Great Tang princess

Chapter 65 Cooking
On the other side, Li Yuechen moved his rocking chair to the yard, lying on the rocking chair, pushing down his wet hair, hoping to use the heat of the sun to make it dry faster.

Xiao He stood by and waited on her, combing her hair with the comb in her hand from time to time.

Feeling a little dazzling, Li Yuechen took a handkerchief and covered his eyes, and suddenly asked: "Xiao He, you have been studying for a while, are you getting results now?"

"This servant is stupid. Although I have recognized a lot of characters, I still can't read most of the classics thoroughly..." Xiao He replied in a low voice.

Li Yuechen raised a finger and shook it: "It's not your problem, after all, you manage a lot of things in Anfu Hall every day... It's normal to have less time to study."

"Thank you for your understanding."

"Actually, I want to teach you some tricks, but... I wonder if you are willing?" Li Yuechen asked.

Although Li Yuechen can't see now with her eyes covered, she still saluted very respectfully: "Thanks to His Highness's love, I will be a servant..."

"I didn't mean that!" Li Yuechen raised his hand to interrupt her, and asked after two seconds of silence, "How old are you?"

Xiao He was a little puzzled, she didn't know why she asked this question suddenly, but she still replied very respectfully: "This year, my servant... is twenty-three."

"Well..." Li Yuechen nodded, and then seemed to sigh a little, "Actually, you are all poor people in this palace, whether it's you, Mrs. Zheng, or Wan'er..."

Xiao He replied: "It is our good fortune to meet His Highness."

"Hehe..." Li Yuechen smiled lightly, "Maybe so. I can't help everyone, but at least I can help you."

"What do you mean, Your Highness?" Xiao He felt that Li Yuechen seemed a little different today.

Li Yuechen replied: "I was taken care of by you since I was a child, so I will give you a choice today. If you want to leave the palace to marry someone, I will go and tell my grandfather, I will pay you, let you leave the palace, and restore your good health." Citizenship!"

In fact, Li Yuechen does not agree with the statement that "women should have children at home and take care of the family".

But in this day and age, this is the norm of ethics, and many women also believe in it, so of course she will not change it forcibly.

After all, Xiao He took care of him since he was a child. Although Li Yuechen didn't say anything, he regarded her as a sister in his heart.

It would be somewhat unbearable to watch her end up alone in this deep palace.

Unexpectedly, Xiao He knelt down suddenly, and burst into tears: "Please don't drive this servant away, Your Highness!"

"Huh?" Li Yuechen took a look at the handkerchief covering his eyes, then waved his hand and said, "You misunderstood, I didn't want to drive you away! To be honest, I still don't want you to leave!"

"Your Highness, are you serious?" Xiao He raised her head and asked.

"Really! Get up!" Li Yuechen lay back down again, "I just feel that if you stay with me all the time, I'm afraid I'll be lonely for the rest of my life."

After hearing her words, Xiao He wiped away her tears and stood up: "It's okay, it's good that I can stay with His Highness all the time."

"Why?" Li Yuechen asked.

Xiao He thought for a while, then sniffled: "The servants have been in the palace since they were young, and they are not used to being outside the palace, and they are very afraid... But now here, His Highness is kind to us, so there is no need to worry about anything."

Li Yuechen nodded: "In that case, stay by my side over there."

In fact, most of today's conversations are Li Yuechen's true inner thoughts, but there is still a small part, just to see if Xiao He can cultivate well.

After all, as my business grows bigger and bigger in the future, it is impossible to do everything by myself, so I always have to train some of my own people.

Putting aside the issue of loyalty, the key is whether the character is firm enough and whether he can handle things.

In the future, when the business grows bigger, the subordinates must have sufficient ability.

In fact, Xiao He has potential. An illiterate court lady can come here to take care of the princess, which is considered very capable.

Otherwise, she should not be here, but in Ye Ting Palace.

Just like Fulai, since he has the ability, it is better to cultivate it well so that he will not be so tired in the future.

As for whether they are more loyal to themselves or the emperor and queen, Li Yuechen doesn't care about that at all.

In fact, she wished Wu Zetian would spread her eyeliner all over her surroundings, so that she could prove that she was harmless to the emperor and empress, and that she was sincerely on their side.

It is best not to let go of every move you make 24 hours a day, all-round monitoring!

However, it is estimated that the couple will not be so frenzied, and Li Yuechen doesn't care about it at all.

