Chapter 49 Disadvantages: Fireworks

As soon as An Jiu entered the door, he saw the emperor having breakfast.

Seeing An Jiu, he snorted coldly.

An Jiu was puzzled.

What's that cold snort? Is it directed at her?

It's so confusing.

"Is Concubine Wang still outside?" asked Eunuch Li.

An Jiu: "Yes."

So Eunuch Li asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, do you want to let Concubine Wang in?"

I've been waiting all morning...

Your Majesty really has no sympathy for women.

The emperor nodded faintly.

An Jiu thought, he is really good at pretending. He must have been thinking about what to do to that person in his heart, but he still pretends to be a gentleman on his face. How hypocritical.

But if she were a man, she would not be able to control herself when she saw Concubine Wang.

Her figure is really amazing.

An Jiu looked at Lady Wang who walked in with envy.

[What are you looking at? He is much better than you. ]

An Jiu paused, looked up at the emperor, and the emperor looked at her with disdain.

An Jiu "..."

No, is he sick? Why is he talking about her? Why is she comparing herself to Concubine Wang? If she had Concubine Wang's beauty, she wouldn't have to be a palace maid. She would have been a concubine long ago.

An Jiu complained in his heart.

"This is a snack I made myself, Your Majesty, please try it." Concubine Wang presented the snacks. Perhaps because the empress dowager had instructed her, she did not lean against the emperor.

The lid was opened, revealing several very, very, very exquisite pastries.

But what good things has the emperor not seen? He knew that this cake was just good-looking, but tasted...

[Not as good as the pancakes made by Daitou E. 】

An Jiu thought, this is too outrageous. It's obvious that this dessert was made with great effort. It looks good and tastes good. It is definitely not worse than what she makes.

But why didn't the emperor like it?

[It’s so dry and cold, it wants to choke me to death.] The emperor was still complaining.

An Jiu seemed to suddenly understand.

She finally understood what the emperor liked.

The smell of fireworks.

For every meal of the emperor, the main dishes sent by the imperial kitchen were excessively exquisite, and the pastries were purely for appearance. In other words, no matter what kind of meal it was, it was never hot.

It's a feeling, just like a sugar cake. The taste will be different if you leave it for a while and then eat it.

For example, can the spicy hot pot noodles, which are hot right out of the pot, be the same as those which are left out for a while before being served?

It seems like no one has thought about this issue.

An Jiu looked at the emperor's breakfast again. It was indeed at the right temperature, and definitely wouldn't burn the emperor...

Therefore, no matter what the emperor ate or drank every day, the food he ate was always lukewarm, and even the fruit he ate was not cold.

Imagine a bowl of cold noodles, a bowl of spicy hotpot that is not hot...

The food cooked by An Jiu is not particularly delicious. The key point is that the food has a homely flavor. For the emperor, who has been eating lukewarm and healthy food all year round, it is like a person who has been eating takeout all year round suddenly eating the food cooked by his mother.

I see.

An Jiu looked to the other side. The emperor had already started eating pastries. It was so early in the morning and the cold pastries made him choke. The emperor took a big sip of water and lost interest.

"Is it not to your taste? I'll go back and make it again." Concubine Wang was very knowledgeable.

The emperor wanted to refuse, but...

[Don't let that silly goose think she's that important.]

[Besides, I have a woman. It’s just a meal. Who can’t make it? ]

So he nodded.

Concubine Wang was delighted. Not only was the emperor handsome, but his temper did not seem as bad as the rumors said. It must be that the person before had done something to anger the emperor, so he was punished.

As long as she is careful, she might be able to get pregnant with a dragon soon...

Seeing that the emperor was already somewhat impatient, Concubine Wang said tactfully: "Your Majesty is very busy, I will not disturb you."

The emperor was indeed relieved.

So Concubine Wang left.

The breakfast in front of the emperor was removed. An Jiu saw it and caught up with Eunuch Li.

"Father-in-law, can I have a taste of this food?"

