The little eunuch looked embarrassed, this lie was too fake, if the empress could believe it, she would go to hell.
"Is the noodle screen ready?" Ning Chen glanced at Xiao Mingyue who was sitting far away, and shouted.
"Okay, cough cough" Mingyue came running with the flour in her arms, her face was pale, leaving only two big eyes.
Ning Chen took the flour and wiped it on Xiao Mingyue twice, but he didn't wipe it off, so he didn't care, and continued to do his own thing.
"What are you stirring?" Mingyue asked with big eyes.
"Egg white, sugar" Ning Chen stirred with three chopsticks desperately. He didn't have an egg beater, so he could only use brute force to solve the problem.
After a while, the egg white became foam, and it couldn't be poured out. Ning Chen put it aside and began to clean up the egg yolk.
The little eunuch was cold to the side, didn't care, no one asked, and he was a little confused.
Ning Chen suddenly remembered that there was such a person, glanced at the little eunuch, and shouted, "Come on someone, take the little father-in-law back, remember to give the tea money"
"Yes." The old housekeeper walked out, came to the little eunuch who was speechless, turned to one side, and said, "Father-in-law, please"
"Master Hou" the little eunuch regained his senses and was about to persuade again, but was interrupted by a voice.
"Mingyue, don't be naughty, you won't have a cake today if the egg whites are broken."
"Oh" Mingyue hurriedly retracted her troublesome little hand and smiled embarrassedly.
The little eunuch left lonely, looking depressed and thinking about how to go back and deal with it.
In the kitchen, Ning Chen was in a hurry, and in the blink of an eye, he forgot his eldest grandson's summons.
After mixing the egg yolk and flour, there are not many steps left. Ning Chen poured half of the egg white into the flour batter, stirred it twice, and then threw it to Xiao Mingyue.
"As I did, stir up and down, and after stirring, pour the rest in and continue stirring"
"it is good"
Mingyue replied, and immediately took the mush, stirring it in a mannerly manner.
Ning Chen nodded with satisfaction, Ruzi can be taught.
There was no problem with Xiao Mingyue, Ning Chen walked to the pot and carefully brushed a layer of oil on the surface of the pot.
"Bad man, there are so many bubbles, what should I do?" Mingyue shouted.
"Break through" Ning Chen replied.
Mingyue's head is a little dizzy, so many, when will it be poked.
"Aunt Li, give me a needle." Mingyue waved her small hand as she looked at a middle-aged woman with a beautiful face at the door.
"Okay." Aunt Li hurriedly brought over a few needles.
Ning Chen packed up the pot and came to help, holding the thin needle to poke the bubbles one by one.
After working hard for a long time, the two finally wiped out all the bubbles. Then, they poured the cake batter into the pot, and the fire started to bake.
"Bad man, can you do it?" Mingyue asked suspiciously.
"It should be possible," Ning Chen replied with obvious lack of confidence.
The two waited quietly in anticipation. One Northern Mongolian emperor and one Great Xia Wuhou were surrounding the stove, and they didn't dare to say anything nervous.
The solemn atmosphere also spread among the people outside, all standing at the door waiting with big eyes and small eyes.
After a long time, the aroma of the cake came out, and the unique sweet smell spread quickly, making everyone's expectations more intense.
"almost"
Seeing that the color of the cake was gradually turning yellow, Ning Chen removed the pot, and then carefully cut the cake out of the pot with a knife.
"I'll try it" Mingyue shouted impatiently.
Ning Chen cut a piece and put it in front of Xiao Mingyue's mouth. After seeing the little girl take a bite, he was busy taking a bite.
“Yummy”
The eyes of the two of them lit up unexpectedly, sweet and delicious, moderately soft and glutinous, and tasted great.
"Bad man, you're a genius," Mingyue boasted with a smile on her brows.
"Must" Ning Chen accepted the little girl's adoration without any humility.
Mingyue cut a piece of cake, ran to the door, handed it to Aunt Li, who had just brought the fine needle, and said happily, "Aunt Li, try it."
"Thank you, young master." Aunt Li hurriedly took the cake and thanked her.
Everyone looked at him with envy and longing, all wanting to know what this strange thing the Marquis made was like.
Aunt Li broke the cake piece by piece and handed it to a few people around her to taste it together.
"How's it going?" the person who didn't get a share asked anxiously.
"good to eat"
The people who ate it looked at each other and nodded suddenly.
"If you want to eat and make your own, everything is here, bye"
Ning Chen glanced at the chefs, and arrogantly left with the cake.
Xiao Mingyue laughed and left.
Several chefs looked at each other, and thought back carefully about how Hou Ye did it with a headache.
This day was the most hilarious day in the Hou Mansion, especially in the kitchen. From time to time, there were voices of regret from everyone, and the cake was broken again.
Ning Chen and Xiao Mingyue happily enjoyed the fruits of their labor, ignoring the mood of a large group of people in the house.
"The Empress is here!" At this moment, the voice of the guard resounded outside the door, and it was the eldest grandson who came in person.
"cough cough"
Ning Chen was so frightened that he choked on the cake and coughed violently.
"Hurry up"
Ning Chen immediately hid the cake in the cupboard and ran away in a panic.
"That's too late"
Mingyue was also a little overwhelmed by the nervousness of the villain, and said anxiously.
"What reason did I just look for?"
Ning Chen was so frightened that his memory was not good, so he asked anxiously.
"Sick," Mingyue replied hurriedly.