After a while, Xiao He reminded: "Your Highness, the hair is almost done, only the ends are still a little damp."

"Yeah." Li Yuechen stood up from the rocking chair, "I'll draw a picture, and I'll go with me to the craftsman later."

"Here!"

Now that the iron pot is available, the blower can also be improved.

The blowers of this era were quite primitive, basically made of wood and leather, and required constant pulling and squeezing.

Don't bother me, the effect is still very poor.

Li Yuechen felt that the simplest fan-type blower used in rural areas could be produced first.

In the past, in the countryside, it was often used for cooking. It is not big, and the fan blade inside looks like a small shovel.

It's just that in this era without electricity, you can only choose the pedal type in the end.

Just like a stirring rod, the big wheel has a small wheel to increase the speed. Anyway, it is only used in the kitchen, and the material does not need to be too high. Wooden ones are fine.

After seeing the superb craftsmanship of carpenters in this era, Li Yuechen knew that this thing would definitely not trouble them.

Li Yuechen drew the picture three times, five times and two times, and then took Xiao He to the craftsman's supervisor.

Although the craftsmen couldn't understand the pictures drawn by the princess, it didn't matter, anyway, she could explain it clearly.

After listening to her explanation, the craftsmen patted their chests and said that it could be done in at most three days. Li Yuechen expressed that he was looking forward to their good news.

……

The next day, after Li Yuechen finished practicing, he planned to go to his shop to have a look.

When the carriage stopped outside the store, Li Yuechen opened the curtains, and saw a few brightly dressed young masters sitting together in groups, each with a bowl of fresh canned food in front of them.

Coincidentally, I saw a few sons laughing and preparing to go in, and the leader was none other than Liu Huang.

Seeing the familiar carriage, Liu Huang sent several other friends to go in first, and bowed slightly in front of the carriage: "I have seen Your Highness."

Li Yuechen felt a little surprised: "I remember I sent some canned food to Master, why do you still come here?"

There was a wry smile on Liu Huang's face: "The ones His Highness rewarded are so precious, I can't bear to touch them. I can only come out to satisfy my greed."

Seeing the painful expression on his face, Li Yuechen smiled, turned his head and said to Fulai: "Go in and tell Wang Xiang, give them half price today! Don't say anything!"

"Here!" Fulai agreed.

Liu Huang smiled when he heard it: "Oh, thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Yuechen grinned suddenly, waved his hands, and lowered the curtains.

There are a lot of guests inside today, and she is not suitable to appear here as a princess, so she won't get out of the car.

After the curtains were lowered, Fulai got up to go in and talk to Wang Xiang.

However, after jumping off the carriage, Liu Huang was still standing there.

So he walked over and gently reminded: "Why is Lang Jun still standing here?"

Liu Huang didn't seem to have reacted, and muttered to himself: "Your Highness has bright eyes and white teeth, and a face like peaches and plums, so pretty..."

"Bold!" Fulai snorted, "How dare you comment on His Highness's appearance!"

"Ah, this..." Liu Huang didn't seem to have thought that he would say it by accident, and he was about to apologise.

But Li Yuechen's voice came from inside the car: "Okay, let's go, we have to go back to the palace in a while!"

She did hear Liu Huang muttering to himself, but she just smiled, expressing her understanding in her heart.

After all, the old lady looks so cute, and it is normal to be too absorbed in watching it for a while.

Moreover, Liu Huang is different from He Lanmin, his eyes are pure admiration, and he will not be punished just because of this.

Hearing that the princess didn't pursue the matter anymore, Fulai didn't continue to say anything, but just warned Liu Huang to be careful with his eyes.

The murderous look in those eyes was real, after all, he personally buried the last one who plotted against the princess.

Liu Huang was taken aback by his murderous eyes, shivered slightly, and quickly followed him into the shop.

After explaining to Wang Xiang, Fulai got up and left. Before leaving, he gave Liu Huang a warning look.

Liu Huang hurriedly apologized, and bowed in the air.

After all, he is very aware of the methods of the palace people. Don't look at his grandfather who has already worshiped the prime minister. If he is really going to be sued secretly in front of the emperor and queen, he will lose his skin if he doesn't die.

……

Two days later, the craftsman delivered the finished blower.

Li Yuechen asked Fulai to sit in the yard and experiment.

As the feet kick up quickly on the pedals, the fan blades inside can be seen to rotate rapidly through the hollows on the side.

