Recently, people in the palace are spreading wild rumors that there is a talented person named Xueer who is favored by the emperor, and his limelight almost overwhelms the original Rong Changan.
"You... are you a snow talent?"
Chuntao said: "Isn't she just Xue Cairen! Can you call Xue Cairen whatever you want?"
Those who haven't seen Xue'er's face all say they have.
"Only people who have seen snow!"
Rong Changan: "You don't need to be too polite, just as I said just now, put the breakfast in the side hall, and let Chuntao and I spend the morning."
The leading maid looked embarrassed: "But... But this is the breakfast of Concubine Ziyan, how can I give it to you? If Xuecai wants to eat, we will bring it to you later."
Rong Changan decided to eat Ziyan's meal today, and let Ziyan taste what it feels like to be hungry.
"As I said before, Concubine Ziyan is sweeping snow in the square and has no time to eat. If you don't listen to me, I will not show you mercy in front of the emperor. If you are afraid that Concubine Ziyan will blame you, just say it's me I stole it, if she gets angry, she can vent her anger on me."
There is a saying in the palace that it is better to hurt the heart of the old than to offend the new.
The leading maid thought, now that Xue'er is in favor, in front of the emperor, she wants wind and rain, even frog urine at the bottom of the well, maybe the emperor will get her, how can she offend such a person? Anyway, she also said that if Ziyan blamed her, she would mention her name, so as not to implicate the maid who delivered the meal.
So the leading maid smiled slightly: "Since Xuecai is hungry, let's give you breakfast first!" Turning to the maid, "You take the food to the side hall, wipe the tables and chairs clean, Let Xue Cairen eat."
"Yes!" The court ladies said in unison, it was really nice, like fairy music.
I saw them revealing the food box, which contained lotus seed rice, longan soup, haggis soup, white meat wrapped in pancakes, bird’s nest porridge, steamed buns, steamed bear’s paws, salt and pepper Korean pig, etc. It was an extremely extravagant desire.
Rong Changan estimated that Ziyan spent a year's income of a middle-class family on the breakfast alone. He couldn't help but shook his head and said to himself:
"If the emperor keeps you in the deep palace for a few more years, you will have to eat up the treasury. Now the people in the north are starving and dying, and the summer drought has not been completely solved. Anxiety, sharing worries for the emperor, it is so extravagant, it is really irritating!"
Rong Chang'an turned to the leading maid and said: "From tomorrow onwards, the food standard for Jiaogong from your imperial dining room should not be too extravagant, otherwise, it will be too much for heaven!"
The leading palace lady was in a dilemma again: "This is the recipe written by the imperial concubine Ziyan herself, and our imperial dining room has no choice but to follow it. How can we change it?"
It's nothing more than being afraid of Ziyan!
"Don't worry, if Zi Yan pursues you, you will still put the blame on me. If she is brave enough, she will go to the emperor to argue with me. The emperor can't eat three flavors now, she is so extravagant, it is really jaw-dropping. She Don’t you see the hardships of the people in the north?”
"If she doesn't see it, then she's blind; if she sees it and still does, then she's a beast without conscience or compassion.—This is what I said, and you can tell her everything."
The leading palace maid said in her heart: What's wrong with this Xue'er, she actually got into a fight with Jiao Gong! People from Pepper Palace are not easy to mess with! Anyway, it's none of her business, she happened to watch Ziyan and Xue'er's excitement. In other words, since Empress Rong "died", the palace seemed to be much more peaceful and quiet. Now, there is another good show in the palace.
"Since it was Xuecai who said it, let's do it! But when Ziyan asked, I said it was Xuecai who ordered it."
Rong Changan smiled fearlessly: "I was just asking you to say that."
After the chopsticks, bowls, and plates were put down, the maids withdrew from the side hall.
"Xue Cairen left it after eating, and we will arrange for someone to clean it up."
Rong Changan nodded, and then closed the door.
Chuntao looked at the table full of good food and vegetables, and dared not raise her chopsticks and said, "It's a sin to eat so many dishes!"
That pious and terrified look seemed to be really afraid that the sky would thunder down and strike her to death.
Rong Changan smiled and said: "This is the sin of the words, not ours." He handed Chuntao a pair of chopsticks, "Come, eat. You haven't been late for such a good thing in the cold palace for a long time, right? Just make up for it .”
Rong Changan put a pancake wrapped in white meat and put it in Chuntao's bowl: "Eat this first!" He took another bowl of haggis soup and put it in front of Chuntao, "Do you know where this haggis soup comes from?"
Zi Yan took a bite of pancakes wrapped in meat, it was delicious, her mouth was full, she shook her head and said, "I don't know..."
Rong Changan said: "This is the famous Shijia mutton soup in the capital! Every morning, the Shijia people make it for the palace first, and then sell it by themselves. There are only a few people in the palace who can eat Shijia mutton soup. "
Chuntao took a sip of the haggis soup, which was really refreshing: "Which people in the palace can eat haggis soup?"
Rong Chang'an: "Your Majesty, Empress, there are only these two people. Now it seems that this Ziyan also secretly sent a message to the Imperial Dining Room, asking the Shi family to leave her a share too! Ziyan is really clever."
Chun Tao is also someone who has served Rong Chang'an before, so she is a little confused: "I used to be the maid beside Empress Rong, I have seen her three meals a day, how come I have never seen Shijia haggis soup in her menu? "
Rong Changan smiled: "That's because Empress Rong is frugal, and she doesn't want to go to so much trouble for a breakfast! So, I gave the haggis soup to Empress Chu."
But Chuntao couldn't drink it anymore: "This is haggis soup that only queens and emperors can drink. Why is it my turn to drink it, Chuntao? It's a sin, a sin!"
Rong Chang'an said: "It's not a crime, it's called the emperor to take turns and come to my house next year."
"Bah, bah, bah!" Chuntao slapped herself on the mouth, "Xue Cairen, you can't talk nonsense, you're going to suffer from this..." Chuntao cut her own neck with her hands like palms, as a sign of beheading .
Chuntao was not so timid in the past, probably because she was locked in the cold palace for a long time, she was afraid, and didn't want to go back to the cold palace.
Rong Changan put a spoonful into Chuntao's mouth by himself: "I'm just making a metaphor. It's good to make people feel full. No matter how delicious this haggis soup is, it's not as good as rice steamed buns. In my opinion, steamed buns It's much more precious than haggis soup. Don't take it too seriously."
In fact, Chuntao was also greedy. Seeing what Xueer said, she didn't think about it any more. She picked up the bowl, poured it to her mouth, and drank half a bowl of haggis soup in one go.
"Xue Cairen, don't just look at me, you eat too!"
Rong Changan picked up a steamed bun, broke it open and put it in his mouth.