Seeing that the milk had arrived, Chi Tao couldn't care about greeting Xie Yao, and went into the stove room, waiting for the frozen milk to melt slightly, and carefully collected the part that melted first, which was the cream. After collecting enough pots and filtering out the water, Chi Tao took out the tea whisk and whipped the cream with full strength.

It wasn't until his arm was sore that he got a little bit of shape. Scoop another spoonful of honey-stained orange peel made the night before and stir well, then dig out a piece of cream, cover the basin, put it into a slightly larger copper basin, pile crushed ice around it, and cover it with a copper basin to make a simple Xiaoice box for freshness.

Listening to the rain and running over: "Master Hou has also arrived, but it's almost?" ”

Chi Tao carefully poured the remaining cream into the roasted snail shell: "Okay." So he took the two he had just made to the main room.

Xie and Murong were drinking tea, and Chi Tao put the plate on the table: "This is a bone-in abalone snail, please taste it." ”

Compared with the muffin cake the day before, the so-called abalone snail flavor is not strong. Xie Yao picked one up, and saw that it was small and round, and the shell was crisp yellow, which was indeed somewhat similar to a conch, and "bone" must mean with a shell. I opened a small mouth again, and a little white oozed slightly. I took a tentative bite, only to feel that it was crispy on the outside and smooth on the inside, which was the same milky aroma, which was different from the muffin. And there is a fragrant orange flavor that reconciles the greasy feeling and complements each other.

Murong Ling also nodded: "Not bad." ”

"It's just the same, so the dim sum has to be filled with fillings on the spot. If it is early, the skin will be wet, and the taste will not be good, but it will not be beautiful. ”

Xie Yao was stunned and glanced at Murong Ling: "This ......"

Chi Tao hurriedly said: "I'll teach the people that Hou Ye can bring into the palace." "In fact, yesterday she knew that she was going to sacrifice to the palace, so she was prepared to hit the luck, if she could enter the palace with Murong, then she would be able to take the opportunity to find out the news of the fake Huayin County Lord. Besides, even if you don't get anything, you can rest assured that you will have food in your hands all the way.

Murong Ling's face carved out of stone was always expressionless: "Don't bother, let's enter the palace together." He looked at Xie Yao, "Just say it's my little girl." ”

Xie Yao thought for a while: "Why don't I go with you." He said gently to Chi Tao: "The first time you enter the palace, I'm afraid there will be a mistake, I will accompany you, if there is something to do, you can also turn around." ”

Chi Tao thanked Xie Yao, went back to the house to change his clothes, and took the food box to Xie Yao's carriage.

Murong's carriage was in front and Xie Yao's carriage was behind, both of which were black lacquered carriages, with simple interior decoration but extremely comfortable.

Chi Tao saw that Xie Yao had his eyes closed, so he didn't make a sound, he sat in the corner of the carriage and closed his eyes to recuperate, thinking about what he might encounter.

"Brother Chi, what are you asking for when you enter the palace? Or should I say, Chi Er girl? ”

I don't know when, Xie Yao opened his eyes and looked at Chi Tao scrutinically.

I have already sent someone to check the origin of this "pond pottery". The Chi family fell from the sky in Fucheng, but someone had seen Chi Xing, had a conversation with Chi Xing, and recognized the accent in Chi Xing's words as the Jizhou area next door. I also lived in Yuelaiyi, and I also lived in an inn in the county town, and I found Qingshan Village along the way to find Qingshan Village.

Missing in Qingshan Village is a pair of sisters. Coincidentally, the surname is also Chi, and my sister is called Chi Tao, which is different from Chi Tao.

It's just that I haven't found out the identity of Chi Chu, the nominal "sister" of the Chi family.

Although he didn't know where she got her skills, Xie Yao didn't care, as long as he knew that Chi Tao had an innocent resume, he didn't deliberately approach him. He still has to rely on Chi Tao to cook and cook, and he has no intention of revealing that she is a woman, but today things are strange, why does Chi Tao have to make this dim sum that must be poured on the spot? Could it be that her real purpose is the emperor? But what is the matter with a country girl who wants to enter the palace in a lonely way?

Chi Tao calmed down in an instant, opened his eyes and smiled: "Gongzi Xie is really meticulous. ”

Xie Yao didn't speak, and looked at her quietly.

The girl is still small, the description is not open, the complexion is not only slightly dark but also slightly rough, and the word beauty is not touched. Dressed in the green cloth clothes of a servant, and wearing a small cloth hat, it hides all feminine features.

But judging by her demeanor, she is not what a country girl should have.

Chi Tao no longer concealed his voice, and returned to his original clear voice: "What do you think I am plotting?" ”

"I can only think of assassinating the emperor." After all, such a mediocre appearance will not be to please the emperor.

Chi Tao immediately understood what Xie Yao meant, and couldn't help but scold—can't I just rely on my skills to get an imperial chef?

She said with a straight face: "I did hide the truth from my son, please forgive me." In an instant, she had already made a decision, Xie Yao was trustworthy regardless of identity, ability or temperament, and entrusting Ah Chu's affairs to him was much more effective than relying on herself no matter what. She smiled: "Childe was calculated to encounter wolves late at night, and there will be no sequelae of neighbors' suspicious axes, right?" ”

"You ......"

