I turned the cold palace into a paradise

Yunyue returned to her residence and immediately began to prepare the ingredients for dinner. The evening menu had been prepared, and she was going to make her specialty, braised pork, sweet and sour spareribs, chicken stewed with mushrooms, hot and sour potato shreds, boiled pork slices, and stir-fried green vegetables.

I didn’t know what toffee tasted like, so I prepared sour, sweet and spicy.

Although they had eaten all kinds of delicious food in the palace before, they had definitely never eaten these heavy-tasting home-cooked dishes. In addition, they had been in the cold palace for several months, eating bland soup every day. Yunyue didn't believe that these delicious foods couldn't satisfy them!

There were still four hours before dinner time, so Yunyue first soaked the dried mushrooms her grandmother had brought in water. Then she picked a piece of pork belly with fat and lean parts, cut it, chopped the whole chicken into pieces, and blanched them one by one with the ribs and set them aside for later use.

He took out two potatoes bigger than his fist, peeled them, cut one into shreds and the other into cubes, and soaked them in a bowl.

The meal was served at around 5:30 in the evening, so Yunyue took the peach and entered the space to prepare an iced drink.

Yunyue first washed the peaches, then peeled them and cut the peach flesh into dices. Then put the peach skins into the pot, add a handful of rock sugar, and pour in water. Turn on the fire and cook until the water turns into the pink color of first love, then remove the peach skins and add the diced peach flesh. Then put the frozen ice cubes on top. A cup of beautiful and delicious peach juice to cool down is ready~

Yunyue drank a cup of it happily, and poured the remaining half pot into the soup bowl brought from the kitchen, so that the ice cubes would just melt when Taifei and the others arrived. It wouldn't seem too abrupt.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yunyue started to cook. She first washed the rice and put it into the rice cooker to steam. Although the kitchen in the cold palace had a large pot and a small pot, Yunyue was afraid that the rice would become crusty if she used a frying pan, so she simply chose to use the rice cooker.

Then they started to light a fire. For children in the city today, they may have never seen a stove, let alone a fire. Yunyue had lived with her grandmother during the winter and summer vacations in her previous life, so she learned a lot of survival skills. She was also very fortunate to have enlightened parents and elders who supported her mischief.

Braised pork needs to be stewed for a longer time, so Yunyue makes the braised pork in a small iron pan. Fry the pork belly first, and after the oil comes out, take it out and add rock sugar to stir-fry the sugar color. Then pour the pork belly in and stir-fry, then add star anise soy sauce and other seasonings, pour in boiling water and simmer on low heat.

After making the braised pork, Yunyue started to make chicken stewed with mushrooms, sweet and sour spare ribs, and boiled pork slices.

The moment the boiled pork slices were poured with hot oil, Yun Yue's mouth was drooling due to the aroma of the chili peppers. She checked the time in the space and it was already 5:20. Yun Yue quickly took out the rice from the rice cooker, took it out with the peach juice, and put the remaining two vegetables into the pot and stir-fried them.

Before Li Wanhua reached Yunyue's residence, she could smell the fragrance from a distance. After she walked quickly into the yard, the fragrance became more obvious. It was a bit pungent, but it made people swallow their saliva.

"Yunyue! What delicious food did you hide?"

Yunyue was just serving the fried spicy and sour potato shreds. Before she could answer, Li Wanhua had already followed the smell to the kitchen.

“!!!!!!!!!!!” Li Wanhua saw the plate on the chopping board and rushed over to it.

But he was grabbed by Yunyue.

Li Wanhua showed a ferocious look and threatened: "Let me go, I want to eat meat!"

Yun Yuehan, is it really that exaggerated? But think about it, if I don’t eat meat for half a year, no, let alone half a year, I would even eat human flesh in half a month.

Yunyue patted Li Wanhua on the head and said, "The Queen Mother will be here soon, so wait a little longer."

Li Wanhua looked at the meat in front of her, but couldn't eat it. Her saliva almost dripped onto Yunyue's hand. Yunyue quickly pulled her hand back and looked at Li Wanhua who was looking at her with disdain. She walked to the stove helplessly, lifted the lid of the small pot, picked up a piece of braised pork and said, "Come here and taste it."

