self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 79

Lin Xing'er didn't have the time to pay attention to what the Queen Mother was thinking at the moment, since she walked over, she kept looking at the cooking competition in the middle. She naturally knew Han Zizhang, so the one on the other side must be An Ran.

Thinking about it, he hurriedly looked over, couldn't help being stunned, rubbed his eyes, and thought that that pretty little beauty who was a bit too much, wasn't An Ran from her family.

Although An Ran wasn't ugly in the first place, she was much worse than this little beauty. No wonder it was rumored that Chef An descended from the earth like a fairy, this little girl really looked like a fairy.

The white and translucent little face, the jet-black hair, even in such a simple attire, but there is a beauty of hibiscus in the clear water. Standing there, she is bowing her head and preparing, very serious.

Although her appearance had changed, Lin Xing knew she was An Ran just by looking at her. No matter how this girl changed, she was still devoted to cooking.It is also because of this hard work and seriousness that he has become a top chef who is famous internationally at a young age.

An Ran is different from herself. In Lin Xing's opinion, it is much more difficult to be a cook than to study medicine. The reason why she has achieved what she is today has a lot to do with the few medical books handed down in her family, and what is left of An's family is the incomplete An's family. Food list.

Moreover, there is no shortcut for a cook, only hard training and hard training. Lin Xing'er still remembers how little An Ran looked when she was cutting newspapers in the yard. She cut newspapers, potatoes, and radishes. Then shake the sand.

All cooks have to go through this, and An Ran is absolutely no exception. For a long time, I always pick out blood and apply medicine to her. In fact, it is useless to apply the medicine. Blood bubbles piled on top of blood bubbles, until thick calluses were worn on those tender little hands, and the knife skills were barely qualified.

Therefore, An Ran's success is not accidental. Outsiders may only see that she has won many awards at a young age, has become the successor of the new generation of the An family, and inherited the cooking school of the An family. Art has gone through a lot of hard training day and night.In order to become a real top chef, in addition to understanding, hard work is a must.

It's just that Lin Xing'er looked at her with some distress, this girl was still so reckless, once she got involved in cooking, she ignored everything, and didn't look at the current situation, no matter how good her cooking skills were, How could Han Zizhang be a fuel-efficient lamp? He was originally the Empress Dowager's man. Even if An Jiamu's hands and eyes were as good as the sky, if he offended the Empress Dowager, would he be able to do anything good?

This is not a society ruled by law. It is said that it is a royal chef competition. In fact, it is the empress dowager and the emperor taking advantage of the opportunity to compete. Now that she knows it, it is no wonder that those court dramas are so realistic. From the emperor to the queen mother, from the maid to the eunuch, there is no good person.

Every day I have to guard against other people's stumbling blocks. If I don't pay attention, my life will be gone. Thinking of the few days when I first wore it, Lin Xing'er wished she could scold her, it was too much, thanks to her skill in seeing a doctor Otherwise, before seeing An Ran, this little life will be explained first.

Seeing An Jiamu, Lin Xing'er's face was quite ugly, no matter how she looked at how this guy responded: "Scumbag, stallion." He muttered inattentively, the emperor turned his head and glanced at her: "What are you mumbling about?"

"No, nothing?" As she said, she bent slightly and stretched out her hand. It took her a long time to get used to this slave look, and she couldn't get used to it. After all, compared with Xiao Ming, she has a supernatural personality cloud.

Especially the one in front of him, who has as many sons as lotus roots, blacker than ink, harder than anyone else, holding the right to life and death in his hands, and with a light word, his head has to be moved.

However, being able to take the opportunity to eat the emperor's tofu made her feel a little more balanced. Therefore, as soon as the emperor held her hand, she took the opportunity to touch it twice. This almost became Lin Xing's subconscious action.At first I was afraid that the emperor would find out, but then I became more courageous, and now it has become a habit.

