Chapter 44 Preparing Gifts

Ji Shuidong blushed shyly and said with a smile, "Look at what my sister said. How can it be so exaggerated?"

"There are many kinds of preserves. What should I choose to do?"

"We don't learn much else, and I'm afraid we can't do it well. Why don't we just make three things together. Last time the Mothers give a little advice, how about making golden plums, Bazhenmei and lilac flowers?"

When Yao Yulu heard this, she was even more overjoyed. Although these three preserves are not difficult to make, the process is very complicated. They must have to spend a lot of effort into making them. They look beautiful, fresh in color, and have different flavors in their mouths. Compared with pastries that are eaten more often, this preserves are even more unique.

"I didn't expect my sister to be so thoughtful. I really don't know how to repay you for helping me over and over again."

"Why is my sister full of polite words today? Do we still need to say these things between our sisters?"

Yao Yulu was even more moved and smiled.

Ji Shuidong continued, "Sister, this preserve needs to be pickled. I'm afraid I'll be in a hurry to make it today. I have nothing to make it with my sister, and it will be completed by the day after tomorrow."

"Well, I'm going to find my aunt to accompany me to the imperial dining room for some golden oranges, plums and flowers."

"Last time I made eight-treasure osmanthus cake, there was still some osmanthus sauce, and there was also some white sugar and salt. My sister was busy asking my aunt to see what other accessories were needed."

"Okay, I'll go now."

Yao Yulu said and walked all the way to Lv Panxiao's bedroom. When she arrived at Aunt Lv's bedroom, she gently knocked on the door and said, "Aunt Lv."

"Come in." Lv Pangxiao said in the door.

Before she opened the door, Song Jinzhi pushed the door out. Song Jinzhi saw Yao Yulu standing outside the door and smiled gently and left. Yao Yulu thought that she probably came to find some congratulatory gifts.

Yao Yulu opened the door and saw Lv Fangxiao sitting at the table, and there were still some embroidery objects on the table. It seemed that it was taken out when Song Jinzhi came.

"I was busy this afternoon. As soon as Song Xiunu left, you came." Lv Pang said with a light eyebrow and a shallow smile.

"I'm afraid my aunt also guessed that I have to prepare a gift for the banquet the day after next, and I have to ask my aunt for help."

"Yao Xiunu has figured out what to do?"

"I just returned to my bedroom and discussed it with Ji Xiunu. I want to make some preserves in my heart. I don't know what my aunt thinks?"

Candied? You are thinking about it. It's a good idea."

"Yulu wants to bother her aunt and go to the imperial dining room to get some plums and Yingzi."

"Well, I'm afraid it's inconvenient for you to go by yourself, so let's go now." Lv Fangxiao agreed very quickly, and the two of them walked out of the Taoyuan Hall and walked towards the imperial dining room.

Although the imperial dining room seems to be just a place to cook, it is also particularly detailed. The imperial dining room is divided into the inner dining room and the outer dining room. The inner dining room is mainly responsible for the diet of the imperial concubines, while the outer dining room is responsible for the dishes needed for various banquets, and then there is a special storage and food preparation place, which is quite detailed.

Now the place Yao Yulu and Lv Fangxiao are going to is the storage room of the outer imperial dining room. It is a long way. The storage room of the imperial dining room belongs to the miscellaneous part of the palace. It is located in the southeast corner of the palace. When they pass by the royal garden, they met the eighth prince Li Qingyu.

Li Qingyu saw Yao Yulu's figure from afar and came forward. Yao Yulu could not avoid it. Lv Pangxiao was beside him again and could only respectfully comfort him and said, "The people's daughter has seen the Eighth Prince."

Li Qingyu usually walked around the palace, and Lv Panxiao had never seen him many times. He quickly said, "I have seen the Eighth Prince."

When Li Qingyu saw that there was someone around Yao Yulu, he also put away his usual cynical tone and asked politely, "Yao Xiunu, where are you going?"

Yao Yulu, who was pregnant with Lv Fangxiao, didn't want to talk much with Li Qingyu and replied briefly, "Imperial dining room."

