delicious little cook

Chapter 396 The Prince's Arrival
Early the next morning, the second master and the third master bid farewell to the old matriarch and were ready to leave. The family members were busy loading their luggage into the car. The second wife and the third wife stayed at home to take care of their son who was going to participate in the Spring Festival, hoping that they would be on the list Famous, convenient for a good marriage.

Bai Kou met Yan Zheng, and told him about building a heated kang in Li Fushun's house for the seven Xiangzhu people to live in, and told him to find Zhuangzhai Yaxing, and try to find a way to build a two-story house on Shizi Street. The pavement of the building will be opened for business in the future.

Yan Zheng went to take orders, Bai Kou returned to the Zhongming Courtyard, took out a menu that he had written last night and showed it to the eldest son, and after he read it, he went to show it to the eldest lady. The menu was finally finalized before lunch. In the afternoon, Bai Kou wrote out the list of ingredients, and took it along with the menu to Zeng Zhu in the East Kitchen, and she arranged for the ingredients to be prepared.

Coming out of the east kitchen, Bai Kou rushed to the west kitchen. The prince's family came to visit, and there were also a lot of guards of honor and imperial guards. Their food was all taken care of by the west kitchen, and Bai Kou gave it to the kitchen manager. One dish, teach them how to make sheep scorpion hot pot that day, buy the whole sheep girder, from the neck bone to the tail bone, and use the soup left over after eating the bones to make hot pot, so that everyone can eat their fingers.

Bai Kou also went to Aunt Rong's place, and borrowed Miss Gu Hui's use, and invited her to have a meal with the invited ladies on the Lantern Festival. After recuperating for more than half a year, her physique improved day by day. She has become much more normal and her mood has stabilized, but she just doesn’t speak. Dr. Min, who often visits for consultations, has advised her to go out for a walk several times. Taking advantage of her age of growth, more activities are only good for her. If you stay in the house all day long, you will become really dumb sooner or later.

Aunt Rong knew that this was a good opportunity for her daughter to get in touch with the outside world, so she agreed without hesitation.

Everything is arranged properly, just wait for the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

The few days in the middle passed by in a flash, there was nothing else going on in the mansion except that the second room called Yaren to buy a new one. On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, someone from the East Palace came to the front station and checked everything to make sure everything was ready. Return to the palace with peace of mind.

Bai Kou only takes care of catering, and other things are handled by the big housekeeper. He is an experienced talent. Let the big and small masters and managers have full confidence in her.

Early in the morning on the [-]th, when the sky was dim, a soldier of the Imperial Army who passed on the news rode outside the gate of the mansion and told everyone that the palace was preparing to leave.

This preparation to leave means that the palace people are assembled, and there is still a lot of time before they officially walk out of the palace gate, so the masters and masters in the mansion continue to clean up and dine step by step, and wait until the news comes that the guard of honor has arrived at the square gate before going out to prepare to greet. However, shortly after receiving the report, the servants took tools and went out to sprinkle water to clean the street. The road from Fangmen to Duke Ye’s mansion was temporarily closed, and only pedestrians were allowed to walk, and cars and horses were not allowed. Residents who come and go on this street try to avoid this section of the road as much as possible to prevent the horses from leaving feces on the clean road.

After breakfast, the girls waited for Gu Yun to put on the prince's dress, and then he went to Jicheng Hall to meet his parents and grandmother, while Bai Kou went to the East Kitchen to take care of the cooking.

After they were finished, news came that the forbidden army had already rode to the gate of the workshop. After entering the workshop, they stood in two human walls along the street from the gate to the gate of Lord Ye's mansion. There is a gate facing the street to enter and exit. If you want to go out, you can only go through the back door or the side door.

Inside the mansion, men gathered in the main hall of the front yard one after another, including the plump Seventh Young Master who also came out. It is not nervous for a child to experience this kind of scene for the first time, as long as he is given food to eat, Gu Jing Looking at this younger brother who couldn't stop talking for a moment, he gritted his teeth secretly, hating iron for being weak in his heart.

The female relatives also gathered in Jicheng hall. The old lady and the first lady were all wearing the order of the first-class lady, wearing a phoenix crown, and the crown was bright yellow, but the second lady and the third lady had no orders, just like the daughters. , dressed in an ordinary big red shirt and thong, and adorned with a few gorgeous headgears, waited until the crown prince's ceremonial guard entered the workshop, and the female relatives set off to greet him outside the gate.

At this moment of anxious waiting, no one has the heart to chat, and the main room of Jicheng Hall is quiet, thirsty and wanting to drink water, he can't help but endure it, so as not to be troublesome if he wants to relieve himself when he is going to greet him.

Bai Kou was busy in the kitchen, and every time someone would send a message to let the kitchen know where the distinguished guests were and prepare for refreshments.

At the turn of the afternoon, Bai Kou finally received the most definite news that the prince's carriage had entered the workshop, and a fire had started to be made in the Bai'an kitchen to steam dim sum.

The Duke of the State led the men in the family to meet the Prince's carriage on the street, and then walked back to the mansion with the carriage. The old matriarch took the women's family members to stand on the platform outside the gate of the mansion, and waited for the carriage to arrive before walking down. Standing on the left and the right, when the door opened, the crown prince came out first, the Duke stepped forward to help, then the crown princess got out of the car, the old matriarch and the eldest lady stepped forward to support, the carriage was taken away immediately, and the two children were sitting in the carriage. Two carriages came up from behind. The servants got off the carriage first, and then helped the young master to get off the carriage. The young grandson simply hugged him down.

The crowd surrounded the prince's family of four and walked to the main hall. After the prince and princess were invited to sit down, the Duke led the whole family to salute, and then the men and women separated. I sincerely go to the hall.

The grandson of Emperor Zhenghui didn't want to stay in the main hall, he held his elder sister Princess Jingyun's hand, but he was young, at the age of four or five, it was normal for him to stay with the female relatives, so the princess took him go out.

And taking advantage of the somewhat chaotic scene of people moving around, the housekeeper followed the third lady's order in advance and took the seventh young master away quietly. He can't even let him sit and fall asleep while studying at the ethnology school. It's embarrassing in front of the prince, otherwise it must be blamed on the third wife, the aunt who has no way to discipline her.

After entering the Jicheng Hall, the Crown Princess greeted the upper seat, and the female relatives saluted again, and then sat down in order. The maids came out pushing the carts, and first handed out hot towels for everyone to wipe their hands, and then served hot ginger tea to drive away the cold. After standing outside for so long to meet the prince, his hands and feet were cold.

After resting here, I moved to the retreat hall, where there was a long table made of square tables, covered with tablecloths, and everyone sat around the table, just sitting down. This is the place to have tea and chat. The traditional snacks and candied fruits are set up, and there is a pair of tableware for snacks in front of each person. The front hall will be set up as a venue for lunch after a while.

(End of this chapter)