Yangcheng

The Princess's Mansion is located in Kanglefang, and all the people living here are the sons and daughters of phoenixes and dragons. To enter the gate of the workshop, special symbols are required, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter.

In order to avoid the Jinwu Guards, Tang Jianwei went out before dawn and arrived at the entrance of Kanglefang smoothly.

She wanted the guard Lang at the gate of the workshop to inform the eldest princess on her behalf, but the guard Lang seemed to have not heard her words, standing on the spot like a door god in a painting, motionless.

Fine……

Tang Jianwei could only wait.

Tang Jianwei knew that the eldest princess would often leave Boling to go sightseeing, but in the first lunar month, she would definitely come back to spend the New Year with the empress dowager.

She opened the mansion by herself, and she will definitely return to the princess' mansion.

There are special guards on duty around Kanglefang, and they are two groups of people from the Jinwu Guard.

Tang Jianwei knew that the Jinwu Guard usually only patrols around the Kangle Square at night when the curfew is checked, and they don't bother to come here on weekdays.

So she is not in a hurry, just waiting here, the worst case is that she won't be able to see the eldest princess' Fengjia today, and she will come back tomorrow and wait.

Tang Jianwei has been waiting for the sun to set, but he really didn't wait for the eldest princess.

She stood sore all over, her arms were swollen uncomfortably, and she was a little frustrated.

When he was about to go back home, he suddenly heard the sound of a horse team gradually approaching behind him.

"Huh? Is this the third lady of the Tang family?"

The leader of the horse team recognized Tang Jianwei as a woman about 20 years old.She rides on a red horse, with a pair of beautiful almond eyes.

Da Cang is very popular in riding horses, no matter men or women, as long as they have good arms and legs, most of them like to ride by themselves instead of riding in the bumpy and laborious carriage.

There are seven or eight people in the horse team in front of them, all of them have their own mounts, and all of them are beautiful women in simple Hu clothes.

They carried a lot of baggage behind them, the saddlebags were also bulging, and several immobile fawns were tied to the horses.

If it was autumn at this time, they should have just returned from autumn hunting.With this appearance in the first month, it is natural to go shopping for ingredients.

Tang Jianwei knew who Ma Shou was, and she was Tao Wanzhi, the most favored "retainer" around the eldest princess.

She and Tao Wanzhi don't know each other, but last March [-]rd, when all the people in Boling Mansion went out for an outing, she and Wu Xianrong and other friends saw the eldest princess and her party from a distance by the moat.

At that time, Tao Wanzhi was following the eldest princess, and the eldest princess held her hand, and the two of them were very close to each other.

Tao Wanzhi appeared here and even took the initiative to chat with Tang Jianwei, which warmed Tang Jianwei's heart after drinking the cold wind all day.

What made Tang Jianwei even more delighted was that since Tao Wanzhi was here, it increased the possibility that the eldest princess would be at the residence.

And when they came out to purchase ingredients, they were a cavalry team. It seemed that the eldest princess' appetite for food was still undiminished.

Tang Jianwei was delighted in his heart, and smiled brightly at Tao Wanzhi:

"I've met Mrs. Tao. Mrs. Tao bought so many ingredients, but to cook for His Royal Highness the Princess?"

Tao Wanzhi said: "Tang Sanniang laughed, how could I understand those profound ways in the kitchen? It's just that these days there are banquets one after another, the emperor cannot do without His Highness, and all banquets must be accompanied by His Highness. The wine is not enough Not much, but there is no food that is easy to eat. No, I just want to change the taste for Your Highness."

Tao Wanzhi's words were too modest, Tang Jianwei naturally knew that this daughter of Tao Shangshu's family was very good at cooking, she once showed her skills at the burning tail banquet congratulating the scholar's admission, and served a roast mutton "red lamb branch" stick" became famous.

It is said that Tao Wanzhi's "Red Lamb Branch" is marinated very deliciously. The heat is just right, the skin is crispy, and the tender meat inside has no smell of mutton.

Tang Jianwei Aye also had a bite of mutton at the Tail Burning Banquet, and he couldn't forget it after he came back, but Tang Jianwei was greedy for a while.

The eldest princess prefers Tao Wanzhi, perhaps her superb cooking skills are one of the important reasons.

