Mu Yanxi looked at the dishes on the table and they looked familiar.
These dishes... were all made by her before for Rong Chu.
She made that sour bamboo shoot and bean sprout soup for Rong Chu.
She swallowed, scooped out a bowl of soup and put it in front of Rong Chu.
Rong Chu took a slow sip and frowned slightly, "This soup seems a bit salty."
"Is it salty?" Mu Yanxi blinked. She had never drunk it before. She didn't know whether it was salty or not.
But since Rong Chu said something salty...
"Your Highness, would you like to take it and add some water?"
Rong Chu thought for a while, looked at her and said, "I have been infected with cold these days, and everything I eat tastes wrong. Can you taste this soup for me to see if it is salty?"
"Shall I taste it?" She pointed at herself, a little surprised.
"Well. Yunwu, go get another bowl."
Soon, Yun Wu's bowl was brought over.
Mu Yanxi obediently served the soup.
She happened to be hungry.
It’s also a good idea to drink a bowl of soup first to cushion your stomach.
The taste of the sour bamboo shoot soup is very delicious, not salty or bland, and it is very suitable.
Mu Yanxi drank half the bowl of soup in one breath.
Then he wiped his mouth and commented fairly and impartially, "Your Highness, this soup is salty and light."
“Try other dishes.”
"Want to try it again?"
Rong Chu looked up at her and said impatiently, "Why do you think the king asked you to serve? You don't understand the rules of food tasting?"
"oh."
She nodded. It turned out that she was asked to be the one to taste the dishes.
There seems to be such a rule.
Princes, concubines, emperors, etc. would all have eunuchs and maids test the food before eating. If it is okay after eating, it proves that the food is not poisonous, and the master can continue to eat.
After she had eaten a third of the food, Rong Chu stopped.
"Okay, that's it."
Mu Yanxi silently put down the bowl and chopsticks, and gently touched her belly with one hand.
After trying these dishes one by one, over and over again, her stomach was already full.
It seems that there is no need to go to the cafeteria for lunch today.
It's also nice to not have to squeeze in with a group of men to get food.
"Your Highness, I think these meals are quite delicious and the taste is very suitable."
The subtext is that it's great to have such a standard of food here, so don't be picky anymore.
"Yeah?"
Rong Chu glanced at it lightly and said disapprovingly, "In your opinion, everything you eat is good."
"These dishes are really good." She spoke with her conscience.
When you go out, don't be so fussy about poverty, okay?
"Your Highness, can I go to work now?"
After trying the dishes, her task is considered completed and she can finally leave.
"cannot."
Rong Chu refused simply, "I haven't finished eating yet, why are you in a hurry?"
Mu Yanxi rolled her eyes and said, "Your Highness, can you eat faster?"
"cannot."
Rong Chu said slowly, "You have to chew your food carefully. Do you want me to gobble it up like you without caring about your appearance?"
"I didn't mean that." She silently scolded him a hundred, a thousand times in her heart.
"Then please wait patiently for me."
She waited patiently for more than half an hour.
Rong Chu is really the slowest person to eat among all the people I have ever seen, and he is also the most elegant and good-looking person when he eats.
The experience of his meal can best be described in eight words, that is, it is delicious and pleasing to the eye.