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The dishes at the banquet were all exquisite and the taste was impeccable. However, the masters present had their own thoughts. The only diners who really enjoyed the food and tasted it well, apart from the little emperors and grandchildren who didn't understand the world, were Li Mohan and Xiao Yunyan.

Xiao Yunyan has never eaten such luxurious dishes. Even though she is the granddaughter of an aristocratic family, she is the country’s secret weapon. I have eaten countless delicacies from mountains and seas, and delicacies.

However, a family banquet in the palace is really not a luxury that ordinary people can think of. There is no dish that requires a lot of ingredients, requires a lot of effort, and tests the chef's cooking skills.

There is a dish called Xiaolingzhi, which is recorded in "Taiping Guangji". The main ingredient is four ounces of meat from the heart of a live sheep, which is grilled using a magpie's tongue as a guide through a complicated production method.

After this kind of barbecue is cooked into a dish, it will not go bad after a whole summer. Those who eat it are blown away by the delicious aroma. Both afraid of eliminating spiritual burns. One sheep can only use four taels of meat, which shows how luxurious it is!

The table was full of dishes, but there was only one dish that Xiao Yunyan had eaten before, which was the most famous bird's nest in clear soup in modern Tan cuisine.

Xiao Yunyan also specially studied this dish. She had always wanted to try it herself, but had never done it. It takes too much food and time.

That clear soup is not really clear soup, but made with more than a dozen delicious ingredients.

For example, choose whole chickens and ducks that have been raised for three years, plus pork knuckles, scallops, scallops, oysters, ham, etc. As the soup base, it is simmered over low heat for two days, and all the ingredients are cooked and melted into the soup.

Then pass the soup into a fine basket and filter out the residue, leaving only the pure soup. Just making the clear soup takes two days.

The bird's nest must be of the highest quality and soaked in hot and cold water for four to five days. In this process, the soaking water temperature and time must be controlled very accurately, otherwise, the soaked bird's nest will not taste good.

Then put half a pound of clear soup and bird's nest into a large bowl and steam for two-quarters of an hour, then divide into small bowls.

Bring another clear soup to a boil, add cooking wine, icing sugar and salt.

The soup is as clear as water, and the color is like light tea, but it is fresh and sweet in the mouth, with endless aftertaste. The bird's nest is soft and tender in the mouth, but will not break.

Bird's nest in clear soup is definitely a dish that requires a lot of effort and ingredients. Only Tan's cuisine, which Xiao Yuntian has eaten twice, can replicate its true taste.

In the modern version of bird's nest in clear soup, the ingredients in the clear soup are missing a few flavors. When the dish is finished, it is garnished with a few shredded Jinhua hams to enhance the freshness and color. Even so, it is already very rare.

Xiao Yunyan's grandfather was a gourmet, an old gourmet, and took Xiao Yunyan as a child to taste delicious food all over the world. At the same time, she also developed an attitude of never letting down the best food.

At this time, she chewed slowly and leisurely, appreciating the taste of these dishes in her heart.

Li Mohan, who was watching from the sidelines, also felt that the dishes at this palace banquet were particularly delicious. He added food to Xiao Yunyan from time to time. Accompanying Xiao Yunyan, he himself ate a lot more.

The couple's happy and tacit understanding made several people secretly jealous and looked at them with daggers.

But the two of them ate so contently that they had no idea! He was so angry that he almost vomited blood. How could he still eat half a mouthful of food?

It was hard to wait until everyone had finished eating. The remaining mats were removed and tea was served. Amid the expectations of his family, the emperor spoke solemnly:

"Dear royal family members, today we had a very sumptuous family dinner because the fourth prince got married.

However, you don't know that just half a month ago, the border guards on three sides were attacked by neighboring countries.

Last night, twenty-four memorials from border guards, generals, and government officials were delivered to my imperial study. I will reply overnight.

However, a war broke out on three sides. This was obviously a premeditated rebellion that was coordinated both inside and outside.

Everyone here is my family. I don't want to be suspicious.

The emperor's anger cannot be acted upon rashly. Otherwise, it could range from confiscating your home to destroying your family, or it could lead to millions of corpses and blood flowing for thousands of miles.

In order to show that you are all loyal to the emperor and love the people, and are not those who collaborate with the enemy and treason. Starting from the queen, all the concubines, princes and princesses all contributed to raise food and salary, medicinal materials, veils and fine cotton to stop bleeding.

In order to prevent the soldiers on the front line from fighting hard without food and bleeding without cure. In the end, the soldiers' hearts were chilled, no one resisted, and the country was destroyed and the family was destroyed. "

The queen had already secretly discussed this with the emperor. She used all of her private property, including three years' grain reserves from six villages in the suburbs of Beijing, totaling 200,000 shi, to support the frontier. Another five thousand kilograms of various wound medicines came out. It can be described as a big deal.

The other concubines secretly resented that the queen was making such a desperate donation just to show everyone. They don't have that much private property to donate.

However, although the emperor's previous words contain a lot of information, in short, whoever does not donate, or donates a small amount, and is perfunctory, may be the person who collaborates with the enemy and treason.

Concubine Xian and Concubine De gritted their teeth and each donated 100,000 shi of food and 3,000 kilograms of medicinal materials. Other concubines are ranked one level lower than the other according to their status.

Among the four princes, the eldest prince and the second prince both claimed that they did not know the amount of grain and money stored in the mansion. You need to discuss this with the general manager and accounting office. Afterwards, the amount of donation will be reported to the Finance and Grain Officer of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The emperor nodded. The third prince's mother-in-law has a low status, and her concubines are only in the middle. My natal family is not very powerful, but after so many years of hard work, they have become a well-known local landowner.

Just now, the third prince's mother and concubine were just concubines, so she donated 80,000 shi of food. Three thousand bolts of cotton yarn. This donation amount is only a thousand pieces of cotton yarn less than Concubine Shu and Concubine Yi. The emperor praised him greatly.

Now when it was the third prince's turn to donate, everyone except the empress and Li Mohan and his wife were waiting to see the joke.

In the minds of other people in the palace, the third prince, mother and son, were country bumpkins who entered the palace, and they were purely alternative existences.

Just now, the woman from the countryside pretended to be fat and donated so much food and salary, which was more than other concubines. It can be seen that she just wanted to be in the limelight without leaving any way for herself or her son.

Now, everyone wants to see how many kilograms of food that three idiots who only know how to paint walls and use sticks and are illiterate can donate?

Unexpectedly, the third prince said: "Father, I have just opened a mansion and have little savings. I don't want my mother and concubine to scrimp on food and clothing just to show off for my son.

Therefore, I plan to ask my father for permission to send me to the border where the war is tense to be a vanguard. If you lead the troops to fight the enemy back to their base, you won't need to spend so much food, grass and military pay. "

The emperor smiled happily and praised his third son. This kid has a sincere heart, and in terms of martial arts, the third son has the same style as he did back then.

The emperor was reluctant to let his son go to the border to suffer. However, being a royal family not only enjoys the worship and worship of the people. It is even more important to stand up and protect the people from being trampled upon and the country from being invaded when foreign enemies invade and life or death is at stake. He also agreed in his heart.

Those who wanted to see him embarrassed were thinking in their hearts, if they also asked for troops, could they take the opportunity to gain some military exploits?