Chapter 781: Good Thoughts
Empress Dowager Zhou liked the cold and was afraid of the heat. For this reason, not only did Xuanyuan Qi get someone to plant flowers and trees around the Longevity Palace, but he also dug a pool and built a water pavilion in the west. Every summer, the Longevity Palace was definitely the coolest place in the entire Xuanyuan Palace.
Outside the window of the west pavilion was the pool, where the two cranes lived in the Longevity Palace.
Apart from the two trembling cranes with their heads buried in the pool, there was also a grill half the height of a person in the waterside pavilion.
Zhu Dazhi, who was Chef Zhu, stood in front of the grill and flipped the meat skewers on it. From time to time, he would apply some seasoning to the meat skewers.
Shen Yijia was holding an extra-large cattail leaf fan in her hand. Her small hand kept waving it around, making it look like she was fanning the fire. However, looking at the direction she was waving it in, it seemed like she was deliberately fanning the fragrance towards the attic.
"Madam Song, the Empress Dowager is looking over. Why don’t we run?" Zhu Dazhi’s forehead was covered in sweat. It was unknown if he was sweating from the heat of the charcoal fire or because he was frightened.
Looking at his trembling legs, it should be because of the latter.
"What are you afraid of? If the old woman blames you, just say that I forced you to come." Shen Yijia patted her chest and said.
She was a loyal person. As long as this fat chef obediently roasted meat for her to eat, she would not let anything happen to him.
Zhu Dazhi thought to himself, "You brought me here with a knife to my neck."