Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

On July [-]th, the Dizang Festival, Prince Qiao's Mansion welcomed important guests.In the afternoon of this day, many servants went to the main gate of the palace, waiting for the arrival of the guests, including Li Kuer.From a distance, everyone saw a tall horse coming from the east. Immediately there was a handsome young man holding a boy in Chinese clothes, followed by two sedan chairs and a string of servants. Those bearers carried them carefully and steadily.Seeing this, the steward hurriedly called the boy to go in to report, and after a while, the prince and the three concubines also came out.

Li Ku'er had also heard about it before. It is said that Princess Suman came back to her mother's house, bringing her eight-year-old daughter, Princess Yingjiu.Now that I took a closer look, I found out that the two people driving the big horse, one is the little county head who is disguised as a man, and the other is the eldest son who got married at the beginning of last year.

Princess Suman is the daughter of Concubine Qiao. She is thirty-five years old. She married Du Huai, the servant of the Ministry of Rites, and has been living in the capital. She will bring her daughter back every year to visit relatives. Li Kuer has met her several times. She is a virtuous woman. .She is the eldest among the many sons and daughters of Old Prince Qiao, and there are five younger sisters below, and the youngest is the youngest, Shizi.The eldest son is also born of Princess Qiao. Following his mother's temperament, he likes to use the sword the most. This year, he is only in his early twenties. He is the youngest, and he is also the eldest son. Although he was naughty when he was young, he is still highly regarded by Prince Qiao.After careful calculation, the two parties have lived separately for more than five years, but they also communicate constantly.

Soon, a group of people arrived at the main entrance.All the servants greeted the prince and the county lord, the prince nodded, hugged the county lord off his horse, and hurried forward to greet the four elders.The little county magistrate kept yelling at her grandfather, and Prince Qiao was very happy. He picked her up and praised her for being so heroic in this dress. He almost couldn't recognize her.

Not long after, the sedan chairs were also stabilized. Princess Suman came down from one sedan chair, and Princess Shizi, who was pregnant with Liujia, got out from the other sedan chair.

Concubine Qiao stepped forward to talk to her daughter about the old days, and helped the concubine Shizi to come, and said with concern: "Oh, Qinglian, why did you follow me if you didn't have a baby at home?"

The prince came over and explained: "Mother, concubine, this is also my temporary idea, I plan to live here for a while, until Qinglian gives birth smoothly and confines, and then go back, so that I can take care of her."

The imperial concubine's name is Qi Qinglian, she is the little granddaughter of the old Shangshu of the household department, she is about the same age as the eldest son, she looked quite thin when she got married, but now she is eight months pregnant, she looks much rounder and more beautiful.

"We came back so abruptly, please don't blame the king and mother." The concubine Shizi spoke very decently.

"Where can you come, I am too happy to be happy. Come on, go in quickly, don't be tired."

A group of people entered the mansion mightily, the master's family entered the hall to reminisce about the past, and all the servants also performed their duties.Follow the waiters to the hall, those who tidy up the living room go to the wing room, and A Liao and the others also return to the back kitchen to prepare refreshments.Li Ku'er, the yard sweeper, saw the commotion and had nothing else to do, so he was the first one to run to He Weiran's room to tell her the news.

He Weiran sat by the window and read a book again, with a pot of tea in hand, the cup was already empty.

Li Kuer didn't go in anymore, so he leaned against the window, reached in and poured He Weiran a cup of tea, and asked with a smile, "Sister He, what book are you reading?"

He Weiran looked away from the book, landed on the teacup, turned to Li Kuer's face again, and said with a smile, "It's the book I borrowed from your house a few days ago, "Eight Fang Zhi."

"Have you seen so much?"

"Yeah, it's interesting, so I'll watch it quickly. How about it? What are you looking for me for?"

"I'm Sister He, I'm here to give you a message. There are quite a few people here today." Li Kuer fingered, "Suman County Lord, Yingjiu County Lord, Shizi and Shizifei."

"Why are there two more?"

"Yeah, I didn't say hello before, no one knew about it. The princess and the county master are pretty good, and they won't be staying for a few days. The son and the concubine seem to be staying for a few months this time, because the concubine is about to give birth. , come here to take good care of yourself.”

He Weiran frowned slightly after hearing the words: "There is also a pregnant woman, it seems that we should pay more attention to the meals in the future."

"Well. When I saw them coming, I thought, oh, Sister He is going to work hard again."

He Weiran looked at Li Kuer who was crouching by the window, pinched her fair and tender face and said, "It turns out that Kuer is thinking of me so much, so are you free this afternoon?"