However, listening to Aye's description of the roast mutton, from the taste to the roasting method, it is truly delicious, and I am afraid that the eldest princess will get tired of eating it.

Tang Jianwei can bring the eldest princess an unimaginable taste feast.

Tao Wanzhi saw that Tang Jianwei was holding a wooden plate in his hand, and it was covered with a semicircular iron basin, so he couldn't see the contents inside, but he could tell it was food at a glance.

How clever Tao Wanzhi was, he quickly understood: "Is Sanniang here to honor His Highness?"

Tang Jianwei didn't hide it, and generously agreed: "A few days ago, on a whim, I learned a few new dishes, but I couldn't find anyone who could taste them. I think the whole Boling Mansion is the most knowledgeable about food and has the best tongue. The only person is His Highness the Eldest Princess. If you can get His Highness's approval, or get a few comments, Sanniang will be very honored."

I didn't meet the eldest princess herself, but met her favorite minister, and I don't know if it's a blessing or a curse.

If Tao Wanzhi really loves the eldest princess, he will naturally know that the eldest princess is obsessed with gourmet food, and will not stop Tang Jianwei, who is well-known for his cooking skills, but will actively dedicate her to the eldest princess.

But if Tao Wanzhi was a jealous person, Tang Jianwei might have to go back to his house today, and it would be even more difficult to see the eldest princess again in the future.

Tang Jianwei looked at Tao Wanzhi calmly, but his heart was pounding.

Tao Wanzhi got down from his horse, and Tang Jianwei stood shoulder to shoulder, smiling like a spring breeze in March:

"It's rare for you to have the heart. Outsiders are not allowed to enter the Kangle Square, have you been waiting here for a long time? Come on, you go in with me, Your Highness should be free right now."

Looking at Tao Wanzhi up close, his skin is delicate like white porcelain, without any blemishes, and his facial features are even more beautiful.

In fact, Tang Jianwei's hands and feet were already sore and unbearable, but the opportunity to get close to the eldest princess was at hand, and she had to work hard.

Tao Wanzhi didn't mount his horse again, and walked with Tang Jianwei through Kanglefang to "Taiping Mansion".

The eldest princess is Taiping, and this is her residence.

The gate is not as extravagant and luxurious as imagined, it looks about the same size as the Tang Mansion.

Tao Wanzhi asked the sisters around her to help her take the horse away, and put all the ingredients in the kitchen, and wait for her to come back later.She took Tang Jianwei through the small courtyard with gurgling water, and walked to the front hall on the long bridge.

The Taiping Mansion does not have a sense of arrogance, extravagance and lust, from the carefully crafted corridors to the elegant and wonderful gazebos, from the meticulously hand-planted gardens to the retainers who shuttle around and chat with smiles...

The entire Taiping Mansion is fresh and elegant, exuding the master's elegance, fun and peaceful atmosphere, which doesn't seem to match the frivolous image of Wei Ci in the legend.

This made Tang Jianwei feel a little more relieved.

"Your Highness."

Tao Wanzhi suddenly called out, and Tang Jianwei immediately withdrew his gaze from looking around.

I thought it would be a long way to meet the eldest princess, but I didn't expect that she was sitting on a stone bench under a cherry tree connecting the garden and the front hall, playing chess with a young woman.

There is a chessboard and a pot of pine flower tea on the stone table. The fragrance of tea comes with the wind, and Tang Jianwei smells it. He secretly sighs that the pine flower tea is fragrant and fragrant.

When the eldest princess heard Tao Wanzhi calling her, she turned her head and stretched out her arms, as if beckoning Tao Wanzhi to come over.

Tao Wan stepped forward to hold her hand, and said softly:

"Your Highness is blessed today."

The eldest princess followed her gaze and found Tang Jianwei standing aside.

Tang Jianwei raised the wooden plate and bowed his head in salute: "Craftsman Tang Jianwei, I pay my respects to Your Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

"Tang Jianwei?" The princess quickly recognized her, "I remember you."

Tang Jianwei raised a full smile and was about to answer when the princess continued:

"Isn't it just Tang Sanniang who pretended to be sick and refused to see me?"

"..."

Tang Jianwei's eyes darkened, and his smile remained unchanged:

"Back then, Cao Min was indeed suffering from a strange disease. He was afraid of infecting His Highness, so he dared not see His Highness."

