self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 78

Because of the Royal Chef Competition, this year's Queen Mother's birthday is extraordinarily lively. Although there are culinary competitions every year, there are few Royal Chef Competitions, not counting this time. The last time was six years ago.

It was also in the culinary competition six years ago that Han Zizhang won the title of No. [-] chef in the world from Zheng Yuchu. Only then did Zheng Yuchu keep his promise and cut off his wrists, hiding in Anfu, Jizhou.

Moreover, Han Zizhang, a northern cook, set off a fierce north-south dispute in the kitchen business, but it was for personal gain, and did not bring any benefits to the kitchen business, even for the northern cooks.

On the contrary, because of the conduct of people like Han Zizhang, the world looked down on cooks even more. Moreover, people like Han Zizhang formed an evil force in the kitchen business, colluding with the government to get benefits and money.

In addition, those attached to Han Zizhang are mostly despicable and shameless people. Once they gain power, they will do all kinds of bad things, not to mention harming their peers. But in my heart, I hope that people like Han Zizhang will be unlucky every day.

Because of this, after Cui Qing, Ge Shunsheng, and Wang Pinrong were unlucky, everyone celebrated together, and An Ran in this imperial chef competition is the direct disciple of Zheng Chunyang, the former imperial chef who broke his wrist six years ago. This competition with Han Zizhang is more like It was to avenge the master, so it brought back a little bit of the inside story of the imperial chef competition six years ago.

All of a sudden, this royal chef competition has become the hottest topic at present, regardless of whether it is inside or outside the capital city or across the country, whether it is a high-ranking official or a peddler.

The reason for this is that apart from the old incident six years ago, An Ran's miraculous cooking skills, humble background, and legendary experience are the key.

No matter what dynasty, high or low status, gossip is everywhere, in the circle of high officials and nobles, the focus is not on how good An Ran's cooking skills are, but how An Ran has grown from a humble girl to become the mistress of the An family.

What's more, under the dissemination of some caring people, all the black history of An Ran, a newly popular topic character, has been revealed.

And Anran's biggest dark history is seducing the elder of the An family. For such a girl who once succeeded in climbing a bed but was punished by her concubine, she can still successfully become the mistress of the An family. This is undoubtedly an extremely inspirational example.

Especially in the eyes of the maids in the various prefectures, An Ran has become an idol, and they all wish they could become like An Ran and reach the sky in one step. Although those wives look down on An Ran's background, they are also quite curious about An Ran's methods.

In particular, everyone knew that Xie, the second house owner of the An family, was a noble daughter from the Xie family, and she was no match for An Ran. As soon as they met, she was deprived of the right to be a housekeeper, and had to be honest and peaceful in the mansion.

The wives who usually don't like Xie's ostentation and showing off are secretly happy, and they say, they know that one day, it's not the grand master of the An family who is the God of Wealth. , who doesn't know what virtue is inside.

Therefore, Xie's reputation as a virtuous person is really a decoration, no one who knows her speaks well of her, even her parents in Xie's family complain a lot to her.

An Yuan and his wife are in charge of the Shilang's Mansion, so naturally they will no longer support Xie's Mansion. Xie's parents and brothers, the cheap money that the whole family is used to, will be dissatisfied when they disappear, and they can't blame others. Complaining about her own daughter's incompetence, the majestic servant's wife actually let a girl from a family background clean up.

For a while, there were endless topics surrounding An Ran, and then the rumors became more and more outrageous. Some people even said that An Ran is a vixen, or a vixen with nine tails. Just look at a man, and the man will be seduced by her immediately.

Otherwise, how could such a shrewd and formidable man like the An family be so smart? Before, he was suave and suave, with a lot of wives and concubines, but suddenly he sent all the women out of the mansion, and devoted himself to guarding such a girl to live. It is said to be very rare.Somebody even spread the word that Mrs. An's footwashing water was brought to her by Mrs. An himself.

Looking at Mr. An and thinking about her husband, these wives are even more unbalanced. They feel that they must be vixen if they can fascinate a man like this.

Therefore, the news that An Ran is a vixen spread.

And the common people are different from the wives of various prefectures. The common people just gossip in the streets and alleys, and the materials are mostly new things from the mouths of storytellers.

