Chapter 67:  肉包子和馒头

Meat Buns and Steamed Buns

The two of them said a few private talks and then Sister Zhou went down.

Lu Yunluo began to think about her plans for planting the land.

There were more than 300 acres of uncultivated land behind the Cold Palace, and no matter what she planted, if only she, Yin Shuang and Sister Zhou definitely would not be able to do it by themselves. 

But at the moment, with her status, it was impossible to ask dozens of servants from the emperor. 

She had to think of a way to do it. 

　

Early the next morning, Lu Yunluo asked Yin Shuang to go to the imperial dining room to search for Eunuch Cheng to exchange ten pounds of meat and went back.

At noon that day, the sound of thumping and chopping meat could be heard coming from the kitchen.

At first, Sister Zhou did not allow Lu Yunluo to enter the kitchen, but when she heard Lu Yunluo say that this food was to be taken to the Emperor, only then did she not stop her.

By mid-afternoon, the fragrant smell of meat was wafting through the air.

The steamed stuffed buns had been steamed successfully. 

It was plumpy, fluffy and soft.

The other layer of steamed buns also steamed extremely well, without collapsing, and the iye soaked just right, making them white, chubby, fragrant and sweet. 

Sister Zhou was a bit surprised, how could a white powder with water and some filling would turn out into such a fine food?

She heard from Yin Shuang that they had survived for half a year in the cold palace by relying on these things that grew in the cold palace grounds.

When Sister Zhou saw that her Niang Niang had become such a good cook during her stay in the cold palace, she knew that she must have suffered a lot during the past half year. Her heart immediately grew sour or sad again.

Before leaving, Lu Yunluo thought about it for half a day and decided that it was better to wear women’s clothes.

Her identity right now had already been revealed, so if she went to Ji Wu Jue’s place in disguise, it would be a bit of a waste of time or doing something unnecessary. 

After a trip to Yang Xin Hall, she didn’t find the person, so she went back to the Imperial Study Room. From afar, she saw the subordinates at the door with trembling faces, every each one of them was not daring to breathe.

The sound of something breaking came from inside, and immediately afterwards, a minister was dragged out from inside, the minister’s face was full of panic, “Your Majesty, please spare my life … spare my life, Your Majesty…”

Lu Yunluo’s heart jumped when she saw the situation, it seems that she came at the wrong time? Or should she come back another day?

Just when she was thinking of retreating, Cao Zhong Quan happened to come out from inside.

Lu Yunluo immediately waved her hand at Cao Zhong Quan, “Eunuch Cao!”

As Lu Yunluo’s voice was rather loud, it immediately drew a bunch of people’s attention.

“Aiyo, Niang Niang,  can you keep your voice down, this is the entrance to imperial study.” For some reason, Cao Zhong Quan’s heart trembled every time he saw this Niang Niang.

Ever since he had been pranked by this Niang once in public last time, and had followed the Emperor in the Cold Palace to see with his own eyes the various tricks this Niang Niang used to pretend to be sick, he was afraid that this Niang Niang would trip him up again if she was not happy.

“What’s going on here ah?” Lu Yunluo took a look inside the imperial study when there was another bang, not knowing what things had broken again.

“Niang Niang, if you have something to do, you’d better come back tomorrow, today, I’m afraid I can’t.” When Cao Zhong Quan heard the banging sound inside, his body subconsciously trembled.

Lu Yunluo hooked her neck and looked at the door of the imperial study, thought for a moment and finally decided that it would be better to come back another day.

Her line of sight fell on the two baskets of buns and steamed buns she had painstakingly brought here. It was really inconvenient for her to carry them all the way back in this heat.

“Eunuch Cao, this is the food I made for His Majesty, it’s still hot and it just comes out from the pot, when His Majesty is hungry, you can give these two baskets to him.” Lu Yunluo handed over the two baskets in her hand.