The Manchu and Han Banquets in Qing Dynasty

Well, concubine Hui is my aunt, I came to the palace to see her, and to see you by the way. "

Zixiu let out an "oh", and suddenly realized: "I...I seem to know who you are."

Rong Ruo: "?"

Zixiu patted himself on the head, isn't Nalan Rongruo one of the most famous poets in Qing Dynasty?Unexpectedly, he was still a teenager.He looked at Rong Ruo, who had red lips and white teeth, and thought to himself that she was as personable and talented as the book said.

"That, I mean, I've heard people talk about you before, saying that you write very well."

Rong Ruo smiled and said, "I didn't expect someone to praise me, hehe, Zixiu, how long have you been learning cooking?" He changed the subject and stopped talking about this issue.

As soon as cooking skills were mentioned, Zixiu immediately became confident and said, "It's been ten years. I started learning to cook from my master when I was seven."

"No wonder, you entered the Imperial Dining Room at such a young age, your food is so delicious, your future is limitless." Rong Ruo praised.

Zixiu smiled embarrassedly, although he said so, he knew that he was still far behind his master.But he was not discouraged, he thought that one day he would catch up with or surpass Master.

He came here just to find an answer, what exactly is Master's so-called [-]th dish?

Rong Ruo said: "Zixiu, thank you for helping me yesterday. If you don't dislike it, I hope you can accept this set of kitchen utensils." He took out a package from behind, and slowly opened it.

Zixiu had noticed that he had one hand behind his back a long time ago, but he never thought that it was a gift for him. He wanted to say "no, it's nothing", but when he saw the set of kitchen utensils, he forgot to speak.

It was a complete set of knives, there were more than ten knives in all sizes, and they were all made of black iron.When he touched one of them, he felt that it was a rare treasure with a strong vigor.

Although there were such kitchen utensils in the palace, they belonged to the royal family. He had long wanted to own a set of kitchen utensils of his own, but unfortunately he couldn't find them anywhere.Now that Rong Ruo came to his door, he...he really wanted it.

Seeing his happy and troubled look, Rong Ruo understood what he was thinking with just one glance, so he handed the whole set of kitchen utensils to him and said, "Don't think that this is for you for free, I'll come over to find you some things in the future Eat, you have to make it for me."

Zixiu took the knife and was speechless for a long time. Even though he was not that smart, he knew that Rong Ruo's words were for him.He nodded fiercely and said, "Definitely not."

"You won't give it to me?" Rong Ruo joked.

"I mean I won't let you eat." Zixiu said anxiously, his face was a little red.

"Hehe, that's good. By the way, what were you doing just now? That's when I came in."

Zixiu put the knife away, and said, "I'm always experimenting with a dish, but I can't do it well, so I want to make it a few more times."

"Then is it ready this time?" Rong Ruo looked closer and saw a plate of colorful and strangely shaped dishes.The color is bright and the smell is also very fragrant.

Zixiu scratched the back of his head and said, "It's done, but I don't know how it tastes? Do you want to try it?"

"My honor." Rong Ruo smiled, "What's the name of this dish?"

"It's called Magpie Dengmei, does it look like it?"

"It's very similar. The magpie is beautifully made, ready to fly; the plum blossom also has a kind of aloof temperament, and it smells very fragrant." Rong Ruo admired, took the chopsticks from Zixiu, and unceremoniously picked up a piece of tail feather to taste.

Zixiu heard what he said so well that he tasted a piece of tail feather himself.The fragrance is elegant and the aftertaste is endless. He knew that this time it was a success.

Sure enough, Rong Ruo also said: "The fragrance is pleasant and the aftertaste is endless, Zixiu, you have definitely succeeded this time." Holding the plate, he was reluctant to put it down, and asked cautiously: "Can I eat the rest?"

Zixiu smiled: "Of course you can, as long as you don't dislike it."

How could Rong Ruo dislike him? He couldn't wait for it.It's been a long time since he tasted something so palatable, obviously he's not very picky about food.While eating, he thought, would he not want to eat food from his own house in the future?

Seeing that he was eating happily, Zixiu was also very happy, so he made some soup for Rong Ruojian, and watched him eat happily.

After a while, Rong Ruo raised his head and said, "Zixiu, whoever marries you will be truly blessed."

Zixiu blushed and stammered, "What nonsense?" Marriage is really too far away for him, and he hasn't even had a girlfriend yet.

In his previous life, he devoted all his attention to cooking, and he had seen only a handful of women, and almost all of them were at the level of aunts.Not to mention in this life, how can there be time to fall in love in the palace?

Seeing him blushing, Rong Ruo knew that he was embarrassed, so she became even more excited: "Does Zixiu have a sweetheart? Do you want me to help you connect?"

Zixiu stood up abruptly, and said, "If you keep talking nonsense, I... I won't make you any food in the future."

Rong Ruo wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, finally surrendered and said: "I won't say anything, please don't refuse to cook for me." He tugged at Zixiu's sleeves, trying to calm down Zixiu's anger.

