The little lady in the dining room

Chapter 63 Pressure
It is also the first time for them to make this lychee and rock sugar pear dish. Fortunately, the method is simple, and it will not be damaged even if you try it.

The yellowish white fungus is soaked in water, shredded and boiled until it becomes a slightly thick pot. The color is almost one, and the traces of the strands can be seen when you shake it lightly-this appearance always makes Sydney feel inexplicably appetizing , it seems that you can taste the softness at a glance, so I made tremella lily for myself several times and almost stopped at this step, I really want to eat it directly with rock sugar!
Today, I tried my best not to fill a bowl for myself and put it away.

Zixian and Tingxian had already peeled and cored the lychee, threw a Sydney pear into it, and fished it out again after thinking about it.Tear the round lychee meat one by one along the texture, and tear each into four or five petals, and put them in like small white petals.

This way the taste is easier to cook and easier to eat!
The pears are also cut into small cubes, each piece is the same size, and the part that is slightly acidic in the core is not used to ensure a sweet taste.

The rock sugar had to be added according to the very sweet taste, and they didn't know the tastes of the envoys so well.Fortunately, this kind of dessert eaten after chilling is always made sweeter and will not be annoying. It is very comfortable to eat the sweetness and coolness together in one bite!
The color of this thing is light when it's done - white fungus, pear and lychee meat, except that they are transparent and white.Xueli hesitated for a while whether to add some flower petals or something to enhance the color, think about it or forget it, adding other things will change the taste to some extent, besides, it is the hot summer, so it is possible to serve such a bowl refreshingly It fits the eye.

When the sun was setting, dinner was brought out from the dining room.

Wei Chen had sent someone to pass the message half a moment earlier, saying that he would not send it to everyone's room, and they all went to the main hall. They still had something to discuss.

This is normal, the envoys did not come to Daqi for fun, they had to go to the palace or discuss related matters with the officials during the day, and continued while eating before the discussion was over.

Fang Sishan then arranged for someone to go, and told Xueli, "It's fine if you have something to say, but you can be careful, if there is an important matter being discussed over there and you can't get in the way, forget it."

Sydney knows this too.The emperor sent her here just to hold his breath, and this "breath" is of course not as important as real political affairs.

The main hall was full, Sydney took a look, Qi Ke and Wei Chen were seated side by side, at the front, one left and one right.After a little hesitation, she retreated to Wei Chen's side - she felt more confident standing behind her own!
The maids brought out the side dishes first, and the rice noodles had to be served later, lest they just let it cool down after a few words and the food would not be cooked properly.

Wei Chen is actually eating this kind of rice noodles for the first time. Fortunately, he knew what Sydney was thinking earlier. He glanced at the dazzling array of side dishes in front of him, and asked calmly: "Why did you think of rice noodles?"

He was also afraid that he wouldn't be able to take care of these when talking about political affairs for a while, so he simply gave her a chance to say what she should say.

Xue Li blessed him at the side: "Your Majesty ordered your servants to come and entertain the envoys. Don't be negligent. This rice noodle is something His Majesty usually likes, and I think all adults will like it too."

Wei Chen: "..." She said she wanted to "fake the power of the tiger", so she wanted to "fake" it on His Majesty's head? !

He responded lightly with "Oh", and a few seats away, a Qi Ke person chuckled: "I've seen this thing before, I have to pour it in by myself, and it's too late to tell others to add something—all of you There are strict rules in the Daqi Palace. Your majesty is ninety-five years old. You must have palace people to serve you properly when you eat. This lady is talking about nonsense here to fool people. She is waiting to see if we believe it and let others see our jokes. , or do you have other intentions?"

He knows the rules of the palace well...

Xueli sighed that not everyone can do such a thing, she said it lightly between the lines, I don’t know how much effort she spent to understand Daqi in private - if she was sent to Luo Wu, she would be stupid, she would be fooled if her eyes were darkened. don't know!Just make a baked potato!

While thinking about it, Xueli straightened her face: "Your Excellency is right, not only are there many rules for meals in the palace, but there are also many dishes. If Your Majesty does not specifically order, a meal will be prepared according to the rules, cold dishes, hot dishes There are a total of hundreds of dishes, soups, and snacks. No matter how many dishes your majesty can eat, they must be delivered in this way. Therefore, your majesty will often order simple things on purpose, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources. What kind of rice noodles, if you don't eat it, you can leave it alone, take it back as it is, and you can do something else..."

"Den", the wine cup in Wei Chen's hand tapped lightly on the desk.

——She still doesn't understand these things after all.It is not good to show the slightest "poor" taste in front of outsiders, especially when a big country is facing a small country.

Xue Li was trembling at the light knock, gritted her teeth, nodded and continued: "My lord, you may not know that each meal of more than a hundred dishes may seem extravagant, but Yi Daqi's current prosperity is actually not bad. For a few ingredients, if you really want to save anything, it will not be from your Majesty's table. Your Majesty's doing this is nothing more than sympathy for the busy and hard work of the palace people."

