Chapter 140 I Want to Improve So Much

The only people An Jiu can find to chat with now are Aunt Qu and Eunuch Li. The youngest, Xiao Fuzi, looks at her strangely.

An Jiu couldn't help but ask: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

It’s really hard to guess what my male colleagues are thinking.

Xiao Fuzi said, "I want to see if you look good or not?"

An Jiu asked expectantly, "So do you think I look good?"

Xiao Fuzi pursed her lips and looked at him for a while, then said sincerely, "It's normal..."

An Jiu rolled his eyes to the sky.

Xiao Fuzi said sincerely again: "I'm going to say something you don't like to hear..."

An Jiu: "If you know I don't like to hear it, then don't say it."

Xiao Fuzi imitated Eunuch Li and said, "Xiao Jiu..."

An Jiu "..."

It feels like seeing a younger version of Eunuch Li...

Xiao Fuzi didn't care whether An Jiu wanted to listen or not, and said to herself: "In this harem full of beauties, you are indeed not outstanding enough."

An Jiu accepted this.

so what……

What's wrong with her not being outstanding?

Don’t you think your rice is good?

Xiao Fuzi added: "I can't understand why His Majesty likes you."

An Jiu was surprised: "Eunuch Xiao Fuzi, don't say anything careless. How can His Majesty like me?"

The emperor obviously dislikes her, okay?

Xiao Fuzi looked at her and shook his head in a solemn manner: "Think about it carefully. If His Majesty didn't like you... based on the outrageous things you did, your head would have been moved long ago."

Do you really think Your Majesty is such a good-tempered person?

He is just nice to you, not to everyone.

Look at Guanghua Hall, Xiaodong's seat is now empty, and Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia look like thieves every time they go in. They don't even have their own names.

Only Xiaojiu.

She is so spoiled that she is lawless...

Xiao Fuzi looked at Anjiu with resentment. If only he were a girl, he would also make delicious food for His Majesty and let His Majesty pamper him...

An Jiu thought about it seriously. She felt that the emperor's "indulgence" towards her mostly came from the tyrant, because the tyrant and she were good friends and the emperor was influenced by the tyrant.

After all, they are one person.

That explains it.

As for the rest, An Jiu didn't want to think about it anymore.

She will leave the palace at the age of 25.

"By the way, Your Majesty, are you in a bad mood today?" An Jiu changed the subject.

Xiao Fuzi shook her head: "Of course not, it's simply scary..."

He whispered, "The two adults who led the way to our Guanghua Palace were taken away in the court this morning."

Xiao Fuzi knows it.

The emperor was not a good man. How could he let go of those two ignorant guys who dared to provoke him that day?

An Jiu also fell silent.

I thought to myself, as expected, emperors and tyrants are essentially the same.

The moment those two men arrived at the gate of Guanghua Palace, they were destined to die, just in different ways.

The tyrant was simple and brutal. He did whatever he thought. If the tyrant was there that day, the two men would have died on the spot.

But the emperor is different. He seems to be controlled by the aristocratic families and usually does not care about things. But once someone tries to cross his bottom line, he will definitely make sure those people die without a burial place.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, An Jiu heard that both Yan and Wu’s families had their properties ransacked, and the best outcome would be exile.

Half of the exiles these days die on the way.

In other words, these two people gave up their good lives and insisted on pursuing those illusory benefits, which ended up causing their families to suffer along with them.

The foundation laid by our ancestors after many years of hard work was destroyed just because of their stupidity.

Perhaps even after dozens of lifetimes, they will never be able to turn things around.

The Emperor was angry...

The emperor was a little angry when An Jiu came in.

He stared at Anjiu coldly, giving Anjiu goosebumps all over her body, but his mind was blank and Anjiu had no idea what he was thinking.

So An Jiu confessed and told the whole story of yesterday from beginning to end.

"He wanted to go out, and I couldn't stop him. I was also afraid that Your Majesty would catch a cold, so..."

An Jiu admitted his mistake: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

The emperor pursed his lips.

[At noon, the imperial kitchen sent over grilled fish, saying it was a new dish...]

【It turns out that I learned this from her. 】

Zhang An really wants to make progress.

He grilled fish last night, and tried several different flavors. All of them were good. He was thinking, since he could grill fish, could he grill chicken? Roast duck? Roast meat?

So he stayed up all night and roasted everything that could be roasted.

The door to a new world opens.

Zhang An discovered that this oven can be used for more than just baking snacks...

It's also delicious when grilled.

But he found that the grilled fish tasted good right after it came out of the pan, but it was not as delicious after it got cold for a while.

What should I do then?

Can you keep it heated?

Zhang An looked at the baking tray, and suddenly an idea came to him.

Can I add charcoal under the grill pan?

So, early in the morning, he asked a craftsman to make a rack, put charcoal fire underneath, and put the sizzling grilled fish on top...

Someone in the imperial kitchen reminded: "Butler, the masters are all delicate. If you put something so hot on them, if someone gets burned, we won't have enough heads to chop off."

The imperial kitchen did not make hot dishes by default. One summer it was too hot and the soup sent by the imperial kitchen was not cold yet. A little prince saw it and reached out to grab it, getting scalded.

As a result, the prince's mother refused to give in. Not only did she punish the palace maid who put the soup in the wrong place, she also whispered in the emperor's ear. The emperor felt sorry for his son, and in a rage, he killed the cook.

From then on, no matter how hot the food was, it could not be served in the imperial kitchen. They had to ensure that the food was warm and not too hot when it was served to the masters' tables.

This has almost become the default rule.

But Zhang An's dish was not just a problem of the dish itself. If the tableware accidentally scalded the emperor or accidentally set the tablecloth on fire, ten of his heads would not be enough to chop off.

and……

The man also reminded: "This dish is delicious, but Your Majesty ate it today and wants to eat it again tomorrow. If the concubines see it, they may also want it..."

Then the risk is even greater.

They do not seek to achieve anything, but to avoid making any mistakes.

Qin Baocai died not long ago, and everyone wants to live in peace and stability and doesn't want to commit suicide.

But Zhang An thought for a while and felt that wealth and honor are achieved through risk. That was how he gained his wealth and honor. Besides, he was not a cook without background who could be easily dragged out and killed. So he went to ask Eunuch Li what to do?

Eunuch Li asked him to go up, as there were no children in Guanghua Palace.

Speaking of hot mouths, Xiao Jiu even made the emperor squat in the kitchen to eat...

Is she brave?

That's okay.

Eunuch Li has served for so long and knows the emperor well. He is not the kind of tyrant who cannot distinguish right from wrong and kills people at the slightest disagreement...

Thus, the first hot dish from the imperial kitchen after decades was served on the table.

The emperor killed two annoying people in the morning, which shocked those restless people in the court and dampened the arrogance of Prince Ruyang. In addition, he ate delicious food, so he was in a good mood and asked Eunuch Li to reward Zhang An...

The money was not much, but it was a reward from the emperor. Zhang An was very happy and decided to continue working hard...