Great Tang princess

Chapter 66 Family Dinner

The biggest difference between stir-frying and steaming and other foods is that the taste will diffuse when it is about to be cooked.

When the scallion and ginger were put into the pot and the color of the mutton changed, the whole kitchen was filled with a scent.

Li Zhi sniffled, turned his head and said: "It seems that I have a good fortune today, I didn't expect Chen'er to have such a skill."

But Wu Zetian said: "The princess of a country cooks here, it's just..."

Although I have to admit, this smell is very appetizing just by smelling it.

"It's okay, Chen'er is just doing research, and it will be fine to teach it to the royal chef in the palace in the future." Li Zhi is very open-minded about this.

But then, when he saw Li Yuechen holding the big iron pot with one hand and starting to stir-fry, he couldn't help but nodded, and sighed in his heart: Good skill!
Naturally, he could see that the iron pot was unclear, but Li Yuechen could stir fry it with one hand if he wanted.

It's just that in order not to shock the world too much, I still use the bottom of the pot to support the stove and continue to turn it over with skill.

After a while, a pot of fragrant scallion-stir-fried lamb was placed on the plate.

Zhang Chengxin didn't even try the silver needle this time, but just took a bite, and then stood by and waited.

However, in order to keep warm, he ordered the eunuch next to him to take a porcelain basin to cover it.

Li Yuechen jumped down from the stool: "Grandpa, taste the taste later, if you think it's good, how about letting the children prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner this year?"

"Okay, let's see which one is better between Chen'er and my imperial chef!" Li Zhi stretched out his hand to rub her face with a smile.

Wu Zetian next to him reminded: "In the future, you can study these matters by yourself, and you must not use them outside!"

"Don't worry, Ma'am, the child understands!" Li Yuechen raised his head and agreed with a smile.

After about twenty minutes, Zhang Chengxin nodded: "Saint, empress, it must be all right."

Li Zhi couldn't wait a long time ago, and ordered the eunuch to remove the porcelain basin, and directly picked up a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth.

"Um--"

After groaning wildly, Li Zhi nodded while chewing: "Not bad... Meiniang, come and try too!"

Wu Zetian also picked up a piece and tried it, but his reaction was not as strong as his, but he still nodded: "Not bad!"

Afterwards, the two tried fried rice with eggs. Although it was not as good as fried lamb with scallions, Li Zhi was full of praise for the fresh taste.

Li Yuechen stood beside him with a smile: "Grandfather, can you prepare for this year's dinner?"

"Okay!" Li Zhi agreed, "But Chen'er, it's better to leave this matter to the imperial chef in the future."

"I can teach them." Li Yuechen said, "When the time comes, parents will be able to eat these delicacies that the child researched every day."

"En." Li Zhi nodded, and called a group of royal chefs: "You have recently followed the princess to learn this new cooking method. If you learn it well, I will reward you!"

Li Yuechen stood next to Li Zhi with his hips akimbo, waving his hands like him: "If you can develop new dishes based on what I teach, this princess will also reward you!"

Seeing her acting like a monster, the people next to her blushed and wanted to laugh but didn't dare.

Only Wu Zetian grinned: "Chen'er, you have overstepped!"

"No problem, no problem..." Li Zhi waved his hand indifferently, bent down and rubbed his daughter's head, "In the future, you don't need to call yourself 'My Princess', just 'Ben Gong'."

Li Yuechen looked puzzled: "But isn't the baby still untitled? How can he call himself my palace?"

Hearing her question, Li Zhi was stunned for a moment, then he looked at Wu Zetian and laughed.

"Hahaha...Silly boy, isn't 'Taiping' a title?"

"Isn't that the dao name?" Li Yuechen asked with his head tilted and his big eyes open.

"Hahaha..." Li Zhi seemed to feel healed when he saw his daughter's appearance, and laughed again.

Zhang Chengxin leaned over and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, the Taoist title bestowed by the sage is equivalent to a title."

"I see..." Li Yuechen nodded.

Then he turned around directly, and waved to the royal chefs with one hand on his hips: "If you can develop new dishes based on what I teach, Bengong..."

"Shut up!" Wu Zetian stopped suddenly, "Is this title just for your enjoyment?"

"Hey, baby, isn't this just a try..." Li Yuechen smiled coyly, and then shook her hand: "Ma'am, just watch it, this year's dinner must be very interesting."

……

It was only a few days before the Chinese New Year, and Li Yuechen needed to prepare meticulously.

The first thing is to ask the chef to list all the things that are available for the New Year, and see what dishes can be made.

