self-improvement as a cook

Chapter 80

After the five dishes, there are four dishes left, which are fish, rice, dim sum and porridge. Except for fish, which is a serious dish, the rest are staple foods and dim sum.

The sixth dish was rice, An Ran was not in a hurry, and asked Gou Zi and Shun Zi to prepare it, but Gao Bingyi said, "Girl, look at the rice Han Zizhang uses, isn't it purple rice?"

An Ran shook her head: "Anyone who is a cook knows that although purple rice is good, it has a hard outer skin. Moreover, if you want to cook rice, you must soak it for at least three or four hours. When cooking rice, you need white rice. One serving Purple rice needs to be put in three times as much as white rice, so it will take half an hour, look at him, now he directly takes out the rice to cook, it can't be purple rice."

Gao Bingyi nodded: "Indeed, what did he use?"

An Ran's eyes flickered, and she looked at Lin Xing'er involuntarily. This is almost a habitual action of the two of them. Usually, when they are uncertain about something, they can often tell each other's meaning with just one look, even if they can't confirm it. In his heart, Lin Xing, who was in front of the emperor, was already regarded as his good friend.

And Lin Xing did not disappoint her, she nodded slightly at her, An Ran knew that she had guessed well, and couldn't help raising her eyebrows: "It's hard for him to find this out."

Gao Bingyi hurriedly asked: "The girl knows what he did?"

An Ran: "If I'm not mistaken, what he cooks is green rice."

Gao Bingyi was even more confused: "What is Qingjing rice? Is there such a rice? Don't say I've seen it before, I've never heard of it."

But An Jiamu said: "There was a poem in the Ministry of Industry and Commerce that there is no Qingjing rice, which makes me look good. It is also recorded in Chunxi's Three Mountains that Deng Boyuan and others gave Qingjing rice on Huotong Mountain. The method of Danjing sees the five internal organs, and can write at night."

Gao Bingyi couldn't help saying: "If according to the old man's statement, if you eat this Qingjing rice, you can become a fairy."

Their questions and answers naturally spread to everyone's ears. The queen mother was overjoyed and thought to herself, could it be that the rice cooked by Han Zizhang really has such a miraculous effect: "Han Zizhang, is this really green rice?"

Han Zizhang found out this way of cooking after putting in some thought. He wanted to show off for a while, but he didn't want to, but let An Ran tell the truth. He will feel that his meal is miraculous, and he can win the girl logically, thus winning the round.

Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Returning to the Empress Dowager, the rice I made is indeed the legendary Qingjing Rice."

Queen Mother: "So, can you really become a fairy after eating this meal?"

Han Zizhang hurriedly said: "This little one doesn't know, but even if he can't become a fairy, he can prolong his life."

The Empress Dowager ordered Liu Hai: "Go and bring this green polished rice to Aijia and have a look."

Liu Hai went down in response, and scooped up a cup of dark rice grains with a small glass cup.

The queen mother looked at it carefully for a long time, took it to her nose and sniffed it: "It smells like rice." She couldn't help looking at Mr. Mei next to her: "Mr. Mei is well-read and knowledgeable, have you seen this thing?"

Mr. Mei shook his head: "I haven't seen it before, but Dongpo Layman has a poem, Huang Gong offers Zizhi, Chisong offers Qingjing, some ancient books also mentioned Qingjing Yaocao and Zizhi many times, saying that eating more can lead to longevity, but so For a long time, I haven't seen a successful one, if there is such a fetish, those hermits will not return to ashes to ashes now."

As soon as Mr. Mei finished speaking, Li Dashao, who was next to Han Zizhang, said, "Sir, it is impossible to know. Maybe, he has already turned into a fairy and ascended to the heaven. How can we mortals know about the gods."

Yue Jintang: "According to what you said, we will be able to ascend after a while after eating the green rice cooked by your master. Then the king can eat more, so that he can ascend to heaven and become an immortal."

