Adorable Food Goddess

Sitting on the carriage, Ye Jiayao looked at the jar of wine thoughtfully.

Drink it every day... Ordinarily you can't drink alcohol when you're pregnant, right? Aunt Cui doesn’t know this bit of common sense? Or is there something fishy here?

Qiao Xi also stared at the wine jar: "Second Young Madam, you don't really want to give this wine to Cui Yan, do you?"

Ye Jiayao was thinking about it. Indeed, everyone only listened to what Cui Yan said about the child in Cui Yan's belly. But Cui Yan came to the Hou Mansion to cause trouble and wallowed around. Is this what a pregnant woman would do? Cuiyan should know very well that her child is her biggest support, so why not protect her child carefully? Well, we need to look into this matter carefully.

Seeing that the second young lady didn't respond, Qiao Xi said nothing.

After entering the palace, Ye Jiayao first went to Chaoyang Palace to ask the queen for instructions on what she would eat today.

The queen was talking to several concubines, so she asked Wanru to pass on the message, saying that you can do whatever you want, and it's not important now. The emperor will have lunch at Zichen Palace at noon.

What Ye Jiayao doesn't like to hear the most is the word casual. The person who said it may want to save trouble, but the person who does it doesn't save trouble and has to think about it.

It seems that it is better to write a vegetarian menu and let the queen order each meal herself.

When they arrived at the imperial dining room, everyone was familiar with Ye Jiayao and greeted her warmly. If Ye Jiayao needed anything, someone would take the initiative to help. There was no need for instructions from the manager of the imperial dining room.

The kitchen is a place where cooking skills speak for themselves. Whoever has good cooking skills and can be appreciated by the masters will be the boss. Although Ye Jiayao only works in the imperial kitchen and rarely comes to the imperial kitchen to cook, she always cooks for the emperor and queen. This kind of honor can only be enjoyed by super chefs like Lu Yiming. Others have even done it. Qualifications are difficult to obtain.

Coupled with Ye Jiayao's status as the second young mistress of the Jing'an Hou Mansion, and the fact that she doesn't like to put on airs and is polite to everyone, everyone naturally looks at her differently. I have respect and please, even if I am neither of these, at least I don’t want to offend Ye Jiayao. This made Ye Jiayao's work go smoothly.

Just as the action started here, Lu Yiming came again: "Shopkeeper Ye, can I discuss something with you?"

Ye Jiayao said in a good temper: "Shopkeeper Lu, you're too polite. You can tell me what's going on."

Lu Yiming felt a little embarrassed and hesitated: "That's it, can I learn from your vegetarian diet? Uh... don't get me wrong, I'm just afraid that after this period of time, when you leave, the emperor and empress will think of eating what you made. I'm sorry to send you to the palace, but you want me to cook it, but what should I do if I don't know how to cook it?"

Lu Yiming explained eagerly that each profession has its own rules. If you want to learn from others' special skills, you must ask for their consent. This behavior of stealing from others is despised. If Shopkeeper Ye refuses, there is nothing he can do.

"Don't worry, I won't pass on what you taught me to anyone else, not even my own son, without your permission. I guarantee that these dishes will not appear anywhere else except the imperial dining room. I guarantee it with Sushanfang’s century-old reputation.” Lu Yiming said solemnly.

Ye Jiayao can trust Lu Yiming's character, and she is not a stingy person. Besides, Lu Yiming's concerns are reasonable. She is only responsible for the emperor's and queen's food during the funeral. After this period, she will definitely not be there every day again. Come, the emperor is too embarrassed to say this.

Ye Jiayao said cheerfully: "No problem, if others can't believe it, how can you, Chef Lu, not believe it?"

Lu Yiming was overjoyed. He didn't expect Shopkeeper Ye to agree so readily. He cupped his fists and saluted: "Well, thank you very much, Shopkeeper Ye."

Lu Yiming simply started to attack Ye Jiayao. When the other cooks saw it, their jaws dropped. What is going on? The number one chef in the imperial dining room actually helped shopkeeper Ye?

One of them taught while doing, and the other learned while memorizing, completely ignoring the surprised looks of others.

After preparing lunch, Ye Jiayao couldn't leave. She had to wait until the emperor and queen finished the task before the task was completed. Otherwise, if she asked for extra dishes midway or was dissatisfied with any dish, she would still have to go to her.

Taking advantage of this interval, Ye Jiayao sat in the small courtyard of the imperial dining room and took out the accounts given by Manager Zhao yesterday.

There is nothing wrong with the accounts, each item is calculated clearly, but the total adds up to a considerable sum. However, the people below take more, which means she earns more. Ye Jiayao is not a stingy person who only gets in and out. She likes mutual benefit and reciprocity, and everyone is happy and harmonious to make money. He made an instruction on it and handed it over to Manager Zhao to handle.

After waiting for less than half an hour, the waiter in the imperial dining room who delivered lunch came back, indicating that the emperor and queen had finished their meal, and Ye Jiayao got up and left the palace.

She was still thinking about Cui Yan, so she would ask her elder brother first before going back.

After arriving home, Guan Zhao replied in advance, saying that everyone had been sent away, and the furnishings and valuables in the house had been sealed up. He asked if he would send someone to bring them back and give them to the eldest mistress?

Ye Jiayao nodded, these things would naturally be given to Youshi.

"You'd better take Fang's mother with you." Ye Jiayao said, asking You's own people to go with them to take stock, so as not to blame her for missing something.

