Qingyun Weiyang

I have never seen a queen mother of a country so frugal. The royal meal should be delicacies from mountains and seas, and dozens of delicacies are served on the table at the same time, so it can be called a banquet.But Yun Jin never paid much attention to these things, if not accompanying the emperor to dine, the meals in Yunqi Palace are always no different from ordinary people's.

She likes meals that are simple, not extravagant, and three-point delicious.Nalan Qing looked at the pile of ingredients in the imperial kitchen, and quickly searched for the breakfast meal plan in his mind.Since she is a female official of the Yunqi Palace, she should be able to take care of everything from the big things to the court affairs to the small things like food and clothing.

Since Yun Jin likes to be light, the breakfast should be delicious, and she has to go to bed early when she wakes up, and I'm afraid her appetite will not be very good.It's just that the fresh ingredients of the day can't be delivered until the third watch, so Nalanqing can only prepare the dry ingredients first.She wanted to make a bowl of bird's nest porridge for Yunjin, paired with two kinds of dim sum, it would be best if it was refreshing and refreshing.

Nalan Qing stayed up all night, sitting beside the purple casserole, taking a nap.The moonlight shone through the window, and that cold and handsome face exuded a trace of softness.About three o'clock in the morning, there was a sparse sound, and Nalanqing opened his eyes vigilantly, and found that it was just the palace servants who came to deliver freshly picked dishes.

"Who is it?" The palace servant obviously did not expect that there would be someone in the imperial dining room.

"It's me." Nalan Qing's figure came out of the darkness, and the palace servants hurriedly saluted her, "I've seen Lord Lan."

Nalan Qing nodded, looked at the sky, the sky was still dark, and the east had gradually turned white, "Well, what time is it?"

"Return to my lord, it's just arrived at Yinshi."

"Okay, let's go." Nalanqing walked back to the stove. She looked down and found that the bird's nest stewed by Xiaowen had a faint aroma. She poured the fragrant rice into the pot, found a glass cup, and turned to face her. The busy palace man said, "Prepare me a purple potato, half a radish with pink skin, three taels of pumpkin and one tael of green vegetables."

"Yes." The palace servants did not dare to be negligent, even though they were wondering why the Zhonglingguan had turned into an imperial cook?I don't dare to say too much, people with low status have never dared to criticize people with official ranks at will.

Carrying the glass cup, Na Lanqing came to the □□ garden. In the early morning, the dew on the osmanthus branches was crystal clear.Nalan Qing gently moved the branches and leaves with his fingertips, and the dew on the sweet-scented osmanthus dripped into the cup bit by bit.She walked slowly to the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, concentrating on collecting dew. For her, every drop of nectar is an important ingredient for making Yunjin's meal.

Xu Shi was too focused. She was usually cautious, so she didn't notice that someone was watching her not far away.

Did she stay up all night?Yuan Xi came from the imperial dining room and found that the palace people were preparing ingredients, and there was bird's nest porridge boiled in the purple casserole. After careful questioning, he found that all the ingredients were prepared by Nalanqing.Looking at Nalanqing's earnest and concentrated back, she suddenly felt that she was like a candle in the indifferent palace, a spark of fire, but it was warming the entire Yunqi Palace.

It was almost four o'clock and it was time for the Empress Dowager to get up, Yuan Xi waited outside the bedroom with hot water, and ordered Huairou to go to the imperial dining room to serve breakfast.Huairou thought that Yuan Xi had prepared the breakfast today. After all, Yuan Xi was better at cooking compared to the two of them. She had been taught as an imperial chef.The Empress Dowager's meal is simple but exquisite. Except for Yuanxi and Huairou, no imperial cook is used, and the food brought by her is the safest. You have to try it before sending it to Yunjin.

"My lord, it's customary..." Huairou looked at Nalanqing's prepared breakfast, took out a silver needle and hinted that she had to test everything, and ordered someone to taste it.

"Please go ahead, I'll go back to wash up and welcome the Empress Dowager." Nalanqing turned around gracefully, Huairou couldn't help but look at her a few more times with a touch of detachment. ?She seemed unwilling to talk to others, but she acted very safely. If it wasn't for the Queen Mother's food, she wouldn't want to check her safety.

There was no time to be amazed by the way Nalanqing made the breakfast, Huairou confirmed it was safe and walked towards the bedroom with it.Mrs. Lan cooks the food herself, I really hope that the Queen Mother will eat more, so that her painstaking efforts will not be wasted.

"Please eat the queen mother." When Huairou walked into the bedroom, Yunjin had finished grooming, her hair was tied up, and the phoenix crown was not on. She sat down at the table first, Huairou lifted the plate cover, and the bird's nest porridge wafted a faint aroma. Looking at the dim sum on the plate, there is no pasta that I have seen so often, it is simply a real flower plucked from a hundred flowers.