It's just that Lin Xing'er lowered her head, and didn't see the emperor's gaze gliding from her wrist to her slightly drooping head. Because of the movement of lowering her head, the back of this slave's neck showed a small part of her neck, white and white. Dazzling.

The emperor's hand couldn't help but tighten, Lin Xing'er couldn't help frowning, and turned her head to look at him suspiciously: "Long live Lord..."

The emperor relaxed a little, but still supported her wrist. This eyebrow-eye lawsuit was falling into Yue Jintang's eyes. The eyes are not looking at a slave at all, they are too hot.

Yue Jintang even felt that if it wasn't for being in public right now, the emperor might just put the dead eunuch under his body, and...

Thinking of the emperor being so kind, Yue Jintang couldn't help but think of the days he spent with the emperor in those years, and he felt like he was alive after a catastrophe.

The emperor walked up to the throne above and waved his hands: "Get up now." Then everyone thanked them and knelt down to wish the Queen Mother a birthday. The Queen Mother said kindly: "There is a plague in Yuzhou. It's too bad, but this palace is celebrating a big birthday at this moment, it really shouldn't be, besides, it's really a crime to be so extravagant."

"Where did the queen mother say that I, Dayan, have come to rule the world with filial piety. Naturally, the queen mother's birthday cannot be ignored. As for the plague in Yuzhou, after the mother's birthday today, I will go to the Taimiao to hold fast and pray for the people of Yuzhou."

"Long live the emperor, long live the queen mother..." Everyone shouted several times before they stopped.

Queen Mother: "The emperor has filial piety. In this case, the Ai family has received the emperor's filial piety. Let's have a good birthday today. Let's all get up. Didn't you say that there is a girl who wants to compete with Han Zizhang in cooking? I heard that it is the former chef Zheng Yu Where is your apprentice?"

Liu Hai came over in a hurry, and said to An Ran: "Chef An, please, the Queen Mother wants to see you."

An Ran had seen Liu Hai before. On the second day of the celebrity chef competition, he and Han Zizhang went to watch the excitement. He had a pair of bitch eyes. Even when he was smiling, he was gloomy. He didn't look like a good person.

Feeling that An Jiamu pinched herself, An Ran looked at him, and was immediately relieved, this man could always make her settle down, as long as he was around, she didn't have to be afraid of anything.

An Ran straightened her dress, followed Liu Hai to the front and knelt down: "Minister kowtows to the emperor, kowtows to the empress dowager."

The Empress Dowager looked at the kneeling person, and was stunned for a moment. Even though she lowered her head and couldn't see clearly, the graceful figure was really touching, and she couldn't help saying: "Raise your head." An Ran raised her head slightly, and lowered it again .

The queen mother was amazed by just this one glance, she was stunned for a long time, and said with a smile: "No wonder people outside say that this girl is the fairy who served the queen mother and came down to earth. Not bad."

Yue Jintang frowned slightly, and hurriedly said: "Mother Empress, Chef An is not a girl anymore, she has married into the An family, and now she is the eldest wife of the An family, and the sister-in-law of Shi Lang An."

The queen mother said: "Don't talk nonsense, her surname is An, how could she marry into An's family again, it is a big taboo not to intermarry with the same surname, and it is also the law of our Great Yan." Speaking of the last sentence, her tone was already a bit cold.

An Ran's heart skipped a beat, the queen mother really found fault with her when she came up, and she didn't know that Dayan had such a perverted law, what's wrong with the same surname, and she and An Jiamu had no blood relationship, just because of the same surname. Can't we get married?

The ministers present were all thankful that their money was on Han Zizhang's body. This was nothing compared to it. He was about to be convicted, and Han Zizhang naturally won.

Just when she was happy, she suddenly heard Mr. Mei say: "The Empress Dowager doesn't know something. I have no children. In Qizhou, I saw this girl was clever and filial, so I adopted her as a righteous daughter. Later, I married into An's family. It was written in the marriage letter. It's clear, Prince Xiaoyao knows about this very well."

