food queen

Chapter 736

With the help of Shao Yanran and Wei Xiyue, there is no suspense for Yan Wenzhen to enter the palace.After the empress had tasted the brown sugar rose cake that Wei Xiyue sent to the palace, she asked Wei Xiyue to send him to the palace. The eunuch next to her tried a few words of persuasion, and almost got a board.

However, because of this, Yan Wenzhen caused dissatisfaction among many people as soon as he entered the imperial dining room.These people in the imperial dining room squeezed in after washing their heads. How could she come in so easily, without even a test, and only being checked by the palace maid before she came in?Not to mention the ordinary imperial chef, even Zhang Ruixiang, the chief executive of the imperial dining room, was unhappy.

"Aunt Chen, I will leave this cook to you. She belongs to the empress. You must arrange her well." Zhang Ruixiang said to an old cook in her fifties.

"Don't worry, the chief manager, the slave understands." The old cook responded, then turned to Yan Wenzhen and said, "Come with me."

Yan Wenzhen wanted Zhang Ruixiang to leave, and Fang followed Aunt Chen to settle behind.The old cook led her into a remote small yard, pushed open the door of the south house in the yard, and said, "You can live here from now on, and clean up by yourself. The cooks next to her are four people who live together , you are the one who was recruited into the palace by the Empress's order, and Manager Zhang also ordered me to treat you differently!"

Looking at the dust and cobwebs all over the room, Yan Wenzhen blessed Fushen: "Thank you, Auntie, for taking care of me."

The old cook said again: "Okay, I'm still busy. You can tidy up yourself, and I'll ask someone to bring you the quilt later. You are tired today, so you don't have to go to the dining room to be on duty. Go to Dianmao at the beginning of Maozheng, don't forget."

"Thank you, aunt, for the reminder." Yan Wenzhen blessed Fushen again, and after watching the old cook go out, she put the baggage with her at the door, got up, went to find a broom, and came in to clean it.

At dinner time, a little palace lady brought two quilts with her arms, but there was a musty smell. Yan Wenzhen threw herself on the bed and felt that the room was damp, so she sighed helplessly and took the quilts. A robe went directly to sit on the threshold, anyway, she didn't feel sleepy tonight.

Early the next morning, Yan Wenzhen washed his face with half a bucket of cold water, changed into the clothes of the cook in the imperial dining room, and went to do something.

From then on, she began her life as a cook, choosing vegetables, fetching water, washing vegetables, washing dishes every day... Half a month after entering the palace, she had never touched a kitchen knife or been near a frying pan. She was a rough maid.

One day, Yan Wenzhen came in from the outside with a bucket of water to wash vegetables, when suddenly a little eunuch ran into the imperial dining room and shouted: "Chief! Chief! Hurry... Hurry up! "

"What's the matter?" Zhang Ruixiang came out of the room and looked at the little eunuch in surprise, "What's wrong with the empress?"

"No, it's not the empress, it's the eldest princess who is gone!"

The bucket in Yan Wenzhen's hand fell to the ground with a 'boom', and the water spilled over.

"The eldest princess is gone?! When did this happen?" Zhang Ruixiang was also very surprised, "How about the empress?"

"The news just came to the palace. The empress was in a hurry to get out of the palace. She accidentally fell and passed out. The imperial physician was sent to Fengzhang Palace, and the emperor has also passed. Our imperial dining room must be prepared!"

"Ready...prepare? Yes, we have to prepare well." Zhang Ruixiang looked around in a panic, and suddenly saw Yan Wenzhen, and hurriedly said: "What are you still doing in a daze? You are not the one called by the empress to come into the palace." Hurry up and change into your clothes and go to the small kitchen of Fengzhang Hall to wait!"

"Yes." Yan Wenzhen hurriedly wiped away tears with his sleeves, bent down and carried the bucket down.

For the eldest princess, Yan Wenzhen has a special feeling in her heart.Although he had never seen her before, he grew up listening to her stories. Thanks to her blessing, his grandfather and Yan family were also helped by her grandson when he was in the most difficult time.Now that she has gone here by car, she will never have a chance to repay her kindness.

The empress is pregnant, and the empress accidentally fell due to the death of the eldest princess, and she became pregnant!

The emperor was furious, and the palace was going to kill everyone!

Zhang Ruixiang was no fool, so he naturally knew what to do at this time to keep his position as chief executive.So when Yan Wenzhen went back to the room to pack up her belongings and came with the other three cooks to listen to the chief manager's instructions, Zhang Ruixiang sent everyone else out, leaving Yan Wenzhen alone to talk.

"Wen Zhen, you have been troubled in our imperial dining room these days." Zhang Ruixiang said very politely, "It's also because I didn't take care of it well. Look at the big business of the imperial dining room. There are more than 200 people. I was too busy to touch the ground, so I was negligent. Don't blame me."

"Wen Zhen doesn't dare to take the Chief Manager's words. Since Wen Zhen entered the palace, he has been taken care of by the Chief Manager, and he is very grateful." Yan Wenzhen said hastily.

"You child is really sensible." Zhang Ruixiang said with a smile, "It's a good thing for you to work in the queen's small dining room, but it's not necessarily a good thing, do you understand?" Zhang Ruixiang asked again.

