The cooking color is delicious, general, don't bite me

Chapter 150 This means, no one else

Before Meng Fuling and the others left the city, the emperor sent someone to summon Qi Xuan.

It was Eunuch Zhao's apprentice Tian Qi who came, and he just said that the emperor had urgent matters, so he asked Qi Xuan to come to the palace.

"This is a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain!" Meng Fuling's heart sank, how could she not see the opponent's trick?

It seems that the Queen Mother has spent a lot of effort in order to help Yue Ningyan clean her up.

She believed that the emperor would definitely not help the empress dowager transfer Qi Xuan, and the empress dowager would not order the eunuchs around the emperor without authorization, and some people might take the opportunity to fuel the flames and create troubles, so that the emperor had to summon Qi Xuan.

If Qi Xuan entered the palace, he would not go to Jingguo Temple with her, and if he disobeyed the sacred metaphor because of this, it might also make the emperor jealous.

So, no matter whether Qi Xuan enters the palace or not, it is according to that person's wishes.

"If I don't enter the palace, the little winter melon is important!" What Meng Fuling could think of, how could Qi Xuan not think of it?But he was worried about letting Meng Fuling deal with the queen mother alone.

"Don't worry! The Fang family went to the mansion to take Xiaodonggua away in a fair and honest manner. The queen mother issued an order again. At most, it was just making things difficult for me, and she dared not do anything to Xiaodonggua and me." Meng Fuling said.

She did not believe that the Empress Dowager would really offend Qi Xuan to death for Yue Ningyan, if she did so, she would definitely anger the Emperor.However, there is no guarantee that Yue Ningyan and Fang will not take advantage of the opportunity to make a move.

Meng Fuling thought she could handle it well, and didn't want Qi Xuan to disobey the holy metaphor.

Qi Xuan thought about it, and felt that the emperor should beat the queen mother, so he asked her to bring a few guards around him, and he followed Tian Qi into the palace.

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When Meng Fuling arrived at Jingguo Temple, the guards she brought were stopped outside, because this time the Queen Mother brought all the female relatives, except for the eunuchs, all men were not allowed to enter.

She knew that maybe it was to guard against Qi Xuan, or she brought guards, but fortunately, she had no intention of acting as a maid, so that there would be no one around who knew martial arts.

"My servant has seen Mrs. Meng, and the empress dowager asked you to go directly to the dining room to prepare vegetarian food." Yixin, the maid of honor beside the empress dowager, had already been waiting at the gate of the temple.

Being able to win the empress dowager's eldest maid waited, on the surface, it gave Meng Fuling enough face, but the more this happened, the more abnormal Meng Fuling felt.

Meng Fuling is anxious to see the little wax gourd, how can she be in the mood to do vegetarian food?If you don't do it, the Queen Mother will never let her see Xiaowagua, which is obviously torturing her psychologically.

However, she still had to do so, so she had to enter the dining room specially prepared for the Queen Mother in Jingguo Temple.

After entering the dining room, Meng Fuling was in a bad mood, damn it!Except for two women who did chores, there was not even a cook, but there were a lot of ingredients piled up.

"Mrs. Meng, the Empress Dowager, including the accompanying female relatives, there are 26 people in total. You need to prepare a portion for 26 people and cook twelve vegetarian dishes." Yixin didn't seem to notice that Meng Fuling's complexion had darkened.

After taking a breath, he continued: "The concubines and wives who are qualified to come this time are all valued by the Empress Dowager, so Mrs. Meng should pay more attention to it."

It's good that Yixin didn't add this, but it would only make Meng Fuling even more angry.

There is no way to cook for the queen mother, but what is it to cook for those so-called court wives?Her man is still a general.

Forget it, Qi Xuan hasn't officially given her a title yet, she has no rank or rank, that's why the queen mother ordered her to cook without any restraint.

It was obvious that she wanted to make things difficult for her, so she didn't bother to ask Yixin why there was no cook and helper in the dining room.

Ah!Asking her to cook 26 individual dishes by herself, pure heart will exhaust her to death, this method is both sinister and inferior.Shouldn't she be glad that the queen mother didn't let all the female relatives of the officials' families come?
After Yixin finished speaking, she was about to leave, but Meng Fuling stopped her, "Ms. Lao Yixin should watch over here, otherwise, I'm really nervous to prepare food for so many nobles."

want to go?How about that?If the dishes were taken out and someone tampered with them, and there was no one from the Queen Mother to watch her cook in the dining room, if something went wrong, it would definitely be her fault.

