Looking at the back of Da Qingyi, Emperor Yuan Jing had no expression on his face, like a cold and hard sculpture.

There were twenty-four palaces in the inner court of the imperial palace, where the concubines and children of Emperor Yuan Jing lived. Emperor Yuanjing's harem was not lively at all, and Chuxiu Palace did not accommodate young and beautiful women for more than ten years.

Wei Yuan came to the palace of the queen and the lord of the harem, and after the transmission, he entered the palace and saw the queen sitting on the soft collapse.

This queen of the mother's world, who came in and cleared a lot, her round and dignified face became sharper.

She is a very beautiful woman, nearly forty years old, still beautiful, although there is no girlhood of liveliness and brightness, but the years have carefully carved her connotation, mature and dignified charm is not comparable to ordinary girls.

"Why is Duke Wei here?" The queen smiled implicitly, staring at Da Qingyi's face, with hard facial lines, a high nose, thin lips, and deep eyes, containing indescribable vicissitudes.

The frosty white of his sideburns makes him more mature and attractive.

Wei Yuan took the lead in bowing his head: "I heard that the queen is sick?"

The queen smiled and said, "It's healed." ”

"Your Majesty said that the queen has not had a good appetite recently, so let Weichen come and take a look. ”

The smile on the queen's face faded, and she looked at him calmly: "Did he ask you to come?" ”

Wei Yuan hesitated slightly, shook his head and said, "I've been busy with official business recently, and I didn't know that the queen was sick." ”

The queen's face turned to the side, and her tone was flat: "The palace is lacking." ”

"The queen drinks less tea, it's not good for the spleen and stomach..."Seeing that the queen showed impatience, Wei Yuan bowed down: "Weichen retires." ”

"Wei Yuan!"

The queen suddenly stopped him.

Wei Yuan turned his back and didn't look back.

The queen opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she said nothing because of various concerns.

A thousand words were hidden in her beautiful eyes, but Wei Yuan couldn't see them.

Wei Yuan left the queen's palace, the breeze was blowing, and a green robe fluttered.

He really didn't know that the queen was sick, because the shadows placed nearby were uprooted by Emperor Yuan Jing some time ago. And the queen did not know about it.

It is impossible to say these things in public, so you can only let the queen misunderstand.

Ahead, the tall Princess Huaiqing was leading the palace maids and guards over.

She wore a white palace skirt, embroidered with bright plum blossoms, and covered with a big coat to avoid the cold, which was cold and luxurious, beautiful and refined.

Very different from her mother when she was younger.

"Gong Wei!" Princess Huaiqing saluted.

"Your Highness. Wei Yuan returned the salute and explained casually: "Your Majesty heard that the queen has a poor appetite and is in poor health, so I asked him to come to visit on his behalf." ”

Princess Huaiqing said "um", her father has long since stopped coming to the harem, and she only thinks about cultivating immortals and immortals every day, and he will pay attention to which lady in the palace is sick, but he usually sends someone to visit him.

The palace maid who served in the palace said that the queen mother really hadn't eaten much recently. Huaiqing said.

"After a long illness, if you go on a hunger strike, your body will fall into the root of the disease. Wei Yuan frowned, but in front of Princess Huaiqing, he hid his worries very well, and only expressed the worries that a courtier should have.

Princess Huaiqing smiled lightly, she didn't seem to be worried, her voice was cold and crisp, and it was very textured: "I just planned to summon Xu Qi'an, since I met Duke Wei here, Huaiqing will let the palace guards run more." ”

Wei Yuan was stunned and said, "What does Your Highness mean by this?"

Princess Huaiqing said: "Xu Qi'an has a special secret recipe that can increase the umami of food by a hundred times, and the taste will be unforgettable for a long time. The queen mother has a poor appetite, so she can give this secret recipe a try. ”

.....

Xu Qi'an paid out of his own pocket to invite Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao to listen to the music, and the two colleagues listened to the music while completing the inheritance of life.

