Don't help me, I can sit up by myself

Ever since Du Jiyan had an idea and invented shepherd's purse dumplings and dandelion soup, especially when the queen successfully used these two things to serve her in bed, Du Jiyan's fame has started in the Sixth Palace of the East and West. Who wouldn't want to serve in this deep palace? Woolen cloth?Then, the threshold of Yongfu Hall was almost collapsed. This overwhelming wealth was really hard to guard against.

Before dawn, the snow in Yongfu Hall had not yet been cleared, when someone knocked on the door.Aunt Zhao put on her clothes and went to open the door. She was about to say that the servants of some palace did not understand the rules and disturbed the masters' rest, but she didn't know who to blame. There were more than a dozen palace maids and eunuchs standing outside, and everyone was gathering like a trumpet player. They all stood in two rows in an orderly manner. As soon as Aunt Zhao opened the door a crack, these people poured in like a stream of water. They kept stuffing coins into Aunt Zhao's arms: "Mom, please take care of us. We are here." Came to buy food."

It felt like coins kept falling into her hands like snowflakes. Before Nanny Zhao could see what these people looked like, everyone had already gathered outside the window.

At the beginning, it was a little noisy with everyone fighting for each other. After a few days, everyone knew the rules and consciously queued up. Not only did they queue up, but they also reported the names of the dishes one by one without fighting or grabbing.

Of course the longan girl in the Queen's Palace was the first one.

Miss Guiyuan politely offered her a tael of silver and ordered a stir-fried vegetable and a meatball stuffed with steamed radish leaves: "The Empress wanted to eat something vegetarian recently, so she specially ordered these two items for Du Changzai to watch. Let's do it. Mr. Wei wants to have a carrot and yam soup snack with less sugar. Please ask Du Chang to arrange it together. The Queen said to let Du Chang make it slowly. Don't be in a hurry. It will be delivered before dark. "

Behind the longan is the maid from Bao Guiren's palace: "Bao Guiren said that she drank pheasant soup once when she was a child, but she hasn't had it for a long time. She misses it very much. I wonder if Du Chang can make it in the palace. Bao Guiren is willing to give half of it." For money, just make it in these two days, Mr. Bao can wait, and by the way, Mr. Bao doesn’t eat chili peppers, it won’t be spicy at all.”

"Here is the half-money promised by Zhao. Zhao promised to have spicy stir-fried quail meat with more chilies and Sichuan peppercorns. Zhao promised to have a strong taste and a large appetite. Zhao promised that it would be thankful if he could eat it tomorrow, and also invited Du Chang Just for your convenience."

Shi Jing looked through the window at the palace maids and eunuchs, and couldn't help but shake his head.

What a big battle.

Since the last time I made dumplings for the queen and became an instant hit, the door of Yongfu Hall can't be closed.

Guiyuan of Jingren Palace often used his money to buy food, and he bought dishes that were not available in the small kitchen of Jingren Palace.

The Queen has nothing to do, so she can have a change of taste.

The strange thing is that Bao Guiren, Mei Guiren, and Zhao's concubines who agreed to such status do not have high status and don't have much salary, but they have been showing off their money recently.

Let’s just say that Zhao Wenxing, with the position of Wenxing, used to cry out his sorrow of being unfavored. Now Zhao Wenxing seems to have forgotten the sorrow of being unfavored, except for her palace. The little palace maid in the palace is the most diligent. Sometimes she can go to Yongfu Palace twice a day, and she keeps bringing water to Zhao's room.

In the past, Guiren Bao also had the fate of being unfavored. He cried and complained that he lived by counting the blue bricks in the palace all day long. Since Du Jiyan's exclusive small kitchen opened, Guiren Bao has been ordering different kinds of food. The noble's salary It was a little more, and Bao Guiren didn't treat him badly. From morning to night, he ordered the palace maids to carry food boxes to replenish the goods.During the greetings, it was visible to the naked eye that Bao Guiren had gained weight.

Even the little maid from Cining Palace came, carrying a food box and a tael of silver and obediently presented it: "I ordered a corn cake for the Queen Mother yesterday. The one with less sugar is ready. Is it ready?"

Du Jiyan put six pieces of corn cake into the little palace maid's food box while collecting money.

Even Shi Jing had to kneel down. This Du Jiyan was so good at business that he even made money from the Queen Mother.

The key is that the Queen Mother also likes to eat the corn cakes made in Du Jiyan's small kitchen. Perhaps the corn cakes are fresh and just in line with the Queen Mother's taste. Moreover, Du Jiyan also designed some shapes for the corn cakes, six small pieces of corn. The cake is made to look like six people, He Xiangu, Zhang Guolao, Lu Dongbin... Each character is lifelike. It is not so much a corn cake as a vivid character picture. Such vivid character shapes, The Queen Mother couldn't put it down and watched it for a long time before she was willing to eat it.

With the approval of the Queen Mother and the Empress, Du Jiyan's business is getting better and better, just like advertising.

