Chapter 1000, Mooncake Incident
"Mom, I want to make mooncakes too."
As the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, Daohua ordered the kitchen to make a lot of mooncakes. Some of them were packaged and sent to the officials in Liangdu, and some were sent to the military town to the soldiers in the army.
When Daozi passed by the kitchen, he saw the cooks busy making mooncakes. He immediately became interested and ran to find Daohua.
Daohua looked at her son and said, "Mooncakes are not easy to make."
Daozi was full of confidence: "Mom, didn't you say that the clay figurines I made were beautiful? I can even make clay figurines, so how could I not be able to make mooncakes?"
Daohua didn't want to raise her son into a playboy who didn't know the difference between grains and was lazy, so she has been cultivating his hands-on ability. Now that she saw Daozi was so enthusiastic, she naturally had no objection.
"Mom will send a cook to teach you. You are not allowed to mess around in the kitchen. Also, mooncakes are different from clay figurines. Mooncakes are made of grain and are meant to be eaten. You are not allowed to waste grain during this time."
Daozi nodded hurriedly: "I know."
After getting Daohua's permission, Daozi felt bored again, so he ran to pull Xiao Morong over and accompanied him to learn how to make mooncakes.
Xiao Morong had never done this before. From birth to now, he had always had everything provided for him. He was suddenly pulled into a kitchen he had never been to before. It was extremely uncomfortable for him.
But seeing that Daozi was kneading the dough very well under the guidance of the cook, in order to maintain his brotherly demeanor, he had to bite the bullet and put his hand into the flour.
Nanshan Hall.
Xiao Moqing, Xiao Mokuan and others came to pay their respects to Gu Jian as usual. To fulfill their filial duties to their father, they now come to the palace to check in every day.
Come here in the morning, go back in the afternoon, and have lunch with Gu Jian at the palace at noon.
Several children said they came to accompany Gu Jian, but in fact they spent most of their time playing by themselves.
In the morning, Daozi and Xiao Moleng had to learn martial arts, so they played in the amusement park by themselves. In the afternoon, they gathered together to have fun.
After greeting everyone, Xiao Mokuan noticed that Daozi and Xiao Morong were not there. Thinking they had gone to the martial arts training ground, he said to Xiao Moqing and the others, "I'm going to the training ground to look for Fourth Brother and Daozi. Do you want to come with me?"
During this period, he had more contact with his younger brothers and felt much more comfortable getting along with them, which made him temporarily forget the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children.
Xiao Moqing shook his head: "I want to go to the amusement park." There are many toys in the Rice Amusement Park that he has never seen before, and he hasn't played enough. Besides, practicing martial arts is so tiring, he doesn't want to take the initiative to suffer.
Xiao Mobao is a pleasure-loving person. His round body shows how inactive he is, so naturally he is unwilling to go to the martial arts training ground.
Xiao Moxu felt that he was still young, so of course he had to go to the amusement park first.
Seeing that his brothers were unwilling, Xiao Mokuan said, "Then I'll take you to the amusement park first, and then I'll go find Fourth Brother and Daozi."
Dong Li, who was standing by, heard their conversation and said with a smile, "My dear princes, the young prince and the fourth prince didn't go to the martial arts training ground. They are now in the kitchen learning how to make mooncakes."
Hearing this, Xiao Moqing's eyes widened immediately: "What, Fourth Brother and Daozi are making mooncakes in the kitchen? Isn't this what servants should do?"
After hearing this, Gu Jian couldn't help but say, "What's wrong with learning to cook for yourself? You have servants to serve you now, so you don't have to do it yourself. But what if one day you get separated from your servants? How will you get food then?"
After hearing Gu Jian's question, Xiao Moqing and the others fell silent.
Xiao Mokuan thought for a moment, then stepped forward and replied, "Grandfather, let's go to the kitchen now and learn how to make mooncakes with Fourth Brother and Daozi."
Gu Jian hummed, "Although you are the prince's sons, it would be good for you to learn some skills. Life is full of ups and downs, and who can guarantee a safe and happy life?"
