Chapter 380: Simple and Unpretentious

"Master is tired and ordered me to escort the young lady out." Ping Xuan glanced at the box she was holding. "What the young lady wants is in the box. You must hold it firmly."

Is there a love poison in the box?

Huang Ting was startled and didn't bother to think about why she was suddenly at the door of the room. She subconsciously grabbed the box tightly, holding it so tightly that her fingertips turned white.

She paid a huge price for this pair of love insects. If they ran away, there would be no other pair.

"Miss, please come downstairs with me." Ping Xuan made a gesture of invitation, "I will explain to you how to use this little thing."

His kind attitude and outstanding appearance attracted Huang Ting's attention for a few more times. She bowed slightly and said, "Thank you very much."

"Let's go." Ping Xuan raised his foot and walked forward.

Huang Ting hurriedly followed, and after listening to his explanation, she firmly memorized the method of planting the Gu.

At the inn entrance, Ping Xuan watched Huang Ting leave, his left hand behind his back, and commanded into the air: "Follow her, and report to that Young Master Wang immediately if you see him."

As soon as the words were spoken, a white shadow disappeared in a flash.

At the same time, in the military camp, Chu Liuzheng fed Xiao Jingfan the medicine, watched him fall asleep, and then walked out of the tent with the medicine bowl.

Seeing her come out, Zhou Yuande, who was guarding the door, took a look inside the opened curtain and asked in a low voice, "Is Your Majesty asleep?"

"Hmm." Chu Liuzheng also lowered his voice and lowered the door curtain. "Your Majesty eats little in the afternoon, so he should have some snacks when he wakes up. I'll go to the kitchen and see if I can make some."

"Alas, all the hard-earned meat I've managed to grow is gone this trip out of the palace. If I return to the palace like this, I'll be lucky if I don't even get punished, let alone a reward from the Empress Dowager."

Chu Liuzheng felt like the New Year was approaching, but the New Year pig was getting thinner and thinner with only a few pounds of meat left. He had to rescue it urgently before returning to the palace.

Since the food prepared in the kitchen is not to the boss's liking, she will serve it herself, hoping that she can trick the boss into eating a few more bites.

Zhou Yuande was naturally happy to see that she could focus her attention on Xiao Jingfan.

The head eunuch smiled kindly, his hands tucked into his pockets: "Just go, young lady. Your Majesty, we will take care of you here."

"Thank you, eunuch." Chu Liuzheng bowed and went to the kitchen with the medicine bowl.

The kitchen was located in the northwest corner of the barracks, not far from a small stream about three meters wide. Chu Liuzheng squatted by the stream, washing the medicine bowl and staring at the flowing water for a while.

[Wow, another big fish! Why are there so many fish in this stream? They're pretty fat, and they'll be delicious grilled.]

[Hmm...the kitchen has pickled cabbage, so it's great for making pickled fish. I can also chop off the fish head and fry it in lard. Then, make a pot of fish head soup. It's perfect for this patient, Tyrant.]

Frying, stir-frying, deep-frying... several fish-related delicacies flashed through Chu Liuzheng's mind. He couldn't help but slurp his saliva and successfully made himself greedy.

At this moment, two cooks came over carrying vegetable baskets to wash the vegetables. They had met Chu Liuzheng yesterday and knew that she was someone close to the emperor, so they took the initiative to greet her with a very respectful attitude.

Chu Liuzheng stepped aside to make it easier for them to wash the vegetables, and asked with a smile, "Two big brothers, do you have any nets for catching fish and shrimp in the kitchen?"

When she was still in the village, she often made plans with her friends to go fishing in the creek. When the water level rose due to rain, they could catch quite a few. Although they were only small fish and shrimp, taking them home to her mother would add a delicious meat dish to the table.

Hearing Chu Liuzheng's question, the round-faced cook on the left said, "Miss, do you want to eat fish?"

Chu Liuzheng nodded.

