997. Chapter 997 Fate

"Everyone, get up." Ye Zhen said softly, looking at the little girl, "Which one of you is the cook here?"

The woman stood up tremblingly, "Madam, I am the cook here."

"I just heard you cursing outside..." Ye Zhen looked at her with light eyes, "What's going on?"

When the little girl heard Ye Zhen's question, she pursed her lips even more, with fear in her eyes.

"Go back to your Majesty, this slave is scolding this damn girl. She only knows how to be lazy all day long. She can't do it without scolding her." The woman replied cautiously.

"I didn't!" the little girl said through gritted teeth.

The woman gave her a fierce look and said, "I asked you to clean the paths in the garden. Have you cleaned it?"

"I'm washing vegetables." The little girl said, and glanced at Ye Zhen timidly.

"This kitchen is your mother's job, why doesn't she come? You can't do heavy work with your beautiful body, right?" the woman scolded.

The little girl lowered her head, "That's because my mother is sick."

The woman scolded the little girl a few times, then suddenly remembered that the Queen was still there, and immediately bent down, "Empress, this slave is just scolding this little girl. She and her mother are both new here, and they are not sensible yet."

Seeing that this woman was still protecting the little girl and her daughter, Ye Zhen had some changes in her opinion. It seemed that calling the little girl's family traitors was just behind her back.

"Since you are the cook here, I have something to tell you." Ye Zhen thought that since the woman was sharp-tongued, she would not really harm the little girl, but why did she call the little girl treason? thief?

"Yes." The woman hurriedly bowed her head and bowed.

Ye Zhen glanced at the little girl and said, "You should also come in and start a fight."

She wanted to make some dishes for Merong Zhan. She probably knew that the emperor had come back and there were plenty of dishes in the kitchen. Ye Zhen asked the cook to bring yam and big bones to prepare a golden soup with yam ribs for Merong Zhan. , can strengthen the spleen and stomach, add a little Cordyceps flower, the soup is sweet and moist, and the color is golden and attractive.

"Make another Sixi meatballs. There are lotus seeds here, then make steamed black-bone chicken with lotus seeds, mung beans, glutinous rice, and then stir-fried oyster mushrooms..." Ye Zhen looked at the ingredients in the kitchen and ordered the cook, Hongying and the others. Get ready.

In fact, these dishes are not difficult to make, it just takes some effort. Ye Zhen added Lingquan to each dish, so that the taste will be more fragrant.

"Empress, these are things that I have never done before. I'm afraid it will take some effort." Xiazhou is different from Kyoto. The people here tend to eat heavy food, and most of them will add some chili, but the dishes ordered by the Empress are all It's light. Although the cook knows how to make it, she has never done it before, so she has to put some thought into it.

Ye Zhen said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, I will tell you what to do."

The cook was surprised and thought, how could the Queen know how to do these things when she was so pampered in the palace?

"Let's do it quickly." Ye Zhen said lightly. She did not know how to cook before, or she was too bored when she was in Prince Qin's Mansion. She also thought that in the future, when Mo Rongzhan came back, she would be able to cook something for him personally, and even specially invited him to do it. She hired a cook from the palace to teach her.

Hongying and Jianjia helped together, and Ye Zhen was watching her from the side. She was more often observing the little girl, confirming her previous guess. The little girl should have never touched Yangchun Shui at home before, but She is very smart. She can understand many things she doesn’t understand by just saying them once, and she can also draw inferences from one example. She is really a very smart little girl.

"Empress." Eunuch Fu ran over panting, and couldn't help shouting in his heart, thank God, he finally found the Empress, "The Emperor asked his servant to come to you."

Seeing that the cook was almost done, Ye Zhen asked Eunuch Fu, "Has your Majesty read the memorial?"

"Back to your Majesty, your Majesty is talking to the Sixth Prince. I haven't seen you for a long time, so I'm a little worried." Eunuch Fu said with a smile.

"I'm almost here. Has the Sixth Prince left yet?" Ye Zhen asked.

Eunuch Fu said, "Yes."

"The Sixth Prince should stay here for lunch." Ye Zhen said and asked Hongying to stay in the kitchen while she took Jianjia back first.

After leaving the kitchen, Ye Zhen thought of the little girl, "What is the origin of the little girl in the kitchen? Jianjia, go and find out today."

Jian Jia promised in a low voice. I guess the empress was curious about the traitor sentence.

Back in the courtyard of the upper room, Murong Zhan was still talking to Murong Ke in the study. Ye Zhen knocked on the door and went in, and they stopped talking.

"Why are you back?" Mo Rongzhan stood up and held Ye Zhen's hand. Seeing that she was still sweating, he couldn't help but frown, "Are you tired?"

"You won't be tired after just walking a few steps." Ye Zhen said with a smile, "I asked the kitchen to cook a few dishes. Will you and the Sixth Prince eat in the study?"

Mo Rongzhan wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "I am dining with Ah Ke in the study. You go back and change clothes first."

She loves being clean the most, so she definitely can't stand having sweat on her body.

"Okay." Ye Zhen smiled sweetly at him.

Murong Ke lowered his eyes and did not look at them, but had a slight smile on his face.

Ye Zhen returned to the house and told Jian Jia to go to the kitchen and explain that she would first deliver lunch to the emperor and the sixth prince, and then make another one for her.

Jian Jia quickly went to tell her, and by the way, she also inquired about the little girl's life experience.

The little girl's name is Lin Zhiran. Her mother, Cao, was originally the wife of a deputy general in Xiazhou. Her husband was killed on the battlefield and Xiazhou fell. All the Beiming soldiers who stayed in Xiazhou fled back, leaving her and her daughter behind. , because the Cao family were the first Jin people to attach themselves to the Beiming Kingdom, so they were looked down upon by others. If the cook hadn't kept them in the handsome manor, they, mother and daughter, would have had nowhere to go.

"I heard that Mr. Cao has been ill for a few days and is recuperating in the back room where the servants live, so he didn't go to the kitchen to help." Jian Jia said in a low voice.

"So, this Lin Zhiran turned out to be an official lady." Ye Zhen nodded gently, "Cao's husband is from the Beiming Kingdom?"

"No, it's from our Jin country. The Cao family was confiscated and exiled. Their mother and daughter had no one to rely on, so they were bullied outside." Jian Jia whispered.

Ye Zhen nodded lightly, "Let someone find a doctor for Mr. Cao. That little girl likes me very much."

"Yes, your Majesty." Jian Jia responded, but she was a little confused, "My Majesty, do you want Lin Zhiran to serve you by your side?"

"No." Ye Zhen smiled, "I don't know why, but I just like that little girl's eyes."

"That's this little girl's blessing." Jian Jia said with a smile. There are a few people in this world that the Empress can like at a glance.

Ye Zhen smiled faintly. She was particularly concerned about Lin Zhiran because of another thing. During the divination, the divination mentioned that she would meet a noble person in Xiazhou.

What is a noble person? Ye Zhen couldn't tell the difference, but she felt that meeting Lin Zhiran, who had a close eye, might be helpful to her.