It was also the first time for Yun Jin to see this kind of dim sum. She picked up the peony and found that it was pasta. The color of the peony ranged from dark to light, and the petals seemed to be dotted with pen and ink. The curvature was so real that it didn't look like food.Look at another one, an elegant and chaste orchid, dotted with yellow stamens, and the third one is Platycodon grandiflora, purple and luxurious.

"This...is a snack?" Yuan Xi was shocked. Could this lifelike flower be eaten?

"You didn't do it, did you?" Yun Jin looked at Huairou, she shook her head again and again, "How can a slave and maidservant do this, even the master of the imperial dining room can't do it."

"I've seen imperial chefs carving melons and fruits, but I've never seen this before."

Huairou was impressed by Nalanqing's culinary skills during the food inspection, so she just nodded her head again and again, "Your Excellency Lan seems to have been up all night, Queen Mother, please try it quickly, do the beautiful flowers taste good?"

She was very curious, such a beautiful flower would be hard to swallow, how could the pastry be made so realistic?Huairou worshiped Nalan Qingqing in his heart.

"Don't yell, the queen mother should try the bird's nest porridge first." After Yuan Xi finished the porridge, he found that Yun Jin was still looking at these lifelike dim sums with a slight smile on his lips. It is rare to see the queen mother like this Expression, this Nalan Qing is really good at coaxing people.

"That's what she did too?"

"No, I didn't expect Mrs. Lan to be not only talented, but also know how to make imperial food. Please try it, Queen Mother." Yuan Xi brought the bird's nest porridge in front of Yunjin. It is obviously a famous product of bird's nest, but the fragrance of whole grains wafts over, the taste is pure but not greasy, light and delicious.

The taste is like five grains, the shape is like a flower, sweet but not greasy, it is rare for Yunjin to eat food that makes her feel delicious, "I'm afraid she has mixed with sweet-scented osmanthus in this dessert."

"Not."

"No?" Yun Jin raised her head in surprise, "If you don't eat sweet-scented osmanthus, how can there be a faint fragrance?"

"My servant saw Master Lan taking the morning dew from the osmanthus branches early in the morning, and my servant guessed that she ate with this osmanthus dew, so that she could taste what she has now." Yuan Xi secretly helped, since she agreed to Na Lanqing, she also saw her good intentions. Bitter, I wanted to say a few nice words in front of Yun Jin.

Looking at the breakfast, Yun Jin was a little dazed, but soon regained her composure, as if she hadn't stirred up any disturbance, "It's better for the emperor to taste this delicious food."

"That's right, if the emperor wants to see this, he will definitely like it."

Yun Jin nodded lightly and didn't say much, even if Yuan Xi wanted to catch a trace of happiness and surprise and report back to Na Lanqing, he didn't see it.It's just that for today's breakfast, she finished a bowl of porridge and ate two pieces of snacks.This was unprecedented. Nalanqing's breakfast seemed to open up Yun Jin's sense of taste, allowing her to experience the delicacy of food, and actually made her feel a lot easier.

Na Lanqing has been waiting outside the door, as a Zhongling officer, she should have accompanied the court, but now she has not been really reused by Yun Jin, so she can only wait and see.I wonder if Yunjin has eaten yet?Are you still satisfied with the breakfast she prepared with all her heart?

The east was white, and it was dim at just five o'clock. The door of the bedroom was opened thickly, and the palace servants knelt down to ask the queen mother to rest. Yun Jin was dressed in a phoenix robe and was ready to go to court.She walked past Nalan Qing with a slight smile on her face.

Still didn't ask her to accompany her, Nalanqing sighed melancholy, although it was within her expectation, she still hoped that Yunjin could make an exception and use her earlier.Sure enough, one or two meals of delicious food was not enough to win the Queen Mother's heart, Yun Jin was cautious in employing people now, although she was sure of Nalan Qing's talent, it was not enough.

If she guessed right, the matter of King Yong'an will be resolved today. After this matter is resolved, Nalan Qing will have to perform another amazing performance before he can hope to accompany the court.In fact, she didn't want to accompany Chao, she just wanted to have more opportunities, and even be with Yun Jin all the time.

"Master Lang..." Huairou took advantage of Yun Jin's uphill and jumped all the way, and said with a smile on his face, "Master Lang, you are so amazing."

"How did the Empress Dowager eat her breakfast?" Nalan Qing could basically guess from Huairou's expression.

"I ate two flowers and drank a bowl of porridge."

"Eat two flowers?" Huairou's serious face was amused by Huairou's description. This little palace lady is innocent and lively, without any city. I am afraid that if she hadn't been with Yun Jin, she would have been drowned in the deep palace mud flow In the middle, how can I live to this day.

"That's why I said Mrs. Lan is amazing. Even the royal chef in the palace can't make your flowers. The queen mother said that the emperor will try it someday."

