bookcurios Chapter 846 Young Master
Chapter 846 Young Master
Chapter 846 Young Master
She felt that she had to find an opportunity to talk to Ye Feizhou about this tomorrow and let Ye Feizhou pass the message back to Renwang Palace.
The Third Princess must start preparing manpower immediately. Once the supply to Guiyue is cut off, her own people must take over the mine. She will never feel comfortable handing over such an important mine to someone else, otherwise it is very likely that all her work will be in vain.
The next morning, as expected, a steward from the palace came to the kitchen to pass on a message, saying that the prince was going to hold a birthday banquet for the concubine, and the time was set for five days later, and asked the kitchen to prepare quickly.
He also said that the Dongpo pork that the prince ate yesterday was very delicious, and asked to serve this dish at the banquet.
In addition, a strict order was given to the kitchen, requiring them to come up with at least five different dishes for the banquet, otherwise if they spoiled the appetite of the prince and the guests, all the people in the kitchen would be dragged out and beheaded.
If this had been said in the past, the people in the big kitchen would have been scared to death, but now with Ye Wenyan, they felt that it was not a difficult task. And everyone made up their minds in their hearts that they must keep the new girl Xiao Yaoyao a secret and never let the prince know that the big kitchen has a young wife, otherwise once the prince takes a fancy to her and takes her to the backyard, the big kitchen will not be able to come up with new dishes and can only wait to be beheaded.
Ye Wenyan received unprecedented popularity in the big kitchen, and she did not disappoint people's enthusiasm. She actively told people about some dishes from later generations and asked the chefs to try to restore the taste in her memory.
The dishes are not too difficult to cook, they are just home-cooked dishes of later generations, such as sweet and sour pork with snow-white bean paste.
She actually didn't know how to cook many dishes, but fortunately many common dishes of later generations had not been invented in this era, so she could use them directly.
For several days, the atmosphere in the kitchen was very good. Everyone was immersed in trying out new dishes, and in the end, they even exceeded their target and developed twelve new dishes.
When Nanny Zhao saw the number, she said to Ye Wenyan, "Yaoyao, why don't you work harder and think of six more, so that we can have 18 and a table of food will be ready. If we replace the entire table with new dishes, the prince will definitely reward us handsomely."
Others also expressed their opinions: "Yes, if there is a big reward this time, all of us will give half to you."
Ye Wenyan was currently playing the role of an ordinary person who worked hard to make money, so when he heard this, he immediately showed his happiness and continued to think of six more dishes seriously.
Of course, she had not been busy these days in vain. Taking the opportunity of thinking about the dishes, she tried her best to communicate with the people in the kitchen.
She could chat with the chef, the waiter, and even the fire boy.
Everyone works in the Palace of Pingxi, so the things they talk about the most are definitely the matters of the Palace of Pingxi.
Although servants should not criticize their masters, especially a master like the King of Pingxi who has a high status and a bad personality.
But there are some things that the more you are not allowed to say, the more people want to say them. Plus, the kitchen is a place where people cut vegetables and cook, so there is a lot of noise, and it is not easy for outsiders to hear what people say, so gradually there are fewer taboos.
Sometimes, even when Nanny Zhao occasionally heard something, she pretended not to hear anything. After all, life was boring and who wouldn’t want to have some fun!
Of course, men don’t really have much to say. Although they also like to gossip, they chat less than women.
But that was in the past. Now we have Ye Wenyan.
People are like this. Once someone starts a situation, it’s impossible to stop it, just like Aunt Zhao.
So in the past few days, Ye Wenyan heard a lot of things about the King of Pingxi in the kitchen. And the one who talked the most was the concubine who was going to hold a birthday banquet. The cook who first helped her make Dongpo pork told her: "Although the concubine looks a bit fierce, to be honest, she is a really nice person. Once the young master ran to the kitchen to play, the concubine chased after him and treated us servants very well. She also said that we took good care of the young master and gave everyone a reward."
Ye Wenyan took the opportunity to ask, "I heard that she is from Guiyue. Can she get along with the people here?"
"Yes! Guiyue is right next to Tianshui City. Although people need a pass to go back and forth, there is still a lot of traffic. The concubine has been married here for several years. The prince treats her well and she has given birth to a son for him. Anyway, except that she doesn't like the other wives in the mansion, the rest are pretty good."
Ye Wenyan asked again: "Why do you think the prince wants to marry a girl from the Moon Returning Realm? What is her status that she can marry our prince?"
The chef lowered his voice and told her: "I heard that she is the daughter of a prefect in Guiyue. Her family is rich and powerful."
"Oh, does this count as a violation of Northern Qi law? Are we Northern Qi people allowed to marry Guiyue women?" The chef said, "I don't think I've heard that it's forbidden, but generally speaking no one would marry her. But since there's no explicit rule against it, the prince might as well marry her. She's just a concubine, not a principal wife. The emperor is far away in Tianshui City, so who cares? Hey, let me tell you something—" The chef also has a gossipy soul in his body, "I heard that the concubine's parents will come to the birthday banquet, and they may take the young master back to Guiyue to raise him."
"What?"
"I don't know. Maybe they think there are too many women in our house and they are afraid that the young master will be raised like his father. But I also heard a story that Guiyue and Northern Qi are going to go to war, and Guiyue will win. So the Prince of Pingxi wants to take this opportunity to send his favorite youngest son to Guiyue first. It is possible that the concubine will go with him. After they are gone, after a while, the prince himself may also leave."
Ye Wenyan was surprised. "Why are we fighting? And why are you so sure that Guiyue will win? Isn't our Northern Qi bigger than Guiyue?"
The chef curled his lips and said, "In a war, who wins or loses is not determined by who has the bigger territory, but by who is more courageous.
Although Guiyue was not as good as Northern Qi before, that was because Northern Qi had the Ye Family Army. The two generals of the Ye Family were too brave and their military tactics were good, so Guiyue did not dare to attack. But now it is different. The two generals of the Ye Family are dead, and the new emperor has not yet taken power. If the emperor does not take power, it is equivalent to a country without a master! So if a war really breaks out this time, it is hard to say who will win or lose. Alas, speaking of it, the most difficult thing is for us. If a war really breaks out, where can we run? "
A person cutting vegetables came over and whispered, "General Ye is dead, and the emperor is not ruling the country, but these are actually nothing. I heard that Gui Yue became bolder because our Lord Emperor was in trouble."
As they were talking, a little head suddenly popped in from the kitchen door. Someone saw it and exclaimed, "Young Master? Why are you here again?"