Chapter 315 This soup is sent by me!
The nanny whispered, "Go bribe those big mouths later. They don't know anything and just like to spread rumors. Let them spread some false news. Anyway, they don't know what the recipe is!"
Yingxia suddenly understood and nodded in agreement.
After the nanny left for a while, she stepped into the imperial kitchen again and walked straight to the palace maid that the nanny had just hinted at.
Yingxia smiled widely, took off the silver hairpin on her head, and handed it to the palace maid, "Sister, I have something I want to trouble you for help."
The maid looked her up and down and asked, "Which palace are you from?"
"Sister, I was serving in Yaoguang Palace, and now I am working for Concubine Jin."
When the palace maid heard that it was Concubine Jin's people, a smile immediately appeared on her face.
Although Concubine Zhao is in the limelight now, Concubine Jin has been favored for many years and has a strong foundation. Who can guarantee that she will not be favored again?
In this harem, there are countless examples of favored concubines falling out of favor and then suddenly regaining favor.
The rise and fall of concubines' honor and favor often happened in a flash.
"So you are the sister of Yaoguang Palace. You can tell me what you want. What can I do for you?"
Yingxia came closer and lowered her voice, "Sister, my queen wants to know what the recipe was for the tonic soup that Concubine Zhao made for the emperor."
When the maid heard this, her face changed slightly and she looked embarrassed, "Oh, sister, this is really embarrassing for me, I really don't know. How about you ask someone else?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and went back to the work at hand. The silver hairpin remained quietly in her hand, with no intention of returning it at all.
Yingxia was not annoyed and left the imperial kitchen calmly.
She came to the imperial garden, walked to a pool, faced the water, deliberately pulled out a strand of hair from where her hairpin was inserted, messing it up a little, and then hurried back to Yaoguang Palace.
Jin Weige heard the footsteps, raised his eyelids, and asked nonchalantly, "How's the investigation going?"
Yingxia lowered her head and stammered with a bit of frustration, "Madam, I am sorry to disappoint you... I didn't find out anything."
After saying that, she knelt on the ground, and the deliberately messy hair became more conspicuous.
Jin Weige indeed noticed it.
She had clearly seen Yingxia wearing a hairpin on her head before, but now it was gone. She knew in her heart that she must have taken it to bribe someone else.
But she pretended not to see it, and said calmly, "Then go ask around, someone will know it."
"Yes, I understand."
"You can leave first. I will give you three days."
After Yingxia left, she returned to her room, opened a small box, and carefully took out a pair of silver pendants from it.
She caressed it lovingly several times, her eyes full of reluctance, but finally she gritted her teeth and held it in her arms.
Then she walked towards the imperial kitchen again.
In the next two days, Yingxia ran to the imperial kitchen no less than five times.
The pendants she wore on her ears were gone, the hairpins on her hair were gone, the bracelets on her wrists were gone, and in the end, even the silver in her purse was gone.
On the third day, the nanny finally showed her a way. "See that nanny over there? She's in charge of preparing the ingredients. She knows what the tonic soup recipes are, and she loves money the most."
After saying that, the nanny took out a purse and stuffed it into Yingxia's hand, "Empress Zhao knows that you have paid a lot for this matter, so this is a special reward for you."
Yingxia nodded heavily and walked towards the nanny.
After about an incense stick of time, she left with a happy face.
Yingxia trotted all the way into the Yaoguang Palace, her voice as cheerful as a lark, "Your Majesty, I have heard about it!"
"Oh? Did you really find out? Who told you that?"
Yingxia handed the recipe forward respectfully and explained, "It was a nanny. I never noticed her every time I went there before, but I finally saw her today and learned that she was in charge of preparing the ingredients. I just wanted to try my luck, but I didn't expect it to work."
Jin Weige took the prescription and looked at Yingxia again. She was dressed simply without any jewelry. This time, she trusted her a little more. "Why aren't you wearing any jewelry today? As my servant, you should at least dress up when you go out. Otherwise, people will think I'm stingy and didn't give you any reward!"
Yingxia subconsciously raised her hand and touched the top of her head, her expression slightly flustered, "My Lady, I have been so absorbed in finding out the recipe these past two days that I completely forgot about the jewelry. Tomorrow...tomorrow I will definitely pack it up and wear the jewelry."
Jin Weige smiled and said, "Okay, then you must dress up nicely tomorrow. If I see you looking so shabby again, I will really send you away."
"My lady, I..." Yingxia knelt on the ground with a plop, her voice choking with sobs, "I'm afraid I won't be able to wear jewelry tomorrow."
"Look how scared you are." Jin Weige liked her more and more when he saw her like this.
She is not greedy for money and only wants to stay by his side and serve him. Such loyalty is rare.
If it were someone with deep thoughts and scheming minds, they would have probably found ways to seek credit and reward in front of me. They would not be as simple and honest as Yingxia.
Jin Weige opened the drawer, which contained gifts given to palace maids. She picked a few at random and threw them on the ground. "Take them. You will wear these starting tomorrow."
"My queen, this is too valuable..." Yingxia hesitated and didn't dare to reach out to pick it up.
"Just take it when I tell you to. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
"Yes, Madam." Yingxia then carefully picked up the jewelry and kowtowed to express her gratitude, her voice full of gratitude, "Thank you very much for the reward, Madam."
"Get up, copy this recipe and send it to the imperial kitchen. Ask them to send a bowl of soup to the emperor every day. Remember, tell the emperor clearly that this soup is sent by me."
Jin Weige had already instructed another palace maid to go to the imperial kitchen to inquire and learned that Concubine Zhao had not brought tonic soup to the emperor for several days. It was said that the fetus in her belly was making a fuss and she was too busy to take care of the matter.
Yingxia took the order and hurried to the imperial kitchen.
That afternoon, a bowl of tonic soup was delivered to the Yangxin Palace.
Zhang Chengyan smelled a familiar fragrance and raised his eyebrows slightly, "How is Wutong's health?"
Wang Decai bowed his body and answered respectfully, "Your Majesty, Concubine Zhao has been resting in bed for the past two days. Doctor Ji said that there is nothing wrong with her body. It is normal before giving birth. As for this soup...it was sent by Concubine Jin."
"Oh? Why is it her?" Zhang Chengyan had only drunk this kind of nourishing soup from Bai Wutong, and he didn't expect that Jin Weige could also drink it.
"I don't know about this. This soup was sent directly from the imperial kitchen."
The implication is that it was not done by Concubine Jin herself.
Zhang Chengyan took a sip and felt his entire chest warm up. "Okay, you go down first."
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