Han Zizhang kicked Li Dashao, who would dare to respond to such nonsense words, he would not become a fairy in a while, and if he asked himself a crime of deceiving the emperor, he would not be able to keep his head.

The queen mother was not confused, and laughed: "It's all just legends, but, since my husband knows about it, it's true, just like what Han Zizhang said, even if you can't become a fairy, you can prolong your life. It's a rare good thing. Your majesty might as well eat more later, maybe next year, the Ai family will be able to embrace the grandson of the emperor, even if the emperor is busy with state affairs, this heir is the top state affairs, and our Great Yan foundation will last forever with more sons and grandchildren."

The emperor hurriedly said: "My son is taught."

But seeing Lin Xing'er looking thoughtfully at the green polished rice in the small cup, she couldn't help asking, "What are you looking at?"

Lin Xing'er: "The emperor knows that this servant has some medical skills, and this medicine is inseparable from eating."

The emperor raised his eyebrows: "Could it be that you have eaten such a fairy thing?"

Lin Xing'er: "My servant remembers that there is a Nanzhu tree in my hometown. Its leaves are picked every March [-]rd to steam rice. The steamed rice is black and shiny. Therefore, this tree is also called the black rice tree, and it is often used in sacrifices. Cooking, and there is also a record in "Materia Medica": Nanzhumu, named black meal grass, also known as Eclipta eclipta. That is green essence. Pick the branches and leaves, mash the juice, soak the white good japonica rice, no matter how much, wait for one or two hours , Steamed rice is exposed to dryness, hard and blue, and stored. When using it, first use boiling water, measure the number of rice, boil it and it will be ready. If Han Yuchu cooks this, the servant has really eaten it."

The emperor looked at Han Zizhang, and Han Zizhang was not panic when he saw that Lin Xing pointed it out: "Eunuch Lin is very knowledgeable, it is this thing, although the youngest second apprentice Cui Qing is sick in bed, but he is thinking about the Queen Mother's birthday, so I offer this meal , looking forward to the longevity of the Empress Dowager.”

An Jiamu's eyes flashed, Han Zizhang would take the opportunity to carry his second apprentice Cui Qing out at this time.

The queen mother nodded: "Your second apprentice's craftsmanship is not bad, especially the dim sum is good. Aijia also said that why I didn't see his dim sum during this journey, so it turned out that he was sick." Then he said to Liu Hai: "You go The imperial hospital finds an imperial doctor to show him, he is young and has good skills, don't be ruined by an illness."

Han Zizhang quickly knelt down to thank him.Although he has many apprentices, he is really trustworthy, Ge Shunsheng and Cui Qing are the only ones who can be used, and the rest are either Li Dashao, who is not successful enough, or Gu Yongcheng, who is in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han. Therefore, it is still necessary to get Cui Qing back. Now that there is a Queen Mother, Cui Qing's illness will be cured soon, and he will have many helpers by his side.

But suddenly hearing the sound of admiration around him, Han Zizhang couldn't help being stunned when he looked over.

An Ran was frying golden rice, and Qianqianyu's fingers grasped the frying pan, which should have been quite strenuous, but she was able to do it with ease in her hands. The grains of rice wrapped in golden egg liquid flew up and down with An Ran's movements, pulling out light The yellow light and shadow are full of brilliance, as if every grain of rice has life.

Perhaps it was the charming smile on An Ran's lips that spread to her cooking, and everyone suddenly felt that even such a simple fried rice dish was very exciting.

Mr. Mei stroked his beard: "It's a pity that old man Zheng didn't come, otherwise, seeing this girl cook this broken gold rice, I might be so relieved."

Yue Jintang: "The reason why the old man didn't come is because he knew that this girl would be able to defeat Han Zizhang. It was this girl who paid tribute to the old man for this broken gold meal. Otherwise, with this girl's knowledge, there is nothing she can't cook."