Anran's two culinary competitions in Qizhou and Suzhou have already made the storytellers rotten. Most of the other stories are from the past, and they are over when they are finished, but Anran's story can't be finished. Qizhou's stories are tired of talking , Let’s just talk about Suzhou, Suzhou’s said it’s annoying, here’s a new one, and the jokes are still connected back and forth.

In addition to An Ran, the absolute protagonist, the contestants who competed with her from Han Zizhang's apprentices to Han Zizhang's juniors also progressed step by step. The storyteller also found that, unintentionally, a wonderful story was created.

People yearn for justice, and the actions of people like Han Zizhang are naturally classified as bad guys by the common people, and An Ran has become a hero-like figure on the side of justice.

In addition, most ordinary people have the mentality of rebellion by dicks, and An Ran's background is even more grassroots among the grassroots. No matter her cooking skills or her marriage, she is an absolute example of rebellion by dicks.

In the eyes of ordinary people, An Ran is naturally not a vixen. An Ran's image is quite far from the hero that people expect, and her beauty is also exaggerated in the storyteller's mouth.

In the eyes of the common people, generally powerful characters are either heroes or fairies. Therefore, the stories from the common people are even more bizarre and very story-telling. It is said that An Ran was originally a fairy who served meals in the sky. The glazed cups, who were relegated to the mortal world, are so beautiful, and have such great cooking skills, etc. It is said that there is a nose and an eye.

Gou Zi and Shun Zi told An Ran all these words. When An Ran heard that he was a nine-tailed vixen, he couldn't help but look at himself amusedly, wondering if there was such a vixen as himself.

Later, when I heard that I became a fairy who serves food in the sky, I couldn't help laughing. This has jumped from Liaozhai to Journey to the West. Why does it sound so familiar? Isn't it Monk Sha who broke the glass cup and was demoted to the mortal world? ?

Mr. Mei asked curiously, "You don't care?"

An Ran shook her head: "The mouth grows on other people, so they can say whatever they like, and it's not enough to seal their mouths, not to mention, whether it's a vixen or a fairy, there is a problem."

Mr. Mei couldn't help asking: "What?"

An Ran raised her eyebrows: "It means that my beauty is quite recognized by everyone."

Pfft... Mr. Mei spit out a sip of tea and pointed at her: "You girl's skin is getting thicker."

An Ran smiled and said: "Thanks to the great matchmaker Mr. secured, An Ran married a thick-skinned husband. As the saying goes, if you follow a carpenter you will see saws, and if you follow a bricklayer you will know how to make mud. With a thick-skinned husband, you will naturally be able to see." Thick skin."

Mr. Mei was speechless, and An Jiamu couldn't help laughing.

Just as he was talking, Yue Jintang stepped in and yelled as soon as he came in: "An Ran, why did your reputation suddenly increase? People say that you are a fairy who descended to earth, and those who spent a lot of money to win Han Zizhang, several of them withdrew!" If this goes on like this, how will this king get rich?"

Mr. Mei: "Your majestic Prince Xiaoyao actually set up a private gambling game?"

Yue Jintang: "The king of the county is also a human being, so he has to eat and drink. I don't have any money to let me go to the Northwest Wind. I don't have the ability of Brother Jiamu and his wife to make money. It's so easy to have a chance to make a fortune. If you don't seize it , If you miss it, you won’t regret taking the medicine, by the way, don’t chatter here anymore, Lord Long Live knows you’re coming to Beijing, so he asked me to invite you to the palace.”

An Ran couldn't help nodding secretly, as the Ninth Five-Year Sovereign, this invitation is already quite rare, not to mention, letting Yue Jintang come over in person, it shows that the emperor respects his teacher.

Naturally, the emperor did not dare to neglect his invitation, and hurriedly followed Yue Jintang into the palace.

As soon as he arrived outside the imperial study room, he saw Lin Xing'er rushing over with his waist bowed: "Slave greets sir, and His Royal Highness the county king."

Yue Jintang couldn't help being stunned, thinking, when did this kid become so polite.

Mr. Mei was also a little surprised. Although he had been the emperor's teacher many years ago, and now he has lived in seclusion in Qizhou, there are not many people in the court who take him seriously.

