After having lunch and resting for a while, An ran to prepare dinner. There are a lot of dishes to prepare, and you have to borrow someone else's place, so you have to start early.
Knowing that An Lai would take charge of the dinner party, everyone in the theater troupe became very active. Those who are good at cooking help An, while the others are responsible for conveying the news to Liliana and the others.
For a moment, the cold and solemn palace seemed to have a bit more fireworks. Even the servants in the palace were moved by this atmosphere and acted much more briskly.
The palace's kitchen area is very large, and An cannot possibly occupy it all by herself. When someone saw it, someone spread the news. After that, many people came over to watch. Fortunately, there are palace disciplines to restrain them, so they will not be too unrestrained.
This matter soon reached Liliana's ears, and she immediately slammed the table and became furious——
"Why didn't you call me?!"
Liliana lifted up her complicated long skirt and prepared to run to the kitchen.
"Your Majesty," Xiao Yue said with an elegant smile on her face, "You still have official business to attend to."
Liliana seemed to be frozen by these words.
"Uh...Um...Sister Xiaoyue...I, I just..." Liliana rolled her eyes several times and thought of a plausible reason, "I just want to see if there is anything missing in the kitchen. So that people can prepare!”
She seemed to be convinced by these words, and her tone gradually became more confident.
"These palace chefs will complete it, that's what they do. And..." Xiaoyue's expression remained unchanged, "You don't seem to be able to distinguish the types of vegetables?"
"Ah this——"
Liliana immediately felt some cramps in her raised neck, and sweat poured down her forehead.
When it comes to evaluating the taste of dishes, Liliana can still speak eloquently. But when it comes to raw materials, although she is not completely ignorant, Liliana is definitely not as familiar as those chefs who have been working with the stove for a long time.
If you ask what green vegetables are, she really can't tell. After all, she just needs to eat the food prepared by the chefs.
I thought I had found a good excuse, but in the end I dug my own grave.
Liliana was about to cry but had no tears left.
"I...I just want to take a look~" When she tried to make an excuse, Liliana chose to act coquettishly, "I've basically finished reading the official duties. I just want to see if Brother Wang has cooked the food I like..."
This is not the first time Liliana has used coquettishness to avoid official duties. Normally her doing so would be in vain. No matter how she behaves, Xiaoyue will still respectfully advise her in the end to complete her official duties as her priority.
It was said to be "advice", but Liliana didn't dare not listen.
Over time, her coquettishness became the last part of her death struggle. After that, she still had to finish her official duties obediently.
Liliana also didn't have high expectations this time. Even though her desire to go to the kitchen was very urgent and more serious than ever before, she still took steps after finishing her words, intending to return to her seat to complete her "homework" as soon as possible before going.
Liliana believed that after she finished, Xiaoyue would definitely not stop her anymore, but would choose to accompany her.
Xiaoyue has always done this.
"Then go and take a look." Xiao Yue closed her eyes and said, "However, you have to read the rest of today's work seriously and carefully together with your official duties tomorrow."
Liliana paused and opened her eyes in disbelief. It took him a while to react, and he said in surprise: "No problem! I will definitely read it carefully!!"
She quickly glanced at the documents on the table and judged that it would not take too much time. She could complete it as long as she sacrificed some rest time tomorrow, and she felt certain.
"At that time, I will ask Lord Leonhardt to come and supervise." Xiaoyue bowed slightly and stepped aside.
Liliana knew that this meant Xiaoyue's agreement, and her first reaction was to run away. But then she remembered that this was Xiaoyue's rare "extra-legal mercy", and felt that she could no longer make Xiaoyue angry, so she forcibly controlled herself and showed the manners a princess should have.
Xiaoyue followed Liliana, watching her pace almost jumping like a rabbit, a smile on her elegant face.
The two walked out of the main hall together.
The closer you get to the palace, the fewer and fewer servants there are.
As soon as they reached the dormitory, Leonhardt hurriedly walked from their side. He looked like he had run over. Although his clothes were neat, the mask on his face was a little crooked.
