[Dae Jang Geum GL] Jang Young is long

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written examination

After Jang Geum and Jin Ying reconciled as before, they always felt that time passed quickly, and seven days was not enough for them to make up for the absence of meeting during this period, but the wife's assessment still came as scheduled.

The young maids who were going to take part in the insider assessment were all sitting in the hall, waiting for the upcoming insider assessment. No one knew who would take the assessment and what the content of the assessment would be, so they could only wait nervously.

"Jang Geum, are you nervous?" Sitting in the front row, Jinying leaned back slightly, asking Jang Geum behind her in a low voice.

Jang Geum leaned forward slightly, and chuckled lightly when he heard Jinying's question.

"Yeah, I'm nervous, Jinying, are you nervous?"

She broke through many difficulties before coming to the palace, became a little maid, met Jinying, and fell in love with her, she didn't want to leave the palace, there was Jinying, and her mother's last wish, and now the wife The assessment is the key to determine whether she can continue to stay in the palace.

"Me too." Hearing Jang Geum's admission that he was nervous, Jinying felt an inexplicable sweetness in his heart. Although he didn't know why, the tense and depressing atmosphere around him couldn't stop the corners of Jinying's lips from slightly curling up.

Jang Geum could hear the joy in Jin Ying's breath, and he didn't mean to be nervous at all, but Jin Ying had such an intimate behavior towards her, she was very happy, and the tension that surged up in such an atmosphere also dissipated.

When the little maids were talking in low voices, Zheng Shanggong brought Cui Shanggong, Han Shanggong, Min Shanggong and several unknown Shanggongs into the palace. One of the maids following Shanggong was holding a pair of reel.

"My wife's assessment is to assess the achievements of the little palace ladies in the past. You can treat this examination as the same as before, but the difference between this assessment and the previous assessment is that the losers of this assessment , will leave the palace." After several court ladies sat down, Zheng Shanggong looked at the little maids below, and explained to them again the significance of this insider assessment.

"This is Lu Shanggong, the empress of the palace next to the empress dowager [note]. By the order of the empress dowager, Lu Shanggong will come up with the questions for this internal examination." Lu Shanggong is following the empress dowager. One of the Shang Palaces who is deeply trusted by the concubine, Lu Shanggong is about to leave the palace this time, the concubine is very sad, and decided to let Lu Shanggong come up with questions for the competition.

After Zheng Shanggong introduced Lu Shanggong's identity, she kept silent and handed everything over to Lu Shanggong. This time, she was only responsible for assisting Lu Shanggong in the examination of his wife within the scope of the imperial kitchen of the main hall. do it.

Lu Shanggong has not opened his mouth since entering the palace, but secretly observed the looks of the little maids. Now after Zheng Shanggong introduced her identity, Lu Shanggong signaled the maids behind him to put the scroll on the shelf, and then began to introduce She remembered the rules she made during the wife's assessment.

"The competition is divided into two parts. First, there is a written test, and the questions are left on this scroll beside me."

Speaking of this, Lu Shanggong paused, and the maids who had already prepared brought up the table case and placed it in front of each young lady. On the table case was a set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

"After guessing the answer to the question recorded on the scroll, you have to write the answer on paper and hand it in."

"The second part of the test is cooking. The specific questions will be discussed after you have completed the first part. Cooking requires selection of ingredients. The first person who answers the questions correctly in the written test will be able to pick the food ingredients first." Lu Just as Shang Gong explained the rules of the competition, the atmosphere in the hall immediately became serious. Everyone was looking at the scrolls on the shelf. The questions inside determined whether they would have an advantage in the next exam.

When making dishes, the quality of the selected materials is very important. Compared with ordinary ingredients, good ingredients can of course make better dishes, and the quality of the dishes determines whether they can continue to stay in the in the palace.

"Now, the first exam begins." After Lu Shanggong untied the thread binding the scroll, the scroll unfolded, and only nine characters were written on it.

"Head or No Head"

"Clothes or Clothes"

"People are not people"

There were only nine simple words on the scroll, which made the little maids who were mentally prepared unable to accept it for a while. They thought that there would be many difficult questions for them to answer in the wife's assessment, but they didn't expect that there were only these simple words. nine characters.

But after careful consideration of the meaning of these nine words, the little maids discovered the deep meaning of this question.

Jinying has always been very interested in the historical knowledge of the food and cuisine of the Ming Dynasty. In addition, the content recorded in this question was reminded by Cui Shanggong once when she was most impressed. Naturally, she wrote the answer very quickly. .

Putting the paper with the answer that I thought of in my mind on it in front of Lu Shanggong, seeing Lu Shanggong open the note and seeing what was written on it, she nodded to herself, Jin Ying was relieved .

