Palace Full of Delicacies

What does this mean?Su Yu was at a loss when he heard this, and he waited to ask again, the emperor had already finished approving the memorial, he raised his hand and pulled the silk ribbon beside the dragon chair, and Eunuch Wang entered in response.

"Is it ready?" the emperor asked in a serious tone.

"Report to the emperor, things are ready." Eunuch Wang replied with a bow.

Not knowing what the emperor and Eunuch Wang were talking about, Su Yu glanced at the memorial just approved by the emperor boredly, his eyes widened immediately.

Leaving aside the issue of fairness and unfairness, the ones to be beheaded are the direct descendants of the Lu family.The Lu family has been in the court for many years, and their roots are deep. Just looking at Concubine Lu, one can tell that these people dare to be so arrogant and domineering, and they must have something to rely on. Isn't the emperor afraid of causing trouble when he punishes them so drastically?

"Let's go," An Hongche pulled Su Yu up, "The things are ready for you."

"What?" Su Yu asked in a daze.

His Majesty the Emperor frowned, "Didn't you say you want to cook whole fish?"

I brought mackerel back before, but found that there was no iron plate support for putting charcoal fire on the bottom and grilling fish on the top, so the matter of Wushan grilling the whole fish was put on hold for the time being.

"The people at Feishi haven't done this before, so I don't know if it's suitable for use." Eunuch Wang brought out a tray covered with a layer of flannelette, which looked very solemn.

Su Yu stretched out his hand to uncover the velvet cloth. It was a one-foot-square double-layer iron plate. The upper plate was exquisitely carved, and there were hidden flowers carved in the center of the plate, and the groove on the lower layer was even more surprising.The groove is used for charcoal fire. The person who made the iron plate made the air outlet and the water tank very carefully, and carefully added a layer of fine mesh to prevent the charcoal from floating around. If you go to the first layer of iron plate, you can still Do grilling directly below.

"What does Feishi do on a daily basis?" Su Yu held the iron pan and looked it up and down with great satisfaction, secretly sighing that these people's craftsmanship is really good, and I will entrust them to make any kitchen utensils that are needed in the future.

Eunuch Wang twitched his lips and looked at His Majesty the Emperor.

"A concealed weapon for the royal family." The emperor said indifferently.

"Ahem..." Su Yu choked on saliva, and looked at Eunuch Wang for proof.

Eunuch Wang dutifully explained the origin of the Feishi Department.The An family is good at using hidden weapons, so they searched for world-renowned weapon masters, and set up a flying stone office in the palace, specializing in making hidden weapons for the royal family and hidden guards.They are not only exquisite in craftsmanship, but also fast in workmanship. "If there is any dissatisfaction with the empress, you can let them take it and change it."

Su Yu coughed worse, and asked Master Hidden Weapon to make kitchen utensils for him...

He looked at the memorial on the table, and then at the iron plate in his hand. Sure enough, he couldn't comprehend such a complicated thing as imperial power with his brain as a cook.

The fish that was killed the day before has been kept in the ice cellar. After it was taken out and defrosted, the flesh of the mackerel was still fresh and tender.Su Yu was very surprised, he was ready to grill another fish.

"This kind of sea monster, the fresh meat will not rot for three days." His Majesty the Emperor, who had nothing to do, went around the kitchen again, seeing that Su Yu wanted to throw the fish away, he hurriedly stopped him.

Su Yu looked suspiciously at the fish in his hand. It will not rot for three days. It sounds like preservatives have been added. Can this unknown creature really be eaten?

Although he was very worried, at the insistence of His Majesty, Su Yu still grilled the mackerel with preservatives.

If the gills are removed, the mackerel will be separated from the bone and flesh, but if there are no bones, it is not called a grilled whole fish, it is called a grilled fish block.Su Yu had no choice but to handle with care, keeping the fish meat and fish bones together, brushing with oil on the charcoal fire and roasting, until the roasting was almost done, then put the fish on a plate and put the ingredients.