Mr. Mei nodded: "Mr. Mingyue said in his letter to the old man that this girl's food knowledge and cooking skills are already unrivaled in the world, and she has no rivals. This old man is different from the old man. In addition to eating, Mr. Mingyue is also good at research. He has read many ancient books while staying in Suzhou. It’s nothing more than a good cooking skill, but where did the insights in my little head come from?”

Yue Jintang: "You don't care where she came from, as long as she can win against Han Zizhang."

However, Mr. Mei shook his head: "No matter how good this dish of broken gold rice is made by An Ran, it is a little ordinary compared to green rice. The comparison of this dish is not whether it is delicious or not, but the way of health preservation. Han Zizhang's green rice, Even if it is not delicious, it can prolong life, not to mention the Queen Mother, even the old man wants to taste it."

While Mr. Mei was talking, he saw Yue Jintang's attendants leaning over and whispering something in Yue Jintang's ear, Yue Jintang said in a low voice: "Sir, An Ran asked Shunzi to send a message, saying, if you always want to eat green rice , and she will make it for you when you go back, forget about Han Zizhang's."

Mr. Mei nodded, knowing in his heart that since An Ran sent the message, he must have seen the problem, and it is probably not his fault.

Probably in order to reflect the precious and rare green polished rice, Han Zizhang only steamed half a pot in a small casserole, and divided it into two small bowls, which was enough for the emperor and the queen mother. The queen mother tasted it first, frowned slightly, but still put the small bowl I ate them all.

Just as the emperor was about to eat, he suddenly felt Lin Xing'er tug on his sleeve twice. He glanced at her sideways and saw her shaking her head lightly. He knew that this slave was quite knowledgeable in medicine. Could it be that there was something wrong with the meal, so he put down his chopsticks: "Today is my mother's birthday. Since this green rice has the effect of prolonging life, my mother should eat more. It is also my filial piety for Lin Xing to serve this bowl of green rice to the queen mother."

Lin Xing'er thought to himself, the emperor is really hurt, this is his own reminder, otherwise, how could it be given to the queen mother, don't look at the mother and son who are kind and filial on the surface, but in secret they wish they could kill each other.

The queen mother was not too polite, she just smiled and praised the emperor's filial piety, although it doesn't taste very good, but it is a god, eating more is bound to be beneficial, therefore, eat the emperor's too, just thinking about prolonging my life, Even her father Cheng Engong forgot.

At first, Cheng Engong was waiting for his daughter to give him some rewards, so that he could enjoy the glory. He has aged for a year, and his health has become worse and worse in the past year. If he had this thing, wouldn't it be just right? Old Yue doesn't want to die, especially Cheng Engong, who wants to enjoy great blessings through his daughter's light, so he is not willing to die.

Seeing that the Empress Dowager didn't even save a single grain of rice for herself, her face was rather ugly, so naturally she didn't dare to do anything to the Empress Dowager, but she gave Han Zizhang a look, and Han Zizhang hurriedly sent a message, saying that he would send a few catties of polished green rice to the mansion later, Cheng En The man is satisfied with this.

Naturally, for the sixth meal, the queen mother judged that Han Zizhang won, and the two sides once again became a draw.

Yue Jintang couldn't help but feel a little anxious. Next came dim sum. Anran's honey honeycomb cake lost to Han Zizhang's flower rose cake. As a result, Han Zizhang came from behind and overtook Anran.

For the next dish of fish and porridge, as long as Han Zizhang wins another game, the winner of this royal chef competition will be decided. From the current point of view, Han Zizhang's chances of winning are obviously greater than An Ran's.

At this time, the emperor ordered to rest for half an hour, probably because he was afraid that the queen mother would eat too much green rice and wanted to rest for a while to digest food.

As soon as the empress dowager and the emperor withdrew, chaos immediately ensued, and the ministers who placed their bets came to Yue Jintang to ask for an increase. Snobbish man: "I tell you guys, the outcome hasn't been decided yet, and you all know that Han Zizhang can't win."

