Chapter 90: Dont Ask! The Answer Is Always the Mighty Imperial Guards (2 / 2)
The maid who came to report quietly said, “Master instructed that the cook in the small kitchen knows how to make gēda soup. She can assist.”
“A cook?”
Seeing that the lady didn’t remember, the maid reminded her, “Master received kindness in the countryside before. That cook is the old wife of his neighbor. She’s the one who struggles to recognize faces. Years ago, she was specially invited to make postpartum soup for you, Madam. She ended up staying on afterward.”
“Oh, her!” The magistrate’s wife suddenly understood and then proceeded to make a large pot of gēda soup together with the cook—primarily to give the cook more work.
Following the cook’s suggestion, she paired it with steamed cornbread and presented it to the Emperor.
Several accompanying officials also got a small bowl each, including the unlucky Bai Ze, who had been dragged along.
The old Emperor ate two big bowls of gēda soup with cornbread, wiped his mouth, and praised, “Yes! This is the taste! This is authentic peasant food. Regular folks wouldn’t think of pairing gēda soup with cornbread.”
The old Emperor was very pleased.
Before coming, he had worried that this might be another attempt at flattery. But now, he realized that the magistrate of Xingyang County lived like this regularly.