Ding Tian's Ancient Life

"The seedlings were raised early, and they were raised in flower pots. They were transplanted to the ground before they were about to form flower buds, and they were fertilized in the ground. When the weather was warm, the flowers bloomed. Naturally, they grew better than other people's. Now Each one is as big as a fist, and when the weather is hot, it will mature." Ding Tian slammed his mouth: "It was originally prepared for you to eat, but when the weather is hot, you will suffer from summer and you will not be able to eat anything. I thought, tomato Appetizer..."

Wang Zuo has a problem with bitter summer. Every summer, when the weather is hot, he loses his appetite.

Ding Tian was thinking, to recuperate his stomach early, so as not to be unable to eat all the time.

Wang Zuo didn't expect that Ding Tian would start planning for him so early on. Even his nanny couldn't do anything about his bitter summer, but after being with Ding Tian, ​​Ding Tian would always cook him food in different ways every summer. .

"Then we... can't do without food..." Wang Zuo's mouth was a little dry, and he knew it was for himself, so he went to protect it just now.

"Don't worry, uncle... No, how many can the emperor eat?" Ding Tian said clearly: "Besides, there are only three or five that are red, and the rest are green."

Wang Zuo was still not very happy. He felt that the things Ding Tian gave him were robbed, even if the other party was the emperor, he would not be happy.

Ding Tian looked around like a thief, and found that although there were many people here, there were also many big inner guards on guard, but...they were all well-behaved, and they didn't look left and right, or eavesdrop. Be bold, and whispered to Wang Zuo: "There are several green persimmons, commonly known as thieves don't steal, even if they are ripe, they are still green..."

It is estimated that no one in the palace... probably knows this.

Wang Zuo was taken aback for a moment, and then he was in such a good mood that he almost laughed out loud.

On the other side, Emperor Yongqing really picked four red tomatoes the size of a fist, and asked Ding Tian to cook him a meal with the vegetables he picked himself.

rice.

"Then what's your staple food?" Ding Tian asked, "Rice or pasta? Or something else?"

"Scallion Pancake." Emperor Yongqing ordered a staple food: "I heard that you made a good one? That's it."

"Okay." Ding Tian nodded, but he saw Mi Ying wiping his neck and staring at him. After thinking for a while, he said, "But you are all vegetables, how about some meat? Xiaochen has his own stewed beef here. The small beef cattle from the grassland are not fishy at all."

"I don't want to eat." Emperor Yongqing was not interested.

That's right, what can he not eat in the palace?

beef?It's too common. Every year, millions of beef cattle are brought from the grasslands to the land of the Central Plains. There are even more tributes from the frontier generals in the palace. They are all top-quality beef cattle...

Ding Tian's family estimated that it was just ordinary beef sold by merchants...

Can't compare.

Ding Tian scratched his head: "Then, how about butchering a chicken for you? The fish in Kaijiang and the chicken that lay eggs are all delicious, and I don't have anything to entertain you here. A chicken that lays eggs and stewed some mushrooms... ...Oh, the dried mushrooms haven't had time to foam, so let's put some salted mushrooms."

"Huh?" Emperor Yongqing said with interest, "I haven't eaten stewed chicken with salty mushrooms yet, so go ahead and do it."

Ding Tian was amnesty: "I'm going now!"

He turned around and ran to the kitchen. He also carried Emperor Yongqing's vegetable basket. He understood Mi Ying's actions just now. What nutrition can a basket of vegetables have?

For such a big emperor, he was so miserable every day, his body might not be able to bear it if he didn't eat something nutritious, but Emperor Yongqing didn't order meat, he just asked him to cook some vegetables.

If it was someone else, Ding Tian could add two dishes on his own, but Emperor Yongqing couldn't. An emperor's diet was unimaginably strict for ordinary people.

Even fresh fish is never eaten in the palace, because some aquatic products have a short shelf life. They are inspected from the gate of the palace and transported into the imperial dining room.Who can guarantee that the dead fish will be fine?

Therefore, the fish eaten in the palace are all salted fish, dried fish and the like, and even the prawns are dried shrimps soaked in hair.