Cheng Engong took out a silver ticket from his sleeve, and slapped it in front of Yue Jintang: "This is a silver ticket of 1 taels. I beat Han Yuchu to win."

Everyone gasped, and said to themselves, Cheng Engong is really generous, if he doesn't make a move, it will be 1 taels. This 1 taels of silver is not a small sum, but if he wins, it will be a big deal. Doubling the return, I couldn't help but be moved, and they all put out money to bet.

But suddenly a voice said: "From now on, one bet is at least 1 taels."

Yue Jintang was stunned, and looked at Lin Xing'er who came out of nowhere: "You are crazy, is there such a bet, and the bet is too big?"

Lin Xing'er whispered: "You are stupid, how can you make a lot of money if you don't make it bigger." Then, he took out a wad of bank notes from his sleeve: "This is 2 taels, and the slaves also suppress Han Royal chef."

When Lin Xinger made such a fuss, everyone couldn't help turning their hearts. It's not news that the empress dowager and the emperor are at odds. All the ministers in the court know about it, so they understand better in their hearts that today's culinary competition Maybe it's the empress dowager fighting the emperor, the empress dowager's side is naturally Han Zizhang, and the emperor's side is this girl.

Although the girl in the front once took the lead, Han Zizhang's dish of green rice came back. In addition, the dim sum in the back also won. There are two dishes left, one fish and one porridge. If this girl wants to win, she must have both dishes. Victory over Han Zizhang, and as long as Han Zizhang wins one more dish, he will win today's imperial chef competition.

Moreover, everyone knows that Han Zizhang's panlong yellow croaker is a masterpiece, no matter how good this girl is, what fish can she make, and the next one is fish, so it can be seen that Han Zizhang must win today.

What's more, Lin Xing'er is a popular person in front of the emperor. Although she is a slave, she more or less represents the emperor's position. She even put down 2 taels of silver, needless to say.

Everyone figured it out, and their enthusiasm was unprecedentedly high, you [-], I [-], he [-]... bet on points.

Lin Xing'er took the opportunity to whisper in Yue Jintang's ear: "Your Highness, don't get me wrong, I just suppressed An Ran's side."

Yue Jintang hastily pushed her away, and this dead slave took the opportunity to touch him again. He is simply a little pervert. He is not old, but he is not young. Even though he is a eunuch, he is still half a man. This is left behind.

But I also have to admit that this dead slave is really capable, so he is so aggressive, as long as An Ran wins Han Zizhang, they will really make money.

Although Yue Jintang was a little worried, he still had confidence in An Ran. What's more, apart from the dim sum just now, Han Zizhang always felt that there was something wrong with the green rice.

Thinking about it this way, my heart became more determined, but after half an hour, the original two sides were basically even, and now the odds are almost close to 100 to 1000, that is to say, if An Ran wins, one tael of silver can make ten taels 1000 taels of silver are 1 taels, 1 taels are 10 taels, and [-] taels are [-] taels.

Lin Xinger's 2 taels of silver was 20 taels. Although most of the 2 taels of silver were not her own, the money she earned was enough for her and An Ran to live a happy life for a few years.

Yue Jintang was even happier. He had bet 10 taels. If An Ran won, he would earn ten times as much. With stacks of bank notes and white strips, the mouth is crooked with joy.

Mr. Mei shook his head: "You are a majestic prince of Xiaoyao County. You don't want to do business for the emperor, but you think about what these crooked ways are doing every day?"

Knowing Mr. Mei's temperament, Yue Jintang chuckled: "Sir, I don't know, this king is working hard for the emperor. Just think about it, the ones who bet today are either royal family members or court officials. How could there be so much money from the court’s salary, if not done, it would all come from greed, won’t it be a good deed for this king to win.”

Mr. Mei made him speechless, and he just kept shaking his head and sighing.

Yue Jintang didn't pay attention to this old man, it was the most reliable to have real money in his hands.

