Chapter 144,
When she finally arrived at the kitchen, Su Guoer was out of breath from running. She covered her stomach with a grim look on her face and looked at the two people in front of her. Fatty was standing in front of the stove drooling, and the woman was wearing a headscarf and waving a spoon.
Obviously cooking.
"You never said you would cook for us? I would have cooked it myself if I had known."
This statement might sound confusing, but Su Guoer said it anyway. She was testing how the woman would react.
Madam Qing looked up and said, "Why? Don't you trust my cooking skills? Or are you afraid that I'll poison the food and kill you?"
What he said was quite sharp. How should Su Guoer respond?
Su Guoer: "Oh, that's not the case. I'm a cook, so I'm familiar with cooking. Since you're here, I should let you taste my cooking skills."
Cope with ease.
No mistakes.
Madam Qing smiled and said, "Don't be so formal. It doesn't matter who does it. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that I fumigated the Wutouqing outside. It's non-toxic. It won't be a problem even if you touch it."
This is...
Su Guoer was stunned.
I smiled and said, what else can I say?
Did she misunderstand the relationship?
It's no wonder. She was only seven years old when her father passed away. Although she learned some pharmacology knowledge, she had almost forgotten it after so many years. So she even forgot that the toxin would disappear after the fumigation of Aconitum.
This is what caused the joke.
Fortunately, Madam Qing did not hold her back, and soon, three dishes and a soup were ready. Su Guoer and Pang Ya brought the food to the table, including, of course, the wooden barrel of rice.
It was carried over by Fatty. When she did, Madam Qing laughed and said, "This girl is really strong! You must have found a good hand."
He spoke in an unusually intimate and natural way. Although Su Guoer was surprised, she just thought that this was his character and did not question it.
Soon, just as they sat down to eat, two palace maids came in and shouted outside Su Guoer's yard. After hearing the voice, Su Guoer and Madam Qing stood up together.
"Miss Su is in my yard, please bring the food to me." After just one shout, the palace maid immediately brought the food box and handed it to Madam Qing.
Just as Su Guoer was about to reach out to take it, she was stopped by her.
When I was puzzled, I saw her take out all the food from the food box and pour it into the dog bowl beside her, and feed it to the big black dog tied at the gate.
She was still saying, "It's best not to eat the food in the palace. Who knows if there's poison in it?" Su Guoer glanced at Fatty who was eating happily in the house, as if she knew something...
What can she say?
The big black dog that appeared from nowhere at the door was eating happily and doing well, and was not poisoned to death.
Su Guoer then sat down at the table and prepared to eat.
There were three dishes and one soup, two of which were meat dishes, a steamed silver carp, a roast chicken with potatoes, a loofah and egg soup and a plate of stir-fried radish, all of which were very ordinary dishes.
but………
After taking two bites, Su Guoer keenly picked up a piece of orange peel and a piece of angelica from the plate.
She looked at Madam Qing suspiciously, but Madam Qing just said, "Why are you looking at me? These orange peels and angelica root can make the chicken stew even softer and more tender. They're excellent seasonings, don't you know?"
Su Guoer replied, "I know," and then fell silent.
I know, but...
This cooking method of adding medicinal herbs to food is really rare, right?
She seemed to have a feeling, but... she couldn't grasp the key to this. She could only finish the meal in silence, and then spent the whole afternoon in the yard, being forced to collect herbs for the man.
It was not until after dinner that he took Pang Ya back to his courtyard to rest.
During her rest, she had a dream. In the dream, she transformed into a reindeer and shuttled through the foggy jungle.
When I woke up it was already the next day.
The third game will start this afternoon, and she still has a morning to prepare.
I had planned to have a good rest in the morning and prepare the food, but I didn’t expect a few palace maids to come in and say…
Concubine Zhang summoned...
This made Su Guoer somewhat flattered.
At the same time, in the imperial study, Pei Yan had been back from outside for a day. He originally wanted to have a good rest when he got home, but he was kept in the palace by the emperor to play chess all night.
A night of chess.
Although he felt a little sleepy at this moment, he still had to pull himself together to deal with the person in front of him. He really wanted to curse.
"Are you feeling a little tired?" Emperor Mingde asked.
Pei Yan: "A little bit, but fortunately, I can still hold on for a while."
Emperor Mingde chuckled after hearing this, dropped the chess piece in his hand and said, "I just like your honesty and your courage to say anything."
Pei Yan: "...Stop teasing me, sir. I'm really too sleepy to bear it any longer."
Emperor Mingde smiled and said, "Since it's already this late, why not have breakfast here before leaving, or go back and find a palace to rest for a while and then join me for a banquet this afternoon."
Pei Yan then became excited, "Is there a lively atmosphere? Then I'd like to join in. I wonder what kind of party it is?" He loved to join in the fun the most.
Emperor Mingde: "It's the Cooking God Competition. I invite you to taste delicious food with me. What do you think?"
Pei Yan's teeth ached. "A delicious delicacy? Could it be that the emperor has forgotten that there was a man who used live centipedes to cook? I remember I was really scared at that time."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Mingde laughed heartily again: "Of course I remember! At that time, you pointed at the centipede and your face turned pale with fear."
Anyway, whenever the embarrassing things that happened to Pei Yan during his childhood were mentioned, Emperor Mingde would laugh happily. Although he himself was not very old, his childhood was not as lively as Pei Yan's.
Pei Yan is someone he both envied and trusted.
But he soon frowned again and said, "The Hu Kingdom delegation has arrived in Beijing. What do you think is the purpose of their visit?"
Pei Yan also began to take it seriously, yawned, and said, "I guess they're running out of food again, so they've come here to beg for food?"
This is not pure extortion.
Their ultimate goal was to seize food, land, burn, kill, plunder, and even seize cities. The idea of "extorting money" was just a nice way of saying it, and Emperor Mingde naturally understood this. His expression grew increasingly serious.
"In that case, we have to treat them well." He pointed at the unfinished chessboard on the table and asked Pei Yan, "How do you think this matter should be handled?"
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