pet supervisor

"I'm Wen Xiaoyue."

The man in front of him was polite, dignified, well dressed and looked good.

It stands to reason that the normal process should be that Xiao Lianzi reported his name, and the two of them would be regarded as acquainted, and after chatting for a few words, they would be considered friends.

But the reality is not like this.

Flustered, flustered for no reason.

When Xiao Lianzi saw this person's appearance clearly, there was a "buzz" in his head, and a voice shouted from the bottom of his heart, telling him to leave quickly, but his feet seemed to be filled with a thousand catties of iron, making it difficult to move an inch.

"Brother, are you tired of carrying it? I'll come down here to help you!" Wen Xiaoyue wanted to get Xiao Lianzi's tray, and he approached step by step, and that face, which was clearly regarded as Zhou Zheng, got closer and closer.

A hideous face inexplicably appeared in his mind, Xiao Lianzi's heart shuddered, and he backed away in a panic.

"I don't have any malicious intentions, I just feel that I have hit it off with you, and I want to get acquainted..." Seeing Xiao Lianzi's defense, Wen Xiaoyue's tone became softer, "Be careful, brother, there is a pool of water behind you, I really don't have any malicious intentions !"

Turning around, the heels had already touched the rocks by the side of the release pool, and sure enough, one step back was the emerald green water.

Xiao Lianzi bit his lower lip tightly, fear swept through his limbs and bones.

Taking a deep breath, Xiao Lianzi slipped under Wen Xiaoyue's arm while Wen Xiaoyue was unaware, and slipped away without looking back.

Wen Xiaoyue: "..."

The duck that reached its mouth actually flew!

Two young men dressed in extraordinary clothes came out from behind the bushes: "Hahahaha, brother Wen, how does it feel to be closed door, girls can only accept this trick of yours, that young man will not accept your trick, see you and see you again Ghostly!"

It turned out that the three of them were sitting in a pavilion not far away, and Wen Xiaoyue immediately took a fancy to Xiao Lianzi who was walking under the Luohan pine.

The man in blue said: "At first glance, he is the type that you like, Brother Wen. Looking up close, he has delicate features, and looks fresh and watery. He is really a handsome man!"

Wen Xiaoyue glanced at that person, and said dissatisfiedly: "Put your thoughts away, this is the person I like!"

The man in blue seemed to be hindered by Wen Xiaoyue's identity, and said with a smile: "Damn, I promise I won't snatch it from you! When you get tired of playing, let's play for the brothers!"

"Brother Wen, everyone is gone, why don't you chase after him!"

Wen Xiaoyue snorted, and said in an imperative tone: "Let's go? Let's see where he can go. As long as he's in the capital, he won't be able to escape the palm of my son!"

He ran all the way back to the yard without daring to stop, and happened to bump into Ye Ke who came out of the house.

"Yo, Brother Xiao, what's wrong with you, you look so bad?"

Seeing Ye Ke, Xiao Lianzi looked back and saw that the man didn't catch up, he was relieved, "I'm going to get you hangover soup..."

"Thank you," Ye Ke took the hangover soup and drank it down. "I happen to be thirsty. Brother Xiao really relieved my urgent need. By the way, I will bid farewell. Brother Xiao, we will see you later!"

After finishing speaking, Ye Ke left.

Xiao Lianzi was holding the tray and soup bowl in his hands. He should return it to the kitchen, but he was worried about meeting that person again, so he had to put away the tray first, and return the tray to the monks in the courtyard when they came to deliver the meal. .

It's strange to say that he has never seen that person before, but why is he subconsciously afraid?

Xiao Lianzi was puzzled.

For the rest of the half day in the Ganguang Temple, Xiao Lianzi dared not go out alone, and stayed in the wing room all the time. After finally coming back to the palace, his hanging heart finally relaxed.

After returning to the palace, the first thing he did was to look at the plum blossom petals that had been dried before, and wrapped the dried petals in cloth and put them away.

On the second day, he woke up early and went to the imperial dining room in a good mood.

The people in the imperial dining room were preparing the ingredients for lunch and dinner. Xiao Lianzi borrowed a table and started working on his own.

Flour, sugar, oil, and oil were mixed in proportion and kneaded into a dough. Then he borrowed a pestle and mortar, put the sun-dried plum blossom petals in, and pounded them vigorously with the pestle.

"Deputy Manager Lian, what are you doing?" The cook at the side asked curiously.

"Make plum blossom cakes." Xiao Lianzi said with a smile, his nose was covered with flour, and he didn't look embarrassed, but rather cute, with upturned peach blossom eyes, staring at Chujiu with piercing eyes.

