I turned the cold palace into a paradise

Today was the day when Zhang Jian and Lin Xiaohu were on duty. Yunyue got up at dawn and walked towards the gate of the cold palace. When Yunyue arrived at the gate, Lin Xiaohu was looking for Yunyue through the small door. Seeing Yunyue coming, he quickly handed her something.

"Everything you want is here. I pawned my jewelry for three hundred taels of silver, and I spent twenty taels on these seeds. Many seeds are from the Western Regions and are very expensive. Many shop owners don't know how to grow them, so you need to figure it out yourself. It's not easy to bring so many things into the palace, so I only spent eighty taels on rice, flour, meat, and cloth. I have two hundred taels left." Lin Xiaohu said as he took out the remaining two hundred taels of silver notes from his arms and handed them to Yunyue.

Yun Yue only took back one: "You and Brother Zhang take this hundred taels." Seeing Lin Xiaohu and Zhang Jian's surprised faces, he said

"I will trouble you frequently in the future. It is not easy to bring things from outside the palace. I will definitely need to ask the guards at the palace gates. And I hope you two can keep it a secret. I am also afraid of causing trouble to you two."

A wise man stops when he has made a point. Lin Xiaohu and Zhang Jian knew that Yun Yue had offended those two. Although Yun Yue had been banished to the cold palace, the two superiors would not personally do it again, but the people under them might not. This was why they did not send Yun Yue food in the past few days. It was unknown whether they were arranged by others or they did it to curry favor with their masters.

Although the two of them made a little money, it was not easy to earn. Not only did they have to pay the guards at the palace gate, but they also took risks. So they did not refuse and accepted the banknote. But they had a higher opinion of Yunyue in their hearts.

There were a lot of things, a small bag of seeds and vegetables in a basket, a bag of rice and flour, a basket of meat, two pieces of cloth, and the hoe she wanted. Yunyue had to run three times to move all the things to her room. There was no other way, she didn't dare to put things into the space outside, for fear that someone would see it and think it was a ghost or goblin and burn it to death.

By the time they finished moving the things, it was already daybreak. Yunyue looked at the ingredients and first opened the bag of seeds, where all kinds of seeds were mixed together.

Oh my god, it feels like Zhang Jian and the others were cheated. These seeds are just ordinary vegetable seeds that Tianchen also has. But it doesn’t matter. I asked them to help me find seeds from the Western Regions in order to have a clear way for the things in my space.

Huh? This light yellow-brown double round seed seems to be coriander seed! Yunyue picked it up and looked at it. Yes, there are two kinds of people in the world, those who like to eat coriander and those who don't. And Yunyue is the kind of person who can't live without coriander.

Yunyue was very happy when she confirmed that they were coriander seeds. This was a pleasant surprise.

There weren't many vegetables, just a few plates, but what she didn't expect was that there were a few peaches hidden in the basket. This made Yun Yue's opinion of Zhang Jian and the others even higher.

Then he lifted the cloth on the bamboo basket and took a look at the meat inside. He was quite satisfied as there were not only chopped ribs but also a chicken.

The meat we buy is basically lean meat with some fat and some lean meat. You have to know that in ancient times, except for wealthy families, ordinary people only chose fat meat when buying meat. In addition to having more oily meat, it can also be used to make lard.

Bring the meat into the space and put it in the refrigerator. Otherwise, in the weather in June, it will go bad if left outside for half a day. As for the rice and flour, just put them in the big vat in the kitchen.

When Yunyue was making room for the meat, she suddenly realized something was wrong. She had cut a third of the meat for cooking on the day she first arrived, so how come there seemed to be more beef? Because in the past two days, Li Wanhua would always bring food to her and ask her to eat together, so she didn't eat anything in the refrigerator. Yunyue suspected that she had seen it wrong, so after putting the meat in the refrigerator, she came to the living room, only to see another bottle of Coke on the table.

This time Yunyue was really sure that something was wrong, because she had drunk the Coke on the table two days ago. Could it be that the things in this room could regenerate? Yunyue suppressed her excitement and prepared to test it. Anyway, she was going to farm for the next two days, so she took the potatoes and sweet potatoes out of the space. Let's see if they will appear in the space again tomorrow.

The waiting time was long, so Yunyue took the rag and broom to clean the small kitchen. Li Wanhua had lost weight in the past two days to save food for herself. Yunyue was very grateful and decided to treat her to a good meal.

The kitchen was fairly well stocked, with firewood, pots and pans, probably left behind by the abandoned concubine. It was just too dirty as no one had used it for so long.

Yunyue had no choice but to fetch water from the yard, then brought the water to the kitchen and poured it into the pot. She wanted to boil the water to disinfect the pots and dishes, but she had no means to start a fire.

I have been living in the house in the space for the past two nights, and I have never turned on the lights in the room of the cold palace, so I didn't realize until now that there was no fire starter.

Come to think of it, the original body was a daughter of a rich family, how could she know what necessities she needed to bring to the cold palace. Even the clothes, jewelry and small change were brought by the maid in a hurry. Fortunately, there was a lighter in the room of the space, so she entered the space and took out the lighter.

For Yunyue, who had lived in the countryside for most of her life, lighting a fire was a piece of cake. After the water in the pot boiled, Yunyue added some cold water to the pot and washed the pots and bowls carefully several times.