Just now Ding Tian also wanted to talk about fish, but when the words got to his lips, he replaced it with chicken. Now he is very lucky, he has the foresight.

Because the kitchen of his house is already dominated by the servants.

Even at the door of the chicken rack in their house, there were two inner eunuchs standing guard, Ding Tian pointed to the chicken rack and said, "Catch a little hen and come out.

Just two servants came over, one caught the chicken, and the other checked the caught chicken.

Ding Tian closed his eyes when he watched them check... he couldn't bear to look straight at it!

The servant opened the beak of the chicken to look inside, Ding Tian opened his eyes, couldn't help it, and said: "My family feeds rice bran in the morning, and I probably cut some grass ears for feeding at noon. You can't see it if you look at it like this." Stomach...how about, when the chicken is slaughtered later, you will be responsible for turning over the intestines?"

I thought the servant would be embarrassed, but who knows that he is stronger than Ding Tian imagined: "At that moment, the servant will be annoying." He actually killed the chicken in Ding Tian. Checked it out.The chicken intestines were cleaned extremely clean.

Ding Tian couldn't help giving him a thumbs up: "You really are like this!"

The servant smiled modestly: "For Your Majesty, this is what should be done."

Ding Tian came out of the cooking stall and pulled out two shallots to make chopped green onions. Just in time, he saw Mi Ying smiling at him at the door, and not only jokingly said: "Master Mi, your subordinates are all capable!"

"Oh? Made you angry?" Mi Ying asked him with a smile, "Who is it?"

Mi Ying was thinking, which brat under his command couldn't figure it out, and made Ding Tian look bad?

If we let our family know who it is, we have to pull out his skin. Even the emperor treats Ding Tian kindly, what are they?Dare to make him angry?

"No, it's because they are so serious, they even cleaned the chicken intestines for me several times, and they cleaned them very clean, quite professional." Ding Tian said exaggeratedly: "You should reward them with some money, this is to encourage them. Keep up the good work...hahaha...." While Mi Ying breathed a sigh of relief, she also smiled and waved her hands: "That's what they should do, all comfort from the emperor is the most important.

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"Don't worry, the little hen was caught and slaughtered alive and kicking. I did it myself, and now the aroma is wafting out." Ding Tian raised the chives in his hand: "I'll go into the kitchen to do some work. Well, whatever you want, if you can’t find something or something, just ask Mr. Wang’s steward.”

"Okay, you're busy, you're busy, the emperor is still waiting for your dinner." Mi Ying also went to talk to Mr. Wang's steward unceremoniously.

Child.

Ding Tian was in the kitchen, and it really was a busy meal.

There is only one meat dish, stewed hen with salty mushrooms. In fact, Ding Tian first wanted to catch an old hen, but the old hen needs to be stewed for a longer time, otherwise the stew will not be cooked through, and the meat will be old and the tendons will be old.

So he chose a young hen with egg cells in its stomach, which is the unformed egg. This is also quite filling, and it is stewed in a pot.

Cut the small cucumbers into shreds, blanched some mung bean sprouts, mixed them with cold, and made a cold dish.

Boil the oil over high heat and make a Mushu persimmon.

I also made a stir-fried eggplant shreds with hot peppers, because the hot peppers and eggplants are tender enough, and they are more delicious when stir-fried.

The scallion pancakes were made into straw hat pancakes by him, which looked similar to him anyway.

Finally, I made a vegetable soup, which is actually a soup made of chopped spinach, cabbage and some carrots.

Refreshing.

When the food was served, Emperor Yongqing was playing chess with Wang Zuo. Ding Tian's family didn't have Go, and the two of them played the animal chess that Ding Tian likes...he could also like this kind of chess.

Washed up and went to the table to eat.

Looking at the simple dishes on the table, Emperor Yongqing was quite interested.

"This one is quite simple." Emperor Yongqing said with a smile, "I have never used such a simple meal in my life. When I was a prince, each meal consisted of at least eight dishes, two staple foods, and if you add desserts What, at least twenty. After becoming a prince, the rules became more strict. After ascending the throne and proclaiming the emperor, every meal has no less than thirty dishes."