Dried chilies and ample peppercorns cover the whole body of the fish. The grilled browned fish is gurgling in the iron plate filled with spicy oil. Makes the whole meal hall are shrouded in strong fragrance.

Because Su Yu suspected the quality of the fish, he tasted it himself first.He has done a lot of grilled whole fish in his previous life. He has tried all kinds of fish, but he has never had any kind of fish that can compare with this strange fish.Because the mackerel itself is greasy, it cannot be boiled in soup, but it is the best choice for barbecue. What's even better is that the fish bones that are "hard as a stone" but "melt in the soup" are slowly boiled in the oil soup, immersed in Among the fish, a layer of crispy outer film is formed on the fish, which is very delicious.

At this time, they didn't care about whether it was fresh or not, and the two of them ate up the one-foot-long fish and side dishes with white rice.

The emperor and his beloved concubine were feasting, but there were many people in the harem still unable to eat, such as Lu Guifei.

Since the incident with Chen Xiang last time, not only has she been grounded, but the Lu family has also been suppressed again and again.Although Prime Minister Lu tried his best to divert the emperor's attention, such as expelling King Mujun, dragging Marquis Changchun into the water, etc., the emperor showed no sign of being fooled at all. Instead, he participated in more and more memorials from the Lu family.

And the power in Prime Minister Lu's hands is gradually being emptied, just like today, when someone participated in the crime of concubine Lu Gui's second uncle committing a crime, the paper was handed directly to the imperial study room, and Lu Cheng had no chance to stop him, and he didn't even know The specific content of the fold.

Concubine Lu Guifei was very anxious, just at this time, the palace lady Yulan came to report that the concubines had finished weaving the birthday gift for the Queen Mother.

"God helped me too." Concubine Lu Gui was overjoyed. She suggested that the concubines make this blanket together, so she should contribute it. With this excuse, she can also meet the Queen Mother.

The velvet blanket woven from snow sculptures is smooth and soft to the touch, and it is the top grade among the velvet blankets.On the snow-white velvet blanket, there are many black plum blossom paw prints scattered, forming an interesting contrast.

The queen mother held the blanket full of cat paw prints and couldn't put it down. "It's really interesting. In the future, I will make quilts for the prince and embroider the paw prints on it."

"That's right," Aunt Lin followed suit, "It's best to use this kind of material to wrap the little prince with fluff. Oops, I can't wait to see it."

"The emperor now only favors the virtuous concubine, and I don't know when the prince will be born." Concubine Lu Guifei interjected angrily.

The smile on the Empress Dowager's face faded, "It's not your business to worry about the prince."

Lu Guifei's complexion changed, and she immediately knelt down to plead guilty, "The concubine made a slip of the tongue."

The crown prince of the An family has always been determined by the national teacher, no matter if it is born of a concubine or a prince, as long as the national teacher says that the son is worthy of the country's important responsibility, even if it is the prince's bastard, he can also ascend the throne as the emperor.That's why Concubine Lu Gui reminded the Queen Mother from time to time that the princes should not be allowed to give birth to their heirs before the emperor.

As a concubine, there is nothing wrong with reminding the queen mother of the heir, but if she mentions the prince, it is to provoke the authority of the national teacher.

"The Ai family likes this blanket very much. If you are interested, go back." The queen mother didn't want to talk more, and asked Aunt Lin to put away the blanket.

"Empress Dowager!" Concubine Lu Gui walked to the Empress Dowager's feet, weeping, "My niece knows that she has done something wrong, and she really has no face to see her aunt these days, but now the Lu family is in great trouble..."

"Concubine Lu, speak carefully." The queen mother interrupted her words.

Hearing the title "Concubine Lu", Concubine Lu's face paled a little.She had already been cut from the imperial concubine position, and the queen mother pointed it out on purpose, just to remind her that if she is too busy to take care of herself now, don't worry about it.