"Yes, I'm sick." Ning Chen ran back to the inner room, took off his shoes and lay on the bed. He didn't care whether it was hot or not, so he covered the two quilts over his body.
"Queen's Lady"
Several maids in the mansion did not have time to retreat, so they knelt down and worshipped nervously.
"Where's Ning Chen?" The eldest grandson asked angrily.
"Hou... Lord Hou is in the room," a maid replied stutteringly.
Qing Ning glanced at the Hou Mansion, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, how come there are only these few people in the mansion.
With a "bang", the door was pushed open, the eldest grandson entered the room, saw Ning Chen lying on the bed, sneered, and asked Mingyue next to him, "Mingyue, what's wrong with him?"
"sick...sick"
Under the influence of Ning Chen, Mingyue was also a little terrified of the empress of Daxia, and stammered.
"The imperial physician, go and show the Marquis Zhiming what disease he has!" Zhangsun glanced at the old imperial physician behind him and said coldly.
"Yes"
The old doctor responded respectfully, and then quickly walked to the bedside, calmly taking the pulse for Ning Chen.
Mingyue and Ning Chen on the bed were in a cold sweat. The eldest grandson's move was so cruel that even the imperial physician brought it over.
After a while, the old doctor got up, walked over to the eldest grandson, and said respectfully, "Miss Empress, the pulse condition of Lord Hou is slightly disordered, which is a sign that the injury has not healed, and you can take care of it carefully."
"Bengong knows, you can go back," the eldest grandson said.
"Yes, Wei Chen retire." The old doctor bowed and retreated.
Seeing the old doctor leave, Qing Ning hurriedly gave Xiao Mingyue a wink, motioning for someone on the bed to quickly turn herself in and confess her guilt.
Unfortunately, it was already too late, the eldest grandson stepped forward in two steps, grabbed Ning Chen's ear, and said angrily, "Give it back to Ben Gong, you are getting more and more courageous, even if Ben Gong invites you to go."
Xiao Mingyue took two steps back in disloyalty, this Daxia's empress is too fierce, she did not dare to provoke her.
Not far from the door, several maids were frightened by the movement in the house. In their impression, the Empress was a gentle and virtuous person, how could there be such a big difference.
In the room, Ning Chen knelt on the bed, lowered his head, and didn't dare to breathe.
Lime and Xiao Mingyue retreated farther than the other, and no one dared to persuade them, they could only pray for the former to seek more blessings.
Changsun cursed for a while, then sat down and took a sip of water, taking a breather.
Outside the mansion, when the guards heard that Marquis was scolded, they couldn't help smacking their lips. Their news was much better than others. Knowing that Marquis had just been scolded by the Empress in Tianyu Palace two days ago, this is not the case. Two days later, I was scolded again.
"Where are all the servants in your mansion?" The eldest grandson suddenly remembered the situation when he entered the mansion just now. The Marquis of Nuoda didn't even see a single person.
"In the kitchen" Ning Chen sold everyone without hesitation. As the saying goes, a dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist, and the eldest grandson will not do anything to other people.
Cakes are not free, and they have to be scolded together.
"What are you doing in the kitchen?" Zhangsun frowned.
"Make a cake," Ning Chen said honestly.
The eldest grandson frowned again, there was something messy.
"What is the cake?" Lime asked in a low voice in the corner of the room.
"Eat," Mingyue replied in a low voice.
"What did Ning Chen do?" Qing Ning asked again.
"We did it together" Mingyue whispered.
"What are you whispering about sneakily!" The eldest grandson glanced at the two of them and said coldly.
Ning Chen hurriedly gave Xiao Mingyue a wink, the little girl understood, ran back to the main room, brought the cake over, put it on the table, and then backed away.
"What did you do?" Zhangsun looked at it and asked.
"En." Ning Chen nodded.
Changsun picked up a piece and took a bite. The taste was not bad, not worse than the dim sum in the palace.
"What are you doing this for?"
"Today is Mingyue's birthday, so I tried to do it," Ning Chen said truthfully.
The eldest grandson thought for a while, glanced at Xiao Mingyue, and immediately said, "Mingyue, come here"
Mingyue was a little frightened, but she still came over and kept cheering herself up. She was the emperor and who was she afraid of.
The eldest grandson took a phoenix hairpin from his head, put it in Xiao Mingyue's hand, and said, "I came out in a hurry today, and I didn't bring anything with me. This phoenix hairpin has been with Ben Gong for 20 years. Although you can't use it, it can be regarded as Ben Gong. a little thought”
Seeing this, Ning Chen murmured in his heart, you got it right, it will definitely be used.
"Thank you," Mingyue whispered while holding the phoenix hairpin.
The eldest grandson smiled and said nothing, Mingyue was just a child, and she had been with this kid for so long, whether it was Empress Daxia or Ning Chen's elder, this gift was indispensable.
Don't look at this kid's usual carelessness, but in fact, he is very small-minded. If she doesn't express it, she might say bad things about her behind her back.
After the gossip was finished, the eldest grandson thought about it, looked at Ning Chen who was still kneeling on the bed, and asked calmly, "I heard that you have been to the third prince's Kamikaze camp?"
"En." Ning Chen nodded.
"How is it?" The grandson continued to ask.
"Military discipline is strict, there are many masters, and it is very troublesome." Ning Chen's expression became solemn. These three princes are not a fuel-efficient lamp, and they are difficult to deal with when adding a kamikaze camp.