She blinked, raised her head slightly, looked at the person who spoke just now with bright eyes, and said: "The servant girl used to work in the Shangshi Bureau. At that time, she felt that the palace was terrible, and she couldn't escape the heavy responsibility if she made a mistake. After the imperial dining room, I didn’t feel so afraid. Some small mistakes made by mistake, His Majesty smiled and let it go—servants thought about it, probably the more they are in high positions, the more informal they are, because they know in their hearts that they are noble, so there is no need to treat them harshly. Let the subordinates prove this; those who are not high or low have to care about these small things every day, and use "excellence" to emphasize that they are powerful and powerful, lest others forget?"

She spoke quickly, her words were sharp, and it couldn't be more obvious what she was aiming at, and she spoke so bluntly that the palace officials next to her didn't dare to raise their heads.During the banquet, several Luowu people obviously looked downcast, and it was really ugly to hold back their anger and not express it, but after she had just said that, it would only be even more ugly to "vomit" her anger now.

She can make people suffer from being dumb.

Wei Chen turned the wine cup in his hand and thought about it. He felt that she was almost exhausted, and said shortly: "The female officer talks too much, pass on the meal."

"No." Xueli bowed her knees, and the court ladies quickly filed in, bringing in stone pots filled with rice noodles.

Wei Chen casually picked out a few dishes and poured them in, picked the chopsticks a little in the stone pot, and waited until it stopped bubbling and it was just cooked.Sydney watched with concern, some people in the mission could handle it and some couldn't. Fortunately, those who couldn't handle it didn't find fault. She even saw that a person nearby put the vegetables in the wrong order, and two slices of beef It was played too late so that he didn't know much about it, but he still endured it and didn't say anything.

so far so good……

Xueli was secretly happy, feeling that Tingxian had let Zixian out, and they were so frustrated that they couldn't tell how happy they were!
No one spoke for a long time, especially if they couldn't hear whether the dinner was good or not.Even if this test is over, Sydney will be blessed first, and the maids next to her will be blessed as well, and then they will withdraw with peace of mind, leaving the square hall for them to discuss business.

As soon as she stepped out of the threshold, her hand was squeezed. When Xueli looked up, she saw Zixian's face was pale and her palms were sweaty, and she pulled her hard: "You are so brave!"

Sydney sticks out her tongue: "Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain." Wouldn't it be great to get the word out first and let them all eat obediently and not find fault?
Of course, having said that, she was still flustered.As soon as dinner was withdrawn from the main hall, she ran to inquire. When she couldn't find Wei Chen, she dragged another imperial guard who was present at that time to ask questions. It's all good, they didn't say anything, and Qi Ke even praised the lychee pear dish at the end."

That's it!
Sydney was completely at ease, and had a particularly solid sleep that night.The next day, she was not required to be on the first shift, so she slept until the sun was up.

In the morning, when I arrived at the dining room, it was time to start preparing lunch. After washing her hands, Xueli was looking at the menu, when a female officer from Yidianji came in hurriedly: "Xueli!"

"Huh?" Xue Li raised her head to respond, the other party reacted and changed her name to "female officer". She hurriedly said don't don't, let's call her Xue Li, and then the code said: "Master Wei hasn't eaten much these two days. , the female cook is afraid of accidents, let me tell you. Isn't he your brother, do you have time to go and see?"

When Sydney heard it, she shook her hands and ran away.

She knew what was going on because of Lord Lu.

Wei Chen was obviously very upset about this, she could see it from yesterday - it was only one night, and she was shocked when she saw him yesterday.And it's not just his complexion, he's not as joking as he used to be, and he's dead when talking to her, not even half a joke to tease her, Sydney has never seen him like this.

It's just that she was worried about preparing the meal yesterday, so she didn't bother to ask more about it. Today, she heard...it seems to be more serious!
When she arrived at the place where Wei Chen lived, Yu Lingwei led her in, and she arrived at the study room on the east side, but just as she was about to raise her hand to knock on the door, the door just opened.

Sydney looked up, and the tired look on Wei Chen's face was obviously more terrifying than yesterday.There is no blood at all, and the black and blue in front of his eyes are so clear that it is scary.

She held her breath in shock: "My lord..."

Wei Chen's gaze paused: "What's the matter?"

Sydney couldn't react for a moment.

"If you're not in a hurry, I'll go to the palace." Wei Chen said, picked up the Xiuchun knife on the wooden frame next to him, put it on his waist, and walked out.

"Master Wei!" Xue Li was stunned for a moment before thinking of stopping him, and quickly ran over to block him with her skirt in hand, "Master, please eat something before you go... I heard from the sister of Shangshi Bureau that you have not been there for two days." Have a good meal!"

Wei Chen took a deep breath: "Let's talk about it later."

After he finished speaking, he bypassed her and continued to walk outside. He was obviously weak, and the boots that stepped on the ground seemed to be floating.Xue Li stared blankly, his back seemed to be more tired than his face, the silver light of the flying fish suit reflected in the sun seemed dim, shrouded in him, as if carrying a thousand catties of weight, making him unable to stand upright.

(End of this chapter)