Take good care of your health?

How could someone from the Shangshi Bureau say such a thing?

Not only Concubine Jiang couldn't stand it when she heard it, even the Saint frowned. The Saint wanted to put it aside and said, "It's just a matter of Zhang Shouling. I can let Concubine Jiang make up for it."

"I'm afraid that the Imperial Concubine is not in good health and can't hold a pen." Deputy Prime Minister Li of the Miscellaneous Affairs Department said directly, "I and others have been waiting at the entrance of the Imperial Concubine's palace two days ago. I only saw her delivering medicine over and over again. It's really rare for her to even see her once."

This sounded as if Concubine Jiang was already bedridden.

But the sage had no way to refute it. If he was in good health, then why hadn't he seen any officials from the Imperial Food Bureau for two days?

There must be a reason for this, but it cannot be brought up at the court meeting at this time, otherwise it will lead to a series of troubles.

If they say Imperial Concubine Jiang is in good health, then the Censorate will definitely ask, if she is in good health, why don't you issue a new order and why do you waste time.

Since we knew on June 29 that the warrant was missing, why wasn’t it supplemented on July 1?

If he made the excuse that Imperial Concubine Jiang was ill, the people from the Imperial Kitchen would definitely say that if she was not well, the person in power would be replaced.

Even though people from the Shangshi Department wouldn't speak so directly, who wouldn't understand the implicit meaning behind their words?

The saint looked at the person under the dragon throne. His eyes were unclear for a moment, and then returned to their usual state: "It's just a small mistake. It's not worth it."

"Besides, we can discuss the palace's affairs in private."

Deputy Prime Minister Li next to him subconsciously looked at the female official.

What did the lady official say last time?

With so many government offices and departments in the Outer Palace, are they really under the jurisdiction of the Inner Palace?

There are many government offices in the inner court, such as the nearby Guanglu Temple, the distant Mingqi Factory and Taipu Temple. They are not under the jurisdiction of the inner palace. All the cases they use are also filed with the support office under the Ministry of Revenue, which will be handled by the people in the support office.

If it is related to the Ministry of Revenue, then the affairs of the Shangshisi will be the affairs of the previous dynasty, the affairs of the imperial court. The harem cannot interfere in politics, and naturally cannot manage the affairs of the Shangshisi.

If the female official had not mentioned it vaguely before, Deputy Prime Minister Li of the Miscellaneous Affairs Bureau would not have thought of this, but now he looked at the female official of the Imperial Food Department with bright eyes.

I'm afraid the lady official is just waiting for the saint to say this.

Sure enough, the head of the Imperial Food Department bowed and said, "The affairs of the Inner Palace should naturally be discussed by the Inner Palace, but the Imperial Food Department has been vague for many years. Whether it belongs to the Front Court or the Inner Palace, please clarify it, Your Majesty."

The Shangshisi was in charge of the food for 8,800 people in the outer palace of the imperial palace. Among these people, palace maids and eunuchs were one part, while officials and guards from various places were another part.

If we talk about supplying palace maids and eunuchs, then it can be said to be a department of the inner palace, which is under the management of the powerful nobles in the harem.

But quite a few officials eat here.

The Guanglu Temple just mentioned, as well as the Medical School, the Porcelain Warehouse, etc., most of the people here are serious officials.

Those working in Guanglu Temple and the Medical School were all Jinshi who passed the imperial examinations directly, while the Porcelain Warehouse recruited skilled craftsmen from all over the world to cast porcelain here.

They must belong to the court.

So the Shangshisi provides two food supplies, so which place does it belong to?

It wasn't so vague before. The earlier Shangshenjian was only responsible for the meals of the palace maids and eunuchs. It was just that the number of diners gradually increased, so it became more and more vague.

A typical example is the Baochaosi. As mentioned before, the Baochaosi used to belong to the Waizhusi, a department outside the imperial palace.

But after the new palace wall was built, the Baochaosi was included in the inner departments.

Because they were close to the west kitchen, they simply went there to eat.

Other departments also ate in the north and south kitchens of the Shangshi Department, and they were also transferred here in this way.