"Chen's place is a bit crude." Ding Tian rubbed his fingers: "Then what do you want to drink? Liquor? I also have fruit tea here...."

"No, there's soup here!" Emperor Yongqing really felt a lot more relieved this time: "When a large table of dishes is put on the table, I feel overwhelmed when I see it. I can't eat it, and I can't throw it away. I have no appetite. It’s better to stay here, not to mention the taste, but at least the atmosphere is very good.”

"Hehe...then you eat more...well, please, please." Ding Tian didn't know how to serve the emperor as a meal, but there was a man beside him.

Wang Zuo pulled him to a seat: "Just like when I come here on weekdays."

Ding Tian's eyes were a little guilty, could it be the same?

"Let's eat." Emperor Yongqing started eating with his chopsticks.

The three of them were sitting on the dining table on the pit, eating very homely dishes, only Mi Ying was left standing on one side in the room, and everyone else retreated.

Ding Tian took four bowls, and he took Mi Ying's portion.

But now... what should I do?

Emperor Yongqing also saw the four bowls, but he greeted Mi Ying with understanding: "Come here, let's use it together."

"This?" Mi Ying didn't dare: "Slave...?"

"If you are asked to come here, you can come here, you don't have to be so polite outside." Emperor Yongqing said impatiently: "Come, just give me a taste of the meal

It is. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Mi Ying also went to the table.

It’s just that Mi Ying tasted every dish first, even though everyone knew that Ding Tian would definitely not poison Emperor Yongqing to kill himself, and Ding Tian cooked all the dishes himself, but Ding Tian could only watch indifferently. Mi Ying was trying the dishes, while he himself had a straw hat pancake, bowed his head and took a big mouthful: "I'm hungry, so I'll eat first!"

In fact, this can be regarded as an act of trying dishes.

After all, even though ten pieces of straw hat cakes were scooped up, they used the noodles from the same pocket, the same water, the same pot, and the same jar.

Of oil.

But...in the end it was Mi Ying who took a bite out of each cake...uh, actually tore off a small piece and ate it, and then Emperor Yongqing started to eat.

"Dining like this...it really is delicious, no wonder King Ning likes to come to eat with you." Emperor Yongqing ate happily.It's just that Ding Tian felt guilty when he heard Wang Zuo mentioned, and didn't dare to raise his head: "I just have this skill, home cooking, hehe, home cooking

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"It's just home-cooked food, so it's delicious." Emperor Yongqing probably never tasted home-cooked food like this, Ding Tian cooks more frugally, he doesn't put so much oil, and what he uses is soybean oil, which he used to eat in his previous life. I can't change it either. I put less lard in cooking and more vegetable oil.

The refreshing taste made Emperor Yongqing very happy to eat.

Before leaving, he said to Wang Zuo: "Next time I come out to relax and come here to eat. No wonder you always run here! Hahaha...!"

The corner of Wang Zuo's mouth twitched: "This is what I like."

Ding Tian blushed: "Respectfully send off Your Majesty."

Emperor Yongqing finished his meal and left contentedly.

Ding Tian Gong sent him away, but made a new discovery: Emperor Yongqing brought all the eunuchs with him when he left the palace, not a single maid!

Around him were either Ouchi guards who escorted him, or the Imperial Forest Army in casual clothes, and besides, he was surrounded by "father-in-laws", not a single woman.

"What do you do with the maids?" Wang Zuo said indifferently: "Young maids are unreliable, older aunts are unreliable, and old nanny is purely embarrassing himself$"

"How could it be?" Ding Tian couldn't figure it out: "At least there is a woman to take care of it?"

"The eunuch is more reliable than a woman, and he can take care of the emperor better than a woman." Wang Zuo told him: "The aunt in charge of the palace was once bribed, and the emperor... just in case, now when he leaves the palace, everyone around him It's the inner eunuch. The inner eunuchs account for one-third of the people serving in Qianqing Palace. The rest are old mothers, aunts in charge, maids of honor... There are only twenty of them, and they are from innocent backgrounds. people."

"The living environment in the palace...was terrible!" Ding Tian thought in his heart and gave a bad review to "The Imperial Palace".