Li Kuer didn't understand how this "so" was connected, anyway, no matter if he was busy or not, he must be free.She puffed up her cheeks to make He Weiran feel happier, and said, "Sister He wants to ask me to do anything, just tell me."

Looking at her lovely face, He Weiran couldn't help but stop what he was doing, rubbed the tip of her nose with his fingertips and said, "Come in, let's play chess."

"My chess skills are not good."

"It's all right."

The two laid out a chessboard, filled it with tea, each held a color, and took turns to make pieces, which was a match.Li Ku'er can know it, anyway, she has nine years of her father's influence, but she learned it when she was a child, so she is not really proficient.But the two of them still played the same game for a long time, and I don't know why Weiran is really not good at this black and white game, so she still deliberately let her go.

"Hey, how about playing chess?"

Li Ku'er was thinking about where to go next, when he heard Xiao Qu's joking words.

"Xiao Qu, what's the matter?" He Weiran asked.

Xiao Qu suppressed a smirk, and said: "It's like this, a message came from the front yard, saying that the little county master wants to eat wine and meat at night."

"Wine and meat?" He Weiran nodded and said, "Okay, I understand."

"Ah?" Xiaoqu looked surprised: "Sister He, can you do it?"

He Weiran looked at her puzzled, as if asking what was so strange about it.

Xiao Qu immediately pretended to be about to tell a secret, and said: "None of us have heard of this dish. A Cai in the front yard told me, what kind of wine and meat is this, the little county lord once went back to the palace to eat It was made by the imperial chef, she liked it so much, she asked the chef in their mansion to cook it when she got home, and if she wanted the same, the chef made it according to the description of the little county master, but the little county master said that no one made it good-looking No one cooks delicious food, it can't compare to it. When we came back to our mansion, I heard Prince Qiao said that we hired a powerful cook whose cooking skills are the best in the world. Cook wine-flavored meat and see if it can compare to the royal chef in the palace."

After hearing this, He Weiran couldn't help laughing: "Hehehehe, cooking skills are the best in the world. Thanks to the prince's ability to say it, I have never heard anyone praise it like this."

Li Kuer pouted and disagreed: "I also think Sister He's culinary skills are the best in the world, no one can compare to her! So what kind of imperial chef is not a problem at all, is it?"

"Oh, that's not necessarily true. As the saying goes, there are mountain people outside the mountains..." He Weiran paused with his eyes bent: "But there is a little boy who has high hopes, so I should work hard. Let's go." Come on, let's make wine-flavored meat."

Xiao Qu looked at the sky: "It's still early."

He Weiran replied: "Flavor and meat must be eaten cold, it's best to cook now."

When the three of them arrived in the back kitchen, everyone looked at He Weiran with different eyes than usual. They were either worried expressions, or proud of watching the play. They all knew the challenge of the little county master, and they all thought that she was a Hunan girl. The birth of the owner of the small shop in the city can't be compared with the chef of the imperial dining room in the imperial palace in the capital.He Weiran was quite calm, entered the kitchen, and ordered to prepare the ingredients: "Pig five flowers, loquat honey, rock sugar, daughter red, southern milk, bring these."

"That's all?" Xiao Qu counted, and there were only five ingredients, which are the dishes of the palace. With only these things, can it be done?

While lighting the fire, He Weiran explained: "This wine is fragrant and meaty. I asked a master for advice before. The master was also an imperial cook. When he was old, he returned to his hometown and opened a small restaurant in a small alley. Fragrant meat is the signature dish."

Li Kuer heard He Weiran talk about the past, became interested, and asked: "I heard that a capable chef will not tell others the secret recipe, unless it is a family member or an apprentice. Sister He, you will not Be someone else's apprentice."

He Weiran smiled and said: "I didn't become his apprentice, but I just had a competition with him. If I win, I will ask for the secret recipe of his signature dish."

Xiaoqu was next to Shengnan Milk, and she came over and asked, "What are you competing for? It must be cooking skills, right? What dishes are you competing for?"

He Weiran lit the fire, looked at the four pieces of pork belly prepared by Xiaoqu, chose a piece that he liked, and said indifferently while cutting into small cubes: "Cooking is cooking, it's not a dish, it's just a comparison." It’s funny to say that it’s better than cooking rice, but the master started to wipe his tears after eating the rice I cooked, I don’t know if he thinks it’s too delicious, or he just remembered something sad.”

Li Ku'er laughed: "Look, it's that master who thought that he had been the imperial cook for the emperor all his life, but he didn't let the emperor eat the most delicious rice in the world, so he felt sad and blamed himself."

Xiao Qu also laughed: "What Ku Er said couldn't be more reasonable."

The author has something to say: the next chapter is about how to make this wine-flavored meat