Seeing that Eunuch Li was staring at her, An Jiu said, "I just want to see why this food doesn't suit your majesty's taste?"

Eunuch Li thought it was quite reasonable and let her choose for herself.

An Jiu took a bun and took a bite.

Eunuch Li asked, "What's wrong?"

An Jiu’s great discovery cannot be told.

To be honest, this bun is a very bland vegetarian bun. Although it tastes good, it’s still cold…

No matter how delicious the cold buns are, they are still not very good. Besides, the emperor only has a few breakfasts throughout the year. The people in the imperial kitchen are also talented. If the emperor doesn't like it, can't you think of a solution? Do they think the emperor really likes to eat light food?

An Jiu whispered something in Eunuch Li's ear, and Eunuch Li nodded: "Okay, go and try. I see that His Majesty didn't eat much breakfast."

He is a grown man after all, and his appetite is really too little.

Eunuch Li felt really distressed.

An Jiu nodded, and met Xiao Qiu when she came out. Xiao Qiu looked at An Jiu with a smile. An Jiu was narrow-minded, and she could feel something was wrong when others looked at her.

Why does Xiaoqiu look at her like that?

It seemed as if she was about to be stepped on.

Could it be that...

Did she also learn how to cook new dishes for the emperor?

That won't work.

This is her job, and no one can take it away from her.

She doesn't want to be replaced...

Because the consequences are not something she can afford.

Thinking of this, Anjiu quickened her pace and ran into Aunt Qu, who was trotting over. Because she was not wearing any underwear, it was swinging around and she felt uncomfortable, so Anjiu slowed down again.

Aunt Qu looked at her with an indescribable look.

"Flustered."

An Jiu smiled and expressed her thoughts. Aunt Qu looked at her with satisfaction.

"I'll do it."

Anjiu went to the kitchen first. Aunt Qu thought, it seems that Xiaojiu really cares about His Majesty now.

Inspired by steamed buns, An Jiu decided to make dumplings. It was one thing to test his guess for the emperor, but An Jiu himself also wanted to eat them.

For the first time, she experienced the benefits of this job.

Aunt Qu got some fresh shrimps, leeks, eggs, and black fungus. In fact, pork can also be added to the common three-fresh dumplings, but An Jiu was afraid that the emperor would do something weird after eating it, so she kept it simple.

She didn't pack too many, just sixty. She ate twenty herself, and the rest were for the emperor. As I said before, she couldn't let him eat too much, otherwise it wouldn't taste good. She had to make him think about it after he had eaten it, so that she would be irreplaceable in the future.

The emperor hadn't eaten breakfast, and such a grown man was hungry before noon.

He sighed, not understanding why he was so hungry, but had no appetite at all when he thought about lunch.

People who order takeout every day have the most say in this regard.

Finally it was noon. As soon as the meal arrived from the imperial kitchen, An Jiu cooked the dumplings as quickly as possible and brought them over quickly to ensure that the dumplings were still steaming hot when they arrived on the table.

Sure enough, compared to those lukewarm but beautifully presented meals, the emperor was attracted by the dumplings. In the past, the dumplings he ate were all vegetarian in filling, and they didn't taste bad, but he just didn't want to eat them.

But today is different.

The emperor swears, it is really different.

He couldn't say how different it was, but it was just different.

The dumplings were not big to begin with, and An Jiu ate almost twenty of them. The emperor only had one plate, so he finished it quickly.

I still feel unsatisfied.

【I still want to eat. 】

But the baby just doesn't say anything.

The emperor asked, "Did Xiaojiu do this?"

Eunuch Li nodded.

The emperor sighed: "She winked."

【Finally, I’m not staying here any longer.】

Xiao Qiu stood aside, looked at the emperor, and thought of An Jiu who had been away since morning. She felt like she had discovered some secret.

This Xiaojiu was indeed an unruly bitch, she actually did so many things behind their backs.

But it’s better this way, because sometimes the higher you climb, the harder you fall.