Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 227 The things on the list are not presentable

Ningyuxuan.

Today is the fifth day since Huang Ye entered the palace. Huang Ye is reading the reply letter from her family. The letter describes the recent situation at home, that is, her second brother has returned to the north. Before leaving, her family invited a matchmaker to go to the Qiu Mansion to propose marriage. Due to time constraints and Qiu Yun'er's young age, the two families only exchanged horoscopes and engagement letters, and did not hold an engagement banquet. In addition, everything was fine at home, so she didn't need to worry about her family and must do well in the palace.

Qing Yuer's letter was very simple, saying that all the people stationed in the Changning Marquis' Mansion had been evacuated, and now the focus was on the Zhenxi Prince's Mansion. He told Huang Ye not to worry, and that he would arrange everything according to Huang Ye's wishes.

Huang Ye was very confident in Qing Yu'er, so she didn't think about it anymore, but she praised the prince for bringing the letter back. The things Huang Ye asked to bring back were a bit too many, so the prince took advantage of the dead of night and flew several times to deliver the things she needed to Ning Yuxuan.

"Well done, Prince. I'll entrust all these important matters to you from now on. Next time if Hongdou dares to say that you only eat and do not work, we will punish her by not allowing her to eat the rabbits you hunted. What do you think?" Huang Ye continued to flatter the prince.

The prince looked at Hongdou proudly, thinking that it was the most important person around the master... no, the most important eagle. Even this fierce girl would have to stand aside in the future. It could never have imagined that it had become the master's free transport plane and was still feeling complacent.

The small kitchen has been completed today. Although Eunuch Ma was rewarded a lot by Hongdou, she was not the kind of person who would do her job sloppily. She made the stove and oven exactly according to Huang Ye's drawings, which made Huang Ye very satisfied. She asked Hongdou to give her a silver ingot as a thank you gift.

Eunuch Ma was unwilling to accept it. "This is my responsibility. The Queen ordered me to do this. I have already given Hongdou. The Queen is generous and I cannot be greedy. I absolutely cannot accept this ingot of silver."

"Eunuch Ma." Huang Ye came out: "If it weren't for you working overtime, the small kitchen wouldn't have been finished so quickly. This money is just a little thanks from Ning Yuxuan. If you have time in the future, you can come to Ning Yuxuan to play with Xiao Xiangzi."

Seeing that Huang Ye's tone was friendly and he didn't mean to look down on eunuchs like them, Eunuch Ma believed that he had chosen the right person. Based on his experience in the palace for many years, he knew that Concubine Huang was definitely not an ordinary person.

"If your majesty thinks highly of me, please take back this money. When the small kitchen opens in the future, if there is anything delicious, let Xiao Xiangzi send a portion to me as a thank you."

Huang Ye saw that he really didn't want it, so he didn't force him: "Okay, then, come to Ning Yuxuan often in the future. I haven't prepared any food yet, so I'll have Xiao Xiangzi bring it to you when it's ready."

Eunuch Ma is a nice guy, and he usually helps out in various kitchens in the palace. So if he wants to find out some news, it would be very convenient. Huang Ye promised him that he wanted to make friends with him.

Many years later, Eunuch Ma was extremely grateful that he had a keen eye and chose the right person. Only then did he follow the empress and live the rest of his life comfortably.

"Xiao Xiangzi, can you go to Manager Sun and buy all these things?" Huang Ye handed Xiao Xiangzi a piece of paper, on which were densely listed the ingredients she needed.

Xiao Xiangzi took it and took a look at it, he was stunned. The flour, eggs, rice, beef, pork, and vegetables were all normal, but what the hell were these three pig heads, five large intestines, and those duck necks and duck wings... He felt dizzy.

"Your Majesty, the imperial kitchen doesn't have these things. We have to buy them outside the palace. This..." Xiao Xiangzi was a little embarrassed. He was not sure whether his fifth uncle could help him buy them.

"Go ask Manager Sun if you can go out and buy it. Money is not a problem, as long as we can buy it back." Huang Ye understood his dilemma and asked him to try asking first.

"Then I'll go." Xiao Xiangzi walked out of Ningyuxuan and walked into the small courtyard where his fifth uncle lived. In this harem, not many people had small courtyards, and because of the manager who was in charge of purchasing, his fifth uncle could have his own courtyard.

"Fifth Uncle." Seeing his Fifth Uncle sitting at the table drinking tea, Xiao Xiangzi ran over to stand behind him and massage his shoulders. He was the only relative he had in the world, so whenever they met, he wanted to show his filial piety to him.

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Manager Sun asked with his eyes closed. He was about forty years old, with handsome features. It can be seen that if he was not a eunuch, he would have been a very outstanding person when he was young.

Xiao Xiangzi took out the list written by Huang Ye and showed it to him: "Fifth Uncle, many of the things on this list are not available in the imperial kitchen. The queen asked me to ask if I can buy them outside the palace. Money is not a problem."

Xiao Xiangzi scratched his head. If his fifth uncle didn't agree, he would find a way to make his fifth uncle agree. This was something the empress had specifically instructed him to do. If he couldn't do it, wouldn't it make him, Xiao Xiangzi, seem particularly useless?

"Hmm..." Steward Sun was also a little confused looking at the list. Some of the things that Concubine Huang wanted were things that ordinary people didn't even want to eat. They were not presentable and no one knew what they were used for. However, since his nephew was making a living under their care, he would help him out of his filial piety.

"You go back and tell Concubine Huang to rest assured. I will go out of the palace myself tomorrow and buy back the things she wants." Steward Sun closed his eyes again and said to Xiao Xiangzi.

"Thank you, Uncle Five. Thank you, Uncle Five." Xiao Xiangzi pinched the dough even harder. He knew that Uncle Five had not gone out of the palace to buy groceries in person for a long time.

Huang Ye noticed that Aunt Fanghua looked absent-minded during dinner: "Aunt, what's wrong?"

"Your Highness, today is already the fifth day, and the Emperor has not been to any of the palaces. He has been resting in the Yangxin Palace. This is very abnormal. Is it possible that none of the new ladies in the palace are to his liking?"

What Fanghua actually wanted to say was that her queen was beautiful and had even dined at the same table with the emperor. Logically, she should have more advantages than others. Could it be that she guessed wrong and the emperor didn't like his queen?