bookcurios Chapter 106 Dong E Gege's Good Craftsmanship
Chapter 106 Dong E Gege's Good Craftsmanship
He Jun Yierha did not need to sleep, but because there were many foreign palace maids in the room, she gradually began to adapt and learned to practice while lying down.
I have to say, this chaotic state between laziness and diligence does have a different flavor.
At half past the hour of the yin, at the punctual call of the palace maid, he and Jun Yierha began their first day of struggle in the Cining Palace.
Just as she had told Su Malagu, she began her half-hour morning exercise.
The so-called martial arts training requires that the morning is the most important part of the day. The morning dew and the purple air coming from the east that has not yet dissipated are indeed rich in a certain spiritual power, which is especially precious in this Dharma Ending Age when the spiritual energy is thin.
He Zhun Yierha first performed a set of Tai Chi, stretched his muscles, did horse stance for a quarter of an hour, and jogged for a quarter of an hour before he began to play with the whip.
There are rules for wielding a whip. Referring to the illustrations of the little men published by Peng Chun, I practiced each move precisely. Half an hour passed.
The palace maids didn't know her habits when it came to bathing, so she sent them to do other things. She only asked them to help when drying her hair, after all, "there is strength in numbers".
With the busy work of all the palace servants, just before 15:30 am at the hour of Mao, He Zhun Yierha, fresh, fragrant, cutely dressed and full of energy, appeared at the gate of the main hall of the Cining Palace.
Even though there were only palace maids sweeping the floor in front of the palace, He Junyi'erha was not in a hurry and did not even pace back and forth.
She stood quietly in the distance, looking straight ahead, head lowered, waiting for the palace door to open and for someone to come out and call her.
As the saying goes, 'talk behind closed doors', but this common sense of concealment does not work well for He Junyi Erha.
Even if she was in the side hall on the east side of the rear hall, she could see every move in the main hall of the Cining Palace.
This is the benefit of exercising spiritual awareness.
One day, manual monitoring of the Forbidden City will become a breeze.
Unfortunately, the book says that even the rare geniuses can only possess this ability after they have established their foundation and are close to the Golden Core stage. Otherwise, even if their spiritual awareness has achieved a wide coverage, they cannot perform such precise operations as "monitoring".
He Zhun Yierha lowered his head and released his spiritual sense to watch every move in the Cining Palace.
At this time, the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was already doing the final dressing of the flag head with the help of Su Malagu, while a second-class palace maid who was dressing up was kneeling on the ground, reporting in detail to the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng about Dong'e Gege's every move since half past three in the morning.
The palace maid took a detour and entered through the side door, arriving at the Cining Palace before He Zhun Yierha left, so theoretically she would not have noticed.
After listening to the palace maid's report, Empress Dowager Zhaosheng asked, "Oh? It seems that the movements are very skillful?"
"Yes.
Looking at the way Princess trains and wields the whip, I realize that it would take years for her to be so smooth and skilled.
When the princess practices whipping, she will flip through a martial arts booklet. I can see that the pages are a little wrinkled. If she hadn’t flipped through them every day, the fine paper wouldn’t have been worn out like this.”
Empress Dowager Zhaosheng heard the details she wanted and nodded in agreement.
I lowered my guard a little bit and preached.
“Yes, no matter how smart he is, he is just a child.
But you have to continue watching, and report to Su Malagu later."
"Yes."
After receiving the order, the palace maid retreated silently.
"Call her in, take her to make tea, and see how good her cooking is."
"Yes."
The daily routine of Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was indeed stable.
It was exactly three quarters past the hour of Mao when the words were spoken.
Take her to make tea now, and when she serves it to you, it will be the time to drink tea to moisten your mouth after breakfast.
It was tea after meals, and it was for the elderly. Before Sumalagu summoned her, He Zhun Yierha had already thought about what to serve with it.
It is better to have milk tea with some warming and sweet condiments to aid digestion.
You can't use your own taste to guess the taste of older women.
Hot, cozy, with a distinct taste but not too bold, if these abstract requirements are met, you can gain more than 95% of their favorability.
Boil water, heat milk, add sugar (it must be rock sugar), stir until bubbles appear, then add a little osmanthus...
In another large bowl, soak small chrysanthemums and some Chinese medicine...
In He Junyi'erha's eyes, cooking is a chemical experiment with a touch of fireworks. As long as the "balance" is done correctly, it will never produce the result of "unpalatable".
Su Malagu was standing by and was ready to lend a helping hand in case the little princess's tea art accidentally hurt the Empress Dowager.
But before she knew it, she had watched the entire process, which was like a work of art, through the curling water pipe.
Some other day, I will let this Dong E Gege perform in front of our ancestors.
It is really a pleasure to look at.
He and Jun Yierha completed all the steps and were very satisfied with his skills which were not unfamiliar to him.
He opened his mouth and asked Su Malagu,
"Aunt, I'm done with my bath, what do you think is the best thing to wear?
Are there any other suitable snacks with a slightly sour taste? Like hawthorn slices, plum cakes, etc.
"Yes, the kitchen just happened to make hawthorn cake this morning.
Our ancestors are getting old, so it is not easy for them to digest food. These foods that help digestion have always been available.”
“This cup of tea from your servant also warms the stomach, replenishes, and regulates the intestines.
Originally, I would drink cow's milk myself, but I thought that the Empress Dowager Zhaosheng was from Khorchin, and goat's milk was more nutritious.
So I did some tricks to remove the fishy smell before brewing the tea."
Listening to He Zhun Yierha's explanation, Su Malagu felt a little nervous for a moment.
The better the effect of something, the harder it is to drink. The way Dong E Gege brews tea is beautiful, but the innovation she puts in it is something she has never seen in her many years of serving her master in the palace.
But she did not show her worry on her face. Instead, she smiled and asked He Junyi Erha,
"Oh? But can I have a taste first?"
"nature!"
Su Malagu took the seasoning dish and took a sip. She first smelled it and smelled a distinct milky smell accompanied by the fragrance of flowers and fruits filling her nostrils.
As soon as I smell it, my mouth starts to secrete saliva.
After taking a sip, the horrible taste that I had expected did not appear.
Instead, a warm current flowed down the throat, across the chest and straight into the stomach.
It is sweet but not greasy, the goat milk is fresh but not smelly, and it has a unique, nostalgic hometown flavor.
Su Malagu smacked her lips a few times, savoring the taste for a long time, and couldn't help but sigh,
“Dong’e Gege has good craftsmanship.
This milk tea will not only be liked by our ancestors, but also by the Queen Mother."
"Really?! Then aunt, please let me serve it to the old ancestor while it's hot!"
He Zhun Yierha's lively look as if she had received praise as a little girl diluted Su Malagu's homesickness. She also smiled and asked the palace maid waiting outside the door to come in and pick up the heavy teapot and teacups, and only let He Zhun Yierha follow her.
With such abilities, why would it be her turn to do things like serving tea, which is something a servant should do?
People have to fight for their own positions in the palace.
Dong E Gege is very capable and knows how to show her excellence in the right place.
She was born to be in a high position.
The ancestors would also be willing to give her some help.