my lord, please eat

Just when Wuye Xing got together with his senior uncle and senior brother, half sitting and half lying down on the bamboo couch, eating crispy no-ma chicken.Gong Xiaoyong was flipping through various gourmet websites in front of her computer, seeing him getting more and more... upset.

In the end, I simply threw away all the recipes and websites, and went to sleep on the kang out of the space.However, he fell asleep counting the ingredients, so after he fell asleep, he had another night of delicacies from mountains and seas.Fortunately, there was no such thing as being cut in half by the rat's head again, but there was still a danger, that is, waking up the next morning with an empty stomach.He even wondered if dreaming about delicious food would speed up the stomach and intestines, such as speeding up the digestion speed or something.

All right.This is going too far.In short, in the next few days, Gong Xiaoyong made a total of six dishes for Qian Meiren to try.Three of them are home-cooked dishes. He thinks that the prince must have never eaten such common food, and he will definitely leave an impression, because the taste is really attractive.However, Beauty Qian felt that these mapo tofu, rose bean curd, and assorted vegetables were too petty. Even though the taste was really good, they were mediocre in appearance.At that time, it would be bad for other concubines, princes and princesses to think that their Qian family is stingy.

The other three methods can be brought to the table.Bird's nest in chicken sauce, braised red shellfish and fresh abalone in the original shell are all high-quality ingredients, and Gong Xiaoyong's cooking is also very delicate.But it is definitely not up to the level of the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room, let alone unusable.This point, Gong Xiaoyong admitted.The culinary art is definitely not something that only comes from natural talent. Acquired hard work and a lot of operational practice are definitely the key to skills.No matter how many things are taught by the predecessors, you must have experience when you come to yourself.So naturally I can't reach the realm of those real royal chefs.

In fact, the reason why Beauty Qian chose Gong Xiaoyong instead of Cui Xi was not because she liked Gong Xiaoyong's craftsmanship, but because she liked his clever mind.Although Cui Xi's culinary skills are not bad, she knows that she can't reach the level of a chef in the imperial dining room.Rather than using Tracy, a dowry cook, to take risks, it is naturally easier to use a young eunuch.Although Gong Xiaoyong is not theoretically a member of her Fengji Pavilion, but she is currently on a temporary loan, and she has had pillow talk with the emperor twice.The emperor approved the matter and it was done. "Gong Xiaoyong, do you have any other dishes to prepare? You will be seated in the afternoon tomorrow."

Gong Xiaoyong hurriedly replied: "If you want to return to the beauty, the slave did prepare two things. But the slave can only write down the names and ingredients of these two things, but can't make them for you to taste first. If there is not enough time and the heat is not enough, you can taste them." No smell. Secondly..."

Qian Meiren naturally understood what Gong Xiaoyong meant, so she nodded her head: "In this case, there is no need to write your name or anything. You just need to know, and when you're done, I can protect you from cooking in the Imperial Dining Court and entering the Imperial Dining Room. If you can't do it well, you probably won't have a bright future." At least she believes that Gong Xiaoyong will not make something difficult to swallow, as long as it is unexpected, there will be no big mistakes.As far as the news from other palaces is inquired, there is really nothing new at all.

Isn't it because of this that you are so special that you threatened Lao Tzu!You really think that I believe you appreciate my craftsmanship!Gong Xiaoyong complained indignantly.Fortunately, he touched a book of [-] Tang poems last night, and the page he opened suddenly inspired him.Regardless of the taste, the meaning and artistic conception are absolutely excellent.And he believed that none of the cooks in these small kitchens in the palace would have thought of such dishes.Although he didn't particularly believe the news that the eunuchs and maids inquired about, there was generally no difference. The people who stood at the top of the power, it's not good to be expensive.

The next day, Xing Yihong entered the palace in the morning.Originally, he planned to greet the queen mother and sit down for a while to chat with the mother and son. Unexpectedly, a few concubines also came to greet the queen mother. As soon as these middle-aged and elderly women started chatting, they began to chat in his family room.It made Xing Yihong really feel like sitting on pins and needles.

Especially Concubine Xi, with that eccentric expression, she would be disgusted no matter how many years she watched it.She thought she didn't know the cause of her concubine's death back then, so she kept mourning, saying that she had a hard life and lost her mother when she was eight years old, but fortunately the queen mother cared and raised her personally.

If possible, he would definitely go up to this woman and avenge the murder of his mother.But he is not that stupid person. Although the death of the concubine mother was caused by Concubine Xi, it can be regarded as her own fault.Harming others and harming oneself, I really don't need to find out and make scandals public, but it will make my mother and concubine feel uneasy.If it was because he knew he was incapable of fighting Concubine Xi when he was young, he had to bear it, but now ten years have passed, even if he was asked to do it himself, he would not do it.

Those who harm others will eventually harm themselves.This is a sentence that the master reminded me to remember after the mother and concubine passed away.Things like retribution are always late, not late.In this harem, everyone is inextricably linked with the previous court, and if one pulls it, the whole body will be affected. Not everyone can maintain this balance for a lifetime.Especially the sixth son Xing Yichang, who has never been restless.Concubine Xi always wanted to sit on the throne of queen when she was a concubine.Now I have been longing for the empress dowager's honor.In the past few years, I have really hooked up with some people in the court.So for the ending, he just had to wait and see.Do it yourself, isn't it a fool's work.It is enough to exert a little force skillfully at the right time.

