Wealth and glory seek stability

Everyone in the kitchen was delighted when they heard that Xia had brought the meal. Mother Wang was so excited that she cried for joy. She washed the rice and cooked the porridge herself without asking anyone else for help. It looked as if she was going to use all her skills.

The nosy mother walked up to Qiangwei to inquire about the news, "Miss Qiangwei, why does the lady suddenly want to eat?"

It's no wonder they were curious. In previous years, the Xia family had the habit of enduring the summer heat, sometimes for half a month or even two months. They had never wanted to eat after just a few days like this year.

Qiangwei was surprised and looked at the curious mother Li. "You don't know? Just now, I came to the kitchen to get some cakes and saw a few bowls of desserts on the stove. I took them to the lady to taste. Who knew that she had a great appetite after eating them and even asked for more food. Speaking of this, I also want to ask, which cook made those bowls of desserts?"

Everyone looked left and right, and Qiangwei waited for a long time but no one agreed.

"This is strange. Now that we are going to claim the reward, no one comes out."

"Miss Qiangwei, we don't know either. Just now, Mother Wang brought us together to think of a way to get the Madam to eat more. When we came back, the desserts were already on the stove." Mother Li said, pointing to the smoothie that had been moved to the table.

The smoothie had melted a little and was now bright red, like a bowl of red sweet water with watermelon grains floating on top.

Mother Wang was wearing an apron. She had just put the casserole away before she could think of anything to say. "I saw that bowl of sweet soup had watermelon on it. It was Jian Xi who asked me to freeze the watermelon for her. Go find Jian Xi and ask her about it."

Huan'er, the little girl running errands in the kitchen, quickly called Jian Xi over.

"There are so many people in the kitchen today, hello Sister Qiangwei!" Ever since Xia stopped listening to the book, Jian Xi hasn't been to the main courtyard for several days. As a third-class maid, she is not allowed to enter and leave the main courtyard at will in the Magnolia Courtyard. This is the rule.

Qiangwei looked Jian Xi up and down, and just to be on the safe side, she asked, "Did you make the dessert on the table over there?"

Jian Xi didn't understand what was going on and thought Qiangwei was going to blame her, so she explained, "Sister Qiangwei, I just wanted to go to the kitchen to get the watermelon I bought, but there was no one in the kitchen. I left an ice cube on the stove and no one was taking care of it. I thought it would be a pity if the ice cube melted if I left it there for a while, so I made a bowl of smoothie with my watermelon. Now you see it's melted."

She was just making use of waste. In Wu'an Palace, ice was rare but not top quality. She shouldn't be punished for just a small piece of ice, right?

Qiangwei walked forward and pulled Jian Xi to sit down, saying happily: "I didn't expect you to have such a skill. The Madam hasn't eaten for a long time. She just ate the dessert you made and wanted to pass on the meal. Wait, follow me and reply to the Madam later."

Jian Xi was confused. "Sister, I just did it casually. The Madam is good to me, so I am returning the favor. There is no need for me to reply, right?" She really didn't think of deliberately taking credit for this.

Qiangwei was very satisfied with Jian Xi's neither humble nor arrogant attitude. "It's not because of this. Don't you know that the masters in the mansion have been worried about the health of the Madam these days? In previous years, it took at least half a month for the Madam to recover from a severe summer. It was all thanks to your ice dessert that the Madam wanted to eat so quickly."

It turned out to be a bitter summer.

This is not a serious problem. Is it possible that a royal palace has no way to treat summer heat?

Jian Xi recalled that in her previous life when she was in an orphanage, she also had the problem of summer heatiness, and the director’s mother would help them make the special herbal tea from her hometown.

Even after she started working, she still couldn't get rid of her summer heat problem. She specifically asked for a recipe for herbal tea and made her own herbal tea every year.

She was a little uncomfortable with the easy job in the palace. Xia was not harsh on the servants at all. These days, she was writing storybooks and embroidering in the house. The working conditions of a social animal in her previous life were in sharp contrast to her current ones.

