Peach Blossom.

Tao Ye didn't expect that he, who did not meet the age requirement, was still selected to enter the princess's mansion.

The housekeeper instructed that the cooks should take turns cooking in the order in which they entered the mansion, and then deliver the prepared meals to the prince consort's room.

Just wait quietly until it's your turn.

Tao Ye was silently calculating in her mind that when it was her turn to cook, she would pretend that the food from the Ghost King Restaurant was made by herself and then send it over.

She is already an employee of Ghost King Restaurant, so this marketing method is definitely not against the rules!

In this way, as long as she takes turns a hundred times, she can complete a hundred orders.

But... for several days, it was not her turn to cook.

Not only her, but also the cooks who lived with her did not get a number.

Including her, there are ten people living in this house.

This often reminds Tao Ye of her college dormitory.

However, when she was in college, there were only six people living in her dormitory, and they were all girls of similar age to her.

The nine cooks living in the same room are all teenagers. If they were in the modern times where Tao Ye lives, they should be junior high school or high school students.

Every time Tao Ye thinks of this, two words come to his mind - child labor.

Perhaps because of the age difference, the nine cooks living in the same room seldom took the initiative to talk to Tao Ye. Even if they did talk, they felt like they were treating him as a half-elder.

Without a mobile phone, a computer, no shopping, and no one to chat with, Tao Ye really felt that life was very boring.

One night, Tao Ye was so bored that he started talking to Xiao Wan, the most innocent girl in the same room: "Hey, when will it be our turn to cook?"

Xiao Wan seemed a little flattered: "Sister, why are you in a hurry? Anyway, living here, we have enough food and clothes, isn't it good to have a leisure time?"

"I'm just curious. It's been so long and it hasn't been a turn. How many cooks have they hired?" Tao Ye was still chattering.

Xiao Wan shook her head: "I can't explain it clearly either. You can ask Sister Caiwei. Sister Caiwei's elder sister has served the princess for more than a year. There are many news in the princess's mansion that she doesn't know."

Caiwei is the girl who talks the most among her roommates.

Caiwei heard this from the side and looked very proud: "The princess has been selecting cooks since last year. I don't know how many times she has selected. There are so many cooks in the palace!"

Tao Ye was puzzled: "How many people are there to eat at the Princess's Mansion? Do they need so many cooks?"

Xiao Wan also blinked her big watery eyes: "It is a bit puzzling. When it comes to cooking skills, older people are naturally better at it. Why does the princess only want young girls like us?"

"This...you don't know..." Caiwei smiled mysteriously and waved for everyone to come closer.

So the cooks in the same room all came up to Caiwei.

Caiwei lowered her voice: "My eldest sister is the cook who came into the mansion last year. I heard from her that the princess chose a cook because she wanted to have children for her husband... The princess and her husband have been married for five or six years, but they still don't have a son or daughter..."

The cooks suddenly understood and praised each other: "I didn't expect that the princess, a noble lady, could be so virtuous and generous."

Tao Ye was even more confused after hearing this: "If that's the case, why not just take a concubine directly? Why go around in circles and choose a cook? Isn't this just like taking off your pants to fart? It's a waste of time."

As soon as these words were spoken, several cooks looked at Tao Ye in unison, all looking shy.

Caiwei didn't even look at Tao Ye, and said with some disdain: "What do you know? The prince consort is deeply in love with the princess, how could he easily take a concubine? The princess had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure for the sake of having an heir, recruiting some young and beautiful women to serve as cooks, and getting close to the prince consort every night in the name of delivering dinner. Those who can please the prince consort will be kept, and those who don't like will be released."

A cook named Cui Mo asked, "So, in more than a year, the prince consort has seen at least three or four hundred women, but there is not one that he likes?"

Caiwei nodded.

Tao Ye was sitting idly, and added casually: "So, your elder sister is not favored either?"

Caiwei ignored Tao Ye and her face turned a little ugly.

"The princess is so lucky that her husband is so infatuated with her." Xiaowan held the handkerchief and looked at him lovingly with a dazed look, as if she had heard some touching love story and was intoxicated and unable to extricate herself.

