Chapter 66: The Kitchen of the Inner Court
"Really?"
"Is there really a way to get rid of the needle?"
Qiu Tian nodded in affirmation.
Mama Ke suddenly came to her senses, and hurriedly knelt down and walked to Qiu Tian, "Little master, do you really have a way to save me?" ”
"According to legend, the way to eliminate needles is to do more good deeds, do a good deed every day, and cooperate with me to do needles for you in the past seven days, and change the direction of needle operation." Qiu Tian pointed to Mama Ke's sore acupoint, and then said: "When this acupuncture point becomes less and less painful, it means that the needle is disappearing, and when it is completely painless, then this needle will become a tonic needle to help you regulate your body." ”
"If it'......" she deliberately frowned, pretending to be deep.
Seeing this, Mama Ke was terrified and asked, "What if?" ”
"If you continue to do evil in the future, this needle will also come back with your evil, and finally silently pierce your heart and make you die." She said very lightly, but her fingers tapped on Mama Ke's chest with a "shudder", forming the last psychological hint.
"If you want to live, or die." She straightened her clothes and said slowly, "Please also ask Mama Ke to think about it more, so that she can do it herself." ”
"Okay! Yes! Yes! Mama Ke kowtowed three times, and then was helped out of Huanhe Temple, and the rest of the people in Huanxi Yuan were about to disperse.
"Angelica, let's pack up our things! Let's get ready for dinner! Qiu Tian instructed Angelica, and the people in Huanxi Courtyard immediately burst into laughter, "Open dinner?" Hahaha...... Open the meal, hahaha! ”
"You don't even have food, and you still want to eat?" The people in Huanxi Courtyard laughed at Qiu Tian one after another, but they didn't want to suddenly have a burst of aroma of food sweeping the entire Huanhe Courtyard, and then the three cooks came with two large food boxes in front of the embroidery girl in the inner courtyard kitchen.
"Isn't that the embroidery lady in the kitchen of the inner court?"
"Xiuniang specially cooks for Huanheyuan?"
"Isn't it! No way! Isn't it......"
"She actually asked Xiuniang to deliver food to Huanheyuan, what is the origin of this newcomer?"
"It smells so good! Sure enough, it's the kitchen of the inner courtyard! ”
Qingfeng watched Qiu Tian and Xiuniang talk, and after the two laughed, Xiuniang took the food box and left, and smiled at her who only had one side before leaving.
She looked at Qiu Tian in disbelief, and Qiu Tian shouted at her in front of the rice bowl: "Qingfeng, eat!" ”
Qingfeng took the rice bowl, looked at the five dishes, one soup and one rice on the table, and was dumbfounded, "Little master, this ......"
"Equivalent exchange!" Qiu Tian took a big bite of the rice cooked from broken rice, and frowned, although it did not have the taste of rice, the aroma of rice made the eyes of people who had nothing to eat for almost a day and a night wet, "Qingfeng, you help me watch this cotton, don't be blown away." ”
"Little Lord, where are you going?" Qingfeng looked at Qiu Tian puzzled, Qiu Tian sandwiched a piece of braised pork for Qingfeng, "Eat people with soft mouths, and take people with short hands." In the afternoon, Angelica and I are going to go to the inner courtyard kitchen, you can watch here. ”
"I want to go too!" Qingfeng also wanted to follow, and hurriedly threatened: "If you take me with you, little master, I will tell Mama Ke that the silver needle has not pierced into the body at all!" ”
Suddenly, this threat made Qiu Tian surprised, happy and unhappy, and the surprise was that Qingfeng could see his work clearly in such a panicked scene, proving that his brain would not be messed up in trouble, and secondly, Qingfeng dared to threaten himself.
"Qingfeng, I don't like you to threaten me!" She went straight to the point and said, "You can go with me at your request, but you can't threaten me." ”
"Little master, I ......" Qingfeng only realized that he was rude at this moment, "I'm sorry!" ”
"Don't take it as an example!" Qiu Tian took another bite of rice and took a deep breath, she had not entered the inner court for half a day, and a series of bad things happened, which shows how deeply the methods and relationships of the people who operate in the dark are hidden.
Now she is meat on the chopping board, at the mercy of others. But it was precisely this environment that allowed her to figure out how many rivals she had hidden in the shadows in the palace.
An hour later:
Qiu Tian finally finished processing the cotton in the entire yard, and told Wang Xi to remember to dry the cotton, and the cotton must be harvested before dark.
Then she took Angelica and Qingfeng to leave Huanhe Courtyard, went to the abandoned hut not far from the miscellaneous servant office and Huanhe Courtyard, and took out the bag of dried corn kernels that Liu Quan "reluctantly" gave.
She was afraid that the corn kernels would get damp because she hadn't placed them properly.
She hurriedly unsealed it, skillfully turned over the corn kernels and found that it was still relatively dry, so she handed it to Angelica.
Qingfeng watched with a shocked face as Qiu Tian skillfully turned over the bag of dried corn kernels, "Isn't this the feed for the birds in the palace?" ”
"Little Lord, how did you get this bird food?" Qingfeng's expression went from stunned to puzzled, "Could it be that we go to the inner courtyard kitchen to feed the chickens and birds?" ”
"Definitely! Definitely! Qiu Tian's fair face raised a mysterious smile, "Is it bird food?" Or is it something good? You'll find out later. ”
"This?" Qingfeng looked at Angelica with puzzled eyes and easily picked it up, and Angelica gave her a corn, motioning her to follow.