"Hey, you too..." the brother and sister said in unison.
After a moment, both of them laughed.
"Yeah, you're here." Jerry walked out of the side hall with Yinliu, followed by Kaito, "We were just going to call you."
"Invitation, it's an invitation." Hairen reminded Jerry in a low voice that there was a problem with the wording.
"Yes, yes, it's an invitation." Jerry reacted and laughed awkwardly.
He had always regarded Liliana and the others as friends, subconsciously ignoring their royal status. When dealing with the royal family, when everyone is in the palace, the words should be more official.
Liliana waved her hand: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't have to be so formal."
She noticed that there were almost no palace servants in the side hall, and frowned slightly. It's not that the message must be delivered by the servant, but that the servant is not on call in the side hall at this time, which is equivalent to being absent from duty.
This cannot be easily dismissed!
Hairen noticed Liliana's expression and explained: "The palace servants are helping An, and most of them are in the kitchen now."
"So many people?"
Liliana recalled that there were about twenty servants in the side hall, and there was already a kitchen, but cooking didn't require so many people.
"An was not familiar with the kitchen at first and relied on the help of the head chef. Later, in order to thank the head chef, An planned to bring out the special dishes she learned in the kingdom and give everyone a try." Jerry explained, "Some of them are recording the dishes. The preparation method, and the rest is helping the chef to try out the dishes."
It's almost dinner time. In order not to delay dinner, it's not strange to have more people help when trying out the dishes.
"Not familiar..." Suddenly remembering that the kitchen had been expanded, Liliana was relieved, "So that's it."
Enryu thought about what he saw in the kitchen and sighed: "I have to try cooking and prepare dinner for everyone in the palace. To be honest, I am a little worried that the chef will not be able to handle it."
"There will be no problem with the chef. He has been working in the palace for many years and has never made a mistake." Xiaoyue said.
Hearing her words, Otoru remembered how quickly the chef caught up with An's pace, and couldn't help but nodded and said, "What an amazing person!"
"If you don't talk about this, let's go to the kitchen and take a look!"
Liliana waved her hand and the group headed towards the kitchen. When the people around saw the princess coming, they bowed their heads and saluted.
Liliana walked into the kitchen and soon saw An who was communicating with the chef. The two had a great conversation.
"What delicious food have you cooked?" Liliana held up her skirt and ran to An's side.
"Come here so soon?" An said in surprise, "Jerry and the others must have just been out not long ago."
"Your Highness?" The chef saluted quickly.
After noticing that everyone here had stopped, Liliana said: "Everyone takes the work at hand seriously! This is a rare opportunity to learn. I hope to see you come up with new delicious dishes in the future!"
Everyone responded and focused on their work.
Miku, Mei Ke, Liu Ge and Bai were all nearby, and they just finished what they were doing and came over.
"So fast?" Miku asked the same question as An.
There were many people outside the kitchen, so Bai, Mei Ke and Liu Ge didn't speak, but just nodded to Liliana and the other three.
Jerry said, "We happened to meet each other near the palace, so we came over together."
An wiped her hands and said, "It'll be ready soon. It's almost done here."
"What have you done? Is there anything I like to eat?" Liliana asked with a smile.
An was amused and said, "Of course, I also made dessert, which will definitely be enough for you."
"Great!" Liliana cheered.
Seeing how childish she was in front of so many people, Leonhardt burst into laughter.
Xiaoyue closed her eyes and pretended not to see it.
Miku smiled and said: "Then let me start bringing the cooked dishes over?"
"Okay." An replied.
Instead of asking the servants to help, everyone found a few dining carts, loaded up the items and pushed them to the side hall. After working for a while, by the time everything was set up, it was getting late.
All the members of the troupe, including Liliana, Leonhardt, and Xiaoyue, gathered around the table, and a warm atmosphere filled the room.
Seeing Liliana looking at him eagerly, An couldn't help but laugh. He knew the reason, so he didn't delay any more. Seeing that everyone was ready, he said directly:
"Then let's have dinner!"
