"Thank you very much, elder sister. I've never had chocolate cookies before," Consort Wenxi said, taking a sip of tea.
Mingxiu nodded, and then led her people back.
Consort Wenxi sat behind and watched Mingxiu, who was quite old but still very lively. She smiled. What she didn't say was that she really envied Mingxiu. She lived a simple and pure life and had a lover who truly loved her and reciprocated her feelings. How wonderful.
Mingxiu walked back quickly. As for Consort Wenxi, Mingxiu didn't have any particular thoughts. In fact, she knew at the time that Consort Wenxi had entered the palace to avenge her sister, but Mingxiu didn't think anything of it. There was no way to be fair and just in this world, so some things could only be done in different ways. At the time, Mingxiu was very envious of Empress Xiaozhaoren for having such a good younger sister who was willing to give everything for her.
After all, she was facing the Empress Dowager, an old woman who had served three emperors.
"Yulan, go to the kitchen and tell them I want to eat chocolate chip cookies today. Ask them to try making them this way and see if it works," Mingxiu said, handing her written instructions to Yulan.
"Your Majesty, is this delicious?" Yu Lan hesitated, looking at the oil, sugar, milk, and cream on top.
"Of course it's delicious. Don't you trust your lady when it comes to food? When has your lady ever made anything bad?" Mingxiu rolled her eyes at Yulan: "Hurry up and make more, so you can send some to each palace to try."
Mingxiu wrote that the chocolate cookies are made with wafer biscuits, and she really likes the crunchy texture. She searched for a long time on social media before finding the recipe, and now she'll see if she can make them successfully.
When the head chef saw Yu Lan enter the kitchen with papers in her hand, he knew his assistant had come again. He greeted her with a smile, "Miss Yu Lan, what would Your Highness like to eat?"
"Chocolate cookies, Her Majesty instructed us to make them according to the instructions, and to make a large batch so that some can be distributed to the ladies of each palace." Yu Lan said, handing the slip of paper to the head chef.
The head chef chuckled and accepted it: "Alright, Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely make it today so that Your Majesty can enjoy it."
Chocolate cookies are actually very simple to make. First, make cookies with sugar, flour, and eggs. Then, make chocolate sauce with chocolate, butter, sugar, and milk. After that, coat the cookies with the chocolate sauce and refrigerate them for a while.
The master chef makes these things frequently, so he is already very familiar with what Mingxiu wrote. He also understands thoroughly the terms that many people don't understand.
After all, who would have thought that he was a cook who couldn't read a single word at the beginning, but later, in order to create Mingxiu's ingenious ideas, he actually learned a lot of words.
In the evening, Mingxiu finally got to eat the chocolate cookies she wanted. She took a small bite, and they were crispy and crunchy, not too sweet. Mmm, they were delicious.
Mingxiu nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, the kitchen did a great job. Reward them, and send some to each palace so that everyone can have a taste."
"Yes, I'll go right now." Yu Lan said and then left.
In the evening, the masters in Changchun Garden ate chocolate biscuits.
Consort Wenxi ate the chocolate biscuits, enjoying the sweet taste in her mouth and smiled. Life in Changchun Garden was really quite nice, much more comfortable than her life in the mansion.
Kangxi also got to eat chocolate cookies. Even if someone else didn't get to eat them, Kangxi would definitely get to eat them, not to mention that he and Mingxiu lived together.
However, he personally didn't like the taste, finding it too oily and too sweet, so he only ate a little and then stopped.
Mingxiu loved it and ate almost half of the plate of chocolate cookies. If Kangxi hadn't worried that she would eat too much and have indigestion, Mingxiu felt she could have finished the whole plate.
"Grandpa, let's go fishing tomorrow. We'll bring a barbecue grill, and we can grill some fish by the river while we're at it," Mingxiu said suddenly.
Emperor Kangxi nodded, saying that these small matters were naturally permissible.
However, Kangxi glanced at Mingxiu and asked, "Aren't you going to play mahjong tomorrow?" Because her relationship with Consort Rong (née Hesheli) and Consort Wenxi had improved considerably recently, she had been playing mahjong for much longer.
Mingxiu shook her head: "No more, no more. My butt hurts from doing this every day. Let's rest first."
Mingxiu wasn't really addicted to playing mahjong; she just played because everyone else did.
Kangxi nodded, and the next afternoon, Kangxi and Mingxiu led their men to the riverbank.
Kangxi sat in a chair, cast his fishing rod into the river, and then sat quietly to the side and waited.
Mingxiu also moved a stool and sat down next to Kangxi, watching a fish occasionally leap up from the river.
There are actually many fish in this river that Mingxiu had people put in. They are all edible fish, so that Mingxiu can come here to fish and eat whenever she wants to have a picnic or something.
Emperor Kangxi didn't usually fish here, because there were too many fish here, and catching them wouldn't be very enjoyable.
He always fished in the river next to it, where there were fewer fish, so catching one gave him a great sense of accomplishment.
Today, I came here specifically to fish because Mingxiu wanted to eat, so as not to have to wait too long.
After all, Mingxiu didn't have that much patience to wait for him to catch the fish. If it took too long, she would probably do it herself.
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