Palace Full of Delicacies

"Hum!" His Majesty the Emperor gave a soft snort, which was considered to be in agreement with Su Yu's words. He waited for the stupid slave to thank him. After waiting for a long time for the clinker, the person in his arms did not make any next move. The fish had already closed its eyes and was about to fall asleep.

In front of Bi An divine beast, it is impossible to fool around!

An Hongche slid down, held down the stupid servant who was trying to sleep, and took advantage of the convenience just now, to squeeze in again.After frying the fish until midnight, when His Majesty finally fell asleep contentedly, Su Yu was already on the verge of falling apart.

The next day, Uncle Mao went to discuss the matter of building a ship. Su Yu slept until the sun was up, and then he rubbed his sore waist and got up.Yesterday the Queen Mother said that she wanted to eat chili oil, and today she had to go to Ci'an Palace to pay her respects and send the chili oil along the way.

This chili oil is made by Su Yu himself, and it's very simple, just grind the dried chili into powder, add sesame, salt, pepper, etc., quickly pour a spoonful of boiling hot oil on it, and it's done.The queen mother likes to eat steamed buns, which are more appetizing than those delicate dim sum.

The palace road was covered with heavy snow, cotton curtains were hung around the chariot in winter, the hand stove was held in hand, and the legs were covered with blankets, it still felt cold.When he arrived at Ci'an Palace, Su Yu shook off the few snowflakes that fell on his body, stood in front of the smoke cage between the main gate and the second gate to warm his body, and then opened the door to go in, lest the cold air all over his body hit the empress dowager or freeze the children .

The queen mother was teasing her grandson with a thin bamboo stick tied with colorful feathers. Wherever the beautiful feathers floated, the little black and yellow fur balls would pounce there.

"Greetings to the Empress Dowager." Su Yu stepped forward to salute, his waist creaking because of this bend.

"Excuse me," the Queen Mother waved with a smile, signaling Su Yu to sit on the couch, "Look, isn't Da Mao stronger than a few days ago?"

Su Yu raised his hand and touched the little fur ball that was jumping around. The little guy immediately turned around and hugged his hand and gnawed a couple of bites.Although the little child is ignorant, it is not an ordinary cat after all. It knows that it can't show its claws, even if it kicks its legs, it will obediently retract its claws, and only use the soft pads, which will not hurt Su Yu at all.

"It seems to be more energetic." Su Yu measured the length of the fur ball, and felt that it hadn't grown much since it was three months old.

"It's just like this. It doesn't grow much, and it starts to grow again when it reaches the crown." The queen mother saw Su Yu's doubts, and explained with a smile, "When I'm one year old, I can change into a human form."

The noble son of the royal family has turned into a form after one year of age, so outsiders are not allowed to see him before his one year old.

The little child has limited energy and gets sleepy after playing for a while. Su Yu put a blanket on his lap, put the little fur ball on it, and folded up a corner to cover his belly.His Royal Highness, the eldest son of the emperor, obediently retracted his four paws, yawned a little, smacked his lips, and fell asleep.

The Empress Dowager folded the small stall into swaddling clothes, and then carried her grandson to her lap.

Su Yu blinked, and couldn't help laughing, the queen mother is also a person who likes to hug hairballs, put down the chili and was about to say goodbye, but was dragged away by the queen mother.

"It's rare for you to come over and have a chat with Ai's family." The Queen Mother took the sewing basket and held up a sea-blue cloth mouse. "How do you think this cloth mouse can run?"

"Can run?" Su Yu scratched his head. It is not difficult to make the toy run, just turn the clockwork. The problem is that this thing does not belong to this era, and it is too shocking to say it.

"Aren't you a different star? You should know some other ways?" The queen mother looked at him with burning eyes, her gentle almond eyes were exactly the same as when His Highness King Zhao was begging for food.

"Ahem..." Su Yu coughed dryly, and it sounded like "Aren't you a cook? You should know how to make chili sauce, right?" Is Yixing so commonplace?Why is everyone talking about him!

Being told by the Queen Mother, Su Yu had no choice but to contribute to wind-up, but as a cook, and a cook who has never been to college, he only knows the principle of wind-up, so if he is asked to do it, he can really do it not come out.I had to tell Feishi's staff my idea and let them study it.

"This is really great." The queen mother was very happy to be able to make a mouse that could run, and pulled Su Yu to chatter, "King Jing asked the Ai family for a mouse that could run since he was a child. Where is the Ai family? He knows how to do it, so he can only catch some live animals for him to play with, and he is afraid that those things will be dirty, so he is not allowed to bite. But that kid is the most naughty, he always bites secretly, the mouse is too dirty, so he can only play with rabbits for him. etc. That rabbit is as big as a dog, but he is still a small one, biting the ears of a rabbit would have to climb over mountains, hahaha..."

Su Yu couldn't help laughing, "What about the emperor? Was the emperor naughty when he was young?"

"Your Majesty," the Empress Dowager smiled, "like his father, he has a stubborn temper. He always says things badly, but he has a good heart. The first emperor spoke harshly, but he actually liked children very much. He always took advantage of the emperor Hug him when he falls asleep, you don’t know how funny it is for two golden retriever cats, one big and one small, to sleep together!”

"If I saw it, I probably couldn't help but bury my face in it." Su Yu felt his heart itch imagining that scene.