After the emperor learned of Xing Yihong's situation, he quickly asked someone to call the fifth brother over. It happened to be noon, and the name was to ask him to come over to accompany him for dinner.

Xing Yihong was very grateful for Brother Huang's act of righteousness.If you leave aside the fact that Xing Yihong was discussed as a reserve back then, the brotherhood between Xing Yihong and Xing Yice has always been quite deep.Therefore, to be the first to be crowned king this time, it cannot but be said that the emperor's worry was mixed with a little selfishness. "Fifth brother, you are the only one who can keep their words and deeds. Every time they go to pay their respects, the queen mother will have a headache for a long time."

Sitting beside the emperor's brother, Xing Yihong was actually not very relaxed.Now that the elder brother is the emperor, he is no longer the second elder brother who took him to run around. "That's something that can't be helped. Brother Huang also knows that now even the sixth younger brother has several concubines, but there are no female relatives in the younger brother's mansion. The concubines are also worried about the younger brother."

Xing Yice put down his wine glass: "Speaking of which, Fifth Brother, there is indeed one less person around you who can take good care of you."

Xing Yihong smiled: "It's not that the emperor doesn't know. My little brother, like Uncle Sanhuang, I have no interest in women at all. Those things that are rumored outside the palace are just deceiving people. So this marriage, please take care of the marriage. I can't thank you enough."

Xing Yice smiled: "If you like it, you like it. If you don't have children, you will always be sorry to your ancestors. Although I don't want to force you, you have to be filial."

"This is really embarrassing for my younger brother, why don't I ask Imperial Physician Mo to prescribe a medicine for my younger brother one day?"

Xing Yice frowned slightly, but then smiled helplessly: "You, you have been spoiled by your father and mother since you were a child. Anyway, if you want to open it, this is also a way. Come, try this How about the emerald fish recipe made by the imperial dining room, is it as fresh as the folk food you eat outside the palace?"

The family banquet in the imperial palace is usually held in the Yanxi Pavilion in the front palace, but today, because the cooks are going to prepare the dishes on the spot, the venue has been changed to the Imperial Garden.

Xing Yihong took a look at the current appearance of the Royal Garden, and felt that the emperor's brother really spent a lot of time on the family banquet for this celebration.But probably half of it is to appease the women in the harem.Sure enough, being an emperor is the most terrifying thing.

Different from these masters, the cooks of each palace courtyard have already been busy in front of their temporary stoves for a long time.Almost from the morning, the preparations for the banquet in the evening began.I don't know who came up with the idea, but also separated these cooks with a screen, except for the ones on the opposite side, I really couldn't see what these people around me did.Gong Xiaoyong felt that the entertainment life of the people in this palace must be too boring to come up with this abnormal way of banquet.But he also has to admit that this is indeed much more fun than the same song and dance playing.Man, who doesn't like a little excitement.

Today Gong Xiaoyong is going to cook two dishes, but there is only one name.

The first dish is soup.The main ingredients are fresh crucian carp and magnolia picked in the imperial garden.The method is extremely simple. In fact, it is to stew the delicious crucian carp with clear soup to make a milky white soup, and then take out the crucian carp until soft and rotten, together with the onion, ginger and garlic in the pot, leaving only the rich flavor. Fresh fish soup.Finally, put the fish balls made from crucian carp meat and fresh scallops into the fish soup. After filling the bowl, sprinkle shredded magnolia flowers on top. The whole dish is not only nutritious, but also the most seasonal. The key is the taste. There is also a hint of floral fragrance in the deliciousness.Moreover, magnolia flower also has the effects of eliminating phlegm, nourishing the spleen, and harmonizing Qi. Although the portion is a little less, it has no therapeutic effect at all, but it can't stand the freshness and taste.

The second course is even simpler than the first.This is an idea Gong Xiaoyong learned from an ancient recipe, and of course the dishes are different from the original recipe.

The original recipe used goose, but he changed it to duck.In fact, in Hengchao, there are very few people who eat geese. Firstly, there is no one to keep them. Secondly, it is because the goose meat will be difficult to chew if the elders do not cook it properly. So even if he is asked to follow the ancient recipe, he is not that capable. .What's more, duck meat is a very good ingredient. Although it has a little more oil, after he did this, he didn't see much oil when he ate it.

Spread sesame oil on the inside and outside of the cleaned duck, knead fennel, star anise, green onion, bay leaves and beer together, and then stuff it into the duck belly.Tighten the body of the duck with green onions, brush beer and honey water on the duck skin, and put it in a large copper pot for hanging.Put a layer of duck shelf soup at the bottom of the tank.Finally, put the lid on, put the copper pot in the water, and "simmer" the duck meat until the duck is soft and rotten.At this time, the beer in the clay pot has completely evaporated the alcohol, and the hanging duck does not really touch the soup below. After being heated by steam, the fat will drop into the soup below and slowly drop to the edge of the pot. When the oil is heated, it will form a burnt smell, and then reattach to the duck with the steam.It's hard not to think that the taste of this duck is delicious.When eating, the duck was deboned and sliced, and then dipped in simple salt and pepper. Gong Xiaoyong can guarantee that, let alone King An Yao, even the emperor has never eaten such a delicious duck.

The key is that he also gave these two dishes a nice name, that is - Prophet of Spring River Plumbing Duck!