141 Farming is also strangely hard
Ling Xiaorou saw the resentment in Chen Shuyi's eyes, in fact, she was quite helpless, how would she know that Chen Shuyi would be like this after removing her makeup?
I didn't know that the emperor would come over suddenly, if she had known that this was the case, she would not have taught Chen Shuyi this way of making a mask.
It's obviously a good intention, but it's bad, and it has to arouse people's resentment, it seems that in a place like the palace, good intentions really can't be had.
Li Xun can be regarded as saving some face for Chen Shuyi, and she didn't brush her sleeves away, maybe she still thinks that she probably has a bad complexion because she is pregnant, and if you look closely, although there are some small holes on her face, it does not affect her facial features.
However, there was no less tossing and turning this night, Li Xun was a little hungry, and looked back at Ling Xiaorou, who had been hanging her head, "You go and make some food, I will eat with Shuyi." ”
Ling Xiaorou sighed that her life was not good, and she had to go out to wait, but fortunately, after Li Xun came, the manpower in the Fucui Palace was ready, and there were still those two little eunuchs in the kitchen.
Seeing that they were all very energetic, Ling Xiaorou sighed to herself, yawning and thinking about what to do.
Ling Xiaorou didn't plan to make seven dishes and eight bowls for the emperor and Chen Shuyi at night, and there was no need to be so troublesome for supper, and she would go back to bed early after finishing her work early.
Let the two eunuchs sit on the fire and put a steamer on it, Ling Xiaorou planned to steam two egg custards.
I took two bowls, beat two eggs in each bowl, added some salt and a few drops of sesame oil to them, stirred them with chopsticks, mixed them with three times the warm water of the eggs, and put them in the steamer.
After the water is hot and steaming, open the pot and release it after a short period of time, so as not to have a lot of bubbles in the middle of the egg custard, and the taste will be unpalatable.
After the egg custard is steamed, put it aside, add a little oil to the pot, take four leftover steamed buns from before, cut them into thick slices, and when the oil is warm, roll the steamed bread slices in the salted egg mixture, quickly put them into the pot, and soon, the steamed bread slices will be fried into golden brown and crispy.
In order to avoid waste, Ling Xiaorou used the remaining oil bottom in the pot to fry the remaining egg liquid from the steamed buns into egg pieces, added chopped green onions and stir-fried until fragrant, poured in soy sauce, added half a bowl of water starch, made a marinade, poured on top of the egg custard, and sprinkled a few corianders.
I put two spoonfuls of chili oil in a small bowl, and then used a small dish to pick up a few shredded mustard greens that had been mixed before, and put them in a tray for the eunuch to bring out.
The eunuch looked at it again and again, and began to worry: This is too simple, right, the emperor has always been picky, will these be satisfied?
Ling Xiaorou didn't care what they thought, the supper was ready, she had to get up early tomorrow to cook for the Queen Mother and Chen Shuyi, Chen Shuyi is good to say here, it is estimated that she will not be able to get up early tomorrow, and it will be a little later, and the Queen Mother can't be lazy.
If she doesn't go back to sleep, how will she survive tomorrow?
This time she didn't say hello to anyone, Ling Xiaorou quietly walked out of the Fucui Palace, this time she memorized the road well, and she didn't make a mistake again, but the road was not easy to walk in the wind and snow.
Back in the side hall where she lived, the palace maids who were sent to wait for her had already fallen asleep, and Ling Xiaorou didn't wake them up, she didn't bother to freshen up, so she fell asleep.
After sleeping until dawn, the palace maid outside gently knocked on the door, "Miss Ling, it's time to make breakfast for the Queen Mother." ”
Ling Xiaorou dragged her tired body to get up, freshened up and went out.
It snowed heavily outside overnight, more than a foot thick, but fortunately, the road was already being cleaned by eunuchs, except for some roads that had not had time to be cleaned and would sink into it, most of the roads could be walked very well.
But the snowflakes were still drifting, and even if Ling Xiaorou wrapped herself like a ball, she was still shivering from the cold, and at this time she missed the warm quilt even more.
It's a pity that the queen mother gets up early rain or shine, and when the queen takes the concubines to say goodbye, she has to pass breakfast, and she doesn't dare to be lazy.
Devoted to the busy work again, for a while in the imperial dining room, for a while in the Fucui Palace, the appetite of the two masters did not deteriorate due to the heavy snow, and after eating, she would be invited to praise her in the past, and the whole day was spent in such a rush.
The heavy snow never stopped, and it was rare that Ling Xiaorou could still sweat in this weather, but when it cooled down, the people whose clothes were colder on their bodies were shivering, on this day, Ling Xiaorou poured a big pot of ginger tea alone, and she still couldn't stop the cold on her body.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother is old, she goes to bed early at night, and she won't eat supper, as long as she makes lunch in the afternoon and makes some small pastries.
In the evening, Chen Shuyi's supper was prepared in advance, and the eunuch who managed the food was instructed to deliver it when he arrived, as for whether Chen Shuyi's food would be tampered with, Ling Xiaorou really couldn't care so much.
The master in charge of her palace can't guarantee that she just processes the ingredients, whether it is the source of the ingredients or the food being served after being made, it has to go through a lot of hands, she just can't manage it if she wants to, it is better to let herself worry less.
I was just going back to soak in the hot water, so as not to get sick again from the cold, but I didn't want to, but before Ling Xiaorou walked out of the Fucui Palace, Chen Shuyi asked someone to invite her, saying that she had some things to ask about raising a baby.
