I turned the cold palace into a paradise

Early in the morning, Yunyue brought Li Wanhua to the gate of the cold palace. The people who delivered the food today were not Zhang Jianlin and Xiaohu, but the other two guards who guarded the cold palace, Chu Ren and Liang Qianjie.

There were four people guarding the cold palace. Zhang Jian and Lin Xiaohu thought that they should work together if they had money, otherwise they might be reported one day. So when they changed shifts, they found Liang Qianjie and the other two.

Chu Renliang Qianjie and Zhang Jian have always had a good relationship, so they happily agreed. If you don't make money, you're a bastard.

Lin Xiaohu had already greeted Yunyue, so Yunyue took what she wanted from Chu Ren as usual. She thanked him and went back with Li Wanhua.

"Brother Chu, you are not short of money, why bother with this?" Liang Qianjie asked puzzledly.

"Who said I don't need money? Two days ago, my good elder brother plotted against me and broke my father's favorite broken vase while drinking, so he stopped my salary." Chu Ren gritted his teeth and said. He had fallen to this point and could not compete with his good elder brother for the position of the crown prince. But his good elder brother just wouldn't let him go.

Yun Yue made some breakfast after returning to the courtyard. After the three of them had eaten, she began to prepare the ingredients. There were seven people in the cold palace, including herself. Last time when she invited the Queen Mother to dinner, all six dishes were eaten up. So she had to make at least ten dishes tonight.

After asking Liu Lu, I realized that what she meant by being able to cook was actually being able to make a soup.

Yunyue was speechless.

Li Wanhua laughed at her bragging.

Liu Lu said unconvincedly that she could help cut the vegetables, and Yun Yue believed it. But she gave up her hope until she saw that the potato slices Liu Lu cut were as thick as her fingers. She took the knife and worked hard on her own.

Li Wanhua and Liu Lu were assigned to wash the vegetables.

It was already noon when all the dishes were prepared and cleaned up. Of course, it would have been faster if Li Wanhua and the others were not there. I shouldn't have extra expectations on these young ladies who have been living a life of luxury and surrounded by servants. If I hadn't demonstrated it myself and given them instructions, these two grandparents probably wouldn't have picked enough dishes to fill half a plate.

After preparing the food, Yunyue put it in the kitchen. Anyway, there were a lot of ice cubes in the kitchen, so it wouldn't go bad. The three of them had a simple meal at noon. Perhaps because of the revolutionary friendship of picking vegetables together, Liu Lu and Li Wanhua felt a sense of mutual appreciation. In order to restore their image in Yunyue's heart, the two chattered about what they knew.

Yunyue looked at the two of them and smiled, Hey, you two were rivals in love before.

Huang Cairen looked at herself in the bronze mirror, but she was not satisfied. Her clothes were from last year. She washed them herself after coming to the cold palace, and they became wrinkled. She only had a lotus hairpin on her head, and no extra hair accessories. She looked extremely shabby.

"It's just a meal at Yunyue's place, do you have to dress up?" Concubine Yu frowned slightly as she sat at the side. "Besides, who are you dressing up for in the cold palace?"

“Although no one cares about me in this cold palace, I don’t want to be looked down upon.” After saying this, he looked at Concubine Yu, took out a light green silk plain pattern dress from the cabinet and threw it into Concubine Yu’s arms.

"You should change into another set quickly, otherwise you will be laughed at. This is a new set of clothes that I can't even bear to wear myself, so I'm giving it to you at a discount." As he said that, he pushed Lady Yu into the inner room.

In the evening, after receiving their meal, everyone changed into their best and cleanest clothes and walked towards Yunyue's yard.

Although everyone can see him when he eats every day, this time Yunyue invited him to attend a birthday banquet that was a bit redundant in the cold palace, but it was still a banquet after all. He didn't want to be too shabby and sloppy and be laughed at by others. Even if he knew that he was deceiving himself, so what? If he didn't have some thoughts in this cold palace, he might slowly forget that he was still a person...

The first to arrive were Concubine Dowager Wang and Madam Xu. Yunyue had just started cooking when they arrived.

"Li Niang said that she felt uneasy after eating so much of your food recently, so she came here to help you today." Seeing Yun Yue looking at her curiously, Concubine Wang explained lightly.

Madam Xu smiled secretly at Concubine Wang. The master was really hypocritical. She thought Yunyue had to work hard to cook so many dishes and asked her to help.

Yun Yue guessed it from Aunt Xu's expression, and felt warm in her heart. She asked Liu Lu to serve the iced fruit drink she made to Concubine Wang, and she took Aunt Xu to the kitchen to continue cooking. Now that she was pregnant, it was a bit difficult for her to cook these dishes, and Aunt Xu came just in time.

When Concubine Wang heard Yunyue calling Concubine Liu "Sister Lu", she frowned and told herself not to be angry. How ignorant of etiquette!!! A concubine of the previous emperor and a concubine of the new emperor actually called each other sisters!

"She doesn't know etiquette, don't you?" Concubine Dowager Wang said coldly to Liu Lu.

