After being forced into the palace, I became the tyrant's favorite

If they used to talk back, they would definitely talk back, but now Wen Yao is followed by the emperor who is not angry but mighty, and everything they want to say is kept on their lips, let alone talkative, and now they dare not even raise their heads. Although Chang San doesn't know Whether the emperor is a ruthless tyrant as rumored in the market, but the deterrence released by the emperor has indeed deterred him.

And Zhichun stayed in the palace for a long time, the eunuchs and maids in the palace had nothing to do, occasionally I could hear a few chattering people discussing the emperor, such as what the emperor did.What impressed Zhichun the most - a concubine broke into the imperial study, didn't see the emperor, and instead of telling her, she got thirty slaps.

Once the supervisor of ceremonies made a move, they didn't deal with it casually. It is said that the concubine passed out at that time. , the concubine lay on the bed for nearly a month before she could get out of bed.

From then on, Zhi Chunguang would feel timid when hearing the word "emperor".

They didn't dare to get up, they looked at Ye Chu quietly, as if they were waiting for Ye Chu to speak, Chang San originally wanted to get up, but when he saw that Zhichun didn't move, he didn't move either.

Wen Yao saw it, and said, "Why don't you get up? Come in with me, I'll take you to identify the ingredients first, and then you can see how I do it."

After all, thinking of Chang San's indescribable culinary skills, he can only put his hope on Zhichun, Zhichun is trusted by his own people, and the imperial chefs can also help, but he is not in charge of these people.There are still two days until we go to the Huashang Huadian, and we need to prepare a lot of cakes, he and Zhichun alone will definitely not be able to finish them.

He thought for a while and said, "Bring Xiaode and Zhang Mu."

I don't know who I said this to, Chang San didn't interrupt, and Zhichun didn't even open his mouth. They were all waiting for the emperor. Ye Chu first waved his hand to signal that they could get up, then approached Wen Yao, took his arm and said, "You buddy?"

"Yes, they are the cooks of Minshifu. These two people have high understanding. I can't do it alone. I can call them here, and I can help with the imperial chef."

Ye Chu was a little surprised by Wen Yao's words. Even if he had never done business, he knew the importance of craftsmanship. Some people lived their entire lives on craftsmanship.

Wen Yao didn't know that Ye Chu tried him to be a pure and kind person. He looked at the emperor eagerly, and didn't realize until he said this. No matter how much, if the family members don't nod, he won't even think about these things.

Facing Wen Yao's big wet eyes, Ye Chu felt extremely cute, while resisting the urge to rub each other hard.

"Let Shen Ran do it." After a long time, Wen Yao blinked his big watery eyes, and finally hoped for the long-awaited words. He knew that there were several hidden guards around Ye Chu, and one of them was good at lightness kung fu. That person is Shen Ran.

"Thank you, Ziyu." He nodded, looked at Chang San again, and directed the two to follow in.

After looking at the ingredients on the stove, Wen Yao asked them to come and recognize them together with a few imperial cooks, and bring up those who didn't know them. Fortunately, except for the ground chestnut, they knew most of them.

Some of these ingredients were brought by Li Quan from the palace, and some were purchased from vendors.

It can be said that all the ingredients of Dachen Taihan are here.

Zhichun was born as a peasant girl, and she often did farm work at home when she was young. Later, her family moved to the town, and her father started a small business, but her life gradually improved.

But the good times didn't last long, because her father suffered heavy losses in business, the family could only reluctantly send her to the palace. That year, the palace recruited maids and placed her in the old house.

So she recognizes a lot of ingredients, and Chang San, who had been cooking earlier, is generally familiar with the ingredients.

The two asked one or two questions they didn't know, and then nodded at Wen Yao.

Wen Yao confirmed, "Do you know each other?"

The two nodded at the same time.

Wen Yao turned his head, fixed his eyes on the imperial chef beside him, and asked, "You all know each other, too?"

"I know you all, little master, don't worry." It was a man in an inner court uniform, Wen Yao didn't have any impression, so he took a second look.

"you are?"

Wen Yao also became familiar with the royal chef in the Xiangshan Palace after a few days, but Wen Yao had no impression of this man who appeared suddenly.

He knew that it was impossible for someone of unknown origin to appear in the palace.

After seeing the emperor's attitude towards "her", the visitor used the modest title, "Slave maid, king talent, Shangshan supervisor and eunuch."

Wen Yao nodded to him out of politeness, and then began to teach everyone how to make osmanthus cake and horseshoe cake.

Wang Cai was not angry when he was left alone. Who told Wen Yao to be different in the emperor's heart? He naturally understood that, compared with the rumored Meng Liuyun who was in the limelight, he believed in what he saw with his own eyes.

He had met Wen Yao a few days ago, but at that time Wen Yao was only thinking about making pastries, so naturally he didn't notice him.

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Wen Yao had made sweet-scented osmanthus cake and horseshoe cake before, but now the speed of making them has increased a lot, and the fragrance is more condensed than before.

He explained the steps to everyone while doing it.