An Ran originally wanted to take this opportunity to come over and talk to Lin Xing, but she didn't want to, An Jiamu dragged her tightly, and Lin Xing'er was also surrounded by those court ministers, and she couldn't squeeze through at all, so she couldn't help being funny, if she was not sure before Whether it is his bad friend or not, it is now very certain that there is no other person besides Lin Xing'er with this temperament.

Anyway, now that we have seen each other, what is there to worry about, besides, now is not the time to speak, An Ran is very suspicious, the reason why the emperor ordered the intermission is also Lin Xinger's idea, just to deceive these ministers.

Moreover, with Lin Xinger's temperament, An Ran felt that the materials used to make the dim sum by herself just now might have been manipulated by Lin Xinger, the honey was mixed with Coptis chinensis powder, so she had to use icing sugar instead.

But what I made was honey honeycomb cake. Without honey, it is naturally impossible to be authentic. It is precisely because I lost the last one that these ministers thought that they would lose today, so they placed bets one after another. In this way, Lin Xinger Being able to take the opportunity to make a lot of money is really something Lin Xinger did.Han Zizhang now thinks that he has the chance to win, and it is absolutely impossible for him to do superfluous tricks. Once he finds out, the gain will not be worth the loss. Therefore, it can only be Lin Xing'er.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help laughing out loud, and suddenly heard An Jiamu ask: "What are you laughing at?"

An Ran shook her head: "People's greed is really harmful."

An Jiamu naturally understood what she said, nodded: "Greed is human nature, everyone is greedy, even a husband is greedy, greedy for my wife and I, greedy for having children around our knees in the future, enjoying Tianlun."

An Ran's heart warmed up, she turned her head to look at him and said in a low voice, "Me too." The two looked at each other, even though they were at a palace banquet, surrounded by people, they only had each other in their eyes.

Seeing this, Lin Xing'er felt sore. This stupid girl like An Ran really made this scumbag half-dumb. She couldn't see anyone except this scum in her eyes. It was really an eyesore.

Just thinking about it, the emperor and the empress dowager came back, so they had to go to pick them up first, and everyone shouted again, long live the emperor and the empress dowager, and after a set of procedures, the imperial chef competition started again.

The eighth dish is fish, and Han Zizhang really made his specialty dish, Panlong yellow croaker. He said that there is another allusion to this panlong yellow croaker. It is said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu, the governor of Eastern Wu, wanted to get rid of Liu Bei and annex Shu.Came up with a beauty trick.Lured Liu Bei to go to Soochow for a blind date, and waited for an opportunity to kill him.After marriage, Liu Bei was besieged by Wu soldiers in the palace, anxious and depressed all day long.Mrs. Shangxiang took care of her in every possible way, and often cooked delicious dishes for her husband by herself.Once she made a dish called "Bailong Yellow Fish" and asked Liu Bei to taste it.

And asked: "Can't my husband taste other flavors from it?" Liu Bei was puzzled, so he asked Zhao Yun who was sitting on the side.Zhao Yun hurriedly said: "Yellow fish and dragon, and the master of the dragon. Madam made this dish by herself. I not only want you to taste the delicious food, but more importantly, I want you to condescend to Soochow for the time being." After listening to the audience, he nodded repeatedly, and said, "Although Dongwu is not the place where the lord will stay for a long time, for the country and wife, you have to endure it for the time being, lying here like a dragon, waiting for the opportunity to plan another plan.

After listening to his wife's advice, Liu Bei calmed down and stayed in Soochow. Later, they looked for an opportunity to escape, and Zhou Yu was so angry that he beat his chest and stamped his feet, exasperated, and there was Zhou Lang's ingenious plan to settle the world.

This is how this dish got its name. The method is similar to squirrel fish, but the ingredients are large yellow croakers. The finished dish is bright in color, sweet and sour, soft and palatable. Because of its beautiful shape and auspicious meaning, it has become an imperial dish and Han Zizhang's specialty.