"Queen Mother, the Lu family is also your natal family, you can't just ignore it like this!" Concubine Lu said sharply.

"The Ai family is just a woman in the deep palace. How can I participate in the affairs of the previous court?" , will make the Emperor chill."

In the past, Concubine Lu liked the Queen Mother's gentle temper, not impatient and easy to talk, but now she hated this slow temper to death, and made her break out in a sweat. Dial it back itchingly, not being of any help.

"Always want to help my natal family? Who in this palace doesn't help her natal family!" Back at Yuluan Palace, Concubine Lu raised her hand and smashed a big vase, "The queen mother said it lightly, it's not because the Lu family is not her serious natal family! "

"Your Majesty!" Yulan was so frightened that she was scared out of her wits, she quickly gave Concubine Lu a hand, "You can't say that!"

"Let the emperor feel cold? I don't believe it. If something happens to her natal family, will the demon concubine help her natal family!" Concubine Lu screamed, if she is not allowed to help her natal family, then no one will help, otherwise, she will be in the empress dowager's house. There is something to say in front of you.

A few days later, Mr. Yuan came into the palace to report the recent business to Su Yu, and brought an urgent news along the way.

"Su Ming beat someone to death?" Su Yu looked up from the account book in surprise, his cousin who only knew how to mess around, actually had the courage to kill someone?

Ever since Su Yu entered the palace, the uncle's family didn't dare to find fault again, and the aunt Zhao's also lived in peace in the mansion.These days are too busy in the palace, Su Yu almost forgot about his uncle's family.Dare to feel that An Sheng before this was the calm before the storm.

Su Ming fought with someone for a singer, disagreed, and pushed her down the steps by mistake. That person was unlucky, knocked his head on the stone steps, and went straight to the west.People saw that the situation was wrong and wanted to report to the officials, Su Ming panicked and yelled loudly: "My cousin is the favorite concubine in the palace, who dares to touch me!"

Su Yu rubbed his forehead, why is this method of killing so familiar?

"My master is now a favorite concubine. Everyone in the capital knows it. The capital government has arrested Su Ming, but they dare not go to court to convict him." Mr. Yuan sighed, and now rumors are spreading, saying that Su Yu is alone. After attaining the Tao, the chickens and dogs ascended to heaven, and the Su family relied on Su Yu to be favored and do evil.

"The uncle of the master asked me to deliver a letter to the master, please take a look." Mr. Yuan was a little hesitant, wondering if he should show Su Yu this thing.He was originally under the orders of the emperor, but the tasks assigned to him by the emperor have always been vague, without specific instructions.For example, in the matter of running errands for the concubine Xian, the emperor never said anything about what should be known to Su Yu and what should not be done, and only let him obey Su Yu's orders.

Su Yu took the letter, thinking he also knew what his uncle said, since he brought it, he opened it and read it.

In the letter, Su Xiaozhang first mentioned the matter of Su Ming beating someone to death, and said that his son was extremely innocent, but he just pushed him away by mistake, and the man died for some reason. It is expected that someone might want to target the Su family , deliberately framed the blame.He also blamed that it was because Su Yu was too conspicuous in the palace, which made them suffer. Not only did they not get any benefits, but they were even more unlucky than before.

After scolding him, he started to say good things again, saying that as long as he blows the pillow with the emperor, such a small matter, the emperor's word will smooth it out.If this matter breaks out, his natal cousin is a murderer, and Su Yu's reputation is very bad, the emperor might despise him because of this...

After reading it, Su Yu was almost laughed out of anger, "Sir, go back to him, and say that if Su Yu hadn't died half a year ago, he might have died like this person. My cousin is so heroic and extraordinary. I am a courtier. Can't really help."

Originally, he was in a good mood to hear about the sprouting of chili peppers in the village in the eastern suburbs, but this news completely ruined him. Su Yu and Mr. Yuan calculated the remaining money in his hand, and considered buying another house to take out his mother-in-law and concubine sister. , Separated from uncle, so as not to be implicated again.