Li Wanhua flashed in front of Yunyue, frightening her so much that the braised pork she had picked up fell back into the pot. Yunyue then remembered that Li Wanhua knew martial arts. Without thinking too much, seeing that Li Wanhua was about to drool again, Yunyue quickly picked up another piece of meat, blew on it, and put it into Li Wanhua's mouth.

Li Wanhua was about to cry as she tasted the delicious food in her mouth. When her father was still alive, she could eat whatever she wanted...

"Okay, after you finish eating, bring the food to the stone table in the yard. It's cool outside now, so let's eat outside. Don't eat secretly!" Yunyue said.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Li Wanhua nodded obediently and started to serve the dishes out.

Yunyue shook her head and smiled dotingly. She was indeed only a fifteen-year-old girl. At such a beautiful age, she was trapped in this cannibalistic cold palace. It was really a sin.

When Yunyue brought out the braised pork, she happened to see Concubine Wang and Madam Xu entering the yard.

"Donnie Yen, Madam, you said you would come, so just come. Why bring anything with you? You are so polite." As he said that, he put down the braised pork and walked to Madam Xu to take the bowl from her hand.

Concubine Wang: “…” She is exactly like her father.

Aunt Xu: “…” You misunderstood. We were afraid that the food you cooked would be inedible, so we brought the food over just in case.

Seeing that Yunyue tried to grab it, Nanny Xu gave the bowl to her helplessly.

"Taifei, Madam, please take a seat. The food is ready." Then he turned to Li Wanhua who was setting the table and said, "Wanhua, there is rice and drinks on the table in the main hall."

"What is a drink?" Li Wanhua asked curiously.

"Why don't you go in and take a look? Hurry up and go. Aren't you hungry?"

Li Wanhua immediately rushed into the main room.

"Toffee, Mammy, I don't know what you like to eat, so I just made something random."

Queen Dowager Wang sat down and looked at the colorful and fragrant delicacies on the table, and her mouth was watering. She looked at Yunyue in disbelief: "You made all this?"

Yunyue nodded. She then called to the nanny standing behind the concubine, "Madame Xu, please sit down too."

Madam Xu shook her head and said, "I don't need that. It would break the rules."

"There are no outsiders here. Besides, they are all in the cold palace. What's the point of talking about rules and regulations?" Yun Yue really hated this feudal class system in ancient times.

"She's right. Li Niang, please sit down." Seeing that the concubine had spoken, Nanny Xu also sat down.

Li Wanhua walked out quickly, holding a large bowl of rice in one hand and a bowl of peach juice in the other.

"Yunyue, is this peach-flavored soup a drink?"

"Yeah, time to sit down and eat."

When Li Wanhua saw Concubine Wang looking at her, she immediately calmed down, sat down obediently, and waited for Concubine Wang to start eating.

Seeing that the three of them were looking at her, Concubine Wang didn't hesitate to pick up a piece of red vegetable with her chopsticks. When Yun Yue was about to stop her, Concubine Wang had already put the pepper in her mouth and started chewing it, followed by a heart-wrenching cough.

"Miss, Miss, what's wrong with you? Yunyue! What happened to my young lady?" Madam Xu patted the concubine's back while glaring at Yunyue.

"Cough cough cough... It's so spicy cough cough cough" Princess Dowager Wang felt like her throat was on fire.

Yunyue quickly scooped a bowl of peach juice and handed it to Concubine Wang: "Concubine, the one you ate is chili pepper, drink this quickly to calm it down."

Nanny Xu took the juice and drank it herself first, then fed it to the Concubine Dowager when she saw that she was fine. After drinking a bowl of peach juice, Concubine Dowager Wang finally stopped coughing.

The Princess Dowager licked her lips. What a delicious drink.

"I'm sorry, Toffee. I forgot to tell you in advance that I have two dishes with chili peppers. Most people may suddenly feel uncomfortable with them. The chili pepper you just ate is a seasoning similar to ginger. I brought it from the Western Regions."

Queen Dowager Wang nodded and did not blame Yunyue. It was brought from the Western Regions, no wonder she had never seen it before.

"The braised pork and sweet and sour spareribs are sweeter, and the hot and sour potato shreds and boiled pork slices are both made with chili peppers. As long as you don't eat chili peppers, they won't be too spicy." Yun Yue picked up a piece of braised pork and put it in Concubine Wang's bowl: "Concubine, try this. This one doesn't have chili peppers."

