The west kitchen was deserted and most of the people who usually came to eat there were the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department.
There was almost a fight yesterday over the last dough stick.
So I made a lot more food today.
But today it was deserted. If someone said there was no reason, Su Wan would definitely not believe it.
But she was calm at the moment. One should not be anxious about anything. It would not be wrong to leave the food here.
Su Wan has packed her things for the Guandi Temple. Today's offering to Lord Guandi is replaced with steamed buns and flower rolls she made herself, as well as some fruits and vegetables.
Needless to say, Yan Pei's food has already been prepared.
But as soon as Su Wan entered the Guandi Temple, she saw Yan Pei's eyes, and it was obvious that he wanted to say something.
When she returned to the west kitchen, she already understood what had happened.
Not only did she know, Zuo Zhizhang also sent someone to inquire about the news and asked the young eunuch who came to eat.
Anyway, after asking around, this is the news I got.
The nobles in power in the Inner Palace felt sorry for the people in the various departments of the West Outer Palace, so they sent hot cakes over early in the morning and distributed them to the five government offices of the West Outer Palace.
Why would they come to the west kitchen if they had these cakes and pastries for breakfast?
Besides, the food in the western kitchen is too unstable.
Yesterday morning was good, but lunch and dinner were terrible.
Who knows what will happen this morning?
There were delicious cakes and pastries from the inner palace, given by the powerful, so naturally few people were willing to try their luck in the western kitchen.
Su Wan also understood.
It’s okay to open blind boxes for other things, but it’s unnecessary to open blind boxes while eating.
Who doesn’t want to have a good meal?
But this noble lady in the inner palace is really good at strategizing. She sent someone to test us yesterday at noon, and sent someone to deliver cakes today.
It's even more ridiculous that all the breakfast in the western kitchen is wasted.
It's just a matter of saying it clearly.
You can't rely on the Western kitchen. Only by waiting for the person in the Western kitchen to be replaced can you eat such delicious cakes.
No matter what the people in the palace think.
Anyway, I would definitely not dare to come over for breakfast, otherwise I would be going against the people in power.
In other words, many people know that the breakfast in the Western Kitchen is good today, but they still don't dare to come.
As they were talking, Wei Jun ran over secretly and confirmed this guess: "Su Wan, I came over secretly to tell you what happened. You dare not stay here any longer. The chief steward who delivers cakes in the inner palace is still here."
Wei Jun came secretly with the intention of tipping off Su Wan. He had eaten a lot of Su Wan's food, so he naturally felt embarrassed.
Su Wan was not angry when she heard this. She just asked Wei Jun to leave and not get into trouble.
But I'm afraid the west kitchen is destined to be deserted today.
However, Su Wan had an idea.
But just as she was about to say something, she saw a few figures appear at the door of the west kitchen. Upon closer inspection, they were clearly the maids serving the chief of the Imperial Food Department.
The two maids looked at Su Wan with a smile, and one of them patted her head gently, trying to comfort her: "You are quite calm.
The other one stuffed a bag of osmanthus candy into Su Wan's hand, with an obvious intention of comforting her.
Are you afraid that she will be sad?
He really treats Su Wan like a child.
Su Wan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She only heard the maid say to Zuo Zhizhang, "Aunt Yonglan, please prepare some breakfast for today. Today, the officials from the four departments and six bureaus, as well as the Imperial Household Department and the Imperial Household Department will have breakfast together. Our chief specially asked us to bring some food from the western kitchen so that the officials can also taste the fresh food."
Then he looked at Su Wan and said, "You have been working hard recently, but you are young and should not be overworked."
Su Wan couldn't hear the last sentence.
But I understood what the maid said.
The heads of four departments and six bureaus as well as two government offices are all here. Should we take the breakfast from the western kitchen over at this time?
Although he seems not to be challenging those in power, he is actually quite angry.
You send cakes and pastries to the guests in my cafeteria, and I will give breakfast to the superiors.
We will find out today which one will be more famous.
Seeing this, Su Wan felt more at ease.
Just as she thought, she just had to focus on cooking and didn't have to worry about anything else.
As soon as there was any movement here, the chief of the Imperial Food Department responded, and his response was extremely beautiful.
It turns out that being a salted fish in Shangshisi is the right thing to do!
Even if the sky falls, there are still superiors to hold it up.
After this happened, the people from the various departments of the West Outer Palace could no longer hold back. Since other heads of departments had taken the lead, it was fine for them to go and eat. If they had any problems, they could talk to those heads first.
Anyway, the eunuchs from the Imperial Household Department have already started walking towards the west kitchen.
The world is big, but eating is the biggest!
Besides, although the cakes and pastries in the inner palace are delicious, they are not as delicious as the breakfast in the western kitchen.
After eating breakfast in the western kitchen for two days in a row, the people in the palace seemed to have figured out the recent pattern.
The breakfast in the western kitchen is absolutely delicious, but don't go there for lunch or dinner.
As soon as the maid from the Imperial Kitchen left, the western kitchen immediately became crowded with people.
