I used the space to empty the pirates' private vault.

Just when the two were worried, Jiang Yimo suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Haha, I knew you guys don't know how to handle these seafoods. I'm here to help."

Jiang Yimo said with a smile.

Aunt Meng and Xiao Huan were a little surprised to see Jiang Yimo running into the kitchen.

"Miss Jiang, I just told Aunt Meng about you, and you came over. There is a saying that goes 'Don't talk about people during the day, and don't talk about ghosts at night', which is really true."

Xiao Huan joked with Jiang Yimo.

"Well, you two missed me, so I came here."

Jiang Yimo laughed and blinked at them mischievously.

"Miss Jiang, yesterday you said these shells can be used as delicacies. This morning, Xiao Huan and I went to the beach to pick up so many. However, not only do we two not know how to handle these hard things, but even the chefs in the kitchen don't know how to handle them. We have never eaten these things before. We only fished for fish and shrimps in the sea..."

"It doesn't matter, I will!"

She has lived on Half Moon Island for some time.

There are so many small seafoods on the beach, but I have never seen them picking them up to eat. I have only seen them going out to sea to fish for food, so I know they will not eat these things.

And I don’t have time to pick seafood, what a pity!

In her previous life, when she was training in the army, every time she and her teammates finished training at the beach, they would bring a big bucket, a hoe and tongs and run to the beach to pick up and dig seafood.

That was a very happy time.

"Then Miss Jiang, can you please teach us how to do it? We really don't know how to do these hard and ugly things."

Aunt Meng pointed to a big shell in the bamboo basket and said.

"Aunt Meng, that thing is called oyster. We can use an awl knife to pry it open and clean it. It can be steamed or fried. Once it is cooked, it is a very good delicacy with rich nutrition. It is commonly known as a processing factory for men and a beauty salon for women."

Although Aunt Meng and Xiao Huan didn't understand what Jiang Yimo meant by "processing plant" and "beauty salon", they understood the general meaning of her words, which was that eating them is good for the human body.

After Jiang Yimo finished speaking, she found some sharper tools from the kitchen and personally demonstrated to the two how to process oysters.

Aunt Meng and Xiao Huan only needed to watch her pry open one, and they both knew how to deal with the oysters.

Next, Jiang Yimo processed the small seafood in the bamboo basket, such as scallops, conchs, oysters, clams, razor clams, small crabs, etc.

Aunt Meng and Xiao Huan picked up a few small seafoods of all kinds, but Jiang Yimo felt that these small seafoods were still not enough. In a while, there would surely be a lot of people eating seafood, and this amount would not be enough.

Since she was cooking this time, she might as well make more so that everyone could have a taste. So, she dragged Aunt Meng and Xiao Huan to the beach again to pick up seafood, and asked someone to call Qingzhu over to join in the fun.

……

In Concubine Xian's room.

After Jiang Yimo left, Concubine Xian asked Feng Wuhen about Jiang Yimo's identity for the first time.

"Mother, Momo is the granddaughter of General Gu Yebei and the eldest daughter of Jiang Qinian, the prefect of Haicheng. However, she is not favored. Her biological mother died of postpartum hemorrhage when she was born, and her father married a stepmother not long after."

"Later, in order to drive her away, her stepmother fabricated rumors that she had a bad fate, and the rumors spread like wildfire. As a result, when she was only a few months old, Jiang Qinian threw her into a run-down house in the back hills of the Jiang residence, leaving her to fend for herself. Fortunately, she had a wet nurse who loved her..."

After hearing about Jiang Yimo's terrible growing up experience, Empress Xian felt even more sorry for her.

"Oh my god, this Jiang Qinian is such a piece of shit. His biological father doesn't love him, his stepmother abuses him, and even the servants dare to bully Momo like that. It's really heartbreaking. Hen'er, you must stand up for her."

"Mother, if it weren't for the serious crimes of smuggling salt and colluding with pirates that Jiang Qinian was carrying, I would have made him suffer a fate worse than death."

After hearing his words, Empress Xian pondered for a moment.

"Hen'er, Jiang Qinian is no good, but he is Momo's biological father. When you deal with him, you must discuss it with Momo. Don't let her misunderstand you. Once the two of you have a misunderstanding, there will be a gap between you in the future."

Feng Wuhen listened and nodded slightly.

"Mother, I understand!"

"Hey, Hen'er, I heard you say just now that Momo is the granddaughter of General Gu Yebei, so is her mother the one called Gu Zhiyu?" asked Empress Xian.

"Yes, her mother is Gu Zhiyu." Feng Wuhen answered affirmatively.

"No wonder I always felt that her features were somewhat familiar. It turns out that Momo is Gu Zhiyu's daughter." Concubine Xian said to herself.

"What's wrong, mother? Do you know Gu Zhiyu?" Concubine Xian's words made Feng Wuhen feel puzzled.

"I know her, Ruzhi. She once saved your life. At the palace dinner during the Mid-Autumn Festival when you were three years old, you were naughty and didn't listen to my instructions. Your brothers tricked you into playing by the lotus pond in the imperial garden, and you were pushed into the pond."

"You were struggling in the water for a long time and no one went down to save you. It was Gu Zhiyu who was passing by who jumped into the pond and rescued you." Concubine Xian sighed.

"Then why have I never heard my mother talk about it?" Feng Wuhen asked again.

"You were still young at that time, and you wouldn't understand if I told you. But at that time, mother also gave Gu Zhiyu a token, telling her that if she ever ran into trouble, she should bring the token to me and I would do my best to save her. But she never came to me with the token until General Gu was exiled to the wilderness. Alas..."

After Empress Xian finished speaking, she sighed.

"Mother, you don't have to blame yourself too much. If Gu Zhiyu wanted to find you with the token, General Gu would definitely stop her given his temperament. If she took the token and saved the Gu family, the Gu family would be convicted of the crime." Feng Wuhen explained.

Concubine Xian nodded in understanding, "Yes, mother understands this, so the Gu family was willing to accept the emperor's severe punishment and be exiled to a wild land."

In this way, Empress Xian and her son chatted for a long time, with Xiao Yi serving them and making tea for them.

Although servants came in and interrupted their conversation, the mother and son paused for a while and then started chatting again.

However, the two of them kept chatting about Jiang Yimo...

……

in the kitchen.

After working for a whole morning, she finally prepared a seafood feast at lunch time.

There are steamed oysters with garlic, steamed scallops, steamed clams, steamed shrimps... there are stir-fried squid, stir-fried scallops, stir-fried shrimps... there are also steamed crabs, salt-baked conchs... and the staple food also includes a serving of seafood noodles.

When these delicacies were placed in front of Concubine Xian and King Xie, they were both stunned.