Don't help me, I can sit up by myself

The emperor was fed to a full belly.

Ever since I was a child, I have never eaten so many weird meals.

After the meal, it was time to turn over the brands again, and Aunt Guan personally delivered a piece of cold lettuce: "The Queen Mother thinks this cold lettuce is good, and asked the slave to bring it to the emperor for you to try."

The cold lettuce is sprinkled with white sesame seeds and sesame sauce, and also drizzled with some white vinegar and sesame oil.

At first glance, it is not the craftsmanship of the kitchen.

Another day of being fed.

The women in the palace, like Bao Guiren, were visibly fatter. The emperor also felt that he had gained weight after showing off his weight for a few days. His wrists were actually thicker than the previous few days, and his high brow bones were not as sharp now. , seems a lot softer.

"Gao Rang, do you think these women went to learn cooking skills? Why are the meals they cook so delicious?"

"Your Majesty, you are staying in the Palace of Supreme Harmony. I'm afraid you don't know that these meals are not cooked by the palaces alone, but bought by the ladies."

"bought?"

Unable to explain it after thinking about it, Gao Rang decided to take the emperor to Yongfu Palace.

Other palace gates are empty, while Yongfu Palace is bustling with traffic.

The nanny from the Ministry of Internal Affairs picked up a lot of vegetables and sent them, and also sent some fruits, three full baskets.

There were also several palace maids poking their heads in the palace.

"Our master would like to drink coconut and red date soup."

"Our master would like a corn cake."

Soon, the people in the small kitchen brought out the coconut and red date soup. The soup was not served in a bowl, but a brown round coconut was made into a bowl shape and placed on the porcelain plate. The coconut was used as a bowl, and there was something in the bowl. Coconut juice, containing red dates, smells sweet and refreshing, light but not too rich.

The corn cake was made with a bright yellow color and was still steaming when it was brought out. The heat hit my face, and the whole person was filled with the sweetness of corn.

This smell is a bit familiar.

Yes, the soups and snacks served by the concubines recently are very similar to this in terms of taste and exquisite appearance.

Du Jiyan and Shi Jing were counting money under the window.

After opening a small kitchen, each palace assigned maids to buy it. Counting in twos and threes, in less than half a month, in addition to the cost and the expenses for up and down management, there was still a surplus of 22 and a half taels of money.

This job can be done.

People in the palace are rich and willing to spend money.Just like the coconut and red date soup that Du Jiyan launched today. It is said to nourish qi and blood. Drinking it can make the skin healthy, rosy and elastic. Intermittently, the empresses from three palaces sent people to buy it.

There was a dark shadow outside the window, and there was a dark yellow color in the snow.

Shi Jing took the money and muttered in a low voice: "I can only earn a month's salary by serving as a bed attendant, but I can't earn much more by opening a small kitchen. It seems that there is a future in opening a small kitchen."

"Shh-"

"Why are you sighing? Have you not seen the Emperor recently? I also feel that I haven't seen the Emperor for a long time. I just took a nap and dreamed that the Emperor came to Yongfu Hall. It was really unlucky and it scared me awake." Shi Jing opened the window Standing higher, I looked out and saw that the good emperor was standing in the snow with his hands tied. The dark yellow color was the emperor's robe. Next to the emperor, stood Eunuch Gao.

Sure enough, the emperor is here.

Shi Jing's embarrassing toes could dig out two acres of land.

The emperor tied his hands and entered the inner hall. After walking so far, a layer of snowflakes fell on his temples. It was cold for several days, and the emperor's lips turned white from the cold.

Du Jiyan quickly handed the heater in his hand to the emperor.

The emperor's white bones rubbed the heater, and he looked at Du Jiyan's face with interest.

The aroma from the small kitchen wafted in from time to time, and Du Jiyan hugged her money bag awkwardly.

"Have you started doing business?"

Du Jiyan quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty."

"Tell me what's going on."

Du Jiyan thought over and over how to explain this matter to the emperor.

You must know that the women in this harem, even the beautiful ladies who have just entered the palace, have no worries about food and drink. The empresses and mistresses also have a lot of salary subsidies. During the holidays, the queen mother and emperor also receive rewards, which is enough to live peacefully. , even the unfavored concubines like Zhao promised to be able to accumulate a lot of gold and silver jewelry.

Du Jiyan is the emperor's constant presence and is now planning business. In the past half month, he has been concerned about whether the vegetables sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs are fresh and whether the soup in the small kitchen is just right. He has indeed left the emperor in the cold. .

She heard that others had gone to deliver food to the emperor, but she didn't go either.

Starting from the late Emperor, I have never heard of any woman in the harem selling soup.

Although the laws of Chen State did not stipulate this, Du Jiyan was not sure what the emperor was thinking.

The emperor's black boots were still stained with snow. He must have walked from the Taihe Palace to the Yongfu Palace. It was such a long way. The emperor came in the snow. He probably didn't come to praise her for making money, right?

