The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 36 BBQ
Xie Zhao had an unexpectedly interesting meal.

A plate of cakes and ten dishes were presented, all of which were exquisitely cooked, with excellent color, fragrance and taste.It must taste good when rolled up, but he looked left and right, obsessively trying to guess which dish was made by Sydney.

Beside him, Chen Jijiang and Xu Shishui exchanged glances for a long time.

Today's dinner was carried by the two of them in person, almost scaring Wang Wanzhi's shallow eyelids so that his eyeballs fell out.The two of them had no other purpose, not to find fault with Wang Wanzhi about Concubine Li, but to see which one was done by Ruan.

Your Majesty, isn't it obvious that the drunkard doesn't want to drink?If you can't guarantee it, you have to ask which one is her handicraft, and it's okay if they can't answer.

Looking at it right now, I really guessed it right, His Majesty wanted to eat the dishes she made, but he didn't ask directly, he looked here and there, and then tasted one after another.

Your Majesty, you are so childlike...

Holding his breath, Xu Shishui rolled his eyes quietly, and gave Master another wink, intending to ask: Shall we talk?
Chen Jijiang nuzui shook his head: don't say.Let's talk if you ask.

After the emperor tasted it leisurely...

Didn't eat it.

In fact, it’s right if you can’t eat it. Different tastes are different from other places in the folk. Even if there are deviations in the craftsmanship taught by the master and his apprentices in the Shangshi Bureau, it will not be too much, not to mention seasoning according to his preferences. , It is really not easy to taste the obvious difference.

Still, the emperor felt frustrated.

So I tried it again and again...

Xu Shishui squinted from the side: This is not only "drunkards don't mean wine", but also "dinners don't mean cakes"?These ten dishes are both meat and vegetarian, so I should be full after two rounds, right?
Fortunately, the emperor did not continue to "taste" the third round, and silently tore a piece of cake and rolled it up.

Just as the eunuch serving food was about to step forward, he was swept away by Chen Jijiang's wink: Didn't you see that His Majesty wanted to do it himself?
Xie Zhao didn't notice all the small movements around him. He concentrated on rolling the pancakes. He thought about rolling the pancakes bulging like a Sydney.

But she was right to say that eating things that you have to do yourself will make you feel better, at least it works for him, and there is no time to worry about it if you want to think about it.

Focus on the ups and downs in front of you!

After a few days, Xueli stared blankly in the imperial dining room counting the things the emperor had called recently.

Starting with spring pancakes, there are hot pots, cold noodles, and rice noodles in the next few days, all of which can be done by yourself.

Just now someone from the front of the imperial court came to send a message, saying that dinner is not allowed to be prepared by the Shangshi Bureau, and they asked the imperial dining room to prepare a charcoal stove, and His Majesty wants to barbecue...

Xue Li frowned following her usual thoughts: Is your majesty in a bad mood?

If so, then he listened to the method she said at the beginning...?
No, no, definitely not, I must be thinking too much!
Sydney's mood was ups and downs, and after thinking about it, she couldn't help but smile, looked around and smiled, and her mood became lighter and brighter unconsciously.

After a while, Cui Wan called them to cut the meat together.

Cut marinated beef into cubes, unmarinated slices into thin slices for dipping in seasonings, chicken breast cut into narrow strips, lamb ribs cut into two pieces, pork belly, venison leg, goose, duck, pigeon meat In addition, there are several kinds of fish that are not fishy when grilled...

They prepare only meat here, adding up all kinds, parts, and pickling methods, there are always twenty or thirty plates prepared, and seafood, vegetables, and staple food are prepared separately in the two dining rooms next door.After checking one by one, Wang Sishan came in to have a look, and said to everyone: "Whatever you want to eat, cut some for yourself. Your Majesty said that you can be casual today. If you don't want to eat barbecue, you can cook something else." .”

So generous!

