In the early Qing Dynasty, Fu spent five days pulling grass in Musheng Villa and finally returned to the East Palace. On the day she returned, Luman was so happy that she went to the restaurant to buy some good dishes to help Fu Qingchu.
"I've made you worry these days," Fu Qingchu said embarrassedly.
"It's okay. I'm happy that my sister can come back." She looked at Fu Qingchu who was intact, and Lu Man sighed, "Your Highness is really an adult. No one knows what would happen to others."
Yes, if it had been anyone else, Fu Qingchu would have died long ago.
"It's just that I won't be the lady's girlfriend in the future. I will be working as a caterer." Fu Qingchu said.
"Why?" Lu Man was puzzled, "I asked you to serve as a caterer, aren't you going to kill a chicken with a knives?"
"If you make a mistake, you must be punished." Fu Qingchu said concisely and concisely.
Lu Man sighed, "That's okay. If we want to eat something in the future, we don't have to pay high prices to buy it."
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu was a little confused, "How much did you spend on these dishes?"
Fu Qingchu knew that the people in the kitchen would earn some kickbacks when making purchases, but she wanted to know how much kickbacks there were.
"Oh, don't talk about this, just let's be happy." Lu Man said indifferently.
"Let me tell you, I was fined half a year's salary. Let's see when I can treat you to a meal." Fu Qingchu said with a smile.
Hearing this, Lu Man also smiled, "Five hundred coins for chicken, three hundred coins for fish, and one hundred coins each for cabbage, tofu soup and amaranth."
"This meal cost you a month's salary?" Fu Qingchu said in surprise.
"They said there was a drought last year and the harvest was not good, so things are more expensive." Speaking of this, Luman just felt that these things were a bit expensive, "Oh, you can't eat them all day long, so just be more expensive."
Fu Qingchu knew about last year's drought, but rice only sold for five cents per catty, and a chicken sold for five hundred cents. Their rebate was too high.
Where is she raising pigs? It was obviously to catch pigs.
Although Fu Qingchu was demoted to the restaurant department at the beginning, everyone with a discerning eye knew that she was fine after disobeying the prince and being imprisoned for a few days. This showed that the prince did not think highly of her, so no one dared to look down upon her.
On the day of arrival, everyone from Si Cui arrived and honestly introduced Si Cui's situation.
"I heard that there are maids on loan from Si Gui. Who are they? Come forward and let me have a look." Fu Qingchu said calmly while looking at everyone.
"Back to the Secretary, yesterday the Secretary's Office said that the library was to be cleaned and the curtains were to be re-arranged. There were not enough manpower, so they were called back." Li Min, the cook, replied.
Hearing this, Fu Qingchu smiled and said, "It's a coincidence."
Seeing that everyone was silent, Fu Qingchu did not ask any more questions. He looked at the crowd and said with a smile: "March 20th is the Queen's fiftieth birthday. Your Highness is going to present birthday peaches. Your Highness hopes to do it more delicately this year, so I'll thank you for your hard work." ”
"It's not hard work, it's all at the discretion of the chef."
Although all the internal affairs of the East Palace are taken care of by Zhan Shifu, after all, Zhan Shifu has too many things to take care of. Many matters in the prince's life are also taken care of by the female officials and eunuchs in the inner palace. For example, this time the prince wanted to present longevity peaches to the queen, Li Min said that the things sent by Zhan Shifu were not good and needed to be bought again.
Fu Qingchu looked at the budget presented and couldn't help but laugh, "How can you become an immortal if you eat this flour? It actually sells for two hundred coins per pound."
"Back to the restaurant, Master Bai An said that he is going to make a longevity peach tree this time. Other flours are not as strong as Xin'an fine noodles, so they will neither taste good nor look good." Li Min said solemnly.
Fu Qingchu thought for a moment and said, "I understand. I'll go find Su Sigui for instructions."
The extra money in the inner palace is all managed by Si Gui's office. Only with Si Gui's seal can you collect the money from Si Ze's office.
Su Junruo looked at the note Fu Qingchu brought, asked Chen Zhangzheng to stamp it, and showed it to Fu Qingchu.
"I heard that they are going to make a peach tree this year, which sounds really unique." Su Junruo said with a smile.
"Your Highness is very filial and cannot be careless." Fu Qingchu also said with a smile.
Speaking of this, Su Junruo couldn't help but sigh, "You have a tough heart, and your mother works hard. But I pity you, because of your parents' affairs, you have fallen to this."
Fu Qingchu initially felt that Su Junruo was just a little arrogant. After all, he came from a wealthy family and it was normal to look down on others. But as the prince paid more attention to her, she felt more and more that Su Junruo was too hostile to her and always dug holes for her to jump into.
Deliberately exposing her affair with Shen Zhuo, saying that she should be beaten or killed for disobeying the prince. This time she brought up her family's affairs. She couldn't say that her family deserved it, so what else could she say? Do you think you are innocent? Doesn’t that mean that the Holy Emperor and the Prince wronged good people? Are you saying that the emperor and the prince are stupid?
It seemed that Yun Fengqing didn't say a few words, but there were many things to do.
Fu Qingchu glanced at her and said with a smile: "There was a rat quarrel in the imperial dining room a few days ago. I wanted to catch a cat to catch the rat. Who would have thought that the dog raised by Aunt Lin could kill the rat in one bite? This is the first time I’ve seen a dog take out a mouse, so it’s nosy.”
