Seeing that Mr. Song was trembling with fear, Zhang Shou changed his mind and said with a smile: "Mr. Song, where did your courage to argue with Princess Yongping go? You are a candidate who fought your way through the imperial examinations, and because of your hobby, you drugged or tied up the servants at home, and then swaggered to choose the imperial chef. How bold is that?"
"Why are you such a wimp now that we're at the last level?"
Dr. Zhang, you are bringing up something irrelevant. Mr. Song was almost crying, especially since he didn't hear anyone speak when he bowed down. He didn't know what the people in the palace, who he had never thought of before, were feeling, which made him even more anxious. Just as he was getting more and more panicked, he suddenly saw someone walking towards him.
He looked down and saw only a gorgeous pleated saffron skirt with golden hooks and jade rings hanging from the hem. He didn't even know where he got the idea from, but he even counted the number of jade rings, five in total. If he didn't count the jade rings, would he have moved his eyes upwards to look at the firm waist and high breasts? Although he had already seen them from the corner of his eye...
He didn't even need to look at that face. Just by hearing the sound of someone reaching out to take food, he knew that the only person who could be so bold and unscrupulous in front of the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, the two imperial concubines... anyway, so many nobles were present was Zhu Ying!
Sure enough, the visitor took a piece of food and ate it. After a while, he smiled and said, "Not bad, not bad. Chef Song's other cooking skills are average, but this dessert is really far superior to many famous chefs! Even this seemingly ordinary osmanthus dumpling can be made to have a different taste. The osmanthus is sweet but not greasy, and the dumpling tastes particularly delicate!"
Hearing Zhu Ying's praise, Mr. Song immediately felt very comfortable. He straightened his back from bending over just now, and said proudly, "Miss, you are right to praise me. This osmanthus ball is made by me myself, with complicated process, and I also steamed and prepared the dew on the osmanthus. The recipe took a long time, and of course, the ratio of rice is also very particular..."
Since he was talking about his proudest things, Mr. Song began to talk fluently without realizing it. At this moment, his confident and relaxed appearance was fine in the eyes of the emperor - the emperor had seen him change into a different person when talking about things he was good at - but it was different in the eyes of the empress dowager and Concubine Yu.
The timid and cowardly performance of Mr. Song when he came in just now was completely different from his calm and confident appearance at this moment. Although they couldn't understand why a good candidate liked cooking, since there was Zhang Shou's cooking, which Zhu Ying often talked about, as a contrast, it was not unacceptable.
However, if the person is timid and lacks confidence, they will definitely not agree!
But even so, Zhang Shou's only advantage is his cooking skills. That is just a special hobby of Zhang Shou, not his main job. Zhang Shou's main job is teaching and educating people. Just look at his many students! However, Mr. Song regarded the imperial examination as a supplement and was obsessed with cooking... He is also a strange person!