Ye Chu watched it for a while and motioned for Li Quan to leave.

He was away from the palace for a few days, but he knew exactly where the palace was going and where the court was going.

He has arranged a lot of eyeliner in the palace, almost every palace has placed/inserted manpower, of course he knows that there are other people's eyes and ears around him, but he keeps these people for the time being and is not in a hurry to solve them.

"What's the matter with the Meng family?" He entered the study, and Shen Ran quietly entered through the open window/Fei, knelt on one knee, bowed his head and said, "Back to the master, Meng Jiangcang filled another room." , the third son found the eldest son of the Chen family to cooperate."

"The eldest son of the Minister of Rites?"

"Yes."

Ye Chu scoffed: "Let them toss first."

The eldest son of the Meng family is already out of luck and has become addicted to gambling. Meng Jiangcang spent a lot of money, and it is impossible to clean up the mess for this useless son. It may not be long before the boss of the Meng family will... Ye Chu's eyes widened. dark.

Meng Jiangcang has three sons and two daughters. The youngest daughter entered the imperial palace, but the eldest daughter was not in the capital. It is said that the eldest daughter was tall and strong.

Although Da Chen doesn't treat women like nomads, the world's impression of women has always been that they are husbands and children. One can imagine the life of the eldest daughter of the Meng family in the military camp.

Half an hour later, everyone followed Professor Wen Yao's steps to make horseshoe cake and osmanthus cake. The mold Ye Chu made yesterday was just right for use.

After putting the pastry on a plate, Wen Yao started to prepare the next pastry - mung bean cake.

Mung beans are a summer crop, and there are not many people who eat mung beans.Beans are not easy to boil, and most people think they are a waste of firewood, so they are sold to some food shops after drying.

Mung beans can't be sold for much copper, except that some restaurants will buy some and use them as snacks.

It's just that the dim sum made is clumsy, and the taste is so sweet that no one wants to eat it again after eating it once.

When Wen Yao first heard Chang San mention it, his brows raised. Unexpectedly, someone had already thought of using mung beans to make cakes, but they named them green cakes.

Probably because it is green in color.

Although Wen Yao had never eaten it, he could still imagine what it tasted like.

At this time, when he mentioned it to everyone, he often opened his mouth three times, "Young master, master, do you want to use this green bean to make cakes?"

Wen Yao nodded.

It turns out that although there are mung beans in this era, people don't call them mung beans.

He remembered that mung beans were called 菉 (lǜ) beans in ancient times.

So, he said: "This is called mung bean, and it is perfect for making pastries."

Chang San glanced at him suspiciously, when did the young master know about these beans?

On the other hand, everyone else is admiring.

The sweet-scented osmanthus cake and ground chestnut cake made by Wen Yao were something they had never seen before. After knowing his skills, the imperial chefs did not dare to underestimate this young young man anymore.

"Okay, don't gossip, you will know how the effect is when you make it." After Wen Yao finished speaking, he began to introduce the detailed process of making mung bean cake to everyone.

He hadn't done it before, but when he was at his grandfather's house, the two old people made pastries from the mung beans they collected.

"Soak it with clean water first, and wait...well, a stick of incense, it's about the same." He remembered that he didn't seem to wait so long at the beginning, so he changed the words: "When the mung beans swell, then fish them out."

Everyone nodded, and put a small amount of mung beans in clear water.

Then Wen Yao processed the sugar, and dug out the sun-dried yellow corn from another package of food.

He thought for a while, corn oil is needed to make mung bean cake, but there is no corn oil in this era, he knows how to extract germ oil, but it can't be done in a short time.

So he stuffed the corn into it, planning to replace it with rapeseed oil later.

Dachen already has rapeseed oil, but it is not called rapeseed oil but brassica (tái) seed oil.

And hempseed oil and sesame oil are also available in this era.

At this time, the mung beans have already soaked up, so pick up all the mung beans and put them in an iron pot, add water and cook on high heat.

As soon as the water boils, the outer skin of the mung beans will slowly fall off.

Wen Yao said to everyone: "At this time, pick up the mung beans that have peeled off their skins, and pour water... This time, cook them in a pot again, and when they are crispy, scoop them out with a spoon and put them in a porcelain basin."

The crowd did.

Next, we need to use a cooking machine, but there is no such thing in this era. Wen Yao can only use a stone mill instead. Fortunately, there are many people, and it doesn't take much time to make mung bean paste.

Ye Chu finished his official duties, and when he came over, he saw Wen Yao directing everyone to push the stone mill.

"What is this doing?"

Wen Yao was far away and worked hard, so of course he couldn't reply to Ye Chu.

Therefore, Wang Cai, who witnessed the whole process from the side, replied respectfully: "Master Wen's cooking skills are really superb, and it is estimated that no one can compare with Young Master Wen."

The rainbow fart was indeed patted on the flattery/ass, Ye Chu's cold brows and eyes softened slightly, but soon became serious and stern again.

The author has something to say: Qin used animal oil before, but since then there has been vegetable oil, which is extracted from different plants in each season.