Therefore, Meng Fuling must let Yixin stay and be a witness.

A hint of appreciation flashed in Yixin's eyes. In fact, although the Queen Mother wanted to make things difficult for Meng Fuling, she would not let Yin mess with the dishes.

Otherwise, they would not have sent away all the original cooks in the dining room to make things difficult for Meng Fuling so blatantly.

"Don't worry, Mrs. Meng, the Empress Dowager ordered the servants to be here. If you need a servant, feel free to ask." Yixin nodded and said with a smile.

In fact, the queen mother wanted Yixin to monitor Meng Fuling, and she said the following words herself. Anyway, the queen mother didn't say that she would not be allowed to help.

In the final of the food competition last time, Yixin was with the Queen Mother, therefore, after witnessing Meng Fuling's performance, she admired Meng Fuling very much.

As for Yue Ningyan, Yixin was a little annoyed, if she wasn't the Empress Dowager's niece, not many people in the Empress Dowager's Palace would like to see her.

Moreover, this time, in order to beg the queen mother to help her vent her anger, Yue Ningyan not only used bitter tricks, but even said that Meng Fuling didn't take the queen mother seriously. In short, she tried her best to slander her.

However, Yue Shaoqing was the queen mother's only younger brother, and the queen mother agreed to help her teach Meng Fuling a lesson because of Yue Shaoqing's face.

Meng Fuling also had a good impression of Yixin, thanked her, and started to make vegetarian food.

She didn't want Wuwu to help, but she just winked at Yixin when Yixin was not paying attention.

Unintentionally, he pretended to have an uncomfortable stomach and went outside to the latrine. In fact, he was looking for small wax gourds.This is on the way here, Meng Fuling and Wuwu agreed.

Meng Fuling is going to make Sai Ginseng, Crispy Roasted Duck, Vegetarian Fish Flavored Pork, Roasted Four Treasures, Chrysanthemum Bean Curd, Sesame and Leek Tart, Cold Dressed Multicolored Silk, Stir-fried Vegetarian Kidney Flowers, Vegetarian Dongpo Pork, etc...

Yixin was not really idle, she helped Meng Fuling by the side, the two women washed the dishes and cooked the fire with their help.

Even so, preparing dishes for so many people at once made Meng Fuling very tired.

Yixin also felt tired, she was the empress dowager's maid of honor, when did she need to cook?Smiling to himself, knowing that the Queen Mother wanted to teach Meng Fuling a lesson, he still went forward.

However, Yixin turned her head and saw that Meng Fuling's expression was still calm and serious except for occasionally wiping sweat with her sleeve, and her admiration for her increased a little.

At this time, Meng Fuling was removing the flesh and skin of the wax gourd, cutting it into large squares, poking the skin into a cross pattern with a knife, blanching it in boiling water for half-cooked, drying the water, coating it with mao sauce, and putting it into a [-]% hot oil pan. Deep-fried, deep-fried until red, then removed, let cool, cut into one-finger square pieces, put them in a large steaming bowl, and poured into clear soup...

After Meng Fuling cooked the Su Dongpo meat, Yixin exclaimed, "It looks like real meat."

If she hadn't been watching Meng Fuling cook, she would have thought it was real Dongpo meat at first glance.

"This effect is what I want." Meng Fuling raised her lips and smiled, but she was anxious in her heart. She didn't intend to go out for so long, why didn't she come back to report?Could something be wrong?

Thinking about it, she asked someone to take out the Su Dongpo meat first, and prepared to make another dish.

At this time, a court lady hurried over, "Mrs. Meng, the Queen Mother wants to see you."

Yixin has been with the Empress Dowager for many years, so she knew the Empress Dowager's temperament and behavior style, so she immediately guessed why the Empress Dowager wanted to see Meng Fuling.

But she couldn't reveal anything, so she had to tell Meng Fuling to be careful.

When Meng Fuling heard Yixin's reminder, she couldn't help but glance at her more.

Yixin was a little embarrassed by Meng Fuling's look, so she smiled back.

"Thank you!" Meng Fuling thanked solemnly, and then followed the court lady out of the dining room.

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Even though Meng Fuling was mentally prepared, seeing the empress dowager's gloomy old face, her heart still trembled.

After seeing Xiao Donggua who was safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief again. Xiao Donggua was sitting next to Fang Shi, but Wuxin was guarding behind him, she must be afraid of Fang Shi's black hands.

