Chapter 256: Chicken Soup
Su Mingbo saw that Qi Miao was so polite, and hurriedly returned the salute. Bai Xiyun now has a very high status in the emperor's mind, others don't know, wouldn't he know that he has been serving by the emperor's side all day long? The emperor likes Bai Xiyun, and he can't just recognize his righteous son, and even the banners on the Dongchang side are very concerned about Bai Xiyun's affairs, and now they are still going around Hei'an Luhou. Qi Miao is Bai Xiyun's pillow person, she is very loved by Bai Xiyun, and she has medical skills and talent, it seems that Wan Guifei also trusts her medical skills, how can he dare to take such a person?
"Oh, Madame Bai don't bother the slave. Su Mingbo said with a smile: "Actually, this matter is a slave maid who is good at making an initiative to find you, the emperor will have a dinner with the ministers in the main tent, you also know that the conditions of our meeting are not as good as in the palace, the emperor ate some roasted meat, and then he was a little topped, in fact, he didn't move a few bites at all, but he lost his appetite, and it was because the slave thought that the emperor liked your medicinal diet very much, so he made his own decision to beg you." ”
Qi Miao understood Su Mingbo's difficulties and worries. Serving by the emperor's side every day, I don't know how many things to worry about, the emperor's smile can affect the hearts of these people, even if the service is not good, the emperor really has something that is going to lose his head, even if Su Mingbo achieves the current position of the chief eunuch, he will not be easily beheaded, but with his loyalty, the emperor's journey has been far away and bumpy all day, and it is easy to eat a meal and have not moved a few bites, where will he not worry.
Qi Miao bowed his head and said: "Father-in-law Su is really sincere to the emperor, now it is autumn, it is the time of fire, I know some medicinal diets for conditioning, but I don't know if the medicinal materials we brought can be complete." ”
Su Mingbo was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Madam Bai can make a list and ask them to equip it." ”
"Very good. Qi Miao smiled and bowed, "Then I'll go and prepare." ”
Being able to take care of the emperor's imperial food with his own hands is really a kind of trust and affirmation, and the accompanying imperial chef saw that Gonggong Su personally led a young woman over, and some of them didn't recognize it was guessing whose girl it was, and it must have been ordered by the emperor to attract Su Mingbo. Those who knew said in a low voice: "You still don't know this? That is Bai Shaofu's wife Qi Shi, the first female medical officer in our Great Zhou Dynasty, the only woman who can enter and leave the Tai Hospital, and now she is the person who is ordered to serve Wan Guifei Niangniang's pulse, I heard that she has made a very good medicinal diet, you haven't seen Lao Zhao, and with a few words of her advice, she was promoted to be in charge of the emperor's medicinal diet." ”
Someone nodded when they heard this.
There are also people who slander in their hearts: she was originally a noble lady, and she was not good at embroidering in the boudoir, so she wanted to come to grab a job with them......
But how dare anyone be rude to Qi Miao?
Su Mingbo was not in a hurry to leave, anyway, he left his apprentice Xiaoluzi to take care of him, and he was just waiting for the medicinal food to be prepared at this time.
Qi Miao's master of this body has excellent cooking skills, coupled with her own familiarity and compatibility with the taste of medicinal materials, it is natural and delicious to match, and from time to time, the apprentices of Imperial Physician Hu who traveled with the team will send all the medicinal materials on the list, and Qi Miao checked to make sure that they are not poisonous and correct, so he began to cook.
In the past, she prepared mostly porridge, but today she saw a pheasant in the kitchen, so she specially cooked a medicinal pheasant soup.
The pheasant is stewed in a large pot and tasted, and the herbs are added to flavor and compatibility, which is also mixed with fresh green wild vegetables, and in the whitish soup with a faint oil flower, the green wild vegetables and crispy chicken are particularly attractive.
Qi Miao has always been a little nauseated, but fortunately, she has been almost four months now, and her reaction is not as strong as at the beginning, and now she is in the wild, the air is clear and accompanied by the fragrance of grass, and the taste is not strong, otherwise she would have to vomit it.
When the preparations were ready, Qi Miao smiled and said, "Father-in-law Su, it's already ready." ”
"It's really Mrs. Labor. ”
"Don't dare to be. Gong Su said seriously, didn't he torture me. This soup is hot and nourishing, it is the most suitable for use now, and please send it to the emperor. ”
"Yes, thank you, slave. The slave and maid are to retire for the time being. Su Mingbo felt that Qi Miao was so cooperative today, one was to be loyal to the emperor, and the other was to give himself enough face, so he was overjoyed, and hurriedly ordered someone to carry the casserole to the main account.
After the person walked away, Qi Miaocai twisted the finger that had just been punctured, which was now completely healed and there was no blood. She was thinking that since the emperor favored Bai Xiyun and invited him to dinner together, the emperor would inevitably reward Bai Xiyun with medicinal chicken soup, and Bai Xiyun would be good for her body if she could eat it, and she was not ambiguous when she used spiritual blood.
As for the main role of spiritual blood in nourishing and detoxifying the body and indirectly playing the role of seasoning, she didn't calculate it too much.
