensils he carried.

"Oh, how can you be so careless, how can a dignified craftsman-level chef cut your hands, slow down! The first time you come to a place like the palace dining room, you will definitely be nervous......

Alfie, who was still on the sidelines, watched Foster tidy up the kitchen utensils, and suddenly stepped forward excitedly, as if the thing he was most willing to do finally had another chance.

Foster's heart was cold, his state seemed to be unguaranteed, opened his kitchen utensils package, only to feel that something was stabbed in his hand, accompanied by the clanging impact subconsciously hissed coldly, for the chefs present, what this sound represents is very clear.

"Is this my fate!" Forster, who sighed helplessly, looked down at the kitchen pocket that had just slipped off on the board, but was suddenly stunned by what he saw in his eyes, and this was also the reason why Alfie, who came up, stopped mocking his mouth.

I saw that Foster had a lot of personal kitchenware in the neatly groomed kitchenware bag, but there was a kitchen knife that did not belong to him scattered on the top.

The arc of the blade was like a shining moonlight, and the hazy blade was faintly glowing with black fluorescence.