"Today's incident must have spread. Don't go out these few days. I will think of a way to apologize to 䭹㹏 and see if we can get this matter out of the way."
Yao was touched, and Yao Tingyi picked up the medicine again: "Can I apply the medicine this time?"
Yao nodded and did not refuse.
The medicine was applied to her face, which felt cool and comfortable. Thinking of her elder sister giving her such a good medicine, Yao felt that she shouldn't have treated her like that.
Yao Zhixue didn't say anything, just watched the scene in front of her silently, and made a plan in her mind...
In the evening, everyone gathered in Fushou Hall, but Yao was not among them.
Everyone knew what happened in the Houyuan Garden, but Li Liting, as Yao's husband, never thought of speaking for her.
Instead, the old lady spoke first: "Xiao, I heard that Yao made a mistake today and misunderstood the maid next to you. She deserved to be punished, but I wonder if your punishment was too severe. Now she doesn't even dare to come out to see people."
Su Chenyu glanced at the old lady and said, "Old lady, Yao has been making mistakes in managing the household affairs recently. Since you are unwilling to teach her a lesson, I have to do it myself. Is the punishment severe?"
The old lady smiled awkwardly: "It's not severe, she deserves the punishment."
Now Su Chenyu has found the mistake. If the old lady dares to say something that does not please her, she might take the opportunity to seize the power of the family, which is not what the old lady wants to see.
The servants began to serve dishes on the table. When a dish of Drunken Duck with Sauce was served, the old lady quickly said, "This Drunken Duck with Sauce is the favorite of the emperor. Put it over there."
The method of making Drunken Duck with Soy Sauce is special, and the final taste is hard to satisfy the appetite of ordinary people. Only Li Yuan loves to eat Drunken Duck with Soy Sauce.
"Thank you, old lady." Li Yuan thanked her.
Li Liting said: "My mother still misses my eldest brother. We have never cooked this dish before. As soon as my eldest brother came, this dish was served."
Su Chenyu looked at the table full of dishes and said, "The kitchen must have put a lot of thought into this today. There are really all kinds of dishes on the table."
The chefs all have their own specialty. The old lady doesn't like the cuisine from the northwest, so the chefs in the mansion don't know how to cook it. But today, there were a few northwest dishes on the table, which instantly caught Su Chenyu's attention.
The old lady said cheerfully, "I thought that Master Guo and Qing Yan had stayed in the northwest for a long time, so they must be used to the dishes there, so I made some specially to try and see how they taste."
Li Yuan picked up his chopsticks first, tasted a few dishes, and nodded: "These dishes are all cooked very well, especially the drunken duck in soy sauce, which is exceptionally good."
The old lady's eyes narrowed with laughter: "It's up to you if you like. Let's all start eating."
After eating a few bites of the food, Li Liting noticed something wrong: "Mom, did the mansion change the cook? The dishes are much better than usual."
"What do you mean by changing the cook? The dishes on the table today were not made by the cook."
As soon as the old lady finished speaking, Yao Tingyi and Yao Zhixue came in. Seeing them, the old lady immediately smiled and said, "All the dishes on the table today were made by Tingyi and her daughter. They took most of the day to prepare."
Li Liting instantly perked up: "You guys can also cook?"
Yao Ting said: "I didn't know how to cook at first, but the Yao family's restaurant was not doing well, so Zhixue and I learned how to cook. Now that we are good at cooking, the business is booming."
It was just a passing remark, but everyone could hear the sadness in it.
"This eggplant has too much oil; this fish was cooked too late and the meat is not tender enough; the mutton is too fishy and doesn't taste like mutton..." After reviewing several dishes, Li Liyanqing concluded, "The Yao family's restaurant is not outstanding in the capital, and it seems there is a reason for that."
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