Afterwards, she washed and cleaned the stove and chopping board. The kitchen was not big, but Yunyue, who was a bit of a germaphobe, still took two hours to clean the kitchen to a look that satisfied her.

I pounded my aching waist and wiped off the sweat. It was already so hot in mid-June. I wanted to drink iced drinks and fruit tea. Thinking of this, Yunyue entered the space, filled the ice tray with water, and put it in the refrigerator to freeze. I'll take a break and make my own fruit tea in the afternoon.

Maybe the sofa was too comfortable, Yunyue fell asleep while lying there.

Yunyue didn't wake up until there was a knock on the door. She hurriedly got up and went back into the room to open the door, only to see Li Wanhua standing at the door glaring at her unhappily.

"Why lock the door in broad daylight? Do you think you are a royal concubine and I have to feed you food?"

Yun Yue felt a little guilty, and quickly bowed and imitated the eunuch to support Li Wanhua: "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I know I was wrong."

Li Wanhua had gotten used to Yunyue's "crazy" behavior these days, and was amused by her weird look and burst out laughing.

Li Wanhua put the bowl on the table, held the shelf, squinted her eyes and said earnestly: "Xiao Yuezi, it is not a good idea for me to treat you to a big meal every day. We have to find a way. If I eat this bland pig food every day, I will lose my appetite."

After saying that, Li Wanhua collapsed on the chair and said, "I finally understand why so many concubines in the cold palace went crazy. I think I will be crazy soon. I want to eat braised shark's fin, bird's nest duck soup, steamed pork with eight treasures, Buddha jumps over the wall, whole chicken with fragrant sauce, lotus crisps, candied fruit..."

Li Wanhua's constant chattering like reading out the names of dishes made Yunyue who was eating pig food more and more difficult to swallow. So she put down her chopsticks and said, "Stop chattering. I'll treat you to a big meal tonight. Eat meat!"

Li Wanhua didn't even bother to look at Yunyue, and said helplessly: "You? What kind of meat? Mosquito meat? Rat meat?" You can't even have a meal, and you want to have a big meal? She is really capable of killing me.

"What if there is meat to eat?"

"If there's meat to eat, I'll take your last name!"

"Okay Yun Wanhua."

"Humph." Li Wanhua really didn't believe it. Apart from anything else, Yunyue was lucky not to be secretly executed for offending those two. Not giving her food was a small matter, but eating meat? If there was meat, it was probably poisoned.

In the end, Yunyue ate up all the pig food. After all, the bland soup didn’t take up much space in her stomach.

After sending Li Wanhua away, Yunyue walked towards Concubine Wang’s room.

In addition to repaying the favor of a meal, he also wanted to make friends with her. One of them was sent to the cold palace after the death of the previous emperor only a month after entering the palace, and the other offended the emperor and was sent to the cold palace after entering the palace for a month. It's really a difficult relationship. The palace fight hasn't even started yet and they are all cannon fodder.

Yunyue didn't think she had the ability to compete with these big guys who had experienced palace fighting. Even in the cold palace, she needed an old man who was familiar with the palace rules and had experience in palace fighting to guide her. Then the Queen Mother who could feed her was the best candidate.

After dinner, Aunt Xu was making the bed for Concubine Wang, who was sitting on a chair with her eyes closed, preparing to take a nap.

In my dream yesterday, Sister Lin, who hadn't appeared for a long time, came to me and said she missed me and that Mo'er was in danger. I woke up crying. I'm sorry, Sister Lin. It's all my fault that I'm useless and can't help Mo'er. Wait for me to accompany you, okay...

"Concubine Dowager, Madam Xu! Are you there? I'm coming in." A crisp voice interrupted Concubine Dowager Wang's thoughts.

Concubine Wang opened her bloodshot eyes, turned around and saw Yunyue who had already walked in. She frowned slightly and knew that she would have to tell Madam Xu to lock the gate of the courtyard later.

"My Lady Concubine, Madam. Can you please come to my place for dinner tonight?" Yun Yue said with a smile and an expectant tone.

The Queen Dowager guessed that the things that the guards had brought must have arrived. She said calmly, "No need."

"Hey, Toffee, I ate all the food you gave me. You have to try my food too, otherwise it would be too unfair."

The Queen Dowager felt that she had a headache listening to her talk. Why was she talking about fairness when inviting people to dinner?

"General Yun and I are old acquaintances. It's just a meal. There's no need to be like this."

Yunyue understood what Concubine Wang meant, which was that your father had helped me, and giving you a meal was like repaying the favor. We should not owe each other anything from now on.

But he still said shamelessly: "Then I should invite you to dinner. You know my father, so you are my elder. It is the duty of the younger generation to respect the elders."

Concubine Dowager Wang: “............” How can this child be so... so shameless!

Forget it, it’s just a meal. We’ll have nothing to do with each other after that.

"Okay." The Queen Mother said helplessly.

"Hehe, then Concubine Dowager, you and Aunt Xu must come at dinner time~" After saying that, he happily skipped away with brisk steps.

Queen Dowager Wang frowned as she watched. The daughter of a military commander really didn't know how to behave like this! Forget it, Yun Changshan was even more ignorant of etiquette than her. Like father, like child.