Sure enough, after Qian Ruoyu took out the herbs, the men in the kitchen finally came over one by one.

After all, they thought Qian Ruoyu only prepared gifts for these women and not for themselves.

Now, after seeing this, they all came to Qian Ruoyu and surrounded the herbs.

Fatty Wang said immediately.

"Wow, these... Princess, these herbs are priceless... Some of them can only be eaten by the prince and when entertaining guests..."

Qian Ruoyu just smiled when he heard this.

These things were indeed extremely rare in this era, so Qian Ruoyu didn't take out much.

But even so, the value of these precious herbs in front of him is already over one hundred taels.

The group led by Fatty Wang naturally did not dare to take it, for fear of offending Qian Ruoyu.

The person in front of them is the mistress of the palace. If they make her unhappy, they will definitely be in trouble.

Besides, after all, the value of these precious Chinese herbal medicines is too high for them. Normally, only Chu Mobai and Li Zhiyi would eat them, but they are not lucky enough to enjoy them!

But Qian Ruoyu immediately said after seeing their appearance.

"What's wrong? Don't you want the reward that I gave you?"

Fatty Wang said with some embarrassment.

"This... Madam, it's not that we don't want it, it's that we don't dare to ask for it!"

"I have been here for so many years, and in the palace, these precious medicinal herbs are only used by the prince and the concubine. We servants are not qualified to enjoy them... If the prince or the concubine finds out..."

As expected, what they were worried about was being discovered by Chu Mobai and Li Zhiyi.

Therefore Qian Ruoyu said calmly.

"Listen to me, everyone. Since this kitchen and Yueya Pavilion are my own piece of land in the palace, I have the final say in my own territory!"

"These precious herbs are given to you by me. You have behaved well these past few days, so everyone is eligible to take them. If anyone mentions or threatens you, just let them come to me!"

The person Qian Ruoyu was talking about was Li Zhiyi.

After all, she is the one who loves to confuse right and wrong and spread rumors the most.

"Listen to me, everyone, take it. If you don't, I will punish them!"

As soon as Qian Ruoyu finished speaking, Fatty Wang had to take the lead. After coming to the front, he took two ginsengs and hurried down.

Naturally, the others had no choice but to follow him. After picking up the precious herbs and stuffing them into their sleeves, they quickly stepped back several steps.

After seeing them take these things away, Qian Ruoyu nodded with relief.

"Well, that's right!"

"Whether it's rouge and powder or these precious medicinal herbs, they are all given to you by this queen. In addition, if there are men who want rouge and powder, or women who want precious medicinal herbs, you can exchange them. This queen doesn't mind."

After hearing what Qian Ruoyu said, several people really started to communicate.

After all, rouge and powder do have incomparable value with precious medicinal materials. It is understandable that precious medicinal materials are a little more expensive than rouge and powder.

After they finished the exchange, Qian Ruoyu spoke calmly.

"That's right, just accept the things that this queen gives you. This queen will not let you people receive rewards without merit. Only if you do the right thing, this queen will reward you!"

After listening to Qian Ruoyu's words, everyone immediately expressed gratitude.

After all, the things Qian Ruoyu sent out today were not ordinary items, even the rouge and powder were not inferior goods.

Not to mention that the precious medicinal materials that were given away were things that these people would not even dare to buy on a normal day.

At this moment, there was a knock on the kitchen door.

"Open the door!"

"Open the door! Why hasn't anyone opened the door after so long?"

Daner's voice came.

Dan'er was actually at the door of the kitchen yard, which also meant one thing, that is, Li Zhiyi might also be outside the yard.

Just as Aunt Zhang was about to open the door, she was stopped by Qian Ruoyu.

Qian Ruoyu whispered, "Open the door a little and see if Li Zhiyi is outside. If she is, just cough gently and I'll know."

After hearing Qian Ruoyu say this, Aunt Zhang immediately nodded.

After all, Qian Ruoyu was backing her up, so Aunt Zhang quickly came to the door and quietly opened it a crack.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw Dan'er and Li Zhiyi standing behind Dan'er.

“Ahem!”

As Aunt Zhang coughed, Qian Ruoyu immediately knew that Li Zhiyi was indeed outside the door, and she looked like she was about to come in.

Qian Ruoyu quickly pulled Yan'er to the pile of firewood next to them and made a "hush" gesture to everyone.

When everyone saw her like this, they naturally nodded, and no one would resist her orders.

On Zhang Ma's side, Daner pushed the door open.

"What are you doing? Can't you see the princess is here? You only opened the door a crack. You deserve to die!"

Aunt Zhang quickly stepped back with a look of fear on her face. She looked back again, but found that Qian Ruoyu had disappeared.

At this time Xiaohong hurried over, gently pulled Zhang Ma, and hinted to Zhang Ma about Qian Ruoyu's location.

After being hinted at, Aunt Zhang suddenly realized and quickly spoke.

"It's all... it's all my fault. Please punish me, Princess..."

Li Zhiyi, however, had a smug look on her face. It was obvious that she didn't care much about what Zhang Ma said, and she didn't even take Zhang Ma seriously.

It's like treating Zhang Ma as air.

After she walked into the kitchen, the first thing she saw was rouge and powder in everyone's hands, as well as precious Chinese herbal medicines that she could see from time to time.

When she saw it for the first time, Li Zhiyi was immediately surprised and looked directly at everyone's hands.

It was at this time that Fatty Wang and the others discovered that the precious Chinese herbal medicines in their hands had been discovered by Li Zhiyi, so the alliance stuffed them into their sleeves one by one.

But it was too late for them, as Li Zhiyi saw everything.

Li Zhiyi walked over directly and was about to reach out to hold Fatty Wang's hand and reveal his sleeves.

But then a look of disgust appeared on Li Zhiyi's face, and she spoke to Dan'er beside her.

"Dan'er, go pull open his sleeves and see what's hidden inside!"

Daner nodded quickly, then came to Fatty Wang's side and forcibly pulled Fatty Wang's hand away.

"What are you doing? How dare you disobey the order of the princess?"

"Take your dirty hands off me now and see what treasure you have hidden in your sleeves!"

In desperation, Fatty Wang had to let go of his sleeves, and the precious herbs fell out.