Is he in a bad mood or in a good mood...?
Little Sydney struggled with the fact that maybe only she knew the truth, and was dragged by Zixian and Ting Xian, and the three happily went to prepare their own dinner.

Su Zixian likes to eat slices of baked steamed buns. It is said that she used to eat them at home when she was a child, and she couldn’t change it when she entered the palace, but she became more and more particular about how to make them. At home, she cut a steamed bun into four or five slices, baked until browned and coated with some sauce, and she was satisfied. .The favorite way to eat it now is to soak the steamed bun slices in the egg liquid with salt and chopped green onion, coat them with a layer of egg and then bake them on the fire.After coming out, the chopped scallion eggs on the outside are very fragrant, but the steamed buns inside are not dry and hard, which is much more delicious.

Yue Tingxian's favorite food is "common". She likes all kinds of meat that are marinated very tasty. When eating, she likes to sprinkle a lot of chili noodles.

Sydney loves to eat baked rice cakes.The whole rice cake is cut into little-finger-thick slices and roasted until the chopsticks can poke it smoothly, which is almost the time when the outside is burnt and the inside is tender.Both salty and sweet are delicious. If you eat salty, you can adjust your favorite sauce. If you eat sweet, sprinkle sugar.

The three of them mainly prepared their favorite ones, and then added some others here and there.Everyone got two dishes and put them on the stove, Cui Wan turned her head to look and smiled: "You guys are so promising."

His Majesty specifically said that you can eat whatever you want, not to mention all kinds of meat here, the room next door now has abalone, oysters and scallops, thankfully they are very satisfied with so many ordinary things!
In the evening, before and after the towering and majestic Zichen Palace, there was a hint of folk night market atmosphere...

The palace people who are not on duty are all eating barbecue, the meat is fragrant and the sauce is delicious.

Fortunately, the solemnity of the Zichen Hall remained the same, and the palace people who were screened back to the outer hall stood with their heads bowed, as peaceful as statues.

In the inner hall, the Seven Kings were dumbfounded looking at Brother Huang.

The emperor was 16 years old when he ascended the throne more than four years ago, and the seventh king was nine years old. Since then, the two have not seen each other very much, until the seventh king was sent back to Luo'an from the palace by the queen mother last year.

There is some estrangement between brothers. Over the past few months, Xie Han's eyes on the emperor's brother are very serious, and occasionally he will be a little surprised when he relaxes.

But today this "surprise" is so big...

Huangxiong barbecue is very focused!

The diced beef was cut squarely, and the red color of the raw meat was still stained with blood.He put six or seven yuan on the small charcoal stove with a latte between them, and the meat was scalded until it sizzled.

Turn it over after a while, and the side that has just been roasted has become the taupe color of cooked meat, and the edges are a little browned.

Brother, do you still have this hobby?
Xie Han was dumbfounded for a long time, until the emperor put the roasted first-party veal cubes on his plate, and he subconsciously said the first sentence since he was stupefied: "Xie Huangxiong..."

The emperor responded with a soft "hmm".

——Xie Han is about to kneel down to him because of the contrast between hot and cold.

Why is the reaction so cold when you are cooking barbecue yourself?
So the two brothers ate and roasted together. Xie Han felt that it was inappropriate for the emperor to give him a prince's barbecue, but the emperor brother did not intend to give him the iron clip.He wanted to laugh and cheer, but Brother Huang didn't react much...

He had no choice but to eat with his head down.

After eating for a while, Xie Han raised his eyes and saw that the emperor himself had started to eat. He cleared his throat and said hesitantly, "Brother Huang..."

"Huh?" The emperor slightly raised his eyelids.

"That... Brother Chen has something to ask." Xie Han put down his chopsticks and tried his best to smile to ease his panic, "The maid who was punished by the queen mother in the palace a few days ago, brother, where did you send her away?" ?”

This matter has almost become Xie Han's heart disease.