Every day when Xiao Moqing went out, Madam An would tell him to listen to Gu Jian, so when he heard Gu Jian speak, he immediately said, "Then, ancestor, let's go find Fourth Brother and Daozi to learn how to make mooncakes."
Gu Jian waved his hand, and the children quickly walked out of the yard.
The palace kitchen is an independent large courtyard. At this moment, more than a dozen cooks are busy making mooncakes.
In the kitchen wing, many maids were pasting red paper with the palace's logo on the mooncake boxes sent by the craftsmen.
In the corner of the kitchen, a cook was patiently instructing Daozi and Xiao Morong to put dough into the mooncake mold.
"Fourth brother, I made rose mooncakes, what did you make?"
“I made five-blessing mooncakes.”
Daozi glanced at the mooncakes made by Xiao Morong, then looked at her own, and said somewhat conceitedly, "I think mine looks better."
Xiao Morong didn't argue with Daozi. Seeing the first mooncake he made, he felt a sense of accomplishment and became interested. He said to Daozi, "Daozi, let's make more. When it's done, we'll give it to everyone to try."
Daozi nodded hurriedly: "Okay, okay, I will make it for my mother, my father, my ancestors, my grandmother, and Grandpa Chu."
Xiao Morong took over the conversation: "Then I'll make it for Sixth Brother and the others."
As soon as he finished speaking, the two saw Xiao Mokuan and three others coming into the kitchen.
When Xiao Mokuan and the other three entered the kitchen, they saw Daozi and Xiao Morong with white flour on their faces.
When Xiao Moqing saw how dirty the two men looked, he immediately pointed at them and burst into laughter.
Xiao Moleng and Daozi ignored him and looked at Xiao Mokuan and the other two: "Why are you here?"
Xiao Mokuan: "The ancestors said that you are learning how to make mooncakes, so they asked us to come and learn too."
When the cook heard this, she felt a little overwhelmed. It was already difficult for her to teach the little prince and the fourth grandson. If there were a few more grandsons, she really wouldn't be able to handle it.
The cook immediately called a maid to go to the main courtyard to report the situation to Daohua.
After hearing this, Daohua didn't say anything. She asked the kitchen manager to send another cook to teach the children. As long as they didn't cause any trouble, she would let them do what they wanted.
However, less than half an hour later, someone from the kitchen came again, and this time it was the manager who came.
The kitchen steward said bitterly, "Princess, just now the young prince and some of the imperial grandchildren were chasing each other in the kitchen and accidentally knocked over hundreds of mooncakes. Those mooncakes haven't even been put into the oven yet, and they fell to the ground and made a mess."
Daohua quickly asked, "Are the children okay?"
The kitchen steward quickly shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay. The young prince and the imperial grandchildren are all fine."
Daohua felt relieved: "Give the dirty mooncakes to the livestock, and then make another batch quickly."
The steward was relieved to see that Daohua didn't blame him. He was about to leave when he heard Daohua say, "When you go back, send someone to bring those little guys to the main courtyard for me."
Daozi, Xiao Moqing and others who knocked over hundreds of mooncakes knew they were in trouble, so they ran out of the kitchen and hid in the amusement park, not daring to see the adults.
"What should we do? Last time, when Seventh Brother and Daozi had a fight, Auntie punished them. Now that we knocked over the mooncakes, will Auntie punish us too?"
Xiao Mobao asked worriedly, with flour still on his face.
Daozi was listless: "My mother will definitely punish us."
Xiao Moqing asked uncertainly, "Isn't it just a few mooncakes that were knocked over? Auntie wouldn't be so stingy as to punish us for such a small thing, right?"
Xiao Morong thought for a moment and said, "Whether Auntie punishes us or not, if we do something wrong, we should take the initiative to admit our mistakes to Auntie."
Hearing this, Daozi immediately looked over and said, "Then Fourth Brother, you go ahead and I'll follow behind you."
Looking at the timid Daozi, Xiao Morong was speechless. He pulled him towards the main courtyard, and the others followed behind with their heads lowered.
(End of this chapter)
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