Palace Full of Delicacies

"Your Majesty, this Concubine Xian doesn't think much of you," Concubine Shu felt a toothache when she saw the cat's paw print, "How dare you show this to the Empress Dowager!"

Concubine Lu Gui sneered: "He is not afraid, what is this Palace afraid of? Since Concubine Xian has the intention to honor the Queen Mother in this way, this Palace will take it for granted."

After finishing the painting, except for Su Yu who was rushing back to prepare lunch for the emperor, the other concubines went to Ci'an Palace.The long scroll slowly unfolded in front of the Empress Dowager, and the complicated and gorgeous patterns dazzled the eyes.

"Aijia's eyes are becoming more and more difficult to use, you are in charge." The Queen Mother looked at this impatiently, and said with a smile to the noble concubine Lu.

"The craftsmanship of the sisters is so good that even the concubines can't make up their minds," Concubine Lu looked at the long scroll pretending to be embarrassed, and pointed to a few places, "It's like this 'Luan Feng Cheng Xiang' painting is very delicate, The texture is something my concubine has never seen before, it will definitely look good when embroidered; and this 'Butterfly Wearing Flowers' is so lifelike, it would be even better if it was embroidered with gold thread..."

The Empress Dowager followed Concubine Lu's hand full of ornaments to look at it, and suddenly found the "Plum Blossom" next to "Butterfly Wearing Flowers". She was curious and asked the maid to take the scroll for a closer look.

Lu Guifei curled her lips coldly, she was pointing at that place on purpose, for fear that the queen mother would not see the cat's paw print.Fooling the Empress Dowager like this, even if the Emperor dotes on Concubine Xian again, he will not be lightly forgiven.

"Isn't this the paw print of the holy cat?" The queen mother looked at it for a moment, and was immediately happy. "Oh, I haven't seen you for a few days, but this little paw has grown a bit." As she said, she couldn't put it down and rubbed the paw print for a moment.

I never thought of it before, using this paw print to make a blanket, it is very interesting to think about the black paw prints all over the snow-white blanket, as if the little golden fur ball was stepped on from head to tail.

"The empress dowager is wise, that is indeed the paw print of the holy cat." Concubine Lu replied with a stiff face. She pinched her heart and waited for the empress dowager to get angry. Confession, but looking at the appearance of the Queen Mother, it does not seem to be angry at all.

"The Ai family thinks this is very good," the queen mother said with a smile on her face, "Whose idea is this, the Ai family should reward him well."

Several concubines looked at each other, Concubine Lu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Su Yu, who doesn't fit in well, naturally doesn't know the various punishments and rewards that he missed. He offended Mr. Cat, and wanted to cook something delicious to apologize to him.Instead, he forgot about the absurd dream in the morning, and went to deliver food to the emperor very frankly.

At noon, when we arrived at the imperial study, Su Yu looked left and right for a long while, but he didn't see the sauce.

"What are you looking for?" His Majesty the Emperor frowned slightly, staring at Su Yu dissatisfied.

"Why didn't you see the holy cat?" Su Yu was no longer afraid of the emperor, and asked him with a smile.

"Hmph." An Hongche snorted coldly, this stupid slave, I'm here, what else are I looking for, don't I have a good-looking stupid cat?

Su Yu looked at the emperor's face, not understanding why this man was so awkward, blinked, picked a chopstick of fish and put it in the jade bowl, "Taste this squirrel mandarin fish."

His Majesty's face was even worse. The squirrel mandarin fish tasted sour and sweet. He had never liked this kind of food. He glanced at Su Yu's eyes full of expectation, pursed his thin lips, picked up his chopsticks, and The golden yellow fish meat dripping with sauce is delivered to the mouth.

The flesh of mandarin fish is fat but without thorns. When fried, it is browned and crispy. The roots and roots of the fish are separated, just like blooming autumn chrysanthemums.It's just that this time the sauce is not the sweet and greasy that An Hongche usually dislikes, but the salty flavor that he likes instead.

