The Manchu and Han Banquets in Qing Dynasty

. "Haizhu put down her chopsticks and looked at Mr. Liang fair.

"The girl has the final say." Eunuch Liang took a look at Ding Zhiyuan and ignored him.

Cheng Li secretly heaved a sigh of relief, Zhiyuan finally gave him credit.

After the senior brother came Zixiu. Zixiu walked to the table with the dishes he had prepared. Seeing that Haizhu was looking at him, he blushed unconsciously. He said, "I made three silver fish soup."

Haizhu saw that his image was very different from the one he cooked just now, so she couldn't help feeling amused, and said, "I know, let me take a look." She had long wanted to see this dish up close, but Zixiu was at the end .

Zixiu lifted the lid, and a pleasant umami smell wafted out. Haizhu picked up a spoon and took a spoonful of whitebait soup to taste. It was delicious, moderately salty, and a rare top grade.Sure enough, she was right.

"Eunuch Liang, it's him."

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Second course

It is said that Zixiu was recommended by Haizhu as the royal chef, which was almost beyond everyone's expectations. Zixiu was just an inconspicuous junior among the backup cooks. Except for the big brother, almost no one thought highly of him.Even Master Cheng Li didn't have much impression of him.

Zixiu's cooking skills are mediocre, he is honest, and has an introverted personality. Everyone thinks he is a bit dumb, and some people say behind his back that he has a good skin for nothing.However, what they didn't know was that the soul of their little brother had changed in his body, a soul from more than 300 years later.

More than 300 years later, Zixiu is still in a daze, but his culinary skills are definitely first-class. Although he is young, he has become a famous chef in the culinary world.He studied with his master for ten years, and by the time he was 17, he was able to cook 58 of the [-] dishes in the Manchu Banquet.

Except for the master, almost everyone praised his dishes as superb.

He remembered what his master had said to him before he died. The master said this: "Zixiu, do you know why the dishes you cook are always inferior to your master's? Because there is one thing missing in your dishes, no, it's not the seasoning." Taste or heat is something more important than these, we call it the one hundred and ninth dish."

The master did not tell him what the one hundred and ninth dish was, but gave him a jade pendant and asked him to find it by himself.

"This piece of jade is called 'Tianwang', it will tell you what you are missing, Zixiu, look there is a phoenix on this jade pendant, when you have prepared everything and want to find the answer, put your own Drop by drop of blood fell on the phoenix."

At that time, Zixiu only agreed with "hmmm" and didn't think about the consequences of doing so at all.So when he buried his master and wanted to find the answer, he followed what the master said and dripped his own blood on the phoenix.

Then, he came here.Lin Zixiu in this life was the same in appearance, height and even age as him, so that he had to think about it for three days before he understood the general idea.He felt that this was probably the so-called past life and present life.

But he still didn't understand, how did his master in his previous life know that he would come here?

Zixiu's mind was so full of master and master that Cheng Li called him three times before he came back to his senses.Zixiu stared blankly at Cheng Li, and said, "Master, what's wrong?"

Cheng Li wished he could knock open his head to see what was inside, gritted his teeth and smiled, "Hurry up and go over to thank Miss Haizhu and Eunuch Liang. You're lucky, you'll be an imperial chef soon."

Zixiu happily said: "Really? That's great, thank you Miss Haizhu, thank you Eunuch Liang."

Cheng Li pressed his shoulders and said, "You count it as a thank you? Get down on your knees and start over."

Zixiu's smile froze, and he knelt down?Looking at the army of braids all over the yard, he actually forgot that this was the Qing Dynasty, one of the most glorious dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, the Kangxi period.

But kneeling...he only kneeled down to his master in his previous life.

"Forget it, you kid, hurry up and pack your things, say goodbye to everyone, and come into the palace with us in a while." Seeing Zixiu's stupid expression, Eunuch Liang thought to himself that the food made by this kid would really be delicious?But the person recommended by Haizhu girl should not be wrong.

"Yes." Zixiu replied.

After Eunuch Liang left, all the brothers and sisters gathered around, some congratulated and some ridiculed, but Zixiu didn't care too much, his mind was full of thoughts that he really became the royal chef.

After everyone dispersed, only senior brother Ding Zhiyuan stayed behind. Ding Zhiyuan patted his shoulders and repaired, and said: "Work hard, we finally have an imperial chef among our senior brothers, and finally we did not disappoint Master."

Only then did Zixiu remember that if it wasn't for him, it would have been Ding Zhiyuan who entered the palace, so he said in embarrassment: "Brother, I will not let you down."

Ding Zhiyuan smiled: "That's good, but there is a saying that 'you must not have the heart to harm others, but you must not have the heart to guard against others', with your brain, it is impossible to harm others, but the people in the palace are sinister, and it must be true." Don't trust others too much."