It can be said that in the earliest times, the Shangshisi did belong to the inner palace, but now it is half and half.

So when the Director of the Imperial Food Bureau received the second letter from Kyoto telling her not to worry too much about the Imperial Food Bureau, she had already made the decision.

She wanted to completely separate the Shangshi Division from the harem.

The chief of the Imperial Food Department looked at the Minister of Revenue, and the Minister of Revenue also looked at her, and there was a tacit understanding between their eyes.

The Minister of Revenue was eager to try.

This is the Shangshi Department, the Shangshi Department that is in charge of meals for □□ thousands of people.

Now they want to break away from the inner palace and become a government office in a more specific sense, and the Ministry of Revenue is eager to have such a powerful department.

The two looked at each other at the court meeting and both understood the meaning.

The Minister of Revenue bowed and stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I think the Ministry of Food supplies meals to officials, which should belong to the front court. Moreover, the duties of the inner and outer palaces are very different. They should not be managed by Concubine Jiang. The harem cannot interfere in politics."

As expected of the Minister of Revenue, he hit the nail on the head of the Imperial Food Bureau's words in just a few words.

But Imperial Concubine Jiang herself was not here, but her mother's family was here, even though they were a little clumsy in speaking and the Saint was biased.

After the grand court meeting, the two sides ended in a draw.

The dispute was only just settled with the intervention of a saint, but there is still much to be done about it in the future.

But being able to bring this up is a sign of progress.

The chief of the Imperial Food Department did not have any unrealistic ideas and thought that the matter would be accomplished as long as he mentioned it.

By the end, the court was filled with a lot of talk and people were saying all kinds of things.

However, the meaning of the Imperial Kitchen Department was very clear: today's events were all Concubine Jiang's fault.

Either replace the person in power, or agree to let the Shangshisi be under the management of the Ministry of Revenue and completely get out of control.

The former would let Concubine Jiang suffer the consequences of her own actions. She might be reinstated soon, or she might be replaced by other concubines.

In the latter case, Concubine Jiang did not have to be punished, but the piece of fat meat just slipped away.

Amidst the verbal battle, the warrant was finally produced.

It was only sent out on the evening of July 1st, so who knows how long it will take on the road.

Now that Concubine Jiang was doomed to fail, she actually still had a way out. That was if something happened in the Imperial Food Bureau in Kyoto, then the female officials of the Imperial Food Bureau would definitely be implicated, and the matter would be left unresolved.

Concubine Jiang was actually wondering why the female official of the Imperial Food Bureau was not in a hurry, why she was not in a hurry to get the warrant, but instead took the opportunity to seize power.

Isn't she afraid that something might go wrong in the Imperial Food Bureau?

There are three kitchens in the north, south and west, providing meals for more than 6,000 people. Isn’t the female official from the Imperial Food Bureau afraid of accidents?

Normally speaking, the female officials in the Imperial Kitchen would be afraid.

But now I am not afraid.

There are people in the capital who can hold on and buy her some time here.

Concubine Jiang had planned everything, but she missed the unexpected event of Su Wan.

Even everyone thought it was a surprise.

After all, without any ingredients, only staple food, how can more than 6,000 people be satisfied?

Isn’t this a fantasy?

So although Concubine Jiang's move seems risky, it actually has a good chance of winning.

But who can predict the accident?

Su Wan, who appeared unexpectedly, started preparing meals for July 1st early.

She wrote down today's meal outside the big kitchen for the first time in a long time.

Normally, if there are enough ingredients, there is no need to change the recipe, but that is definitely not possible now.

All the ingredients they had were rice, flour, soybeans, and some pickles.

It is not easy to keep everyone well fed with such simple food.

Many palace servants in the West Outer Palace were even ready to go outside to deal with the problem until the trouble in the Imperial Food Bureau was resolved.

After all, there is only staple food, and I really can’t eat it!

But Su Wan prepared breakfast on the first day of July.

It was the scallion oil noodles that Deputy Prime Minister Xi had tasted last time.

Su Wan even wrote down the recipe of how to make scallion oil noodles to the North and South Kitchen.

Later, the North and South Kitchens will also deliver rice noodles to them.