Eating smoothies might only have a little effect, treating the symptoms but not the root cause. We still have to start from the source and take out the recipe for herbal tea. It would be a token of her appreciation to do something to repay Xia.

"Sister Qiangwei, I also suffer from summer heat every year. My mother used to make herbal tea for me. Now I buy some medicine to make herbal tea every day. If the lady has no appetite, you might as well give it a try." Jian Xi readily attributed the matter of the prescription to the original owner's mother.

Qiangwei was overjoyed, "Are you really willing to give it to me? The palace doctor has tried his best but still can't help the Madam. Write down the prescription and I'll take it to the palace doctor for a look. If there's no problem, I'll make herbal tea for her."

After saying that, he remembered that this might make Jian Xi feel that the mansion was taking advantage of her. In this era, inheritance is very important, and it would be bad if it was a secret recipe.

Then he promised Jian Xi, "Don't worry, if it really works, you will definitely get some rewards in the future."

Jian Xi quickly declined, "Sister, you are embarrassing me. I don't want any reward. When I asked someone to buy it, I wrote a prescription. I will go get it now."

She had ready-made her own herbal tea, but everything Xia wanted to drink had to go through layers of inspection. Jian Xi was careful and directly took out the recipe, which saved her a lot of effort.

Qiangwei was concentrating on Jian Xi's recipe at the moment. The kitchen was very quiet. "Humph, there are so many of you, but you are not even as good as a little girl."

No one dared to say anything back. The porridge was cooking in the casserole on the stove, and the sound of bubbling could be heard.

Jian Xi's yard was very close to the small kitchen, just a few steps away.

"Sister Qiangwei, this is the recipe."

There were only a few lines of words on the thin piece of paper: one qian of silver flower, three qian of kapok flower, one qian of locust flower, three qian of charcoal mother, one qian of gardenia, one qian of artemisia capillaris, three qian of lentils, one qian of bitter orange, one qian of hawthorn, one qian of patchouli, and one qian of dandelion.

They are all very common medicinal materials, such as hawthorn, lentils, and dandelions, which can be used as food ingredients.

Qiangwei took a quick look and made up her mind.

Never mind, let's give it a try.

"Wait a minute. I'll ask the court doctor to review the prescription. If it's ok, I'll catch it and boil it. You can follow me later."

Jian Xi was helpless. The recipe had been given out, so what else did she have to do? But she still followed Qiangwei obediently.

The court doctor checked the prescription and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with it, but -

"This recipe is too simple. Can it really cure summer heat?"

Qiangwei didn't know the pharmacology, but she knew the prescription was harmless, so she urged, "Doctor Liu, please hurry up. The Madam will have dinner soon, and I was thinking of letting her drink it."

Doctor Liu quickly ordered the medicine boy to grab some of the herbs on the prescription and asked as usual: "Is this considered a herbal medicine? Does it need to be boiled in the pharmacy?" Generally, when the masters of the mansion got sick, the medicines were boiled in the pharmacy.

Qiangwei turned around and asked Jian Xi what she meant.

Jian Xi lowered her eyebrows and replied, "This herbal tea can be boiled every day and drunk as tea, or it can be simmered in the tea room." She usually drinks it in the tea room through the back door opened by Caiyun and Lai Xi.

Qiangwei said she understood and carried the medicine bag all the way to the tea room.

The air was filled with water vapor due to the scorching sun.

Jian Xi felt dry mouth and tongue after walking all the way.

Pantry room.

Jian Xi walked to the stove that Caiyun had specially lit for her to make herbal tea, poured herself a cup, and also poured a cup for Qiangwei.

The tea is dark and has cooled down, so it's just right to drink it now.

"Sister Qiangwei, this is herbal tea. I drink it every day. You just walked outside and sweated a lot. Drink a cup to cool down. It would be bad if you get heatstroke."

It has to be said that there is a reason why Qiangwei can become the head of the Xia family. Such a dedicated attitude is not something that ordinary people can compare to.