Concubine Concubine

Chapter 32
Back at Moon Shadow Pavilion, it was already noon, and it was time to have lunch.

"Princess, it's time for lunch, what would you like to eat?" Ziqing stood aside and bowed.

Leng Siyan lowered her head and stroked the fake teaching sleeve on her hand, and said lightly, "I'm happy to be your princess today, and ask the small kitchen to add some delicious side dishes. You and my concubine will have dinner together."

"Um, yes!" Ziqing was a little stunned, but soon recovered. Seeing that the princess hadn't lost her mind, she was of course also happy. After bowing down and saluting, she went out of the house again.

It was past noon, and at lunch time, someone from the kitchen told me that there was not enough food, and there was no way to add food at noon.

Ziqing felt a little bit annoyed, Ling Ying Pavilion itself had a small kitchen, and the princess would give the small kitchen nearly 50 taels of silver for the daily meals every month. Today, the princess wanted to add food, but there was no food to add?

Seeing that the princess is not in power, the women in the kitchen must be greedy for the 50 taels of silver every month, and they are planning that the princess will have nothing to do with them!
In order not to affect the mood of the princess, Ziqing ordered the other maids to wait on the princess first, while she came to the small kitchen.

When she came to the small kitchen, Ziqing's complexion was extremely bad. The mothers-in-law chatted in groups of three or five, and there were several cages in the corner where the food was stored, and there were chickens and ducks in the cages.

There was still pork on the cutting board, and there were four or five baskets with green vegetables. How could there be no vegetables?
Since the days when she married into the palace, the concubine didn't pay much attention to the food, she mainly focused on light food, but now she is in a better mood and wants to eat more, these wives are so fooling the concubine into not taking the concubine seriously!

"Didn't you say that there is no food to add to the princess? Why is the kitchen full of vegetables? Could it be that the mothers lied to the princess?" Ziqing frowned and asked in a deep voice.

Several wives looked at Ziqing, who was questioning Xingshi, although there was disrespect in her eyes, but Ziqing used to be someone close to the prince, and now she is the first maid of the Moon Shadow Pavilion, and also the personal maid of the concubine, her status is naturally higher than theirs. After waiting, they all stood up and bowed to Ziqing. Liu Ma, who was in charge of the small kitchen of Yueying Pavilion, explained to Ziqing with a smile on her face: "These vegetables and meat are all for these four or five days. If you add more vegetables today, then There will be no food in two days. So this dish will not be added. Miss Ziqing, please explain to the princess clearly, it is not that she does not want to add it, but it is really impossible. If the princess really wants to eat other food, I can go to the university The kitchen please Mama Zhang."

In fact, this is really the prince who came to order them two days ago. They feel that the prince has done his part, and this concubine is nothing special, and of course they have never been rewarded. Compared with those who work in other yards Ladies, they have nothing to talk about, so they played tricks and withheld half of the 50 taels of silver per month and put it into their own pockets.

It is impossible to add food now and let them take out the money that has not been warmed up in their pockets.

"That's right, now the prices of vegetables and meat outside have risen by more than half, so it's really hard to add more vegetables." Several other women nodded in agreement.

Ziqing frowned even tighter. The women joined forces to lie and deceive her. Although she was a big maid and the concubine's personal servant, she couldn't take care of too many things. The concubine took the trouble and glanced at the confident women. She thought about it for a while, and was going to go back and report to the concubine.

"In that case, I'll go back to the princess first." Throwing down the words, she turned around and left.

The women looked at each other in blank dismay, and didn't pay attention to Qin'er's words.Ever since the concubine beat Concubine Xiao, she has been quiet. Thinking about it, she probably doesn't want to offend the prince.

Now such a small matter, the princess should not make a big deal out of it!
Besides, Concubine Xiao is still in charge all the time!Several women are confident.

At this time, Leng Siyan was preparing lunch in the room, but when the servants brought some vegetarian dishes for lunch, she frowned, didn't she order Kiss to add more dishes today?Why is this all, I am a little bored of eating these vegetarian dishes, thinking about eating other dishes, why is it still the same as before?

"Is it just these dishes?" Leng Siyan raised her head and asked the maid serving the dishes.

The servant girl immediately replied: "Yes, Wangfei."

Leng Siyan half-closed her eyes, and when she was about to ask carefully, Ziqing walked in with her head down.

"Princess, there is no more food for lunch." Ziqing lowered her head and said cautiously.

"Oh? How do you say that?" Seeing her appearance as a young daughter-in-law, Leng Siyan knew that she must have been offended by the old women in the small kitchen, and she didn't mean to blame, but just raised her eyebrows.

"The steward of the small kitchen said that the money is not enough, and the vegetables saved are not enough for the past few days, so there is no way to add more vegetables. In addition, during the recent concubine Xiao's recovery, the prince ordered the ladies in each garden to change their diets. For some light dishes, even your princess has changed. If the princess wants to eat, the slaves can go to the big kitchen and let the cook cook it." Ziqing continued to hang her head, whispering.

(End of this chapter)