delicious little cook

Chapter 842 Entering the palace in the name of business

Gu Xu is now a close minister of the emperor, so the matter of his sister's engagement will naturally be told to the sage. The sage has heard about it, but he didn't tell Gu Xu about it, but Bai Kou received a letter from the palace. For the bluegrass greenhouse, a date was set for her to go to the palace to see where a glass house of that size would be suitable, and to calculate the materials, construction period and cost.

Bai Kou quickly sorted out the materials used by the factory to build the greenhouse, packed them in a book bag, and arrived outside the palace gate at the appointed time. A small sedan chair was already waiting there, and she took Bai Kou to see the venue first. .

The gardener in the palace had already prepared several large enough empty gardens. Bai Kou looked at them one by one, measured the land, considered the size of the foundation, and whether there was room for building materials. Every place was carefully prepared. Record, I walked to the Imperial Garden without knowing it, and I was going to cross here to the next place.

But after entering the imperial garden, he realized that the sage was resting in the shade in the pavilion, and it was too late to leave, so Bai Kou hurried forward to salute and greet him.

The sage sat in the pavilion, feeling the cool breeze with the scent of flowers, enjoying the iced cold drink, and holding a volume of unknown book in his hand. Seeing Bai Kou walking to the steps and kowtow, he put down the book with great interest and gave her peace , and called her to speak in the pavilion.

"I came in today to check the grounds for building a greenhouse? Which garden did you fancy?"

"Back to Your Majesty, I haven't finished my walk yet, and there are still a few gardens where the land has not been measured."

"Well, I hope this greenhouse will be built soon, and a few pots of good bluegrass can be grown. If I can catch up with Gu Xu's younger sister to get married, the palace will give her a few pots as a congratulatory gift."

"Your Majesty?!" Bai Kou was taken aback, and suddenly realized that today she didn't simply call in to prepare to build a greenhouse. She subconsciously looked at both sides, only to notice that the maidservants and eunuchs were all standing under the pavilion, and they were several steps away from each other. Far away, only Shengren and Xi Gonggong were there from the beginning, and now she is one more, a total of three people.

"What's the matter with the second wife in your mansion? You didn't marry someone who wasn't from the clan, and after a lot of trouble, you got engaged to Yang Mi again? Was he caught?"

"Yes." Bai Kou nodded honestly.

"Huh?!" The saint said so casually, seeing that Bai Kou really responded, he was taken aback for a moment, and Eunuch Xi couldn't help but stare.

"It's true, I was caught and had to marry."

"Where's Gu Yunkuan? As the head of the family, is that how he recognizes it?"

"Our second master has also been caught."

"What's going on?!" The saint immediately sat up straight, raised his hand and patted the table lightly, "Come here, come here, come here, how much do you know, come here!"

Bai Kou then walked to the case, and whispered all the content she knew in chronological order, only making statements and not making comments.

The sage was silent for a long time after listening.

"Gu Yunkuan only wanted his youngest daughter to marry into the clan, but in the end, he didn't expect that both father and daughter would be caught by others. Hmph, it's their own fault."

Bai Kou bowed her head and said nothing, she was not qualified to answer this question.

"Gu Chan played hide-and-seek with others, how did she meet Yang Mi by the pond by such a coincidence? Have you considered this matter?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, according to the results of our son's investigation, this was all deliberately set up. The master who invited Yang Mi to the other courtyard, and the ladies who played hide-and-seek with our Miss Gu Wu are cousins ​​of the same family. They play hide-and-seek well. All right, those young ladies saw the opportunity and ran away on purpose, and our fifth young lady didn't know it, so we went to the pond to find someone."

The saint was taken aback, "Using my sister's reputation to play tricks on others? If it gets out, will those girls marry? Whose boys are so brainless? I want to write down their names."

"It's Lu Yiqing, the second son of Uncle Zhongshan's family, and those ladies are his cousins ​​and cousins ​​of his aunt and uncle's family."

"Uncle Zhongshan?" The sage tapped the table a few times with his fingers, "Okay, I'll make a note. It's none of your business, you can go on with your work."

"The slaves retire."

Bai Kou saluted and retreated, walked through the imperial garden and continued to work elsewhere.

The sage sat in the pavilion unintentionally, drove around the queen's palace, and whispered to the queen.

Bai Kou ran around the palace for a long time and returned to the mansion at dinner time. After washing her hands and face and changing her clothes, she walked into the main hall and sent all the maids away with a wave of her hand. She served the prince's meal alone, And retell to him the conversation with the saint.

Gu Yun chewed the vegetables, rolled his eyes towards the sky, and told Bai Kou to go down to eat. After the meal, they had rested, and the two of them rushed to Jicheng Hall, and repeated the story to the Elder Master and Elder Madam.

Mrs. Gu is really helpless. Since the sage asked Bai Kou to send the message back, it is obvious that he is dissatisfied with the sudden change, and the second sibling did not explain it at all, which will aggravate the anger of others. The family members of officials can afford it.

"What the hell does the second room mean? The younger brother and sister pretend to be deaf and dumb, and they don't care about her because she is a housewife, but Gu Xu is doing errands by the emperor's side all day long. Doesn't he know the pros and cons of it? Until now She didn't even say a word?!" Mrs. Gu was not only dissatisfied with her sister-in-law, but also complained about this elder nephew.

"Okay, don't be angry anymore. Since the sage already knows what's going on, let Erfang take it on his own. I really thought that the emperor's close ministers would be able to ignore others. Last time, the sage was punished for taking a concubine." After I warned you, I even lost a good job once, but I still haven’t learned my lesson, and now I’m here again, I think Gu Xu’s future will be like this.”

"Father, mother, should we remind them again?"

"Remind me? Bai Kou went to the palace to work and earn money. When has she seen a saint?" The eldest lady rolled her eyes.

The elder sneered slightly with the corners of his mouth, and waved Gu Yun and Bai Kou to go down. When the two young people went out, the couple discussed for a while, and the elder asked his wife to confide in the old matriarch tomorrow. Make some preparations at home, the long house has a bright future, and I don't want to be implicated by this ignorant second house.

Since the eldest lady said that Bai Kou had never met a saint, Bai Kou would not take the initiative to mention it. In the next few days, she will not only be busy with housework and business in the factory, but also busy with building a greenhouse in the palace. , The craftsmen who came to build the greenhouse for the factory discussed and discussed repeatedly. They could not enter the palace to see the scene, and they all relied on Bai Kou to come back and draw a schematic diagram. The choice is made in the palace, and different sizes have different costs, all of which are clearly written.

If it can be negotiated in the end, considering the number of glass panels used in the greenhouse, even the smallest building can make a lot of money.

(End of this chapter)