"I didn't put much sugar this time." Seeing a hint of surprise flashing in those beautiful eyes, Su Yu couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth.I used to think that cooking for the emperor was a job. Although he was conscientious, it was just an errand after all. But after yesterday's date, his mentality was different. He wanted to cook delicious food for him in different ways, so that he could eat happily. I am also happy.

"Barely able to eat." His Majesty the Emperor said sullenly, but the corners of his mouth could not help but turn up slightly. This stupid slave, even remembering that he doesn't like sweet food, deliberately changed the ingredients of the dish.

"Report to the emperor, King Su and King Ling to see you." Eunuch Wang came over to report with a face of embarrassment. It stands to reason that the emperor should not be disturbed while eating. The prince has been busy all night outside the palace and inside the palace, his face is full of weather, it is unbearable to look at it.

"What's the rush right now?" An Hongche's lips that had just been bent were straightened.

Su Yu frowned, he stopped to talk about business in the middle of the meal, he was prone to indigestion, and he wanted to persuade the emperor to finish the meal before talking, but state affairs sometimes cannot be delayed for a moment, if he delays something important because of his words, it will be troublesome , "The emperor has business to do, so the minister will leave first."

Seeing that Su Yu was about to get up after putting down his job, His Majesty the Emperor held him down and said to Wang Gong: "Let them come in."

"See the emperor, long live my emperor, long live, long live." The two princes knelt down to salute, Su Yu hurriedly got up to avoid it, and when the emperor called out, he saluted to the two princes.

"Concubine Xian is here too." King Su greeted Su Yu expressionlessly.

"Let me just say, I can smell the aroma from outside..." Ling Wang stared at the dishes on the table, and before he could finish a sentence, he was elbowed by his brother beside him.

"Are the two imperial uncles okay? If there is no urgent matter, let me talk about it after lunch." His Majesty the emperor seemed not to see the hungry eyes of the two imperial uncles, and picked up a piece of fried shrimp in sauce and threw it into his mouth.

Because now that Su Yu got the emperor's order, it directly led to the richness of the emperor's lunch several times. There were only two pitiful two hot dishes and two cold dishes, but now it has been upgraded to six main courses, two side dishes, and one dish. Soup and dim sum.

Squirrel mandarin fish, golden yellow, crispy, juicy and fat; shrimp fried in sauce, cooked with Su Yu's special seafood soy sauce, bright in color and full of fragrance; [-] oysters from last night were directly brought by Su Yu, and roasted with minced garlic , it tastes crisp and tender...

The dim sum is seafood tofu cake. I originally wanted to make kimchi seafood cake, but because there was no kimchi, it was too late to marinate temporarily, so I used tofu to sandwich shrimp and crab meat, brushed two layers of sauce, and pasted a layer of glutinous rice on the front and back. , fried on both sides.The emperor took one bite at a time and ate very happily.

"Your Majesty, I have been busy all night, and I haven't even had time to eat breakfast," Ling Wang rubbed his hands, knowing that his nephew is the most cruel, if he doesn't speak directly, he will refuse without hesitation , "I implore the emperor to reward you with lunch."

"Brother Seventeen is right." His Royal Highness Su Wang agreed with a serious face.

Su Yu looked at the two princes in surprise, asking for food in such a precious tone, it sounded like a code word no matter what.

"Ask the Imperial Dining Room to add some dishes." His Majesty the Emperor picked up a piece of seafood tofu cake and took a bite.

Although the emperor's rations were handed over to the concubine Xian, the emperor's rations did not actually have a definite number. The imperial dining room would still prepare the emperor's three meals on time, in case the concubine Xian was upset and refused to cook for the emperor, so the dishes It's pretty fast.

The subjects were given meals to the emperor, and they wanted to eat at separate tables, so the two emperor uncles set up another table beside them.Since the banquet was given, the emperor would symbolically reward one or two dishes of the dishes in front of him to his subjects to show his kindness.

