It was because of the development of the "Wanfu Pork" dish that Yan Langqing stood out at the longevity banquet and was called into the palace by the emperor to be the royal chef, but it turned out that this so-called famous dish was actually stolen by her. blood. Although Lin Dan didn't have any proof, she was able to completely restore the color and aroma of Wanfu meat with a few pieces of tofu, and it was even better than Yan Langqing's, which was enough to prove the truth of what she said.
What's more, her father's two apprentices are both chefs in Yan's restaurant, and they hold a lot of money every month. As long as they are brought in for torture, it is not difficult to find out the truth.
But the emperor didn't care about that. He is the lord of the world, and whoever he wants to protect can't be easily touched by others, so he took people away without asking Yan Langqing's crime of bullying the king, and the competition ended hastily. Fortunately, Lin Dan didn't care about these things, wrapped the golden knife and the recipe in red silk, and walked out of Xiangyuan without any hassle.
Tang Jiu followed behind her and whispered, "No wonder you let me not worry about it, have you already thought of a countermeasure?"
Before Lin Dan could answer, Weiyuan Hou had strode over and said with a laugh, "Manager Lin, I am thirty-nine this year. Ability, if you don't dislike it, how about making a hundred-year contract with me?"
Lin Dan looked at him in astonishment, speechless for a long time.
Tang Jiu's brows furrowed fiercely, and he scolded: "Master Hou, please don't make such jokes indiscriminately, be careful not to sully the reputation of Manager Lin!"
"When did Ben joking? Ben is serious. If you can marry such a smart, virtuous and virtuous woman as Shopkeeper Lin, I don't know if it is the blessing that Ben has cultivated for many generations. Tang Shizi, you are so anxious. , don't you also have unreasonable thoughts about Manager Lin?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Tang Jiu hurriedly turned to look at Lin Dan, but saw that the other party had been pulled aside by Prince Cheng and Prince Gong to talk, and then boarded the carriage and left without reluctance. For ordinary people, marrying into a high-level family seems to be a fortune that cannot be obtained, but to her, it seems like a trouble.
She doesn't seem to have much interest in everything in the world except to study cooking. This contradictory attitude of having no desires, but being extra serious, deeply attracts the people around her. Tang Jiu stared straight at the passing carriage with a very frustrated expression. Weiyuanhou turned the wrench on his hand, and his eyes were full of impending success.
At the same time, Yan Langqing was kneeling beside the emperor tremblingly.
"I didn't expect the zongzi soaked in grey water to be so delicious. After I went back, I asked the people in the imperial kitchen to think about it and make it as it is." Yan Langqing was by his side, but he never mentioned asking her to restore the grey water zongzi. , It can be seen that the competition just now, and the various disputes that followed, have greatly reduced his perception of Yan Langqing.
Yan Langqing's face turned pale.
When the carriage passed Qingyun Lane, the emperor said slowly: "Stop the car and send a few people to seal the Yanjia restaurant."
Yan Langqing raised her head suddenly, her eyes horrified.
The emperor just glanced at her and smiled casually: "Why, you spread the imperial edict and bully the market, wouldn't you think that I just let it go?" During the speech, Yan Shouye was in a hurry from the carriage behind him. Shouting, he repeatedly asked the guards why they wanted to close their shop. The guard pointed to the carriage in front of him, saying that it was the emperor's intention, his tongue seemed to be taken away by a cat, and he was instantly dumbfounded.
The emperor snorted coldly, causing Yan Langqing to tremble with fright. She thought she had completely lost her holy heart, but unexpectedly the emperor took her hand and said in a slow tone, "You have been in the palace for seven or eight years. , you can make delicacies from the mountains and seas, and you can send famous chefs from all over the world. What skills do you want to learn, I will let them teach them all. Logically speaking, your attainments will definitely not be inferior to Lin Dan, who was born in the countryside. But you can see Look, you still lost to her today, and even your signature dishes were stolen or copied from others, without your own characteristics at all, so it can be seen that you lack a little talent in cooking."
Yan Langqing couldn't raise her head when the emperor said it, her pale face flushed red little by little, her heart was full of embarrassment and shame.
The emperor changed the topic and said again: "Since you don't have the talent to be a cook, you can enter the palace to be my woman, and I will not treat you badly."
Yan Langqing raised her head suddenly, looked at the emperor in astonishment, struggled for a while and finally nodded. She has nothing now, and is still making enemies everywhere in the chef world. Even the storefront has been sealed by the royal family. After leaving the palace, where is there any way to survive? However, when you become a concubine, everything is different. In the past, she served people, and now people serve her. Why not do it
The emperor touched her delicate face, and his movements seemed very gentle, but his words were full of coldness, "Since you have entered the palace, you should let your family rest in peace. If you cause trouble to me, I will not be merciful. ."
