As usual, Su Wan went to the Guandi Temple to offer sacrifices, and Yu Shu stayed behind to clean the small kitchen.

After finishing these chores, the two of them took a short break and then went to the big kitchen. The food in the big kitchen had already been prepared, so they just had to go over and help out.

When Su Wan entered the Guandi Temple, it was about the same time as yesterday, but she did not see the young man in black.

Su Wan didn't think too much about it and continued to put away the offerings in her hand.

He also cooked his own meals, and then sincerely clasped his hands together and said, "Lord Guan, please let me get rich, I beg you."

Su Wan said this with great sincerity, and she also thought that since she was already here, she might as well pay her respects.

She also understands that money is something that one has to earn by oneself!

After returning to the kitchen from the Guandi Temple, I brought an egg pancake for Xiaoyue and Chunxiang as I had said yesterday. Although they had to share one, it made them both want to cry.

The food in the western kitchen is really, really bad!

Although both are stir-fried bean sprouts, the stir-fried bean sprouts made by Xishanfang and Su Wan are two completely different dishes.

Moreover, Su Wan discovered that since they entered the palace, the food in the west kitchen has become worse day by day.

The atmosphere in the western kitchen is not very good today.

Xiaoyue and Chunxiang even savored the omelette secretly after eating it.

Although the omelette was only slightly warm now and not as delicious as when it was fresh out of the pan, the two of them still ate the last bit of crumbs.

When they were eating this morning, they both relied on their willpower to swallow it down!

But thinking about the future meals, Xiaoyue was still dejected and lowered her voice and said, "I heard that the food in the west kitchen will be worse in the future. You went to the small kitchen just now. I don't know that after this month's allocation, our west kitchen still gets the least."

Su Wan paused, still cleaning up the dishes in the big kitchen, and Yu Shu beside her asked, "Is this the news just now? No wonder the atmosphere in the west kitchen is so bad."

When Su Wan and Yu Shu returned to the big kitchen, they discovered that the atmosphere among the palace maids and cooks in the kitchen was not very good.

This is the reason.

Generally, by the middle of the month, the noble in charge of palace affairs would distribute the quota to various places.

Needless to say, all the kitchens in the inner palace were given priority, especially the emperor, favored concubines, princes, and so on.

The outer palace kitchen is the north, south and west kitchens, and the miscellaneous warehouse. The last one is not mentioned because it is a special place that does not supply meals to other places and does not participate in the distribution of ingredients.

It is now April 13th, and it is indeed time to distribute the punishments. Listen carefully to what the palace maid Xiaoyue says.

Yesterday, all the female officials in the Imperial Food Department went to the noble lady's place, and the deputy female official from the West Kitchen went there naturally. However, who knew that the portion of food that the noble lady gave to the West Kitchen was very small, only one-fifth of that of the South Kitchen.

Although the South Kitchen is responsible for the meals of more than 4,000 people, the West Kitchen is only responsible for more than 1,500 people.

But one-fifth of the food portion is ridiculously small.

The question is, there are few people in your west kitchen.

The Deputy Prime Minister of the West was so angry that she almost retorted directly, but before the Deputy Prime Minister of the West could say anything, the noble in charge of palace affairs directly took out several memorials, all of which were complaints against the West Kitchen.

The content is nothing more than, "The food in the western kitchen is too bad!"

“Is it something that humans eat?”

"Ask the noble lord if he can improve the food in the western kitchen."

"Did Deputy Prime Minister Xi pocket the money for the food?"

The other ones are fine, but the last one?

Deputy Western Prime Minister looked at the nobleman's sanctimonious expression. Doesn't the nobleman have any idea how much food the Western Kitchen provides him every month?

The useful cooks were sent away, and the food supply was not enough. Last time, ten palace maids were allocated to the west kitchen, but six of them were transferred away on the pretext of something, leaving only four children.

In this case, what do you want the Western Kitchen to do?

It's already very good that her eighty people can take care of the meals of more than 1,500 people. What can they do if no one is good at cooking?

Even the oil should be used sparingly every day.

At this time, the nobleman withheld a lot of food ingredients on the grounds that the food in the western kitchen was not good, which made the deputy prime minister of the west so angry that he wanted to curse.

