Now is not the time for explanations. Ye Jiayao brushes the question off "Let's get to work first, there isn't much time left."
With Zhong Xiang and Deng Haichuan there, Ye Jiayao's work is going more smoothly. They do not need orders, knowing what they should do, how they should complement just by looking at what she was doing.
Ever since her status changed from the Head Chef Li Yao to the Second Young Mistress, she has never prepared a feast so seriously like this. Moreover, she has just suffered from a fright and got hurt. With both her body and mind exhausted, she would really be unconfident without these two helpers.
For a moment, this place no longer seems to be the imperial kitchen but Heavenly Residence. All those imperial chefs have to listen to the instructions of Deng Haichuan and Zhong Xiang.