I walked slowly behind her, and the person who was talking to her gradually showed his face.
When I took a closer look, it turned out to be Wei Qi. And now Su Yueran saw me walking out from behind her, there was a trace of panic in her eyes.
"Greetings to Empress Li, Wei Qi, what are you doing here?"
After I greeted Concubine Li, I dragged Wei Qi over.
"I was a little bored during the banquet, so I came out to take a breath, walked all the way to this garden, and happened to see Empress Li was here, so I came over to say hello, no, you came over just after I said a few words .”
Wei Qi's answer was very casual. Turning to look at Su Yueran again, her flustered look just now was gone, replaced by her usual charming and lazy look.
"Nah, concubine Li, please chat slowly, the banquet is almost over, and I should go back."
After finishing speaking, Wei Qi bowed to Concubine Li, then I made a gesture, then turned and left.
"Master Song, you just asked Master Wei, but I also want to ask, why are you here?" After Wei Qi left, she took the lead in asking.
I didn't expect that she would call me Master Song. After all, I am nothing in the palace. At best, I am the princess's private cook. At worst, I am a servant in the imperial dining room. Why is she being so polite to me? Could it be for the sake of the princess again
Although I had doubts in my heart, I still answered respectfully:
"Returning to Your Majesty, the Holy Majesty held a state banquet in Changxin Palace today to entertain the envoys from all over the world and the princess of Xiye Kingdom. This banquet is in charge of this banquet. I heard that my friend Wei Qi is also here, but at the banquet I didn't see him, so I came out to look for him, and walked here."
Although I would also like to ask Concubine Li why she appeared here, the Ziyan Palace is not close to here, even if she is taking a walk, it is too far away.
But after all, she is the master and I am the slave. One of the life-saving tips in the palace is that it is best not to ask too many questions, or not to cause unnecessary trouble for yourself.
"Concubine Li, do you have anything else to do? If there is nothing else, the servant will retire."
I saluted her and decided to go first. Su Yueran and Wei Qi appearing here alone is really suspicious, even if Wei Qi just told me the reason, why did they meet Concubine Li by such a coincidence? No, I'll have to ask him again.
Just when I was about to leave, Su Yueran stopped me.
"Since Mr. Song is fine, why don't you accompany me around."
Although the princess repeatedly ordered me not to have any contact with this concubine Li, but now she has called me, I'm afraid it would be bad if I refuse, so I had to bite the bullet and go for a walk in the garden with her.
"I didn't expect Mr. Song to be so good at cooking. The last time I ate the Lan Ji Flame Steak cooked by Mr. Song, I still think about it. I still want to have a chance to ask Mr. Song if I can do it again. How about doing it once?"
Different from the usual winking eyes, there is a little playfulness and expectation in her eyes at this moment, like Yingying autumn water, clear and moving, she just turned her head to look at me.
"Your Majesty, it's really absurd. If your Majesty wants to eat it anytime, you can just order the slaves to do it. When it's done, I will send it to you in person. I haven't thanked your Majesty for what happened last time. Thank you." The empress did not care about the rashness of the slave."
Such eyes are too seductive. I followed the etiquette and didn't look back at her, but just responded with my head buried in her.
"Hehehehe~ Mr. Song don't need to be too nervous. You still remember what happened last time. You are from Princess Yihua's palace, so I won't embarrass you. Then, can I have steak in three days? ?” She took a fallen leaf with her hand and stroked it carefully.
It seems that this Concubine Li also likes to eat, food is really the top priority of the people.
"The slave promises that he will send it to Ziyan Palace in person in three days. Your empress can rest assured."
At this moment, a familiar and pleasant voice suddenly came out from behind me. There was a cold anger in this voice, and it could be heard that the owner of the voice was very unhappy at this moment.
"Xi Ran, no wonder I can't find you everywhere, so you are here to visit the garden with Empress Li?"
"It's terrible!" I thumped in my heart.
Then he turned around tremblingly.
"Princess, listen to my explanation, I..."
"Okay, come back to the palace with me." She didn't listen to my explanation, but interrupted me directly, and was about to leave.
I was so embarrassed that I didn't know what to do, I didn't know what to do.
"I haven't seen Princess Yihua for a long time. You look more generous and beautiful. I just met Mr. Song by chance and chatted with him a few more times. The princess doesn't need to embarrass him." Seeing Su Yueran at the side Then he sent a message.
"I haven't seen Concubine Li for a long time, and she is even more charming. If anyone in Yihua Palace has offended her, I hope she will be magnanimous. Please worry about your mother, if there is nothing wrong with her, I will take him back first, Xi Ran, let's go."
The princess speaks in a strange way at the moment, I can see swords, guns and halberds flying in the air, as long as she sees Concubine Li, she will become abnormal, which is why I usually stay away from Concubine Li.
For some reason, Concubine Li didn't reply, she just watched us leave from the same place, her eyes filled with the evil smile of the past, and said lightly:
"Song Xiran and the princess are really...interesting, really interesting~" After finishing speaking, she slowly turned around and headed towards the Ziyan Palace.
I chased the angry princess all the way back to Yihua Palace. She just kept going, no matter how I explained, she never looked at me.
After returning to the Yihua Palace, she sat on a chair in front of the hall, and Yuan'er came over with a cup of tea. I immediately took the tea and signaled to Yuan'er to go down first. Finding that the situation was wrong, he retreated knowingly.
