"Oh, our Burha has turned over too, now it's just you left. You, as the older brother, are slower than your younger sister and brother." Yin Qingyi put down her daughter and picked up her second son, and laughed rather unkindly at her eldest son who was anxiously blushing.
"Wah~" In the end, Etubu still couldn't turn over, ending the day's malice from his mother and younger siblings with a wail.
Yin Qingyi watched her son crying uncontrollably and laughed heartily, much to the dismay of the nanny beside her. This was the first time she had ever seen a mother like this. Other mothers would rush to comfort their crying children, but her mistress seemed to be watching a spectacle.
"Alright, alright, I won't laugh anymore." Yin Qingyi stopped laughing when she saw the look in Granny Qi's eyes, but her eyes were still full of smiles.
When Etubu, who was crying in his wet nurse's arms, saw that his mother had stopped laughing, he slowly stopped crying as well. However, the amount of exercise that he had done in about an hour was still a bit much for a four or five-month-old baby. At this moment, the three little ones were both hungry and sleepy.
"Take them back, feed them, and let them sleep," Yin Qingyi said with a light laugh to the three wet nurses as she looked at the three little ones yawning repeatedly.
"Yes." The three wet nurses each carried one child and left after bowing.
"What would you like to eat for dinner, Master?" Qiuju asked as she stepped forward. The kitchen had already boiled water and lit the fire, and if there was anything you wanted to eat, it would be too late if you didn't go now.
“There are indeed some things I want to eat. Qiuju, take some silver. I want braised shrimp, stir-fried fish slices, four-happiness meatballs, a pot of braised cabbage, and a chestnut and lotus root soup. Hmm, that’s all.” Yin Qingyi thought for a moment and realized she really did have some. The main thing was that she had offended Yinzhen today, and who knew if this man would neglect her from then on? She should take advantage of the fact that she was still favored now and order some dishes, because she might not be able to order them again in the future.
"Yes." Qiuju wasn't afraid of her master ordering food, but she was afraid that her master wouldn't want to eat. She had a quarrel with her master at noon, and she hoped that he wouldn't lose his appetite. But seeing that her master was ordering food, Qiuju felt relieved and happily accepted the order.
"Oh, isn't this Sister Qiuju? What brings you here at this hour? We just lit the fire, is Consort hungry?" The eunuch from the kitchen saw Qiuju from afar and immediately went to greet her. Although the news of Consort Qiuju's conflict with the master had spread throughout the entire Prince's mansion, the kitchen staff still did not look down on Luo Xuexuan. Their attitude was the same as before, or even better.
“No, our master wants to order some dishes.” Qiuju shook her head and then recited the names of the dishes that Yin Qingyi had mentioned.
"Alright, I've got it all. Is there anything else you'd like to add, Sister Qiuju?" the little eunuch asked with a smile.
"No, this is the money for ordering the food." Qiuju took out Yinzhen's money and handed it to the eunuch.
"Alright then, Sister Qiuju, just go back and wait. You can pick it up at your usual time." The little eunuch smiled even more joyfully after accepting the silver.
Qiuju smiled, turned around, and left.
As soon as Qiuju left, the little eunuch went into the kitchen.
"Master, the concubine has come to order her meal. Here's the money." The little eunuch handed the money bag in his hand to the head chef of the kitchen.
"Concubine? You took this money?" the head chef asked, staring with his not-so-big eyes.
"Yes, yes," the little eunuch shrank back as the head chef glared at him, answering cautiously.
"You really dare to take anyone's money!" The head cook glared at the young eunuch with exasperation, and threw the money bag in his hand at the young eunuch.
"This...this is something the concubine has asked for before, and we always accepted it, didn't we?" The little eunuch hugged the money bag, feeling wronged and not understanding why he couldn't accept it today.
"The past is the past, and the present is the present. Sigh, it's my fault for not telling you all. This afternoon, that grandson of Su Peisheng came and said that we can't accept money from the concubine! Not just today, but from now on, we can't accept anything the concubine wants to eat." The head chef hadn't expected the concubine to come and order food today; he'd just forgotten for a moment. Who knew it would turn out like this? This is truly...
"Huh? What should we do?" The little eunuch was dumbfounded, looking at the money bag in his hand with a worried expression.
"What else can we do? You'll personally deliver the meal later, and send the money back with it." The head chef glared at the young eunuch and turned back into the kitchen.
"Yes," the little eunuch replied with a bitter face.
So when Xiao Jinzi set off to fetch the meal, she saw someone suddenly appear at the courtyard gate. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the kitchen staff.
"???" Xiao Jinzi was puzzled. This kitchen was a place where people were all talk and no action. Unless the master was there, they could not expect to be served food by themselves. Even the Fujin had never been treated like this. Was the sun rising in the west?
"Brother Xiao Jin, are you going to fetch your meal? Oh dear, what a coincidence! I've brought it for you." The eunuch who had received the money knew what Xiao Jin was going to do as soon as he saw him walking this way, and greeted him with feigned enthusiasm.
"Heh, what wind has blown in here? You actually served our master's meal yourself?" Little Jinzi smiled insincerely. This kid used to give him a lot of dirty looks when our master wasn't successful yet.
"..." The little eunuch paused in his smile after being provoked by Xiao Jinzi, and stopped talking, carrying the food straight inside.
"I'll carry this meal; you can go back now," Xiao Jinzi said, stepping forward to take the meal box.
"No, this is what our head chef personally instructed us to deliver to the concubine." The little eunuch nimbly dodged Xiao Jinzi's hand and then walked even faster. They had already entered Luoxue Pavilion, and the inner room was only a few steps away. By speeding up, they had already reached the door.
"Little Jinzi, it's alright, let him in." Yin Qingyi was sitting in the outer room and had naturally heard the conversation between Little Jinzi and the little eunuch. She put down the script in her hand and stood up to say this.
"This humble servant, Xiao Yizi, greets Consort Yin. May Consort Yin be blessed." Xiao Yizi immediately entered and knelt before Consort Yin, performing a deep bow.
"Get up quickly. Is something wrong today? Why did your kitchen staff personally deliver the meal?" Yin Qingyi asked gently.
"It's nothing serious. It's just that when Sister Qiuju came to order food, she brought some silver. I just took it without thinking. When I tried to return it to her, she had already walked away. So, I'm bringing it here myself. Please take it back, Consort." Xiao Yizi said somewhat embarrassedly, then presented the money bag with both hands.
"Why is that?" Yin Qingyi asked, puzzled. The kitchen always collected her orders before, so why were they returned this time after they had already been collected? Something flashed through Yin Qingyi's mind. She thought of something, her eyes flickered, but she said nothing.
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