Tang Jian lowered his head slightly, and didn't look directly at the eldest princess, but vaguely heard the eldest princess's low smile.

The eldest princess is such a fine person, she should understand why Tang Jianwei came to him after seeing Tang Jianwei for a while.

Tang Jianwei told her about the delicious food, but the eldest princess didn't answer her, she still held Tao Wanzhi's hand and went to the backyard.

Tang Jianwei immediately followed with the wooden tray.

In the Accord in the backyard, the eldest princess and Tao Wanzhi knelt on the soft cushion behind the table, glanced at Tang Jianwei, Tang Jianwei understood, and quickly put the wooden plate on the table.

Tao Wanzhi said to the eldest princess: "This little lady waited all day in front of the Kangle Square in order to honor you with the delicacies she cooked herself."

"Oh?" The eldest princess smiled playfully, "After waiting for a whole day, all the delicacies are completely cold."

Tang Jianwei was not at all upset about being picked on, and the expression on his face was brighter and gentler than before:

"His Royal Highness, please wait a little while. Within a stick of incense, the grass people can heat up these foods."

The eldest princess didn't even lift her eyelids, and didn't take her words seriously.

Tang Jianwei naturally understood that the eldest princess was justified in her arrogance.

The eldest princess grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she enjoyed not only the sweetness and rareness of the tributes from various places in Dacang, but also all kinds of curiosities brought in from the economic and trade corridor of the Hu State along the Wanxiang Road.

It is indeed not an easy task for Tang Jianwei to use cooking skills to show his value in front of her.

Tao Wanzhi said: "The Son of Heaven loves His Highness, and the chefs of Shangshi Bureau study His Highness's taste all day long, thinking about what kind of cooking and frying can make her old man happy. His Highness's taste is being served more and more by the chefs. Diao, I have almost eaten all the new things in the world, and I am also worrying about the recent menu, my sister came just in time, and opened my eyes and learned."

The implication of Tao Wan's words is also obvious: Can you be better than those chefs in the Shangshi Bureau who have already established their culinary skills?

It was only then that Tang Jianwei realized that Tao Wanzhi's enthusiasm was not real enthusiasm, she was actually very confident in her cooking skills.The recommendation of Tang Jianwei was just to make sure that Tang Jianwei's culinary skills could not surpass his own. It was to make Tang Jianwei lose himself and increase his value by the eldest princess's side.

Under the eldest princess' contempt and Tao Wanzhi's scheming, Tang Jianwei calmly lifted the reversed iron cover.

There is a casserole on the wooden plate, a glass basin containing white soup, several fan-shaped black lacquered wooden plates with various ingredients, as well as two small and exquisite small stoves and some tableware.

There is charcoal in the stove, and the charcoal is arranged in a hollow triangle in an orderly manner, with a ball of wax embedded in the triangle.

Tang Jianwei asked Tao Wanzhi for a fire bag, lit the charcoal, and the two small stoves quickly became hot.

The casserole is placed on one of them and heated slowly, and the other is placed on a glass basin.

The casserole and glazed basin heated up at the same time, and the glazed basin heated up faster. In addition, the basin was not very big, and the white soup inside seemed to be only half a finger deep, and it boiled quickly.

After the white soup boiled, there was a burst of rice fragrance.

When the eldest princess and Tao Wanzhi smelled the fragrance, they were obviously curious.

I thought the white soup was an old soup, but I didn't expect it to be a very badly boiled white rice porridge.

Tang Jianwei used chopsticks to pick up some fresh fish meat and put them in the white rice porridge to cook. Soon the fish meat was cooked through. Tang Jianwei put the fish meat in a bowl and bowed his head to offer it.

She knew that for a person of the eldest princess's status, no matter how much she likes to eat, she would not be able to directly eat food of unknown origin. She would definitely let the people around her test the poison first, so she didn't directly give it to the eldest princess.

Tao Wanzhi took the bowl away, feeling a little puzzled.

It's that simple?

After taking a bite of the fish, Tao Wanzhi's expression changed subtly.

The meat of this fish is delicious and tender, and the outer layer is covered with a strong rice fragrance. Tao Wanzhi has eaten many delicacies from mountains and seas with the eldest princess, and there are many kinds of banquets that strive to create new styles, but no one in Da Cang has ever cooked like this. It was the first time she tasted such a light and strange taste.

