Food, Color, Medicine and Fragrance: Ugly Girl Turns Over

Chapter 194
At noon, a large table of dishes was ready, and they would be sent to the main hall one after another like a stream of water after the order from the maid serving in front.

Lin Xiaorou almost salivated looking at the large table of exquisite dishes.

Seeing her drooling, Li Fugui smiled and said: "Master can't eat so many dishes, you can eat whatever you like after we leave the table later, this is also a kindness from the empress to us."

Lin Xiaorou chuckled, and said awkwardly: "Thank you for your kindness, Ma'am, I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry."

As soon as the words fell, there was only a grunt, and Xiao Dezi said in surprise: "Second boss, your stomach is growling."

Lin Xiaorou really wanted to strangle Xiao Dezi to death now, the cooks burst into laughter, even Li Fugui laughed, secretly picked a piece of meat from which pot and handed it to her: "Look at you so hungry I'll make a small stove for you."

After finishing speaking, he glanced at the crowd sternly and said, "Remember, if you shouldn't talk too much, don't talk too much, you know?"

"Yes, chef."

Lin Xiaorou was so moved that she almost cried, she is also the chief chef, why is there such a big difference between this person and others, it is hard to imagine that the person who is the chief chef under Concubine Yun has such a kind personality.

Time passed quickly, and the order to pass the food was not received. Seeing that the dishes were getting cold, the people in the kitchen became anxious, because the master didn't like to eat cold food, let alone heated food, because Concubine Yun felt that heated food It is no longer fresh and has lost its original flavor, and it will definitely be a waste of time in the kitchen.

In the end Li Fugui decided to send someone to investigate the situation, Xiao Dezi rushed to the front and volunteered, and Li Fugui let him go.

It took Xiao Dezi a while to come back, and the dishes were already cold by then.

Everyone gathered around him and asked questions, but finally the head chef calmed down with a roar.

Xiao Dezi seemed to be running all the way here, he was panting a little while speaking, he glanced at the crowd and said: "The situation is not good, the concubine Jing is here, the main hall is full of gunpowder now, I heard that the emperor is showing dragon power Yes! I beat a maid next to Concubine Jing, and when I went, that maid was beaten half dead and dragged out."

Everyone was silent when they heard the news, Li Fugui hummed and said: "No matter what happens outside, for us slaves, we just need to do our duty well."

"Is Concubine Jing going to fall out of favor? Is Concubine Yun going to regain her favor?" At this moment, someone muttered something, and Li Fugui frowned, and his eyes swept across like a knife, saying: "Don't worry. Keep your mouth shut and wait for your head to move, and the next time anyone dares to speak nonsense and break the rules, he will slap his mouth."

There was no one to speak for a while, and Lin Xiaorou also remained silent, thinking about that meaningful sneer that Aunt Zhang had before.

Could it be that this nanny was the first to sue the wicked in front of the emperor?
Lin Xiaorou has watched Gongdou movies anyway, as long as there is no evidence, it is usually very effective for the villain to file a complaint first, and the slap mark on Madam Zhang's face seems very convincing.

As the saying goes, the most ruthless emperor's family, the emperor's love is a burst of love, of course, before the constant favor of Concubine Jing, of course he can suddenly change his taste, and Concubine Yun is pretending to be generous, considerate and pitiful, she is a man They will be tickled and scratch their lungs and want to be pampered.

Lin Xiaorou suddenly laughed as she thought about it, guessing that it would be too late for Concubine Jing to cry now, it would be no pity to sacrifice a palace lady now, and the most frightening thing is that Concubine Yun getting rid of one of her maidservants would have the effect of shaking mountains and shaking tigers.

Don't you think I'm a grasshopper after autumn, I can't run anymore, I will show you now.

The more Lin Xiaorou thought about it, the more amusing she became, and finally she laughed out loud. Xiao Dezi looked at her strangely and asked, "Second Boss, what's wrong with you?"

Li Fugui also cast a strange look at her, Lin Xiaorou came back to her senses and said awkwardly: "No, it's nothing, I just laughed because I thought of a joke my friend told me before."

"Tell us some joke." Xiao Dezi asked excitedly.

Lin Xiaorou glanced at him with a smile and said: "Once upon a time there was a man named Bu Shuang, one day he died, and his friends cried, it was cool, it was so cool."