Su Wan looked at the people coming and going in the palace, and she felt relieved. She had been thinking about how to turn tofu pudding into tofu soup.
Sweet and soft tofu soup is definitely delicious for lunch.
It is a bit difficult to have two dishes, but if it is a pancake with vegetables, it will definitely be a good choice, and it can also cover up the problem of the dishes being left out for a long time.
What a pity, I almost got to eat the sesame seed bun with vegetables.
The west kitchen was once again bustling with activity.
Salty and sweet tofu pudding is divided into two teams. The same food, poured with different sauces, tastes surprisingly different, and both are delicious!
It is served with leeks and bean sprouts, cold-mixed black fungus, and soft steamed buns.
How come even the steamed buns in the western kitchen have changed so much?
At this time, the head of the Shangshijian, the official of the Shangshisi, put down the steamed bun in his hand and praised: "As expected of a family of white-cooked dishes, the steamed buns really taste good."
The maid next to her asked in confusion: "When the palace officials selected people, they checked their backgrounds. Her family did not teach Su Wan any skills."
"With so many palace maids, there are bound to be omissions, and each family's affairs are not really meticulous." The head of the Imperial Food Department smiled and said, "Anyway, it saves us a lot of effort. You can ask the Western Kitchen to take care of her more. When this matter is settled, she will naturally not be treated unfairly."
The maid looked at the officer's expression and subconsciously asked, "Madam Officer, do you want to take her to your side?"
She had never seen her superior admire a palace maid like this.
The head of the Imperial Food Department smiled and said, "Don't worry, there is still plenty of time."
"You must not be impatient when doing things in the palace. She is young now, and she lives a stable life in the west kitchen. It depends on her wishes in the future."
After saying this, the maid immediately understood what the officer meant.
I'm afraid that this little palace maid Su Wan will have a bright future in the future. No matter what she does, she will have the secret support of her superiors.
But now that I am really young, it would not be a good idea to send me to the North-South Canteen in advance.
Deputy Prime Minister Nan of the Southern Kitchen waited until his niece Li Rongrong was sixteen years old before bringing her to work in the palace.
Su Wan was not in a hurry and let her live peacefully in the west kitchen first.
The female official of the Imperial Food Department looked at Su Wan's name on the list again, and found it to be a welcome change.
She also wanted to see how much potential Su Wan had, so the cook she had prepared had not yet been sent to the west kitchen.
If Su Wan can do it herself, it's fine. If not, someone else will take over immediately.
As for the one in the inner palace?
The female official smiled and said that the man’s hand could not reach the Shangshi Department.
At this moment, Su Wan was in the west kitchen mediating the dispute over the saltiness or sweetness of tofu pudding.
One area of people loves sweet tofu pudding.
The other side said that the salty tofu pudding was the best!
This is just starting a debate.
Su Wan was at a loss for words. What was there to argue about?
It's boring!
It’s all food anyway, just enjoy it.
Fortunately, everyone had to be on duty, so they dispersed. However, many palace servants in the West Outer Palace were still muttering about salty and sweet, which made other palace servants who had never been to the West Kitchen for breakfast confused.
How can we fight over this just for a meal?
After breakfast, Su Wan did not go back to rest, but carefully looked at the list of people who came to eat today.
When you go to the dining hall to eat, you have to show your name badge and register.
Although it is not standardized, you can still remember the general idea, at least you have to write down which palace people come to eat.
Su Wan looked at the three-day roster and saw that there were obviously more and more people every day.
And the people who come are very regular.
The people who went to the West Kitchen to eat breakfast the most were Wei Jun and other people from the Imperial Household Department.
This is normal. With Su Wan's private relationship with Wei Jun and the chief and deputy chief stewards, they are willing to tell others about the delicious food in the western kitchen.
The next people to come were the Shangbaojian next to the Imperial Household Department, but there were only a dozen people at most, and the rest were as steady as a rock, and basically did not step into the door of the west kitchen.
Among the five government offices under the charge of the Western Kitchen, only these two places have people coming to eat.
Others are the old treasury, the treasure banknote office, and the Guandi Temple.
Needless to say, there is only Yan Pei in the Guandi Temple.
No one came to the old treasury and the treasure banknote bureau, so everything was very tidy.
It would have been fine if they didn't come before, but now the orders from the powerful are that there cannot be a single complaint from the Western Kitchen, and that the five government offices it is responsible for must all eat well.
If we don't come now, it will be easy for others to take advantage of us.
Fortunately, there is no need to rush, this is just the beginning.
Letting the palace servants in the Imperial Household Department have good meals first would be a good start.
Tomorrow will be the fourth day, and the day after tomorrow will be the fifth day. The menu she set will be repeated every five days, so after these two days, she will be able to retain most of the palace servants in the Imperial Household Department.
Su Wan took out the menus for the two days one by one.
April 24th, breakfast on the fourth day.
Mushroom corn porridge, cold lettuce, stir-fried dried tofu, and shredded radish pancakes.
