Stepmother Shaoguang

The sage was entertaining the ministers today, but he just took the time to sit down for a while, and gave eight dishes, which can be regarded as giving the Queen Mother face in front of everyone.

After dinner, everyone is going to leave the palace, and they have to go back before the key is released at the palace gate.

He Shaoguang waited for Xu Ruyun to pack up and leave together, but was stopped when he said goodbye to the Queen Mother.

It was Qiao Yuping, she said after deliberation: "I haven't seen Second Madam Lu for a long time, Auntie, can I ask Second Madam to stay with me tonight?"

The words were obviously arrogant, yet they were tentative and cautious when they came out of Qiao Yuping's mouth.

The queen mother loves this niece more and more, so she naturally agrees.No one asked He Shaoguang's opinion, so he was retained for no reason.

Fortunately, she knew that Qiao Yuping had no ill intentions towards her, so she gave Xu Ruyun a reassuring look.

"Yuping?" After the crowd dispersed, there were only a few palace lanterns left in the silent courtyard, so He Shaoguang asked her what she meant with a puzzled face.

Because of that person's death, the decorations in Yongfu Palace were much simpler than before. The Empress Dowager Gein said that worshiping Buddha must be sincere, but fortunately she didn't force the people below to eat vegetarian together. They are strong and strong, and they all look better than the Queen Mother.

Qiao Yuping, however, lost the joy at the banquet, with tired eyes, and said to her, "Just wait for me, my aunt will be reciting scriptures for half an hour, I'll go to see how the supper in the small kitchen is going, and I'm just going to sit at the banquet." Most of them were meaty, and she didn't eat a few mouthfuls in total."

He Shaoguang opened his mouth, and finally said: "I'll go with you."

Qiao Yuping thought that in the dead of night, she would inevitably be afraid to be alone in the palace, and she was the one who left her behind, so she asked her to go with him carrying the lantern with special understanding.

The small kitchen is just behind the east side hall of Yongfu Palace. It is close to Haishi at this moment, and everything is prepared in the small kitchen, all vegetarian food, just waiting for Qiao Yuping to pick it up.

He Neishi, the chef in the Yongfu Palace kitchen, bent slightly, and motioned for Qiao Yuping to see what the Queen Mother was going to eat today.

Qiao Yuping glanced over, and it was nothing more than a platter of soy products such as vegetarian meat, vegetarian sea cucumber, vegetarian shark's fin, etc., as well as such vegetarian dishes that I have been tired of eating for a long time.

She frowned: "Why are these again? The aunt who sent it up yesterday only moved her chopsticks a little, and there is no need to send it over today. Is there anything else?"

When He Neishi heard the words, he had a bitter face: "Oh, my girl! I'm just an eunuch, and I can cook two dishes. How can I compare with the imperial chef! Let alone the imperial chef, they can't do anything I have made something that suits the Empress Dowager! These recipes are exactly what I asked for advice, who knows that the Empress Dowager is not rare at all!"

Qiao Yuping was not good at words, so he disturbed her thoughts, and she felt sullen in her heart. She didn't know how to reply to him, so she had to prepare to order a few dishes indiscriminately.

"Wait, let me try." He Shaoguang approached the stove under He Neishi's schadenfreude eyes, and glanced at the piled ingredients: Well, although it is the twelfth lunar month of winter, she is worthy of being a golden and precious empress dowager. Vegetarian underlings can also grow juicy vegetables for you.

However, the technical means are not as mature as those of later generations. After all, it is the off-season, and these vegetables are relatively small.

However, He Shaoguang didn't plan to cook any delicate vegetarian food, so she picked a small silver pot with two ears, cleaned it and put it aside.

Picking up the mushrooms prepared by soaking in water next to them, these were originally left over by He Naishi, and there were a lot of them soaked in the water, so she asked her to pick up the leaks.

Yes, she is going to use these mushrooms to make a soup base, and then wash and cut the various fruits and vegetables and serve them on a plate to make a vegetarian version of shabu-shabu.

It doesn't take long to prepare these, and it will be finished in a while.

She picked two juicy white radishes, freshly sprouted bean sprouts, pleasingly growing tender cabbage, small green vegetables, and more than a dozen kinds of lettuce, Arrowhead, green bamboo shoots, cucumbers, etc. Everything is well plated, exquisite and lovely.

In order not to be so foolish, she also used the leftover mushrooms to make a plate of soft fried mushrooms. The taste is definitely not as good as fried fresh mushrooms, but the conditions are here, and it can only be dealt with.

As soon as the fried mushrooms come out, sprinkle with spices to overwhelm the fresh aroma of the mushroom soup base that was just simmering in the room.

He Shaoguang's eyes changed when he looked at He Neishi. He changed from watching the excitement just now, and stared in his eyes: "This lady is very skilled!"

He Shaoguang was very satisfied with his reaction. The queen mother didn't have no appetite all the time, it's just that their efforts were in the wrong direction.

If the vegetarian dishes are made to look like meat and imitate the taste of meat, wouldn't it be good for the Queen Mother to eat meat directly?
She wants to eat vegetarian food and pray for her son, hoping that the Buddha will come true, then she must just want to eat some vegetarian feasts, rather than imitating the so-called realm of delicacies from mountains and seas.

The pot was brought to the table, and the table was filled with dishes, waiting for the queen mother to come out to patronize.

After the Empress Dowager finished chanting, it was already Haishi. She didn't want to eat at first, but planned to wash up and go to bed like this.

It was a few words of persuasion from the old servant who had been there for many years, and then he couldn't hold on and walked to the dining table, and was taken aback by these.

"Why?" She took a closer look, oh, although it is a pot, the dishes are indeed vegetarian dishes, and the smell is much more fragrant than the ones a few days ago.

She hadn't felt Weiweidai squirming for a long time, but at this moment, she was stimulated by the smell of the pot and swelled crazily.

"Queen Mother, sit down and eat something." Seeing her relaxed expression, the old servant also became happy.

The queen mother first drank a bowl of mushroom soup to warm her stomach, and then, as if opening the door to a new world, she began to pick up the dishes she wanted to eat one by one, and she did not let the servants serve her, she had to do it herself.

She took a bite of the fried mushrooms, and found them crunchy and fragrant, and the mushrooms inside would splash out warm juices when she bit into them. It was fresh and sweet, not greasy like other fried foods.

The queen mother ate happily, and the old mother next to her directly admired the monthly schedule of the small kitchen for the next month. He Neishi was so happy that he gave He Shaoguang a thumbs up, and his face wrinkled into a chrysanthemum with a smile: "Good lady, You are this!"

He Shaoguang hid her achievements and fame deeply, she smiled at Qiao Yuping: "Let's go, let's talk too."

She asked Qiao Yuping why she stayed here today?
Qiao Yuping glanced in the direction of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, and whispered, "It's not me, it's the Empress Dowager who wants to see you."

"The Empress Dowager wants to see me? Does the old lady have something to say to me, and she just called me up at the banquet or directly to give orders? Does it take so much effort?" He Shaoguang was very suspicious.

But Qiao Yuping's eyes were only worried: "Don't tell me, I will tell you quietly, and I will give you a clue first. I don't know where the Queen Mother heard about it. Your husband already knew about King Yan. Yes, conspired with the saint, "