Yue Jintang nodded: "That's true, Jintang has personally read the marriage certificate, and it says Mei's."

The ministers nearby glanced at each other, and said to themselves, tall, really tall, this is obviously a perfect fit, just to prevent the queen mother from finding fault, think about it, who is An Jiamu, how could he keep it? Such a ready-made handle let the queen mother hold on to embarrass his wife.

The Empress Dowager's expression softened: "It turned out to be Mr. Mei's daughter, but the strange way looks different, she doesn't have the slightest sense of pettiness."

Mr. Mei: "The empress dowager praised her absurdly. She is just a girl in the countryside who can cook a few dishes. She has never seen anything big in the world."

The queen mother glanced at the emperor: "It's really a pity, otherwise, such a beauty, and Mr. Mei's daughter, wouldn't it be a good choice to be in the palace."

Yue Jintang thought in his heart that what the queen mother said was really inappropriate. She knew that An Ran was already the eldest wife of the An family, and she still said such words, who did she take the emperor for? Besides, that person was An Jiamu.

Although An Jiamu is not in the officialdom, the influence of the An family and An Jiamu's temperament are unknown to the civil and military in the Manchu Dynasty. In addition, no one knows how precious he is to his daughter-in-law now. It is absolutely impossible for a country to have such a thought.

What the Queen Mother said was really vicious.

Sure enough, the emperor's face darkened slightly: "Since the late emperor passed away and I ascended the throne, when I thought that what the late emperor entrusted to me was the livelihood of thousands of people, I would be trembling like walking on thin ice, not daring to slack off a bit, lest I fail to live up to the late emperor's promise. Trust me, the common people who have let down Dayan, don’t care about the harem.”

The ministers knelt down and shouted long live.

An Ran really admires this one. It seems that the emperor is really not something that ordinary people can be. Not only must he be strong, but he must also show himself in a timely manner, exaggerate the atmosphere, and make the ministers follow him loyally.

Thinking of this, he glanced curiously from the corner of the eye, he didn't see the emperor, but saw the little eunuch next to the emperor, An Ran was shocked, how could this little eunuch look exactly like Lin Xing'er, to be exact, like Lin Xing'er Myolie was exactly the same when she was fifteen or sixteen.

An Ran looked at her in shock, forgot where she was now, who were around her, and looked at Lin Xing'er without blinking.

The emperor noticed An Ran's gaze, frowned slightly, and looked sideways at Lin Xing.

Lin Xing'er leaned close to his ear and whispered: "Your Majesty, this Chef An looks very kind, like a fellow slave."

The emperor does not believe such nonsense. Lin Xing entered the palace since he was a child. Where did he come from? Even if he had, he would have forgotten it long ago, but he suddenly remembered the past virtues of this slave. She's not small, but she's even more daring, moreover, men and women take it all, not only to herself, but also to those concubines in her harem, she dares to reach out.

The reason why I thought of this servant was because I saw him touching Concubine Hui's hand with my own eyes, and I wanted to take him to my side to clean up, but I didn't want this kid to eat his own tofu so boldly, it made him dumbfounded, so he put This kid stayed by his side to have some fun, but later he was reluctant to do anything to this slave.

Speaking of which, this slave is slippery, treacherous, greedy, daring, and he doesn't like anything, but it's such a slave, and he feels unhappy if he doesn't see him for a day.

Based on this slave's previous record, he must have taken a fancy to her beauty. Hearing that An Jiamu is very rare for this new wife, An Jiamu is not a slave to provoke, so she can't help but warn him in a low voice: "Be honest."

Looking at An Ran: "Is your master okay?"

An Ran hurriedly said: "Returning to the emperor, although the master is a bit older, his body is still healthy."

The emperor nodded and glanced at Han Zizhang: "The current scene reminds me of the imperial chef competition six years ago. Han Zizhang beat your master six years ago. Now you are competing with him, aren't you afraid of losing?"

