The emperor patted Xiao Bin's head reluctantly and said affectionately: "Bin'er, my father will see you here today. In the future, you will have to live alone in this palace often. When you are in a bad mood, you can't
It's a mess."
Xiao Bin knew that when the emperor lived in the palace, he rarely met him. However, during that period in the palace, they had become accustomed to spending time together day and night. So Xiao Bin couldn't help feeling a little sad in his heart.
The queen also turned around, squatted down, looked at Xiao Bin and said, "Your father wants to deal with the government, so of course you don't have so much time to take care of your family. Don't be naughty."
Xiao Bin nodded and watched the queen and the emperor walk outside side by side.
A eunuch next to him brought a plate of rice and said to Xiao Bin: "Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a meal."
Xiao Bin respectfully took his meal, put it on his table, then looked at the eunuch and asked, "Eunuch Zhou, is everyone like this in this palace?"
Zhou Gong bowed and said, "I believe that the people in each residence have different requirements, and the rules will be different. However, this weight is basically the same."
The prince frowned and looked at Eunuch Zhou and asked, "What does it mean? If there are more than a hundred dishes in the palace, each of which makes such a small plate?"
Eunuch Zhou nodded and looked at Xiao Bin: "That's true, and all the extra foods are thrown away."
The prince looked at Eunuch Zhou in disbelief: "What did you say? Do you want to throw away the extra ones? Can you lose a lot of things in this palace? Don't you know how to be more frugal?"
Eunuch Zhou hurriedly kowtowed and apologized: "Your Highness calms down. The original tradition in the palace has always been like this. The slaves just do things according to the rules. I hope the prince will not blame him."
Xiao Bin nodded and continued to eat his own food as if nothing had happened.
After noon, he saw that there was no one, so he ran to the imperial kitchen. It happened that Jiang Xiaojiu was so sad that he came to the back kitchen to prepare in person. He greeted him and shouted, "Auntie Xiaojiu, you can also take stock of it.
Kitchen?"
Jiang Xiaojiu nodded, looked at Xiao Bin and asked, "How is it, is the prince still used to living in the palace? Is the food made by the aunt at noon delicious?"
Xiao Bin looked at Jiang Xiaojiu with a virtuous look and a slight kindness. Even if her naughty personality is in front of her smiling face, she will become very mature and steady.
Xiao Bin looked at Jiang Xiaojiu like a little adult, pondered for a while, and then slowly said, "This, to be honest, the palace does not feel comfortable in the palace. The palace feels too grand and there is a sense of oppression."
Jiang Xiaojiu couldn't help but smile and said, "It's already good to be the prince. Look at those empresses and your father, that's what a person can restrain himself and regain his rituals."
Xiao Bin sighed and said to Jiang Xiaojiu: "But Aunt Xiaojiu, I found that there is a loophole in this back kitchen."
Xiao Jiu raised his eyebrows, looked at Xiao Bin, and asked, "What loopholes did the prince find? Let's see if the aunt can help you solve them."
So, Xiao Bin said that he saw the many dishes in the palace and the serious waste.
Jiang Xiaojiu frowned, looked at Xiao Bin, and said seriously: "What Your Highness said is that the imperial kitchen was always controlled by some eunuchsmen. They embezzled and accepted bribes and were extravagant, not only obviously asking for money.
And I also need a lot of money behind my back, so I see it too."
Xiao Bin grabbed his fist and gritted his teeth and said, "These people are so hateful. Don't think they are from the father's things, they don't have to cherish them. Which thing does not come from the people, and they are covered with the flesh and blood of the people."
Jiang Xiaojiu looked at Xiao Bin and whispered, "Prince, don't be too anxious. After all, this matter also involves the royal face, and the last fire was caused by them. Do whatever you want, don't do it in the palace.
make a sound."
Xiao Bin looked at Jiang Xiaojiu's secret look and understood it. He nodded and asked Jiang Xiaojiu: "Is Aunt Xiaojiu also wasted in Wanhualou? If the dishes in Wanhualou are so delicious, it would be a waste of a little bit.
Yes, but in the palace...
"
Jiang Xiaojiu shook her head and looked at Xiao Bin and said, "Tell me the truth. Aunt Xiaojiu, I am so stingy. I wish I could spend a penny as two portions. As long as I can reuse things, I will never throw them away."
Xiao Bin then told Jiang Xiaojiu that he had seen all kinds of extravagant and wasteful behaviors in the palace.
After hearing this, Jiang Xiaojiu nodded seriously and looked at Xiao Bin with some sadness and said, "Prince, what you said is really reasonable. Many dishes can be served in several plates at a time, so why are they from various places?
The staff like to talk about pomp so much? Let me leave this matter here first and see how Aunt Xiaojiu deals with you."
As he said that, he picked up an account book and coordinated it according to the number of people in the palace and the dishes he often ordered. After calculation, he could probably reduce labor and money by half.
She recorded all the data quietly and prepared to hand it over to the emperor when she had the chance.
On the first day she came, she wanted to rectify the unhealthy trends in the palace, but this huge palace was like a dog biting an egg to her and she had no idea how to start.
Unexpectedly, as the prince, Xiao Bin actually knew these small things, which was a great suggestion for himself.
She handed the written plan to her adjutant and ordered: "Tomorrow, I will make lunch for me according to this process. Is there any problem with you?"
When the deputy saw that so many things had been reduced, it would have been a lot of oil and water. But after all, Jiang Xiaojiu is the real supervisor now, and there is no way. She could only agree first, preparing to secretly get along with her.
deal with.
Jiang Xiaojiu saw that his deputy was hesitant and asked quickly: "What's wrong? You are not very comfortable speaking. Do you have any opinions? If you have any opinions, you might as well say them."
The deputy knew that the opinions he had not been adopted, so he could only pretend that it was okay and said to Jiang Xiaojiu: "No, it's okay, I'm just thinking about how to execute them."
"Since it's okay, then you can do it quickly. If you can't do this tomorrow, I will definitely not let you go." Jiang Xiaojiu looked at this deputy, and she was not as easy to use as the chef of Wanhua Building.
It seems that I am also a very big official, and I always have to show my face.
But after all, it was the emperor's entrustment, and he was also the emperor's god sister. This general manager has no choice but to do so.