Shi Jing simply became Du Jiyan's accountant and was responsible for collecting money with the money bag.The money is poured into the money bag, and there is no day when I can't get [-] or [-] taels.

In the past, I always felt that if I had a good time in the palace, I could get some salary every month if I gained a position, but now I have opened my mind and opened a small kitchen, and I could earn more than being a concubine.

Even Changle Palace secretly sent palace maids to buy food.

The day before, there was a sneaky little palace maid, poking her head outside Yongfu Palace, tiptoeing and looking inside. When asked what she was doing, she said she wanted to buy lotus leaf balls, and that she was not from Changle Palace. Yeah, the preface doesn't match the postscript, it turns out it was sent by Changle Palace.

Later, Cashew Guo came in person, just covered with a veil, saying she was infected with the cold, carrying a food box, and handed over a couple of silver. Everyone could recognize that it was a cashew nut, and no one told her that she was willing to pay for it. Why not do it.One tael of silver can earn at least half a tael.

When Cashew carried the lotus leaf meatballs back to Changle Palace, Meng Yuzhu didn't have much hope at first. He just heard that people from the East and West Sixth Palace lined up to pick up the goods from Yongfu Palace. Could it be that Du Jiyan's small kitchen could really cook something magical? Isn’t it delicious?Seeing the lotus leaf balls, Meng Yuzhu knew that she had underestimated the enemy.

The lotus leaf meatballs are simmered with fresh chicken soup. The lotus leaves are made from vegetables mixed with glutinous rice flour and pressed into a mold. Mixed with the meatballs, they are simmered in the chicken soup for half an hour. They are soft, waxy, and full of flavor. The fragrance of lotus leaves hits your face when you open the food box. Not only is it not greasy, the most important thing is that the color of this soup is beautiful. The soup base is light yellow, the lotus leaves are green, and the meatballs are white. The white meatballs are in the light yellow. The water is floating in the soup and the lotus leaves are surging, which is like the epitome of the moonlight in the summer lotus pond.

Of course, it’s useless to just look at it, as long as the food tastes good.

Meng Yuzhu picked up the spoon and took a sip without making a sound, then took another sip, still expressionless.

Cashew Nut held the small bowl and said, "Your Majesty didn't say anything. The soup must not be to your liking. The servants also looked at it. This clear soup was watery and didn't even have any oil or water. It couldn't be as tasty as the turtle chicken soup from our Changle Palace." "

"What do you know? This lotus leaf meatball soup looks bland, and the taste is all in the soup. This soup is good. Otherwise, there would be so many people queuing up, and Du Jiyan would really make money."

"Yeah, only Tian agreed and didn't buy it."

"She has been accustomed to being poor since she was a child, and she is never willing to spend an extra penny." Meng Yuzhu took the lotus leaf ball soup and sighed: "She is also a beautiful woman who lived in Yongfu Palace, and Du Jiyan's soup is so delicious. The wild vegetable dumplings Tian promised to make can kill a dog."

Tian Lingyue stagnated.

Standing at the entrance of the main hall of Changle Palace, the hand that was about to lift the curtain suddenly retracted, and the half-stepped foot also quickly retracted. I felt as if something had been stuffed in my heart, sour and astringent, so I had no choice but to go back and copy the scriptures.

The mangosteen was grinding nearby, and when Tian Lingyue saw that Tian Lingyue had written two pages, he dared to remind her in a low voice: "Master, many people have gone to Yongfu Hall to buy food. Master, do you want to try it? If Master wants to taste it, you can go and try it. .”

"No need, I don't like to eat anything vulgar."

"But……"

"No need to mention it again." Tian Lingyue clenched the brush in her hand: "I said I won't eat, so I won't eat."

Taihe Palace.

The food in the imperial dining room has been served.

According to the old rules, hot dishes, cold dishes, soups, and snacks are all essential.

Venison, beef, mutton, ginseng, deer antler, various supplements and drinks are also included in every meal.The long case took up almost half of it.

The emperor sat thoughtfully at the end of the long table, with Gao Rang serving the dishes.

Gao Rang held the silver chopsticks. Whichever dish the emperor saw, Gao Rang would pick it up.

The strange thing is that the emperor just stared out of the corridor.

The wind and snow outside the corridor have stopped, and the snow stretches as far as the eye can see.

The red palace wall was silent, with young eunuchs coming and going from time to time. They just lowered their hands and didn't say much.

Gao Rang raised his head and looked outside the curtain, and then secretly observed the emperor. The emperor stared outside without even looking at the imperial meal in front of him.

Gao Rang was still wondering secretly, could it be that the food in the imperial dining room was not to the emperor's taste?Or is the Emperor worried? Is he hungry?

The emperor withdrew his gaze and lowered his eyes: "Gaorang, what time is it?"

"It's lunch time, Your Majesty."

"It means I didn't say anything." The emperor bit his lower lip lightly. The women in the palace have been a little crazy these days. This trend came from the queen. Ever since the queen sent wild vegetable dumplings to the Taihe Palace, there have been concubines one after another. Delivered food to Taihe Palace.

