Shangshi female official

Chapter 119 Longjing Pastry 1
Nanny Zhou stepped forward respectfully, bent down and reminded softly, "My lord, Eve is here."

Nanny Chen turned her face away from the back of the book, turned her head to look at Wang Yifu, and said, "Here we come."

Wang Yifu stepped forward to give a blessing, and Madam Chen put down the book and asked, "How about the new dining room?"

"Everything is fine."

"Oh? I heard that Xu Jieyu has canceled meals and redone them these few days, and also threw plates, which kept the three of you busy for a while."

"Mammy is really powerful, she knows everything."

"Tell me what's good about it?"

"Isn't this a good thing? Originally, Yifu is young, so it is inevitable to be in charge of a dining room, which makes people jealous. Xu Jieyu makes things difficult for me. Perhaps my colleagues have calmed down, and maybe they still sympathize with me."

Nanny Chen laughed and said, "You can comfort yourself."

"Could it be that Mammy is calling me to stand up for me?"

"Of course not. I can't stand the idea of ​​being wronged. It doesn't matter if you don't handle the meal properly."

Nanny Zhou brought the tea to the table, and also handed a tea bowl to Wang Yifu, and then stood aside, waiting for Nanny Chen's order.

Nanny Chen skimmed off the tea, the water was still steaming, she blew on it again, took a small sip, and then said: "I came here for a business. Although your palm meal is not worthy of the name , but in the end it is the empress who loves you, and there are some things that you have to bear if you can't bear it."

"Eve understands."

"The most important event next month is the Long Live Birthday Banquet in April. Last year, the emperor had to avoid his birthday at Lingtai, so there was no banquet. This year, the neighboring country will definitely organize a mission to congratulate you. You should gradually understand these internal affairs , but now that you have suddenly become a chef, I cannot allow you to take your time."

"Then who should I ask for these internal affairs?"

"The person who is most familiar with these aspects, you also know, is the current female officer in charge of the Neijiaofang, Aunt Feng. She was born on the frontier and has a better understanding of the customs of various countries. It turned out that she also worked hard to study the diets of different ethnic groups in the imperial dining room. Tomorrow you will go to the Shang Palace Bureau to get a sign and go to Neijiaofang to ask Nanny Feng for advice, but the time given to you is only three days."

"Three days... what about Xu Jieyu's meals?"

"Ting Lan will take care of you for three days, so you don't have to worry. The third day is the assessment day of the Inner Teaching Workshop, and I will go there too. We will come back together when the time comes."

"Then I'll have to thank Nanny Zhou. Xu Jieyu is hard to take care of. I'm afraid Nanny Zhou will suffer some grievances."

Nanny Zhou smiled and nodded, and said, "Don't worry, you can learn from Nanny Feng. It's hard to say after a long time, but you can still handle it in three days."

"Then Efu will go back and tidy up, so that she can go to Nanny Feng early tomorrow."

"Go, don't forget to bring something with you."

In the early morning of the next day, Wang Yifu went to the Shang Palace Bureau to sign and receive a small agarwood plaque, which was engraved with the words Shang Gong Bureau,

The clerk Nushi also explained that she must come back three days later before the palace gates are closed, and sign and file with a small sign.

Wang Yifu took the small sign and went to Yuanwu Gate. After the guards at the gate checked it, they let it go.

After being bored in the palace for a long time, she finally had a chance to come out from the red wall to take a breath, and her whole body relaxed a little. She first took a detour to the East Value Fang Yuehong's place, and knocked on the door.

Yue Hong opened the door without even asking who it was. Seeing that it was Wang Yifu, he said happily, "Yifu? Why did you come out of the palace?"

"Chen Shangshi asked me to go to Neijiaofang to ask Nanny Feng for some advice. I'll drop by to see you, Brother Yue."

"It's a coincidence that you came, I will rest today."

Wang Yifu took out the box tied with the hemp rope in her hand, and continued: "This is the pea yellow and tiger skin cake made by the dim sum shop, bring it to Brother Yue to try it out."

"The things you send are all delicious. Since they are brought out, I will not be polite."

Yue Hong took the box, and Wang Yifu said again: "Brother Yue, if you want to eat something, you can tell me about it in the next three days, I finally have a few days to spare, I will make something for Brother Yue to taste. "

"On weekdays you are in the imperial dining room, I am afraid that you will be troubled and you will not be free, but now you are free for a few days, then I will not be polite."

"Brother Yue, at least tell me what to eat, so I can prepare the ingredients."

"You do whatever you want. Every time you send something, it's delicious. I don't need to say what to eat."

"Brother Yue, come to the training ground of Neijiaofang at night, and I will cook a few dishes."

"Make a few more, I'll call Jingmo too."

"Okay, I'll wait for you."

After Wang Yifu greeted Yue Hong, she went to Neijiaofang to find Nanny Feng. Now Nanny Feng was working in the hall of Neijiaofang. The eunuchs and nuns in Neijiaofang were waiting for orders daily.

She was wearing this formal official uniform, and she was somewhat unaccustomed to being stopped by people to salute from the moment she entered the teaching workshop. She finally found Nanny Feng, and Nanny Feng stood up to greet her, and everyone in the room greeted her as a seventh-rank sesame official. Saluting, Wang Yifu became even more embarrassed.

Nanny Feng saw that she was not used to it, and helped her drive away all the people in the room, "You all go, Wang Zhangshan came to see me for something."

"Efu has met Nanny Feng."

"Excuse me, you are a disciple who has been in the inner teaching workshop for three years, so you are too far-fetched."

Wang Yifu took out the snacks prepared for Nanny Feng, and continued: "There are many rules in the palace, and the etiquette is not to be less, these are some Longjing cakes from the Dim Sum Bureau in the palace, and I brought some for Nanny Feng. "

"We don't pay attention to these virtual etiquette between us, you come with me."

The two left from the hall and arrived at the courtyard where Nanny Feng lived. This was where Nanny Chen lived.

She led Wang Yifu to the tea room and asked her to wait a while.

Nanny Feng took out two books from the big camphor wood box under the wall and handed them to Wang Yifu.

"These two books talk about the customs of foreign food and some taboos of foreign food. For example, in the Qiang country in the northwest, most people do not eat pork, and in the Tubo country in the west, they do not eat fish. In the Dian country in the southwest, some people do not eat pork. People don't eat beef."

This book is a butterfly book with yellow leather, the inside pages are a little yellow, it looks like it has been old, she flipped through two pages, and the taboos of foreign diets are written in quite detail.

"Besides that they don't eat anything, the Imperial Dining Room also cooks some things they are used to, so there is no book to read. Follow me to the small kitchen in the yard, and I will make it for you."

"Thank you mammy."

"Master Chen explained that this is a small lesson for you. It won't take long, and there are many things to memorize. You should pay more attention."

"Eve must remember."

Nanny Feng took her to the small kitchen. Meat, fruits, vegetables and other ingredients were already placed on a large round dustpan on the table, and the cutting board and kitchen knives were also complete.

(End of this chapter)