An Ran shook her head: "Not afraid."

The emperor was stunned, and waved his hands: "So, I want to see if Zheng Yuchu's apprentice can be better than blue."

An Ran and Han Zizhang retreated to prepare, but the queen mother had no choice but to sit down with the emperor.

The emperor looked at An Ran, then at Han Zizhang, shook his head slightly, Jintang praised Chef An's cooking skills so much that he believed it, but such a little girl, it is hard for Han Zizhang to win , if she can't win, today's plan will be in vain, she couldn't help saying: "This girl is not very old, but I really dare to say, I don't know if it is arrogance or a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers."

But Lin Xing said: "The reason why she is not afraid is because she will not lose."

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "You are optimistic about her. I heard that the palace set up a gamble for today's imperial chef competition. Who did you bet on?"

Lin Xing'er's eyes flashed, even though this matter is a lice on the bald man's head, she must never admit it, the emperor is the most moody man in the world, so he just muddles through at this moment, and when he thinks about it later, settle the score with himself, But trouble.

He smiled and pretended to be stupid: "I don't know what kind of gambling game it is." For fear that the emperor would ask further: "Your Majesty, do you think Han Yuchu cooks lychee meat?"

The emperor nodded: "Lychee meat is Han Zizhang's special dish, sweet and sour, the first dish is just right." Looking at An Ran, he couldn't help chuckling: "You fellow cook cherry meat, so, this first dish Cai seems to have met his opponent." He suddenly stopped talking, and his eyes fell on An Ran.

In fact, most of the eyes were on An Ran. After all, both the emperor and the empress dowagers were quite familiar with Han Zizhang's craftsmanship, but they were really curious about An Ran.

One is that she is too young and her beauty is too outstanding, so everyone subconsciously attributes her experience to her beauty and ignores her culinary skills. Except for a few who have been to the celebrity chef competition, there is no adult in the rest You will feel that An Ran can beat Han Zizhang.

But after looking at it, I realized something was wrong. This girl's knife skills were not inferior to Han Zizhang's, and such a beautiful cook, with a spatula in her hand, was so beautiful that people couldn't bear to look away.

Everyone came back to their senses when An Ran's cherry meat came out of the pot and put on a plate. Liu Hai was about to go down to serve the dishes, but Lin Xing said, "My servant will help Mr. Liu."

The two dishes were placed side by side on the table, both were bright red and crystal clear, the difference was that An Ran's dish looked like fresh and tender cherries, while Han Zizhang's dish looked like a lychee.

The emperor nodded: "I often eat this dish of Han Zizhang, but I have never tasted Mei's cooking."

The eunuch serving food understood, took a small silver cup with his teeth, filled a piece of cherry meat, put it in front of the queen mother first, and then gave it to the emperor. Only then did the emperor pick up the chopsticks, put it in his mouth, and said after a long while: "This The cherry meat reminds me of Zheng Yuchu, it really is a famous teacher who has a great apprentice, Mei is not old, but his craftsmanship is no less than Zheng Yuchu, this cherry meat is very authentic."

He also tasted Han Zizhang's lychee meat, and saw that the Queen Mother also ate them separately, and said, "What does the Queen Mother think, but whose one is better?"

Queen Mother: "According to Ai's family, these two dishes are hard to distinguish." She said and looked at An Ran: "Han Zizhang is fine, after all, she is the royal chef in the palace, but how old is this girl, she has such good cooking skills , It’s really rare, how about this dish, it’s a draw for them.”

The emperor: "That's what I mean too." Immediately passed down the imperial decree.

Gouzi said dissatisfied: "The queen mother is obviously partial to Han Zizhang, the master is much better than him, okay?"

An Ran shook her head: "Otherwise, Han Zizhang is indeed worthy of being a master's opponent. This lychee meat is perfect in terms of color, fragrance, and shape."