"Childe never thought of it, so coincidentally I was a sister and the two escaped from Qingshan Village, and you happened to meet two women in the mountains?"

"It's you!" Xie Yao was a little excited, "I also sent someone to look for you...... But your face was full of soot at that time, and you couldn't see your face clearly, and it was far away from Qingshan Village, so you just thought you were a girl from a village in Yuzhou...... I didn't expect that!"

Chi Tao briefly explained the experience and turned back to the topic: "Presumably you haven't found out the identity of my 'sister' Achu yet?" ”

Xie Yao's attitude has changed greatly, and he said with a smile: "Not bad." When you moved away from Yuelaiyi, no one had seen you have a sister. ”

"You should already know where I came from, my sister was married to a fool by her stepmother, and she was almost murdered by her father-in-law, and she was bent on death. I also heard that my stepmother was plotting with my biological father to sell me to a rich man as a maid so that she could marry her own son. So he fled with his sister and went to Fucheng. ”

"Yes." These are consistent with the intelligence, but he has always been strange that Chi Tao has such a decision and ability to act at such a young age and as a woman.

"After arriving in Fucheng, I lived in Yuelaiyi. Now that you've found out everything about me, you should also know who else lived in the inn during the few days I lived at Yuelai. ”

Xie Yao was taken aback: "You mean, Lord Huayin?" Although it was not widely publicized, the county lord of Huayin and his party did not deliberately hide their whereabouts, and many people in Fucheng knew that the county lord went to Beijing and passed through Fucheng, but for some reason he stayed for some time.

Chi Tao nodded: "Yes." It was at Yuelaiyi that I saved Achu. ”

"If it's in Yuelaiyi...... I heard that the lord of Huayin County has been in the ring for a few days, because she lost a maid..... she happens to be fourteen years old, the same age as your sister. ”

Chi Tao laughed: "You reacted so fast...... However, what she lost was not a maid, but the real lord of Huayin! ”

"What did you say?!"

In her previous life, Chi Tao had undergone special training in communicating with people to gain the trust of others, and Achu's matter was originally true, she stared at Xie Yao's eyes and nodded affirmatively: "Yes." Achu is the real lord of Huayin. ”

Chi Tao has only been in the capital for two or three days, and he is restricted by his identity and has no source. But Xie Yao knew that the lord of Huajun had entered Beijing more than a month ago, and as the granddaughter of the queen mother and the niece of the emperor, he was admitted to the palace by the queen mother to live in the palace as soon as he arrived. If it's false......

Chi Tao continued: "The county lord of Huayin came from Dali and was robbed by mountain bandits near Huizhou, but the county lord escaped by luck and ran to a rich family for help. Who knew that the rich man saw that the county lord was somewhat similar to his daughter, so he was moved by evil intentions and came up with a plan to drop the bag. The current lord of Huayin is the daughter of the rich family! ”

"In that case, why didn't you tell me or Murong earlier?"

Chi Tao shook his head: "Although I was favored by my son and hired me as a cook, I have known each other for a short time, and I have hidden my identity and don't want to tell my history, this matter is very related, and it is difficult to win your trust." She smiled bitterly, "But I should have thought a long time ago that the identity of Childe could take me with him without any guilt, how could he not find out everything about me in advance?" ”

Xie Yao touched his nose and was a little uncomfortable: "Then what are your ideas when you enter the palace today?" ”

"I originally thought that if I entered the palace, I would be able to talk to the palace maid at the worst, but it would not be difficult to get some news..... if I was lucky, maybe I would still be able to see the fake county lord." She took out a small bulging purse in her sleeve and shook it in front of Xie Yao, "Money can make ghosts grind." ”

Xie Yao raised his forehead: "Naïve." There is a good person in the palace, if you are a person who can easily get out of the news, then the lady in this palace does not need to be mixed. ”

"Hehe....... Chi Tao smiled flatteringly, "but now that you know the truth, you must not sit idly by." Now the real Huayin County Lord Pearl is secretly cast, waiting for a hero like you to rescue him! ”

Xie Yao glared at her: "In short, don't act rashly today." ”

"Oh." Chi Tao obediently responded. She was already having a headache about how to return Ah Chu to the original owner, but now she has stabbed Xie Yao, that is, to Murong Ling, and they are the most unfortunate relatives of the emperor and the country, and they are naturally ten million times more useful than tossing on their own. In the future, Achu won't have to be at her house..... so can she toss as much as she wants? Chi Tao was really about to laugh out loud.

Xie Yao glimpsed Chi Tao's calm face on the surface, but he felt that her joy was almost unbearable, and he couldn't help but feel a little depressed - how could he look like he had finally thrown off his burden!

After a short time, the carriage drove into the palace wall, got off in front of the Yong'an Gate, and the group walked to the harem.

Chi Tao didn't dare to look around, stared down at Xie Yao's clothes, and walked quickly, only looking around with his peripheral vision. At this time, the imperial palace is very different from the Forbidden City, but it is somewhat similar to the Daming Palace in Xi'an and Nijo Castle in Japan, the appearance of the palace is mostly dark, decorated with wood ornaments, simple and heavy.