What's more, this is still the eunuch in front of the emperor, and those who work in front of the emperor are all famous people, don't say that an old man like himself, even a first-rank official, shouldn't be so respectful, plus look at this little man The eunuch is quite handsome and clever, so he can't help but have a good impression of him: "Eunuch is too polite, I don't dare to be that old man"

Lin Xing raised his head: "This world is Lord Long Live, but you are the master of Lord Long Live. Even though the slave is a eunuch, he also knows that it is right to respect teachers and morals. Who else can afford to be older than you? It's cold outside. Please go in quickly, Lord Long Live is waiting for you, sir." He said and helped Mr. Mei into the imperial study.

But Yue Jintang didn't follow in. Knowing that the emperor and Mr. Mei hadn't seen each other for many years, there must have been a lot of things to say, but he was in the way when he was in front of him. Just as he was about to leave, he saw Lin Xing'er coming out from inside and stopped Yue Jintang: "The slave heard people say His Royal Highness set up a gamble outside?"

Yue Jintang's eyes flickered, and suddenly he thought of a bad idea. He twirled the emerald jade ring on his thumb, and said inadvertently, "Could it be that Eunuch Lin also wants to place a bet? If that's the case, I suggest you pressure Han Yuchu."

Lin Xing'er: "His Royal Highness the Prince of the County has a lot of friendship with the Master of the An family. Chef An is also the wife of the An family. It is said that Chef An is a fairy who came down to earth from the sky to serve food. His Royal Highness suggested that the slave suppresses Yu Chu Han. The slave Why don't you lose your pants?"

"No, no." Yue Jintang shook his fingers: "One size is one size. The friendship between my king and Brother Jiamu has nothing to do with the game of gambling. Although Chef An's cooking skills are not bad, don't think about it. Who is Han Zizhang, he is the most dignified chef in the world, you serve the emperor every day, and you know Han Zizhang's cooking skills quite well, do you think you will lose to others with Han Zizhang's cooking skills?"

Lin Xingxin said, if you compare yourself with others, it's not necessarily true, but when you meet An Ran, ten Han Zizhangs are not worth it, let alone how well An Ran knows his craft, it's their time-traveling identity, if they lose to an ancient cook , Wouldn't it be a joke.

However, this is not the point, the point is that I have to salvage a fortune here, and when I go out in the future, it will be better to live the comfortable life I dreamed of, I can't be a eunuch in the palace for a lifetime.

What's more, I am still a fake eunuch, when I turn around and wear the gang, once the emperor turns his face, my head will move, it is better to run away early.

She had to save up all her money for running away, after all, she was not alone, there was An Ran, she didn't want An Ran to continue to live with this scumbag An Jiamu.

In the past few days, he has read all the details of An Jiamu, and he came up with two words, a scumbag, this An Jiamu is a typical example of a scumbag, rich and powerful, with many wives and concubines at home, and more romantic accounts outside How much, with this Yue Jintang in front of him, he fought over a prostitute, how could such scum deserve the invincible and cute little Anran.

What's more, An Ran is different from herself, she is just a pure girl, girl, who has never been in a relationship before, and suddenly she is targeted by a romantic veteran, and she doesn't want to cheat or cheat.

Although people outside think that An Ran's marriage to Mr. An is a blessing in eight lifetimes, but in Lin Xing'er's mind, An Jiamu will not be worthy of her family An Ran if she is reincarnated a hundred times, so she can rest assured that she guards this girl by herself .

With this idea in mind, Lin Xing has been thinking about the way out for the past few days. She is not that girl An Ran. Taking medicine can make it perfect, but it is An Ran who is troublesome.

Although he didn't like An Jiamu, he had to admit that he was a very powerful man. It might not be easy to get An Ran out of his hands, and after getting it out, he had to hide it well.

Lin Xing's plan is to live in seclusion in Sichuan. No matter where he goes, he will always have money in his hands. Now it is not like before. She and An Ran used to have their own businesses, and they never have to worry about money. This is ancient times, and people who want to live Moisturizing without money is absolutely impossible.

And An Ran's craftsmanship must not be exposed, and it will definitely be troublesome if it is exposed, so money is necessary.

Thinking of this, he said, "His Royal Highness, this servant has an idea, Guan Bao can make you a lot of money."

Yue Jintang's eyes lit up, and now he really had to believe in this dead slave, he was the one who reminded him of the gambling, Yue Jintang always had an intuition that this dead slave was better at making money than An Ran.

Although An Ran has a lot of ideas, she doesn't open her mouth easily. She is not greedy for money, and now that she is married to An Jiamu, she doesn't even want to make money. It's this dead slave who is greedy and clever. way of making money.