After Brother Huang took him away, he felt that something was wrong.Waiting patiently until his mother left, he immediately went to the Shangshi Bureau to inquire, thinking in his heart, if he was beaten and punished, he would go to the Imperial Hospital; if he was sent to another place, he would transfer someone to by myself.

Xie Han felt that he was the one who stabbed the basket, and it would be too bad for him to let a girl bear the blame!

But I didn't expect that when I arrived at Shangshi Bureau, everyone said that there was no such person.The female officer Shangshi also told him solemnly: "There is a person named Ruan Xueli, but he was transferred to the imperial court a year ago."

Xie Han was terrified.He understood this matter as soon as he heard it, it was definitely not a coincidence of the same name, it was definitely the meaning of the emperor's brother keeping it, and only the people below would say that.

Then he was naturally more worried, and wanted to come here every day to ask questions and plead for mercy, but the emperor was too busy recently, and he was told several times by the palace staff that "Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and asked you to come back another day".

The emperor focused slightly, but did not answer yet, and took a bite of a cucumber to eat.

After stretching him for so many days, he was really anxious.The heat is just right.

"Brother Huang, that matter was brought up by my younger brother, and it has nothing to do with her." Xie Han paused, and then muttered, "My younger brother didn't expect my mother to be angry."

"You know that the queen mother is in the palace, and you also know that the queen mother always pays attention to matters of rules." The emperor's face darkened, "You just didn't think about the consequences at all."

The Seven Kings bowed their heads and remained silent.In the past few days, he also thought about it. It was true that he didn't think carefully about that matter. In fact, there could be other ways.

The emperor said again: "What are your plans, at least you should come and tell me in advance. Now I can't find anyone, so I'm impatient, isn't it too late?"

"Brother Huang..." Seventh King panicked, "You, you put her..."

The emperor glanced at him, and gave him another piece of meat: "She is in the imperial dining room."

"...?!" The Seven Kings were startled.

"You'd better know the seriousness. I can make you transfer people to the imperial dining room if you don't get the news, and you can make people die if you don't get the news." The emperor sighed, "The queen mother can also."

Qi Wang suddenly felt a chill down his spine.Seriously thinking about the emperor's words, I felt more and more that I had made a terrible mistake in a moment of stubbornness.

"Brother, forgive me..." The Seventh King's voice was a little hoarse, he stopped talking when he heard the movement behind him, and turned his head to see that it was Chen Jijiang who came in.

Holding a plate and a bowl in his hand, Chen Jijiang bowed and put them on the table.

On the plate were four long strips of nothing, each as thick as a little finger and as long as one eye, and in the small bowl was a handful of nothing, obviously white sugar.

"I love sweets so much." Xie Zhao laughed, only to feel that his mouth would be full of sweetness when he imagined this way of eating. He propped his forehead in conflict for a while, and the Seven Kings said weakly, "Brother Emperor..."

"Huh?" He raised his eyes and looked over, Xie Han left his seat and bowed: "Brother Huang, if you don't mind, I would like to ask Brother Huang to give you a plate of rice cakes for Ruan's family, okay? Did you scare her earlier? The younger brother thinks, it's still, it's still..."

He felt that he had to make amends to Sydney because of emotion and reason, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.According to "rituals", there is no rule for the prince to make amends to the court ladies.

Xie Han muttered and continued, "She likes to eat something sweet."

"..." The emperor's eyes swept away, Chen Jijiang hurriedly looked down at the ground, and said to his majesty, are you worried?That day, he tasted it carefully for a long time and didn't know which dish was made by Ruan Shi. Today, His Royal Highness took a glance at it and understood.

This plate of rice cakes, he was ordered to go to the imperial dining room to watch, and he ordered to present a plate of rice cakes here when he saw that Ruan Shi liked to eat it, and it was really Ruan Shi who cut it.

Xie Zhao also thought of the spring pancakes that day, and his face darkened, making a difficult decision whether to call Ruan over or kick the seventh brother out.

(End of this chapter)