The final pancake is made by slowly frying radish and flour over low heat. It is especially fragrant after four or five bites.
April 25th, breakfast on the fifth day.
We ate oatmeal porridge, pickled mustard greens and minced meat, stir-fried cabbage, and locust flower omelet.
Sophora japonica flowers are in season and are especially fresh and delicious when cooked.
Since you can’t use too many eggs, you can just add more flour, and the taste is still good.
Su Wan prepared breakfast for the fifth day and found that the palace servants who came to eat were coming earlier and earlier, and the portions prepared in their western kitchen were getting bigger and bigger.
Even so, it’s still not enough to eat.
I didn’t know you guys have such a big appetite!
Su Wan smiled and packed up to go to Guandi Temple.
But when she arrived today, Yan Pei had not come yet.
When Yan Pei appeared again, I always felt that his face was pale.
Su Wan opened her eyes wide and subconsciously helped him up: "What's wrong with you? What happened?"
Yan Pei glanced at her and said casually, "Nothing."
How come everything looks alright?
But Yan Pei obviously didn't want to say more, he just sat down and closed his eyes to rest.
Someone attempted to assassinate him in the palace yesterday, and was obviously sent to test him.
Although he is quite skilled in martial arts, he can only be stabbed once to clear his suspicion.
He didn't feel much pain, just a little trouble.
But Su Wan in front of him looked even more miserable than him.
Su Wan had no choice but not to ask, but she was more convinced that this was a poor little thing. After the meal was served, Su Wan did not leave like she did the previous two days. Instead, she asked, "I see that your face is pale and your body is hot. Do you have a fever?"
Seeing Su Wan's worried look, Yan Pei opened his eyes and looked at her: "Do you think I'm being bullied?"
He had wanted to ask this question for a long time.
I just never found the opportunity.
When Su Wan was asked this, she didn't know how to answer, but the worry in her eyes was obvious.
Yan Pei wanted to laugh for a moment, and subconsciously teased her: "She was bullied."
“It’s not good.”
"It's not good to wear either."
“And I was criticized.”
Yan Pei expressed every word that Su Wan was thinking.
He also found that with every word he said, Su Wan seemed to feel more distressed.
Like, totally believe what he says.
It’s no wonder Su Wan believed it, since he had scars on his body and was wearing very old Taoist boy’s clothes.
He looked even paler when he said this.
It was just a joke. Yan Pei was about to say that he had lied to her, but Su Wan sat in front of him and said very seriously, "This is only temporary."
"You are just temporarily distressed."
“When Heaven bestows a great responsibility upon a man, it must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones toil, and his body hungry.”
"Days like these will surely pass."
Days like this will surely pass.
Yan Pei naturally believed it.
Otherwise, wouldn't all his plans be in vain?
But at this moment he discovered another interesting thing.
He knew that Su Wan was kind-hearted, but he didn't know to what extent this kindness would go.
Yan Pei chuckled: "You are the only one who has said this to me."
Su Wan blinked, obviously feeling even more uncomfortable.
How could there be such a little palace maid? She is just a little palace maid and she is also criticized at home, but she feels sorry for others.
Yan Pei smiled and put the warm oatmeal porridge into his mouth. His pale face looked better, which made Su Wan feel relieved.
But as he left, he kept looking back and repeatedly reminded him to see a doctor.
After Su Wan left, Yan Pei smiled again.
Look better? No way.
Yan Pei returned to his palace, entered through the secret door, changed into the Third Prince's attire, and pressed on the wound expressionlessly until blood flowed out.
The young man with a cold face acted in this way, which frightened the eunuch who served him personally.
When Yan Pei’s face looked extremely ugly, he finally smiled.
That's enough.
"Let's go to the Qinzheng Palace."
Su Wan was still worried about Yan Pei's health, but she didn't know that he didn't care about these minor injuries at all.
Su Wan returned to the west kitchen. It was still breakfast time and all the officials in the palace were having their meals. They seemed to be enjoying their meals very much.
But at noon, the west kitchen became deserted again.
Very few palace servants came to eat.
It was even quieter at dinner time.
People who occasionally come to eat all have sad faces while eating.
But in the morning, it turned into a smile.
The same person's expression changes so quickly, he is simply a master of changing faces.
When Su Wan wanted to laugh, one letter after another arrived on the table of Zuo Zhizhang in the west kitchen.
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"Please! Let the maid make lunch too."
"Can you share some of the deliciousness of breakfast with lunch and dinner?"
“Will I be able to have a delicious lunch and dinner in my lifetime?”
Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, this is roughly the meaning.
For several days in a row, the quality of breakfast in the western kitchen has been very stable, but what about lunch and dinner?
We can’t ignore their existence!
They are also important.
Please, let the little palace maid Su Wan start cooking these two meals, okay!
Looking at the piles of requests, Zuo Zhizhang actually breathed a sigh of relief.
This time, what we received were not all complaints, but praises mixed with some urging.
This is too rare for the Western Kitchen.
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