The eighth prince touched Yao Yulu again. He could see that Yao Yulu didn't want to say more, but he couldn't help asking, "What are you doing there?"

Lv Panxiao didn't expect that Yao Yulu actually met the Eighth Prince and was shocked. It was rumored in the palace that the Eighth Prince had always been cold and arrogant, but in front of him, he looked approachable and talked with Yao Yulu like a family. The enthusiasm in his tone was not enough. Such a scene must have been seen by outsiders, and there must be some points. Unable, Lv Fangxiao said, "I accompanied Yao Xiunu to the imperial dining room to get some ingredients to prepare for the queen's birthday party."

Li Qingyu looked at Lv Pangxiao beside Yao Yulu, nodded slightly, and then said to Yao Yulu, "Have you been invited to the queen's birthday party? It seems that the Queen Mother attaches great importance to you.

It was another pitiful and depressed tone. Yao Yulu was a little helpless. The dignified eighth prince, even the emperor, was not afraid of him at all, but when she spoke with her, she always looked like this. She replied awkwardly: "It was the Empress Dowager who raised the people's daughter. If nothing happened, the people's daughter will leave first."

A gloomy flashed in Li Qingyu's eyes. He waved his hand and left alone.

Seeing Li Qingyu leave, Lv Panxiao quickly asked, anxious to solve the happy doubts: "Yao Xiunu actually met the Eighth Prince?"

At this moment, Yao Yulu's face was helpless and embarrassed. She knew that Lv Pan would ask her the clues. She felt that Aunt Lv had always taken care of her, so she said truthfully, "I accidentally met the Eighth Prince on the day of the celebration banquet in the house before, and then I met her several times in the palace."

Although she told the truth, she still hid the little gifts of the Eighth Prince and those inappropriate words.

Lv Fangxiao also knew that Yao Yulu did not tell all the truth. There were many things she had seen in the palace. Just now, she felt that Li Qingyu's expression was a little wrong. It seemed that she was concerned about Yao Yulu. It was not convenient to say this clearly. She just gently advised: "So it is so, Yao Xiunu, in this harem or One eye and one word will be deducted by others, and the show girl still needs to pay more attention.

"Yulu understands what my aunt means." Of course, Yao Yulu understands the serious meaning of Lv Pangxiao. This is the case in the palace. If there are many words between men and women, it is only light.

"That's good." Lv Pangxiao is still a little worried, but how can one of her aunts be in power?

Finally arrived at the door of the imperial dining room storage room. It is not as luxurious as the palace, but it looks very clean. There are not many flowers and plants at the door, just a simple red tile door and wooden exterior wall. Lv Fangxiao led Yao Yulu in. The ordinary people in the kitchen were not allowed to enter, so they waited in a small square hall in front of the yard.

At this time, a imperial inspector came out and saw Lv Panxiao and said, "Aunt Lu has not been here for a long time. I don't know what's going on today?"

The internal supervisor's name is Xiao Xuanzi, and he and Lv Panxiao are also old acquaintances.

"These days, a group of beautiful girls have come to the Taoyuan Hall and are also busy training. Grandpa Xuan, this is Yao Xiunu who wants to make some preserves. I don't want you to get some plums, Yingzi and golden oranges."

Yao Yulu looked at the internal supervisor in front of her, but unlike other internal supervisors, her eyebrows were handsome and beautiful, but she was not so feminine, and her voice was not as sharp as other internal supervisors.

"Eunuch Xuan, I have to trouble you." Yao Yulu said.

"It's not troublesome, it's just some plums and Jiayingzi. I'll pick them up." After saying that, Xiao Xuanzi trotted all the way into the kitchen. After a while, he brought a basket full of plums, plus seeds and golden oranges needed by Yao Yulu. The things in this imperial dining room are indeed the most precious in the world. The plums in front of you are transparent in color, and the size of the seeds are full, and the fragrance of golden oranges is overflowing. At first glance, it is a good quality.