Give the emperor a taste?Nalanqing didn't expect to cook meals for people other than Yunjin, including her son.How difficult it is for her to cook, she has always been served, she specially studied and developed these for entering the palace, and then incorporated her own creativity, so that she can be appreciated by Yun Jin, and she still has to serve the little emperor?

Thinking about it, if it wasn't for this little emperor, why would Yunjin have to bear such a heavy responsibility, she only hoped that the little guy would grow up quickly and let his mother step down.

But these can only be thought about in her heart, even though she was reluctant in her heart, she still showed a faint smile, "Miss Huairou praised me a lot, so I will leave."

Nalanqing's topic always ends quickly. She is very polite, but she feels very cold. Every time I want to say a few more words to her, I always stop here.It seems that all Mr. Lan's attention is on the Queen Mother.Looking at Nalan Qing's leaving back, Huairou sighed slightly, "Perhaps talented people are so lonely."

Nalan Qingben is an eclectic person who is used to going with the flow without any constraints. She has traveled all over the world, and has experienced major events such as seeking teachers from Tiancang Pavilion, resting her husband on the wedding night, seizing the position of head of the family, and rectifying Nalan's family.No one has ever been able to force her to do anything, if it weren't for the deep affection rooted in Yun Jin, how could she have entered this cage-like palace.

She doesn't like talking, just because those people are not Yun Jin.She doesn't like to deal with unnecessary troubles, and she doesn't like to talk too much with others. She doesn't want to make friends with people in the palace, but the palace is cold, because Yun Jin is warm.Wherever he went, even if Yun Jin was not around, Na Lanqing could still feel her fragrance.

There is an atrium in the back garden. It is said that Yun Jin will play the piano and paint there when he has nothing to do.She has long heard that Yunjin is good at painting, but she has never seen it with her own eyes. Nalan Qingzhen really wants to see it, she wants to see Yunjin's appearance at different times.

There is a Guqin in the atrium, exquisite bamboo curtains are hung around it, and a jasper flute is hung on the wall.There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the table, just like a garden study.Looking at these, Nalan Qing seemed to be able to feel Yun Jin's loneliness when she played the piano, her indifference when she played the flute, and her demureness when she was painting. Each of them made Na Lanqing's heart move.

Unable to tell whether it was a dream or reality, Na Lanqing fell asleep leaning against a pillar in the courtyard.Xu Shi stayed up all night, so sleepy that he didn't even know it, but here, he fell into a dream thinking about all kinds of things about Yun Jin.

Nalan had a light sleep and was very vigilant. He was able to fall asleep in this place because it was the place where Yun Jin often stayed.This place is quiet and quiet, the palace people dare not set foot in it lightly, Nalan Qing slept for an hour and did not wake up.

It was time to go down to court, surrounded by palace people, Yun Jin passed by the courtyard, glanced at Nalan Qing inadvertently.

"That's..." Yun Jin stopped. Wasn't that familiar figure her Zhongling Officer?

"Lord Lang?" Yuan Xi stepped forward without thinking, and found that she had fallen asleep in the place where the queen mother usually stayed. Does this Lord Lang really have a big heart?Yuan Xi took a few steps back, and reported forward, "Back to the queen mother, it is really Mrs. Lang, who fell asleep..."

"It's windy in the atrium, you won't catch a cold if you sleep here."

"Servant, go and wake her up."

"Forget it, Ai's family will go and have a look." Yun Jin wanted to go away, but today he punished King Yong'an in the court hall, and he was in a good mood, so he walked to the courtyard, Yuan Xi hurriedly followed, the queen mother was concerned about Nalan Owner?If so, it's a good thing.

Nalan Qing leaned slightly on the veranda bamboo, one leg was slightly bent, and his elbow rested on his knee to support his forehead.Her skin is as creamy as fat, her complexion is clear and beautiful, she has always been elegant, even her sleeping position is radiant, which makes Yun Jin feel pleasing to the eye.

I have always thought that she has an extraordinary temperament, but looking at her carefully today, there is a sense of familiarity.Could it be that she had seen it somewhere before?Yun Jin slightly leaned over and approached her, but Yuan Xi nervously strangled his wrist. Wouldn't the Queen Mother recognize Patriarch Nalan? ?

She just wanted to get a closer look at Lan Qing's face, where did this sense of familiarity come from.Who knew that Nalan Qing felt that someone was approaching her in her sleep, she was hiding her identity and entered the palace in disguise, coupled with the natural vigilance of martial arts practitioners, she quickly made a move before opening her eyes, grabbed Yun Jin's hand, and pulled it forward fiercely .

Yun Jin couldn't react in time, and was suddenly grabbed by Na Lanqing and leaned forward.Nalanqing opened his eyes suddenly, his cold and glamorous aura widened, his eyes flashed sharp and fierce, but what he saw was Yun Jin's startled eyes, which were so close to him that he could feel the warmth even when he breathed .