"Meng Shi, you are so courageous! How dare you fool Ai's family. Ai's family wants you to cook vegetarian food, but you fool Ai's family with real meat." The queen mother did not let Meng Fuling get up, and patted the table hard. It was so big that the vegetable soup on the table splashed out.

Meng Fuling looked at the plate of Su Dongpo meat in front of the queen mother, and frowned, hum!The queen mother is really good at telling nonsense with her eyes open.

"Go back to the Empress Dowager, excuse me for being stupid, I don't understand what you mean." Meng Fuling said neither humble nor overbearing, scolding the Empress Dowager in his heart.

"Don't understand? You'll know after you taste it!" The Queen Mother has seen the matter until now, and Meng Fuling is still so calm, which is an eyesore.

The queen mother wanted to throw the whole plate of Dongpo meat in front of Meng Fuling and let her pick it up from the ground to eat, but felt that it was inappropriate and demeaning to do so, so she asked the maids around her to share some of it in a bowl and let her taste it. .

No need to taste it, Meng Fuling knew that it had been replaced when she saw the bowl of Dongpo meat, which was obviously lighter in color than hers, and the replacement was of course real meat.

Knowing that she knew, Meng Fuling took a sip anyway, lest people say that she refused to taste it because of a guilty conscience.

"Empress Dowager, I didn't make this. The vegetarian Dongpo meat I made is made from wax gourd, and it doesn't have any meaty smell at all." Meng Fuling raised her head and looked at the Queen Mother fixedly, her tone unconsciously increased a little. Feeling cold.

The Empress Dowager noticed it, she was a noble Empress Dowager, and Meng Fuling was just a lowly village girl, how dare she treat her like this?Sure enough, as Yue Ningyan said, don't take her seriously.

Yue Ningyan and Luo Yao sat together, both of them were pleased with each other.

Luo Yao stared at Meng Fuling coldly, she didn't want to take action now, it was more interesting to kill with a knife.

The reason why Mrs. Qiao agreed to help her before was because she promised a lot of beauty products.Originally, I gave it to Mrs. Qiao, but Mrs. Qiao made an appointment with her again and asked her for more.

Although her subordinate who is good at changing faces and disguises is extremely good at making beauty products, but she was blackmailed by Qiao so much all of a sudden, it's no wonder she doesn't feel distressed.

However, on the day she went, she happened to see Yue Ningyan's face was swollen badly. After asking, she found out that it was Qi Xuan who beat Yue Ningyan for Meng Fuling.

Therefore, Luo Yao took her heart into consideration and encouraged Yue Ningyan to sue the Queen Mother. She even taught Yue Ningyan what to say. Otherwise, with Yue Ningyan's stupid mouth, how could the Queen Mother take the initiative to teach Meng Meng Poria cocos?

"The facts are right in front of you, how dare you argue? Are you a blind man?" The Empress Dowager laughed angrily.

She was really surprised that Meng Fuling cooked so many dishes by herself, and he cooked them so quickly and well that she couldn't be picky. Now she wants to see how Meng Fuling can excuse herself.

Meng Fuling glanced at Yixin who didn't know when she would come back behind the queen mother, but she gave up the idea of ​​asking Yixin to testify for her. After all, Yixin is a member of the queen mother, how could she help her against the queen mother's will?Didn't hit the rocks, it's all good.

Therefore, relying on others is worse than relying on oneself, she thought for a while, since someone is determined to plot against her, maybe the Dongpo meat on other tables is also real meat.

But to make so many plates of Dongpo meat at once, there must be more than two people making them. Even if the ingredients are cleaned up, there must be some leftovers.

Meng Fuling recalled that every once in a while when she was cooking, someone would go to the dining room to check and ask her what kind of dishes she was cooking.

Among the dishes she made, vegetarian Dongpo meat was not uncommon in this dynasty, and it also had the word "meat". No wonder she chose this dish to plot against her.

Calculate again, if she does half of it, that person will come to the dining room to check, and then go to another dining room to do it, it will definitely not be faster than her.

If we go now, we might be able to find some leftover ingredients. After thinking about it, Meng Fuling felt relieved a lot, "Women don't dare to fool the Empress Dowager. I implore the Empress Dowager to ask someone to go to other dining rooms in the temple to see if there are any leftover ingredients for making Dongpo pork."

Everyone was startled, they were astute one by one, how could they fail to see that the Queen Mother's purpose this time was to teach Meng Fuling a lesson?
It's just that they didn't expect that Meng Fuling would directly say that someone was going to frame her. They didn't know whether she was really stupid or fake. Since the Queen Mother purely wanted to make things difficult for her, how could she send someone to search the dining room in the temple?