You want a horse to run fast but don't give it grass to eat. How can that be possible?

After all, the Western Kitchen is not important, and the palace servants who supply it are not important either, so it can be belittled like this.

If things come to this, then that's it.

For the Western Kitchen, it’s only once a month and everyone is used to it.

But this time he went too far, and the Deputy Prime Minister of the West Kitchen said a few more words behind his back, which was reported to the nobleman.

Gossiping in private, and every word he said hit the nobleman in the heart, naturally, Deputy Prime Minister Xi would not have a good ending.

Fortunately, the chief of the Imperial Food Department arrived in time. This female official was already a fifth-rank official and could still attend court if anything happened. Only with her intervention could the Deputy Prime Minister of the West be saved.

But the days ahead for the West Kitchen will surely be even more difficult.

Moreover, that nobleman also said that if Deputy Prime Minister Xi could run the western kitchen well within three months, the matter would be settled.

The business is not going well, and I hope Deputy Prime Minister Xi will resign on his own initiative.

In any case, the position of deputy prime minister is already a sixth-rank official title, and it is not easy for the noble ladies in the harem to remove her from her post. The best thing they can do is force her to resign.

Xiaoyue whispered again: "Everyone in the West Kitchen only knows that our Prime Minister was punished, but they don't know what happened later, otherwise there would definitely be trouble."

It is certain that something is going to happen to my boss, it would be strange if there is no chaos.

So the people above kept the three-month deadline a secret, and Xiaoyue was the only one who knew about it because she was curious.

Su Wan listened and was a little curious: "What on earth did our deputy prime minister curse that could make the noble lady in the inner palace so angry?"

"It seems to be saying something like, that person is gone, and she is not the queen."

"The rear seat is left vacant and she is not given it."

"It doesn't look very grand."

After Xiaoyue repeated the story, Su Wan, Yu Shu, and Chunxiang all fell silent.

My goodness, for such insults to be spoken against a noble in power to be protected by the chief of the Imperial Food Department, it means that she has done her best!

But when Su Wan listened, she felt that something was wrong.

If Deputy Prime Minister Xi dared to say this, he must have been speaking in a very private place.

Since it is an extremely private place, it means that someone close to her informed on her, perhaps betraying Deputy Prime Minister Xi in order to change her own future.

Thinking of this, Su Wan looked up and looked around.

Ever since she entered the palace, she has always treated this place as a dining hall, and the palace maids, eunuchs and guards around her are all kind.

But there is such a sinister plot hidden behind this.

Xi Cheng said these words in a rage, but they were reported in this way. The person who reported them knew very well what would happen if these words were heard by the powerful noble.

It is better to use other people's lives to exchange for your own path.

Su Wan restrained her expression. She had thought the palace was too simple.

This incident was like a wake-up call, giving Su Wan a reminder.

Su Wan thought so in her heart, still with a smile on her face, and washed the dishes that were brought to her neatly.

Work hard and eat well. She is just a little palace maid and these things cannot be blamed on her.

Even if it was just earning extra money by cooking for the Deputy Chief of the Imperial Household Department, it was basically not dangerous for her. No one would care about such a small matter, and no one would offend an old man in the palace who was in a position like the Deputy Chief of the Imperial Household Department.

She cooked for Deputy Manager Chai and Master Wei Jun and his apprentice.

Instead, he tied a safety rope around himself.

This was also the reason why Su Wan agreed so readily at the beginning, but she didn't know whether this safety rope made of delicious food was strong enough.

How about making some golden soup and pickled fish for lunch to stabilize the situation?

Not bad, I’ll make two dishes and a soup for lunch today.

They are golden soup sauerkraut fish, garlic baby cabbage, and a sweet honey apple soup. The staple food is soft rice suitable for the elderly.

Su Wan was drooling just thinking about it!

She just didn't believe that the master and disciple of the Imperial Household Department didn't like it.

But she didn't know that the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department was also taking advantage of his seniority and trying to persuade her.

"She's going to cook anyway, so what's wrong with letting me try it?"

"Is it not possible for me to pack the ingredients?"

"Little Weijun, go and tell them that the chief steward of the Imperial Household Department will also be eating with us."

"As long as she does a good job, I will protect this little maid from now on! No one will dare to bully her!"