Your Majesty, please do not disturb, the empress only wants to engage in business

Chapter 131 Thoughts

It's always bad not to talk to people you meet on the road. Along the way, Yao Jinse met concubines of relatively low status, so she declined their invitations to visit the garden one by one. Only when she returned to her palace and sat down after everything settled did she breathe a sigh of relief.

"Are you tired, young master?"

Bai Tao had been calculating the time for Yao Jinse to return in Yuxiu Palace. Seeing that her young mistress came back a little late and was panting in the chair as soon as she came back, she thought that she was tired because she was kept back by the imperial concubine today.

She waved her hand, and Bai Shuang quickly brought over the lunch that had been sent over from the imperial kitchen not long ago. According to the usual rules, the imperial kitchen sent scallion pancakes, steamed sea bass, and pigeon and white atractylodes soup at noon today, as well as a plate of peach blossom cake and almond cheese.

The things were naturally all good, but Yao Jinse suddenly remembered that there were extra snacks among the things sent by the imperial kitchen in the morning. She didn't pay attention to it at the time and just thought it was an example from the imperial kitchen - after all, she was the one who slept in the emperor's bed last night.

But it was already lunch time, and they still sent us something extra, which was a bit strange.

"They were all donated by the imperial kitchen. When Xiao Shanzi went to pick up the food today, he even brought back an extra tray of meat buns from the kitchen."

After she said this, Yao Jinse understood everything clearly.

The Imperial Kitchen is the place with the largest population flow. There are countless meals delivered to various places in a day, as well as messages sent back from various palaces. Although the chefs in the Imperial Kitchen are not eunuchs in the palace, they have to remember the preferences of the ladies in each palace. They are all smart and naturally know what to cook.

Since it is filial piety, it doesn’t matter.

Even the tray of buns that Xiaoshanzi brought back seemed ordinary to Yao Jinse. Meat buns were considered top-notch food for servants in the palace, but would never appear on the table of any empress or lady.

Even if it appeared, it was just a delicate and small steamed bun. What Xiaoshanzi brought back could only be the former.

This was just a private exchange among the servants, and it was none of his business.

What's more, it's only right for the imperial kitchen to show some respect.

During the time Yao Jinse has been in charge, she has never been short of anything. Charcoal is closely related to the imperial kitchen. Since they have a good relationship, there is no need to be too nervous.

But it's noon, and there's fish and pigeon, which is a bit too much.

Yao Jinse ate some scallion pancakes, drank a bowl of soup, picked up a few chopsticks of fish, and then told Bai Tao to divide two bowls of soup and send them to the princess's wet nurse. The palace had extremely strict requirements on the diet of wet nurses, and often even salt was not allowed. Although Yao Jinse could not go against the instructions of the imperial physician, she disagreed with the imperial physician's opinions on some things.

How can my breast milk be good if I can’t eat anything?
If a child grows up eating this kind of milk, he probably won't be very healthy.

It is always difficult for children to grow up in such a time, especially children in the palace. The more spoiled they are, the more fragile they are, and they are not as easy to raise as children outside. Yao Jinse cannot make decisions for others, but at least in her own palace, she can relax about food.

The remaining food was given to the subordinates to eat.

Bai Tan went downstairs to eat first. After he and Bai Tao finished eating, he came back to take over Bai Shuang and Bai Lu's shift and fanned Yao Jinse who was curled up on the warm kang reading a book.

The light silk fan swung slowly, and the wind it brought was so faint that it naturally did not have the effect of cooling people down. However, with this wind, the air around Yao Jinse could circulate, otherwise she would feel hot if she stayed in one place all the time. In winter, the bedroom was separated from the outside by a thick curtain, and there was a charcoal basin in the room, so it was naturally not too cold.

But that's it. There is no better way in this era. Even if it is an old friend, no matter how wise he is, he is still limited in his vision.

How do you get the heating?

It was also the first time for Yao Jinse to spend a winter in this world, and she only had a general idea of ​​many things from her previous life and had no idea how they worked.

But just knowing the general idea may not mean that I can't do anything.

There are many skilled craftsmen in the palace - just as Yao Jinse said just now, they are just limited by their vision. As long as she makes a request to them, they can definitely make what she wants.

The charcoal basin needs to be burned in the house anyway. In Yao Jinse's opinion, the harmful substances produced by this thing are no different from those produced by a normal heating stove.

These matters are now under the control of Yao Jinse. It only takes a word from her to decide what to do and who to do it.

Pulling a piece of paper over and drawing a rough outline on it, Yao Jinse rolled up the pattern in her hand and stuffed it into a small bamboo tube. She called out and the eunuch on duty came in.

It’s Xiao Tang.

Although this boy is young, he is very efficient and most importantly, he has a good mouth. Whenever there is any job of passing messages, Yao Jinse likes to ask him to do it.

If the eunuchs in the palace want to get ahead, they will never succeed if they are not good at talking.

Xiao Tang respectfully took the bamboo tube from Yao Jinse's hand, listened carefully to Yao Jinse's request, asked twice more if there were any parts he didn't understand, and then he accepted the task and went out.

If even he could understand it, I think the craftsmen would naturally understand it as well.

"My lady, why are you getting this thing? We have plenty of charcoal in our palace, and we have the ground dragon, so it won't be too cold at all."

Bai Tao watched Yao Jinse's process from the side and was also confused. In her opinion, Yao Jinse was now in charge of the charcoal fire, so there would be no shortage of charcoal in various places in their palace. If that was the case, why bother to go through all the trouble of getting a warm stove?

"There is a reason for making these things. What we don't need, there are always others who can use it. As long as this thing is made, any money that can save charcoal and silver is also a good achievement."

With this thing, the house might be warmer and people would be safer. Otherwise, if the charcoal basin is placed on the ground, it would burn you and leave a scar if you accidentally touched it.

Most importantly, Yao Jinse's position has shown no signs of loosening.

She had to do something so that Xie Yun'an would still remember her. The bonus brought by beauty and atmosphere could only be a temporary effect. The most important thing was the real credit in her hands.

She doesn't need to think about the real things outside. These things that require her brain and are close to real life are the best places for her to display her talents.