Gao Bingyi: "This Han Zizhang's culinary skills are really good, the girl should be careful."

An Ran glanced at Lin Xing'er, and couldn't help asking, is she really Lin Xing'er? If so, she could have crossed over. If not, how could she look so similar to Lin Xing'er?
It's just that now is not the time to think about these things, and it won't be too late to figure it out later. Today, I have to avenge my master, and I have to pull Han Zizhang, a scum, from the imperial kitchen, so that he won't harm the kitchen business again.

Thinking of this, I made up my mind and started to cook the second dish.

The order of the dishes was set by the head of the Ouchi long ago, which disrupted the order An Jiamu told himself before, starting with the meat, so An Ran made a dish of cherry meat, because the sweet and sour tastes appetizing, and eating it at the table will not feel too greasy.This second shrimp dish is about to change.

Yue Jintang couldn't help leaning closer to Mr. Mei and said in a low voice: "Sir, look at what this girl is doing, how come this king has never seen it before?"

Mr. Mei stroked his beard: "This is an innovative dish newly conceived by the girl. When I was in Qizhou, I ate it once. It's called Shrimp Cucumber Roll. It uses fresh and tender cucumbers with delicious shredded shrimp. The taste is fresh, tender and crisp, and the color is white and green, which is extremely delicious."

Yue Jintang's saliva was almost drooling, and he said frankly: "This girl has hidden a lot of good dishes, so why don't you always look at Han Zizhang's second dish?"

Mr. Mei shook his head: "This dish made by Han Zizhang is a famous palace banquet dish. It is fried prawns. The dish is not bad, but it also has a sweet and sour taste. It is the same as the lychee meat he made last time. The taste is similar, even if it is done well, it will fall short."

As soon as Mr. Mei finished speaking, the second dish was also served, so the Queen Mother deliberately favored Han Zizhang, seeing this dish of fried prawns with the same color and taste as the previous dish, she couldn't help but frown slightly.

In particular, after eating the shrimp and green melon roll made by An Ran, I knew in my heart that Han Zizhang had lost the second dish, but he did not express his opinion and pushed it to the emperor. Meaning, take down the dish, dear friends, and try it too."

The little eunuch divided the dishes, so naturally it is impossible for everyone to share, but Mr. Mei and Yue Jintang are indispensable, and Yue Jintang shamelessly added an extra green melon roll, which made a lot of eyes roll.

Yue Jintang didn't care about others, it was his own when he put it in his own mouth, and he ate up the two shrimp dishes in a short while.

The emperor opened his mouth and said: "Everyone, let's talk about it, Han Yuchu and Mei's dishes, whose dishes are better?"

But Wang Geng stood up first: "The old minister thinks that Han Yuchu's fried prawns are even better."

"Come on, Cheng Engong will not pat your conscience when you say this, but maybe you are old and have bad teeth. This Cucumber Roll is tender and crisp, and you can't chew it. Therefore, it’s better to catch fried prawns if you don’t taste the taste.”

"You..." Wang Geng pointed at Yue Jintang: "Who doesn't know the relationship between you and An's family? The famous chef competition before is nothing. Now that the emperor and empress dowager are in front of him, the king of Xiaoyao County dares to do this. Could it be that he doesn't care about the empress dowager?" It won't work."

Yue Jintang resigned: "Don't try to put this shit on my head, Mr. Cheng En. The famous chef competition is not hosted by me. Mr. Guo and several other adults are there. Besides, the situation at that time must have caused Cheng En to Don't you forget, when the opponents are all admitting defeat, is there any need for me to be selfish? It's really a joke, but Cheng Engong, you are so open-eyed and talking nonsense, maybe you took advantage of Han Zizhang."

"You talk nonsense, you spitting blood." Cheng Engong trembled angrily at Yue Jintang, and hurriedly turned around and said: "Queen Mother, don't listen to this kid's nonsense, the old man will not get any benefit."