"It's all right to separate the family, but it's not possible now," Mr. Yuan persuaded, "Just after Su Ming's accident happened, the owner hastily separated the family, and there might be some bad rumors."

"What do I want that good reputation for?" Su Yu said indifferently.

"People's words are terrible, if you say too many bad things, people will believe it, and being with you is like being with a tiger..." Mr. Yuan was helpless, seeing that he had such a long relationship with Su Yu, he couldn't help but mention a few words, but he hadn't said anything yet. Finished, suddenly interrupted by a cold voice

"How long are we going to talk about such a small matter?" The emperor in bright yellow court clothes suddenly walked in, grabbed Su Yu's wrist and pulled him up.

"The grassroots see the emperor!" Mr. Yuan quickly knelt down and saluted, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. I don't know if the emperor heard what he said just now.

"Tell the capital to deal with it fairly," His Majesty the Emperor obviously knew everything, and waved his hand to tell Mr. Yuan to pack up and leave. "Don't bother him with these things in the future."

"Abiding by the order." Mr. Yuan saluted and retired.

Seeing the way the emperor instructed Mr. Yuan to be familiar with the road, Su Yu couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth.Recalling back in Xianmantang, the two pretended not to know each other, Mr. Yuan came to the palace to look for him and said mysteriously that the master behind it could not be revealed...

An Hongche turned his head and met Su Yu's curious gaze, he couldn't help but froze for a moment.At the beginning, because Su Yu was short of money, he asked his stupid brother to help Su Yu manage the seafood restaurant, but the stupid brother didn't know anything except eating, so His Majesty the Emperor could only throw Yuan Ce, a counselor, to him, pretending to be the Qing of Prince Zhao's mansion. Guest, I've been pretending this for so long, and I was so excited that I forgot that he and Yuan Ce should not know each other in front of the stupid slave!

"Why is the emperor here?" Su Yu pursed his lips and suppressed a smile, not intending to poke it.

After the court, the emperor saw that the sun was just right today, so he wanted to ask Su Yu to accompany him to bask in the sun, but after waiting for a long time, Su Yu did not come back. Thinking that this stupid slave had chatted with other men until he forgot him, he angrily said Come catch people.

The thin lips were pursed into a straight line, His Majesty the Emperor was silent for a moment and said: "Yexiao Palace has been repaired, I will take you to have a look."

"Has Yexiao Palace been repaired?" Su Yu was very surprised.

After the accident last time, Su Yu moved to the Arctic Palace, and the Yexiao Palace was always empty.

Yushi has played countless times for this, and even Eunuch Wang was scolded, saying that he didn't know how to persuade the emperor, but only knew how to flatter and flatter the concubine.In order to get rid of his reputation as a traitor, Eunuch Wang ordered Yexiao Palace to be reorganized, the servants were replaced, and the guards were re-arranged. He tried his best to make sure that the emperor could not find any mistakes, so that the concubine Xian could move back as soon as possible.

It's a pity that the sky didn't come true, the emperor went down to look around, and was still dissatisfied with the Yexiao Palace, today he said that there should be no side rooms in the palace, and it is not good for Su Yu's innocence to live in the side rooms for palace maids; tomorrow he thinks that the pool is too deep It would be dangerous if Su Yu was pushed down... In short, whenever Eunuch Wang said that the renovation had been completed, His Majesty the Emperor would find an inappropriate place and would not allow Su Yu to live in it.

"The yard has been repaired, but the bedroom cannot be lived in yet." An Hongche said displeased.

Su Yu blinked, "Then let's go and have a look, and return to the North Pole Palace after lunch." He was very curious about what the Yexiao Palace would look like.

Hearing Su Yu say that he would come back after finishing, His Majesty the Emperor snorted softly, and pulled Su Yu to Yexiao Palace.

