She remembered that Hua Hua was there when Xiao Yubai introduced himself last time. Could it be that she didn't pay attention at all?
Xia Hua shook her head. "I do remember this person, but I heard you call him Young Master Xiao. As for his name, I really didn't pay attention. How come you ran into him again today?"
An Shuyi said, "I ran into him at the teahouse this morning. At noon, I brought a lot of pastries, so I didn't go to eat. He also brought some, but he brought lotus flower pastries."
“I ate two pieces, they were so delicious. Young Master Xiao said I like them, and he'll have his cook make more tomorrow so you don't have to supervise the children and can try the lotus flower pastry.”
"It was really delicious. He also brought out Imperial Concubine Cake, Eight Treasure Cake, and Green Rice Dumplings. But I tried a little bit and it wasn't very good. The Imperial Concubine Cake was a bit too greasy after eating a lot. I didn't like the Eight Treasure Cake, and I didn't try the Green Rice Dumplings."
After listening to her finish speaking, Xia Hua said slowly, "An Shushu, have you forgotten that you can't just eat other people's food? Even a child knows that. How come you can't remember?"
"Do you remember before, you almost lost your life because you ate whatever someone gave you? And you didn't learn your lesson and ate something else again. If I hadn't found out quickly, you would have been dead again."
"You still dare to eat other people's food? What? Didn't you see Song Qingyou poisoning you last night? Aren't you afraid she'll poison you? I'm not even by your side. How can I save you? Are you just going to wait to collect your corpse?"
Seeing her angry expression, An Shuyi wanted to slap herself. Sure enough, she was getting old and her memory was failing. She had been thinking of not telling Huahua, but before Huahua could even ask, she had blurted it out herself.
"Huahua, don't be angry. I only ate some because I saw Xiao Yubai eating a little of everything. See, I'm fine now."
Seeing her like this, Xia Hua was furious. Sure enough, she shouldn't have let her go out alone. She realized that this woman was unreliable. She was fine in emergencies or important situations, but she was especially wary.
But as long as there is no danger, she is in a relaxed state and never thinks that danger might suddenly strike. Oh well, I should keep a close eye on her.
"Since you're alright this time, I don't want to talk about it anymore. But remember, if anything happens to you, I won't be able to live either."
"Pah, pah, pah," An Shuyi hurriedly said, "What nonsense are you talking about? We'll both be fine, don't worry. Next time, I promise I won't eat anything given to me by others."
Seeing the glare she gave him, he quickly changed his mind and said, "There won't be a next time. If someone gives me food, I'll ignore it and pretend I didn't see it, okay?"
"However, can we start counting the day after tomorrow? I still want to eat lotus flower pastries. Xiao Yubai said that only the imperial chefs in the palace and his chef can make lotus flower pastries. No one else can."
"You didn't see the lotus flower pastry. It's just like a blooming lotus flower, with layers of petals. The outside is pink, the inside is white, and the very center is yellow."
"It's a pity I only ate two today. I wanted to bring one for you, but Xiao Yubai was right next to me, so I was too embarrassed to ask."
"Alright, then I'll go get the lotus flower pastry tomorrow. But don't eat it outside. Once it's back, test it with a silver needle. If it's not poisonous, then you can eat it." There are too many colorless and odorless poisons in ancient times. If you're not careful, you'll lose your life.
The female protagonist, Song Qingyou, poisoned her grandmother's family in this way, and she even made two preparations: some poison was smeared on the roast chicken, and some poison was put in the wine.
If the female lead's cousin hadn't been so selfish, keeping all the meat for himself, she wouldn't have been so severely poisoned. It was his greed that forced the female lead to bring out the wine. Just one cup of that wine was enough to have an effect, which gives you an idea of how potent the poison was.
Seeing that she was no longer angry, An Shuyi finally relaxed. "Don't worry, Huahua, I'll bring the lotus flower pastries directly tomorrow. I won't eat a single bite until I've checked them." It was really inappropriate to take out the silver needles to test for poison in front of others; it would be best to bring them back for testing.
Xia Hua nodded. "That would be best. Go wash your hands, and I'll have Tao set the table." She then stood up.
An Shuyi went to the side room to wash her hands. When she came back, there were already several dishes on the table. These dishes were all relatively light. "Tao, you can go now. Come back and clean up later."
"Yes, Madam." Tao bowed and left the room.
After she left, An Shuyi took out several dishes from the warehouse: cherry pork, five-spice steamed chicken, and mutton crystal dumplings. "Huahua, is there anything else you want to eat? I'll take it out too."
Looking at the dishes on the table, Xia Hua shook her head, "This is enough. We can't finish it if we take too much. What kind of wine would you like to drink? I'll pour it for you."
"Drink ginseng wine!" She originally wanted to drink strong liquor, but those liquors were all modern. She decided to wait until the village made them before drinking them. Although ginseng wine and deer blood wine were both made with modern strong liquor, they were different from the liquors she had drunk before.
Xia Hua took out the jar for soaking ginseng wine from the warehouse and poured out two cups of wine. Each cup could hold 5.2 liang (250 grams), which was quite a lot.
"Huahua, there's not much wine left. Let's take out another jar and make another jar of ginseng wine. That way, we can drink the other jar after we finish this one."
After this ginseng is steeped once, it can be steeped again until the wine loses its flavor before replacing the ginseng.
"Okay, I'll take out the ginseng later and soak it, and also the deer antler velvet, I'll soak it in wine too." Although they don't drink it, they can give it to others.
Moreover, deer antler wine is not only for men; women also drink it.
After the two finished eating, Xia Hua led An Shuyi to the side room, took out a clean wooden basin, put the ginseng in it to wash, and then bought two jars.
After cleaning and drying, put the ginseng and deer antler into the mixture, then add the wine.
After putting the jar in the storeroom, Xia Hua said, "I'll have Tao bring water to my room so I can take a bath and go to sleep."
"good."
After finishing breakfast, An Shuyi and her friend went out to play in the streets. They planned to go to the teahouse at noon. They had been in the capital for so long, but they hadn't had a proper chance to enjoy themselves yet.
The two of them didn't have a fixed place. They would go in and take a look at whatever interesting things they saw. Besides, the capital city was so big that it would take at least two days to see everything.
"Huahua, let's go check this out." It's a jewelry shop, and there's a cosmetics shop next door. We can go in and take a look later.
Xia Hua nodded and followed her inside. There were quite a few people looking at jewelry. Some were in groups of several, while others were ladies and young women with their maids. It looked very crowded. Perhaps because the two of them were too ordinary, the shop assistants didn't come to greet them. Instead, they were busy serving other customers.
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