Liu Lu took a sip of the fruit drink in front of him and said disapprovingly, "Etiquette? Who are you making this for? Yun Yue Wan Hua and I have known each other for so long, so what's wrong with calling each other sisters? This is how it's going to be in our lives, so why should we be restrained?"

Liu Lu entered the palace later than Concubine Wang. When she entered the palace, Concubine Wang had already been living in seclusion, and except for occasions such as palace banquets that she had to attend, she could not see her on weekdays and they were not familiar with each other.

"Besides, if we really want to talk about who is the most ignorant of etiquette, it has to be the Second Prince, don't you think?"

The Queen Mother was speechless for a moment. Never mind, she was right. Now that I am in the cold palace, what's the point of talking about etiquette?

No one is restraining me anymore, so do I have to restrain myself? I have been in the palace for too long and have forgotten who I used to be.

The second people to come were Cairen Huang and Meiren Yu.

When the two came in and saw Princess Dowager Wang sitting on a chair, they didn't know what to do for a moment. Liu Lu stood up and greeted them as if he was the host of the house. He arranged seats for them, served them fruit drinks, and proudly introduced how delicious the fruit drinks were.

The two of them were as if they had seen a ghost. After all, before they were sent to the cold palace, they knew that Concubine Liu was not easy to get along with. Now this made the two of them confused, but seeing that she didn't seem to have any bad intentions, and now that they were in this cold palace, no one was afraid of anyone, so they drank with peace of mind.

"How come Yunyue has ice here?" Huang Cairen asked in surprise. She couldn't even eat in this cold palace, but Yunyue could actually drink iced fruit drinks.

"Ice, this isn't a lot, right?" Liu Lu pointed to the basins placed around the room.

Huang Cairen and Yu Meiren looked over and found that the basin was full of ice. No wonder they felt so cool when they entered the room. Huang Cairen was very jealous at the moment. Why could Yunyue be so comfortable even though she was in the cold palace?

"Yun Yue said she didn't need any, and asked everyone to take some back when they leave." Liu Lu said proudly.

Hearing that they could share some ice, Huang Cairen and Yu Meiren felt relieved. It was worthwhile for them to bring gifts.

When Ouyang Shu arrived, Liu Lu and Li Wanhua were helping to set the table.

Yunyue came out holding a pot of braised pork and said to everyone with a smile, "The food is ready, everyone please take a seat, we can eat." Li Wanhua said that the braised pork was not tasty last time and asked her to make more, so Yunyue made a pot.

Everyone was not polite and took their seats. Aunt Xu helped Yunyue bring the food from the kitchen and put it on the table. The various aromas were like hooks, hooking people's hearts. If Huang Cairen was not afraid of losing face, she would have pounced on him at this time.

Even Ouyang Shu, who had always been cold, couldn't stop swallowing her saliva, and her eyes couldn't leave the delicious food on the table.

Liu Lu brought out the only soup that he had cooked himself and placed it in the middle. Yunyue and Nanny Xu also took their seats.

Seeing everyone's impatient look, Yun Yue directly said, "Let's eat." As soon as she finished speaking, chopsticks flew in front of her. What kind of bullshit etiquette and reserve were all thrown out of her mind. The only thing in this world that cannot be missed is delicious food.

Lady Huang was so moved that she almost cried. After half a year, she finally had meat to eat. The dog emperor said that he would observe mourning for the late emperor for three years, and would not allow the kitchen to serve any meat to the cold palace. She had previously used the silver she had saved to buy a bowl of meat, but it turned out to be leftovers from the kitchen, and it tasted stinky. She was afraid that she would die from eating it, so she finally threw it away with great reluctance.

It's not that I didn't think about asking the guards to bring some for me, but I didn't have any money. When I was banished to the cold palace, I was not allowed to bring anything except clothes and bedding. I brought that little bit of silver in secretly.

"I made that soup, everyone, try it!" Seeing that everyone was only focused on eating the food, Liu Lu spoke up and made a suggestion.

Seeing Liu Lu's expectant look, Yun Yue served him half a bowl. After taking a sip, she was slightly startled and smiled and praised, "It's so delicious. This is the best soup I've ever had in my life. Wanhua, you should try it too."

"Really? Then let me try it." Li Wanhua scooped a big spoonful, took a big sip, shuddered, and exclaimed loudly, "Wow, it's so delicious."

Seeing this, others scooped a spoonful and praised it after tasting it. Even the cold Ouyang Shu said it was good with a deadpan expression.

Seeing everyone praising him so much, Liu Lu was so happy that he thought he was talented. He proudly served himself a big bowl, and without a spoon, he took two big gulps of the soup. Suddenly, his facial features shrank into a ball, and he turned around and spit out all the soup in his mouth. He shivered and asked uncomfortably, "Why is it so unpalatable?"

Seeing this, the others stopped pretending, the smiles on their faces all twisted, and they stood up to pour themselves fruit drinks in an attempt to suppress the churning feeling in their stomachs.

Very good, the same rain that I got wet in will also get wet for others.