"Isn't it!" The queen mother's eyes lit up, and she felt that she had finally found a kindred spirit, "You don't know, back then, Ai's family painted exquisite makeup to host a palace banquet, but as soon as they walked out, they saw the father and son's virtuous behavior , couldn't hold it back for a while, put on makeup, and was scolded by the empress dowager..."

The Empress Dowager dragged Su Yu to talk about it all morning, drank a pot of tea, and saw that it was time for lunch, so she stopped, and finally remembered the business of calling Su Yu.

"Grand palace banquet?" Su Yu's eyes widened. The palace banquet on New Year's Eve is the most solemn palace banquet for the royal family in a year, and it is usually hosted by the queen. Hand it over to the queen mother, and now the queen mother suddenly hands it over to him, what's going on?

The Empress Dowager waved her hand, only saying that she believed that he could handle it well, and if there was anything she didn't understand, she would ask her again, and she let him go back to the Arctic Palace to cook without interest, which was completely different from the enthusiasm of the chat just now.

Su Yu returned to the Arctic Palace melancholy, and saw the emperor and King Jing were studying the blueprints of seagoing ships gathered around the cushions.

"We need to add a platform here, preferably made of stone, so as not to catch fire when grilling the fish." His Majesty the Emperor said coldly, pointing to a place.

"The railing around the boat should be surrounded by fine iron nets, otherwise it is easy to fall into the sea during a fight." King Jing rubbed his chin and thought seriously.

Originally, he wanted to ask the two people what their palace banquets were like in previous years, but after hearing this conversation, he immediately gave up hope and turned to the kitchen to cook.

It was too cold, and there were still a few mackerel in the tank. Su Yu fished out one and decided to make a Wushan grilled whole fish to keep warm.Remove the scales and pick the gills, remove the bones and cook the soup, bake the fish on a charcoal fire, roast the fat and leave the browned fish, and spread the bottom material.

The mood of getting a difficult task suddenly, and gradually calming down during the grilled fish, isn't it just a feast!As a chef, I have done all kinds of wedding banquets, full moon banquets, and teacher appreciation banquets. Anyway, it is a flowing banquet, as long as the menu is set.

The palace banquet on the thirtieth year represents the appearance of the royal family, and being qualified to host the palace banquet shows that the queen mother approves of this concubine, and even in some people's eyes, this is a hint to the queen's candidate.

"I heard that the queen mother handed over the palace banquet to the fish seller!" De Zhaoyi sat angrily in Shu Zhaoyi's palace to enjoy the fire.

"He came from a small family, has he ever seen a palace banquet?" Zhang Zhaoyi limped over. The sprained foot in Laba that day has not healed yet, and I am afraid that he will not be able to dance at the Thirty Palace Banquet.

"Hmph, let's see, I don't believe that he can make a palace banquet come true." Shu Zhaoyi sneered.

A palace banquet may seem simple, but the things to prepare are very complicated.The selection of the palace, the arrangement of seats, the rehearsal of singing and dancing, even the number of palace people, the style of palace lanterns, the placement of clan carriages and horses, etc., all add up, and even the queen mother who is used to these things will have a headache.

It was the New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye, and the clan's wives from the capital gathered into the palace.

The king of the county is not allowed to leave the fief, but the descendants of the king of the county have to move back to live in the capital after being descended to the nobility, and the fief will be taken back naturally.Therefore, there are quite a few clansmen in Beijing.The Thirty Palace Banquet is divided into two seats, the clan and the royal prince and the emperor are in one palace, and the queen mother, wife, clan and family members, princesses and princesses are together.

As a male concubine, Su Yu does not sit with female concubines, so the concubines who were waiting to see the joke lost their interest immediately when they couldn't see Su Yu himself.

After seeing the seating arrangement of the palace banquet, Su Yu realized that there were no women among the noble sons of the royal family, and at the same time, he also deeply understood that the legend about King Jing was really just a legend.Because of the huge palace banquet, from the beginning to the end, those ladies and wives never had the chance to meet His Royal Highness King Jing.

Before the palace banquet started, everyone on the woman's side first met the Queen Mother in the Ci'an Palace, and chatted about the daily life for a while before moving to the main hall where the palace banquet was held.All the palace people arranged everyone to sit down in an orderly manner, and De Zhaoyi and Shu Zhaoyi looked at each other in surprise. There really are two brushes in this fish sale, and the arrangement is so appropriate.

"Hmph, it seems appropriate on the surface, but the Imperial Master is going to participate in this palace banquet. After a while, there will be a bad start at the banquet, so he won't be able to bear it." De Zhaoyi said bitterly.

Su Yu, who was missed by everyone, was busily busy in the kitchen at the moment.Since it is the noodles he made, it is natural to make them beautiful and delicious, so that every clan member can return home with satisfaction, the combination of meat and vegetables, hot and cold...

Eunuch Wang, who was arrested by the emperor to arrange chores, wanted to cry, but he wanted to tell Concubine Xian that the palace banquet was not just about cooking.Glancing at His Majesty the Emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair with a stern expression, waiting for the banquet to begin, Eunuch Wang swallowed his words silently and kicked the little eunuch beside him, "What are you doing in a daze? !"

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Meow Gong: This ship seems to be missing something

King Jing: You need to add nets, don’t fly out when fighting

Uncle Seventeen: We need to plant dogtail grass to freshen the air

Uncle Thirteen: We need to set up some barbecue stoves and drink beer at night

National Teacher: Replace the entire deck with cushions, and I want to watch the stars at night

Younger brother: ... Can such a respected person find his father back?