The Evil King's First-Class Concubine

102 Chapter 1 I'm so anxious [-]
"Meet the nobleman!"

Xie Xinyue bowed to the Queen Mother, her expression neither humble nor overbearing.To be honest, although this empress dowager has a dignified status, she lives in seclusion here and refuses to be called empress dowager. I really don't know what to call her.

"You don't have to be polite, Doctor Xie. I heard that you cured me. I didn't expect you to have such superb medical skills at such a young age. You are really a young talent."Xie Xinyue didn't take it seriously either, as this noble person's status, no matter who saw her, she would be flattered and flattered, but if she really did this, she would be inferior.

"Your Excellency's praise, just now I heard the palace people ask about your diet, as long as you don't eat spicy and irritating food, and food that is easy to get angry. Use more carrots, white radish is the best! Radish is sweet and cool, and helps to relieve food. , it is convenient for detoxification, and it is suitable for the nobleman's current illness."

There are not many fresh vegetables in this season, but there are a lot of white radishes, carrots and Chinese cabbage in season.Xu is used to clear porridge and side dishes, although the queen mother frowned, she didn't reject it much, and nodded to express her agreement.

Xie Xinyue stepped forward to feel the empress dowager's pulse again, and told her some physical details that need to be paid attention to. Although the empress dowager's buttocks are the most harmful, there are also some sores and swellings on other parts of her body. Occasionally, it is a burning pain.

"I wonder if there are eggplants in the kitchen?"

"Yes, Doctor Xie, why do you ask this?"

"These sores on the nobleman's body, use a raw eggplant, cut off two parts, remove the flesh and two parts, like the shape of a jar, put it on the sore and it will disappear. After the nobleman has a meal, you can do it, Doctor Xu."

Xie Xinyue explained in detail that Doctor Xu has served the Empress Dowager for more than ten years, so she must be a capable person around the Empress Dowager.Serving the Empress Dowager's condition, if she, an outsider, rushes to do things like this, it will seem deliberately ingratiating.Although she wanted to gain favorability in front of the queen mother, she didn't intend to be a servile villain to please her.

After giving instructions, she got up and said goodbye. It seemed that it was time for dinner, and she should also fill her stomach.

The food delivered by the kitchen was very light, a bowl of porridge, with fried radish and fried cabbage, with some oil and salt in it.Of course, Xie Xinyue didn't think that it was the empress dowager's people who were deliberately treating her harshly. Thinking about coming to this imperial tomb, the empress dowager was really focused on practicing and praying for blessings, and she couldn't even entertain guests with meat.

"Mr. Xie, I'm really sorry. I didn't expect you to come and stay here. We didn't prepare enough ingredients. Don't worry, there will be guards going out to buy them tomorrow. Please make up for it today." The little boy who delivered the meal The palace maid said guiltily.

Xie Xinyue herself has a strong taste, and this winter, she eats some hot pot and toothbrush every now and then. Such a light diet is really tasteless.Thinking of this, Xie Xinyue decided to go to the kitchen to cook something for herself. It was a tiring afternoon and consumed so much energy. I really feel sorry for myself if I don't eat something good.

There was only one old palace man who was making medicine in the kitchen. Xie Xinyue said hello and looked over. There were really few ingredients in the kitchen, but fortunately, she saw a piece of pork.

"Mr. Xie, this pork is for the servants!" The little palace man said nervously, the queen mother doesn't eat meat, but the palace men under her might not necessarily follow along.However, pork is a lowly thing for the nobles, those rich and noble families will not eat it, and only ordinary people will regard pork as the main meat.

"It's okay, I'm just an ordinary person!" Xie Xinyue smiled, "I didn't eat enough just now, I plan to make something by myself, don't be afraid, if you can, just help me light the fire."

"Doctor Xie, what are you doing here?" At this moment, Doctor Xu's figure suddenly appeared at the door of the kitchen. Xie Xinyue looked up and saw that she was still holding a food box in her hand. The food for the queen mother was similar to what was given to her, but it was almost as if it had not been touched.

Thinking about it, even she didn't have much appetite for that food. Thinking about recovering from a serious illness, the Queen Mother who already lost her appetite couldn't eat much.

Xie Xinyue rolled her eyes, and suddenly thought of an idea, she smiled and said, "I'm planning to cook something delicious!"

Ask the maid to wash the radish and cut it into thin shreds, then cut the lean meat and shredded the pork on the side, first fry the shredded radish with vegetable oil until it is half-cooked, and add salt to the minced meat to make stuffing.Then knead the flour, eggs and water into a small dough, put in the freshly prepared shredded radish and meat stuffing, make small cakes, and bake them in an oil pan until cooked.

Soon, there was an extremely tempting aroma in the air, and Xie Xinyue quickly picked up the fried golden shredded radish pancake with a colander, and put it on a plate beside her.

There is still half of the stuffing left, Xie Xinyue asks the little maid to help, make thin slices of dough and wrap them into radish stuffed dumplings. The dumplings went down.

Everyone had never seen such fresh food before, all of them stared wide-eyed and smelled the fragrance in the air, eager to go up and grab a bite.