But he suddenly became vigilant, this dead slave is a useless master, he will make money for himself, he can't help but ask: "What do you want me to do?"

Lin Xing chuckled: "No need to do anything, as long as His Royal Highness arranges for the slaves to meet Chef An."

Yue Jintang frowned, looked at him a few times, his face darkened: "Could it be that you are holding back something bad, and want to harm An Ran?" As he said, he reached out and grabbed Lin Xinger's collar: "If you, a dead slave, dare With such a thought, believe it or not, this king will punish you now."

Lin Xing was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "His Royal Highness has such a big reaction, could it be that he also fell in love with Chef An?"

"You fucking shut up for me." Although I once had such thoughts, it was also normal, as long as it is a man, no one can be tempted by a beautiful woman.

I didn't want to, but I gave this dead slave a chance, touched his hand twice, and said in a low voice: "What's so annoying about His Royal Highness, isn't it a guilty conscience..."

And with the strength of Yue Jintang's grip on him, he leaned over with his whole body, his mouth almost touched Yue Jintang's face, and suddenly there was a faint scent of medicine, Yue Jintang felt a shock in his heart, and pushed her away suddenly: " You, you bloody slave, dare to..."

Lin Xing felt a little regretful. It was a pity that he didn't eat much tofu with such a good opportunity. If he said it, he couldn't blame her for being hungry. I was unlucky and ended up in the palace.

Except for the emperor who is a real man in this palace, the rest are all eunuchs. Can you eat the emperor's tofu? What do you mean, even if the emperor is quite masculine, looking at him like this every day makes him tired of aesthetics.

As for the ministers who came, one was older than the other, and it was rare to see someone who was pleasing to the eye occasionally, so Yue Jintang, who ran to the palace twice in three days, became her new target.

Seeing his raised eyebrows and eyes at this moment, Lin Xing was not afraid, but instead gave him a blank look complaining: "Your Highness pushes this servant so hard, if it really breaks, it will not be a bad thing, or let this servant say what's on his mind , as for it?"

Yue Jintang was trembling with anger, growing so big, it was the first time he met someone who was more flesh than himself, but this dead slave was the emperor's man, remembering that this dead slave was not disciplined in front of the emperor, naturally he would not let himself go In his eyes, he felt that it was a shame to be so arrogant with a servant, and he wanted to scold him, but he didn't know what to say.

This dead servant was really confused, he took two deep breaths and stared at him, not wanting this dead servant to be happy: "This servant is just joking, His Royal Highness, don't take it seriously, to tell you the truth, this servant is from the same town as An Ran, Otherwise, if this is the case, if you have a chance to ask her, just say that the slave is Lin Xinger, if she doesn't see her, that's all."

Yue Jintang thought he was a servant: "You and An Ran are from the same town? How is this possible? Could it be that you are also from Jizhou?"

Lin Xing's eyes flickered: "Your Highness, just help spread the word, as for whether the slave is from Jizhou, it doesn't matter."

While the two were talking, a fair and tender young eunuch suddenly ran out from the hall: "Brother Lin, Lord Long Live asked my brother to go in." Lin Xing nodded, and still did not forget to tell Yue Jintang: "Your Highness, don't forget to help the servants pass the message. Son, only slaves can see people, and they will definitely give His Highness an idea to make a lot of money." Put down the words and hurried in.

Yue Jintang watched helplessly, when the dead servant passed by the little eunuch just now, he touched the eunuch's face in an extremely irregular manner, the little eunuch blushed, and looked at the dead servant shyly.

Yue Jintang couldn't help shivering, this dead slave has the guts of a tiger, and the emperor dared to do this under the eyes of the emperor. Could it be that the emperor didn't see it, or acquiesced in his shameless behavior? Eunuchs, one looks better than the other, could it be...

Shaking his head hurriedly, it can't be, the emperor should be quite normal, after all there are so many concubines in the palace, what kind of beauties don't want to do, it's rare for a dead eunuch to run away in a hurry.

After leaving the palace, he suddenly thought that An Ran was really a fellow of this dead slave, the more he thought about it, the more he felt strange, he simply didn't know the county prince's mansion, and came directly to An's mansion, just in time for some good news.

When Yue Jintang came in, An Ran went to the kitchen, Gou Zi went to help, Shun Zi accompanied Mr. Zheng back to the guest courtyard to rest, and An Jiamu was the only one in the room, writing something at the desk.