Lin Xiaorou burst out laughing first after she finished speaking, and only after she finished laughing did she realize that there was no one else laughing except her.

"What's the matter, isn't it funny?"

Everyone shook their heads together and said in unison: "It's so cold, it's not funny at all."

Lin Xiaorou looked at them speechlessly, secretly thinking that these people must be laughing too much.

Just at the moment of embarrassment, there was a sudden burst of horrible laughter hahaha, everyone turned around and looked dumbfounded.

I saw the head chef Li Fugui leaning forward and backward with a smile, almost tears came out.

Is this reflex arc too long?

Lin Xiaorou was completely speechless.

But with this smile, the atmosphere was instantly ignited, and everyone laughed too, but Lin Xiaorou didn't smile at all.

"Second boss, why don't you smile?" Xiao Dezi asked.

Lin Xiaorou blinked and looked at him: "What are you laughing at?"

Xiao Dezi was taken aback, and almost cried, this second elder meeting is not too fickle, he was the one who laughed just now, and he is also the one who is not laughing now.

Right here, a court lady who was serving in the main hall suddenly walked into the kitchen, saw them smiling so happily and said: "The master passed on the meal, you should hurry up and do things, the emperor is eating here today, you all give me [-] points!" Come on, if you are picked wrong, it will be a matter of losing your head."

The maid twisted her waist and left after she finished speaking, leaving everyone behind in a hurry.

Li Fugui made a gesture, and the smiles on the corners of everyone's mouths instantly shrank like a switch, and they returned to their usual serious expressions.

Lin Xiaorou touched it, and some dishes were still warm.

"Hurry up, fry some hot dishes right away."

Li Fugui picked out a few dishes that were still hot, counted about five, and hurriedly ordered to cook some more hot dishes immediately.

Several cooks were busy, wishing to become an octopus and have a few more hands.

Lin Xiaorou, who had nothing to do, looked at all the dishes that could be served on the table, and they were basically half and half meat and vegetables, what a coincidence.

It is just right if you add your own medicinal soup that is hot on the stove.

"Chef, I don't think I need to cook any more."

Everyone was stunned when they heard her words, and some laughed: "Master likes to have a lot of food, even if it is a waste, she is willing."

Lin Xiaorou shook her head and waved her fingers to express her disapproval.

"If there are more dishes in normal times, the master may be able to win the favor of the master, but today the emperor is also eating together. At this time, if Concubine Yun can show a side of diligence, thrift, contentment and happiness, she may be even more heart-warming, and the emperor usually eats big fish and meat. There are quite a few of them, and a few more light vegetables for a change of taste now and then may be more to his appetite. When the emperor is happy, the master will be happy, and when the master is happy, maybe this salary will give us more, no matter how bad the reward is, the boss There will be some."

Lin Xiaorou's words are not unreasonable, but after all, no one in this palace has ever done this before. No matter which palace the emperor eats in, it is always a big table with big fish and meat, and some dishes can't even be moved with chopsticks.

Sometimes some empresses in the palace would compare with each other how many and rich dishes they hosted for the emperor.

"Yuezhu, your idea is certainly good, but the palace usually doesn't need to be unique, and what's more, if the emperor sees the poor dishes and gets angry with the dragon, it will be a terrible event."

Lin Xiaorou knew that Li Fugui was right.

However, as a modern person who has watched too many Gongdou dramas, she felt that it would be unavoidable to take a risk.

When everyone is stuck in the same road, go in the opposite direction and reach the end first.

"Chef, trust me once. If something goes wrong, I will bear it alone, and I won't lose your lives."

"Second boss, isn't this too child's play? If the emperor is really angry at that time, how can you say that one person should bear it?"

Lin Xiaorou sighed, she knew that it might not be that simple for these people to understand these principles, so after struggling for a while, she also decided to give up.

"It was a bit rash for me to do this. Since this is the case, I should obey the chef." Seeing everyone's worried and frightened appearance, Lin Xiaorou knew that her thoughts were too frightening for them, and it was really inappropriate to raise them rashly.

"Okay, since this is the case, everyone should hurry up, otherwise it is easy to lose your head if you make the emperor wait in a hurry."