"I don't think you use it much. Your body is weak now and you have to eat. Your body can recover better when you have strength. This shredded radish cake has the functions of strengthening the stomach, regulating qi, and eliminating food. It can treat symptoms such as loss of appetite. It's just After all, it is deep-fried, you can use a few of them, you don’t need to eat more. This dumpling stuffed with radish is light and light, just add a little vinegar, it tastes delicious, I believe you should be able to eat it.”

Xie Xinyue introduced it with a smile, and specially filled two small bowls, one of which was naturally given to Dr. Xu, and the other, of course, was her own.For the rest, the people in the kitchen can do whatever they want.

Doctor Xu glanced at her gratefully, immediately packed up the food box, and hurried into the Empress Dowager's room.

"Didn't I just say that I don't have much appetite? Let's go!" The Queen Mother leaned on the bed, her expression a little weak, and she was a little impatient when she saw Dr. Xu carrying the food box and returning it.

"My lord, this is the fresh food that Dr. Xie specially made for you. It tastes delicious, why don't you try it first?" Dr. Xu untied the lid of the food box, and a tempting aroma overflowed immediately. I saw a few golden pancakes steaming on the snow-white plate, which whetted the appetite just by looking at them.In addition, there is a small cup. When it is opened, there are several snow-white things in it. There are some chopped green onions floating on it, and the steaming heat is particularly curious.

"What is this?"

The queen mother was still attracted by the aroma, and tasted a shredded radish pancake, which was so crispy and delicious that she ate all five pancakes unconsciously.Doctor Xu on the side couldn't help being overjoyed, nobles don't dislike carrots, so even though Dr. Xie said carrots are good for the body, she barely ate a few mouthfuls and lost her appetite.

"My lord, you can use this again. Doctor Xie said that it tastes better when it is soaked in vinegar."

"Well, that's right. What is this? Why hasn't it seemed like I've eaten it before?" The Empress Dowager's expression obviously relaxed, and a rare smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"My lord, in fact, these are all made from the radish you least like. Doctor Xie really has a fantastic idea. This meager radish can be made into such a delicious food! Speaking of it, Doctor Xie still sees the nobleman. You used too little food to think of making this, you are a very careful girl."

Doctor Xu immediately opened her mouth to explain to the Empress Dowager that she used to be a female official next to the Empress Dowager, if she had stayed in the palace, she would have already become the head of the Six Shang Bureau.Willing to follow the Queen Mother to the Imperial Mausoleum is nothing more than loyalty to the Lord.

She wholeheartedly planned for the Queen Mother, so naturally she would not take the credit for Xie Xinyue's credit.Not only that, Dr. Xu admired this young but outstanding woman very much.

"Oh? It's rare to see you praising someone like this, but this Doctor Xie is really capable." The Queen Mother smiled, and actually drank a few mouthfuls of the soup in the little Gu.

"My servant heard from Master Yideng that this Dr. Xie became acquainted with him because of the Plum Appreciation Poetry Festival, and this Dr. Xie won the first place. She is a woman, and it is not easy to learn medical skills. She did not expect to be proficient in poetry. Even This woman's culinary skills are also exquisite, really rare!"

It has to be said that because of her gratitude to Xie Xinyue in her heart, Dr. Xu actually said a lot of good things to her in front of the queen mother because she was so pleasing to her eyes.They have been in this imperial tomb all year round, and the days are very boring. When a newcomer appears, and it is so topical, they can't help but say a few more words.

"Is that so? It made me curious. What kind of poems are so well written that they won the first place?"

"This servant doesn't know, why don't you call Dr. Xie over and ask?" Doctor Xu immediately suggested, the queen mother is always depressed, and she is getting older over the years, Doctor Xu couldn't bear to see it.This Dr. Xie is a green and juicy young girl and a doctor, maybe talking to her more will make the Empress Dowager feel better.

Xie Xinyue, who is full of food and drink here, is a little anxious, because it is already at this time, logically, Hui Gu should have arrived, why hasn't she seen Hui Gu's figure yet?Although this road is remote, there should be no accidents, right?

Thinking that Guo Yuren personally brought someone here, there shouldn't be any danger, just when she was comforting herself in this way, a little palace lady came to report, saying that a nobleman had summoned her.

The Empress Dowager was not very energetic just now, and she hadn't looked at Xie Xinyue seriously, perhaps because of the food she had just eaten and the kind words of Dr. Xu, the Empress Dowager looked at her a few more times this time, and her expression softened a lot.

"I heard that you made the shredded radish pancakes and dumplings? For the sake of my old lady's appetite, I made you bother."

"Actually, it's just me being greedy, and I hope you don't blame me for making my own way!" Xie Xinyue smiled shyly, with a look of embarrassment.

"No wonder, no wonder, you have this ability, I'm afraid I will trouble you for my old lady's meals in the future! I just talked about you with Dr. Xu. You are still a talented woman at a young age. That plum appreciation poem will I really want to hear the poem that won the first prize!"

Seeing that the queen mother actually took the initiative to talk to herself, Xie Xinyue was also quite flattered, and immediately read out the divination song by Lu You - Yongmei.The queen mother didn't care at first, but after she finished reading, she fell silent for a long time.

"I don't want to fight for spring, and I'm jealous of others. Everything is turned into mud and dust, and only the fragrance remains the same. I didn't expect you to be so wise at such a young age. I think you have experienced a lot of suffering."

(End of this chapter)