Harem: Biography of Concubine Qin

Chapter 11 The Small Kitchen

"I was sweating a lot this morning, I was afraid that someone would scold the master over there."

When Bai Lu said there, she pouted in the direction of the main hall of Yonghe Palace.Chen Wenxin knew that what she was talking about was that she didn't get up early in the morning, so she went to pay her respects to Concubine De.

Debi was really full and had nothing to do, so she sent someone to check on her situation yesterday.

According to Bai Fei, when she was pouring water in the yard in the morning, there were also two strange young eunuchs dangling under the wall.

The women in the palace lacked entertainment, and if the emperor didn't come, they wouldn't even have nightlife.

No wonder I have time to stare at her affairs.

Speaking of this, Chen Wenxin simply announced his decision publicly:

"From tomorrow on, I'm going to get up at eight o'clock in the morning."

Chen Wenxin took out his pocket watch and pointed to the eight o'clock position to the four girls in the room.

Bai Xue was tall, and she was stepping on a chair to hang the picture, when she heard Chen Wenxin's words, she almost dropped the frame.

Bai Fei stood on the edge of the iceberg, and fanned Chen Wenxin with the cool air from the iceberg, her hand froze when she heard this.

Bai Lu Baishuang stood and talked with her, their pupils were slightly dilated.

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"Is it still too late?"

Chen Wenxin was not satisfied with the reactions of her four girls, she was willing to get up earlier to make progress, shouldn't progress be encouraged?
"Master, it's not too late..."

"But, who will be responsible for waking the master up at eight o'clock?"

Bai Lu clearly remembered the morning of the second day when Chen Wenxin first came to Chuxiu Palace.

According to six o'clock in the Western hour, she saw that the other girls had started to wash up in the room, only Chen Wenxin's room was silent.

Dare you feel ashamed when you just entered the palace, are you embarrassed to send someone to serve you?

She waited for a while, when Bai Shuang, who was still called Yan'er at that time, came to comb Chen Wenxin's hair.

But Bai Lu who was waiting for the wash was still standing at the door.

"Aren't you up yet?"

Bai Shuang lowered her voice and pointed into the room.

"I do not know either."

Bai Lu frowned, hesitating whether to call out or not.

"How can a girl sleep so late, I don't believe it."

Bai Shuang knocked on the door directly, and shouted crisply at the corner of her mouth:
"Is the girl awake? The servants are here to serve the girl."

She thought that if Chen Wenxin really slept until now, she would be ashamed and ashamed, and would not blame her for being reckless.

There was no movement in the house.

Bai Lu and Baishuang looked at each other in blank dismay, so they had no choice but to go straight into the house.

Chen Wenxin was wearing a tube top and obscene trousers, the silk quilt was dropped under the bed, and she was lying in big characters sleeping.

Bai Shuang went up and pushed her arm, trying to wake her up, but couldn't.

In the end, Chen Wenxin, who was forced to get up, frowned tightly, and glared from his sleep...

"and then?"

Bai Lu told this story to the two newcomers, Bai Xue and Bai Fei, and they both asked questions with relish.

"Then..." Bai Lu looked at the embarrassed Bai Shuang, and chuckled:
"Then the master opened his eyes and kicked her. Bai Shuang was caught off guard and sat down on the ground with his ass."

This was an unintentional move by Chen Wenxin in a daze of sleep, but the kick was actually very light.

It was because Bai Shuang's calf was kicked by her that she lost her balance and sat on the ground.

Besides, Chen Wenxin apologized to her very sincerely afterwards.He also gave her a day off and added a bag of silver coins to comfort her.

So Bai Lu Baishuang didn't take it to heart, but since then she really didn't dare to wake her up again.

Bai Xue Bai Fei, who had heard this story, naturally did not dare.

"In theory, the two elder sisters, Bailu and Baishuang, are the ones who serve the master. This job has to be carried out by the two elder sisters."

Bai Fei is young, and speaks lively and directly.

"See if I don't tear your mouth out."

Bai Shuang glared at her viciously, and Bai Fei pretended to be afraid and hid beside Chen Wenxin.

"Don't worry, I have an idea."

Chen Wenxin grabbed Bai Fei and made her stand in a row with Bai Lu and Bai Shuang, showing an evil smile:

"Order troops and generals."

"What do you mean by ordering troops and ordering generals?" Bai Xue jumped off the chair, and she finally hung up the calligraphy.

"Point, Bing, Point, General." She tapped on the four people in order from left to right, tapping each word she said: "Point, to, who, just, yes..."

"Who!"

The last word fell on Bai Lu.

Except for Bai Lu, the other three showed satisfied smiles.

Chen Wenxin kindly comforted Bai Lu and said:
"In the future, I will give you a monthly bill of one or two taels of silver, which will be deducted from my regular bill."

Bai Lu thanked the Emperor for his kindness, everyone chatted and laughed, and then looked at the writing on the wall, praising the emperor for his kindness.

It sent the tiredness away at noon.

All of a sudden the little table came in, called Qian'er and said to her:
"Master, Eunuch Sun from the small kitchen is here to greet you."

"Kitchen? Where's the little kitchen?" Chen Wen was puzzled.

"Returning to the master, there are small kitchens in the palaces of concubines and above, and this eunuch grandson is the cook of the small kitchens in Yonghe Palace."