Caiwei pretended to be nonchalant and sighed casually, "Isn't it? The prince consort is infatuated and the princess is virtuous. I think they have chosen all the young and beautiful women in the capital and can't find anyone. Now they can't care about whether they are young or not!"

Tao Ye could tell that these words were mocking his age?

You know, Tao Ye has only graduated for a few months. In modern times, she is in the prime of life, but in ancient times, she would be considered an old woman?

Patience was not Tao Ye's strong point, so she imitated Cai Wei's posture, nodded and sighed: "Yes! Even an ugly sister like Cai Wei came in, it shows that it is really hard to find anyone!"

"Who are you calling ugly?" Caiwei couldn't hold back any longer and wanted to hit Tao Ye immediately.

Several cooks hurriedly hugged and stopped them.

Caiwei couldn't reach Tao Ye, so she started to curse: "You're still unmarried at such an old age, aren't you afraid that your tongue will rot and no one will want you?"

Xiao Wan hurried over to persuade Tao Ye: "Sister, let's talk less!"

Tao Ye smiled. Looking at Caiwei's angry expression, she was already very happy.

It would be perfect if I could have a handful of melon seeds to eat at this moment!

This was the least boring night for Tao Ye since he came to ancient times.

After lying down, Tao Ye heard two or three cooks busy trying to curry favor with Cai Wei: "Sister's eldest sister is the most trusted by the princess. Please say a few good words to the princess in the future so that we can stay and serve as her..."

Then she heard Caiwei's smug voice: "We are all sisters, no need to be so polite!"

Tao Ye turned his head slightly and took a sneak peek, but he didn't see clearly what gift Caiwei had received, as she had already put it in the box.

At this time, Tao Ye felt a little regretful for offending Caiwei.

She had originally hoped that by taking turns cooking she could sell the Ghost King's food, but now it seemed that she only had a chance to deliver one order, and then she would most likely be kicked out.

How to complete the remaining ninety-nine orders?

What's more important is that after leaving the princess's mansion, she has nowhere to go in this strange ancient time. Wouldn't she have to sleep in the open air?

Two days later, Zhao Si, the housekeeper in charge of kitchen chores, came to inform him: "From today on, the ten of you will take turns delivering dinner to the Prince Consort. Those who can cook well can cook by themselves, and those who can't can ask others to cook for them. The most important thing is to serve the Prince Consort well. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Tao Ye and the other cooks responded together, thinking to themselves, this cook is really not here to be a cook. It's okay if she can't cook. The housekeeper is too straightforward!

Butler Zhao ordered again: "Those who cannot serve well can leave the house immediately. Those who can stay and continue to serve will be rewarded with 100 taels of silver!"

After hearing this, the cooks were all surprised and looked at each other.

Needless to say, what surprised them most was, of course, the "reward of 100 taels of silver".

Tao Ye was not good at math, so he calculated silently for a long time: 5 taels is 10 jin, 1 jin is 5 kilograms, and kilograms is kg. The current price of silver is about yuan per gram, so kg is worth about yuan...

Fifty thousand yuan?

Tao Ye was very excited!

But, does she have a chance to get it?

Moreover, she does not belong to this era. Can I take her back after I get her?

While he was daydreaming, the butler gave a waist badge to Tao Ye, Caiwei, Xiaowan and ten other people, which was the certificate allowing them to enter the prince consort's courtyard.

Only then did Tao Ye realize that since she entered the mansion, the housekeeper had mistakenly written her name as "Tao Ye".

Tao Ye seemed more like an ancient person's name than Tao Ye, so she changed her name afterwards.

When it was almost time for dinner, Cui Mo went to the kitchen to prepare first, while the others remained waiting in the room.

Tao Ye was restless, thinking silently, if she could secretly watch others delivering food to the Prince Consort, and understand his temperament beforehand, there might be some hope...

It is better to act than to think, so Tao Ye sneaked out of the kitchen, and soon followed Cui Mo to the outside of the prince consort's room, and hid quietly behind the room.

You can’t see it by looking, Tao Ye can only rely on listening.

She heard Cui Mo's voice: "My Lord, please have dinner."

Then there was no response from the prince consort, only the sound of chewing something.