They all thought that the Queen Mother ordered someone to replace Dongpo Meat, but it was not the case, Dongpo Meat was not created by the Queen Mother.

The queen mother thought it was Yue Ningyan who did it, she turned a blind eye and took advantage of this opportunity.

"Check? Since you dare to ask to check the dining room, there is no guarantee that you are not prepared." The Queen Mother refused to check the dining room with a word.

"So, the Empress Dowager convicts the women without giving them a chance to prove their innocence?" Meng Fuling, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes, called the Empress Dowager directly, without even omitting the word empress.

At this time, a maid behind Yue Ningyan quietly retreated to the door, thinking that no one was paying attention, so she slipped out.

Coincidentally, the maid's escape fell into Wu Wu's eyes, Wu Wu whispered a few words to Xiao Donggua, and followed him out the door.

"Prepare? As soon as the woman came to the temple, she was taken to the dining room by the maid beside you. In addition, the woman rushed to the temple after receiving your order temporarily. Dare to ask the Queen Mother, where is the time to prepare for the woman?" What good will it do for women? To put it bluntly, it's just asking for death!" Meng Fuling said eloquently.

The Queen Mother wanted to kill her and punish her, so how could she not defend herself?Don't think that just because you are the queen mother, you can punish her indiscriminately.

"You! You are so brave, you dare to contradict Aijia, come on! Pull her down and punish the whole family!" The queen mother was really angry, and Meng Fuling defended herself. In her eyes, it was blatant Challenge her authority.

Yixin, who was behind the queen mother, was very anxious and felt guilty for not daring to testify for Meng Fuling.

"Queen Mother, you are a high-ranking Queen Mother. You can't kill people without nodding your head, but you should convince others with reason." Meng Fuling looked at the Queen Mother coldly.

She was restrained by two palace servants, and she was forcibly pulled up from the ground. After kneeling for a long time, her feet were numb and painful. Standing up suddenly made her even more uncomfortable.

"Reasonable? Do you mean that the Ai family is unreasonable?" The queen mother is like frost, she has lived to this age, how could anyone dare to accuse her of being unreasonable?
"The women don't dare to have such intentions, but I just hope that the Queen Mother can convince the women." Meng Fuling knew that it would not be wise to offend the Queen Mother, but right now, the Queen Mother didn't give her a chance to prove her innocence, so she was going to punish her directly.

"It's so convincing, you think too highly of yourself!" The queen mother snorted coldly, and she didn't want to talk nonsense with Meng Fuling, so she ordered someone to pull Meng Fuling down again.

Before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by someone who strode in, "Wait a minute!"

Wu Wu held a bamboo basket in one hand and Yue Ningyan's maid in the other, followed by a few monks, judging from the monk clothes marks on those monks, they were monks and cooks in the temple.

"Bold! How dare you be presumptuous in front of the empress dowager!" the empress dowager's mother scolded Wu Wu.

Unintentionally throwing Yue Ningyan's maid to the ground, she calmly bowed to the Queen Mother, and Fang said unhurriedly that she saw how the maid asked the monk chef to clean up the ingredients for making Dongpo pork, and packed a basket of ingredients, as evidence.

At this moment, Yue Ningyan's face changed drastically, and she instantly forgot about the rules, and stood up.She pointed at Wuxin angrily, and said loudly: "You are talking nonsense!"

The empress dowager's old face was so dark that she knew that Yue Ningyan had a relatively simple mind because she had been living outside since she was a child, but she never thought that Yue Ningyan was so stupid.

She thought that since Yue Ningyan had bought off the monk cook in the monastery, she would definitely do it more discreetly, and at least clean up the leftover ingredients, but she would be caught by Meng Fuling's people, what is this?

The queen mother didn't know how Yue Ningyan bribed those monks and cooks to cook meat dishes. It was said that Jingguo Temple's reputation would be harmful, and she often went to Jingguo Temple to worship Buddha, which would definitely hurt her reputation.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager really wanted to slap Yue Ningyan, that idiot, to death with her own hands, and she also regretted that she had done her best to vent her anger, but instead made herself full of anger.

"There are all the witnesses and material evidence, how dare Ms. Yue deny it?" Meng Fuling raised her eyebrows and asked in a questioning tone.

She also felt that Yue Ningyan was extremely stupid, and couldn't help but feel puzzled, how could someone as stupid as Yue Ningyan deceive Yue Shaoqing?Yue Shaoqing's IQ should not be low.