No matter how reluctant Ling Xiaorou was, she had to say goodbye to her fragrant little quilt and say goodbye to her warm hot water.
Chen Shuyi was lying on the beauty couch, although her makeup was exquisite, her eyes were full of gloom, thinking of her embarrassment when the emperor saw her last night, Chen Shuyi couldn't help but want to hate, but who could she hate? Shouldn't the emperor come over suddenly? Hate yourself for not taking off your makeup and making a mask for Rausch? What she hates most is Ling Xiaorou who gave her ideas.
If it weren't for her bad ideas, might she have been seen by the emperor without makeup? And why can she be ashamed of being beautiful without makeup?
When Ling Xiaorou came in, she saw Chen Shuyi's somewhat resentful gaze, and she 'chuckled' in her heart, presumably she blamed herself.
The words that advised her not to lie down all day were not spoken, so as not to accidentally antagonize people more, and in this kind of place where eating people and not spitting out bones, it is better for her to talk less.
Chen Shuyi quickly restrained her emotions and smiled gently at Ling Xiaorou: "Sister Ling, I just heard today that you are the cousin of King Ning Yuan?" ”
Ling Xiaorou said 'yes', and Chen Shuyi said again: "That being the case, presumably Sister Ling is also from everyone's background, I don't know what position Ling respects the official to worship?" ”
Although there was nothing wrong with the question, but the disdain in her tone, she must have found out early on that Ling Xiaorou was just a folk girl, this was to let her know that she was from a low background, and many things had to be difficult to retreat?
Since Chen Shuyi wanted to see that she was embarrassed because of her humble background, so as to make her mentally balanced, in order not to erect such a strong enemy for herself in the palace, Ling Xiaorou blushed as Chen Shuyi wished, "Back to Shuyi's words, the people's daughter...... The folk girl came from a humble background, but she was lucky enough to recognize Mrs. Qu as her stepmother, and then she climbed to the relative of Ningyuan Wangfu, speaking of which, the folk girl ...... The family is farming. ”
"Your family is farming?" Chen Shuyi's voice was an octave higher, she thought that Ling Xiaorou was not from a good background, but she never thought that she was actually farming, although there has been a saying that the status of farmers seems to be very high, but in real terms, even the most low-level businessmen look down on farmers, after all, the kind of life that faces the loess with their backs to the sky and has to watch the sky to eat, how many can they have rich food and clothing? Where can it compare to the extravagance of many businessmen.
Ling Xiaorou said very shyly again: "Yes!" ”
"Then it's really hard for you to farm."
Chen Shuyi really doesn't take Ling Xiaorou in her eyes this time, even if she is good-looking and is photographed by Li Xun, she is really a talented person at most in the palace, like what is written in the drama text, the emperor has a private visit, which poor woman in the picture gets into the palace and becomes a concubine, it is really only in the drama.
The concubines in the palace are all with strong family backgrounds, and their fathers and brothers are all members of the court, that is, Chen Shuyi herself, her father is the second grade of the dynasty, she looks beautiful and won the emperor's love as soon as she entered the palace, isn't this also a lot of years to get to the position of Shuyi?
If you want to be a concubine, you have to see if she is fighting for her belly, and if she doesn't give birth to a prince, she still has to survive this year.
However, if Ling Xiaorou really entered the palace, even if her position was not high, the distribution of favors was certain, in order not to let herself be snubbed by the emperor, Chen Shuyi did not plan to let Ling Xiaorou really take root in the palace.
Farming is hard or not, Ling Xiaorou really doesn't have much experience, she has a lot of land, but she doesn't do it herself, the most is to move her mouth, and someone broke her leg when she ran away.
is that there is a memory of the original owner's farming, but she has not really suffered that hardship, and she has no right to speak, so she just lowered her head silently for Chen Shuyi's words, which made Chen Shuyi even more convinced that she was inferior, and a sense of pride arose.
"Now that you are also related to Ningyuan Palace, and you have this skill of cooking, I think you will never suffer that hardship again in the future, if you wait well in this palace these days, this palace will not treat you badly."
After speaking, let the palace maids around him bring the reward to Ling Xiaorou.
Ling Xiaorou never looked up, but she had a new understanding of Chen Shuyi's frivolity.
It is said that in the harem, those who dare to call themselves the palace, in addition to the queen, there are only a few concubines of the lord of the first palace, like Chen Shuyi, although the emperor monopolizes a palace, few people dare to call themselves the palace, that is definitely something that will make the queen and the concubine jealous.
Is this relying on the emperor's favor to see his own catties clearly, or is he simply trying to make himself aware of the disparity in status between them?
Anyway, no matter what she calls herself, even if she is a mourning family, it has nothing to do with her Ling Xiaorou.
If she can use her own vulgarity to bring out Chen Shuyi's elegance, and then let her not be difficult for herself, Ling Xiaorou is willing to pretend to be more vulgar.
The palace maid brought the prepared reward, Ling Xiaorou took a look, it was still a string of beads, but it was not as good as the string rewarded yesterday, but it was much bigger, and the style was a little rustic, presumably it was just something that Chen Shuyi rewarded her subordinates on weekdays.
It seems that she really treats her as an uninformed country girl, in order to make Chen Shuyi's mood better, Ling Xiaorou pretended to be happy, took the bead string and thanked Chen Shuyi, and said: "This bead string is bigger than yesterday's, and the folk girl is frightened." ”
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