Hong Xing did not set out immediately. Instead, she lit the red charcoal first, then filled the pot half full with water and placed it on top of the charcoal basin.
In this way, you can use charcoal to keep warm and boil hot water to drink, killing two birds with one stone.
After doing all the above, she washed her hands in the basin of water that she had used to cool the young lady last night, and set off for the imperial pharmacy with a sense of tragedy.
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Because a white cat attacked Concubine Xiang in the palace, causing the miscarriage of the dragon seed, Emperor Yanqing ordered a check of the entire palace and the capture and killing of all stray cats the next day.
Concubines who kept pets were ordered not to take them out and must keep them locked up in their respective palaces.
Eunuch Li, as a favorite of the old emperor, naturally took the lead. Although Eunuch An was only the chief eunuch in charge of the eunuch allocation system, he was also temporarily requisitioned to clean up stray cats.
This was a good opportunity to show up and do something in front of the old emperor. Eunuch An was overjoyed and even pulled Chu Qi over. The two of them, along with other eunuchs, spent the entire morning investigating the palace.
It was almost noon, and after they had finished checking all the places that needed to be checked, Eunuch An took Chu Qi back.
Ordinary eunuchs did not have lunch, so Eunuch An prepared a special meal for himself and also let Chu Qi have a hot meal.
Chu Qi has been hypnotizing Eunuch An every day these days, and although Eunuch An appears to be an arrogant chief eunuch with a healthy personality, he has actually been hypnotized into following Chu Qi's lead.
Whenever he did something good, he would think of Chu Qi, and with her words as the first priority, he never thought of asking her to serve him at night again.
But he himself didn't notice anything wrong at all and thought it was all natural.
After lunch, Chu Qi kept Shi's promise in mind.
Shi Qian is so weak and sensitive. I wonder if she will be scared after what happened yesterday?
When I held her, it felt really good. She seemed light and weightless, but her legs and waist felt very soft when I touched them.
Chu Qi suddenly missed her a little, so she went back to the room and carefully wiped the sweaty parts of her body with a wet towel, changed into a clean eunuch's uniform, and took advantage of the lunch break when few people were walking outside, so she strolled out and took the small path to look for Shi Qiang.
...Halfway there, Chu Qi felt that it would not be a good idea to come empty-handed, so she turned a corner and prepared to go to the imperial kitchen to buy some food.
As the saying goes, money makes the world go round, and this saying also applies to the imperial kitchen. Although eunuchs are of low status, as long as one can afford it, there is no problem in buying some of the leftover food from the imperial kitchen to cook for the people in the kitchen.
This matter was not made public, but it was a rule recognized by the eunuchs and maids in the palace. Chu Qi was fortunate to be brought by Eunuch An, and now she has successfully squeezed onto this ship.
Emperor Yanqing's stupidity and incompetence led to numerous corrupt officials. It was not just the court that was corrupt, but even the imperial kitchen in the harem was corrupt. They would secretly make extra food and sell it to make money every day, but Emperor Yanqing would never hear about it.
The managers of the imperial kitchen were fearless.
There was a lot of leftover food in the imperial kitchen today, so Chu Qi picked out some and bought two portions of pastries for each of them.
They are Fuling Cake and Donkey Rolls.
Fuling cake is a traditional Chinese medicine cake. This is a common food therapy secret recipe.
Poria cocos is listed as a top-grade herb in Shennong's Herbal Classic, which says that "long-term use can soothe the soul and nourish the mind, prevent hunger and prolong life."
The concubines in the palace who were in poor health and had headaches loved to eat this kind of medicinal cakes.
Now that she has agreed to take it, it can help her calm down.
As for Donkey Rolls, it is one of the famous snacks among the people. The finished product has three distinct colors: yellow, white and red. After going through many processes, it is finally sprinkled with soybean flour. It tastes soft and glutinous, and is one of the rare delicacies.
In addition to pastries, Chu Qi also bought two bunches of green grapes.
Yesterday, Chu Qi was watching Shi Ying from behind and saw that she particularly liked sweet green grapes. She guessed that Shi Ying would like them, so she planned to send some more today.
It's not for the redemption value, I just want to make the other person happy.
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On the way to Chuxiu Palace, Chu Qi deliberately chose to walk on the deserted paths. She was good at martial arts, so she walked fast but steadily. When she used the Shadowless Kick, she walked so fast that only her afterimage could be seen.
It only took her half an hour to get from Xingde Palace to the imperial kitchen and then to Chuxiu Palace.
Yanghe Hall.
Worried that knocking on the door would attract other people's attention, Chu Qi did not knock on the door from outside. Instead, she climbed over the wall as she knew the way, and went straight to the door of the bedroom.
I thought she would sit on the couch by the window and embroider as usual, or just daydream and tease a gray bird that came from nowhere.
Unexpectedly, today I saw that the window was only slightly opened.
Chu Qi touched the window.
The low sound came into the house through the wooden carved window.
A scream was heard in the house, and soon Hong Xing opened the door and poked her head out. Her black eyes rolled around and she saw the little eunuch standing outside the window with a food box in his hand.
She had known Xiao Wuzi for just over a month. She remembered that when they first met, he was very thin and his body looked as if it would fall down if the wind blew.
Not only does his face have some fatter skin now, but he's also taller. Wearing clean clothes and standing there straight, you can't help but feel quite youthful and spirited, which is quite pleasing to the eye.
Usually Hong Xing's face was full of life. When she saw Chu Qi coming, she would say something to stop him from coming. However, Hong Xing said nothing this time. Her face looked haggard, her eye bags were swollen, and the corners of her eyes were red.
Looking at the young eunuch who looked quite heroic, Hong Xing quickly opened the door and walked out, then closed the door again.
She took the initiative to move the little eunuch away.
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