"Miss Nangong, why don't you leave the palace at this late hour? Be careful that the palace gates are closed, you can't go back to the mansion!" Ren Yue responded with a nice smile, but his hands were still tightly grasping the gentle and cold little hands.
"It's not the last time I saw a doctor for the empress dowager. Now she is cured, but she sold me. Now the empress in the palace will come to me whenever she feels uncomfortable... oh... I This is just coming out of the East Palace, and went to the West Palace, just after coming out of the West Palace, and was called to go by Nangong..." Miss Nangong said, shrugging her shoulders helplessly.
"Sister Xue'er's words are always so interesting. You are doing more work for those who are capable!" Rourou smiled, and she was still fighting against Ren Yue in her hands.
"That's why you are Miss Nangong! Hehe, it's a good thing that Beigong is a cold palace. If not, Miss Nangong might be so busy that she gets dizzy." Ren Yue still had a good-looking smile.
"By the way, I just heard what Sister Rou'er said, brains? Goose wings? Is this also imperial food?" Miss Nangong showed a strange expression.
"That's right! Recently, the emperor has a lot of work to do, and he has to go to the Manna Palace to have meals with the empress Li, so the empress asked me to prepare the brain-invigorating crispy brain flowers, and cooked with the onions she planted herself. Onion and goose wings." Replied gently and truthfully.
"Crispy brain flower? Onion and goose wings?! Is there any more?" Nangongxue asked immediately.
"Hmm... There are also a few seasonal vegetarian vegetables. By the way, there is also a black-bone chicken soup." Rourou thought for a while, and confessed everything.
"Did you come up with the crispy brain flower and the onion and goose wings yourself, or did someone in the concubine Li's palace ask you to make them?" Unexpectedly, as soon as Wen Rou finished speaking, Nangong Xue's voice immediately became serious , seems to be interrogating.
"As a cook, I can't decide what the emperor eats. In the imperial dining room, of course I listen to Lord Shangshan. In the Palace of Ganlu, of course I listen to Empress Li." Gentle curled her lips slightly.
"Oh... that's it..." Nangong Xue replied hesitantly, as if she was hiding something.
"Miss Nangong, do you think there is something wrong?" Ren Yue observed his words and expressions. Ask curiously.
"It's nothing, maybe I was thinking too much. Rou'er. If Concubine Li asks you to cook these two dishes in the future, you should politely refuse." Nangongxue said softly.
"Refused? Why?!" Rourou and Ren Yue asked in unison.
"If you can't refuse, then change your approach, but don't do that again..." Nangong Xue still persuaded softly without explaining.
"The same ingredients can be prepared in a different way. Isn't there something special about this method?!" Ren Yue was curious.
"Young master Ren is really smart, indeed. There is something wrong with the imperial meal cooked by Rou'er tonight!" Nangongxue replied softly, and immediately looked around vigilantly.
There was no sound around, and at this moment, there were only the three of them standing on this quiet path.
"If Ms. Nangong is busy with the diagnosis and treatment in the palace, it happens that Ren Yue is going out of the palace, why not the three of us go together." There are many eyes and ears in the palace, Ren Yue has been an official in the court these days, so he naturally has a deep understanding of this.
It was just now that I heard Nangong Xue said something in her words, safety now does not mean safety in the future, the palace is a troubled place. If you want to hear the truth, let's go out of the palace and say it.
"Okay... Then I'll be a full-fledged light bulb today!" Nangong Xue smiled mischievously, looking at Wen Rou and Ren Yue standing in front of her. Although he really didn't want to disturb the solitude of the two of them, but thinking of the urgency of tonight, he decided to accept Ren Yue's invitation gladly.
"Ah! My knife!" At this moment, he gently touched his waist, the dark iron kitchen knife he was carrying was not on him, he must have forgotten it in the small kitchen of Empress Li during the busy work just now.
"Don't worry, have you landed in the Ganlu Hall?" Ren Yue asked with concern.
"Well, you are waiting for me here. I'll go back and get it!" Rourou was about to pull away and go.
"Hei Lu, I'll accompany you!" Ren Yue followed closely.
"I'll go too. After all, you're not married yet, and men and women can't accept each other. I'll follow. In case someone asks, the three of us are together, so we can have an excuse." Nangong Xue replied.
So, the three of them took advantage of the darkness and walked quickly to the Ganlu Hall.
In Empress Li's small kitchen, there was a faint fragrance of medicine.
Nangong Xue and Ren Yue hid behind the lush holly bushes, waiting for Wen Rou to come out with the knife.
"What's this smell? Could it be that Concubine Li is sick?" Ren Yue gently moved his nostrils.
"This is..." Nangong Xue sniffed it carefully and was stunned.
"Okay, okay, it really fell on the stove. Let's go." He ran out of the small kitchen gently and briskly, with that precious black iron kitchen knife pinned to his waist.
"Rou'er, is Concubine Li sick?" Ren Yue was silent all the way, and only asked curiously when he left the palace.
"No, it's just that the emperor came here frequently recently. Aunt Sheyue said that this is a tonic for the empress. A few days ago, the empress ordered me to make beef and mutton. I think it must be that the empress wants to continue to work for the emperor. !” He replied with a gentle and sweet smile.
"Niuzi! Mutton!" Nangong Xue's face was shocked again!
"What's the matter, Sister Xue'er, but what's wrong?" Wen Rou stopped in her tracks and asked curiously.
"Strange! This is too strange!" Nangongxue muttered to herself.
"Miss Nangong is really weird tonight!" Ren Yue responded from the side.
"Well, it stands to reason that the beef and mutton are both sex-supporting ingredients, and they do have the effect of assisting fertility, but just now outside the small kitchen of Ganlu Palace, I clearly smelled the smell of anti-essence soup!" Nangong Xue said word by word.
"Zhijing Soup?! What is that?" Rourou was stunned.
"That thing shouldn't be owned by the palace. The women in the brothel are forced to receive customers. On the one hand, they don't want to have the guests' children, and on the other hand, they don't want to damage their own reproductive organs. That's why they take Zhijing Decoction. But just now, Rou’er, you clearly said that a few days ago, Concubine Li wanted you to cook meals to help sex, but in fact she was drinking anti-essence soup!” Nangongxue explained.
"Could it be that Concubine Li doesn't want to spread branches and leaves for the emperor?!" Wen Wen was shocked.
"That's not the thing that surprised me the most. Do you know what damage the crispy brains and goose wings with onions you cooked tonight would do to a normal man?" Nangong Xue's voice became sharp and shrill.
"Damaged?!" Gentle is unclear.
"Injure the kidneys and injure the vitality, making a man unable to do what he wants! Brain flowers soothe the nerves and nourish the brain, but the combination of brain flowers with salt and wine will affect the sexual function of men; goose wing onions have the effect of damaging the kidneys. Using both together, the intentions are really sinister. I thought maybe I was worrying too much, and the concubine Li didn't have such a heart. But just now when I smelled the anti-essence soup, I thought that the concubine Li, who is the emperor's first favorite concubine, actually took this medicine! Combined with the imperial meal you cooked today, there is an ulterior purpose in it!" Nangong Xue thought deeply.