After staying for a while, after she gradually regained her composure, she stood aside and looked at me angrily.
"Song Xiran, without my permission, you are not allowed to..."
Speaking of this, the shyness of her youngest daughter's family took over again, her face flushed with shame, and she was speechless.
"Princess, what are you not allowed? I think you enjoyed it just now, and your mouth is so soft~" I saw her hesitant to speak, and deliberately teased her.
"You... you get out now." Seeing that my words were getting more and more outrageous, she hurriedly drove me out in a panic.
"Yes, that princess, let's meet again next time..." I had just finished speaking, and before I could show her an evil smile, I was shut outside.
Hahahaha, it turns out that flirting with the princess is so fun, it seems that the time has come for me to stand up ~ Then I whistled and happily bounced back to my other courtyard.
The day of the state banquet coincided with the mid-autumn day on August 15th, and the envoys of Xiye Kingdom brought the princess to make a wedding ceremony on time, along with envoys from other countries who came to see her, and the palace immediately became lively.
After I arranged everything, everyone in the imperial dining room began to get busy in an orderly manner.
I also started to prepare the dishes I learned from the master these days.
The fat and big crabs in the golden autumn season are of course the indispensable protagonists. Two innovative dishes based on crabs are: crab with orange and hibiscus crab mash.
I first truncated the fresh orange and dug out three-quarters of the orange flesh, mixed the cooked pork belly, diced water chestnuts, crab meat, minced ginger, egg liquid, appropriate amount of white wine, salt, and pepper, and stuffed it into the fresh orange , Cover with the cut orange slices, put it on a plate, and let it steam for a stick of incense over water and high heat. Taking advantage of the free time, I started to make this hibiscus crab mash.
Steam the meat crabs, dig out the crab meat and mince them, add some egg whites, diced green onion, pepper, salt and a little wine, stir evenly, put it into the oil pan, shovel the egg and egg juice over medium heat and stir slightly to make the eggs The juice is congealed but not hard. After the egg juice is all congealed, take it out of the pan, and decorate the two dishes on the plate. The master taught, crab with orange and hibiscus crab mash, and you're done~
The other dishes are almost ready, only one dessert is missing.
I heard from the master that there is a kind of dessert ingredient that is passed down from foreign countries, it is very precious, almost only in this palace, it is called chocolate.
This product is bitter and astringent, and astringent and sweet. Foreigners drink it as tea, but if it is made into a dessert, the taste will be wonderful.
The master said that he had tried it before but failed, so I wanted to try it today, but I could only succeed and not fail. So I asked the imperial dining room for a few pieces of chocolate, ready to show my skills.
According to the method taught by the master, I put it into a bowl, heat it with water to melt it, and then pour the melted chocolate into a mold I made that can be divided into two halves. Then close the ball and turn it in a circle. This is done to spread the chocolate evenly on the surface of the ball. Then put the ball into the ice cellar in the palace to refrigerate for about one stick of incense.
Then I carefully opened the shell of the mold and took out the complete and frozen chocolate balls inside.
To make it a lantern, I first took out a smooth ceramic bowl and rinsed the bottom of the bowl with hot water. When the bottom of the bowl feels hot, put the chocolate ball on it and melt the bottom enough to stand on the plate. Then I prepared some snacks to be put in the goal, and covered the ball. Finally, a circle of lychees from the south and grapes from the Western Regions were decorated around it.
I also prepared some rose dew, so far, this dessert is half done, and it seems to be considered a success. Just wait for a while to serve this new dessert that is enough to amaze everyone present.
The state banquet was held in Changxin Palace. Princess Xiye and the envoys from all over the world gathered together with the ministers to sit in two rows on the left and right, from the front of the hall to the end of the hall. There are a large number of people, about three or four hundred.
The dining environment is elegant and dignified, accompanied by silk and bamboo ritual music, cheerful singing, and there are special dancers on the large terrace outside the hall to perform dances; clothing, jewelry, decorations, music and dance banquets are all available.
Twenty court ladies entered the hall neatly, presenting small plates of high-quality blue and white fine porcelain and brand-new mahogany chopsticks on the low table in front of everyone, while the emperors, queens, princesses and princes used a full set of pastel Wanshou Tableware, with silver cups, jade cups and ivory chopsticks, is rich and gorgeous.
Afterwards, the food inspector waiting outside the hall brought the maids who served the food in a file, and ordered all kinds of snacks and snacks in order (pre-dinner snacks, tea, cold dishes, appetizers, stir-fried dishes, meals, beets, after-dinner snacks and fruits) One by one, they are placed on a long row of table frames in the middle of the hall. Another two eunuchs sang out the names of the dishes one by one with a clear voice:
"Beauty presents tea: Lushan Yunwu, Shifeng Longjing, white jade milk tea!"
"Five types of refreshments: almond bergamot, crispy apple, wishful cake, kidney bean roll, mandarin duck roll!"
"Saving box first product: dragon and phoenix drawing gold and saving box dragon plate pillar!"
"Sixi Dried Fruits: Tiger Skin Peanuts, Weiwei Dabian, Milky White Grapes, Snow Mountain Plum!"
"Four sweet preserves: candied apples, candied longan, candied peaches, and candied green plums!"