Everyone was in a hurry again, but Lin Xiaorou found the head chef standing motionless, his brows were frowned and he was thinking about something, his eyes were like sparks colliding fiercely, which made people stunned.

"You all stop and do what Yuezhu said."

Everyone was startled, and everything in their hands stopped instantly.

"Chef" everyone's tone was anxious, worried, and doubtful. Time was almost running out, and if he hesitated, something would happen.

"You all do what Yuezhu said, and I will be responsible for what happened. I understand what you are worried about, but now you don't need to say anything and just do it."

The head chef's expression is very serious, it doesn't seem like a joke at all, and the head chef is definitely not someone who would make jokes about such things.

Everyone looked at each other and fell silent. Xiao Dezi glanced at Lin Xiaorou meaningfully. The chef suddenly laughed and shouted: "Everyone, hurry up and move. Since the chef has already spoken, what are you afraid of? This is the time." It’s almost over, if you don’t hurry up and work hard, you’ll be unlucky.”

With Xiao Dezi's voice, everyone's expressions sank and they didn't speak. Xiao Dezi took a step forward, walked to the chef and asked for instructions: "Boss, please tell us which dishes to serve for the master to eat." The chef looked Looking at the table, I quickly ordered a few dishes, all of which are very ordinary home-cooked dishes, not many, with a combination of meat and vegetables, not even big fish and meat, but they are relatively light. Dishes available on the menu.

The four dishes and one soup were quickly brought to the table in the main hall.

Concubine Yun's complexion sank when she saw the five dishes that were served quickly. They were all worthless dishes.

"Your majesty, I don't know if you came back to see me today, in the kitchen."

"Hey, my concubine, I'm used to good wine and good food every day and don't mind these things. Let's drink first."

Concubine Yun raised her wine glass to toast the emperor with a soft smile, but she gave a wink to the maid who was waiting on the side, and the maid would quietly leave the main hall and head towards the kitchen in a hurry.

At this time, everyone in the kitchen was also in a state of panic, and when they saw a maid from the main hall coming over with a bad complexion, they all turned pale.

"What should the chef do? Is the master angry?"

The chef didn't speak and frowned. He glanced at Lin Xiaorou, but Lin Xiaorou smiled at him calmly.

Seeing that he was so calm, the chef's heart slowly eased. After all, Yue Zhu dared to suggest that he must have a countermeasure, otherwise no one would be able to escape if something happened. Yu Darou really wanted to have a good meal, but the atmosphere in the palace was such that he didn't dare to do it rashly. Now that Yuezhu came, he had the same idea as him, which surprised him very much. So the idea of ​​trying again came up.

The few dishes he picked just now are all home-cooked dishes, and they are also dishes that many ordinary people can afford. Ordinary ones can no longer be ordinary. Bring him to the emperor of the Ninth Five-Year.

When the maid came over and saw them, she had a hard face and asked, "How many dishes are still not served? Why don't you serve the delicate dishes first? Do you know who is here to have dinner with the empress today?"

Just as the chef was about to explain, Lin Xiaorou ran up to her with a smile and said, "This beautiful sister, today is my attention, why don't you take me to the front to explain to the master?"

The court lady glanced at her lightly, knowing that she was new here, a look of contempt quickly flashed in her eyes.

"Okay, then you come with me. If you explain well, you will be destined to see the sun tomorrow. If you can't explain it, prepare the coffin."

"Yuezhu, you come back and I will go."

The chef wanted to pull Lin Xiaorou back, but she smiled and pushed the chef away: "Don't be impatient, you guys, I came up with the idea, so naturally I have to explain it, so I'd better prepare the wine and have a drink together when I come back." Bar."

Lin Xiaorou followed the maid to the main hall.

At a glance, she saw Concubine Yun who suppressed her anger and forced a smile on her face.

And the emperor also held up his chopsticks and looked at the dishes on the table, his expression a little unpredictable.

"My dear concubine, is Cuiyue Xuan's salary not enough recently?" the emperor asked.

Concubine Yun smiled awkwardly: "It's enough, it's enough, the emperor has always been kind to his courtiers and concubines, how could it not be enough?"

"Since it is enough, why is the meal so simple?"

The emperor's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Concubine Yun's heart, Concubine Yun's expression couldn't hold back immediately, she turned her head and saw Lin Xiaorou waiting at the door, and hurriedly called her in.