Oh, that's Debi's cook.

Why did Debi's cook come to greet her?

"The master doesn't know something. Although the whole small kitchen is set up for the concubine, the master who lives in the Yonghe Palace can use it."

Seeing her puzzled face, the small table hurriedly explained.

"Master, if you eat some dishes that you don't have, you can instruct this Eunuch Sun. I have heard about this Eunuch Sun in Chuxiu Palace, and this Eunuch Sun cooks very well."

Bai Lu reminded at the right time.

She believes that Chen Wenxin will not refuse when it comes to eating.

Sure enough, Chen Wenxin said to the small table:
"Come in, please."

Eunuch Sun was about forty years old, he was white and fat, and his face was as fat as dough, which was very in line with Chen Wenxin's imagination of a cook.

Although he is only a eunuch, he is also the steward of the small kitchen of Yonghe Palace.Chen Wenxin ordered Bai Xue to bring an embroidered pier.

Eunuch Sun smiled all over his face, thanked him several times, and then sat down on the embroidered pier.

The embroidered pier is small, it doesn't look as big as half of Eunuch Sun's buttocks, like Mount Tai crushing ants.

Chen Wenxin was faintly worried that if he fell down in front of him...

Can you hold back your laughter?
"Your slave already knew about the arrival of a new rich man in the Yonghe Palace yesterday. I was afraid that the master who was always there was busy yesterday and didn't dare to bother me. So I came here today to pay my respects. Please don't blame the master who is always here."

Outsiders call her Chen Changzai.Only her own servants are called her masters.

Eunuch Sun said that she was often with the master, which meant a lot to please her.
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Except for her four maids and two eunuchs, the rest of the Palace of Yonghe Palace are all servants of the concubine De.

"Your father-in-law has worked hard. In the morning, I heard that your father-in-law is here. I just visited the concubine Wande, and the emperor called me to Qianqing palace for dinner. I really have time."

Chen Wenxin said it politely.

In fact, it was true that eunuch Sun came to visit her in the morning, but the little table didn't have time to return to her at that time.It was the little table who said it before Eunuch Sun came in.

I came to see her twice in one day, so it can be seen that this eunuch Sun intends to curry favor with her, not just for the sake of etiquette.

Eunuch Sun really wanted to curry favor with her, he was very frustrated in Yonghe Palace.

He stayed in the imperial dining room in the early years, and later allocated to the harem to cook for the ladies.Who knew that the concubine De concubine was not good at eating and drinking, so she couldn't show her cooking skills, so she was left out in the cold.

He heard that the Xibei Hall in the palace was about to move in a resident, and he was quite popular with the emperor, so he specially sent someone to Chuxiu Palace to inquire about it.

Nanny Gui from Chuxiu Palace had some friendship with him, and told Eunuch Sun about her sending chilled melons and fruits and sour plum soup to Mrs. Chen.

It turns out that Chen Changzai is the opposite of Debi, the best food and drink!

He felt that his life had suddenly begun to move forward.

"It's a great blessing to be able to eat the imperial dining room with the emperor often. To tell you the truth, the servant also worked in the imperial dining room in the early years."

The words "imperial dining room" suddenly touched Chen Wenxin's nerves, and she hurriedly asked:
"Then do you know how to make braised anchovy shrimp? What about carp with cheese? And that dish..." Chen Wenxin thought of the only dish that the emperor ate twice at noon: "Where is the candied pear cake?"

As soon as Eunuch Sun heard the names of these dishes, he guessed that the master had eaten the imperial meal at about noon.

"This carp with cheese is an old dish. It was a dish in the imperial cuisine during the reign of Taizu. It is cold and smooth when eaten in summer."

"Slaves can make candied pear cake, and the ingredients are not rare. It's the braised anchovy shrimp..." Eunuch Sun showed some embarrassment:

"Often master, if you tell me in detail, what's it like. The slave also has a way to make Jiuxiang. It's just that live shrimps are rare, and we don't have such things in our small kitchen."

no shrimp...

Chen Wenxin curled her lips in disappointment, looked closely at Eunuch Sun's expression, and felt something was wrong.

The little table behind gave her a wink, and she suddenly realized.

Eunuch Sun did this on purpose, he said it was difficult, and Chen Wenxin would be grateful to him if he tried to find a way to get it.

If he had confessed from the very beginning that he could get the anchovy shrimp, how could Chen Wenxin remember him well.

"Eunuch Sun is an old man in the palace, how can this matter trouble you." She said very implicitly: "Of course, I can't let Eunuch suffer."

Bai Lu promptly took a purse containing silver and handed it to Eunuch Sun.

Chen Wenxin only glanced at it, and knew that the amount of silver in this purse was a high-end purse arranged by Chen Wenxin for Bai Lu.

You can't save money if you want to eat well, Chen Wen felt a little heartbroken.

That bag of silver coins was worth two taels, which was enough for Chen Wenxin's family to live for a month.

Eunuch Sun stepped down when he saw Po, put his purse in his sleeves, and said: "I still have a few acquaintances in the imperial dining room. Since the master always wants to eat, I will try my best to do it well."

"Then please trouble Eunuch Sun to deliver it during dinner time."

Chen Wenxin smiled like a flower, thinking that she would be able to eat those few uneaten dishes to her heart's content at night, she was very happy.

(End of this chapter)