Traveling through life to become rich

Since meeting Shen Yanzhi, Xie Mingyu has slept with him every night without exception.

On the first night of entering the palace, Xie Mingyu went to bed alone, without that warm, soft and smooth body in his arms, it was difficult for him to sleep, tossing and turning for a long time, he was still energetic enough to do fifty push-ups.

The first round of preliminary competition will be held tomorrow morning, Xie Mingyu doesn't want to put on two panda eyes, let others mistakenly think that it is because he is entering the palace for the first time, and he is so nervous that he can't sleep.

After thinking about it, Xie Mingyu bought a bottle of spray containing hypnotic ingredients from the space, and pressed it twice into the air, and the faint lavender aroma permeated the air.

After a while, Xie Mingyu felt sleepy and soon fell asleep.

On the second day, when the hour of Mao did not arrive, and it was still dark outside, Qingzhu woke him up. After a few bites of breakfast, he hurriedly changed his clothes and gathered in the yard. A group of people went on foot under the leadership of Eunuch Yang. Imperial Room.

On the way, Eunuch Yang briefly introduced to them the situation of the dining room in the palace.

The Immortal Mansion in Heaven, the King's House in the World.

In the palace courtyards of all sizes in the imperial city, there are their own dining rooms. Only the concubines in the harem have eight levels. , Jade is different.

Among the many dining rooms, the largest and most luxurious dining room is the "imperial dining room" serving the emperor.

There are two imperial dining rooms, one is on the side of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, called "Inner Imperial Dining Room", which is specially responsible for the emperor's daily meals, and countless delicacies come from here.

Another imperial dining room is outside the Jingyun Gate, called "outer imperial dining room". The banquet tables are all over the courtyard in front of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and there are delicacies such as mountain delicacies, seafood, rare birds, exotic animals, fresh vegetables, and famous fruits. Each imperial banquet requires at least 130 four hot dishes, 48 ​​cold dishes, 36 Snacks are served, and guards of honor are lined up at the banquet, drums and music are played together, and the grandeur is unusual. The princes and ministers go to the banquet in costumes, and the courtiers all bathe in the emperor's grace and taste the imperial banquet.

Xie Mingyu and the others went to the outer imperial dining room that was in charge of preparing the imperial banquet.

The chief manager of the outer imperial dining room is Yan Chuan, who has superb cooking skills. He has just passed the age of knowing his fate, and his personality is unpredictable and harsh.It is said that he entered the palace at the age of ten, climbed from sweeping the floor eunuch to his current position, his wrists are visible.

The outer imperial dining room is an independent courtyard with the door facing east. There are eight east and west yellow glazed tile houses, twelve southwest yellow glazed tile houses, nine north and south warehouses, and a separate ice cellar.

The vermilion wooden door was wide open, and there were already many people standing in the spacious courtyard of the imperial dining room outside. Eunuch Yang did not accompany him in, but told everyone in front of the gate to keep quiet after entering the courtyard, and not to speak casually, he would stay for a while. A eunuch waited outside the door, and after they were done, they took them back to their residence, then turned and left.

18 people stepped over the high threshold and stood quietly in the courtyard. After the tea time, two groups of people entered the courtyard. Everyone was explained before entering the door, so they all just stood quietly. Feel free to speak.

At this time, a round-faced father-in-law appeared on the steps with a whisk in his hand, glanced at everyone in the courtyard, and a sharp voice sounded in the courtyard: "The time has come, close the door!"

The two young eunuchs quickly closed the vermilion door and locked it with the door bar, preventing anyone from entering.

Xie Mingyu couldn't help but tremble, and roughly counted the number of people in the courtyard. There were only about 80 people, and there were about a hundred people when they entered the palace, that is to say, there was still a group of people who hadn't rushed over.

No one here is stupid. Seeing this situation, everyone feels it in their hearts. Some are lucky, some are regretful, and more are gloating. After all, in this way, the opponents will lose nearly twenty opponents at once, and the chance of winning is great. It's a bit older, but no matter what you think in your heart, it doesn't show on your face, and you still maintain a calm indifference.

After the gate was locked, the round-faced eunuch announced indifferently: "The time has passed. From now on, those who have not arrived will be disqualified from the competition and will be eliminated directly. Next, the first competition will begin. The topic will be decided by lottery. The above is the topic for everyone to participate in today, please register after the lottery is drawn."

A table was set up in the courtyard, an eunuch sat on the chair behind the table, and four guards with swords stood behind him as supervisors. On the table were pens, ink, paper and inkstone, and two wooden boxes, each with a The round hole can accommodate one hand to touch the lottery.

The round-faced eunuch raised his finger and pointed to the registration place, then continued: "Please remember, the wooden box on the left is for desserts, and the wooden box on the right is for dishes. Each person has only one chance to draw lots, and those who violate the rules will lose their qualifications. Now , everyone, please line up and draw lots one by one. After registration, you will directly enter the imperial dining room. The chef will take you to the warehouse to select ingredients, and then enter the corresponding area for cooking. There is no time limit. After the finished product is completed, ten The famous royal chef will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the finished products of everyone, and finally select the top [-], and the rest will be eliminated. Now let’s draw lots^”

After the round-faced eunuch finished speaking, he flicked the whisk and entered the imperial dining room.

From the beginning to the end, the manager Yan Chuan didn't even show his face, but no one cares about it right now. After listening to the round-faced little eunuch, he hurriedly formed a long line, one by one, stepped forward to draw lots, and acted after registration. Hastily entered the imperial dining room.