The west kitchen was preparing pasta, the south kitchen was helping to process soybeans, and the north kitchen simply started making rice products.

For the first meal on July 1st, people from several places in Shangshisi chose Su Wan’s scallion oil noodles as a starter.

Don’t worry that it won’t taste good without side dishes!

Don’t think that only staple food has no taste!

It doesn’t matter if there are no other ingredients, it will definitely satisfy everyone.

Noodles with scallion oil is a classic delicacy.

The sauce is rich and the flavor is strong. The fried shallots are green and fresh when you bite them. The onion leaves are as thin as poplar leaves and are extremely crispy. The more you chew them, the more fragrant they become.

The noodles wrapped in scallion oil are chewy and refreshing, and seem to taste different from other noodles?

The palace servants of the Western Outer Palace discovered yesterday that the noodles in the Western Kitchen seem to be becoming more and more unique?

Wei Jun thought he was overthinking it, but Zhuo Hui felt the same way.

It seems like today’s noodles are more chewy?

It was chewy enough before! This time it is even smoother, plus the taste of scallion oil noodles, eating a bowl of hot noodles early in the morning seems to be a good choice!

It's still hot in July, and it's only comfortable in the morning.

It's pretty good to eat a bowl of noodles.

All the palace servants who stayed in the west kitchen to eat suddenly had a bold idea.

Western Kitchen, can't it really be that we can survive this difficult time just by eating staple foods?

It was the second meal on the first day of July. The lunch menu did not change. It was the same as before, still sesame sauce cold noodles, but the side dish of bean sprouts was gone.

The original pancake with vegetables was changed to pancake with braised bean skewers, which is also very delicious.

That’s fine, as everyone knows that the Western Kitchen and even the Shangshisi are out of ingredients, so just make do with one meal.

But I always feel that this is not just a compromise, the food is obviously delicious.

The hot and sour soup that was supposed to be there at the end was replaced by a strange light green drink.

What is this?

It looks good, but I'm afraid to drink it.

The palace servants of the West Outer Palace looked at the drink that was still bubbling. It felt cold to the touch and was obviously taken out of the ice cellar.

It's so hot outside, let alone drinking it, just touching something cool like this will make you feel refreshed.

But this thing is so weird, it smells a bit like mint leaves.

When the bold palace maid took a sip, she would instantly feel refreshed from the soles of her feet to the top of her head.

That’s right, this is the mint sparkling water made by Su Wan!

Her baking soda really came in handy!

After eating scallion oil noodles in the morning, Su Wan took people to pick wild mint leaves. The area near Taiye Lake was indeed desolate and no one went there at all.

Wash the mint leaves and drain them in a ventilated place, then mash them into juice for later use.

The method of making sparkling water is particularly simple.

First pour boiled water into a large cup, then scoop in an appropriate amount of sugar. The western-style kitchen has enough of these condiments for the time being, so you can use them.

Once the sugar has dissolved in the boiled water, you can add the baking soda.

But at this time, the baking soda is just settled at the bottom of the water. If you want bubbles to form, add an appropriate proportion of white vinegar.

At this time, the reaction between white vinegar and baking soda is strong, filling the cup with small bubbles.

Finally, pour cool mint leaves or mint juice into it, and the taste will be much better, sweet and sour, with a refreshing and cool mint flavor.

After all the steps are completed, cover the lid and refrigerate for half an hour.

The cool taste makes this light green drink even more delicious.

No one has ever seen such a drink that looks good and tastes good.

Is this something the people in the West Outer Palace can drink?

On a hot summer day, drinking a glass of iced mint sparkling water will give you a subconscious chill, and all the laxity in your body will disappear, leaving behind only an intense sense of comfort.

It is even more delicious and refreshing than the previous plum juice.

The taste of this food is weird at the first sip, shocking at the second sip, and you’ll love it at the third sip!

In the hot summer, sparkling water is one of the best drinks!

All the officials in the west kitchen were immersed in the delicious taste of iced sparkling water.

Wait, don’t they have much food?

How can you make such a delicious drink?

Has the Western Kitchen been transformed to this extent?