With a smile on my face, I walked up to the princess with the tea and handed it to her. When I saw her take the tea, I was overjoyed. She is willing to take the tea I handed over, which shows that she is not as angry as before, and there is still a way to solve it~
I leaned over to her side and showed a trademark pitiful look and said to her:
"Princess, princess, I've explained it to you all the way. I really happened to meet Concubine Li, so don't be angry, okay?"
When she saw me like this, she immediately softened her heart. She was angry and helpless, and the anger in her stomach disappeared in an instant.
"Xi Ran, have I told you many times to stay away from Concubine Li? Although today was not your intention, can you promise me that you will never see her alone again in the future?" She followed the trend Leaning in my arms, like a quiet kitten.
This kind of her is irresistible, so I had no choice but to agree, but I said one more thing in my heart after delivering the steak.
At this moment, I suddenly had a wonderful idea in my mind.
"Zhen'er, shall we have hot pot tonight? Don't you like to eat wild mushrooms the most? Let's eat wild mushroom hot pot tonight. Month, I will make cakes for a few more months, it is perfect~”
I suddenly felt my mouth watering, very excited.
"Okay, whatever you say is fine, I will listen to you."
She saw me so excited, and the unhappiness just now was swept away.
So I happily went to the imperial dining room to prepare to go.
I first prepared a cleaned white jade ceramic pot.
Then skillfully cut some ginger and scallions, and put them all in the seasoning plate.
Then clean the fresh shiitake mushrooms, Flammulina velutipes, Yellow silk fungus, brush mushrooms, Sagittarius mushrooms, chicken silk mushrooms, gallinaceous mushrooms, boletus, three-identified mushrooms, bamboo fungus and other mushrooms from the tribute, and tear them into fine pieces. Long spare.
Afterwards, wash the slaughtered hens and chop them into pieces about two centimeters in size.
Put the chicken oil, eggs, and chicken gizzards into the pot together, add some water to cover the chicken,
After the water boiled, beat off the foam floating on the surface with a spoon, changed a pot of water, added some ginger pieces, boiled it to a simmer, and began to simmer the chicken soup.
In addition to all kinds of wild mushrooms, I also prepared some fresh vegetables and meat.
There are cabbage, spinach, pea sprouts, cabbage, potatoes, lotus root, spring bamboo shoots, mung bean sprouts, tofu, coriander, beef, pork, etc.
Just wait for a while to present them all. For hot pot, the natural ingredients must be richer to be delicious!
While the chicken soup was being stewed, on the other side I started preparing to make moon cakes.
Because it is the Mid-Autumn Festival, moon cakes are naturally indispensable.
I heard that the princess likes to eat red bean paste, so I plan to try to make it for her.
I took out some all-purpose flour, peanut oil, liquid soap and honey that I had prepared in advance, and I also brought out the red bean paste that had been fried in advance, so that I would not be in a hurry for a while.
Afterwards, I poured soapy water, peanut oil and honey into the basin in batches, and stirred them evenly in a clockwise direction with a stirring stick until the color became lighter.
Feeling that the stirring is almost done, pour in the prepared all-purpose flour.
Knead the dough with ingenuity, and then cover it with gauze. It needs to stand for about a stick of incense to allow the dough to fully ferment.
The time for a stick of incense passed quickly, and it was very pleasing to see the dough grow white and fat.
I took some small noodles and red bean paste and kneaded them into rounds for later use.
Then take out another face and squeeze it, and press it into the skin with the palm of your hand.
I squeezed the noodles around to make them thinner, then wrapped them with red bean paste, and sealed the mouth of the noodles with the tiger's mouth.
Seeing that the bean paste filling was gone, I took out moon cake molds of various colors. And sprinkle some cooked flour inside, the purpose of this is to prevent the dough from sticking to the mold and it is easy to release the mold.
Then put the uncooked bean paste mooncake embryo into the custom-made mold, and press it with your hands.
Under my withholding pressure, the mooncake embryo was successfully released from the mold.
The surface pattern and the edges and corners are sharp, and a raw moon cake is completed.
After a while, follow what you did just now. I've made a few in a row, and I put them in the oven at the same time after they were all done.
After baking for nearly a stick of incense, I took out the half-finished mooncake.
Add a spoonful of egg whites to the prepared egg yolk, and use a brush to smear the egg liquid. The purpose of brushing the egg liquid is to make the surface of the mooncake present an attractive golden color.
Then I put them back in the oven for a while longer.
After a while, the mooncakes exuding the attractive aroma of red beans were ready, and each of them looked so delicious.
The chicken soup over there is also very good, with a strong aroma of chicken, some chicken oil floating on the soup surface, and the bottom of the soup is clear.
Just add some condiments when it comes out of the pan, and it will be a perfect mushroom soup base.
I was very satisfied with my masterpieces, and I didn't care about the flour on my face, so I really wanted to take them over to share with the princess right away.
It's a pity that the state banquet at Changxin Palace has ended, and the emperor sent a young eunuch to order me to be summoned, but he should be very satisfied. Asking me to go is probably a reward for me.
I sent a message to Yuan'er, saying that the emperor wanted to summon me, and asked her to tell the princess to wait for me, I'll be right back. After finishing speaking, he followed the eunuch who sent the order to the imperial study.
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