"I'm going to listen to the teacher's lecture first. Come back in an hour. Don't be lazy. When I come over, you should see that the hot pot is ready."
After Princess Shouning finished speaking, she ran out again in a hurry, and several eunuchs and court ladies chased after her with pale faces. Li Yi sat on a stone bench in the yard with an unsightly expression.
Anyone who has their dreams disturbed and came here early in the morning just to be a cook will not be in a good mood.
The eunuch reminded: "Li Xianzi, His Majesty personally ordered this, you can't neglect the princess."
"Okay, okay, I see, you go down and do your own business." Li Yi waved his hand impatiently and said.
It's still early, there is a full hour, find a place to catch up on sleep, as for cooking, we will talk about it in an hour.
"It is the duty of a slave to be by Li Xianzi's side." The eunuch said with a smile.
This guy's voice is high-pitched and thin, neither male nor female, it sounds strange and uncomfortable, and a good smile reveals a gloomy taste, no wonder most of the eunuchs in literary works are not good people, such good conditions, It's a shame not to be the bad guy.
"Then take me out for a walk." Li Yi didn't plan to catch up on sleep. He fell asleep in the sedan chair just now, and he didn't even see what the palace looked like. If he didn't take a day trip to the palace, he would be sorry for himself. morning.
The eunuch said with a half smile: "I'm sorry, Mr. Li, but you can't go anywhere except here."
The palace is not a vegetable market, anyone can go shopping casually, without a badge to enter the palace, and was arrested by the guards within two steps.
Well, the good dream was disturbed, and now I don't even have personal freedom, and my stomach is empty. I guess the old emperor didn't think about taking care of him, and the impression in Li Yi's heart suddenly became negative.
Getting up from the stone bench, he strode into a room filled with fragrance.
The eunuch didn't follow up, knowing that the magistrate was already very dissatisfied with him, so he didn't dare to make trouble again.
He has been in the palace for more than ten years, and this is the first time he has seen His Majesty use a viscount as a cook.
Thunder, rain and dew are all God's grace. Why didn't His Majesty find someone else, but chose this county magistrate who had just been conferred. This is not punishment, but grace.
Li Yi doesn't think it's a kind of grace to be a cook for others. He is willing to cook for his family.
Finding something to cushion his stomach is the most important thing he should do now.
There are many buckled dishes on the table in the middle of the room, and the strong fragrance is coming from there.
"My lord, the things here can't be moved, can't be moved." When Li Yi was about to open one to have a look, a chubby man ran over and said humbly.
"Who are you?" Li Yi asked with a glance at him.
"Return to the Lord, the next official is still in charge of the food bureau." The man said with a smile on his face.
Tan, the head chef of the Shangshi Bureau, is also the head chef of the Royal Hotel. No wonder he is so fat. It seems that he must have been earning money all these years.
"My lord, you can't move this one. This is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake that Concubine Yan wants."
Speaking of sweet-scented osmanthus cakes, Li Yi felt articulate. It had been a long time since he had eaten sweet-scented osmanthus cakes made by Wan Ruoqing, and he missed them very much...
Seeing the lord's hand stretched out to the next place, Zhang Shan's heart skipped a beat, and he said, "Your lord, you can't move it, let alone this one, it's for the imperial concubine, and it will be delivered right away. "
Zhang Tan had a face of cold sweat, if he delayed the time of the imperial concubine, even if he had ten heads, he would not be able to withstand the chopping.
The concubine Yan couldn't afford it, and the concubine the imperial concubine couldn't afford it either. Li Yi felt upset, looked at Zhang Shan and asked, "What do you have here that the empress doesn't want, bring it to me quickly."
Zhang Shan smiled wryly and said, "No."
The Shangshi Bureau is responsible for the meals in the palace, and only those empresses, princesses and princes can enjoy these privileges. He is just a boss, without His Majesty's will, how dare he let people eat here
It just said that Princess Shouning’s meals were replaced by someone, and they were allowed to do things cheaply here, but no one told them how cheap it was. Passed
Seeing that the lord extended his hand to the next one, Zhang Shan hurriedly said: "This is Princess Yongle's soup, the lord must not."
"Princess Yongle's?" Li Yi was stunned for a moment, and finally met someone who could afford it. He lifted the lid readily, took a sip with a spoon, nodded with satisfaction, and said, "It tastes good, that's all, you guys Make another one for the princess."
Plop!
Zhang Shan's legs softened and fell to the ground. This kind of soup needs to be boiled for at least two hours. How can there be too much time to make it now
Seeing Zhang Tan's frightened look, Li Yi comforted him, "Don't worry, I'll tell you about Her Royal Highness, it's none of your business."
As expected of an imperial chef, I'm afraid he can catch up with himself in making soup. Li Yi was already hungry, so he quickly drank a small bowl of soup.
"Han Zhangtan, is the princess's white fungus and lotus seed soup ready?" A crisp voice sounded, and a maid dressed in a palace dress came in from outside the door.
"Okay." Li Yi wiped his mouth, replied, and pointed to more than half of the soup left.
"You, you..." The maid saw a small bowl and spoon with traces beside her, her eyes widened immediately, and she said angrily, "You are so brave!"
The silver teeth of the little maid are about to be gnawed. Her Royal Highness has the habit of drinking a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup every morning after she finishes her exercises. This guy who came out of nowhere is really daring. Dare to grab the soup!
"Isn't it just a bowl of soup, as for it, your princess used to spend a lot of time with me, so it's just a favor for that bowl of fried rice with eggs." Li Yi said indifferently.
A prince, a princess, and two nobles from the royal family have always been regular customers of Ruyifang when they were in Qing'an Mansion, not to mention taking care of business, but every time they were treated with good wine and delicious food, they wiped their mouths clean Just leave, just drink her a bowl of lotus seed soup, Her Royal Highness is not so stingy.
"You, you wait for me!" The maid gave Li Yi a vicious look, and left angrily.
Zhang Tan got up from the ground, patted the dust off his body, and prepared to go about his own business.
He could see that this was a matter for the lord and His Highness the Princess, and it was better not to interfere with his small hand.
Ignoring the little maid who ran out, Li Yi picked up a spoon and poured a bowl for himself. Although the white fungus and lotus seed soup is delicious, the bowl in the palace is too small, and you can't even make it to the bottom...