I have to say that some vegetables can still be obtained in the palace in winter. I heard that they are grown in hot springs, but the quantity is small and small.

After reading it, Li Yuechen knew it in his heart.Practicing in the morning every day, the activity in the afternoon is changed to writing recipes.

Write down all the recipes that I can think of now, and let these royal chefs learn.

It's a pity that none of the imperial chefs can read and write, which makes Li Yuechen feel helpless. It's really not easy to teach illiterates.

But fortunately, the Chinese New Year is not far away, so Li Yuechen decided to let them watch on the night of the New Year's Eve.

Although these people are illiterate, they have rich experience in cooking, and they are basically the same after reading it.

By the end of the year, there were many more things in the court.

All kinds of reports from various places in the past year have poured in one after another, and the number of memorials on the table is several times more than usual.

My mother, Wu Zetian, has been glued to a chair recently, basically not moving except for sleeping and going to the toilet.

……

When the end of the month was approaching, Li Yuechen called Xiao He and Mrs. Zheng into the inner hall.

The two came in and saw that Princess Xuancheng and Princess Yiyang were also there. They were a little curious for a while, not knowing what they were going to ask.

Seeing them coming, Li Yuechen asked directly: "I just want to ask, what do you think of the sanitary napkin? Is it practical?"

Almost everyone was taken aback by Li Yuechen's straightforward usage, looked at each other for a while, and were a little embarrassed to answer.

Seeing that they all lowered their heads and said nothing, Li Yuechen was a little puzzled: "What's the matter? Tell me!"

"This...not bad..." Princess Xuancheng spoke first, but the voice was so soft that it sounded like a mosquito.

If it weren't for the fact that children generally have good hearing, they wouldn't be able to understand what she was saying at all.

Seeing that someone took the lead, Princess Yiyang also nodded: "It's much easier to use than the original one."

Then Li Yuechen turned his head and looked at Xiao He and Zheng Shi with a questioning expression.

The two also tried to make their voices calmer: "This thing is very useful. If possible, I will use it in the future."

"That's good!" Li Yuechen nodded, since they had all experimented, they decided to give their mother a gift.

So I went to the Shangyi Bureau to get two brand new cotton underwear and a few sanitary napkins and went to Renshou Hall.

This time I didn't ride my own tricycle again, because now Li Yuechen has already sat in it and it feels a bit cramped.

So I threw it to Shangguan Wan'er and let her toss about it at will. Anyway, it is estimated that it will be thrown to the second brother Li Xian to let his children play in a short time.

……

All the way to Renshou Hall, Li Yuechen greeted Zhang Chengxin at the door, and jumped in.

Because the weather was a bit cold, Li Zhi leaned almost completely in front of the tea pot: "Chen'er came a little early today."

Li Yuechen chuckled: "Today I'm here to give Aniang a gift!"

While talking, he came to the table and opened the thing wrapped in silk in his hand.

Wu Zetian looked down and asked casually, "What is this?"

Pack!Then put on!
Li Yuechen crazily complained in his heart, what everyone in Anfu Palace knows, the main thing in your harem is if you don't know that this empress is in vain!
In the harem, as long as there are more than two people who know about it, it is impossible for Wu Zetian not to know about it, it just depends on whether she is willing or not.

Of course, when I think about it, I still have to introduce it to her with a look of pride on my face: "This thing is specially researched by the boy for A Niang, this is..."

After Li Yuechen roughly explained, Wu Zetian reached out and touched her head: "Chen'er has a heart."

"Hey, that's it!" Li Yuechen smiled and raised his hand to gently beat her leg, "Mother and Dad are tired every day, and my child can only share the worries of the two adults in this way."

Li Zhi next to him watched the interaction between the mother and daughter with a smile on his face.

Of course he knew about the underwear, and asked the Shangyi Bureau to make it and try it on on the first day.

It's a pity that Wu Zetian's clothes are very comfortable, but he feels panicked!
Fortunately, the people in the Shangyi Bureau are not simple. As senior tailors, they immediately know where the problem is. Recently, they have been trying to make men's models with pockets.

At the same time, they also knew that Li Yuechen sent it after letting other people try it first, and they liked her careful filial piety even more.

The only thing that makes Li Yuechen feel a little pity is that at present, only the royal family and the rich can afford it. It seems that he still needs to find a way to promote the cultivation of cotton and keep the price down.

……

In the blink of an eye, it was the night of the New Year's Eve, and after Li Yuechen's proposal, this year's dinner was held at Shangshi Bureau.