"Food Art Appreciation: The Queen Mother's Peach, Crane and Deer Live Together, and Kylin Offers Fortune!"
"Eight dishes of cold dishes: prawns with anchovies, cold double crisps, rose beef, mushrooms with money, crystal fish sticks, agate salted eggs, peony stings, crystal elbow flowers!"
"Five appetizers: Longfeng Chengxiang, Hongzi Chicken Shredded Cucumber, Fuzi Braised Pork Loin, Wanzi Spicy Tripe Shredded, Nianzi Mushroom Hair Vegetables!"
"Four kinds of pickled vegetables: Palace Cucumber, Pickled Black Vegetables, Candied Garlic, Pickled Water Mustard Skin!"
"Exquisite seafood: Ganlianfu sea cucumber, golden silk swallow, moon palace fish maw, golden purple abalone, anchovy shark's fin, red plum pearl, crab with orange, hibiscus and mashed crab!"
"Red and White Barbecue: Hanging Stove Shaban Chicken, Mared Venison Skewers!"
"Treasures from the north and the south: pear sliced civet, Xianglong (shuang fei)!"
"Stir-fried eight products:" Yudai Shrimp, Guban Dragon Crab, Spicy Tendon, Oolong Tuzhu, Three Fresh Dragon and Phoenix Balls, Spicy Tendon, Deep-fried Quail, Kung Pao Hare! "
"First product of meal soup: canned pheasant shredded bird's nest, clam and toad soup!"
"Fresh wild vegetables: mountain thorns, broccoli, silver flower tofu, spring bamboo shoots, mountain celery, mountain bracken, lake rice wild rice!"
"Eight products of pastry: a mouthful of fragrance, lotus crisps, emerald dumplings, golden jade steamed buns, eight precious spring rolls, imperial bean curd, sesame rolls, jujube cake!"
"One product of porridge: lotus leaf porridge!"
"Standard dishes of imperial meals: minced pork pancakes, longxu noodles, Su Cui fried rice!"
"The second product of pastry: Jinzao clam, toad, pine nuts and dried conch!"
"One product of fruit: one product of seasonal fruit platter"
"Also: 30 years old sweet-scented osmanthus, 30 years old spring chrysanthemum, 30 years old rice wine!"
Dozens of dishes were divided into dozens of small porcelain cups and placed on the long tables on both sides of the hall.
"Report to the emperor, all the dishes are ready, and I have a new dessert to serve." The food supervisor sent me a message, and I returned the message to the emperor.
Then I presented the decorated chocolate ball, and made some carvings on the ball, which looked very delicate.
Everyone's eyes were immediately attracted by the chocolate ball in my hand. I brought it in front of the emperor, poured the preheated rose dew on the ball, and as the chocolate bloomed and melted like petals, the middle The desserts appeared in front of everyone like magic, and the hall was full of amazement.
The envoys lamented Daqi's vast land and rich resources, and even the dishes they had never seen before. Today really opened their eyes and made them more surrender to Daqi.
The words of these envoys made the emperor Long Yan very happy, and my mission was successfully completed in this way. Immediately after the emperor ordered me, I slowly retreated to the side.
Many of the cold and hot dishes in front of you are made of fine ingredients, and delicacies from mountains and seas are all in them. The single cooking methods include grilling, frying, frying, slipping, roasting, steaming, stewing, simmering, crisping, braised, popping, braised, shredded and other methods! Some of the dishes are as white as snow, some are as red as fire, some are as yellow as gold, and some are as blue as a pool...the colors are colorful, and all of them exude bursts of attractive fragrance!
Under the circumstances, how can everyone not move their index fingers in the face of such beautiful and fragrant food
After a while, the ministers began to chat, eat and drink, and the feast was intertwined, and the words were cheerful and enjoyable. Laughter rippled throughout the palace, and the atmosphere in the palace was very joyous and harmonious.
At the end of the banquet, the tables and tables in the hall were swept away like a storm, and everyone seemed very satisfied. Almost at the end of the banquet, I ordered the maids to serve farewell tea: Jasmine sparrow tongue!
So far, the whole state banquet is considered to be a perfect end. While everyone was tasting tea, I quietly walked out from the side door of Changxin Hall and strolled to a garden.
In autumn, the scenery in Yuanli fascinated me. In the blink of an eye, the leaves all turned golden yellow, and the sun shone through the gaps. At this moment, there are not only yellow leaves, but also maple leaves that are like fiery red leaves and evergreen green leaves. This boring and deep palace has added a lot of color, which makes people feel very happy.
I walked slowly in this garden alone, originally admiring the scenery aimlessly. But I heard that Wei Qi has also come, and I just searched for a long time in the hall, but there is no sign of him, could he be in this garden
As I was thinking, I looked around to see if he had come to the garden. I happened to see someone between the rockery there, and it was too far away to see who it was. At first I thought it was some court lady playing there, but when I got closer, I saw the person clearly.
Isn't this person Li Concubine Su Yueran
What is she doing here alone, huh? It seems that she is still talking to someone...
The author has something to say:
Concubine Li turns out to be a person with a story, as expected everyone is not simple~ little angels come here~