"It's nonsense! Who is the evidence? The ingredients are clearly leftovers from your own cooking, otherwise, how could they be brought by your people? Those monks, chefs, and my maid must have been persecuted by your people."

Call Yue Ningyan stupid!However, she responded quickly and quibbled, and even bit Meng Fuling back.

"Then tell me, your servant girl didn't go to the dining room to destroy the evidence, what are you doing now?" Meng Fuling said calmly, looking at Yue Ningyan's eyes like an idiot.

Yue Ningyan was angered by Meng Fuling's undisguised contempt, if not for Luo Yao who was beside her pulling her, she couldn't help but rushed to Meng Fuling.

"Who said that her going to the dining room must destroy the evidence? Who stipulated that she can't go at this time?" Yue Ningyan didn't know how to refute, so she blurted out.

As soon as this remark came out, Meng Fuling was a little taken aback, Yue Ningyan was obviously unreasonable, yet so confident.

The women present were either concubines or court wives, all of them had status and thought they were well-bred. After hearing Yue Ningyan's words, they couldn't help frowning.

"Ningyan, step back!" The queen mother angrily scolded.

She is old and has no eyesight, and she sees everyone's disdain in her eyes.Yue Ningyan is her niece, so, isn't it slapping her in the face?

"Auntie, she—" Yue Ningyan wanted to say something, but met the empress dowager's cold eyes, so she had to shut up resentfully.

Seeing this, how could Meng Fuling not understand that the Empress Dowager still wanted to shield Yue Ningyan.In the end, she may still be responsible for the blame.

Meng Fuling couldn't break free from the palace man who was holding her back, so she just stared at the queen mother unyieldingly.

The queen mother was even more annoyed by Meng Fuling's stare, and she was trying to pin the blame on Meng Fuling.

Unexpectedly, Yixin would stand up and testify for Meng Fuling, "I will report to the Empress Dowager, this servant can confirm that Mrs. Meng made this Dongpo pork without adding meat, and there was no meat in the cooking process."

Not to mention how angry the queen mother was, Meng Fuling was quite shocked. She knew that human nature is mostly selfish, and most people don't want to meddle in their own business.

What's more, Yixin and she just met, and she is also a member of the Queen Mother, how could she not be afraid of being punished by the Queen Mother, and stand up to testify for her?
Not only Meng Fuling, but everyone can't figure it out, Yixin is a member of the Queen Mother!
"Yixin, do you know what you're talking about?" The queen mother's voice was calmer than before, but those who knew her well knew that it was a sign of her violent anger.

"Empress Dowager, this servant knows." Yixin was so nervous that her palms were sweating.

Meng Fuling didn't think that Yixin would be an impulsive person. Could there be something hidden in her heart?She would not naively think that a person she met for the first time would dare to stand up and help her knowing that offending the Queen Mother would end badly.

"Okay! It's a good one to know, Aijia sees you as—" The Queen Mother laughed back angrily.

The people around her actually acted out in front of everyone, what did they do to her face?
But a sudden scream interrupted the Queen Mother's words.

When everyone heard the sound and looked towards the source of the sound, their faces changed in shock. The person who screamed was actually Concubine Lian.

Concubine Lian clutched her stomach in pain, her face was as pale as paper, she fell on the chair, her skirt was stained with a big puddle of blood, and blood continued to flow out from under her skirt.

The queen mother was also terrified, how could she care about Meng Fuling?Anxiously ordered someone to call the accompanying imperial physician, "Come here! Quickly, send the imperial physician!"

The scene was suddenly chaotic, and Meng Fuling's expression was also very solemn, knowing that Concubine Lian's miscarriage at this time was definitely aimed at her, and Concubine Lian had eaten the dishes she cooked.

As soon as Meng Fuling had this idea, Xiaodonggua was pushed out by someone, and fell directly in front of everyone, and a packet of medicinal powder fell out of him.

"Little Winter Melon!" Meng Fuling's face turned pale with shock, her heartbeat missed a beat, but her movements were restrained and she couldn't rush to Little Winter Melon.

Fortunately, Wuxin was not captured by anyone, so she ran to Xiaodonggua and helped Xiaodonggua up.

Wu Wu was very annoyed, if she was by Xiao Dong Gua's side, how could anyone push him?
"Mother, the little winter melon doesn't hurt!" But the little winter melon didn't cry or fuss, he naturally knew who pushed him.

(End of this chapter)