Shangshi female official

Chapter 179 Bazhen Tofu 1
The crab roe soup dumpling lay completely in the small steamer. The female historian lifted it up with chopsticks, just like lifting a bag of water. She lifted it from the small steamer to the low-rim azure bowl. Finally, the soup dumpling looked like the butt of a one or two-year-old baby. Sit down on the ground and fall into the bowl.

The emperor drank the soup from the soup dumplings first. The soup must be extremely delicious. The broth was boiled all night last night, and today it was cooled in the well water to make soup jelly. Then it was wrapped into thin-skinned buns with crab meat and steamed.

People who like to eat fresh fish and mutton will definitely not be able to resist this delicious taste.

After eating this round of crabs, I probably couldn’t eat the other dishes. Finally, I served a dish of sugar crab, which is made of hard sugar cakes shaped like crabs. It was rare for the emperor to take a bite. He should be satisfied with this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet. .

Most of the dishes they cooked today were cold and refreshing, but they didn't dare to use too much. They also added ginger to dispel the cold, and added a ginseng black chicken soup to the emperor to replenish qi. These days, ginseng is used in the soup every day to replenish qi. , now looking at the emperor’s face, it seems to be somewhat effective.

After dinner, a round of tea was served. Concubine De stood up and paid homage to the emperor: "Your Majesty, today there is a full moon to accompany you. I look at the clear light. It is bright and clean. It matches the chrysanthemums placed by the housekeeper in the back garden. The heaven and earth correspond to each other. It is not as good as the moon." Please invite my daughter who is here today to enjoy the moon together, so that we can appreciate the talents of the girls."

The emperor's face was red, his eyes were as unclear as fog, and he raised his hand and said: "Okay, okay, okay."

"Then please ask the Holy One to move the back garden."

The emperor stood up and swayed from side to side twice before he stood still. When he took a step forward, he fell down on the chair. Feng Xiaobao panicked and ran two steps to hold him up. He shouted in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty? Your Majesty?"

Concubine De was also panicked and was wondering what was going on with the emperor. The empress walked to the emperor first, touched the emperor's forehead, checked his nose, and finally breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The emperor is drunk and drank too much." , quickly help him to rest in the Yangxin Hall."

Concubine De originally arranged for all the ladies from the official family to go to the back garden to enjoy the moon and chrysanthemums with the emperor, and recite poems and poems, but the emperor was too drunk, so he could only watch the empress and the emperor leave, leaving her alone on the stairs. It doesn’t matter if you go up, stay, or leave.

Wang Yifu turned his eyes back with a smile on his lips.

That wine was made from a bitter cold country in the north. Foreign countries came to pay tribute that year. Grandma Chen specially found it for the emperor to taste. It also happened to be served with crabs. It was already considered a big deal for an ordinary person to drink three cups. The emperor will definitely have a few more drinks at this Mid-Autumn Festival dinner. It would be strange if he didn't.

"Let's all disperse!" Concubine De was upset and lost her smile, so she just ordered this calmly.

Everyone in Wuying Hall dispersed. Concubine De walked down the stairs and was about to return to the palace. She suddenly stopped and turned around to see the four people they were serving in the food bureau.

Seeing Wang Yifu, Concubine De came over and said with a smile: "Wang Sishan? The imprisonment has been lifted?"

Wang Yifu bowed and said, "Thanks to Hong Fu, the empress, the palace will judge the case impartially. Yifu is innocent, so I released him."

Concubine De glanced at the four people from Shangshi Bureau one by one and sneered: "Your Shangshi Bureau is quite capable. A full crab feast? Who came up with such a good idea?"

Aunt Chen smiled and replied: "My Lady, this year the crabs are particularly fat and plentiful. I think that the daughters of the Imperial family will pay tribute to your Majesty, so they must eat well and in a timely manner. Eat crabs during the Mid-Autumn Festival. This has been the case since ancient times. All crabs The banquet can also show the royal style, let the ladies from the official family go back, have knowledge to talk about, and make the royal family look good, so we made this arrangement."

"Chen Shangshi is quite thoughtful."

"As a minister, you should share the emperor's worries."

"Is it to spread rumors and sow discord between the Emperor and the Prince to share the Emperor's worries?"

Concubine De asked with a non-smiling smile, which sent chills down the backs of several people. However, Nanny Chen was still calm and she bowed again and said, "I am scared, I am afraid that Concubine De will misunderstand me."

Concubine De took a step closer and smiled softly at Nanny Chen: "It doesn't matter if I misunderstand you or not. In the future... I will have plenty of opportunities to deal with you." Concubine De glanced at them and left with a smile on her face.

Aunt Chen, Mo Xi and You Sishan all looked ugly after hearing what she said. Only Wang Yifu laughed easily. Mo Xi asked in confusion: "She has already fallen out with us, why are you still there?" laugh?"

"She's in a hurry."

"what?"

Wang Yifu looked into Mo Xi's eyes and analyzed: "She is in a hurry. On weekdays, she pays most attention to her reputation. She never says anything unpleasant to others and maintains a dignified and virtuous appearance, no matter whether she is an enemy or not. Friend, you must remain friendly. Today’s scorn must be the Third Prince’s fault, it really messed up her sense of proportion.”

Mo Xi said helplessly: "She has to find trouble for us if she is anxious, which is not a good thing."

Wang Yifu smiled and said: "No, if it were her before, maybe we would have nothing to do and punch her on the soft pillow. But if she gets anxious, she will definitely get into trouble."

"What Eph said makes sense." Grandma Chen agreed: "The emperor must be more careful when entering the things. I'll look for the person who made the imperial palace later. I have to be careful with the utensils, incense and other things."

"Mommy, why not..."

"What's wrong?"

"Why don't you relax and give her some chances?"

Grandma Chen was stunned. She looked around first, then looked Wang Yifu up and down, and said, "You are a treasonous person. You must not talk nonsense like this again!"

"Yes, Eph understands."

I thought that Concubine De would be in a hurry to do something, but after the Mid-Autumn Night Banquet, everything was calm and winter had entered.

The officials wore ear warmers and velvet cloaks, and the eunuchs carrying red carrots crunched on the winter snow. Wang Yifu occasionally saw them, and always thought of the pilgrims in Baochan Temple, who spent a lot of money every year to exchange them. Carbon is used to support the eminent monks in the temple, and even the ascetic monks do not use it in winter. They wait for distinguished guests from Zen to come to their homes before using it to heat the guests.

Not long after the lunch was delivered to Kunning Palace, the Queen Mother issued an order, saying that today's Bazhen Tofu was very good, and she wanted to give a portion to the little prince's wet nurse, and let the imperial kitchen prepare it and deliver it.

It is necessary to prepare two portions of the ingredients for cooking for the Queen Empress every day. Wang Yifu happened to use the remaining portion to bake the Bazhen Tofu. When the dish was finished, he found that the Empress Dowager's female historian had not left. Wang Yifu I thought I was giving this dish to her, but she didn't expect that she said: "Wang Sishan, the Queen asked you to deliver it in person."

"I'll deliver it?"

"Yes, after delivering the food, I still have to go to Kunning Palace to get back to the empress."

Although Wang Yifu didn't understand why the Queen asked her to deliver it in person, she could not violate the Queen's order. She took off her apron, put the vegetables into a food box with a base of hot salt water, and took it to Dongwu Institute.

On the way to the East Fifth Institute, she saw another eunuch carrying the carbon in the same direction as her, presumably sending it to the East Fifth Institute for the princes to use.

(End of this chapter)