Exquisite dishes were served one by one. King Ling kept peeking at the meals on the emperor's table. An Hongche glanced at the worthless uncle emperor in distaste. He asked Su Yu to take a plate and pick out two shrimps, two Root fish, two oysters, two tofu cakes... In short, there were only two of each, lying alone on a huge plate, and served them to the two emperor uncles.It's not too little for two people, just take it and eat it.

Su Yu blinked, and found that what the two princes said before was really not a code word.

After lunch, the two lords did have business to discuss with the emperor, King Su dragged the emperor back to the imperial study, Su Yu tactfully resigned.

"Hey, Jintang." Walking behind, King Ling suddenly stopped Su Yu, "Do you still need that thing called pepper?"

Su Yu was stunned for a moment before realizing that King Ling was calling him, "Of course I want it."

"I still have a lot of peppers in my mansion. I'll have someone send you some to the palace some other day." King Ling left such a meaningful sentence, turned around and quickly followed the footsteps of King Su and the emperor.

Su Yu frowned slightly, always feeling that there was something in Ling Wang's words.

In the afternoon, I went to see the national teacher. The national teacher was as elegant and leisurely as ever, but he just told him to study "Killing Fish Heart Method" seriously, and he would have to test his homework tomorrow.

Su Yu couldn't help but grimaced, he really couldn't understand this "Skills for Killing Fish", what kind of acupuncture points, what kind of inner strength, as a cook, he didn't know anything about it.

"If you don't understand, you can ask the emperor." The national teacher twisted a piece of seafood tofu cake, "add some dogwood juice to the oil, and the fried glutinous rice will be delicious."

The juice of cornel is spicy, fried tofu cakes with spicy oil?Su Yu thought for a while, "The cornel juice is slightly bitter, it would be better if it was replaced with chili." He had never used the ancient spicy seasoning of cornel before, but he hated the bitter taste, which was different from chili after all.

The national teacher nodded, "Pepper is a good thing, ask King Ling to give you some someday."

"Boom!" Just as he was speaking, there was a loud noise upstairs, like the sound of something breaking.

Su Yu looked up, there were no stairs on the second floor of Anguo Tower, only an empty opening leading to the top floor, with a piece of elegant silk and satin hanging down in the middle, decorated with tiny bells, which would emit a kind of sound when the wind blows. Ethereal ringtones.

The national teacher frowned slightly, "You go back first, I'll go up and have a look." After finishing speaking, he ate the last piece of tofu cake, stepped on the black gold stone steps, walked to the third floor, wrapped the soft silk around his wrist In a circle, lightly tap on the toes, like a white swallowtail butterfly, it floated up to the fourth floor.Further up, Su Yu couldn't see it.

It turns out that the people in the royal family are all masters, and they floated up and down the stairs... Su Yu looked up for a while, and saw that it was "The Mind of Killing Fish" in his hand. ", decided to ask the Pope.

But at night, the emperor said that he would not come to Yexiao Palace tonight, nor summon Su Yu to the North Pole Palace, and did not send the uncle cat who had not forgiven him.

Su Yu suddenly found himself in trouble.

"It's impossible for the emperor to come every day, just relax." Xiao Shun looked at the frowning Concubine Xian, not knowing how to comfort her.

"No, I have to go find him." Su Yu got up suddenly, took the food box and went to the Arctic Palace.

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Concubine A: I heard that the emperor will not go to the Supper Palace tonight

Concubine Lu: What's so strange?

Concubine B: I heard that the emperor will not call the concubine to the Arctic Palace tonight

Lu Guifei: Are you serious?

Concubine C: I heard that Concubine Xian took the initiative to go to the Arctic Palace to sleep

Concubine Lu: Damn Hu Meizi

Xiaoyu: Your Majesty, you can't abandon me at this critical moment

Meow Gong: Heh heh heh, now you know how important I am

Xiaoyu: QAQ Xueba, ask for homework guidance