Palace Full of Delicacies

In Yexiao Palace, Su Yu was inspecting the ingredients sent by the Imperial Dining Room.

"The appearance of this shell is really good." Su Yu picked up a fresh shell and looked at it. It was as big as a palm, round and plump, and the flesh was plump. Even the shell was very neat.

"The ones you give to your mother are naturally the best." The person in the imperial dining room said with a smile.

Su Yu nodded in satisfaction. Chefs like high-quality ingredients. After all, the better the ingredients, the better the food. He looked at the live fish in another basin, and signaled that he would accept it without any problems. .

"Five taels of silver, take it well." Eunuch Yang took out the taels of silver and handed it to the eunuch who delivered the fish.

"Wait," Su Yu, who was fishing for fish, straightened up suddenly, and stopped everyone who was about to leave, "Why do these things cost five taels of silver?"

Looking at the emperor's appetite yesterday, he decided to prepare more food today, so he bought two ingredients, which were ordinary shellfish and a carp. Even if the shellfish were more expensive, it wouldn't cost five taels of silver, right?You know, five taels of silver is enough for an ordinary family to spend for a month!It's a money grab!

"Your Majesty buys it every day, and I specially give it to you as a bargain." The little eunuch obviously misunderstood Su Yu's words, thinking that he was surprised that the price was too low, and hurriedly offered a few good words.

It's cheap and so expensive!Seeing the natural look on everyone's faces, Su Yu took a deep breath, waved his hands to let the people in the imperial dining room go back, and then asked Eunuch Yang, "Is the price of goods in the palace always like this?"

"Go back to your mother, that's true." Eunuch Yang's face was also full of pain, and he had already spent a lot of money to send fresh ingredients to the imperial dining room in the past two days.

Concubines have quotas for food and clothing every month, and everything outside the quota needs money to buy, and everything is supplied by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, just like the only small shop in a boarding school, the prices are natural Ridiculously high.What's more, the things in the palace are of high quality, and the price itself is not low, and the concubines will not buy extra things every day like Su Yu.

No matter how high the salary is, it can't match the skyrocketing prices. Su Yu counted with his fingers, and suddenly felt bitter. If this continues, he will soon become a pauper again.

Thirty yuan scallops, I saved two for the sauce to make snacks tomorrow, and steamed the rest with garlic vermicelli. Su Yu watched His Majesty happily eat each bite, and felt that the handsome emperor turned golden Pixiu swallowed a large piece of silver from him in one gulp.

"Why don't you eat it?" An Hongche glanced at Su Yu who was in a daze while picking up the vegetables, frowned slightly, and put the Yuanbei with meat and vermicelli that he had just picked up into Su Yu's bowl.

Su Yu was flattered and looked at the shellfish in the bowl, he didn't expect that the emperor would give other people food.

"I reward you, why don't you hurry up and eat it!" An Hongche couldn't help being a little angry when he saw that Su Yu didn't eat it. It's very rare for him to share such a delicious food with others, and this stupid slave didn't even appreciate it!

Seeing the emperor showing signs of anger, Su Yu quickly ate the shellfish in the bowl, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

An Hongche glared at him, feeling more and more dissatisfied in his heart. This stupid slave has never talked to him properly since he entered the palace.

Su Yu didn't understand, so he looked at the emperor who was still unhappy, could it be that the emperor was waiting for him to reciprocate?Tentatively, he picked up a chopstick of sweet and sour fish and put it in the emperor's bowl.

Eunuch Wang, who was standing aside, couldn't stop him. He watched the piece of fish dripping with sauce fall into the emperor's jade bowl, and was frightened out of his wits.The emperor never ate food from other people's food, anyone who dared to touch his food would be furious, and was about to step forward to persuade him, when he saw the tender fish fillet picked up by the emperor's chopsticks and slowly put it into his mouth.

"It's too sweet." His Majesty the Emperor licked off a bit of the sauce on his thin lips, his tone was still bad, but his face softened a lot.

"Then put less sugar next time." Su Yu smiled slightly, and suddenly found that this guy was not as difficult to get along with as he imagined.

An Hongche snorted, but didn't say anything else, picked up a shellfish and continued to eat.

Eunuch Wang silently retracted his eyeballs that were about to fall, and turned around to deal with the flop. He no longer needs to serve here.

After dinner, Su Yu brought out normal-shaped crab sticks for the emperor to cook as an after-dinner snack.

"What are you doing at Anguo Pagoda today?" His Majesty the Emperor leaned on the soft couch, and played with a crab stick with two slender fingers.

Su Yu was sitting on the edge of the soft couch looking at the dowry list that Eunuch Yang had just sorted out. Hearing this, he raised his head and said, "The Empress Dowager ordered me to pay my respects to the national teacher every day."

"Tossing around." An Hongche sneered, and took one end of the crab stick into his mouth.

The long crab stick was held by His Majesty's lips, which looked like a cigarette in his mouth, very handsome, but thinking that it was a crab stick, Su Yu couldn't help but pursed his lips and laughed.

His brows and eyes were already warm, and such a slight smile was quite pleasing to the eye.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned, this stupid slave, with such a seductive smile, is he trying to get me closer?But it's not time to go to bed, how decent is he in front of so many eunuchs and maids in the palace!

