Because she had washed her hair with shampoo and thoroughly scrubbed her body with Dead Skin Removal Cream using the first barrel of water, after switching to space water, she thoroughly washed one more time until she felt that she could wash no more. Then she put on her clothes and walked out of the bathroom.
Just as she came out, Shiqin came over to report, "Lady, Empress Dowager just sent someone with a message saying that Mrs. Yuan Wen has already been sent out of the palace."
Yuan Yuan continued brushing her hair without pausing, her tone revealing no particular emotion, "Understood, prepare the evening meal now."
Since the future menus would be all self-drafted, and a small kitchen was still under construction with three or four more days until completion, meals still had to be sourced from the Imperial Kitchen for the next few days.
Compared to the dishes prepared by the Imperial Kitchen, hers would surely be inferior in skill, but in her past life, her poisoning involved the Imperial Kitchen. Regardless of who administered the poison, it had ended up in her stomach attributing some responsibility to the Imperial Kitchen. Therefore, this life, she resolved to cook her own meals within the palace.
The menu she provided to the Imperial Kitchen was only halved from usual, but still well-balanced in terms of meat and vegetables, dessert, and soup, with nearly ten dishes per meal. She had purchased a poison detection device from space, which was much more convenient and faster than the silver needles of this era.
Out of ten dishes, three were vegetarian. She only ate these, letting them serve her a bit of each, then had them arranged in the side hall, the remainder was promptly rewarded to the subordinates.
These dishes were also tested for poison with silver needles before eating, and she was no exception. Fortunately, the results showed no poison. As for the other meat dishes, since she did not consume them or have them brought over, she refrained from testing them with the device in front of others and thus let the matter rest.
In her previous life, she had died from organ failure and chronic poisoning, so the poison mixed in her routine meals was minuscule. She wasn’t sure if silver needles could even detect it, but it wasn’t good to only order the dishes she wanted because that would give more opportunities to the potential poisoner. She reduced her food portion not wanting to waste excessively so that the remainder of the meals could be spread among the palace staff, allowing them to eat a bit of their own food without arousing suspicion.
However, she could not guarantee that this poison wouldn’t be absorbed by them, so she devised a plan to have them drink a cup of tea daily, which she made by blending dried space grass with space water.
Upon this reflection, she immediately started growing grass, which would be dried on a patch of ground nearby once mature.
Once the small kitchen was ready, she instructed the palace staff to boil this dried grass in spiritual spring water daily. Drinking this water first thing in the morning was her priority, as that was the optimal time for detoxing. Then, as they hydrated throughout the day, they continued the detoxification process. Drinking plenty of water accelerated the removal of toxins.
She was no exception to this routine.
Since it was her command, no one in the palace dared to object. Moreover, since she daily shared her own food with everyone, the staff of Yikun Palace no longer felt sad about their diminished prospects for promotion. With pleasant meals and drinks (the tea was very appetizing), and not much work to do (most of their time was spent secluded), they all quite enjoyed this secluded lifestyle. For more chapters visit ⓝovelFire.net
After the small kitchen was set up, she coordinated her cooking with the meals from the Imperial Kitchen.
For instance, she would request milk, eggs, green vegetables, rice porridge, and fried dough sticks from the Imperial Kitchen in the morning—up to ten varieties as well, but in her case, it would only be milk and eggs, as long as the meal met her dietary standards. In the small kitchen, she only brewed tea.