Seeing him, Yue Jintang couldn't help laughing and said: "Brother Jiamu also wants to take the No. [-] Scholar exam, how did you use your skills?"

Taking a closer look, his eyes lit up: "This is the recipe? Your wife's."

An Jiamu didn't even look at him: "It's useless for you to think about this recipe. An Ran said it a long time ago, sorted it out and published it in a book, as long as it's a cook, you can take it and read it at will."

Yue Jintang sat down regretfully: "You said that your daughter-in-law doesn't treat silver as good, that's all. This girl is weird, but you, a businessman, treat gold and silver like dung, isn't that a joke?"

An Jiamu glared at him angrily: "You can control it, what if I treat gold and silver like dung, you can't see it hot."

Yue Jintang snorted and laughed: "Forget it, I don't know you yet, it's not because of your wife, you have such a good heart, by the way, I have something to ask you, your wife has a fellow villager, you Do you know?"

As soon as Yue Jintang raised his head, An Jiamu's face darkened: "What did Lin Xing'er tell you?"

Yue Jintang was even more surprised: "How do you know it's Lin Xing'er? Could it be that he treats you..." Yue Jintang thought of Lin Xing'er's virtue, and cast his eyes on An Jiamu ambiguously. Even if he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit it, An Jia Mu looks so much stronger than himself.

With the daring virtue of that dead slave, it is impossible to let An Jiamu off when he meets An Jiamu, but it's a pity that Yue Jintang doesn't know Lin Xing well enough.

No matter how lecherous Lin Xinger is, compared to An Ran, masculinity is nothing. Lin Xinger didn't care about An Jiamu's appearance at all, she knew that this man was trying to steal An Ran from her. A good guy, plus An Jiamu who prevented him from meeting An Ran, made him even more heinous, who cares what he looks like.

Yue Jintang was about to ask carefully, but An Jiamu warned him in a low voice: "Shut your mouth for a while, if you dare to say a word about that eunuch, you won't be able to make money in the future."

Before Yue Jintang was stunned, An Ran had already walked in with a small casserole, and a scent wafted in following An Ran's entry.

Yue Jintang couldn't help but said: "It smells so good." He looked at the small casserole in An Ran's hand: "What is this?"

An Ran put the small casserole on the table: "Master likes vegetarian food. Although eating vegetarian food often is good for the health of the elderly, it also needs to nourish the body. I saw that the master is much thinner than when I saw him last time, so I remembered this steamed rice recipe." The method is simple and delicious, and it can nourish the body, the master has eaten two bowls." Said, put the casserole in his hand on the kang table.

Yue Jintang couldn't help but lifted the lid, and saw that there were thin grains of ham and vegetables mixed in the rice. The rosy ham, green vegetables, and crystal clear rice grains were extremely beautiful and fragrant, making his mouth water almost flow out.

It doesn't matter whether you are rude or not, anyway, these two couples already knew what kind of virtue they are, and there is no need to pretend to be garlic. They just picked up the spoon and put a spoonful into their mouths. After squinting their eyes for a long time, they said: "Why? And the smell of meat?"

The dog following behind put up the soup guzi in his hand: "Naturally it has a meaty aroma. Don't look at this meal as simple, but it takes a lot of work. First, you have to cook the soup with old hens and pig bones, and then use the boiled pork bones to make the soup." Steaming this rice with soup, the master said that by doing this, the taste will be invisible, and even the staple food like rice will not appear too monotonous."

Yue Jintang patted the table: "That's wonderful, the next one is the imperial chef competition. Although this time is not like before, the rules have not changed after three days of competition. In other words, you and Han Zizhang both need to cook nine dishes. , staple food, porridge, dim sum, fish, meat, shrimp, chicken, duck, vegetarian dishes, you can’t miss any of them, if you make this steamed rice for the staple food, you will definitely beat him.”

An Ran shook her head: "This steamed rice dish is nothing more than ordinary, and I've already thought about the staple food, I'm going to make broken gold rice."

Yue Jintang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that this girl wanted to avenge her master, but Dayan who didn't know that Mr. Zheng's special skill was this broken gold rice.

After dinner, Yue Jintang took advantage of An Ran's time to go out, and hurriedly asked: "The dead slave is really your wife's fellow villager?"