Qi Miao and Yulian returned to the Bai family's tent. The tent is not big, there is also a bonfire burning hot water in the middle, and there is a mattress and bedding that has been laid with fur on the side, Qi Miao felt a little tired, so he lay on his side. As for Yulian and Guan Junyan who came along, they naturally had their own small tents prepared outside.
When Qi Miao was drowsy holding the pillow, Su Mingbo in the main tent just silently ordered someone to serve the casserole and served a bowl of chicken soup to the emperor.
The bowl is snow-white and delicate white porcelain, the soup in the bowl looks nourishing but not greasy, the fresh and tender wild vegetables in it look novel, and the soup also exudes a faint medicinal fragrance and floral fragrance, the light aroma overshadows the greasy and fishy smell of the chicken.
The emperor couldn't help but take a bite as he smiled and watched the song and dance.
I felt that the lips and teeth were fragrant, and I suddenly felt that the greasy barbecue was relieved, and I immediately had a great appetite, and I ate a small bowl in a few bites. turned around and said with a smile: "The minions in the imperial dining room have a long skill today, what kind of soup is prepared, it is particularly refreshing, Su Mingbo, go and prepare it for the concubines and princes." ”
"Yes. ”
Su Mingbo saw the emperor's incense, smiled and served it to the emperor first, and then ordered someone to prepare a delicate small bowl for Wan Guifei to serve a bowl and send it over personally. What was given to King De was also through his hands, and then it was the hands of Xiaoluzi that were given to the third and fourth princes.
The emperor had already eaten the second bowl, and handed the empty bowl to Su Mingbo, "Amazing, who prepared this soup?"
"Back to the emperor, it was the slave who saw that your dinner was not fragrant, and specially went to find Madame Bai to prepare it. ”
"Madame Bai? You mean Xiyun's daughter-in-law. The emperor understood and laughed: "Yes, Xiyun, you are a blessed woman who can have such a smart and ingenious woman as his wife." He sent Su Mingbo again, "Go, since it was prepared by his daughter-in-law, he naturally has a share of what he eats." ”
When Su Mingbo heard this, he prepared a bowl for Bai Xiyun and served it himself.
The soup is not much and not less than a casserole, and now one point is not enough to distribute to the ministers, and the emperor himself still feels that it is not enough to eat, so naturally he will not reward others, so he only eats very sweetly, and unconsciously sweats on his forehead, and the whole body is very refreshing.
And Su Mingbo's order of serving soup to people attracted people's attention.
It seems that in addition to serving the emperor and Wan Guifei to drink soup, Su Mingbo also served two people.
One is the second prince, that is, the newly promoted His Royal Highness King De.
The other is Bai Xiyun.
There were a total of six people who got the soup, and only the soup of the third prince and the fourth prince was served by Xiao Luzi.
There was an indescribable feeling in the hearts of these two people.
But the soup was delicious.
They had all heard about Bai Xiyun's wife who was proficient in medical skills, but they had never really seen it, and now they were eating such a delicious medicinal chicken soup, and when they thought about the rumors, they had some curiosity about this Qi family.
The second prince used a bowl, but he felt that he was still unsatisfied, and it was not good to ask the emperor again, looking at Bai Xiyun on the last position opposite, he felt that this person was really bitter, he actually got such a good daughter-in-law, is such a delicious chicken soup as long as he wants to eat it, he can eat it at any time.
And he couldn't.
Now as long as the second prince thinks of Qi Miao, there is an indescribable sour feeling in his heart that slowly spreads, and his sore heart twitches.
He is now crowned king, and he may become the emperor of this country in the future, and when he grows so big, the only woman who is tempted is actually his friend's daughter-in-law, and he sometimes even blames himself for being too uncontrollable, and he will be so tempted by an impossible object, but he can't control his emotions.
Even the delicious taste that had been in Fang Cai's mouth for a long time has now turned bitter.
The emperor was now overjoyed, and looked at Wan Guifei with a smile, "You say, is Xiyun a blessed person?" I just don't know if King De has this kind of blessing." ”
This sentence drew everyone's attention to the second prince.
The emperor's intention is obviously to choose a concubine for the second prince.
Although Concubine Wan was still faint, the joy in her eyes was gently revealed when she looked at the emperor.
The emperor liked it and said with a smile: "You start to prepare, my son is naturally worthy of the best woman." ”
"Yes, the concubine knows. "In fact, Wan Guifei has already had some candidates, but she has not had the opportunity to discuss with her family, after all, the Wan family is too powerful now, and Wan Guifei has always been worried that her mother family is the emperor's fear. Although the emperor did not show any jealousy in front of her at all, she was genuinely worried.
The second prince's heart lake was rippling, and he was already starting to get nervous. But because I had a Qi Miao in my heart, I suddenly felt that the ladies in other families were not interested.
Those women are probably just some vulgar fans, right? Playing the piano and chess, or is it a female celebrity cooking?
These ordinary girls will be all in the best of the best. But she still has medical skills that are not inferior to the imperial doctor, and she is not as beautiful as most women.
The joy that was originally born because of the choice of concubine also disappeared at this moment because of the beautiful shadow that was full of hearts and minds.
Looking at Bai Xiyun, who was eating chicken soup with his eyes down, the second prince suddenly had some indescribable jealousy and envy.
He is not as good as a prince, and he does not have a beloved couple as that person.