I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

Listening to this request, anyone with a discerning eye knows that this is just a deliberate attempt to make things difficult for people.

But for Cheng Yu, even if it's difficult, she has to do it, right?

Cheng Yu nodded and said obediently and nicely: "Yu'er will try her best to satisfy the prince."

"Then go get ready."

After saying this, Wanxiang turned around to leave, but suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Cheng Yu.

"Miss Yu'er, do you want to take a rest? However, working in the big kitchen doesn't require much effort on your part. If you are tired, you can take a rest first."

What did Wanxiang mean by this? Cheng Yu had been working as Zhao Rulan's maid for nearly two months, so she could guess a little bit about it.

It’s like when you go on a business trip and when you arrive, the local manager asks you, “Xiao Cheng, are you tired? Do you want to take a rest?”

You can really say, I'm tired and want to take a rest.

Cheng Yu said, it’s okay.

Tired?

After four hours of driving without any rest, she was really tired.

The problem was that during these four hours she had only eaten something in the carriage with the two old maids, and drank some water with her dry food, but Cheng Yu didn't dare to drink more, as she really didn't want to go to the toilet in the open air.

But the two old ladies were not afraid. They found a secluded place under the grass, untied their belts and got on.

If anyone saw it, they would curse at them.

Look at your mother's ass, didn't you see your mother was peeing?

Not to mention letting Cheng Yu go to the toilet in the wild, even when she saw the two old ladies relieving themselves in the wild so vigorously, she didn't dare to look and hid in the carriage for fear of being discovered.

Now that he had arrived at the palace, all Cheng Yu wanted to do was drink some hot tea to warm himself up, and then go to the toilet.

After dealing with Wanxiang's words and waiting for her to leave, Cheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief.

Mother Fang is the cook responsible for the prince's three meals a day. She is the one with higher status in the kitchen because she cooks for the prince.

As the saying goes, when beating a dog, one must look at the owner.

The Crown Prince is not favored, but that doesn’t mean he has no power.

Besides, with such an incompetent father, it doesn’t matter whether you are favored by him or not.

The superficial splendor maintained by Prince Jing's Mansion was all earned by the Crown Prince fighting in the military camp.

The Crown Prince holds a high status in the palace. As the Crown Prince's cook, Mother Fang's status in the kitchen is also one of the best.

Of course, she didn't dare to offend the princess and the prince's people.

But looking at the people below, Mother Fang didn't take it seriously.

Look at Cheng Yu, he also looks down on him.

She was just a married lady who was worried about the prince, so she asked a maid who could cook to cook for him for a few days, to show her concern for her brother as a sister.

Can it shake her position as the chef?

Cheng Yu had just started working in the big kitchen, and was alone, so he was naturally humble.

But she didn't help out of kindness. After all, the kitchen in the palace was different from the one in Lan Garden where they were closer to the dowry people and were entangled with each other.

She was the only one in the palace's kitchen. In Mother Fang's eyes, she was a dowry maid, which made her an outsider.

She took the initiative to help, and if Fang's mother was pleased, she would have done nothing wrong. But if Fang's mother was unhappy, then whatever she did would be wrong.

After staying in the kitchen for a while, it was the servants' turn to eat after the masters had finished lunch. Mother Fang had just finished eating and had not left yet, when Wanxiang came with Cheng Yu.

Seeing that Cheng Yu was there, Mother Fang left a little later and directed the people downstairs to clean up the place.

Throw out some kitchen waste.

Throw back to them the leftover ingredients that other chefs have left here, and ask for back anything that anyone borrows from here.

After saying all this, Mother Fang looked at Cheng Yu who was still sitting on the small stool.

"Miss Yu'er, it's time for us to get off work. Please take a look at what to prepare for the prince for dinner. Miss Wanxiang said that you will be the one to make dinner today. I will help you."

Mother Fang didn't dare to say anything. She just left everything to Cheng Yu without asking any questions.

The prince doesn't care about these things, but Wanxiang is in charge of the affairs in the prince's room, and she is in charge of a lot of things.

No one dares to be lazy and do nothing.

Cheng Yu hurriedly said modestly, how could I dare to ask you to help me.

Looking at the kitchen waste that was about to be thrown away, Cheng Yu asked, "Mother Fang, can I use those leftovers?"

Mother Fang frowned, thinking that Cheng Yu hadn't eaten at this time.

After all, she is the eldest lady's maid who came with her dowry. If she goes back and tells the eldest lady that her people have no food to eat after arriving at the palace, she will definitely complain to the prince.

Mother Fang said immediately, "Oh, look at my memory. It's just right that you guys are here, Miss Yu'er. We finished the meal and prepared it according to the number of people. There is no leftover. Please wait a moment. I'll ask someone to cook for you."

The chef who cooks for his master is cooked by his subordinates.

Cheng Yu said hurriedly, "Don't bother everyone. We are just here to visit the prince on behalf of the eldest lady, and we will be back soon. We will be here for a few days and eat with everyone. If we miss the meal, we can just cook something edible. It doesn't matter."

"Mother Fang only worries about the big things, so we don't dare to bother her with these little things."

Since she said so, Fang's mother wanted to stop worrying and not worry about it.

Then he said, "Then Miss Yu'er, you can do it as you see fit."

"Xiao Liu, go get some vegetables and meat for Miss Yu'er."

Xiao Liu said yes.

Mother Fang left.

After lunch, the chef, the cook, or the cook went to rest.

But one or two people would be left behind to guard the stove and make sure the fire was not put out.

If anyone in the master's room needs food, leave someone there to go and call them.

Therefore, in the huge kitchen of the palace, there was only one person reserved for each kitchen.

The big kitchen of this palace is much better than the one in Lu's family. It is much bigger and has much richer ingredients. At a glance, there are countless kinds of dry goods.

Not to mention the cages containing chickens, ducks, geese and some game.

In addition to normal poultry, Cheng Yu saw some pheasants, wild ducks, and unknown wild birds. She also saw pangolins, hedgehogs, etc.

There are also a lot of seafood and river fish, which are raised in special ponds.

Abalone and oysters are convenient seafood to transport in winter, and it is also the season when oysters are the plumpest.

The palace kitchen had several baskets of oysters and a pond of crabs, all of which were plump and big.

River seafood includes various fish, small shrimps, small crabs, etc. These are suitable for frying or making soup.

Xiao Liu saw Cheng Yu's eyes fall on the pools filled with seafood and river fish.

He whispered, "If you want to eat them, I can get you a few dead ones. But you can't eat the live ones. This is the kitchen rule."

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "I'm just taking a look."

Xiao Liu asked: "What's so good about these? They're fine in winter, but they stink in summer."

"What do you want to make? I'll get you some ingredients."

Cheng Yu said, "I'll just make fried rice. You don't need to prepare it. I'll do it myself. Don't worry, I won't touch those good ingredients. I'll just use two eggs and some vegetables."

Fried rice is simple and quick, and can be made with anything.