Stir-fried Datang: The Strongest Daughter

Chapter 259
Talking to a smart person is worry-free, just a little bit, and you will be transparent immediately.

Why does Xu Jingzong need a smart person?
Yang Xiaoran made a start here, so there's no need to say more about it later.

He took the dagger and some rare gadgets presented by the princess and went back happily.

After all, it is a foreign minister, this private summoning is not good at all.If it weren't for the fact that this newspaper was originally proposed by Yang Xiaoran, it would definitely attract criticism.

But now, Yang Xiaoran can completely say that he wrote something and wanted Editor Xu to read it for him, so he also gave Xu Jingzong some manuscripts of Shooting Condors along the way.

Xu Jingzong is a smart person, so he naturally knows how to avoid suspicion.Moreover, the legend of the Condor Heroes has long been spread through the mouths of the clansmen, which has aroused many people's itch.Now that I have this manuscript, I can increase the sales volume of this newspaper!
After all, the newspaper office has to feed so much. If it keeps losing money and there are too many financial subsidies, it will also show that he is incompetent as an editor.

After sending Xu Jingzong away, Yang Xiaoran said to Jin Gu and the others: "Let's go, let's go to Shangshi Bureau. The weather is hot these days, and I don't think His Highness has much appetite. I'll go to Shangshi Bureau to make some refreshing side dishes for Your Highness." .”

"Miss, just give orders to these things. Your status is no better than before. It's better not to go to places like the kitchen."

Jin Gu frowned and said: "I'm afraid that the servants will go too many, and those people will have to join you again..."

Yang Xiaoran snorted coldly, and said: "Even the Empress makes soup for Your Majesty to eat, am I more honorable than the Empress? Whoever wants to talk can say it, I'm not afraid!"

As he spoke, he strode out of the palace gate. Zhao Si asked someone to fetch a small sedan chair with great winking, and when he got on the sedan chair, a group of small yellow gates and palace maids lined up in two rows, rushing to the palace. The Shangshi Bureau.

The concubine came to Shangshi Bureau for several days in a row, and she came this morning, so the people from Shangshi Bureau didn't feel strange.

Seeing that the empress came again, she didn't panic. After she came out to greet her, Wang Sizhen said with a blessing, "I tell the crown princess that the mung bean sprouts that I let my maidservant send out yesterday have sprouted, and my maidservant has picked them clean according to your instructions."

After a pause, he said again: "All the ingredients that need to be used are also prepared, please show me..."

Yang Xiaoran took off her bra with a smile, and said: "I'm looking for an apron for Bengong, I'm going to cook some refreshing side dishes for Your Highness."

When Wang Sizhen heard this, her face turned green.

It was just giving pointers before, but now you have to do it yourself?
How can this be made?

It can be seen that the princess was so excited that she swallowed the words again.After pondering for a while, he slowly said: "My lady, the sage has said that gentlemen stay away from the kitchen. How can you do such tedious and lowly things? Wouldn't that break the slaves?"

Yang Xiaoran grinned, and said: "The original intention of the sage to say this is not to keep gentlemen away from the kitchen, but to kill chickens and sheep in this kitchen to look cruel, to persuade the world to kill less..."

After a pause, he continued: "Didn't I ask you to prepare everything? Hey, I am not violating the teachings of the saints, and besides, I am a woman, and I am not a gentleman..."

The corner of Wang Sizhen's mouth twitched, this princess is really weird, but you just can't say enough about her.Thinking about it again, there seems to be some truth to it.

What else can I say?
People are talking about this point, and it's my own fault to stop it.

Anyway, I have persuaded it, and it was the princess who insisted on going in to cook. If someone mentions it, I can't blame myself.

Yang Xiaoran entered the kitchen, but actually there was nothing left to prepare.I had a plan yesterday, and I wanted to cook a delicious meal for Li Chengqian today, so I ordered it a long time ago.

The plum blossom meat has been marinated overnight, rolled in boiling water once, the pig skin will be tight, and the meat will become hard; then poke small holes on it with a special small nail brush, brush it with brown sugar water again, and use Hook it up, hang it in the oven, bake it for about ten minutes, let the water dry, then take it out and brush some oil.After repeating this several times, a simple version of Cantonese-style roast suckling pig is ready.

Of course, this is simply a cut of meat, not a whole pig.Anyway, this Cantonese-style suckling pig is particularly special in its crispy and fragrant skin. The key lies in the eye-catching holes and fire control.

In Yang Xiaoran's previous life, when he was traveling after graduating from university, he was fortunate enough to see a roast suckling pig made on the spot, so he wrote it down.She also tried it repeatedly in Xiaoqingzhuang. Of course, she tried it with a piece of pork every time, so she had experience.

A total of four pieces of plum blossom meat were obtained, and the bandit parents-in-law must send them to taste, otherwise they will make trouble for themselves.There is another one for Li Yuan. The old man is getting old and his appetite has not been very good recently. Maybe this fresh food can arouse his appetite a little?

The rest is for myself and Li Chengqian, and the other one is for Baozhu and the others.

As for the others...

Hey, sorry!

We do not serve!
Wang Sizhen didn't dare to blink her eyes, and watched Yang Xiaoran's movements carefully.

The princess is very good at food, and she is famous throughout the Tang Dynasty if she doesn't have exquisite food.

Most of the various dim sum dishes that have been popular in recent years come from Cheng's mansion, and they, the court cooks, have also benefited a lot!

