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 are you snorting about? 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, what a hypocrite, he must have been thinking about what to do to that person for a long time, yet he still pretended to be a gentleman, so 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? They are much better than you. 】

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

An Jiu: "..."

No, you are sick, right? What are you saying about her? Why does she want to compete with Lady Wang? If she had the beauty of Concubine Wang, she would have become a concubine long ago instead of being a palace maid.

Anjiu complained.

"This is the cake I made myself, Your Majesty, please try it." Concubine Wang handed over the cake. 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.

What good things has the emperor not seen? I know this cake is just for looks, but it tastes...

[Not as delicious as Daitou's pancakes.] 】

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

Why doesn'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.

Smoke.

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 was not particularly delicious. The point was that the food was smoky. For the emperor, who had always eaten lukewarm and healthy food, it was like a person who had always eaten takeout suddenly eating the food cooked by his mother.

I see.

An Jiu looked to the other side. The emperor had already started eating the cakes. It was so early in the morning and a mouthful of cold cakes made his throat 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...

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

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

So he nodded.

Concubine Wang was delighted. Not only was the emperor handsome and elegant, 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.

If she were a little smaller, she might be able to get pregnant with a dragon in the near future...

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?"

Anjiu's great discovery cannot be told.

To be honest, this bun is a very light vegetarian bun. Although it tastes good, it is still cold...

No matter how delicious the cold buns are, they are still not very good. Besides, the emperor only has a few breakfasts all year round, and the people in the imperial kitchen are all talented people. If the emperor doesn’t like it, can’t you think of a solution? Do you 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 really hurts.

An Jiu nodded, and met Xiao Qiu when she came out. Xiao Qiu glanced at An Jiu with a smile, but it was not a smile. An Jiu had small eyes, so she could sense something was wrong when someone looked at her like that.

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?

This won’t work.

This is her job and she must not let anyone take it away from her.

She doesn't want to be replaced...

Because the consequences are not something she can afford.

Thinking of this, An Jiu quickened his pace and ran into Aunt Qu, who was trotting over. Because she was not wearing any underwear and was swinging around uncomfortably, An Jiu slowed down her pace 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 is really devoted to 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 brought some fresh shrimps, leeks, eggs, and black fungus. In fact, the most common fresh dumplings also contain pork, but Anjiu 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 eating 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, even though he was very hungry, he still had no appetite 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 had eaten were all filled with vegetarian fillings, and they didn't taste bad, but he just didn't feel like eating them.

녦Today's different.

The emperor swears, it is really different.

It’s hard to say how different it is, but it’s just different.

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

I still feel satisfied.

[I still want to eat.] 】

녦The baby just won’t say anything.

The emperor asked, "Did Xiaojiu do this?"

Eunuch Li nodded.

The emperor sighed: "She winked."

【Finally, I’m not staying here anymore.】 】

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.