"Is there not enough staff in the kitchen today?" Concubine Yun was obviously a little upset. After all, the dishes she served in front of the emperor were so shabby. You must know that the dishes she served the emperor at Cuiyuexuan in the past were among the most exquisite in the palace. It was rumored that everyone in the harem would laugh at her.

Lin Xiaorou bent down and saluted unhurriedly: "My servant pays homage to the Emperor and Concubine Yun. In fact, we specially prepared this dish for the Emperor. The Emperor has been weak recently, and he often eats fish and meat, which can easily lead to hyperlipidemia in the body and cause other hidden dangers." , so we lighten the dishes for the emperor's health. Second, the empress often teaches us that as people in the palace, no matter what we say or do, we must think of frugality first. Only when the treasury is full can the emperor Handle state affairs with more peace of mind."

Lin Xiaorou spoke neither fast nor slow, and her words were clear and round.

Concubine Yun was stunned, but she couldn't find a fault, she looked at Yuezhu, then at the emperor.

I saw the emperor put a chopstick of green vegetables into his mouth, chewed slowly, then swallowed and put down the chopsticks.

"What's the name of this dish?"

"Returning to the emperor, this is a green vegetable, which is the most eaten vegetable among the common people. It is often fried and eaten."

The emperor let out a oh, and raised his chopsticks to pick up a piece of radish boiled in high soup and tasted it.

"I know it's a carrot."

"Yes, what the emperor said is that this is exactly the radish, and it is also one of the most commonly eaten dishes for the common people, and there must be a plate of New Year's radishes on the Chinese New Year table for the common people, so that this year can be regarded as a good one."

"Well, good, what's your name?"

"Back to the emperor, this servant is called Yuezhu."

In a blink of an eye, the emperor had already extended his chopsticks to the green vegetables, and after eating, his brows and eyes quickly opened with a smile: "I never imagined that I could eat such vulgar things at Concubine Yun's place."

Hearing this, Concubine Yun trembled in fright and hurriedly got up from the chair and knelt aside: "The concubine even asked the emperor to punish her, but the concubine has no way to discipline and let such vulgar things stain the emperor's longan. Everything is the fault of the concubine."

Lin Xiaorou saw that Concubine Yun was kneeling, so she could only kneel down, but there was no regret on her face.

The emperor glanced at them with sharp eyes, suddenly laughed, and said: "My concubine, you misunderstood, not only will I not punish you, but I will reward you. In this harem, you are the only one who understands me best. Recently, the treasury is tight. The food and clothing expenses of the harem concubines are still the same, but you are the only one who thought of frugality for me, and I will make an order in a while to let everyone learn from you."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Yun was stunned for a moment, she raised her head and looked at the emperor in disbelief, then suddenly stood up and threw herself into his arms: "Your Majesty, a family does not talk about two families, and my concubine sees that you are doing state affairs every day." It hurts me to work hard, but it's a pity that my concubine can't do anything for you, but I can only do my best for you in these small things."

The emperor hugged Concubine Yun in his arms like a little bird, and said with a smile: "I am used to eating big fish and big meat. I feel like eating this dish today. Although this dish is crude, it tastes sweet and delicious. , and ordinary people often eat it, and it is rare for Zhenye to know the taste of the people, Concubine Yun, you really are the only one who understands me in this harem."

Concubine Yun didn't know whether she was moved or excited, but she shed tears and wrapped her hands tightly around the emperor's waist, showing extreme tenderness.

Seeing this scene, Lin Xiaorou knew that she had achieved her goal, so she tactfully exited the door quietly, and closed the door by the way.

Back in the kitchen, everyone looked at her nervously.

A few who couldn't bear their temper asked directly, "Yuezhu, good news or bad news?"

Lin Xiaorou sighed on purpose, and glanced at everyone dully.

She was silent for a moment, but to the others it seemed like years.

"The Emperor"

"Yuezhu directly tells the result."

Lin Xiaorou's hesitation on purpose made Li Fugui also flustered.

"Hey, the emperor said it's very good, I like it very much."

There was a silence in the kitchen, and then there was a burst of cheers, and Xiao Dezi rushed towards Lin Xiaorou even more excitedly.

(End of this chapter)