An Jiamu's eyes flickered: "Don't you know the details about An Ran? You can believe such nonsense."

Yue Jintang: "You can't say that. I think that dead servant is telling the truth, not like a fake. Besides, she told me to send a message to your daughter-in-law. If you can't see her, you have to listen to your daughter-in-law."

An Jiamu's eyes darkened, and he looked at him: "Did you get some benefits from that dead eunuch, or did you like that slave?"

Yue Jintang shuddered suddenly, choked with shock: "Whoever has a crush on him, this king doesn't like that."

An Jiamu nodded: "It's not the best, otherwise, your title of Xiaoyao County King may be suspended."

Yue Jintang stood up abruptly: "How do you say that?"

An Jiamu said coolly: "You always go in and out of the palace, don't you hear anything?"

Yue Jintang thought for a while, then said in a low voice: "You mean the emperor is very masculine...it's impossible."

Suddenly remembering the emperor's love for the dead servant, plus, the dead servant took the opportunity to touch the emperor's presumptuous behavior, so he couldn't help but not convict him. It seemed that he was enjoying himself, and he felt more and more that it was rumored in the palace. Out of nowhere.

An Jiamu kept looking at Yue Jintang's expression. After all, he was the only one who could go in and out of the court frequently, and Yue Jintang had to find out how the emperor treated Lin Xinger.

Looking at his expression, An Jiamu knew that he had guessed correctly, the emperor and Lin Xing'er definitely had something in mind, as long as they were interested, it would be fine, the emperor would not let anyone go, so what if Lin Xing was from An Ran's hometown?The palace is deep, which is different from the outside, and he can't get out just by thinking about it.

As soon as the culinary competition is over, I will take An Ran away, whether it is Jiangnan or Sichuan, as long as I leave the capital far away, no matter how long the dead eunuch's hand is, it will not be able to reach it.

Naturally, An Ran didn't know that her husband and best friend had just met each other and started a private fight, and now she was only thinking about what to cook for the culinary competition in the future.

Although Yue Jintang loves money, he also knows that An Jiamu is not something he can mess with. Anyway, the queen is a culinary competition, so it's fine not to enter the palace. When the queen arrives, the dead slave will definitely be by the emperor's side. Naturally, you will be able to see An Ran, whether you are a fellow villager or not, let's talk about it.

What he cares about is his own bet. Now that An Ran's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, more and more people are betting on An Ran, especially Guo Zishan, Minister of Rites.

This blows the pot, Guo Zishan is a famous porcelain rooster, and a hairless master, no wonder, this old man has been an official all his life, and the official is getting bigger and bigger, but he is a real honest official.

Anyone who has been to Shangshu Mansion will know that Shangshu Mansion does not have any ornamental flowers and plants. All the plants are eggplants, beans and other vegetables, and the trees are all fruit-bearing peaches and apricots.

If anyone among his colleagues celebrates a birthday or something, Guo Zishan will not go, as long as he goes, he will send either eggplants, beans, or home-grown fruits. Therefore, he told Han Zizhang before that he wanted Gu Yongcheng to work as a cook in the Shangshufu. What's new here.

Such a porcelain rooster suddenly paid out 100 taels of silver to pressure An Ran to win, which was like a weather vane. After all, everyone knew that Guo Zishan hosted the famous chef competition, and he knew the details.

In this way, many of the former pressurers of Han Zizhang turned to pressure Anran, although Han Zizhang was still the majority, and there were quite a few people who pressured Anran.

I really feel that Guo Zishan is a lot of things in my heart. If I knew it earlier, I would just give him 100 taels of silver, no, 1000 taels, as long as he doesn't make trouble, I can give him 1000 taels of silver. Unfortunately, it is too late now.

Because the money he saw flew away, Yue Jintang was sitting on the table, watching the culinary competition was about to start, he was still a little bit downhearted.

The Empress Dowager's birthday banquet was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the ostentation was quite large. The royal family, princes, princes and ministers were all present according to their ranks. In addition to the ministers of civil and military affairs, the emperor specially invited famous officials from all over the world to Beijing. The famous chefs who had competed with An Ran also entered the palace.

An Jiamu was naturally also invited. He could have sat on the outside table with Qian Hong and the others, but he didn't want to be too far away from his wife, so he came in as An Ran's cook.