Tao Wanzhi praised her sincerely, and the princess looked at her with anticipation added to her expression of extreme negligence.

Tang Jianwei cooked another piece of fish for the eldest princess.

After eating, the eldest princess said: "This is mandarin fish."

Tang Jian smiled and said: "Your Highness is wise. People in Dacang generally like to eat carp. Carp is delicious, but it has a somewhat earthy smell in the pond and is not refreshing enough. This mandarin fish grows among the aquatic plants in the lake. It is a carnivorous fish. No It has a fishy smell, and the meat is extremely tender and sweet. What's more, this mandarin fish should have entered His Highness's mouth."

The eldest princess: "Oh? How do you say it?"

"Mandarin fish is only eaten by 'noble' people."

Tang Jianwei's words had two meanings.

Complimenting the Eldest Princess for being rich is one thing, and another is to use mandarin fish to hope to be sheltered by the Eldest Princess, so the Eldest Princess is naturally her "noble person".

The eldest princess must have understood what she meant, so she didn't answer, and continued to taste mandarin fish slices with her eyes closed:

"Choosing the right fish meat is just the basics. The important details are still in this porridge. The taste of your white rice porridge is a bit layered, with hidden thoughts. The soup base is boiled with pork bones, and you add green onions, soy sauce, sugar, wolfberry, and chives. There's a hint of prickly ash. What else is there?"

Tang Jianwei knew that the eldest princess had a strong tongue, but he didn't expect that she only ate a bite of fish, and almost turned her recipe upside down.

Tang Jianwei said truthfully: "I also added Yanzhou rice wine."

The eldest princess opened her eyes, and the corners of her mouth filled with a sense of comfort:

"Indeed, only Yanzhou rice wine can give people an endless aftertaste. Your cooking technique, I have never seen before."

Tao Wanzhi saw that the eldest princess was interested, and retreated tactfully.

Only the eldest princess and Tang Jianwei were left in the Accord.

"What other tricks do you have, let me see."

The eldest princess became interested in her food.

Only then did Tang Jianwei look directly at the eldest princess.

Tang Jianwei knew that the eldest princess was forty-one this year, but if the woman in front of her said that she was only in her early thirties, no one would object.

The eldest princess was wearing a simple black headdress upright, and a bamboo blue hakama gown with a lapel collar, with exquisite phoenix feather patterns printed on the collar.The outermost layer was covered with a heavy cloak, and the fox fur collar was soft, floating gently with her movements from time to time.

She has handsome eyebrows and cold eyes, but she has a pair of lips that reflect the sun and are unforgettable.

The extremely delicate feather and jade eyebrows add to the fairy spirit.

Tang Jianwei unconsciously felt a little timid when he was stared at by the eldest princess's eyes like ink.

It seemed that no small thought could escape her calm eyes.

Food list for this chapter:

【Red Lamb Branch】Tang Dynasty Burning Tail Banquet No. 30 nine dishes, similar to the familiar "Roasted Whole Lamb".

When this dish was served, the four hooves of the sheep were still supporting the body, so it was called "Zhizhang".

In ancient times, there was a saying of "red sheep robbery".Baidu Encyclopedia: "The ancients believed that Bingwu and Dingwei were the years when disasters occurred in the country. The heavenly stems "Bing" and "Ding" and the earthly branch "wu" belong to fire in the five elements of yin and yang and are red, while the earthly branch "Wei" is on the zodiac It is a sheep, and the "Bingwu Dingwei Zhie" that occurs every 60 years is called "Red Sheep Calamity" later."

Why is there a branched red sheep at the Tail Burning Banquet to celebrate promotion?It should be for auspiciousness, similar to eating disasters, so that you can be safe and happy.

[Congee Bottom Hot Pot] The rice porridge originated in Shunde, and friends in Guangdong should be familiar with it.The porridge base after rinsing the ingredients is also delicious.

[All the dishes mentioned in the article may be slightly different from the authentic recipe of this dish due to the needs of the plot, and will not be marked one by one in the following text. 】

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The eldest princess is not the protagonist Gongjun~ Don’t stand between Tang San and the eldest princess~