"Yes." Manager Zhao took the order and left, and Ye Jiayao sent someone to invite the eldest young master.

Chunli was also thinking about the affairs of his foreign residence, so he came soon.

Ye Jiayao sent all the irrelevant people out so that the two of them could talk more easily.

"Brother, I have something to ask you."

Chunli was as honest as a rabbit. He was filled with guilt last night. Impulsively, he went out and handed over the house deed. In the middle of the night, he thought about regretting it, but it was too late. In addition, the brother-in-law was still there, always giving him sideways glances, as if I wouldn't mind beating you up again if you were dishonest, so he didn't even dare to fart, and kept his tail between his legs.

"Second brother and sister, just ask."

"Cuiyan said she's pregnant, have you asked a doctor to confirm it?"

Chunli shook his head: "I only found out about this the day your sister-in-law came to make trouble. Cuiyan said that she had already seen the doctor and wanted to find a suitable opportunity to tell me again and give me a surprise. of."

Ye Jiayao had a suspicion in her mind, but it seemed that it was just Cui Yan's words. Maybe Cui Yan wanted to use this as an excuse, fearing that Chun Li would dump her and not want her. This was a common tactic used by mistresses.

"She said how long she was pregnant. When did her monthly letter come?" Ye Jiayao continued to understand the situation.

The scumbag Chunli actually blushed and said hesitantly: "She said it was almost two months ago. As for Yue Xin, I don't remember it clearly. Who can remember this!"

Well, it seems that Chunli is not only a scumbag, but also confused. Now that Ye Jiayao has not obtained any real evidence, he can't say anything. Let's wait until the truth is revealed!

"Okay, there's nothing else to do. Brother, you can go back." After asking all the questions, Ye Jiayao ended the conversation.

But Chunli hasn’t asked yet what he wants to know!

"Second brother and sister, over there at the outer house..."

There were a lot of valuable things there, and he wanted to put them away, but his brother-in-law was staring at him and he couldn't get away, and he didn't know how his second brother and sister would deal with it.

Ye Jiayao knew what his intention was as soon as he saw his expression.

"Well, everyone has been sent away. They are all from other places. They have been settled properly. There will be no worries. As for the things in the house, my sister-in-law has sent someone to take inventory." Ye Jiayao said bluntly, shattering Chunli's illusions. .

Chunli's face turned pale, the corners of his mouth twitched, he felt so distressed that he wanted to cry, now he really had nothing left.

Ye Jiayao smiled and comforted: "Husband and wife, what's yours belongs to my sister-in-law, and what's my sister-in-law's is yours. In the future, won't everything belong to your son?"

Thinking of his son, Chunli felt slightly better and left dejectedly.

As soon as Chunli left, Ye Jiayao immediately asked Xiangtao to invite the doctor from Renhetang. Then he took the doctor and Lin Kun's family to the small courtyard where he used to live with Aunt Jiang and the others.

Manager Zhao placed Cuiyan here.

Ye Jiayao and the doctor were waiting in the hall, while Lin Kun's family went to bring Cui Yan over.

Cuiyan's hands were tied, her mouth was gagged, and her hair was disheveled, which shocked the doctors at Renhetang.

"Second Young Mistress, this is..."

Ye Jiayao wrote lightly: "A naive girl has been going crazy for some reason recently, and has made the eldest mistress angry. I'm asking you to come here today because I want you to take a look at her and find out where the problem is." Problem."

The doctor knew for sure. Yesterday, the eldest mistress of the Hou Mansion had a fetal movement that led to premature labor. It was probably this woman. As for the specific situation, he was just a doctor and had no interest in asking. There were some things in the big house that didn't need to be explained so clearly.

As soon as Cuiyan heard that he was a doctor, she forgot to struggle, the color on her face immediately drained away, and she looked at the second young mistress in horror.

Ye Jiayao sneered: "Didn't you say you are feeling unwell? Let the doctor take a look!"

Only then did Cuiyan react, and she struggled even more fiercely. Her mouth was blocked and she made a whining sound in her throat. She refused to let the doctor see her.

Ye Jiayao sneered in her heart, becoming more and more sure of her guess.

"Lin Kun's family, please keep her quiet." Ye Jiayao ordered in a deep voice.

Lin Kun's family winked at the two boys who were escorting Cui Yan, and they used more force to push Cui Yan down.

But Cuiyan struggled desperately. In the critical situation, she was surprisingly strong. Even the two men couldn't hold her down.

Doctor Renhetang sighed, took out a silver needle and walked towards Cuiyan: "I'd better do it!"

After saying that, he inserted a needle into Cuiyan's neck. Cuiyan suddenly softened and passed out.

Ye Jiayao was stunned: "Doctor...is she okay?"

The doctor said calmly: "It's okay. I just pricked her sleeping point and let her calm down for a while. She will wake up in half an hour."

Ye Jiayao thought: Traditional Chinese medicine acupuncture is really magical, a thin silver needle can be of such great use.

The two boys lifted Cui Yan to the chair and untied the rope.

The doctor stepped forward, grabbed one of Cuiyan's hands, and carefully checked her pulse.

Ye Jiayao looked at the doctor a little nervously, hoping that her guess was correct, which would be much easier to handle. Otherwise, Mrs. Qiao would definitely strangle the child in Cuiyan's belly, and she really couldn't do it. It might even make Youshi unhappy, after all, this is the blood of the Xia family. The mother can deny it, but the flesh and blood must be recognized. This is the attitude of many elders when dealing with such matters.