in2ebook Chapter 334 The Cheating Little Palace Maid
Chapter 334 The Cheating Little Palace Maid
He chose to make his best dish - steamed fish.
He first cleaned the fish, then made a few cuts on it, added some seasonings and marinated it for a while.
Then he put the fish into the steamer and started steaming it.
The chefs were surprised when they saw Li Chu's cooking skills. They didn't expect that Li Chu's cooking skills were so superb.
After a while, the fish was steamed. Li Chu took out the fish, put some chopped green onions and coriander on it, and then poured some hot oil on it. A delicious steamed fish was ready.
The chefs looked at the steamed fish made by Li Chu and couldn't help but admire him. They knew that this dish was very difficult to make, but Li Chu made it so perfectly.
They took a bite of the steamed fish made by Li Chu, and their mouths were immediately filled with delicious flavor. They couldn't help but praise it.
"Li Chu, your cooking skills are really good. This steamed fish is so delicious."
"Yeah, I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so superb. We really underestimated you."
When Li Chu heard the praise from the chefs, he couldn't help but feel proud. He knew that his cooking skills had improved greatly.
He looked at Lin Wanqing, his eyes full of gratitude: "Princess, thank you for bringing me to the palace to study. This opportunity is so important to me."
Lin Wanqing smiled faintly when she heard this. She knew that Li Chu was an ambitious person, so he would definitely study hard.
"Li Chu, you must remember that learning is endless. Only by continuous learning can you make progress."
Lin Wanqing looked at Li Chu and spoke slowly.
Li Chu was shocked when he heard this. He knew that what Lin Wanqing said made sense, so he began to study harder.
In the following days, Li Chu studied in the imperial kitchen every day, and his cooking skills became more and more sophisticated.
However, at this moment, an accident happened.
That day, Lin Wanqing was admiring the flowers in the imperial garden when she suddenly heard a noise.
She looked in the direction of the voice and saw a group of palace maids and eunuchs gathered together, not knowing what they were doing.
Lin Wanqing walked closer and saw a eunuch chasing a palace maid with a knife in his hand.
The palace maid ran and cried, and she kept looking back at the eunuch behind her, her eyes full of fear.
Seeing this, Lin Wanqing couldn't help feeling angry, and she decided to stop the eunuch's evil deeds.
"Stop! Who are you and why are you treating her like this?" Lin Wanqing looked at the eunuch and shouted sternly.
The eunuch was startled when he saw Lin Wanqing. He quickly put down his knife and walked up to her. "Princess, why are you here?"
Lin Wanqing looked at the eunuch and couldn't help but feel a little confused. Why was he so cruel to a palace maid?
"What are you doing? Bullying a weak woman?" Lin Wanqing looked at the eunuch and said coldly.
The eunuch was at a loss when he heard this. "Princess, this maid has done something wrong. I will punish her according to the rules."
Hearing this, Lin Wanqing became even more angry. "If she did something wrong, she should be punished properly instead of being bullied like this."
The eunuch looked at Lin Wanqing with some fear in his heart, "Princess, you don't know, this maid comes to the imperial kitchen to steal things every day!"
"Steal something? Steal what?"
Lin Wanqing couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
"She stole ingredients from the imperial kitchen and should be punished according to the rules."
The eunuch looked at Lin Wanqing and said with some fear.
She knew that there were many rules in the palace, but she didn't expect them to be so strict.
"Stealing is wrong, but you can't humiliate her like this."
Lin Wanqing looked at the eunuch and said coldly.
The eunuch became even more frightened when he heard this. He knew that he had done something wrong this time, but he did not dare to resist Lin Wanqing.
"Princess, we know we were wrong and we won't do it again."
The eunuch looked at Lin Wanqing and bowed repeatedly to apologize.
Seeing this, Lin Wanqing couldn't help but feel a little sorry. She knew that the eunuch was also following the rules, so she didn't make things difficult for him.
She looked at the palace maid and slowly said, "What's your name?"
Upon hearing this, the palace maid looked at Lin Wanqing in surprise. She didn't expect that Lin Wanqing would actually ask her name.
She looked at Lin Wanqing and said stubbornly, "My name is Xiaohua."
"Xiaohua?" Lin Wanqing couldn't help but feel confused when she heard this. She didn't know why this palace maid wanted to steal the ingredients from the imperial kitchen.
"Well, Princess, I know I did something wrong, but I was forced to do it."
Hearing this, Lin Wanqing became even more confused. "Forced? What on earth is going on?"
Upon hearing this, the eunuch knew that he could no longer hide the truth, so he told Lin Wanqing what had happened.
"Princess, this maid is the child of a previous eunuch and a maid. She should have been executed, but the Queen was kind and didn't kill her. She only demoted her to a maid."
"But her parents were executed, and she was left alone in the palace with no one to rely on, so she had no choice but to steal food from the imperial kitchen."
Lin Wanqing felt distressed when she heard this. She looked at the palace maid and slowly said, "You steal food because no one is watching over you?"
The maid nodded and said, "Yes, Princess, I don't have enough to eat every day, so I have to come to the imperial kitchen to steal food."
Lin Wanqing became even angrier when she heard this. She knew that there were many rules in the palace, but she didn't expect them to be so inhumane.
"She is just a child, how can you treat her like this?" Lin Wanqing looked at the eunuch and said coldly.
The eunuch became even more frightened when he heard this. He knew that he had done something wrong this time, but he did not dare to resist Lin Wanqing.
"Princess, we know we were wrong and we won't do it again."
The eunuch looked at Lin Wanqing and bowed repeatedly to apologize.
Seeing this, Lin Wanqing couldn't help but feel a little sorry. She knew that the eunuch was also following the rules, so she didn't make things difficult for him.
She looked at the palace maid and said slowly: "You stole food because you were hungry?"
The maid nodded and said, "Yes, Princess, I don't have enough to eat every day, so I have to come to the imperial kitchen to steal food."
Hearing this, Lin Wanqing felt even more distressed. She looked at the palace maid and slowly said, "Who treated you so harshly? Was it someone from the imperial kitchen?"
The palace maid shook her head upon hearing this. "No, Princess, I don't have an official status in the palace, and I can't leave. I can be said to have grown up eating at many people's homes."
Lin Wanqing was a little surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that the life experience of this palace maid was so miserable.
She looked at the palace maid and said slowly: "You steal food from the palace every day. Aren't you afraid of being discovered?"
Upon hearing this, the palace maid looked at Lin Wanqing with some fear, "Princess, I know this is wrong, but I'm really hungry. I don't have enough to eat every day, so I have to steal food."