The emperor didn't look happy either.

Du Jiyan felt a little panicked.

A rich fruity aroma wafted out from the small kitchen, followed by an even stronger aroma, which was a bit over the top and penetrated directly into one's nose.

Gao Rang held the whisk and sniffed, frowning.

The emperor's brows also frowned.

Shi Jing neatly closed the window and waved the handkerchief in front of his face: "What's this smell? I'm afraid the toilet hasn't been emptied clean. Have you smelled the stench of Yongfu Palace?"

Gao Rang almost vomited: "Master Shi, the palaces are kept clean every day. Of course it's not that the toilets are not empty, I'm afraid it's some other smell."

Gao Rang brought a bowl of tea to the emperor with concern. The emperor opened the lid and felt an overwhelming stench that made him want to cry. This inexplicable stench surrounded his whole body. This sweet and smelly smell made him cry. The taste is really good. It has been unheard of by the emperor for so many years, and now the tea bowl is full of stench. The stench is really intoxicating.

Du Jiyan asked Shi Jing in a low voice: "Did you touch that durian?"

"Is it that thing with sharp points all over it? I thought it would be a bit cold when eaten raw, but it should be delicious when roasted like a sweet potato. It should be delicious when hot, but it smells sweet. Why does it smell so bad when roasted? "

Shi Jing went to bring the roasted durian into the palace. The smell was so suffocating that he quickly trotted to throw it away.

Gao Rang kept blowing the dust in the hall to drive away the smell. The windows were all opened. After a while, there was barely enough room for people to sit in the hall.

Because it is a test dish, there are occasional overturns.

For example, this grilled durian was overturned on the spot.

"What have you been busy with lately?" The emperor held Du Jiyan's money bag, which was hanging on Du Jiyan's waist. The emperor easily pinched her thigh: "Are you short of money?"

Du Jiyan shook his head.

"Since you are not short of money, why? Are you trying to seduce me with delicious food?"

Du Jiyan shook his head again.

"Give me an answer."

Du Jiyan knelt down and tried his best to look pitiful: "Your Majesty, my concubine is idle in the harem. It's easy to pass the time by doing something, isn't it?"

"Idle time is idle, what kind of idle time? Don't you need to serve me?"

Du Jiyan
"Since you have so much free time, go and serve me tonight."

Du Jiyan
Du Jiyan looked troubled.

"What's the matter, you don't want to?"

"It's not that I don't want to, it's just that the soup is still simmering in the small kitchen. The pear water was ordered by Mei Guiren, and I have accepted half of the money. The coconut and hawthorn water was ordered by Zhao, and I gave the half of the money yesterday. Queen The Queen has ordered a cup of Baxi meatballs and has not yet made them, but the Queen has already asked Guiyuan to deliver a tael of silver."

The emperor sighed secretly: "You are really busy, you have more things to do than me, and your meals are more important than me."

Du Jiyan didn't dare to say anything.

It's warm in the hall.Du Jiyan was wearing a snow-colored woven silver poria flower shirt, wearing a jade rocker, and a pair of silver inlaid yellow earrings. Perhaps he was in a good mood after earning money, and his complexion was also good, his eyes were warm and his lips were red. .

"What kind of dishes are there? Bring them over and show them to me."

The two cookbooks I bought in the system came in handy.

The two thick books were held in front of the emperor. The emperor flipped through a few pages and seemed unable to do what he wanted. Good guy, the food in the palace has been delicious recently. Look at these two recipes. They are so carefully compiled. There are names of dishes and names. Each book is thicker than his collection of dictionaries.

The emperor was somewhat interested in these two beautifully crafted books.Du Jiyan couldn't say that he bought it from the system, so he could only say: "It was passed down from my concubine's ancestors."

"Then it's a pity that your father, as my censor, failed to become a cook. I read these two books very well. Can you let me read them for two days so that the kitchen staff in the imperial kitchen can also learn from them? One study.”

Of course not.

The business is booming only because of this recipe. If it is lent to the Imperial Kitchen, and with the cooking skills of the Imperial Kitchen team, won't Yongfu Palace's business be in decline?

This is going to cut off Du Jiyan's financial path.

Cutting off someone's financial path is like digging up someone's ancestral grave.

Du Jianyan was blessed: "They are just two ordinary books. They are far inferior to the two books written by the emperor and the overbearing president. I have always been obsessed with the emperor's two books. I wonder if the emperor can borrow them." Show me to my concubine for two days?"

Mention those two books again.

The emperor's face turned red to the roots of his ears. This woman actually remembered those two books.

Forget it, I don’t want her recipes, as long as she keeps her mouth shut, don’t mention the overbearing president’s book.

"They can all order food, can I?"

"Of course you can. Your Majesty is the king of a country. You can order any dish available in Yongfu Palace." Seeing that there was business, Du Jiyan put on her signature smile again.