Hearing this, Su Junruo's expression immediately changed, but considering that everyone was present, it was hard to get angry. But Fu Qingchu didn't bother to pay attention to her, turned around and left.
She, Fu Qingchu, had never been a doughty person who could be kneaded by anyone. Before, she thought that since everyone was under the same roof, she would not offend her as much as possible. But Su Junruo wanted her to die, openly and secretly, so she didn't want to lose face.
Su Junruo looked at Fu Qingchu with hatred on his face, "I wonder how long you can continue to be rampant!"
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Situ Ce, on the other hand, was a little surprised after hearing Fu Qingchu's recent report, and said with a smile: "I thought that Fu Sicui had great ambitions, but I didn't expect that we are also very aware of such trivial matters in the kitchen."
"Girls have to learn how to run a household." Fu Qingchu said matter-of-factly.
Although she has ambitions to be a man, where in the world would a girl be allowed to show her face outside? Her enthusiasm can only be used for housekeeping. Only then did she know the prices so well, at least she knew the prices six months ago.
Speaking of this, Situ Ce turned to look at her, "I heard that you and Shen Zhixiu would have been married if it weren't for King Zhao's rebellion?"
Fu Qingchu didn't expect that he would suddenly mention this, but he answered honestly: "Yes."
"Is learning to manage a family to prepare for marrying into the Shen family?" Situ Ce asked with a smile.
"If you marry into someone else's family and you can't do anything, my mother will be stabbed in the back." Although she lowered her eyes and said it, her tone was very serious.
Hearing this, Situ Ce smiled and said, "I've wronged you."
Fu Qingchu didn't know why, and turned to look at him, "Aggrieved?"
"Yes, a person who can be a heroine prime minister can only revolve around the pot." Situ Ce said calmly.
Fu Qingchu couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this, and hesitated: "Your Highness, do you think I can be a heroine prime minister?"
Situ Ce thought about it seriously, "But we still have to practice and practice."
Although he was not sure, Fu Qingchu could not hide his excitement and couldn't help but straighten his back. When Situ Ce saw it, he covered his lips and smiled softly, "The first step is to learn to keep emotions in check."
"Oh." She said honestly and suppressed her smile. After thinking about it for a while, she felt something was wrong. "But you can't pretend to be in front of His Highness. That would be deceiving the Lord."
Hearing this, Situ Ce's smile deepened, "Fu Qingchu, Fu Qingchu, I didn't realize you were so glib."
"It is my honor to make His Highness happy." She looked serious.
Situ Ce smiled and said nothing, then looked at the Xifu crabapples in full bloom outside the corridor, and saw two birds playing on the branches, and felt even more happy.
Fu Qingchu saw him looking at the birds in a trance, and bravely asked, "Your Highness, I have a question."
Situ Ce turned to look at her, "What's the matter?"
"When is your wedding date?" she asked cautiously.
Although Situ Ce didn't understand why she was curious about his marriage, he replied harmoniously: "The sixth day of June."
"I heard that the Crown Princess is your junior sister?" She looked at him curiously and asked.
He nodded, "Cheng Zhongshu's daughter is my junior sister. You should have heard of her."
Zhongshu Ling Cheng An, the prince's teacher.
"I've heard of it." She nodded hurriedly and said with a smile, "I don't have much to give as a congratulatory gift, but my daughter Hong is acceptable. If His Highness doesn't give up, I can embroider a Begonia Spring Bird quilt as a congratulatory gift to His Highness. .”
"That's a lot of trouble." Situ Ce never expected that she would want to give a gift, or something with such a large amount of work. After all, Begonia Spring Bird would have to be embroidered all over the quilt, and it was dizzying just thinking about it.
"My salary is only a few taels of silver, and I can't buy anything decent, so this is the most suitable. Haitang Chunniao, I wish you and the Crown Princess are connected and fly together." She looked at Situ Ce and said extremely seriously.
Seeing the joy and expectation on her face, Situ Ce couldn't help but laugh, "I'm getting married, why are you happier than me?"
"Shouldn't I be happy that you are starting a family and starting a business? Your marriage is also a happy event for Jing Chao." She looked at him inexplicably and said with a smile, "Besides, you and the Crown Princess are childhood sweethearts, and you are even more happy when your lovers finally get married. Congratulations."
Seeing her beaming expression, Situ Ce smiled helplessly, "Okay, okay, I know you are happy. But you are not allowed to embroider with your face because it hurts your eyes."
"But then I won't have anything to give as a gift." She looked confused, "Embroider a pillow?"
"Embroidered pillow?" Situ Ce raised his eyebrows and looked at her funny.
Fu Qingchu: "..."
It really doesn't sound good.
"Okay, I don't want your congratulatory gift. When will you learn to keep calm and be less angry with me is the best congratulatory gift." He laughed harmoniously.
Fu Qingchu said again: "..."
Can you please stop mentioning this matter?
When Situ Ce saw that she was silent, the smile on his lips deepened. He turned back to look at the begonia flowers on the tree and said with a smile, "It would be nice to embroider the begonia flowers."
Begonia flower, Jieyu flower.
Fu Qingchu looked up at him and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sure enough, for someone as noble as Situ Ce, he probably has something unspeakable in his heart, and he is also looking forward to having his own interpretation flower.
She opened her mouth, but hesitated to speak. She wanted to say that Chen must live up to expectations, but she felt that this was presumptuous. Who is she? How dare you want to be his Jie Yuhua.