Walking in the direction of the air outlet, you can clearly feel the wind blowing from inside.

Although it is definitely not as good as the electric one, it is also many times better than the previous blower.

Not to mention, this effect has exceeded Li Yuechen's expectation.

Looking at the sky, the sun was just about to set, Li Yuechen waved his hand: "Take this and go to Shangshi Bureau."

"Your Highness doesn't have to go there in person, it's fine for the slaves to send them over." Fulai said.

"How can I cook if I don't go there myself?" Li Yuechen gave him a blank look, and expressed contempt for his IQ.

Fulai was stunned for a moment, and then reminded in a low voice: "Your Highness, the gentleman is far away from the kitchen, this..."

"I'm a woman, not a gentleman!" Li Yuechen was speechless, and walked towards Shangshi Bureau.

Fulai, who was choked and a little speechless, had no choice but to follow behind.

However, no one expected that Li Zhi and Wu Zetian would arrive after the two had just left.

Originally, the couple also had a whim and planned to come over to chat about the recent business affairs.

However, I didn't expect that when I came here, I came to nothing.

Hearing Xiao He said that he was not there, Li Zhi couldn't help scratching his hair.

It seems that I can't see anyone when I come here several times. Is there something wrong with this?
"Where is Chen'er?" Wu Zetian asked.

"Go back to your majesty, Your Highness just said... I went to Shangshi Bureau." Xiao He replied cautiously.

Li Zhi nodded, circling his health-care golf course: "Forget it, you're here, let's go and have a look. Let's just take a walk."

"According to His Majesty!" Wu Zetian nodded.

……

On the other side, after entering Shangshi Bureau and coming to the stove, Li Yuechen first asked Fulai to put down the blower, and then asked him to call two little eunuchs to come over and prepare to step on the pedals.

Afterwards, Li Yuechen asked the person in charge of the kitchen to prepare rice, eggs, and chopped mutton. At the same time, he cut some seasonings himself, intending to show his skills.

After getting everything ready, the iron pot was also placed on the stove, but Li Yuechen froze in place.

The main reason is that she is too short, and now she is just over a head taller than the stove.

So I sent someone to come over with a chair, and it was not until I stood on the chair that I felt almost done.

Just as he was about to start, Zhang Chengxin's voice suddenly came from outside: "The sage-"

Everyone immediately went out to greet them. Li Yuechen looked at the lard that had been put into the pot, jumped off his chair, and went out to greet them.

Li Zhi approached, feeling a little curious: "Why did Chen'er come here?"

"Hey, my baby is preparing to surprise my parents. Since the two adults are here, let's come in and have a look." Li Yuechen said with a smile.

"Okay, look over there." Li Zhi nodded.

Only Wu Zetian frowned, not knowing what kind of monster this girl was doing.

After entering the kitchen, the lard in the pot happened to be almost hot, so Li Yuechen asked two young eunuchs to sit beside them and step on the pedals in turn.

The blower spun up quickly, and a continuous wind was sent under the stove.

Li Yuechen took two eggs and opened them in the bowl next to them. After stirring them with chopsticks, he gently squeezed a little salt into it, and then poured the egg liquid into the pot.

"Shh-"

The moment the egg liquid entered the pot, it began to solidify. Li Yuechen stirred it with an iron spoon, and then poured the rice prepared next to it into it.

After stir-frying a few times, he used the animal skin next to him to place it on the iron pot, grabbed the iron pot with his left hand, and the rice and eggs in the pot jumped into the air.

After a somersault, it fell back into the pot again.

At this moment, a special fragrance has spread.

Li Zhi sniffled, turned his head and glanced at Wu Zetian with interest.

This scent is different from the food you usually eat.

A plate of egg fried rice was ready soon, and Li Zhi couldn't wait to reach out to try it, but Zhang Chengxin stopped him and said, "You can't be a sage, this old slave will try it first!"

"Yeah." Li Zhi nodded.

Although the chance of being poisonous is very small, it is better to try if you are careful.

Zhang Chengxin first tried it with a silver needle, and then took a bite.

Then he stood by the side, intending to wait a while to see the reaction.

Li Zhi asked: "How does it taste?"

"I don't know how to describe it, so I invite the sage to taste it for himself." Zhang Chengxin said.

Li Yuechen didn't bother to care about that, so he asked a eunuch next to him to quickly clean the pot, and then prepared the second dish of sautéed mutton with green onions, which is today's main course!

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