This is Xu Qi'an to make up for them, especially Song Tingfeng, who donated a full five taels of silver to the health hall. He is a prodigal son who has not started a family, and his living expenses are secondary, and if he has no money to go to the teaching department, he will have the sorrow of the balls.

Leaving the goulan, Zhu Guangxiao and Song Tingfeng, who were hungry for eels, were extremely satisfied, and the three of them did not walk long before they were stopped by a gong on horseback and complained: "Where do you go to fish? I can't find anyone for a long time." ”

"What's the matter?" asked Xu Qi'an.

"Duke Wei is invited. The gong said.

Naturally, it was Xu Qi'an, Song Tingfeng and Zhu Guangxiao knew that they were pounds, waved goodbye to their philanthropic colleagues, and continued their street patrols.

Returning to the yamen and entering the Haoqi Building, Xu Qi'an saw Wei Yuan, who was sitting by the desk reading a book.

The eunuch put down the scroll and said, "I heard Huaiqing say that you have a secret recipe that can enhance the umami of the dishes. ”

Is Huaiqing so gossipy? This kind of trivial matter is also talked about everywhere.... Xu Qi'an was stunned for a moment, "The small skill of carving insects is not worth Wei Gongji." ”

"The queen has been suffering from a poor appetite lately and is in weak health, so I would like to try your recipe. Wei Yuan said gently.

The queen is Huaiqing's biological mother, and Huaiqing asked Wei Yuan to ask me for chicken essence.... Xu Qi'an nodded suddenly, and when he saw that there was no one in the tea room, he took out the jade mirror, lightly buttoned the back, and a head-sized jar fell out, and he reached out to catch it steadily.

The fruits of Chu Caiwei and Song Qing's labor are here, and he only left a small bottle of chicken essence for Chu Caiwei.

Wei Yuan opened the jar, sniffed it, and immediately frowned. He smelled a slightly pungent umami smell.

"It's called chicken bouillon. Xu Qi'an said in popular science.

Essence of chicken is a mixture of monosodium glutamate and guanylate as the core ingredients, which together have a complementary effect.

Speaking of which, the word chicken essence is broad and profound, and it has three meanings, one of which is the seasoning you see in front of you.

The other is that the chicken has become a spirit, called ** spirit. There is also a specialty that is unique to men.

Closing the lid and returning the jar to Xu Qi'an, Wei Yuan called the clerk: "Let the cook cook the bowl of noodles." ”

Xu Qi'an understood and followed the officials out.

A quarter of an hour later, Xu Qi'an came back with a bowl of shredded egg and meat noodles and placed it on Wei Yuan's case.

Wei Yuan nodded: "You take a bite and help me test the poison." ”

There was only one pair of chopsticks, and Xu Qi'an took a bite with the other end.

After waiting for a moment to confirm that the little gong was not poisoned by the noodles he had brought up, Wei Yuan moved his chopsticks.

Xu Qi'an said quietly: "Maybe the poison is smeared on the chopsticks." ”

Wei Yuan was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "Get out." ”

Xu Qi'an didn't roll, grinned, he had been with Dad Wei for so long, Wei Yuan was a person who wouldn't really get angry, and his qi cultivation kung fu was terrifying.

Sure enough, Wei Yuan didn't care anymore and lowered his head to eat noodles.

Chewing on the firm noodles, he was a little surprised by the texture of the noodles, and was shocked by the first experience of his taste buds being hit by chicken essence. When he took a sip of the soup, Wei Yuan's eyes lit up suddenly.

"How is it?" asked Xu Qi'an expectantly.

"No amount of chefs have worked hard to make this kind of taste. Wei Yuan nodded with satisfaction, the queen is used to eating the delicacies in the palace, and in addition to her own lack of appetite, anorexia is also a reason why she is tired of eating the dishes in the palace.

Xu Qi'an could feel the approval in Father Wei's eyes.