"I know, isn't it always played like this on TV? I will pay attention, senior brother, will we meet again in the future?" Ding Zhiyuan is the only person here who is willing to talk to him, and Zixiu still has a good impression of this senior brother .

Ding Zhiyuan didn't ask what "television" was, and said: "Brother, I will work hard to practice my cooking skills, and try to become an imperial chef one day, so that we can meet every day."

Zixiu smiled: "Well, that's good."

"Hurry up and pack your things. You must remember my words. Don't trust others too much. If you have anything to do, go to Master or bring us a letter."

"Okay, I'll remember." Zixiu ran away with a smile. At this moment, he looked like a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old, energetic and sunny.

After packing up, the carriage in the palace was already waiting outside, and Eunuch Liang had already gone back, leaving only Haizhu and the two young eunuchs.Haizhu beckoned Zixiu to sit with her, while two young eunuchs were driving the carriage outside, and the carriage slowly left the Imperial Kitchen Reserve Garden under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Sitting face to face with Haizhu, Zixiu unconsciously became a little nervous.Haizhu is only sixteen or seventeen years old, she is good-looking and gentle, and she is definitely a killer for a man like Zixiu who doesn't have much contact with women.

Haizhu saw his embarrassment, and smiled softly. Zixiu became more nervous when she smiled.Haizhu stopped teasing him and said, "Your name is Lin Zixiu, right?"

Zixiu nodded, feeling impolite, and said, "Yes."

Haizhu: "Hehe, you don't have to be so nervous about me, but you have to pay attention to the rules when you enter the palace. There are many rules in the palace. If you don't pay attention, you will lose your head."

Zixiu: "Yes, I know."

Haizhu sighed, and said: "This time you entered the palace mainly to cook meals for the concubine Hui. The concubine Hui has just given birth to the prince for a month, and the food is light. As long as you do well, the rewards will naturally not be less. After entering the palace, Seeing the master, you have to salute and say hello, when you say hello, you have to call yourself a slave, you have to kneel down, don't be like today."

Zixiu nodded "hmm", thinking that he was just staying in the imperial dining room to make meals, so he wouldn't see his "master" much, as long as he didn't offend others, would those people still take the initiative to trouble him?

Haizhu told Zixiu everything he could say, and Zixiu memorized them all, but he didn't pay much attention to them. In his heart, modern concepts have been deeply rooted in his bones, and it is difficult to change them.

After entering the palace, Haizhu went back to Concubine Hui's Yongshou Palace. A eunuch brought Zixiu to the imperial dining room, explained the rules to him, and even allocated a room for him.The imperial chefs shared a room with two people, but Zixiu was lucky and got a single room.But he later found out that it was actually because his roommate was kicked out of the palace three days ago for doing something wrong.

First he took the carriage, and then followed the little eunuch to rush on the road. Zixiu didn't have time to look around until everything was cleared up.The place where he lived was not far from the imperial dining room. It was March in Yangchun at this time, and the small courtyard was full of flowers of various colors, and the scenery was pleasant.Zixiu looked at this strange small courtyard, with red walls and yellow tiles, and a vermilion lacquered gate, it really had some charm.

"Zixiu." While he was in a trance, he suddenly heard someone calling his name.Zixiu turned his head and found that the master was standing not far away.

"Master."

Cheng Li approached, looked at Zixiu with a smile, and said, "Master was negligent in the past. I didn't expect your cooking skills to improve so fast. You should work hard in the future, you know?"

Zixiu nodded and said, "Master, where do you live?"

Cheng Li: "It's in the innermost room, don't worry, they don't dare to bully you with me here."

Zixiu smiled, indeed, Master is the head of the imperial dining room, no matter what those people do, they have to give Master some face.But he doesn't care too much about this, he cares more about when he can actually cook.

"I heard that Concubine Hui is a nice person. As long as the dishes you cook match her appetite, she will definitely treat you well. Besides, Concubine Hui is very popular recently, you might have a chance to meet the emperor." Cheng Li continued. .

Kangxi?Zixiu still has a good impression of this emperor. He used to read "Private Interview with Kangxi Weifu", and he liked Kangxi's attitude of being diligent and serving the people.But at this time, Kangxi was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and he hadn't shown his courage yet.

"Well, I see." As if thinking of something, Zixiu took out the phoenix-shaped jade pendant from his bosom, and said, "Master, have you seen this thing?"

Cheng Li took the jade pendant for a closer look, shook his head, and said, "I haven't seen it, but it looks very valuable, so keep it safe and don't let others see it in the future."

Zixiu let out an "oh" in disappointment. The master has never seen "Tianwang". Could it be that this master has nothing to do with the master in the previous life?

After saying goodbye to Master, Zixiu went back to his room. He tied the jade pendant with a rope and hung it around his neck. The jade pendant was cool against his skin, giving off a strange feeling.