Yexiao Palace is still as luxurious as before. The scenery in the courtyard has basically not changed much, but the water pavilion in the center has been built a little bigger, and a layer of soft cushions has been laid on the wooden board surface, which is only a little higher than the water surface. It is very interesting to reach out and touch the cool lake water.

His Majesty the Emperor took off his court clothes, and pulled Su Yu to lie on the soft cushion. The autumn sun shone on his body, making him feel warm and comfortable.

"Jiangzhi'er also likes to bask in the sun here." Seeing the emperor squinting his eyes, Su Yu always felt that the expression was exactly the same as that of the golden kitten.

"Yeah." An Hongche lazily replied, turned over and lay on his side to watch the fish swimming in the water.

"Huh? What's that?" Su Yu noticed the ripples in the water, sat up and looked into the water, he remembered that there were no goldfish in this lake before, only lotus.

"I let you raise some fish." His Majesty the Emperor replied.

For such a beautiful lake, it is necessary to raise some beautiful fish, sit by the lake to feed the fish, and look at the colorful fish scales. This is the life that concubines in the harem should have.Su Yu thought that His Majesty finally knew something interesting, and stretched his neck to look, wanting to know what kind of fish the Emperor raised.

It didn't matter, Su Yu almost fell into the lake.

But seeing the clear water of the lake, there are fat carp, silver carp, and grass carp floating around. The most beautiful ones are probably the few pink river balls, but at first glance, they have a figure of more than three catties, which is not too much. nice.

"It's so beautiful, fat and strong, and those skinny goldfish in the imperial garden are so ugly." His Majesty the Emperor lay on the edge of the water, stretched out his hand to stroke the surface of the water, the water wet his fingertips, and quickly Dumped.

Su Yu twitched the corner of his mouth, and took the small plate of fish food that was handed over. Such a small amount of food is probably not enough for these big guys, and besides, sitting by the beautiful lake, feeding the grass carp gracefully, is really...

His Majesty the Emperor didn't think it would spoil the scenery at all, picked up a piece of fish food and threw it into the water.

Several big fish immediately came to fight for it, and a big-headed silver carp even jumped out of the water, throwing Su Yu a face of water.

An Hongche's hand was like lightning, and he slapped the fish. The big silver carp was hit, and fell into the water with a "plop", turning over on its belly before waking up.

Su Yu stared dumbfounded at the emperor's endless enjoyment of playing the game of "throwing fish food and shooting fish", always feeling weird.

His Majesty the Emperor patted the fish handsomely for a while, a little sleepy from the sun, yawned, shook his wet fingertips, put the back of his hand to his lips, paused, took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands.Lying back on the soft cushion, he hugged Su Yu's waist and squinted his eyes to take a nap.

Su Yu looked at His Majesty the Emperor who was curled up in a circle beside him again, and smiled helplessly. The more he looked, the more he looked like a big cat.She obviously didn't want him to go back to Yexiao Palace, but because she was worried that he would be troubled by the Su family's affairs, she awkwardly dragged him to bask in the sun.

"If only the sauce was here too." It must be fun to put two awkward guys together.

When His Majesty the emperor, who was half asleep and half awake, heard the words, his thin lips gradually pursed into a straight line.

Looking at the thin lips that were lightly pursed, which glowed a lovely pink under the sun, Su Yu couldn't help but slowly leaned over and kissed the warm softness. The moment they touched, a familiar voice suddenly appeared in his mind It sounded, "Stupid slave, don't call me sauce..."

The author has something to say: Little Theater:

Xiaoyu: Your Majesty, let me give you a quick brain teaser

Meow Gong: What?

Xiaoyu: Once upon a time, a snake got into the water, and a turtle came out...

Meow Gong: Wearing a vest and thinking I don't know you?

Little Fish: Once upon a time there was a handsome king who jumped into the water and out came a cat

Meow Gong: ... What do you mean?

Xiaoyu: The vest is off, but I still know you!