But Yue Jintang didn't let him go: "Mr. Cheng'en's words sound like there is no 300 taels of silver in this place."

Cheng Engong's angry old face flushed, and he was speechless for a long time pointing at him.

The queen mother's face darkened: "What are you arguing about? It's just a dish, and it's worth it." But she looked at Guo Zishan and said, "Master Guo, what happened to the celebrity chef competition that Cheng Engong talked about? Could it be true?"

Yue Jintang said in his heart that the Empress Dowager is obviously in a quarrel with Cheng Engong, but it is very difficult to find fault in this matter, especially since Guo Zishan is famous for his stern and selfless face, so he will definitely not be biased.

Sure enough, Guo Zishan stood up and said: "Returning to the Empress Dowager, because of Chef An's superb cooking skills, all the famous chefs dare not compete with Chef An, and they all admit defeat."

Empress Dowager: "This sounds fresh. There are still people who admit defeat if they don't compare. If they didn't take advantage, who would do so."

Guo Zishan said: "If the Empress Dowager doesn't believe it, these famous chefs are here now, and the Empress Dowager can summon them for questioning. Moreover, I am willing to use my wealth and life to guarantee Chef An. With Chef An's cooking skills, there is no need to bribe them. .”

The queen mother was stunned. She was quite aware of Guo Zishan's temperament, and she would never be a guarantor easily, not to mention using his wealth and life as a guarantor. This matter may be true. It seemed that he was unfair in dealing with things, and it was inevitable that he would be criticized by others, so he smiled and said: "Aijia is just telling a joke, how can Mr. Guo take it seriously, this girl is really good, not only has such cooking skills, but also can convince so many colleagues to admit defeat , if you really complied with that sentence, a hero is a boy, let alone a woman, which is really rare, according to Aijia, this girl is slightly better in the second way."

The queen mother made a final decision, Cheng Engong glared at Yue Jintang, and Fang sat down resentfully.

Yue Jintang smiled and said: "This is what the empress dowager said, what is the old man doing staring at this king?"

Cheng Engong don't ignore him at first.

The queen mother couldn't help sighing, her father's temper hadn't changed for so many years, and he lit a fire in two or three times, but fell into Yue Jintang's plot, and she was also confused, how could she follow her father's words and pursue it.

Fortunately, I realized it in time, otherwise, if I really recruited those famous chefs, it would seem that I deliberately made things difficult for this girl.However, at such a young age, how can this girl have such superb cooking skills, it is really hard to understand.

Han Zizhang lost the second course, and his expression was unavoidably ugly.

The third dish is made of chicken. When Han Zizhang saw that An Ran was starting to remove the bones from the whole chicken, he knew that she was going to make bagged chicken. His eyes flashed. Although this dish is the signature of Jufenglou, the Queen Mother didn't like it very much. The Queen Mother liked it. To eat the crispy taste, I made a crispy chicken.

When An Ran's eight-treasure bagged chicken and Han Zizhang's crispy chicken were served, Yue Jintang couldn't help but gasp, staring at Han Zizhang's crispy chicken and laughing.

The queen mother took a bite each and said: "The Ai family likes this crispy chicken better. The skin is crispy yet soft, and it melts in your mouth. Han Zizhang's cooking skills have improved again."

Yue Jintang: "Isn't it good enough? I don't want to see who I learned from."

Queen Mother: "What does Prince Xiaoyao mean?"

Yue Jintang: "It's nothing interesting, just thinking about the past few months in Suzhou. At that time, this crispy chicken dish was the specialty of Wang Pinrong, the junior chef of Chef Han Yu. It was this dish that he lost to Chef An. The husband said at the time that Wang Pinrong's crispy chicken is crispy and crispy, but it lacks the feeling of melting in the mouth. Afterwards, this dish was spread, and most cooks in the south of the Yangtze River would make it, but I didn't expect that Han Yuchu was far away in the capital. Well-informed and learned so quickly.”

