emperor cold concubine

Chapter 139 The Royal Meal of the Palace ([-])

Yixiu said: "Yellow croakers are expensive, and ordinary people can't afford to eat them. Although they exist in the palace, they are made in a different way. I only saw them once in a while. I can tell the name, but if I want to ask how it is made, it will be difficult for me. gone."

Yue Xiao nodded to express her understanding, turned her head, looked at Cang Hao and Su Mo, and smiled gently: "Even if this dish is among the imperial dishes, it can be called the best, master and the last master, why don't you try it?"

Su Mo glanced at Cang Hao, stood up lazily from him, walked to the table, and sat down on a chair casually.

Speaking of yellow croakers, these ancients don't eat much like her from the 21st century. However, she is busy building power every day, negotiating with leaders of various countries, and how can she pay attention to these trivial matters? Cooking, but also know nothing about it.

Cang Hao sat down next to Su Mo and motioned for everyone to sit down together.

The Eight Immortals table was very large, Cang Hao, Su Mo, Xie Changting, Yue Xiao, Zi Yu, Yi Xiu, Mo Li, Shi Shi and Bi Yue had a total of nine people, and the table was not yet full.

The dishes are not many, but they are very generous. Even the desserts are served on crystal clear plates.

It's rare to get together for a meal. Su Mo guessed that Cang Hao's original intention might be to let everyone get to know each other better, so that there will be less estrangement in working together in the future. This kind of gathering similar to a family banquet, the biggest feeling is that there is more rare warmth.

"The most bizarre and rare thing about yellow croaker in soup is that it gathers a bright universe in its belly, but it doesn't leak water all over its body. The trick to get bones from raw fish is to take out the belly contents by making a small cut at the gills of the fish's mouth, and then clean it routinely. The step of removing the fishy smell, pouring the soup, and then sealing it for firing." Without the eunuch serving food, Yue Xiao took charge of the overall situation and explained the method of this fish in detail, "The cooking is very difficult, and it is delicious. The soup here The juice is made from eight kinds of rare sea ingredients such as scallops, bird’s nest, shark’s fin, skirt, abalone, sea cucumber, etc., and chicken broth. But it is delicious and mellow. The diced mushrooms are simmered in this soup, poured into the belly of the fish together with the soup, and then sealed and fried, and all the soup is sealed in the fish body when it is served."

Yue Xiao picked up a piece of tender and snow-white fish with chopsticks and put it in front of Cang Hao, followed by Su Mo, and everyone saw the soup in the fish's belly dripping out slowly with heat and fragrance.

Cang Hao took a sip gracefully, then slowly raised his head, seeing that everyone remained motionless, he said calmly: "You don't need to be cautious tonight, let's try it together."

Yixiu grinned: "It's been a long time since I had dinner with my master, I miss it so much."

Biyue glanced at him lightly, and Yixiu asked, "What's wrong?"

Bi Yue shook her head.

Yue Xiao smiled very understandingly: "What Bi Yue means is that if you often eat with master, you only know how to cause trouble but never have a long memory. You may lose your life at any time without knowing it."

"Am I that bad?" Yixiu glared at Biyue bitterly, then turned to look at Yuexiao, "His Royal Highness, where is my reward?"

Yue Xiao smiled and said: "I can't afford your reward, so I'm going with the master."

Cang Hao looked up at them, and said calmly: "What do you want, this king will consider it. If you can give it, you can give it. If you can't, how about a hundred boards instead?"

After the words fell, the scene was silent for a while, Shishi burst out laughing, and the others couldn't help laughing, Yixiu had a bitter face with a depressed expression.

Su Mo took a few mouthfuls, and said calmly: "Although there are many idlers, the people who cook these dishes are really skilled."

Yue Xiao said: "Xiao will pay attention to it later." After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at Zi Yu opposite, with a gentle smile, "Commander Zi, which dish do you want to guess?"

Zi Yu raised his head and glanced at him lightly, "Zi Yu was born in a poor family, and he was used to simple food since he was a child. He is not proficient in expensive dishes, so he can't name any dish."

Before meeting Cang Hao, his living conditions were very bad, it was normal for him to eat a full meal when he was hungry, and the most common food was wild vegetables and mushrooms on the mountain.Even if he meets Cang Hao later, he has followed all the way from the initial arduous learning of art to the present, and the food, housing and transportation are all high-quality, but in his eyes, clothes are just clothes, which can cover the body and keep out the cold, and food is just food. He never deliberately pays attention to which meal he eats. For the three or two imperial meals that appear in front of Yixiu every day, he only cares about the kind of poison, but he has never been interested in the dishes.

He has always seen the matter of being born in a poor family as very common, and he doesn't feel that it is embarrassing to say it in front of these people who were born in the royal family or officials' family. Said he was lucky.

Yue Xiao's expression didn't change when he heard the words, and his smile remained the same, "Will the commander be willing to listen to Xiao's order for a day?"

Ziyu was silent for a while, and said lightly: "As long as you don't violate Ziyu's principles of life."

"That's natural." After Yue Xiao finished speaking, he looked at Su Mo, "Master Mo probably isn't interested in making a guess."

Su Mo lazily said: "You can't afford what this girl wants."

Of the six hot ones, only bird's nest in clear soup, yellow croaker in soup, and a butterfly-shaped blue and white porcelain bowl in front of Mo Li were covered. The first two were guessed by Shisi and Yixiu. Yue Xiao looked at the dishes on the table that were clear at a glance , the warm eyes met Xie Changting's calm and waveless eyes, and said softly: "Changting is the most knowledgeable, these should not trouble you, right?"

"It's really not difficult." Xie Changting said this lightly, looked up at Cang Hao, and the corners of his lips curled up almost imperceptibly, "If everything Changting said is right, can I ask the master for a favor?"

Cang Hao said indifferently: "What kind of grace?"

Xie Changting shook his head: "Changting hasn't figured out what he wants in particular, can you leave it for later?"

Su Mo raised her eyebrows and said, "May I think you're designing Cang Hao?"

"Subordinates don't dare." Xie Changting smiled lightly, "Designing the master has to be tough enough to bear the consequences. The last master can rest assured, Changting is not a person who knows how to advance and retreat."

Su Mo wasn't serious with him, she was just playing lip service. Hearing this, she twitched the corner of her mouth and said nothing, and Cang Hao didn't say much, and nodded her head in agreement.

Bi Yue waited on Su Mo with him. He sat on Su Mo's left, and Xie Changting sat next to Bi Yue, farthest from Yue Xiao on Canghao's right. Looking from Yue Xiao's position, Xie Changting sat He mentioned the names of a few cold dishes, then desserts, and finally three hot dishes. Although he didn't give a detailed explanation, he was all right.

Xie Changting was born in the royal family, and he is an all-round talent in both civil and military affairs. He was pampered since he was a child, so it is not surprising that he knows these rare dishes.

In the end, there was only one dish in front of Mo Li that had yet to reveal its answer.

Yue Xiao added rice to everyone's bowls, and said softly: "The last dish, guess after you finish eating."

Although puzzled, everyone still nodded without objection.

After each of them had a simple meal, Fourteen suddenly called out, "It's rare for everyone to get together for a meal, why is there no good wine to accompany them?"

(End of this chapter)