food queen

Chapter 739
Yan Wenzhen was directly named the fifth-rank royal chef by the emperor because of the few home-cooked dishes on the emperor's birthday. That night, Mammy Xu, Xiangcheng and other maids and maids in Fengzhang Palace congratulated her, and even Sun Defu sent a little eunuch to send a pair Kodama fish as a congratulatory gift.

The respect of the emperor and empress brought Yan Wenzhen not only glory, but also a heavy responsibility.After the holy birthday comes the New Year, and the annual New Year banquet is the highlight of the Imperial Dining Room. Zhang Ruixiang and the entire Imperial Dining Room begin preparations as soon as the twelfth lunar month enters, but this year because of the death of the Eldest Princess, the Empress is not suitable for labor when she is pregnant. He handed over many things in the palace to Wu Miao, Sun Defu and Zhang Ruixiang.The Empress ordered Yan Wenzhen to cook some special dishes for the New Year's banquet on the first day of the Lunar New Year.This made Zhang Ruixiang and other people in the imperial dining room jealous.

However, jealousy is jealousy, the imperial dining room has always performed its own duties, and if a fork happened at the New Year's banquet, Yan Wenzhen would not be the only one who died, so apart from everyone's ugly face, no one was making trouble behind their backs.

It's not that I don't want to, I really don't dare.In Zhang Ruixiang's words, if something really happened, someone behind Yan Wenzhen spoke for her. They don't have such a strong backer, so it's better not to take your own life to get angry.

Among the princes and princes who entered the palace to worship and receive the banquet on the first day of the new year, Ninghou Mansion was naturally indispensable.Han Rui brought Wei Xiyue into the palace, and Wei Yiyi also brought Shao Yanran.The banquet was held in the Royal Garden. Although Shao Juncong was not very old, he was already a minister in the court, had a title and official position, and was an imperial envoy. He was naturally indispensable for this New Year's banquet.

The biggest difference between this year's banquet and previous years is that many new styles of dishes have been added.The dim sum dishes look elegant and fresh, and the taste is better than in previous years.But I am afraid that not many people can really understand the deep meaning of it.

When everyone was toasting frequently, Shao Juncong found a time to leave the table.Just happened to meet Sun Defu outside.

Seeing Shao Juncong, Sun Defu hurriedly cupped his hands and said with a smile, "Our family is paying New Year's greetings to the little general."

Shao Juncong nodded with a faint smile: "Happy New Year, Chief Manager."

"Why didn't the little general drink during the banquet? He came out alone to blow the cold wind?" Sun Defu asked with a smile.

"I have something to trouble Eunuch Sun, so I came here to wait." Shao Juncong said.

Sun Defu hurriedly cupped his hands, and said with a smile: "I dare not, if you have anything to do with the little general, just say it."

"I want to meet someone, so I would like to ask my father-in-law to help me." Shao Juncong said, and directly stuffed the ticket into Sun Defu's hand.

Sun Defu was not polite, so he cupped his hands towards Shao Juncong and said, "The little general wants to see Miss Yan, right?"

Shao Juncong nodded.

Sun Defu said again: "She is busy in the imperial dining room at the moment, our family will ask someone to pass it on, but I'm afraid it will be half an hour before she is free."

"Thank you." Shao Jun cupped his hands.

Although there are three chief stewards in the palace, the chief stewards are different from the chief stewards.Of course, Chief Manager Wu in front of the emperor cannot be offended, let alone Chief Executive Sun in front of the empress.In comparison, Zhang Ruixiang, the chief executive of the imperial dining room, was inferior.

Sun Defu asked his most proud apprentice to go to the imperial dining room to deliver a message, and Zhang Ruixiang naturally followed suit.

Half an hour later, Yan Wenzhen brought a dozen or so cooks from the imperial dining room to deliver Fushou Changchun soup with food boxes. After finishing the work, he followed Zhang Ruixiang's instructions and went to the nearby Meilin to find Director Sun.

"Major General?" Yan Wenzhen immediately understood the reason when he saw the tall and straight figure.On the way here, she was still thinking, how could Sun Defu, the empress's empress, the head manager in front of her, talk to a cook like herself at this time?
Shao Juncong had heard footsteps a long time ago, but just stood there without moving. He turned around slowly after hearing Yan Wenzhen's voice, looked at her cheeks that were flushed by the cold wind, and smiled faintly.

"Wen Zhen sends greetings to Major General, Major General has auspicious new year." Yan Wenzhen was deeply blessed.

Shao Juncong took two steps forward, took out a big purse from the wide sleeve of the court dress, and handed it over.

Yan Wenzhen looked at the purse with the word "Fu" embroidered in gold thread in purple, and was puzzled for a moment, so he didn't dare to pick it up.

"Take it." Shao Juncong said.

Yan Wenzhen took it with both hands, pinched it lightly, and it seemed that there was no gold, silver, pearl or jade inside, so he asked, "What is this?"

"Silver ticket." Shao Juncong said.

"Uh..." Yan Wenzhen opened the purse in surprise, took out a few banknotes from it, and opened it to see that there were 3000 taels!Frightened for a moment, he quickly stuffed the banknotes into his purse and returned them: "Wen Zhen dare not accept so much money."

"Why, if you wish me New Year's greetings, shouldn't I give you a red envelope?" Shao Juncong asked lightly.

Yan Wenzhen hurriedly shook her head and said, "This... is too much."

"You look down on this general?"

"Wen Zhen dare not, but..."

"Where are there so many 'buts'? ​​If it's Chinese New Year's Eve, I'll take it for you."

"Young General Xie." Yan Wenzhen had no choice but to put the purse in his arms.

Shao Juncong reminded again: "The palace is no different than the outside. Although the Empress values ​​it, you must be careful to guard against someone secretly playing tricks. If there is anything you can ask General Qianye's wife for help."

"Yes, Wen Zhen wrote it down."

Shao Juncong looked at the person in front of him, and wanted to say something more, or do something, but he didn't know what to say, let alone what to do. Instead of the two of them standing here blowing the cold wind, it's better to ask her to go back and help her Don't draw too much attention to your own affairs.So he waved his hand and said, "Okay, this is not a place for you to stay for a long time, so hurry up and go."

"Wen Zhen resigns." Yan Wenzhen gave Shao Jun a blessing, turned and left.

The cold wind blew, and the plum blossom petals fell like rain. Shao Juncong sighed deeply from his heart. Now she is in the deep palace, every step of the way is dangerous, and her future is bleak. Even she doesn't know how long she will have to wait to see the dawn.

Winter goes to spring, and the sky is dry and things are dry. It is said that the emperor is ill.When he heard the news, Yan Wenzhen was cooking tremella and lily soup for the empress in the small dining room, when the spoon in his hand almost fell to the ground.

Mother Xu told the people in the small dining room: "You all work carefully!"

Yan Wenzhen and the other cooks bowed and agreed.

"Wen Zhen, come here." Mother Xu said again.

Yan Wenzhen handed the spoon to the cook next to her, turned around and followed Madam Xu out.

Mother Xu ordered: "Your Majesty's lack of health is no small matter, just write down all the ingredients used for the dinner and breakfast that you made for Your Majesty last night and this morning, and I will ask someone to send it to Imperial Doctor Wei." go."

Yan Wenzhen hurriedly replied, "Yes."

The Palace of Fengzhang and the Palace of Zichen were busy for a long time. Finally, the result of the diagnosis and treatment of the Emperor by the Imperial Physician Wei was: he was on fire, so eat more light meals and drink some clear tea soup to reduce the fire.

(End of this chapter)