It's great, another day of lying down and idling in the palace

Prince Zhao's Palace

Outside the Osmanthus Courtyard

A human head suddenly appeared outside the courtyard wall and looked into the courtyard.

At this time, Ji Yunqing and the maids in her courtyard were eating hot pot together in a lively atmosphere.

Things are like this

Ji Yunqing asked someone to send Ruirui over, feeling a little lonely without someone around.

She thought to herself, "Let's go to the yard and eat hot pot!"

Maids: “…” Why should we eat hot pot in the snow?

She did it right away. She asked someone to find a few wooden sticks of suitable size and built a simple shed in the yard against the wall.

A simple stove was built - the bricks were donated by King Zhao as a friendly donation to prevent Ji Yunqing from demolishing the wall.

I usually put it in the corner and take it out when I need it.

Then she put the big iron pot in their yard on the table and Ji Yunqing rolled up her sleeves, eager to try.

"Let me stir-fry the base ingredients. I have experience in this."

She once cooked a big pot of rice for the whole yard, and her record is clear!

Upon hearing this, the maids were horrified.

Nanny An, Hong Xing and others followed Ruirui into the palace, but Xuancao stayed with Concubine Ji.

"Concubine, don't be anxious, this..."

She looked around in panic and said, "Master, why don't you add water after the base ingredients are cooked? Don't tire yourself out."

Hydrangea also echoed: "Yes, adding water is the most important job. You are the best at adding water in our courtyard."

The other maids also followed suit.

Ji Yunqing: “…”

What is the most important thing about adding water?

In the end, it was the maid Juhong who claimed that the pot made by her mother tasted the best. She said that she had also learned a little bit of the skill and wanted to ask the concubine to try it.

Ji Yunqing: "...Okay then!"

She watched from the side and saw that the maid was indeed very skillful and was frying the base ingredients with great skill. Soon the fresh aroma filled the air.

Ji Yunqing took a deep breath: "What a nice smell!"

As she watched, she couldn't help but have an idea: "I heard that the wintersweets are in full bloom now, why don't we pick some and cook them in a pot?"

Hemerocallis: “…”

Are wintersweet flowers edible?

Even if they are edible, which master would pick flowers for eating?

"Master, I heard that wintersweet flowers are not tasty."

"is it?"

Ji Yunqing felt a little regretful.

But Hemerocallis felt that the case was solved!

The master’s disappearance before could be hidden from others, but not from her, a personal maid.

Later, the master came back with a stomachache.

It is said that the meal was cooked by the master himself.

She said that it was impossible for the master to get an upset stomach since the food he cooked was so delicious.

The master was outside at that time when the grass and trees were lush, and there were so many flowers and plants to pick, and who knows what might have been added to them.

At this time, the base ingredients were fried, and Ji Yunqing added the beaten water.

The firewood underneath was burning brightly, and soon the water in the pot began to boil.

At this time, Ji Yunqing seemed to have sensed something, and suddenly came out of the shed and raised his head.

She looked at the human head on the wall and was horrified.

"Xu Shufei, what are you doing here?"

When Concubine Xu Shu saw Ji Yunqing, she suddenly laughed.

Judging from the looks of it, Ji Yunqing is not crazy at all.

I don’t know who spread the rumor.

She leaned over the wall and said, "Concubine Ji, today is New Year's Eve. Thinking of you spending New Year's Eve alone, and the prince even took the fourth son away, I couldn't bear it, so I came to see you."

Ji Yunqing quickly stopped her: "No, please don't come in, there is a soup pot underneath"

If someone accidentally falls in here, there's a huge pot of boiling water underneath, and he would be scalded, right?

When King Zhao comes back and takes a look, he will be amazed.

It’s New Year’s Day, and there’s not enough meat to eat or something?

Concubine Xu Shu naturally did not fall down. She stepped firmly on the ladder with both feet, standing in the wind and snow: "Then I will find another place to climb in."

After saying that, without waiting for Ji Yunqing to persuade her to leave, she quickly changed her place and popped her head out from the top of the wall again.

After thinking about it, in order to express her determination to accompany Ji Yunqing, Concubine Xu Shu simply sat on the wall.

"Concubine Ji, can you please help me find something to step on?"

She smiled bitterly and said: "This is really too high"

Ji Yunqing looked at Concubine Xu's unskilled movements of hanging on the wall and her shaky figure.

She hurriedly said, "Don't look for anything anymore. Ask your maid to bring the ladder over here and you can step down on it."

Ji Yunqing still felt uneasy even when he moved a chair for her to stand on.

The smile on Concubine Xu's face froze, and her mentality collapsed: "Can we enter through the door? Isn't there someone guarding it?"

If the door was accessible, why did she go through all the trouble of climbing the wall?

Ji Yunqing explained innocently: "There was no one guarding it. The old woman before was not good. She always peeked at me, so the prince withdrew the people." Later, no one was sent over.

However, Ji Yunqing usually didn't go out and was very self-conscious.

——It is said that there has been unrest in the palace these days, so the princess did not stop paying her respects.

This means that these people have to get up early and go out in the wind and snow.

She is not stupid. In this situation, it is of course more comfortable for her to stay at home.

At this time, several maids who went to the kitchen to get ingredients came back.

Ji Yunqing's eyes lit up, and he greeted enthusiastically: "Xu Shufei, quickly ask your maids to bring the ladder over. When you come down, we will eat the pot together."

Concubine Xu: "..."

In fact, she could just climb down from the wall and then walk in!

Concubine Xu walked into the yard calmly with her maids, and the wrinkles on her body that had just been caused by climbing the wall were smoothed out by the maids.

Because Concubine Xu Shu suddenly came, Ji Yunqing had to separate a small pot and planned to eat alone with Concubine Xu Shu.

Fortunately, she had a smaller pot here, so she didn't have to go to the kitchen to get it.

Someone built a small shed, and Ji Yunqing and Concubine Xu Shu sat in it, admiring the falling snow outside and watching the boiling soup in the pot in front of them.

Concubine Xu Shu had never eaten like this before, not to mention that she usually ate light food.

She looked at the maids sitting together not far away, and then at the small pot in front of her.

The smile was a little forced: "Concubine Ji, why don't you eat in the room?"

Isn't it true that every word they say can be heard by others?

Ji Yunqing said calmly: "Eating in the room will make the smell strong. How long will it take to ventilate the room after eating?

It’s so good to eat here, the wind will make it tasteless.”

Concubine Xu: "..."

Do you have to eat something so flavorful?

Ji Yunqing kindly picked up some food for the other person: "Eat it quickly, it's cooked."

Concubine Xu: "..."

Both of them were very satisfied with the meal.

Concubine Xu knew that Ji Yunqing grew vegetables in the yard, but she didn't expect that there were so many vegetables to eat in the middle of winter.

Not only are there various dried vegetables, but there are also a lot of fresh vegetables.

Fresh vegetables are grown in the palace farm in winter, but when they are distributed to each courtyard, the quantity is not much.

"Concubine Ji has a lot of vegetables here, which are rare in my place. It shows that although the prince is a little strict with you, he still cares about you."

Ji Yunqing was holding chopsticks and shoveling rice into his mouth. The temperature was so high that if he didn't eat it quickly, it would get cold.

Hearing this, he looked up and said in confusion: "Ah? Is there?"