"Old Wu's fish cooking skills are not good." The taller cook winked at Chu Liuzheng and whispered, "No one likes the fish he cooks. It has a fishy smell and too many bones. I advise you not to try it, young lady."

Old Wu is the chef in the kitchen. The dishes he cooks in the big pot are quite delicious, but his cooking of fish is hard to describe.

When General Huang ate the fish cooked by Lao Wu for the first time, he claimed that he saw the Black and White Impermanence coming to take souls.

In short, it tastes terrible.

Old Wu was greatly shocked by this, and then, based on the principle of eating until he died, he cooked fish every few days, and only fish. Everyone was dazed after eating it, and the effect was comparable to collective poisoning.

In the end, General Huang couldn't stand it anymore and issued a military order, strictly forbidding Lao Wu to cook fish in the barracks, otherwise he would be dealt with according to military regulations.

Only then did Old Wu calm down.

Chu Liuzheng had never tasted the fish cooked by Old Wu, and was a little curious at first, but after listening to the tall man's story, he suddenly felt that in life, not everything needs to be tried.

She couldn't imagine how a chef who could cook other dishes well could make fish, an ingredient that could be eaten raw with just a squeeze of lemon juice, taste so bad to everyone?

From this perspective, Old Wu can be considered quite powerful in another sense.

"Thanks for the reminder." She thanked him seriously and lowered her voice, "I didn't let Old Wu make it, so I made it myself."

"Okay then." The tall man breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as Chu Liuzheng doesn't let everyone eat the fish cooked by Old Wu, he can do whatever he wants.

He looked at the round-faced man and said, "Old Four, go down and catch some fish for Miss Chu."

"Okay." Ge Laosi agreed, sat down and took off his shoes.

The two of them still had work to do. How could Chu Liuzheng bother to trouble him to go fishing? He quickly waved his hands: "Sorry for the trouble. I can use the net myself--"

"Young lady, don't be polite to me." Ge Laosi interrupted her with a smile, "Yesterday, my little girl and my third brother's boy received candy and snacks from you, and they were still very happy this morning. My wife specifically asked me to thank you."

The tall Tang Lao San nodded, meaning that his wife said the same thing.

Chu Liuzheng blinked.

Last night when she went to the kitchen to ask for hot water, she met a few children holding branches and pretending to be generals. There was dust on their faces from somewhere, making them look like cats, which was very cute.

There happened to be some food left in the cloth bag hanging around her waist, so she took it out and shared it with the children.

I never thought that there would be their children inside.

In the moment she was stunned, Ge Laosi had already skillfully rolled up his trouser legs, tucked the hem of his clothes into his belt, and went into the water.

The stream flowed gently, the water at the edge only an inch above his knees, and it became deeper as he walked towards the middle.

Chu Liuzheng didn't know how good the man was at swimming, so he reminded him to be careful while keeping a close eye on him, afraid that he would fall.

Seeing her worried face, Tang Lao San comforted her, "Don't worry, young lady. Lao Si lived with his parents by the sea when he was young. He is an excellent swimmer and can even hold his breath for half a quarter of an hour. Just wait for him to catch a big fish for you."

[It doesn't have to be too big.]

Chu Liuzheng felt that when making grilled fish, a fish weighing two or three pounds would be best.

Worried that Ge Lao Si would really try hard to catch her a fish weighing seven or eight kilograms, she hurriedly said, "No need to go out of your way to catch a big fish. Whatever we catch will be fine. Three or four will be enough. Safety first."

Ge Laosi agreed, looked around, and walked downstream along the stream for a while.

Tang Lao San then began to wash the vegetables. As he did so, he said to Chu Liuzheng, "Young lady, if you have anything else to do, just go and do it. When we have caught enough fish, we will kill them and send them to the kitchen. We will notify you then."

Chu Liuzheng felt that this simple and unpretentious way of expressing gratitude was quite good as he didn’t even have to kill the fish himself.

She smiled and thanked him, and planned to go to Doctor Feng to get some snacks, and give them to the two to take back to the child.

(End of this chapter)