Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 247 Chive Box

Cining Palace.

"You are still too young and impatient. The Queen is obviously using our hatred towards Concubine Huang to negotiate with me. Even if we want to do it, we can't show it too obviously and let her think we are easy to use."

The Queen Mother tapped Xu Rou's nose affectionately. To be honest, she treated this niece from her mother's side, whose appearance was an exact replica of her, better than her biological daughter, Princess An Ning.

Xu Rou was indignant in her heart. Her aunt was always pretending, and she didn't believe that her aunt was not interested in the needlework room. However, she acted very well on the surface: "Rou'er thanks aunt for your suggestion. Let's think of a way to drive that Huang Pin out of Ningyuxuan." As long as she drove her out, it would be easy for her to move in.

Ningyuxuan.

Huang Ye had a good nap. When she woke up, it was already time for lunch. She suddenly remembered that she had not given acupuncture to the emperor this morning, and he might still be waiting.

"Hongdou, has the Qiyun Palace sent anyone to ask?" Huang Ye asked.

"No, the prince has gone over to supervise the emperor's meal. This prince is very dedicated..." Hongdou laughed as she spoke: "The prince is afraid that the master will punish him and pull out his hair."

Huang Ye couldn't help laughing. The prince was in a bad mood a few days ago and didn't want to go to Qiyun Palace to deal with the emperor. According to Eunuch Ai, the emperor deliberately teased the prince every day and made him not eat well, which made the prince so angry that he jumped up and down, and even went on strike in Ningyuxuan.

"Prince." Huang Ye discussed with the prince in a gentle voice: "You go and supervise the emperor's meals every day. As long as we make something delicious, we will leave a portion for you. If you don't want to go, it's okay. In the future, you won't have any share of these delicious foods."

Seeing the prince's eyes rolling around, Huang Ye continued, "Also, I will ask Hongdou to pluck one of your hairs every day and save it to make a velvet quilt. I have heard that velvet quilts are the warmest quilts in the world."

The prince was so frightened that he immediately ran to Qiyun Palace. Although food was important, it was not as scary as the carved velvet quilt his master mentioned. It was a quilt. Even if all the hair on it was plucked out, it would not be enough to fill a corner of the quilt. It was simply too scary.

Huang Ye was eating happily when she suddenly had an idea: "Is Xiao Xiangzi here? Call him in. I have something to ask him."

"Your Majesty, I'm waiting outside this room." Xiao Xiangzi walked in with a smile and bowed to Huang Ye.

"Does the imperial kitchen have leeks now?" Huang Ye asked. She wanted to eat leek dumplings. It was freezing and snowy now, and she didn't know if the royal family had greenhouse vegetables. If not, there were some grown on the Huang family's farm. At worst, she could ask the prince to make another trip there in the evening.

"Yes, there are some, but I don't know if the imperial kitchen has them now. How about I go and ask now?" Xiao Xiangzi had been in the imperial kitchen before and knew which dishes the imperial kitchen had in stock.

"Go." Huang Ye nodded. Xiao Xiangzi was a good guy. He was quick and obedient. He was a useful person.

Xiao Xiangzi quickly ran to the imperial kitchen. Coincidentally, Eunuch Ma was also there. Xiao Xiangzi greeted him and asked the people in the imperial kitchen if there were any fresh leeks available for purchase today.

“No.” Eunuch Ma also knew that leeks have a strong smell and most concubines don’t like to eat them. They are usually used as condiments in the imperial kitchen, and even if they are available, they are very little.

"Did the Empress order it?" Eunuch Ma asked. It's no wonder that ever since Concubine Huang sent him a portion of braised food last time, he couldn't forget the taste. Maybe Concubine Huang would use the leeks to make something delicious.

"Yes, the Queen Mother said that it is used to make leek dumplings." Xiao Xiangzi replied. What could he do if the imperial kitchen didn't have it? He couldn't complete the task assigned to him by the Queen Mother today.

"Silly boy, why don't you go ask Manager Sun? Maybe he has a solution?" Eunuch Ma gave him some advice. He had a hunch that the leek dumplings must be delicious.

Xiao Xiangzi slapped his head suddenly. What happened to him? Why did he forget about his fifth uncle, who was like a great Buddha?

When Xiao Xiangzi arrived at his fifth uncle's yard, his fifth uncle had just finished lunch and was sitting at the table drinking tea. When he saw Xiao Xiangzi come in, his first reaction was to look at his hands. Seeing that Xiao Xiangzi had empty hands, he couldn't help but look away in disappointment.

"Fifth uncle, nephew wants to ask you a favor." Xiao Xiangzi said while massaging his fifth uncle's shoulders.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Manager Sun asked with his eyes closed.

"It was our queen. She asked me to go to the imperial kitchen to ask if there were any leeks. She said she wanted to eat leek dumplings." Xiao Xiangzi replied.

Steward Sun suddenly opened his eyes: "There is no such thing in the imperial kitchen today."

"Yes, I've just gone to the imperial kitchen to ask, so I came to ask my fifth uncle if he can get some over this afternoon." Xiao Xiangzi wasn't sure whether his fifth uncle was willing to help him.

"Go back and tell Concubine Huang that someone will deliver the leeks to Ningyuxuan in the afternoon." Xiao Xiangzi found that his fifth uncle had changed his lazy look when he came in just now, and he became energetic all of a sudden.

"Thank you, Uncle Fifth..." Xiao Xiangzi felt that his uncle was so good to him that he would grant whatever he asked for. He was really touched.

Manager Sun said that the kid was overthinking it. Last time, Concubine Huang sent him such a big bag of braised food, and the taste... he cherished it so much that he ate it for several meals.

Now Steward Sun has no interest in eating any delicious food, and he is not in a position to take the initiative to ask Huang Pin to make some more for him. So when he heard that Ning Yuxuan needed leeks, it was simply a trivial matter to him. Maybe... Huang Pin would send him some.

When Huang Ye finished giving acupuncture to the retired emperor in the afternoon and returned to Ningyuxuan, she saw the leeks sent by Steward Sun. She was a little surprised. The greenhouse in the palace was indeed not small. So many were delivered at once. It must be... several kilograms.

Steward Sun: He was afraid that there were too few things and Concubine Huang would forget about him.

Chives cannot be stored for too long, so Huang Ye decided to cook them all tonight and send some to her people, just like she did when she sent the braised food, just for the sake of novelty.

Hongdou instructed the eunuch to pick and clean the leeks, then wipe off the moisture one by one with a clean cloth. Next was mung bean's turn. There was a trick to making leek stuffing. Not only eggs were needed, but also fried fresh lard. Huang Ye learned all this in the hotel at home in his previous life. At that time, leek boxes were the staple food of their hotel and were almost a must-order for every table.

"My queen, the noodles are ready. Can we cook them now?" Green Bean looked at the sky. If he was going to give it to someone as a gift, he couldn't send it too late. It would be just right to make it now and send it to the person who lived farthest away. If he waited until they had finished their meal to send it to them, it would be meaningless.