First-rank palace maid Su Jixiang

Su Jixiang smiled at Concubine Mei and said, "If you really want to thank me, do something practical." She lowered her voice and made a gesture of a banknote.

Concubine Mei...she should just close her eyes and rest!

In the Morning Dew Hall, Wei Ling's face was pale. Although he was sitting upright, his hands hidden under his sleeves were already trembling slightly.

Even though the underground heating in the hall was burning vigorously, it still couldn't drive away the coldness that seeped into Wei Ling's bones.

"Why are you holding on?" A young man in a moon-white robe looked at Wei Ling while holding a bowl of medicine. "Isn't it just medicine? It's not going to kill you!" He was a little amused.

Who would have known that General Wei, who was feared on the battlefield, was actually a guy who was afraid of taking medicine!

"Your illness is caused by you!" the young man pointed at Wei Ling and said angrily.

"No! I've taken this medicine before, it's useless. Ah Feng, if you really have time, please help check the list." Wei Ling didn't even look at him, but instead looked at the list of palace servants in front of him. He had already ordered people to thoroughly clean every corner of the palace to see if there were any people hiding in the palace. Tomorrow morning, the King of Huainan would move in with his family, so time was limited and he couldn't be careless.

By the time of Emperor Jingdi, the Daxie Dynasty had become so absurd that it was outrageous.

Emperor Jing was a fool, but he thought he was very good at being an emperor. He suppressed meritorious officials and excluded good generals. He found a reason to imprison, exile or execute any minister who said anything bad about him. He only listened to good things and ignored bad things. In his ears, loyal ministers' good advice was disrespectful.

Although there had been severe floods in the Yangtze and Yangtze River basins for three years and countless people were displaced, he acted as if nothing had happened and used the disaster relief funds to celebrate the empress dowager's birthday.

There was a locust plague in the northwest, which destroyed all crops and forced the people to exchange their own children for food, but he completely ignored it and built a new palace for his favorite concubine, just because the concubine said she liked to look at the peach blossoms on the East Hill.

After a few years, Daxie was plagued by banditry everywhere due to the scourge of Emperor Jing, and the people were living in misery.

Four years ago, the King of Huainan, the King of Chenliu and the Zhang family in the west revolted at the same time, all under the banner of acting on behalf of heaven. After two years of fighting, the rebels, namely the King of Huainan and the King of Chenliu, are now fighting for the throne. As for the Zhang family, they have occupied the west and have divided the land into kings, living in peace in a corner. He has no intention of fighting for hegemony. No matter who sits on the throne, as long as he is given the status of a king of a different surname and a fiefdom in the west, he will be willing to submit.

The kings of Huainan and Chenliu were originally relatives of the Daxie emperor. They had made an alliance in Wacheng that the one who entered the capital first would become the emperor, and the one who entered the capital later would become the subject!

Now, the Fengtian Army of Prince Huainan, who was the first to break into the capital, is on the way, while Prince Chenliu is trapped on the road by Bo Shi's trick, and it will take three to five days for him to escape.

Xiao Li was looking around outside. Xie Yingfeng glanced at him and said, "Come in."

Xiao Li brought in a new brown sugar wolfberry ginger tea. "This sugar tea is brewed in the kitchen. Please have some, General. It warms the stomach. It contains ginger and wolfberry."

Wei Ling then raised his eyes slightly, "Sweet?"

"It's not very sweet." Xiao Li said honestly.

"Put it down." Wei Ling lowered his eyes again. Xiao Li was delighted and quickly brought the ginger tea to Wei Ling. "The kitchen is still preparing other food. They say it's some medicinal food! It's good for the general's stomach. I'll bring it to the general later."

"Medicinal food?" Xie Yingfeng looked at the bowl of red ginger tea and said with a smile, "I didn't know that Da Xu has become more capable since he entered the imperial kitchen? The pancakes and soup just now were already delicious, and now he can even make medicinal food?"

"It wasn't made by our leader. The pancake and bone soup weren't made by our leader either." Xiao Li said quickly, "It was the palace maid who was stabbing people with a knife that you two saw just now. She was the one who did it!"

Xie Yingfeng slapped his thigh when he heard this, "I was wondering how a rough guy like Da Xu could make such delicious food! It turns out that it was made by a beautiful young lady!" He approached Xiao Li, "Are there any leftover pancakes and soup in the kitchen? Your general took them away just now, but he didn't eat them anyway, why not give them to me!"

"You'll be fed to death!" Wei Ling raised his hand and picked up the bowl on the side of his desk, lowered his eyes and looked at the steaming ginger soup. It turned out that she made it... After not seeing her for a few years, she actually sneaked into the imperial kitchen from the cold palace.

He thought of the girl on the osmanthus tree a few years ago, and the corners of his lips couldn't help but curl up into an almost invisible arc.

Things have changed, but she is still alive.

He took a sip of ginger tea. It was a short distance from the kitchen to the Morning Dew Hall. Xiao Li brought it all the way here. The temperature was just right, slightly hot and slightly sweet. I don't know how she managed to make the ginger taste not very strong, but after taking a sip, I could feel a faint warmth flowing. He couldn't help but take a second sip of this ginger tea. The coldness in his body was also slightly relieved by the spiciness and warmth brought by the ginger tea.

"You!" Xie Yingfeng put her hands on her waist and turned around. Seeing that Wei Ling, who refused to take the medicine, actually drank a bowl of ginger tea, she couldn't help but widen her eyes, "Why didn't you drink the ginger tea I made for you before?"

"It tastes bad!" Wei Ling uttered only two words softly, then lowered his eyes again.

Ha! Xie Yingfeng, who had once personally made ginger tea for Wei Ling, had nothing to say and could only roll his eyes.

"Go get another bowl of ginger tea. I want to see the difference between what the young lady cooks and what I cook!" Xie Yingfeng said with her hands on her hips.

When Xiao Li came back again, there were a few more things on the tray in his hand.

A plate of golden red date and yam puree pancakes fried on both sides, a plate of fried yam and scallops, a bowl of orange pumpkin soup, and of course the ginger tea that Xie Yingfeng wanted to try.

"Wow!" Xie Yingfeng's eyes widened when he saw the snacks and dishes, "Why do they look so delicious?" He couldn't help but stretched out his hand to take a piece of red date and yam paste cake and put it in his mouth. With just a light bite, the fragrance of red dates lingered on his teeth and cheeks. The aroma of red dates immediately filled his entire mouth. A little bit of sweetness lingered only on the tip of his tongue, and the crispy and smooth texture of the date paste cake made people feel very comfortable!

"Delicious!" Xie Yingfeng's eyes lit up.

He ate the biscuit almost in one bite, and then reached out again. Wei Ling frowned slightly, raised the pen in his hand and tapped it on the back of Xie Yingfeng's hand.

With a "snap", the pen hit the back of his hand, leaving a red mark. Xie Yingfeng quickly retracted his hand in pain, "Wow! You really hit me!" Xie Yingfeng rubbed the back of his hand while glaring at Wei Ling.

I've been with him for so long, but this is the first time I see him guarding his food!

"This is made for me. If you want to eat it, it's yours!" Wei Ling said, pointing to the ginger tea on the side.

"Tsk!" Xie Yingfeng curled his lips, but still picked up the bowl of delicious ginger soup that was said to be delicious. After just one sip, he was stunned.

Well, this ginger tea is really delicious!