You must know that the largest kitchen in Chen's harem was the emperor's royal dining room.

As long as it is available in the small kitchens of each palace, it will be available in the imperial dining room.

Therefore, the food in the Emperor's Taihe Palace is better than the concubines' small kitchen. Occasionally, the emperor will reward the concubines with meals. Now it's the opposite, and the concubines have begun to send food to the emperor.

Regardless of whether the empress brings soup to the emperor or Wei Guiren brings snacks to the emperor, even those who have no sense of presence in the harem, if it weren't for Gao Rang's reminder, the emperor would hardly be able to call them by name, and the green head cards will stay in the corner gathering dust every day. Zhao promised to Bao Guiren and others, and began to change his tricks to make things better for the emperor.

First, Zhao promised to give the emperor a bowl of purslane chicken soup. Not to mention, the purslane in the chicken soup was made from unknown vegetables. It was very similar to purslane. It tasted very fresh. When paired with the chicken soup, It was so delicious that the emperor didn't even see Zhao's face clearly, but the emperor remembered the bowl of purslane chicken soup.

Bao Guiren presented glutinous rice balls to the emperor. There were glutinous rice balls floating in the sweet rice wine soup. The glutinous rice balls were filled with fresh corn paste. They burst with juice with every bite. The emperor drank two bowls in a row, and even after finishing the drink, he still didn't drink it. Satisfied, he asked Gao Rang to send a message to Bao Guiren, asking her to send another one another day and reward Bao Guiren with a pair of earrings.

Bao Guiren was boiling in the harem as if he were boiling oil. Never had he received such a large reward. He was so happy that he burst into tears and wished he could light an incense stick in the direction of Yongfu Palace.

Strangely, it was almost time that day, but no one came to deliver food.

The emperor's appetite has been whetted, and these women won't come again?
What about playing hard to get?

Looking at the food in the imperial dining room, the emperor sighed.

If the food sent by the concubine is fresh, the food in the imperial dining room is rough. As for the roasted venison in front of me, I don’t know whether the deer violated the laws of heaven or something. It is indispensable for every meal on the dinner table. Yueyue Quanqin is either grilling venison, stewing venison, or braised venison, or venison in earthenware pots. Although the ingredients are fresh and the seasoning is excellent, he just has no appetite. He doesn’t even have anything to do every day, so he is tired of aesthetics. The emperor grew up eating such meals.

"Aren't you hungry, Your Majesty?" Gao Rang gave the Emperor some celery.

The emperor asked Gao Rang: "Have you ever felt anything was wrong recently?"

"Also ask the emperor to make it clear."

"I feel that the cooking skills in the small kitchens of various palaces have improved recently, and they have surpassed the imperial kitchen. It seems that overnight, the women in my harem have improved their cooking skills. Even the buns, by the way, are eaten by the nobles. They were round and round. The glutinous rice balls she brought were really delicious. Du Jiyan was the stingy one. So far, he hasn’t given me anything. I estimate that [-]% of the time, she would show off any delicious food. You said it in your own mouth, Gao Rang, what do you think?"

Before Gao Rang could answer, he heard bustling sounds outside Taihe Palace.

"Come in." The emperor suddenly became interested.

I saw the concubines dressed in colorful clothes and coming in carrying various food boxes.

The first person to come in was Meng Yuzhu. Meng Yuzhu wore a high bun and dark purple makeup on the corners of her eyes. She personally carried a steaming food box to the emperor.

When I opened it, I saw a bowl of lotus leaf balls. The thin lotus leaves were floating in the light yellow soup. It was really beautiful.Just by smelling it, the emperor felt that it was to his liking.

"Your Majesty, this is the soup that I personally selected. Your Majesty will like it if you try it."

Bao Guiren came forward again without any hesitation: "Your Majesty, this is a plate of freshly steamed cheese. It's still steaming. It's best to drink in winter. Your Majesty must try it."

Zhao promised to push to the front: "Your Majesty, although this box of mung bean and red date snacks is small, it has sufficient fillings and is carefully shaped into the shape of a peach. It is soft, glutinous and sweet when broken open. Your Majesty, please try one."

"Your Majesty, try this I brought..."

"emperor……"

Gao Rang was so squeezed that he fell down.

Meng Yuzhu's hairpins were all squeezed out, and the dark purple powder that was carefully decorated in the corners of her eyes was also squeezed out. She cursed in her heart that these little hooves were rebelling. After all, she was an imperial concubine, and the imperial concubine came to give her some soup. The hooves didn't know how to stay behind, and they dared to rush to the front to steal the limelight. The emperor hadn't drank the soup he had given him, so these little hooves wanted to stuff the food box into the emperor's mouth.

There is also whether there is respect or inferiority, and whether there are rules.

The emperor didn't even reprimand them.

These were all dusty concubines who were swept out from some corner. Now that they had good food to support their waists, they started to jump up and down like bamboo shoots after a rain. They swayed and swayed to the Taihe Palace.

The emperor seems to be somewhat useful.