Cui Shanggong, who was sitting on the side, nodded in satisfaction. She didn't know what kind of questions Lu Shanggong would ask this time, so they and the young maids who participated in the insider assessment actually knew the content of the questions at the same time. Shang Gong clearly remembered that she had told this story, so Jinying was the first to answer the question of the written test, she was not surprised at all.

"Jinying's answer is correct, it is No. 1 in the written test." Lu Shanggong put away the note written by Jinying, announced to the little maids below who were still thinking hard, and then signaled to Jinying that she could go out.

"You can go outside."

Jinying saluted all the nobles and walked out of the hall. Before leaving, Jinying subconsciously glanced at Jang Geum.

At this time, Jang Geum also thought of the answer.

After all, she was studying with Jinying, and she had the booklet that Jinying compiled for her. Jang Geum came up with the answer to the question just a little later than Jinying.

After handing over the note to Lu Shanggong, Jang Geum was allowed to leave the examination room, and at this time, one after another, someone thought of the answer and was about to hand it in.

Seeing that Jin Ying and Jang Geum had answered the questions correctly, Lian Sheng felt a little anxious, but the more anxious he became, the more he couldn't think of the answer, and Lian Sheng couldn't help showing a embarrassed expression on his face.

Ling Lu hadn't thought of the answer yet, she just looked up and glanced around, and saw Lian Sheng's face showing embarrassment.

Seeing her opponent's expression like this directly stimulated Lu to make up her mind that she must think of the answer before Liansheng.

Lian Sheng also saw Ling Lu's expression, and hummed softly towards Ling Lu. Lian Sheng was determined to answer the question before Ling Lu.

Jang Geum and Jin Ying, who have already answered the questions, are now chatting in the courtyard. Jang Geum feels really lucky for the questions that Lu Shanggong asked.

She didn't know the allusion of steamed buns at all before, if she hadn't gotten the last part of the knowledge booklet compiled by Jinying after returning to the palace, I'm afraid she would still be sitting in it thinking hard.

Time passed little by little, and there were fewer and fewer people in the room, only a few little maids who couldn't answer the questions were left.

Palais Luchamp seems to be very satisfied with this result.

"For every piece of knowledge, there are people who are very familiar with it, and there are also people who are not familiar with it at all. Therefore, the results of the first written test of the little maids in the imperial kitchen really exceeded my expectations. " Lu Shanggong smiled and praised the excellent results of the training of the young palace ladies by the imperial kitchen under the jurisdiction of Zheng Shanggong.

"You're too much." Zheng Shanggong was also proud of these children, but he couldn't say that. He could only humbly thank Lu Shanggong for his praise.

"There are very good children among the little maids in the imperial kitchen. They knew the answer very quickly, but you still don't know what kind of food this question is about." , Lushan Palace is not so kind.

"The title this time refers to an allusion from the Ming Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era. 'The head is the head, the clothes are the clothes, and the person is the person', and the answer to the riddle is 'steamed buns'."

"Head is not head: Although the head is a head, it is not a head, and it is also the head of a steamed bun; Clothes are not clothes: Clothes are clothes, but they are not clothes, which shows that it is the skin of a steamed bun; People are not people: Although people are people, But it’s not human. Zhuge Kongming once made a dummy with steamed buns. According to legend, Zhuge Wuhou went to Menghuo, because he paid attention to using human heads as sacrifices at that time, thinking that he could get help from the gods. Zhuge Liang refused to kill innocent people indiscriminately, so he ordered the cook to slaughter cattle and horses, and make noodles As an agent, steamed buns are used to mold a dummy head with eyebrows and eyes, and beef and mutton are used instead."

Lu Shanggong in the palace told the story of the steamed buns to the rest of the people, and finally announced that the little palace ladies who did not answer the question had to wait until the end to choose the ingredients.

"So, in the next assessment, keep working hard!"

Wake up

After the written test was over, Zheng Shanggong and others followed Lu Shanggong out of the palace, looked at the little maids outside who had already answered the questions, and the three little palace ladies behind them who hadn't answered the questions and could only lower their heads in shame. Lu Shanggong spoke.

"The next step is the assessment of cooking, you follow me."

The competition in the imperial kitchen has never been decided by theoretical knowledge alone. To make delicious dishes, you must actually cook them so that people can taste them and judge the pros and cons.

Regarding this point, Jang Geum and Jin Ying had already been mentally prepared. At this moment, the two looked at each other, and they both knew clearly that the real competition was now officially started.

Holding each other's hands, Jang Geum and Jin Young cheered each other up, and they got