Wei Yuan took out a porcelain vase from the lattice and handed it to Xu Qi'an, who took it and poured some of it into the porcelain vase.

Then hand it back to Wei Yuan.

Wei Yuan shook his head, didn't answer, and looked at the jar: "The bottle is left for you, that's mine." ”

Xu Qi'an's expression was suddenly sluggish.

.....

Twilight.

The palace maid served stacks of delicacies, and the rich aroma of vegetables filled the room. But the queen looked sad and frowned displeased:

"This palace said, prepare a bowl of porridge. ”

The palace maid whispered: "Gong Wei just sent a secret recipe over and told us to make something good for Niangniang." ”

Another palace maid said with hope: "Niangniang, you can taste it." ”

They've tried it and the taste is different and unforgettable. After living in the palace for so many years, I have tried all kinds of delicacies of the mountains and seas for the masters.

Only today's taste is an unprecedented taste experience, and people can't help but feel that the taste they have eaten before is not enough.

Hearing that it was Wei Yuan's arrangement, the queen sighed, scooped a bowl of soup with some resistance, and tasted it with a frown.

The strong umami flavor explodes between the taste buds, gurgling... In the slender neck, the throat rolled, and he swallowed it subconsciously.

Then, the queen drank the soup one after another, without the slightest resistance or disgust.

"Hongu suddenly became a little hungry and served rice. The queen handed the bowl to the maid and stared expectantly at the table full of delicious food.

.....

The next day, just after the hour, the eunuchs in the queen's palace came to the yamen of the watchman with a batch of gold, silver and jade.

Wei Yuan met the eunuch in Haoqi Building, this father-in-law, who was obviously an old acquaintance of Wei Yuan, sat at the table casually, drinking the tea made by Wei Yuan himself, and said with a smile:

"Where did Duke Wei find the secret recipe, the queen mother ate very happily last night. ”

Wei Yuan stared at him and asked a little nervously, "No anorexia?" ”

My father-in-law smiled: "I eat more than ever, more than when my body is good." When she got up early this morning, the queen asked for lunch for the first time. ”

Wei Yuan smiled heartily.

Just after the afternoon, Xu Qi'an was called to the palace by Princess Huaiqing, and he saw the light mature princess with her breasts on the desk in the elegant room with a bright window.

She is as cold, noble, and beautiful as ever, and if you don't look at her plump body, you will feel that Her Royal Highness the princess is the white lotus of the snow-capped mountains, spotless.

"Today, the palace had lunch at the queen mother's place, and your recipe seems to have improved?" Princess Huaiqing asked.

"It's all the credit of Senior Brother Song and Miss Caiwei. Xu Qi'an said.

Princess Huaiqing nodded, "The palace has some nostalgia for that kind of taste, but the queen mother is stingy and doesn't give it." Do you still have it?"

"It's gone. Xu Qi'an immediately shook his head: "The full jar was given to Duke Wei and sent to the queen's mother." ”

He actually has it, and there is a small bottle, but he can't give it to Huaiqing, he has to keep it for mounting.

It's not that Princess Lin'an has a high status in his heart, but the mounting is too noisy, the emperor's harem is not big, and the novelty of chicken essence will be transmitted to Lin'an sooner or later. It doesn't matter, after all, it was sent by Wei Yuan.

But Princess Huaiqing knows who the real "initiator" is, with Huaiqing's black belly.... When the time comes, framing will be like a resentful woman who has overturned a vinegar jar, spreading fire on Xu Qi'an's head.

After all, in Princess Lin'an's heart, Xu Qi'an had already abandoned the darkness and turned to the light and became a horse boy under her command.

Princess Huaiqing frowned slightly, "But this palace heard that Wei Yuan sent it to the queen mother... Essence of chicken, is half a can. ”

"Huh?" Xu Qi'an was stunned and looked at Huaiqing.

Huaiqing also looked at him, and the two couldn't help but be silent.

PS: Last night, the third watch, the vitality was greatly damaged, and today is gone.