Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 193 The Imperial Kitchen is Delicious

Ningyuxuan.

Huang Ye walked into the main hall of Ningyuxuan. The whole Ningyuxuan gave her a feeling of being big. It was several times bigger than her Furong Garden. Every part of it was big. The main hall was also big, with several tables and chairs placed in it. It was obviously a place to entertain guests.

At this time, Aunt Fanghua had already walked over. Wherever Huang Ye went, she followed and explained. There were a total of eight main rooms in the main courtyard, including the bedroom, and three side rooms on each side. According to Aunt Fanghua, those were prepared for the concubines of lower status to live in. What she meant was that if there were too many women in the emperor's harem and there was no room for them, those of lower status would be stuffed into the courtyards of the concubines of higher status, and they would just have a place to live.

"No one is moving in now. It looks like the next talent show will be a few years away. I will make my own decision. Let Xiao Xiangzi live in the room on the left. He can get there as soon as possible if anything happens. The servant on the right will live in one room. The other two rooms will be for Hongdou and Ludou. Everyone else will live in the back yard."

"Aunt has arranged it very well, but why can't I see where the kitchenette is?" Huang Ye asked the question that concerned her most.

"Empress, isn't there a corner door on the right side of the corridor? That's the door to the small kitchen." Fanghua found it funny. She had seen the list of things that the Empress brought over. They were all pots, pans, and utensils. From this, it can be seen that the Empress likes to eat.

Huang Ye looked at the corner door. The corridor was so wide that she felt it would be no problem to put a table and sit around it, so she didn't pay attention to the door at all. Lu Dou was most concerned about this and walked over quickly. After a while, her voice was heard: "Miss, come and see, this small kitchen is so big, more than half the size of ours."

"Call her Her Majesty." Fanghua was correcting from a distance. In the palace, a wrong address could be enough to cost someone's life.

Huang Ye walked to the small kitchen and looked at the red-faced Lung Bean: "Aunt is right, this place is not like home, everything must be done according to the rules, one mistake can be fatal."

Green Bean also realized his mistake and quickly bowed to Aunt Fanghua: "Aunt, I'm sorry. Green Bean will not make such a mistake again. Please supervise me."

"And Hongdou, remember, if you make a mistake in the palace, I'm afraid I won't be able to save you then." Hongdou is actually a person who appears rough on the outside but is actually delicate on the inside. Huang Ye is not very worried about her, but he still needs to remind her of what she should know.

"I understand." Hongdou replied.

"Aunt, I don't understand the rules of the palace. From now on, I will rely on you to control them." Huang Ye said to Aunt Fanghua.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. Since I have become the head nanny of Ningyuxuan, this is my responsibility and I don't have to worry about it." Fanghua replied.

"Then...should we go and pay our respects to the Queen first?" If Huang Ye hadn't been worried about this, he would have taken off his gorgeous clothes long ago. The clothes are nice, but they are not convenient to wear when walking."

"The Queen Mother has said that today is our first time entering the palace, and we all need to adapt. We will skip the greetings today and start from tomorrow morning."

It was already past lunchtime. Due to the special circumstances today, each concubine who entered the palace lived at different distances from home, so they entered the palace at different times. The imperial kitchen had always prepared meals for each concubine, which could be used at any time. The two palace maids who were sent out by Aunt Fanghua to get the meals had already brought back the meals and were waiting outside the door.

"Come in." Huang Ye ordered. Two palace maids came in, put down the food baskets and saluted Huang Ye. Huang Ye waved her hand to let them forget it. She was impatient with these red tapes. She felt tired of bowing and kneeling at every turn in her own territory.

Two palace maids placed the food on the table. I have to say, the meals of this concubine were really rich, with steamed and boiled food all over the table. I wonder if it was like this every day.

"What are your two names?" Huang Ye just then remembered that she didn't know the other person's name.

"My name is Hongyue." The round-faced palace maid replied.

"My name is Xiaojuan." Another palace maid who was more pretty answered.

"You guys go out, you don't need to be served here." Huang Ye asked them to go out. She didn't like people watching her while she was eating.

The two palace maids left, and Huang Ye asked Hongdou to help her take off her coat quickly, because there was a charcoal basin in the room and she was dying of heat.

After taking off her coat, Huang Ye felt a lot more relaxed. She asked Hongdou to call Ludou and Xiaoxiangzi over. Together with Aunt Fanghua, there were five people on the table, so the food was enough for five people.

"No, how can a servant eat at the same table with the master? Absolutely not. I will just stand beside and serve the master." Fanghua declined. Xiao Xiangzi didn't say anything. He looked at his aunt and ate when his aunt ate.

"Oh, aunt, just eat when the queen tells you to. Today's situation is special, and you've been hungry for most of the day. From tomorrow on, you should follow the rules." Hongdou knew how to persuade people. She and Ludou had already sat down with Huangye. Aunt Fanghua had no choice but to sit on half of the stool to show respect. Xiao Xiangzi sat down too. His fifth uncle said that one should do whatever the master tells them to do, and the masters like obedient servants.

Hongdou handed each of them a pair of chopsticks. Seeing Huangye pick up the chopsticks and start eating, she and Ludou also started eating without any hesitation. Seeing how natural the three of them were, they must have eaten like this many times in the past. The two of them felt relieved and started eating as well. It must be said that the food from the imperial kitchen was delicious.

For Huang Ye and the other two who were used to eating food in the mansion, the food in the imperial kitchen was just so-so. If they really had to say, they still wanted to eat food cooked by themselves. In short, food without spicy taste was soulless to them. If they were made to eat this soulless food every day, they dared not even imagine how it would taste.