"The national teacher doesn't seem to like the minister to go to greet you." The atmosphere between the two is much more relaxed than before, remembering that the two are already married, and they should discuss things, so Su Yu put down the account book in his hand, intending to ask Emperor's opinion.

Not to mention that he himself is full of curiosity about the existence of the National Teacher, but the task assigned by the Empress Dowager requires him to go to pay his respects every day.

"Uncle Huang is the most impatient with red tape. If you say you go to pay your respects, he will definitely not want to see you." An Hongche thought for a while, and put a slender leg on Su Yu's lap, um, come to ask me if something is difficult, It should be rewarded, since you want to get close to me so much, just satisfy him for a while.

Su Yu was taken aback by the suddenly extended leg, and seeing the emperor's natural look, he sighed helplessly, and pinched his leg in a good-tempered manner.

Damn it, I knew it, and I would lay hands on me every chance I get!His Majesty the Emperor turned his head away, covered his quietly reddened ears, and chewed all the crab sticks in his mouth.

The next day, Eunuch Yang told Su Yu that there is no need to go to the Empress Dowager to pay his respects, once every three days is enough, as long as he pays his respects to the Imperial Teacher in time.

Su Yu was naturally happy to be at leisure, but the Ci'an Palace without Su Yu's presence was still restless.

"Did the emperor turn over the cards?" The queen mother frowned slightly.

"It's turned over," Aunt Lin said with a smile, "The emperor has always been respectful and filial. If the Queen Mother asks the sign to turn over, it will definitely turn over."

"Well, just turn it over." The Queen Mother nodded with satisfaction.

"But the emperor still went to Yexiao Palace last night." Lu Guifei said with a full face of grievance, and the other concubines were also aggrieved.

"Perhaps I found Concubine Xian by chance." The Queen Mother said indifferently.

"..." Concubine Lu Gui was about to say how it was possible, she opened her mouth and held back her breath.As a concubine, she has no right to know the emperor's daily life, even if she knows whose brand the emperor turned, she can't say.But others didn't know, but she knew that there was no Concubine Xian's name in that tray, how could it be possible to find Concubine Xian?

Concubine Lu Gui tore off the veil in her hand, gritted her teeth secretly, once it could be said to be a coincidence, but she didn't believe it, the queen mother would not care about it tomorrow.

Because he didn't need to pay his respects, he escaped the bloody storm in the harem. Su Yu, who had nothing to do, wanted to find sauce to play with, but he couldn't find it after searching around.

"I was still in the Arctic Palace just now, I don't know where I'm going now," Eunuch Wang said nonsense without blinking an eye, "When he comes back, the old slave will send it to the empress."

Without a cat, Su Yu had to go back to Yexiao Palace to study the recipes.

So Kee Cookbook

The content in it is very easy to understand. Based on Su Yu's experience, he can guess that it is almost the same. It is basically the ingredients he recognizes, but it is a bit difficult to understand when it arrives.

"Mackerel, use internal strength to remove blood, boil water to remove hair..." Hair removal?Su Yu was at a loss. How could the hair be removed after killing the fish? What kind of thing is this mackerel?Look at the picture on the left, the ancestors of the Su family drew a strange fish with a mess of scales and thorns growing on it.

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Knowing the appalling painting skills of his ancestors, Su Yu didn't expect to see anything from the picture, but about the deliciousness of this mackerel, the ancestors of the Su family also focused on describing it, saying that it tasted like roasted milk It is as fragrant and tender as a pig, which makes people want to stop. Special reminder, you must use your inner strength to remove the blood, otherwise you will not be able to make such delicious food.

Internal strength?Su Yu thought of the silver chopsticks that the emperor threw out. Could it be that killing this kind of fish requires internal strength?This is too ridiculous!

Su Yu, who couldn't stand it anymore, threw the recipe aside, got up and went to the kitchen to make snacks, and thought about how to complete the task of asking for safety in the afternoon.

The emperor said that the national teacher is impatient with red tape, so it can't be said that he is going to greet you, but he is going to drink afternoon tea?

Su Yu scratched his head, it's not easy to drink tea empty-handed, so bring some snacks.It's a pity that he is not good at pastry, at most he can make some seafood snacks. Thinking about the scene of the fairy-like national teacher eating bone and crab sticks, Su Yu couldn't help shaking. He died.

After thinking hard for a long time, Su Yu removed the head and back of the fresh shrimp, tied them back and forth with their whiskers, fried them thoroughly, and made a beautiful plate of "Golden Butterfly Shrimp". Although it is still a fried snack that cannot be served on the table, at least... it will not be killed by battle.

After clapping his hands in satisfaction, Su Yu turned around to change his clothes. He had just taken two steps when he heard the sound of chewing from behind him. He quickly turned around and saw a golden kitten squatting beside a white jade plate. , chewing butterfly shrimp with relish.

His Majesty the Emperor came back and heard that Eunuch Wang said that this stupid slave missed him. As a diligent emperor, he couldn't go to the concubine's bedroom for a long time, so he turned into a cat and came to see what he was doing.Seeing him obediently preparing food for himself, the emperor felt very relieved.

"Sauce!" Su Yu hurriedly picked up the kitten and tugged at the shrimp held in its claws, "Little villain, don't steal it, I made it for the teacher."