Yan Wenzhen leaned forward and replied, "Yes, Wenzhen understands."

"Understood? Tell me about it." Zhang Ruixiang said.

Yan Wenzhen gave a blessing lightly, and said loudly: "Being able to serve the Empress is a blessing Wen Zhen cultivated in her previous life, so this is a great thing. But if Wen Zhen neglects his duties and fails to serve the Empress properly, not only will he be crushed to pieces There is no place to die, and it will involve hundreds of people in the imperial dining room and the chief executive, so it is not necessarily a good thing. Rest assured, the chief executive, Wen Zhen will be cautious and careful in his work, and will not embarrass the chief executive .”

"Okay! Sure enough, he is a good boy with a good brain. So you go, I have heard about your background, you will make a fortune in the future, don't forget about us." Zhang Ruixiang said with a smile.

"Wen Zhen always remembers the teachings of the chief manager." Yan Wenzhen said with his head bowed.

"Okay, it's getting late, the queen needs competent people to take care of her, so follow Aunt Chen over quickly."

"Yes." Yan Wenzhen replied and turned to leave.

The small kitchen of Fengzhang Hall is busy all year round. The emperor loves the queen very much, and the queen is very picky about food. Most of the food made in the imperial dining room is not to the queen's taste, so the queen's food and bait are basically prepared in the small dining room. The servants in the small dining room are also the queen's cronies, and outsiders are basically not allowed to enter.

This time Yan Wenzhen and the other three cooks were sent here by Zhang Ruixiang. Naturally, it needs to be prepared more carefully, Eunuch Zhang said that he was afraid that Mammy would not have enough staff here, so he carefully selected a few cooks who were smart, thoughtful, and clean to teach Mammy."

Madam Xu looked at Yan Wenzhen and the others, nodded and said, "Okay, it happens that the small kitchen is too busy. The four of you can stay here."

"Yes." Yan Wenzhen and the other three cooks answered together.

Aunt Chen quickly said: "The slave has gone back first, if Mammy has orders, just call someone to pass on the servant."

"You go." Mother Xu waved her hand, and after Aunt Chen left, Fang carefully looked at the four of Yan Wenzhen and asked, "What are the names of the four of you? What did you do in the imperial dining room before?"

The four of them went back to each other, some were good at desserts, some were good at medicinal food, and some were good at soups.When it was Wen Zhen's turn, she only reported her name and didn't say anything about what she was good at.

"What dishes are you good at? Why don't you tell me?"

Before Yan Wenzhen said anything, a cook next to her replied for her: "Go back to Madam, Wenzhen has been picking vegetables and doing chores in the imperial dining room these days."

"Handy boy?" Madam Xu frowned, "This old Zhang Ruixiang is really confused!"

The cook knew she had said something wrong, so she hurriedly stopped talking and lowered her head.Yan Wenzhen secretly laughed at the cook's stupidity, she only knows how to climb high and step down, but forgets that if you say too much, you will lose.Accidentally talked too much, and offended the head manager of the imperial dining room first.

Madam Xu glanced at Yan Wenzhen again, and said, "Why do I hear your name so familiar? You are a handyman in the imperial kitchen, where have I seen you?"

"Going back to mother, I don't have the fate to meet you." Yan Wenzhen said blissfully.

"Mommy, Miss Yan was recommended to the empress by Miss Xiyue of Ninghou Mansion." Cherry next to her reminded her in a low voice.

"I just said how familiar this name is!" Madam Xu sighed, "Back then, Manager Sun was almost beaten by the empress because of this girl!"

Cherry laughed and said, "That's right."

"Okay, you guys don't stand there anymore. Go down and get busy." Madam Xu waved her hands at the four of them, and then called Yan Wenzhen: "You stay here."

"Yes." Yan Wenzhen hurriedly turned around and came back.

Mother Xu didn't have time to talk nonsense, and asked directly: "The empress is still asleep at the moment, and she will definitely be hungry when she wakes up later. The meals prepared in the small kitchen these days are not suitable for the empress's taste. What's the best way?"

Yan Wenzhen thought for a while, and said: "There are fresh lotus roots in this season, why don't you ask someone to choose two pieces of good lotus roots, clean them up and cut them into pieces, then mash them into mud with a stone mortar, then soak the glutinous rice and millet and mash them, Add rock sugar to this lotus root puree and stew it in a casserole to make porridge. The cooked lotus root is sweet and warm, can invigorate the spleen and appetizers, and nourish the blood and heart. Give it to your mother at this time."

"Excellent." Madam Xu nodded in praise, "Go ahead and let Cherry help you."

"Yes." Yan Wenzhen responded, and went to work with Cherry.

Mother Xu looked at Yan Wenzhen's back, and then said to a court lady next to her, "Pay more attention and see how this girl's character is."

"Yes." The maid Fushen responded, and said again: "I think it should be good, after all, it was recommended by Miss Wei of Ninghou Mansion."

Mother Xu frowned and said, "I've heard of the name of Jiahelou, and the empress also likes their dishes, soups and snacks, but this is a palace after all, so it's best to be careful."

The palace maid hurriedly responded: "What my aunt said is true, this servant knows."

(End of this chapter)