Anyway, as long as the big round table is moved over, there will be no outsiders, and it will be the same wherever you eat.

Although the tables and chairs had been set up, almost all the family gathered around to watch her cook.

On the other side, a group of royal chefs stood by, watching and discussing something in a low voice.

The biggest problem with cooking is oily fume. Li Yuechen opened the window next to the stove, because the temperature next to the stove is high, so the oily smoke will fly out along the window.

The rich aroma permeated the stove, and a Tang Dynasty version of roasted beef tofu was ready in no time.

In the Tang Dynasty, the slaughter of cattle was actually prohibited by law. If the cattle in the family were sick or something happened, they had to report to the government and send someone to investigate. Only when the situation was found to be true could they be killed.

But royal...that doesn't matter.

Seeing the delicious dishes coming out of the pot, Prince Li Hong standing in the front couldn't help sniffling: "It smells so good!"

"Yeah, this dish looks appetizing!" Li Xian chimed in, "I never thought that Yuechen would have such skill!"

"Anyway, if Yuechen understands it or not, he will research something new. I'm almost used to it." Li Xian laughed.

Li Zhi patted his son's head: "That's right, I'm used to it now."

Li Lun didn't say a word, just stared at the churning food in front of his eyes with his big eyes, and smacked his mouth twice, seeming to swallow a mouthful of saliva.

The two sisters were at the back, looking at Li Yuechen who was standing on a chair and in charge of cooking with smiles on their faces, their beautiful eyes were full of appreciation.

The two older sisters usually lived with her, so compared to the emperor or other princes, this younger sister actually surprised them more.

She seems to know everything, has different views on everything, and always has novel views and practices.

Among the people present, only the two of them knew the most things about Li Yuechen. At this moment, it was taken for granted that Li Yuechen knew about cooking.

"Okay, don't watch around here, second brother, help put the dishes on the table." Li Yuechen reminded with a smile.

Li Xian was taken aback: "Why did you let me go?"A gentleman is far away from the kitchen, I am the king of Pei...'

Before he finished speaking, he accidentally saw Li Zhi and Wu Zetian looking at him with smiles on their faces.

"Cough..." Li Xian cleared his throat, "Yuechen is right, today is a family feast, serving food for two adults is what a child should do..."

While talking, he reached out to pick up the prepared dishes and delivered them to the table. Several other sons and daughters also asked Li Yuechen what he could do.

"Prepare the bowls and chopsticks." Li Yuechen reminded.

Several other children also turned around and began to fight for the bowls and chopsticks.

Li Lun and Li Xian competed for a bowl: "Brother, I am the youngest, I should leave these trivial matters to me..."

"That's wrong. Today's family banquet doesn't need to be formal. Normally, Shiro and his elder brother love each other, and today he should do something to give back to his elder brother..." Li Xian said while grabbing the bowl from his own hand.

The two elder sisters covered their mouths and watched this scene with a light smile, wanting to laugh but holding back their courage.

Li Zhi and Wu Zetian looked at each other and smiled, surprisingly did not teach them a lesson, but watched them fight each other.

As the eldest brother, Li Hong originally wanted to teach a lesson with a straight face, but when he saw that the couple were both smiling and in a good mood, they opened their mouths, but they didn't say anything.

Zhang Chengxin, who was waiting next to him, couldn't bear it anymore. He quietly turned his back and lowered his head, but his shoulders still twitched.

Li Yuechen fried the dishes one by one, and in a short while the table was filled with several plates, all kinds of fresh things they had never seen before were placed on the whole table.

Then Li Yuechen took out another fish that had been processed and cut a few cuts on his body, and put it into the boiling oil in the pot.

Seeing this scene, Wu Zetian had a dark face: "Chen'er, this fish..."

"Don't ask!" Li Yuechen interrupted her, turned her head and showed a cute smile: "As long as Auntie doesn't ask, it's equivalent to not knowing!"

"Nonsense!" Wu Zetian shouted in a low voice.

"Okay, okay, no problem." Li Zhi smiled, "This ban is just for show, I wanted to abolish it a long time ago, it's just because Gao Zu couldn't say it clearly...it's better to just turn a blind eye. "

Li Xian and the others secretly looked at each other and smiled at each other.

In fact, a few of them also secretly ate carp, but they ate it raw. Unexpectedly, there are other ways to cook carp.

Now that Li Zhi had expressed his attitude, they all began to look forward to it.

　Thanks to the rudder master of [Faith Yu] for the reward! ! !

　　Thank you [Luo Lingfeng] for the reward of 500 starting coins!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)