He thought, why is Zixiu so innocent?

The author has something to say: Seeing how hardworking I am, everyone should stop being a bully, roll around, the stars are watching you...

This is the magpie Dengmei

tenth course

Zixiu is indeed very innocent, not only innocent, but also dumbfounded, but there is a saying that stupid people have stupid blessings, isn't he an example?Kangxi loves him very much, and Rongruo also wants to be friends with him.

Zixiu is always welcome to be friends, not to mention that Rongruo is such a famous poet, good-looking and well-behaved.He felt very satisfied that Rong Ruo often came to the palace to find him for dinner. The greatest achievement of being a chef is that the food he cooks is liked by people.

It's another new day, Rong Ruo came to the palace to visit Concubine Hui again, but both of them knew well what his real purpose was.Concubine Hui sometimes felt that Rong Ruo was too close to Lin Zixiu, but when she thought of the food Lin Zixiu made, she took it for granted.I'm afraid that even she no longer wants to eat dishes made by other imperial chefs.

The two of them didn't say a few words before Rong Ruo wanted to go to Zixiu's place, Concubine Hui deliberately said with a straight face: "You only have Zixiu in your eyes now, aunt is very sad."

Rong Ruo knew that she was pretending, but she still smiled and said: "Auntie, why are you jealous? I just left after hearing that the emperor will come over for dinner later. I don't want to disturb you and the emperor."

Concubine Hui's face became uncontrollable all of a sudden, she poked Rong Ruo's head pretending to be angry, and said: "Say something nice, if you want to go, go, what are you doing with the emperor?"

Rong Ruo laughed out loud, Auntie is being shy.

Concubine Hui spat at him, Rong Ruo said: "Then I won't bother Auntie, the emperor should be here soon." After finishing speaking, Concubine Hui covered her head and ran away, leaving Concubine Hui there not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

But it was really what Rong Ruo said, as soon as he left the outside, he preached: "The emperor is here." Concubine Hui hurriedly got up to greet him, Kangxi had already stepped into the palace gate, and was walking in.

"The concubine sees the emperor, the emperor is auspicious."

"Aifei is flat, I just heard a man's voice coming from inside, I don't know what's going on?" Kangxi asked doubtfully with his hands behind his back.

"That's the nephew of the concubine, who came to see the concubine." Concubine Hui replied with a smile.

"Oh? I heard you said that you have a nephew, what's his name, Rongruo?" Kangxi went in and sat on the seat, and Concubine Hui made tea for him herself.

"Back to the emperor, his name is Nalan Rongruo."

"Where is he now? I don't think I've seen him yet." Kangxi seemed to ask casually, but Concubine Hui knew that he was suspicious. The biggest taboo in the harem was the appearance of a complete man other than the emperor.

Thinking of this, Concubine Hui felt a little sad, the emperor didn't even believe her.Thinking so, she still replied: "He went to Lin Zixiu's place. This kid has been getting very close to Zixiu recently. In fact, he just wanted to go and eat."

When Kangxi heard this, he was immediately upset, but his face remained calm. He thought for a while and said, "Oh? When did they meet?" He met Zixiu every day and didn't hear Zixiu mention it Why didn't Zixiu tell him?

Concubine Hui did not suspect him, and said: "On the day of the Emperor's birthday banquet, Zixiu helped Rong Ruo make cuttlefish soup..." Concubine Hui suddenly stopped talking, she knew she had made a mistake, and she only hoped that Kangxi didn't notice.

Then Kangxi not only noticed it, but was also very interested in it. He looked at Concubine Hui and said, "Be clear, how did you meet?"

Concubine Hui complained in her heart, but she didn't dare to deceive the king, so she had to tell Kangxi everything. She paid attention to Kangxi's face while talking, and didn't find anything wrong with Kangxi until the end of the speech.Just when she thought it was all right, Kangxi suddenly slapped the table and said angrily: "Okay, you guys actually joined forces to deceive me, do you still have me as the emperor in your eyes!?"

Concubine Hui was so frightened that she fell to her knees, and the rest of the maids and eunuchs also knelt down in unison, keeping their heads low, fearing that they would be implicated.

Concubine Hui trembled in fright, Kangxi had never been so angry with her before, she thought it would be the same this time, after all Kangxi doted on her so much.

She couldn't stop saying: "The concubine knows his mistake, please the emperor calm down."

Kangxi showed no signs of appeasing his anger, he snorted coldly and said, "Come here." Concubine Hui trembled again, almost sitting on the ground, is the emperor going to punish her?

"Bring me Nalan Rongruo and Lin Zixiu, I want to see how brave you are." Kangxi was fuming with anger, but most of the reason was because Zixiu also lied to him. He remembered that what Zixiu said was He spilled the cuttlefish soup himself, but in the end he wanted to help Nalan Rongruo take the blame.

He felt uncomfortable when he thought of this, he thought Zixiu was different