And what An Ran cooks is also a first dish of imperial cuisine, yellow croaker in soup. The reason for making this dish is because An Ran knows that Dayan does not have this dish. She has never seen or eaten it, so that she can achieve what An Ran wants as much as possible. Effect.

An Ran turned her head and asked Gao Bingyi: "Are the ingredients ready?"

Gao Bingyi hurriedly said: "Okay." Asked two boys to bring them over, don't look down on them, but they are all good things, such as shark fins, fish lips, snow clams, skirts, scallops, bird's nest, abalone, pearl soup balls Jinhua ham, a total of nine kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas, is made by simmering in top soup. Gao Bingyi took Gouzi and Shunzi to work for several days before making it.

But she still didn't know what kind of dish An Ran was going to make, and today she only knew that it was an ingredient for making yellow croaker, so she couldn't help saying: "Miss, are you going to make yellow croaker?" We all know that Panlong yellow croaker is Han Zizhang's specialty dish, in Gao Bingyi's mind, the girl just needs to make it A dish made in Suzhou is sure to beat Han Zizhang.Even though he has confidence in An Ran's culinary skills, he may not necessarily lose in making yellow croaker, after all, he is not as sure as others.

An Ran nodded: "If Master Gao masters the dish that An Ran cooked today, it may become the signature of Fuchunju in the future, but this dish is extremely difficult, so Master Gao will watch carefully."

It was the first time for Gao Bingyi to hear An Ran say that a dish was extremely difficult, and she couldn't help but get excited. She couldn't think of any dish that would make her find it difficult with An Ran's cooking skills. His culinary skills may be even better.

Thinking of this, he hastened to gather 12 points of energy, and listened carefully, his eyes fixed on An Ran's hand, not willing to blink.

And there are many people who are equally curious. Mr. Mei and Yue Jintang are naturally very curious. After all, they are very familiar with An Ran, and they know very well about most of the dishes that An Ran cooks, especially the big dishes. It can be seen that she really looks after the yellow croaker. The more puzzled, even Mr. Mei asked Yue Jintang curiously: "What kind of food does this girl cook?"

Yue Jintang didn't know anymore, he just shook his head, although he didn't know, but he had a lot of eyes, although he was a foodie, he was an outsider after all, and the biggest insider here was Han Zizhang, so he looked at Han Zizhang, trying to read from his expression See the clues.

No, but Han Zizhang was also full of doubts, Yue Jintang thought to himself, maybe even Han Zizhang doesn't know what this girl is going to do?how is this possible?

The looks of these people fell into Lin Xing's eyes, and she didn't think it was funny. Lin Xing'er was probably the only person here besides An Ran who knew what she was going to cook. This girl is really cruel. It is also a legendary dish in the culinary world, so many top chefs dare not try it lightly, because this dish requires extremely high cooking skills, even the top chefs are likely to fail, even for An Ran. It's not easy to say.And Han Zizhang's Panlong yellow croaker is really incomparable with this legendary dish.

Han Zizhang had a bad premonition. He has always been very confident in his cooking skills. He has traveled to many places, and he has worshiped more than one master. He thinks that he knows all the dishes from the north and the south, even Cantonese and Sichuan dishes. He doesn't believe this. There are still dishes in the world that I don’t know about, especially such big dishes. Judging from her technique, the whole fish needs to be deboned, and the dishes that need the whole fish to be deboned. Could it be that she wants to make eight-treasure stuffed fish or pouch fish, but it’s not the same. Most of these two dishes are mandarin fish and dace. Although yellow croaker is also used, it is not common.

Judging from her side dishes, it doesn't look like eight-treasure stuffed fish or pouch fish, and judging from the way she removes the bones from the whole fish, it's too neat. After turning, a complete fish bone came out of the fish's mouth.

Han Zizhang couldn't help asking himself, if he competed with this girl, he would definitely lose. I really don't know how this girl is so young. , until now, I don't know what she did?What was that half-frozen thing she stuffed into the fish's mouth?Could it be that you still want to make stuffed fish, have you never seen such a method?