Qiu Tian, who was walking in front, suddenly found that he didn't know the way to the inner court kitchen, turned his head to look at the two of them and smiled, "Qingfeng, do you know the way to the inner court kitchen?" ”
Qingfeng couldn't figure out what the little master in front of her was trying to do, but she still knew how to get to the kitchen in the inner court, so she nodded.
"Lead the way!" Qiu Tian smiled weakly, "I forgot that we first arrived, and we won't go to the inner court kitchen." She twisted her fingers in embarrassment and changed the subject, "Qingfeng, why did you go to the inner court kitchen?" ”
Qingfeng instantly understood that Qiu Tian was used to being "self-cooked", and she couldn't stop the car, which led to the scene in front of her, and she couldn't help but bow her head and replied with a smile: "The kitchen of the inner court is a place where every palace maid in the inner court flocks to." ”
"Why?" Angelica followed behind Qingfeng and asked as a curious baby. Qingfeng "exhaled" and smiled bitterly, "The palace maid who works in the kitchen of the inner court is either the most likely to leave the inner court, or ......"
"Either you don't have to eat or have no clothes, right?" Qiu Tian slowly added Qingfeng's words, she saw Qingfeng nodded, and she instantly understood the rules of survival in the inner court.
Isn't it just the survival of the fittest?
She looked at Qingfeng's back and stiffened, and Qiu Tian said slowly: "The survival rule of the inner court is either to be strong and strong, coercion and temptation to form a small team to bully other thin individuals, and obtain food and clothing for thin individuals. ”
"Either the emaciated individual reported to the group for warmth, and sent charcoal in the snow; Either you are in a fat place like the kitchen of the inner court, in addition to being able to eat and not starving, you will also be flattered by the palace maids in various courtyards, and there may be the possibility of doubling your monthly income. ”
"In this case, isn't the inner courtyard kitchen just fragrant?" Angelica re-carried the bag behind his back, Qingfeng pursed his lips and turned to look at Qiu Tian, "Little master, can you change the current situation in the inner court?" ”
"No way!" Angelica was instantly alert, vigilantly staring at Qingfeng who was trying to make Qiu Tian a thorn, "You put away those little Jiujiu for me, Miss is not something you can calculate." ”
"I didn't calculate the little master, I just ......" Qingfeng gritted his teeth, his eyes that were originally full of hope instantly dimmed, and he smiled desolate in disappointment, "Yes! I shouldn't have pinned my trust on the little master for two vain attempts to change, it's my delusion. ”
Qiu Tian looked at Qingfeng and smiled: "Qingfeng, I didn't think you were quite righteous." ”
"Little Lord!" Qingfeng was stunned for a moment, looked at Qiu Tian in puzzlement, Qiu Tian smiled, "The ability to change fate is not pinned on others, but ......"
She took a step forward, took Qingfeng's hand, and placed the dried corn kernel in her hand in the palm of her hand, "but in your own hands." ”
"In your own hands?" Qingfeng suddenly looked at the small bird food in his hand in amazement.
"Angelica, let's go!" Qiu Tian saw the figure of the embroidery girl not far away, so he quickened his pace and walked to the location of the embroidery girl, while Qingfeng looked at the dried corn kernels in his hand and frowned, muttering to himself, "Fate is in your own hands?" ”
"Destiny ......"
"In your own hands......
Suddenly, Qingfeng seemed to have an epiphany, looked at the dried corn kernels in his hand, raised his head and looked at Qiu Tian's back, "Fate is in your own hands!" ”
She believes in her choice and there is nothing wrong with it! target
The little lord is the only person she can see hope and has the ability to change, so she trusts Qiu Tian to help her change.
Inner Courtyard Kitchen Entrance:
Xiuniang waited anxiously, she finally looked forward to Qiu's arrival, "Grandma, I finally look forward to you." ”
"Sorry to keep you waiting." Qiu Tian looked at the embroidery girl nervously grabbing her hands, "Qiu Tian, what do you say now?" ”
"Huh?" Qiu Tian looked at the embroidery girl puzzled, and the embroidery girl pulled her to the warehouse she hurriedly walked to, "We didn't think that the broken rice given by the miscellaneous servants had rice worms in it." ”
"Rice worms?" Qiu Tian picked it up, "Normally, there will be a lot of rice worm eggs in broken rice, but most of them are rampant in late spring and early summer, and they are still ...... in winter."
But she followed the embroidery girl to the warehouse where the rice was placed, and the warehouse door was pushed open in an instant, and the warm gas in the warehouse instantly met the cold air outside and liquefied into a white mist, which hit her face wetly.
"Conservatory?" Qiu Tian suddenly frowned and looked at the embroidery lady in confusion, "The warehouse generally needs to be dry and cold to store grain, why is this?" ”
Xiuniang's face was embarrassed, "This warehouse not only stores rice and other food supplies, but also keeps it warm all year round to hatch silkworm babies and other seeds. ”
"However, we have spaced out inside, so that the seeds and silkworm babies will not be contaminated with food." Xiuniang pointed to the area divided by the tent not far away, "It's the first time that rice worms have been sent out from broken rice." ”
"So what do you usually do with rice worms?" Qiu Tian glanced at the silkworm baby who was raised white and fat, frowned, and thought: This is a division area that is better than nothing, it is really nonsense.