Empress Dowager: "That's unreasonable. This unique skill is what cooks rely on for food. How can it be spread?"

Yue Jintang smiled, and took out a Anjia food list from his arms: "This food list is from Jiangnan Kitchen, and it is recorded according to the dishes made by Chef An. Nowadays, it can be seen everywhere in Jiangnan. As long as it is a cook, almost everyone has it. One book, this first dish is crispy skin chicken, if you don’t believe me, the queen mother can take a look.” He said and presented the menu.

Liu Hai took it and handed it to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother turned to the first page, and she saw that it was a recipe for crispy chicken, and she also recorded in detail the competition of this dish in Songyue Tower that day.

The queen mother secretly thought that what was rumored outside was actually true, but she closed the food list and looked at Yue Jintang: "Even so, today's comparison is not about who invented this dish. It's better, as for Mei's bagged chicken, maybe the Ai family ate too much, but felt nothing new, the emperor thinks what the Ai family said?"

The emperor's eyes flashed: "What the queen mother said is very true."

Yue Jintang curled his lips: "Chef Han won this dish thanks to Chef An next to you. If he hadn't recorded the recipe selflessly so that you could learn it, there must be no such crispy chicken dish today. gone."

Han Zizhang didn't care, anyway, it's fine if he wins. Originally, this dish was learned from this girl, who made this girl feel embarrassed, and wrote down all her unique skills. This advantage is taken for granted, very cheeky He cupped his hands with An Ran: "I have accepted."

Gouzi snorted, "Shameless."

Lin Xing'er was dissatisfied, and leaned into the emperor's ear and said: "The dish just now was obviously won by Chef An, but Han Zizhang learned the dish from others. How can he be regarded as the winner?"

The emperor smiled: "You are more anxious than your fellow countryman, I think she is safe."

Lin Xing'er thought to herself, An Ran's temperament has always been like this, and she never takes winning or losing seriously, but this girl is really good at cooking and her stable heart, could it be related to the scumbag next to her.

Lin Xing'er didn't want to look at An Jiamu very much, but An Jiamu was always by An Ran's side, and it was impossible for her to ignore it. Moreover, the emotion in this man's eyes was never hidden. It can be seen that this scumbag really fell in love with An Ran, how could it be possible?

Moreover, falling in love is not enough. There is nothing good about this ancient man. I firmly believe that only I can protect this girl.

An Ran really doesn't care much, people's tastes are ever-changing, just like the prawn dish just now, the shrimp shredded green melon roll made by myself has a different taste from the previous one with cherry meat, so it was a coincidence, and Han Zizhang's stir-fried prawns The taste is the same as that of lychee meat, so I beat him.

And this bagged chicken is not the queen mother's favorite taste, there is no way to do it, and today is the queen mother's birthday, so naturally the queen mother's preference shall prevail, so it is not wrong to lose this dish.

Moreover, in such a short period of time, only relying on a recipe can make crispy chicken so authentic, it can be seen that Han Zizhang's understanding of dishes is no worse than himself, just like the master said, no matter what Han Zizhang's character is, His culinary skills are indeed the strongest opponent.

For the next duck dish, Han Zizhang made a classic southern dish with three sets of ducks, while An Ran made an authentic Shandong dish of fairy duck.

The Empress Dowager was smart this time, and decided a tie before the Emperor could speak, saying that the two dishes of duck had their own strengths, and both were extremely delicious.

However, Yue Jintang said coolly: "When I was in Qizhou, I heard that Han Yuchu was a cook from the north, and he often said that southern cuisine is not as good as northern cuisine. Northern cuisine is the real root of the kitchen industry. Wait, wait a minute, and even encouraged the cooks of the northern school to run against the cooks of the southern school, but it turned out that Han Yuchu said one thing in his mouth, but secretly did another thing. Since he thinks that the northern cuisine is so much better than the southern cuisine, why did he make a dish with three dishes? As for the duck set, you know, this is a classic dish of southern cuisine."

