The only people An Jiu can find to chat with now are Aunt Qu and Eunuch Li. The youngest, Xiao Fuzi, looks at her strangely.
An Jiu couldn't help but ask: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
It’s really hard to guess what my male colleagues are thinking.
Xiao Fuzi said, "I want to see if you look good or not?"
An Jiu asked with some anticipation: "So do you think I look good?"
Xiao Fuzi pursed her lips and looked at him for a while, then said sincerely, "General..."
An Jiu rolled his eyes to the sky.
Xiao Fuzi said sincerely again: "I'm going to say something you don't like to hear..."
An Jiu: "If you know I don't like to hear it, then don't say it."
Xiao Fuzi imitated Eunuch Li and said, "Xiao Jiu..."
An Jiu: "..."
It feels like seeing a younger version of Eunuch Lee...
Xiao Fuzi didn't care whether Anjiu wanted to listen or not, and said to herself: "In this harem full of beauties, you are indeed not enough."
An Jiu accepted this.
so what……
What's wrong with her not being popular?
Don't people eat your rice anymore?
Xiao Fuzi added: "I can't understand why His Majesty likes you."
An Jiu was surprised: "Eunuch Xiao Fuzi, don't say anything careless. How can His Majesty like me?"
The emperor obviously dislikes her, okay?
Xiao Fuzi looked at her and shook his head solemnly: "Think about it carefully. If His Majesty didn't like you... just based on the absurd things you did, your head would have been moved long ago."
Do you really think Your Majesty is such a good-tempered person?
He is only good-tempered to you, not to everyone.
Look at Guanghua Hall, Xiaodong's seat is now empty, and Xiaoqiu and Xiaoxia are like thieves every time they go in. They don't even have their own names.
Only Xiaojiu.
She is so spoiled that she is lawless...
Xiao Fuzi looked at Anjiu with resentment. He wished he had a girl. He also wanted to make delicious food for His Majesty so that His Majesty would pamper him...
An Jiu thought about it seriously. She felt that the emperor's "indulgence" towards her came partly from the tyrant, because the tyrant was her good friend and the emperor was influenced by the tyrant.
After all, they were alone.
That explains it.
As for the rest, An Jiu didn't want to think about it.
She still wants to go to the palace at the age of 25.
"By the way, Your Majesty, are you in a bad mood today?" An Jiu changed the subject.
Xiao Fuzi shook her head: "Of course not, it's simply scary..."
He whispered, "The two people who led the way to our Guanghua Palace were taken away in the court long ago."
Xiao Fuzi knew it.
The emperor was not a good man or a believer. How could he let those two ignorant fellows who dared to provoke him that day let them go?
An Jiu also fell silent.
I thought, as expected, emperors and tyrants are essentially the same.
The moment those two men arrived at the gate of Guanghua Palace, they were destined to die, only in different ways.
The tyrant was simple and brutal. He did whatever he thought. If the tyrant was there that day, the two men would have died on the spot.
But the emperor is different. He seems to be controlled by the aristocratic families and usually doesn't care about things. Once someone wants to step on his bottom line, he will definitely make sure those people die without a burial place.
Sure enough, in the afternoon, An Jiu heard that both Yan and Wu's families had their homes searched, and the best outcome would be exile.
Half of the people who were exiled these days died on the way.
In other words, these two people had to pursue those illusory interests instead of living a good life, and ended up causing their families to suffer along with them.
Our ancestors worked hard for many years to lay the foundation, but just because of their stupidity, it was gone.
Perhaps even after dozens of lifetimes, they will never be able to turn things around.
The Emperor was angry...
When An Jiu came in, the emperor got angry for a moment.
He stared at Anjiu coldly, which gave Anjiu goosebumps all over her body. But his mind was blank and Anjiu didn't know what he was thinking.
Yu Anjiu confessed and told the whole story from the beginning to the end.
"He wanted to go, and I couldn't stop him. I was also afraid that Your Majesty would catch a cold, so..."
An Jiu admitted his mistake: "Your Majesty, please forgive me."
The emperor pursed his lips.
[At noon, the imperial kitchen sent grilled fish over, saying that it was a new dish...]
【It turns out that I learned it from her. 】
Zhang An really wanted to make progress.
He grilled fish overnight last night, and after trying several different flavors, all were good. He was thinking, since he could grill fish, why not grill a chicken? Roast Duck? Barbecue?
So he didn't sleep all night and roasted all the things that could be roasted.
The door to a new world is now open.
Zhang An discovered that this oven can be used for more than just baking snacks...
Grilled pork is also delicious.
He found that the grilled fish tasted good right after it came out of the pot, but it became less delicious after it cooled down.
What should I do then?
Can you keep the heat on?
Zhang An looked at the baking tray, and suddenly an idea came to him.
Can I add charcoal under the grill pan?
So, early in the morning, he asked a craftsman to make a rack, put charcoal fire underneath, and put sizzling grilled fish on top...
Someone in the imperial kitchen reminded: "Butler, the masters are all delicate. If you put something so hot on them, if someone gets burned, we won't have enough heads to chop off."
The imperial kitchen did not make hot dishes by default, because one summer it was too hot and the soup they sent was not cold yet. A little prince saw it and reached out to grab it, getting scalded.
As a result, the prince's mother refused to give in. Not only did she punish the palace maid who had released the soup indiscriminately, she also whispered in the emperor's ear. The emperor felt sorry for his son, and in a rage, he killed the cook.
From then on, no matter how hot the food was, they could not send it to the imperial kitchen. They had to ensure that the food was warm and not too hot when it was served to the masters' tables.
This has almost become the default rule.
The problem with Zhang An's dish was not only the dish itself, but also the tableware. If he accidentally scalded the emperor or set the tablecloth on fire, ten of his heads would not be enough to chop off.
and……
The man also reminded: "This dish is delicious. Your Majesty ate it today and will want to eat it again tomorrow. If the concubines see it, they may also want it..."
The risk is even greater.
They do not seek to achieve anything, but to avoid making any mistakes.
Qin Baocai had died not long ago, and everyone in his family wanted to live in peace and stability, not to die.
Zhang An thought for a while and felt that wealth and honor can only be obtained through risk. He just begged for wealth and honor in this way. Moreover, he was not a cook without background and could be easily killed. So what should he do if he asked Eunuch Li?
Eunuch Li asked him to go up, as there were no children in Guanghua Palace.
Speaking of hot mouths, Xiao Jiu even made the emperor squat in the kitchen to eat...
Is she brave?
That's okay.
Eunuch Li has served for so long and knows the emperor well. He is not the kind of tyrant who cannot distinguish right from wrong and kills people at the slightest disagreement...
Now, decades later, the first hot dish from the imperial kitchen was served on the table.
The emperor killed two annoying people in the morning, which shocked those restless people in the court and dampened the arrogance of Prince Ruyang. In addition, he had delicious food, so he was in a good mood and asked Eunuch Li to reward Zhang An...
The money was not much, but it was a reward from the emperor. Zhang An was very happy and decided to keep working hard...
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