Soon, Tao Ye heard Cui Mo cry out "Ouch" in a delicate voice, as if she had fallen down.

Then the prince consort shouted gruffly, "Get lost!"

The next day, Cui Mo was kicked out of the princess's mansion.

Tao Ye secretly summed up her experience: It seems that the prince consort doesn't like to pretend!

Another night, a cook named Jingnu delivered dinner.

Tao Ye eavesdropped at the window at the back of the room again, and heard the same voice: "Prince Consort, please have your meal," followed by the sound of chewing something.

Soon, Tao Ye heard Jingnu start to sing, and her singing was quite good.

But, I only sang one line...

Then the prince consort shouted gruffly, "Get lost!"

The next day, Jingnu also left the princess's mansion.

Tao Ye secretly summed up her experience: It seems that the prince consort doesn’t like listening to music!

Another night, it was Caiwei who delivered dinner. She was wearing heavy makeup and long sleeves, looking like a dancer.

Needless to say, this is a dance performance!

The cooks in the same room all knew that Caiwei had met with her eldest sister before delivering the meals, and she must have already told her the prince consort's preferences and what needed to be done.

This time, not only Tao Ye, but also three other cooks followed Cai Wei into the Prince Consort's Courtyard to gain experience.

Although they saw each other, they understood each other tacitly.

Caiwei was seen holding a food box. Just as she stepped into the door of the prince consort's house, she heard the prince consort shout in a rough voice, "Get lost!"

Tao Ye almost laughed out loud.

I thought that with Caiwei's elder sister's guidance, things would be different.

As it turned out, there were some differences. I couldn't even get through the door.

However, Caiwei did not leave the princess's mansion, of course because an older sister arranged a good job for her.

Tao Ye secretly summed up her experience: the prince consort doesn’t like heavy makeup!

Then, it’s Xiaowan.

Xiaowan was the friendliest one to Taoye among the group. As a thank you, before Xiaowan went to deliver dinner, Taoye secretly told Xiaowan everything he had learned from eavesdropping over the past few days.

Tao Ye thought that Xiao Wan would be very worried after hearing this, and even too scared to meet her husband.

Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Xiaowan was filled with envy: "Such a devoted and devoted prince consort, I really want to see what he looks like..."

That night, when Xiaowan went to deliver dinner, Taoye was still squatting under the window at the back of the room. When she heard Xiaowan come in, she just called out in a low voice, "Prince Consort..."

Then, there was the sound of chewing something.

Then, Tao Ye heard another rough “Get lost!”

Xiaowan walked out quickly.

Tao Ye hurriedly stood up, caught up with Xiao Wan, and asked, "What happened? Why did he tell you to get out?"

Xiao Wan shook her head and smiled: "I just wanted to take a look at him and didn't want to make him angry. The prince consort is really tall and majestic..."

"Are you handsome?"

"He always had his back to me, so I couldn't see his front." Xiaowan lamented repeatedly, looking a little disappointed.

"?" Tao Ye felt her mind in a mess. The prince consort ate with his back to Xiaowan, and Xiaowan could still see that he was tall and mighty. Could it be that the prince consort ate while standing?

Suddenly, Xiaowan took Taoye's arm and said, "Sister Taoye, you are the most beautiful person in this room. Maybe you can see the real face of the prince consort tomorrow night. Then you must tell me what he looks like!"

"Ah?" Tao Ye was surprised. This was the first time she was praised for her good looks.

She suddenly thought, could it be biological evolution that she, who is ordinary-looking in modern society, became a beauty in ancient times?

Xiao Wan hurriedly explained: "I have already asked Sister Caiwei, she will find a way to give me a job, I will not leave the princess's mansion tomorrow."

Tao Ye nodded, but suddenly she felt puzzled again: "Since you are staying in the princess's mansion to work, you will have the opportunity to meet the prince consort sooner or later. Why do you need others to tell you?"

"Sister, you don't know... Sister Caiwei said that her elder sister has served the princess for a year and has never seen the appearance of the prince consort... Rumor has it that the prince consort does not meet people easily, and is not interested in women. I think he must love the princess very much..."

After hearing this, Tao Ye became a little curious. How could a grown man not meet people easily?

Could it be that this prince consort has some rare disease?