The lottery that Xie Mingyu drew said a dessert called agate agar.

Xie Mingyu was stunned when he saw the name of this dessert, and then his mind flashed, he searched in the space, and soon found several corresponding recipes, and found that it was an alternative recipe for making glutinous rice balls. After comparing, he chose one It is best to memorize the materials required above.

After registering, Xie Mingyu entered the room unhurriedly. A cook in bunt saw him coming in and hurriedly bowed and asked, "May I ask what your question is?"

Xie Mingyu said lightly: "Agate agar."

The cook seemed to be slightly taken aback after hearing this, and then said: "Young master, please follow me to warehouse No. [-] to pick up ingredients."

After speaking, he turned around, took Xie Mingyu to one of the warehouses, and took a small bamboo basket from the door, and followed Xie Mingyu to help him carry the ingredients he needed.

There are rows and rows of doorless wooden cabinets in the warehouse, storing all kinds of food ingredients by category, neatly arranged, and the names of the corresponding ingredients are posted on the cabinets, which are clearly organized and very convenient to find.

Lu Xing had already stepped in first, and was also looking for ingredients in this warehouse. Seeing the glutinous rice flour in the small basket carried by the cook behind Xie Mingyu, he was stunned for a moment, and then showed a bright smile determined to get it.

Xie Mingyu also smiled at him, and casually put a big red pomegranate on the shelf into the small basket.

After choosing the tremella, milk, honey, coconut and other ingredients needed to make agate agar, Xie Mingyu, led by the cook, went to the ice cellar again, took a large piece of ice, and then went to the imperial dining room The dessert area, the dessert area is just opposite to the dish area, and there is a very spacious aisle in the middle.

The cook handed the small basket to Xie Mingyu at the door, and bowed to leave.

After entering the kitchen with a small bamboo basket, Xie Mingyu saw neatly placed grinding discs of various sizes and patterns, and there were even some freshly baked pastries on the table. People, the dozen or so people who registered earlier are already busy making desserts.

Xie Mingyu chose a stove, washed her hands, took a deep breath, and began to prepare her own dessert.

The first is to boil the milk, add honey and coconut fruit to the milk and stir evenly, pour it into a pot and cook it slowly over medium heat until it becomes thick, then put it on a plate and spread it out, put it on ice to cool down slowly , After solidification, cut into small pieces with a knife for later use.

Then boil the soup in a small casserole over low heat, with white fungus and coconut fruit added, the soup is very thick and has a coconut fragrance.

After that, take out an appropriate amount of glutinous rice flour and put it on the table. Peel the pomegranate and take out the grains, wrap it with a clean fine gauze, squeeze it hard, the bright juice will slowly flow into the glutinous rice flour, and then knead it a little bit. Divide into dough balls that are slightly larger than ordinary glutinous rice balls, wrap them in frozen and cut into small pieces of milk, then boil them in boiling water with honey, put them into sapphire jade cups separately, and pour them with coconut and white fungus The boiled soup is thick and thick, so that the boiled glutinous rice balls are evenly lubricated and covered with agate-like pearl color. Each cup is impeccable in terms of appearance and taste.

This dessert seems simple, but it is extremely complicated to operate. It took Xie Mingyu an hour and a half to complete. After filling ten cups of glutinous rice balls and placing them on a white jade tray, Xie Mingyu stretched fiercely, making the stiff After relaxing his body, he walked out with the tray in his hand.

When I went out, I found a long table had been set up in the aisle. It should have been made after everyone went in. There were ten people sitting behind the table, and each of them had pens, ink and a booklet in front of the table. It was this time. The judges of the competition.

Yan Chuan, the chief executive of the imperial dining room, was also among them. He was wearing a red official uniform and a black gauze hat, with a stern face and sharp eyes.

Seeing Xie Mingyu come out with a tray, one eunuch stepped forward to take it, and then two eunuchs helped put ten cups of desserts in front of ten judges for their evaluation.

With a faint smile on Xie Mingyu's face, he said loudly: "My lords, grassroots Xie Mingyu, the dessert I made is agate agar, please taste it."

Yan Chuan glanced at the glutinous rice balls in the cup, picked them up and sniffed them lightly, then slowly filled them up with a spoon, bit them open with one bite, and fresh milk milk slowly flowed out from the gap, with the sweetness of pomegranate juice .After eating all the glutinous rice balls, Yan Chuan filled another tablespoon of soup and sipped his eyebrows carefully after drinking it. After a long time, a faint smile appeared on his face. Seeing that the others hadn't eaten yet, he couldn't help frowning , coldly said: "What are you doing in a daze?"

The rest of the nine judges had been secretly observing Yan Chuan's expression, and they were relieved when they saw that he had a faint smile after eating. They were shocked when they heard the words, and quickly ate the glutinous rice balls. Heaven, this taste... no wonder even the very harsh manager Yan praised it, it is not much better than the manager himself, and even has a different kind of fresh taste.

The ten judges quickly ate all the glutinous rice balls, and drank the soup in the cup in twos and twos. After eating, they picked up their pens and dipped their ink in the ink, and began to write solemnly on the booklet beside them.

Xie Mingyu waited silently for a while, seeing that no one commented, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled, but he didn't think too much, seeing someone coming over with dishes, he saluted the judges quickly, and went outside to wait in the yard.

Oral author gossip:

Woke up at four o'clock to write... Little angels, please accept it~~