"Okay, give me some wolfberry pea tips tonight. I heard the pea tips taste good."

"Your Majesty is very knowledgeable about the goods. The pea tips from Yongfu Palace are tender and fresh. When stir-fried with wolfberry, they have a unique taste. I will personally deliver them to you, Your Majesty, in the evening."

That's more or less.

Du Jiyan stretched out his hand.

The emperor was obviously taken aback.

"Wolfberry pea tips, half a penny a piece."

"I am the emperor, you still accept my money?"

"Your Majesty, you won't think about my concubine's half-money, right?" Du Jiyan said with a sad face: "My concubine's business is all small business, oil, salt, soy and vinegar are all free of charge. Your Majesty, you are rich in the world, wise and powerful, so you must not You’ll eat and drink for free, right?”

The emperor lowered his eyes.

There is a saying among the people that one day brings a hundred days of kindness to a couple.

The emperor and Du Jiyan are now considered husband and wife. If he wants to eat a simple wolfberry pea tip, Du Jiyan wants him to pay first?Half a drop of money, my God, the emperor has never heard of such a small amount of money. The smallest piece of silver he has is only three to five taels. Half a drop of money, it's a joke, can't he still rely on her?

But the emperor really has no money.

"You send the wolfberry and pea tips to Taihe Palace in the evening, and I will give you a drop of money."

"No credit."

"You... are such a stingy concubine. I have only seen you in this age."

"No credit."

The emperor was very helpless. He thought that because of their relationship as husband and wife and his status in the palace, Du Jiyan would not be able to deliver food to him like an assembly line. However, he did not expect that she would not give it to him in vain because she was so courageous. , and not on credit, not only on credit, but also thinking of ways to get the emperor to pay: "I know that the emperor does not take money with him when he goes out, but when Eunuch Gao serves the emperor, Eunuch Gao must carry money with him."

"Gao Rang——" The emperor put pressure on Gao Rang.

Gao Rang touched it up and down, with a troubled expression on his face: "Your Majesty, I was in such a hurry that I forgot to bring my money."

Neither the master nor the servant had any money with them.

awkward.

The supreme emperor of the Chen Kingdom and the popular eunuch beside the emperor couldn't make enough money together.

It's so popular that it makes people laugh.

Shi Jing looked at these two people as if they were thieves. They looked majestic and majestic. One was wearing imperial robes and the other was wearing a black and blue eunuch uniform. However, they still wanted food without giving them money. , It's a real hooligan.

The concubines still have to pay for food.

The small kitchen of Yongfu Palace is not easy either.

Washing and washing, buying vegetables and meat, none of these are expenses. You really don’t know how expensive firewood and rice are.

I knew it would be bad if the emperor rushed over unexpectedly.

Shi Jing couldn't help but lie down next to Du Jiyan's ear and whispered: "I finally understand. Your Majesty, he wants to eat for free."

"I also understand that the emperor wants to buy wolfberry pea tips for free."

"The majestic emperor is a digger." Shi Jing rolled his eyes and muttered in a low voice, "I want to take advantage of even half a penny."

The emperor's face suddenly turned red, and even his ears were red: "Shi Jing, please keep your voice down when you speak ill of others."

Shi Jing...

It seems that the emperor really has no money.

I was so anxious that I couldn't even take out the money.

Forget it.

I didn't expect him to run away either.

Besides, you can’t be too stingy in doing business. You still need to attract repeat customers.

Even if he eats wolfberry and pea tips for nothing, he won't be able to afford it.

Du Jiyan waved his handkerchief and took out the posture of the landlady: "You are the emperor..."

Before the second half of the sentence was uttered, the emperor was unwilling.

"I won't eat anymore." The emperor turned and left.

Gao Rang quickly chased after him.

The master and the servant walked along the long corridor to the Taihe Palace. When they came out, the snow was not very heavy, and the patches only wetted their hair. When they went back, the snow buried the soles of their boots. Look at the sky, it became darker and lower. The clouds were overwhelming, and those black clouds seemed to be pressing down on the palace. They were heavy and filled with snow.

The wind and snow were blowing, and the corridor was almost covered with ice, making it a bit slippery to walk on.

Gao Rang knelt down directly in front of the emperor.

The emperor's tense face suddenly smiled: "You stupid thing, you even fell down."

"Back to the emperor, slaves are not wrestling."

"Then why are you kneeling down? Why don't you get up quickly?"

Gao Rang smiled and took out a purse embroidered with wild geese from his arms. The emperor took the purse and found it was heavy. When he opened it, he found that there were at least seven or eight taels of silver in it.

He carries a lot of money with him, but just now Gao Rang was crying about poverty.

"Just now in Yongfu Hall, the emperor asked the slave if he had brought any silver. The slave said no, which is a crime of deceiving the emperor." Gao Rang said and knelt down again.

"Get up, it's just the two of us, who do you want to kneel to?"