C134 (2/2)

In other words, we only know about etiquette and not knowledge. As expected of the capital's most talented woman, Ning Xiang.

After being praised like this, she felt even more pleased with herself: dessert and tea were a little less used, and later she could still save up a box of first grade, the Four Pleasures had been done, the four sweet preserves, the appetizers fifth grade, the hot dishes fourth grade, the soy sauce fourth grade, and the food and soup first grade! The third grade imperial cuisine, the third grade, the second grade imperial cuisine, the second grade imperial cuisine, and then the first grade porridge. Only then would the first grade fruit be considered finished!

As she finished her sentence, everyone was flabbergasted. There were even some girls who were speechless. They had only known that they had tried the dishes in the past, but they had never known that there was such knowledge.

Chang Ge also felt that Cao Ning Xiang was a real talented girl, and that she also had a deep understanding of food. Unlike her, she had a greedy mouth and knew how to eat nothing else.

The Queen was not annoyed by Cao Ning Xiang's actions of showing off in front of so many young mistresses. She looked at them with a kind expression until the eunuch shouted: ”Imperial Concubine Hong, Goddess has arrived!”

Imperial Concubine Hong, after arriving, inevitably wanted to exchange pleasantries with the empress and the others. What about your big sister? What about the emperor suddenly giving me a flower as a hairpin?

Some were disdainful, while others flattered. In any case, this girl had endless topics to talk about.

Changge and Cao Ning Xiang were restless. One of them was extremely excited because of the delicious food that was about to be served while the other was gesturing towards his aunt.

Not long after, the eunuch shouted again, ”Serve the dishes!”

All the palace maids came up with a silver tray and placed a small porcelain bowl in front of each of them. The bowl was carved with a dragon and a phoenix carved onto it.

The tip of Chang Ge's nose had already smelled the fragrance. Beside him, Cao Ning Xiang was still muttering in confusion, Even if it wasn't a box full of grapes, plums and the like, they still had to be served first … If that wasn't a dried fruit, then why did it have to be some apple buns or something like that? Why did it have to be a bowl all of a sudden?

Zhang Ge however, was different. She had already looked fervently at the Goddess Empress who was seated at the front, waiting for her orders to comfort her stomach.

The empress seemed to know what she was thinking, and smiled warmly into her eyes. ”Let's eat, everyone.”

The palace maid stepped forward and lifted the lid of the bowl one by one.

Instantly, a clear fragrance filled the air, mixed with the fragrance of the flowers that filled the sky, refreshing the heart and soul.

Changge's eyes lit up as she looked at the food in the bowl, unable to contain her joy. She had never imagined that there would be such delicacies in the palace!

Cao Ningxiang's face was dark and gloomy. At the same time, the faces of the young girls who often came to the palace to feast also turned ugly. They never would have thought that the empress would use such a thing to entertain them while they were attending a banquet at the palace.

There were five or six small and exquisite yellow-white fish balls inside the small bowl. There were a few pieces of green onions and coriander floating above the clear soup. Although it was a fish ball, it didn't have any fishy smell.

Bastard!

Imperial Concubine Hong slowly opened her mouth, but scolded the eunuch on duty, ”This is Flower God's Festival, could it be that the things given to the Cold Palace have been wrongly distributed here!?”