Han Zizhang's expression was a bit ugly: "Your Highness, why did you say that? The north-south dispute in the kitchen industry has been going on for a long time, and it has nothing to do with me. As for me cooking southern dishes, Chef An also cooks our classic northern dishes. ."

Yue Jintang snorted and laughed: "You have pushed it clean. You consider yourself a cook from the northern sect. Chef An never said that you are a cook from the southern sect. You can go back and ask your second apprentice, Cui Qing, who is lying on the kang." , An Ran said more than once that he is just a cook, regardless of the north and the south, so no matter the southern cuisine, the northern cuisine, or even the Sichuan, Cantonese, Fujian, Chaoshan cuisine... you can cook, but you keep saying that you are It’s not ridiculous that a chef from the north, but he brought out the classics of southern cuisine during the royal chef’s competition. Don’t be annoyed, Han Yuchu. It’s unreasonable for the northern faction to always cook southern dishes.”

Han Zizhang's face changed a few times, but he could only say: "His Royal Highness King Lao has reminded you."

Probably also felt that it was really unreasonable for me to cook southern dishes. For the fifth vegetarian dish, Han Zizhang really cooked a northern dish. Grilled cabbage with chestnuts. Although it was cabbage, it was more particular than the meat dishes above.

First of all, the cabbage must be a white cabbage irrigated with mountain spring water, and it can only be cooked with chestnuts, a tribute from Zunhua. The chestnuts are sweet and the cabbage is soft and rotten, which is very suitable for the elderly. Not too old, but I also like the salty and fresh taste of this dish. It is a dish that the Queen Mother usually likes to eat.

Han Zizhang made it at this time, naturally for the sake of convenience, but he didn't expect that Anran made cabbage today, when Anran and Han Zizhang's dishes were served, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's eyes fell on Anran's dish.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but said, "Why does this look like cabbage soaked in water?"

Lin Xing'er: "The empress dowager is wise, this dish is called boiled cabbage."

The queen mother was stunned: "Is it really boiled water to soak cabbage?" Then she was furious: "Bold, this is not fooling Aijia."

Lin Xing'er: "Empress Dowager, don't get angry. Although this dish is called boiled water, it uses high soup. Moreover, the most difficult part of this dish is to hang the soup. It needs to be thick and clear. At first glance, it looks like cabbage soaked in clear water. It tastes delicious, but if you don’t believe me, please try it, Empress Dowager.”

The Empress Dowager tasted it dubiously, and suddenly felt a kind of extreme fragrance overflowing her mouth, she swallowed it slowly along the soup in her mouth, it was really indescribably delicious.

Although the queen mother was silent for a long time, she could tell from her expression that this dish was the winner.

Guo Zishan couldn't help but said: "At first I thought that the chickpea curds that day were the best, but now I know that there are even better ones, especially, this seemingly ordinary boiled cabbage contains the ultimate delicacy in it, just like a rock. Panning for gold in the jade sand of Zhongzang, compared to the skill and skill but the gold and jade in it, this dish can be called a superb delicacy."

Guo Zishan's words were full of meaning, and the faces of the princes and ministers present were not very good-looking.

Yue Jintang rubbed his nose and said to himself, this Guo Zishan is really well-deserved, with a very vicious tongue, it seems that he even scolded himself.

It's not that he hugged himself, looked at this boiled cabbage, and thought about himself, he really felt that Guo Zishan was talking about himself, but he said it, anyway, he didn't care, who cares about being a pillar of jade hidden in a stone, just It's better than nothing to be so delicious and drinkable to death.

The good news is that this fifth dish finally won Han Zizhang again, and there are still four dishes left. I really don’t know if An Ran can still win. Although Han Zizhang is shameless, his cooking skills are indeed not weak. He is really the first Seeing someone who met this girl at chess...

(End of this chapter)