It is stipulated that An Ran can only bring four helpers. After all, there are nine dishes to cook, ingredients to prepare, and fire to manage. Four people may not be busy enough.

Han Zizhang was originally an imperial cook, so he was familiar with the way, so he came here long ago, and his helpers, except for Li Dashao, were all strangers. According to Yue Jintang, Han Zizhang's big apprentice, Ge Shunsheng, is still missing, and his second apprentice, Cui Qing, has been ill. If you can't get up on the kang, it is logical that the third apprentice Gu Yongcheng should help the cook, but he would rather use Li Dashao, who is not very good at cooking. It can be seen that Han Zizhang has been guarding against Gu Yongcheng as an apprentice.

Apart from An Jiamu, who insisted on following An Ran, there was also Gao Bingyi and his two apprentices, Gou Zi and Shun Zi, who stood together in a strange way.

Especially the princes and ministers here, who don't know An Jiamu, seeing him running over to help the cook, they don't feel they are whispering.

Everyone knew that Yue Jintang was close to An's family, and several people came over to listen. Yue Jintang was in a bad mood and didn't have the time to gossip with them, so he just said: "He loves his wife, so what's new to help her. "

Everyone thought, isn't this nonsense, and this is not a couple living in a poor family. This is a royal chef competition, can ordinary people help? It may cause chaos, and suddenly regretted withdrawing the money. Pressing on Han Zizhang, after all, this little girl is as beautiful as she is beautiful, but no matter how you look at it, she is unreliable.

Yue Jintang seemed to know what they were thinking, and his eyes flashed: "If you regret it, you can still place a bet now, and those who have no money can make a white note. I believe in your character and will never renege on your debt."

Everyone was hesitant because of his eager tone, thinking about Yue Jintang's shrewdness, he would never let them owe money for no reason, let's forget it, so as not to be fooled by the king of Xiaoyao County, he touched his nose and retreated When I go back, I just treat Yue Jintang's words as farting.

Yue Jintang was so angry that he glared at Guo Zishan over there quite frankly. Guo Zishan was an old god, and he looked calm and calm, and he didn't look at Yue Jintang at all.

The sound of ritual and music suddenly sounded, knowing that the queen mother and the emperor had arrived, everyone knelt down on the mountain, shouted long live the emperor, a thousand years old queen mother, and wished the queen mother a big birthday.

The queen mother was stunned for a moment, although the emperor said that this year's birthday would be really big, the queen mother didn't take it seriously, but now it seems that it is true.

She doesn't think that the emperor really wants to be filial to herself, it didn't crawl out of her stomach, how could she be sincerely filial, besides, the Queen Mother knows that the emperor has a deep heart, and she is only superficially respectful to herself, the queen mother in name, I don't know why I hate it.

After all, back then I tried my best to advise the late emperor to change King Lining to be the crown prince. This matter was not a secret. The emperor naturally knew it clearly, but he always pretended not to know it. The mind is hard to say.

Over the years, the Wang family has not stopped sending people to the palace. The emperor did not establish a queen, but he had four concubines. Two of the four concubines belonged to the Wang family, but they still had nothing to do.

If there is something wrong with the emperor, but there are two lowly court ladies who were pregnant before, but they didn't find out early, and took care of it quietly. If they are really going to give birth to a boy, they will be Dayan's prince.

Now Dayan has no heir to the emperor, this is the trump card in his hands, the reason why he has not taken it out is because King Ning has no heirs now, although he is not married to a serious princess, there are many women in the mansion, but I just don't believe it.

Although King Ning's body has not been very healthy, the imperial physician said that there is no serious illness, let alone the worry of extinction.Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager became worried. It was her longing for the emperor to have no heirs, but her own son also had no heirs, but it was very bad.

Moreover, today's birthday is such a big show, is it to celebrate my birthday, or is there some other purpose?
Thinking of this, she looked at Liu Hai and saw Liu Hai nodded slightly, she was relieved, she had already told Liu Hai that she could keep Han Zizhang as much as possible, after all, with him in the imperial dining room, many things were much easier.If you really can't keep it, you can only give it up. Anyway, you're just a cook, so it's the same if you give it up and find it again.

Recently, I have been looking at Lin Xing'er in front of the emperor who is quite useful, and this slave is greedy and easy to buy, if he can use it for himself, wouldn't he have planted a recent eyeliner in front of the emperor...

(End of this chapter)