Even the deputy manager, he looks so good... No wonder the emperor dotes on him!If he had such a person serving him, he would be very happy every day!

"Deputy Manager Lian, add some honey. This is Sophora japonica honey. It's very sweet. You can also add some glutinous rice flour to the dough. Every pastry in the palace will add some. The dough with glutinous rice flour is soft and delicious, and the taste is amazing!"

Hearing what the cook said, Xiao Lianzi thought about it. His mother taught her to make the plum cakes, but their family is poor. They don’t have glutinous rice and honey. Even sugar is very expensive and can’t be added. , the plum blossom cake can only be used as a fragrance, what if the emperor doesn't like to eat it?

Thinking of this, Xiao Lianzi thanked him, added some honey, added some glutinous rice flour to the dough, rolled it into a thin dough with a rolling pin, and wrapped it with crystal clear, orange plum blossom paste.

"Deputy Manager Lian, why don't you put a flower seal on the cake, it looks better!" Seeing that Xiao Lianzi was serious about cooking, the deputy chef in his 30s looked very good-natured when he was fourteen or five years old. Can't help but ask.

"Okay!" Xiao Lianzi took the stamp and stamped a red flower stamp on each cake.

In the end, he put the pancakes on the steamer, and added firewood himself, but he declined all others who asked for help. Xiao Lianzi went to work in the fields when he was five years old, and he was very good at adding firewood and so on. What the emperor did, let's do it ourselves, so it looks more sincere."

"Deputy Manager Lian really has a heart!" Several cooks and cooks praised one after another, Xiao Lianzi has no official airs, and it is very comfortable to get along with him.

After working all morning, the flower cake finally came out of the pan. The heat rose with the cover, and the fragrance was overflowing. Xiao Lianzi shared some with the crowd, and they were full of praise after tasting it.

"Oh, the skill of the deputy manager is comparable to that of our pastry chef!"

"That's right, it's crispy but not crispy, fragrant but not greasy, it has both the fragrance of plum blossoms and sweetness, it's so delicious!"

Xiao Lianzi was embarrassed by their praise.

It's just a cake, it's really not...

However, he finally felt relieved, decorated the flower cake, and happily carried the pastry box back to Changhuan Palace.

In Changhuan Palace, Xue Jing was sitting on the case reviewing the memorial, and from the corner of his eye, he saw a round head protruding from the door. Xue Jing smiled and cleared his throat, "Where did you go?"

Xiao Lianzi was not embarrassed to be discovered, he went into the inner hall with a silly smile.

"Your Majesty, my servant has gone to make you some flower cakes!" Holding the snack box, Xiao Lianzi took out the still warm flower cakes, pursed his lips, his eyes sparkled, "Your Majesty, how would you like to taste it! "

The flower cakes on the plate were beautifully arranged, a strangeness flashed in Xue Jing's eyes, but he didn't show it, and the corners of his mouth still kept smiling.

"Why do you want to put a stamp on it?" Xue Jing asked, pointing to the stamp on it.

"It looks good!" Xiao Lianzi didn't think there was anything wrong with it, "Your Majesty, please try it, it won't taste good when it's cold!"

It doesn't taste good when it's cold...

Xue Jing shook his head for a moment. He picked up a piece of flower cake. The touch on his fingers was completely different from the cold and hard flower cake he remembered. He put it in his mouth and took a bite. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. The sweet flower filling melts in your mouth.

No...not this taste...

"Why is there a sweet smell?" Xue Jing asked.

Xiao Lianzi looked at Xue Jing expectantly and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, honey and sugar are added to the cake, and the water used for the dough is..."

As Xiao Lianzi said, he saw the emperor put down the flower cake he had bitten into.

In the middle of speaking, Xiao Lianzi lost his voice with his mouth open.

Your Majesty... don't you like to eat?

"Don't do it again."

Xue Jing's voice was very light, without any emotion, but it made the light in Xiao Lianzi's eyes disappear.

He opened his mouth to ask why...

Didn't the emperor ask me to do it?

"Take it down!" Xue Jing put down the memorial, lost in thought.

Xiao Lianzi didn't know what the emperor was thinking, he put away the snack box in a lonely way, and walked out, just two steps away, he opened the box, took a piece of flower cake and put it in his mouth.

"It's delicious..."

It's obviously... delicious, why, why don't you like it?

Is there any step he did wrong?

[The author has something to say: I wish everyone a happy winter solstice!Lele!Another chapter after dinner! 】