Chapter 104 What a silly girl (one more)
There is a tradition in the Khitan court that the ministers will take a break after discussing matters for a period of time.

Yeluyan took advantage of the maid to serve tea and water to the ministers and glanced at Jinwu who was waiting outside.

Jinwu immediately walked up to the high platform respectfully, approached Yeluyan and whispered: "Qi Khan, the princess is making Zhuge Wuhou's chariot."

"Zhuge Wuhou's car?"

Jin Wu nodded his head and said: "The humble officer inquired with the servant, and said that it is for Lord Xiao to go to court tomorrow."

He paused and continued: "The princess also said that there is no need to run around in humble duties. When the snacks are ready, she will have someone bring them to you."

Yeluyan turned to look at Jinwu and asked, "Princess, do you think I want to eat snacks?"

Jinwu nodded and said, "Probably."

The corners of Yeluyan's mouth were curved upwards, with a gurgling smile.

When Jin Wu saw this, he immediately thought of what he had heard in the corner next to the carriage last night—the conversation between Khan and the princess about "kissing", and thought, Khan and the princess really made great progress.

Look how happy Khan is.

Khan has always been a quiet person, unsmiling, always strict, and quite serious and old-fashioned. It takes a lot of love to smile like this.

It seems that his family's Khan has been completely dragged down by the princess from the unreachable and high altar.

--Good.

After Li Xianyun made the two wheels, the date cake dough was also ready.

The most important parts of Zhuge Wuhou's car were the wheels and the control mechanism. She planned to make the control mechanism after making the jujube cake.

If the dough is left open for too long, it will become sour and won't taste good.

Li Xianyun asked the servants to assemble the simpler parts first, such as the backrest, seat, and pedals...

After they assembled it, her jujube cake was ready, and then she made the control mechanism.

There is no delay in making jujube cakes and Zhuge Wuhou chariots.

After telling the waiter, Li Xianyun came to the dining room.

She led the cooks to take out the dough and knead it.

After the dough is firm enough, he takes the cooks to use the mold to make jujube cakes.

Li Xianyun asked the servants to make these models according to her drawings and instructions.

After the chamberlains finished making the hanging chair, they hoped that Li Xianyun would give them some other carpentry work.

Woodworking is addictive. Watching the finished product appear in front of your eyes gives you a special sense of accomplishment.

Li Xianyun drew some sketches of molds for them, thinking of using them when making pasta.

There are many shapes of these models, including flower-shaped, leaf-shaped, bird-shaped, fish-shaped... There are about seven or eight kinds.

Different shapes, lifelike.

Li Xianyun and the cook took out the mold, washed it, wiped it dry with a soft cloth, took an appropriate amount of dough, and pressed it into the mold.

You have to press the dough hard, so that the shape will be more complete and better-looking.

The cooks followed Li Xianyun's example.

In just over half an hour, dough of various shapes appeared on the chopping board.

Li Xianyun saw that it was almost done, so she asked a cook to put water in the pot and put on the grate.

Seeing the cook about to cover the pot, Li Xianyun opened her red lips and said, "Wait a minute."

She walked over, cleaned her hands, then took the white drawer cloth, soaked it in clean water, held it weakly, spread it on the grate bit by bit, and said:
"Steaming steamed buns or steaming all kinds of cakes must use a drawer cloth, otherwise the bottom of the steamed buns or cakes will stick to the grate, which will be unsightly."

The cook said with some embarrassment: "My servant is clumsy, please forgive me, Princess."

Seeing the embarrassed look on the cook's face, Li Xianyun smiled and said, "It's okay. Once it happens, it will become familiar again. You will know next time."

The cook was quite touched, she didn't expect the princess to be so delicate and considerate.

Li Xianyun put the lid on the pot and said to the cook: "When the water boils, call me concubine."

"Yes."

Li Xianyun continued to make various shapes of red date dough together with other cooks.

Youlan and Zhuoma also joined in to help.

As soon as the dough was ready, the cook who was setting the fire said, "Report to Princess Qi, the water is ready."

Li Xianyun brought the wooden board with the dough to the pot, placed it on the stove, and put various shapes of dough into it.

The hostess of the kitchen said: "Princess, do you have to pay attention to the distance between the dough? I'm afraid that some of them are placed far away and some are placed close to each other."

Li Xianyun glanced at her and said with a smile: "You can hold the dough like this concubine, and keep a distance of about one finger between the dough, so that the steamed buns or jujube cakes will not touch each other. And it will be placed more evenly.”

The head of the kitchen and the cooks nodded repeatedly.

The jujube cake is only as big as a five- or six-year-old child's fist, and a large pot can hold more than 30 of them.

Li Xianyun only put a board of jujube cakes, and the cauldron was full.

There are still ten wooden boards left, so more than 300 date cakes can be made.

In addition to letting the servants and maids in the palace eat, there will be a lot left over, which can be sold in ice porridge shops tomorrow.

Li Xianyun looked at the head of the dining room and said: "There are steamed jujube cakes left, and I leave them to you. If you have any questions, you can go to my concubine."

The diners and cooks all bowed their arms and said, "Yes!"

Li Xianyun said to Dolma: "Dolma, you and the maids bring some sugar water to the servants who are working. They must be tired after working for such a long time. Let them rest for a while."

Dolma bowed his arms and said, "Yes!"

"I'm a little tired. Let's go and lie down on the bed for a while. Youlan, you go with me."

Youlan said: "Yes."

As soon as Li Xianyun walked to the door, she remembered something and turned to the hostess of the kitchen and said: "After the first pot of jujube cakes is out of the pot, bring some to the Khan."

"Yes." said the head of the dining room.

Youlan accompanied Li Xianyun to the inner room, looked at Li Xianyun's pale face worriedly, and said, "Master, are you okay?"

Li Xianyun said softly: "This concubine's moon water is coming."

Youlan asked nervously: "Are you feeling particularly uncomfortable now?"

"Counting the days, it should be tomorrow, but now I have a little backache and want to lie down for a while." Li Xianyun said.

"Would you like to make some ginger syrup for you?" Youlan asked with concern.

Li Xianyun nodded and said, "Find out my concubine's moon cloth again, just in case you need it."

"it is good."

Li Xianyun went back to the inner room and drank a glass of hot water, then went to lie down on the bed.

Lying down, I fell asleep unconsciously.

In her sleep, she saw a girl of thirteen or fourteen years old walking on the ice and snow field.

She was looking around for something, calling someone's name, but she couldn't hear it clearly.

Suddenly, she saw a cloth bag hanging on a tall tree by the river.

The cloth bag was hung high on the ice, and it seemed to contain a child.

The little girl was frightened and ran over quickly.

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