Yan Langqing trembled fiercely, and nodded quickly and fearfully. In a trance, she did not realize that the attitude of the emperor who used to be responsive and caring to her had completely changed. He thought that Yan Langqing was a pure and kind girl, the last piece of pure land in this dirty palace, but it turned out that she was no different from others. She would also calculate, plunder, and bully the weak, and her family members were vulgar and ignorant and domineering, which made him even more annoying.
The emperor never believed in the phrase "getting out of the mud but not stained". Those who are stuck in the mud will only become dirtier, because they need to survive, so they will do whatever they can, just like himself. So in an instant, he completely abandoned his longing and affection for Yan Langqing, and only regarded her as an ordinary hunting target. In the mouth, the freshness is over, she will not be any different from those concubines who have fallen out of favor.
But Yan Langqing didn't guess the emperor's mind, and thought that she was always the most special one in the heart of the other party, so she dared to say: "Your Majesty, can you let me stay at home for a while? My father's injury has not healed. , I want to wait for him to recover before returning to the palace."
The emperor gave her a deep look, and after a while he nodded indiscriminately.
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On this side, Lin Dan has returned to Sanchakou Hutong. As soon as he got off the carriage, he saw several young and middle-aged men greet him with overjoyed looks: "Manager Lin, you are finally back! When are you going to open the store?"
"I won't open the store anymore, I will leave the capital in a few days." Lin lightly waved his hand.
Several men looked like a concubine, and they wanted to persuade them again, but they saw a eunuch leading a group of guards to come forward with a mighty voice, and said loudly: "Are you Chef Lin Danlin? You won the game today, Your Majesty. I'll give you a plaque, keep it."
Only then did Lin Dan realize that the two guards standing behind him were carrying a square plaque wrapped in silk and satin. After lifting the silk, there were six big characters written in gold paint on it—the successor of the golden knife and the royal chef, and it also covered the emperor's. Private print.
It's a pity that these words are now not uncommon for Lin Dan, but she still accepted the plaque, sent the eunuchs and guards away with red envelopes, closed the door of the store and quietly packed up. The few men standing outside the door were completely dumbfounded. After a long while, they said, "My darling, the shopkeeper Lin is actually the descendant of the Golden Knife Royal Kitchen. It's amazing! We eat royal food every day!"
"Don't fucking dream! Don't you hear me, Manager Lin is not going to open a shop here! He is a descendant of the Golden Knife Royal Chef, and if he wants to open a shop, he will go to Xicheng. Who would be patient to cook two copper plates for us to sell a bowl of noodles?" The other men were filled with remorse. If they had known that Manager Lin was a descendant of the royal chef, they would not have cherished her cooking skills so little. Now that I think about it, Manager Lin's craftsmanship and character are excellent. She can open a store in Nancheng, isn't it a blessing for Nancheng people? It's a pity they don't know how to cherish happiness.
Lin Dan packed his luggage and left the capital directly. Before he arrived at the house, he saw Mrs. Qi standing at the intersection and looking over his neck, with a worried look on his face. She never thought that her daughter would win, and only hoped that she would come back safely. So, when Lin Dan tore the silk cloth and showed her the recipe and the golden knife, she opened her eyes wide and covered her mouth, but she couldn't recover for a long time.
"What, what is this?" she asked in disbelief.
Lin Dan handed over two things, and said with a chuckle, "Mother, I won my father's things back, you can keep them."
"Win, win? Did you really win?" Mrs. Qi kept stroking the golden knife and the recipe, gradually burst into laughter, and burst into tears after a while. Over the years, my daughter has been wandering and wandering, she has suffered too many difficulties and suffered too much, she is distressed!
Lin Dan hugged Mrs Qi and patted her gently, her voice very calm, "Mother, let's go somewhere else. The world is vast outside, and there are many delicious foods waiting for us."
Qi Shi whimpered and nodded, his eyes sparkling with joy.
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It's not easy to go out these days. You have to prepare a lot of materials, plan the route, and get the way. It doesn't mean that you can go. Lin Dan stayed in the suburbs of Beijing for more than a month. Seeing that everything was ready and ready to go, there was bad news from the capital - Yongding Hou's mansion was raided for colluding with foreign thieves, and Tang Guifei was also put into a cold palace and could not turn over, fearing that the family would be wiped out. disaster.
Seeing that the situation had changed drastically, and if he didn't leave, he might be implicated. Instead, Lin Dan stayed and only sent the Qi family away, and then sent the servant to the city to find out the news. The situation developed very rapidly, but within three days, the charges were settled. The female relatives of Yongding Hou’s mansion were exiled for 3,000 miles, and all the men were sentenced to beheading.
A few days later, even worse news came. The sixty-eight female relatives of Yongding Hou's mansion were unbearably humiliated, and they were all hanged on the beam, including Tang Guifei in the cold palace. The emperor was very angry about this, and he wanted to ask Tang Jiu several people before the autumn, as if he was very urgent. On the day of the beheading, Lin Dan hurried to the court with a huge food box to see Tang Jiu off.