Concubine Wang originally didn't like eating fatty meat, but seeing Yun Yue's apologetic and worried look, she was touched. She picked up the meat and started eating. The taste was fatty but not greasy, and the salty and sweet taste made Concubine Wang squint her eyes.

I didn't expect that this girl is such a good cook. She is not worse than the imperial chef in the palace. You know, girls from wealthy families would learn to cook to please their husbands, but at most they could make a soup, or even add a bowl of water to the pot and it would be considered their own cooking.

Li Wanhua could no longer wait, and when she saw Concubine Wang start eating, she immediately picked up her chopsticks and started eating the braised pork that she had been craving for for a long time.

Braised pork, delicious! Sweet and sour spareribs, delicious! Chicken stewed with mushrooms, delicious!

What should I do? Every dish is delicious. After eating this meal today, how can I swallow the pig food every day in the future? I have to think of a way. I will hang out with Yunyue in the future. Although she was annoying before, she has been much better recently. For the sake of delicious food, I will reluctantly forgive her.

Yunyue didn't know what Li Wanhua was thinking at this time. She was diligently picking up food for Wang Taifei and Xu Ma. Xu Ma refused at first, but later she stopped talking after enjoying the meal.

At first, the Queen Mother was afraid of dishes with chili peppers, but after trying the boiled pork slices and shredded potatoes, she was attracted by the unique taste and ate a lot even though it was spicy.

After that, the four of them buried their heads in the food. Yun Yue originally thought that six dishes would be too much for four people, but unexpectedly, the four of them ate them all.

"Burp." Li Wanhua leaned back in her chair and rubbed her stomach and burped. If there were such delicacies every day, staying in the cold palace would not be so hard.

"How about it, Yun Wanhua, are you convinced?" Yun Yue crossed her legs, looking like a boss.

"Hehe, I give in. Since we both have the last name Yun, I'll follow you from now on. Sister Yun has to take care of my meals!"

"Good for you! You are the one who got the upper hand in the relationship, right?"

Queen Dowager Wang was not the kind of person who was greedy for food and drink, but she was also full. Seeing Yunyue teasing Li Wanhua, her ears blushed slightly. She was annoyed that she had no self-control and almost made a fool of herself.

He gave a wink to Aunt Xu, who understood and stood up to clean up the dishes.

Yunyue hurriedly tried to stop her: "Mammy, just leave it here. No need to clean it up. I'll do it later." There was a dishwasher in the room that she had bought for more than ten thousand yuan.

"It's not easy for you to prepare this big meal, let her clean it up."

Seeing that Concubine Dowager Wang had spoken, Yun Yue was no longer polite.

Li Wanhua, who was standing by, rolled her eyes, touched her belly, and stood up to help clean up. For some reason, Li Wanhua was a little afraid of the Concubine Dowager.

The two of them carried the dishes to the kitchen, leaving Yunyue and her alone in the yard.

Queen Dowager Wang: "Why did you ask me to come to dinner today?"

"Nothing, I just want to invite the concubine to have a meal. I will repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude."

The Queen Mother did not speak, but just looked at Yunyue calmly. Her eyes revealed that she was still a little immature, little girl.

Yun Yue could only say, "You know, Concubine Dowager, that I grew up in the frontier with my father. I have a bad temper and don't know etiquette. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been framed and sent to the cold palace less than a month after entering the palace. I know nothing about the rules of the palace, so I need the old people in the palace to teach me many things."

Queen Dowager Wang thought to herself that she was indeed naughty and did not know etiquette: "If you have any problems in the future, you can find Aunt Xu." Although she still had a grudge against her for becoming the concubine of that ungrateful wolf. But it was the conspiracy of that little wolf cub. It was difficult to disobey the emperor's order, not to mention that the ungrateful wolf wanted to deal with Yun Changshan. This girl was also implicated. Even if it was for Mo'er, she would give some advice.

"Hey, thank you, Concubine Dowager." Isn't it the same as looking for Concubine Dowager to go to Aunt Xu? Concubine Dowager Wang is kindhearted. Little did she know that she was just taking advantage of her "ex-husband".