So this kind of rare opportunity to observe nearby is a rare opportunity for those of them who make a living from cooking.In the end, say a few words, it is better to watch it once and be impressed.Maybe if you learn a little bit, you will have a bright future in the future.

Seeing this lowly pork meat become complicated in the hands of the princess, after several times of brushing and baking, the skin is crystal clear, bright red and really beautiful, everyone's eyes are straightened.

Just poking holes is to make the skin more crispy, right?Now it's all bubbling, and it looks like it's been deep-fried. Just this appearance makes people greedy.

It was even more eye-opening to see a few specially selected three yellow chickens being fished out and put into ice water.

Vegetables, can you still do this? !

Bean sprouts and shredded pork with leeks are refreshing!The key point is that the name Crown Princess is also well named: Silver Bud Meat Shreds, looking at the image and appropriateness, I feel that my mouth is full of saliva.

After a lot of work, Yang Xiaoran quickly prepared a few dishes.

Let the roasted pork that had just been taken out of the stove cool slightly, then slice it and place it on a plate, put a specially prepared sauce on one corner of the plate, and ordered: "Send this to your majesty, the queen, and the emperor..."

After a pause, he continued: "Don't confuse these two condiment plates, the one in the red plate is for dipping the hibiscus barbecue meat; and the one in the white plate is for dipping the chicken, if you make a mistake, The taste is not right..."

"Yes, the servant will save it."

"Go! Eat this barbecue while it's hot!"

"Yes!"

Yang Xiaoran wiped the sweat from his head, working by the oven this day is not fun, and now he feels his whole body is soaked.

I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart, it seems that if I want to be a good wife and mother, it's not easy to eat three meals a day for 360 days in four seasons of the year!
The three dishes are a little short, and Miss Yang never cooks a lot of dishes, each serving is only a little bit, but it must be rich.

People absorb nutrition from food, so naturally they have to put some thought into eating.

Someone fetched cucumbers again, and made a sliced ​​cucumber, which is the best to eat in this hot summer.

Another astragalus stewed fish head soup, which is gentle and invigorating, and cold noodles, this meal is quite hearty.

Li Shimin advocates frugality, so Li Chengqian's life is also very simple.Only upstarts and brain-dead emperors can eat dozens of dishes and hundreds of dishes for the emperors of later generations.It has to be extremely cruel, and the courtiers have lost their status, so naturally they dare not say that the emperor is arrogant and lustful.

Otherwise, such a monarch will definitely be condemned by his courtiers as a fool!

And Yang Xiaoran himself felt that it was enough to get enough food, but in fact, it was just the two of them, and there were too many dishes.That's why she has to cook by herself, controlling the portion, small but delicate.The ones that can't be eaten are distributed first to other palace people to taste, so as not to waste.

As for the night, just do it.The crown prince can't eat leftovers like ordinary people, can he?No matter how simple it is, but the status is there, after all, there are still some differences.

After the meal was ready, Yang Xiaoran was sweating and his clothes were drenched. He kept fanning it with a folding fan, and ordered someone to ice a jug of wine, and sent it to Cheng'en Hall along with the meal.And I have to hurry up and go back to take a shower, otherwise it will be too uncomfortable.

Fortunately, because of saltpeter, and the royal family has a large number of ice caves to store ice cubes, there are still many ice basins in Xiande Hall, especially the place where Li Chengqian works and rests, which is relatively cool.

After taking a shower and drying his hair half dry, Li Chengqian came back.

Seeing that Yang Xiaoran's hair was wet, he asked curiously, "Why take a bath at this point?"

"Your Highness, your Majesty said that the weather is hot, and you seem to have a bad appetite. So I went to the Shangshi Bureau to cook for you, and made you a few side dishes. It's just that the kitchen is stuffy, which made you sweat..."

Aunt Jin really became a genius, and she seized the opportunity to praise her own girl, so that the crown prince would love her even more.

Sure enough, upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Li Chengqian's face, but he said with pity in his eyes: "In this hot day, your body is weak, and you can just give orders, why do you need to do it yourself?"

As he spoke, he took the cloth towel from Qiu Ju's hand and said, "Come alone..."

A group of palace people withdrew very winkingly.

Anyway, this has become an unwritten rule of the Eastern Palace: Whenever His Highness and the Crown Princess are together, it is better for them to disappear.

Li Chengqian wiped Yang Xiaoran's hair with a cloth towel. Seeing that her face was flushed and the sweat was still wet, let alone be touched.

Putting the ice basin closer, he said: "The weather is hot, let the palace servants do a good job in the future."

Yang Xiaoran smiled and said: "What can I do? You are my husband, you are so kind to me, it is only right for me to cook for you by myself. Besides, doesn't my mother cook soup with Ah Weng every day? I Your body is much better than your mother's, how could she be as delicate as you said?"

As he said that, he grabbed Li Chengqian's hand that was wiping his hair with his backhand, got up and turned around, and said, "Come on, let's see what delicious food I have made for you! You must have never eaten it before." , Look, this is hibiscus barbecue, does it look good? Smell it, is it fragrant? And this is boiled chicken, which is eaten cold. The chicken skin is crispy and springy, and it is the best to eat this summer... And this... ..."

Seeing his wife's happy appearance, and seeing her carefully cooked food, touched by her hard work, a certain wolf is ready to move again...

(End of this chapter)