The emperor couldn't help but praised: "As expected of Zheng Yuchu's direct disciple, it would not take a year or two to remove the bones of the fish with one hand, but, I can't tell what kind of dish she is cooking?"

The Queen Mother also turned her head and asked Liu Hai: "What did the Mei family do? Why is the Ai family getting more and more confused?"

Liu Hai shook his head: "The servant didn't notice it, hey, this yellow croaker still does this, isn't it just playing tricks, why did it explode again?"

Gao Bingyi stared closely at the yellow croaker in the pot. It turned out that it needed to be fried after being filled with soup. No wonder the girl said it was difficult. The belly of the fish was full of soup. If the soup juice leaks out, it will be troublesome.

Everyone stared at An Ran's frying pan, wanting to see what kind of dish An Ran was cooking.

An Ran put the fish on a plate, heated the frying pan to cook the sauce, sliced ​​Chinese kale into thin slices and thickened the chicken broth, poured it on the fish, put the pot down, and heaved a sigh of relief. I haven’t made this yellow croaker with soup for a long time. Rusty.

Lin Xing'er came over and brought the fish up, and the emperor asked to put it in front of the queen mother.

The queen mother took a closer look, and couldn't help but said: "It's nothing unusual to look at, but the fish is bigger."

Lin Xing'er: "Empress Dowager, you have to taste this dish before you know its beauty."

The queen mother glanced at her, waved her hand, Liu Hai hurriedly bent over and took the chopsticks, intending to pick up the fish meat, but just as soon as the teeth in his hands went down, as the snow-white fish meat was picked up, it also punctured the fish belly, and immediately sucked in air The sound came and went, and I saw the soup like jade liquid and fine nectar accompanied by crystal white balls like pearls, and various delicacies from mountains and seas, flowing out slowly, and the fragrance was overflowing. The most moving splash-ink landscape, beautiful to the extreme.

Lin Xing'er said at this time: "The subtlety of this dish lies in the fact that the sac is in the belly of the fish, but the whole body is watertight. There are three difficulties in making this top-notch delicacy. It is cooked in soup, and the third is fried in soup, which is yellow croaker in soup."

The emperor praised: "What a yellow croaker in soup. It is suitable for both movement and stillness. It is full of wit. It is really rare for a dish to be so beautiful." The emperor's words were equivalent to judging that Han Zizhang had lost.

Mr. Mei: "This girl really shocks people from time to time. This yellow croaker in soup can be called a delicacy among delicacies. Today, this girl is really shocking the world."

The corners of Yue Jintang's mouth were twitched with joy. Although he was greedy, he was not in a hurry. Anyway, An Ran's specialty dish, it would not be difficult to pester her to make it for him in the future. He was happy with his own money, those white money It feels really cool to see it as your own.

However, why do you feel that Lin Xinger, a dead slave, knows An Ran quite well, and never saw her talking to An Ran, so how did you know that this dish is called yellow croaker in soup, and you know how to make it, isn't it too strange? Could it be that she is really An Ran's fellow villager, no, just now she said that Wufanshu should be from the south, but An Ran is an authentic Jizhou native, how could she become a fellow villager from the south to the north, isn't it a joke?

However, it's a pity that I can't eat this soup-filled yellow croaker today. Judging from the expressions of the Queen Mother and the Emperor, I know that this dish must be extremely delicious.

Guo Zishan said to An Jia: "Your servant, this sister-in-law really hides her secrets, and I don't want to hide it from Mrs. An. When the famous chefs competed before, I really suspected that your elder brother secretly gave money to bribe those famous chefs. , I only gave up when I couldn’t compare with each other, and now I’m convinced that what those cooks said is actually true, and they gave up because they can’t afford to lose people, Lingsao’s cooking skills are really called a generation of master chefs."

An Jiayan: "Even if An's family has more money, the eldest brother knows his sister-in-law's temperament well, and he will never do such a thing, not to mention, who else can compare to my sister-in-law's cooking skills."

Guo Zishan nodded: "Sister-in-law Ling is indeed an upright person, and I admire her magnanimity. Not to mention the cooks in the world, but if the officials in the court have the uprightness and openness of Sister-in-law Ling, it is really the luck of the people."

Those people who had just bet on Han Zizhang's victory all looked a little ugly, and said that Han Zizhang would win, so they added a lot of money. Who would have thought that this little girl would have a second hand, such a superb Cooking skills, the last porridge, whether Han Zizhang can win is really hard to say.

But at this moment, it was too late to regret, so I kept praying in my heart, hoping that the girl would lose to Han Zizhang for the last porridge.

The Empress Dowager looked at Han Zizhang meaningfully: "Today's imperial chef competition is really interesting, and it is really a formidable younger generation. In terms of age, Mrs. Mei should be considered your younger generation. If you are a senior chef, if you lose to a younger generation In my hands, I can't keep this dignity."

Han Zizhang's face changed, and he understood that the queen mother was warning him that if he lost, he would lose his current position in the imperial kitchen and lose his reputation as an imperial cook. With the current situation of the kitchen business, his fate can be imagined, so, This last porridge must win.

He thought about it carefully, no matter how good this girl's cooking skills are, what tricks can a bowl of porridge make? The assorted seafood porridge he made has included almost all the precious ingredients, and it is absolutely impossible for her to surpass him .

Thinking of this, I gained confidence and bowed slightly: "It's the little one who was negligent, this last porridge, the little one will definitely not lose to a junior."

However, Yue Jintang snorted and laughed: "Han Zizhang, you are not afraid of the wind flashing your tongue when you talk so loudly. I am negligent. I think you have never heard of this dish of yellow croaker in soup before you came here. You are also negligent. I am ashamed to say it." , don’t talk cheap, just make Chef An’s yellow croaker in soup right now, and this king will convince you.”

Han Zizhang's face was extremely ugly.

The Queen Mother frowned: "The king of Xiaoyao County is celebrating the birthday of Ai's family today, or he is here to disrupt the situation. According to you, what's more exciting, just cook the previous dishes again."

"Naturally, Jintang is here to celebrate a birthday. Every day, Jintang hopes that the Empress Dowager will be blessed like the East China Sea and have a birthday in Nanshan."

The queen mother couldn't help laughing: "Okay, okay, the Ai family is just a joke, there is no need to be so eager to show loyalty, speaking of it, you are not young, there is no one in charge of the county palace, let you do this What kind of words are you talking about, after today, Aijia will be a great matchmaker for you, help you choose a favorite princess, and accept your temper."

Yue Jintang's eyes flashed, and he said that it is unnecessary for the queen mother to be a matchmaker, she must be a daughter of the Wang family, and now there are several people in the emperor's harem, and he is thinking about himself again, if he really married a daughter of the Wang family, would he be able to have his own son? Said: "Jintang appreciates the empress dowager's kindness, but unfortunately Jintang has always had a hidden disease. If anyone marries Jintang, wouldn't he be a widow? Jintang can't harm her."

Mr. Mei who was next to him just took a sip of tea, and almost didn't spit out when he heard this, he couldn't help looking sideways at Yue Jintang several times, thinking, the king of Xiaoyao County, who is famous all over the world, has a hidden disease?Isn't this plain nonsense?

The queen mother snorted: "Your hidden illness is rare. If you can't marry the princess, you don't have to delay going to the brothel to have fun."

Yue Jintang said seriously: "If you go back to the Queen Mother, Jintang went to the brothel to listen to the song."

The faces of several ministers twitched, thinking that the king of Xiaoyao County is really thick-skinned, he can even say what he said when he went to the brothel to listen to Qu'er.

Seeing that the more he talked, the more shameful he was, he coughed and took a look at An Ran: "I'm looking forward to this last porridge now, I don't know what kind of surprise Chef An will give me..."

(End of this chapter)