Readx;?genius one second to remember, for you to provide you with a wonderful novel to read. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Little Peach, why does this pastry have the name Mandarin Duck Playing in the Water, is it just because of the picture of the Mandarin Duck playing in the water depicted on its surface"?

After listening to Xiao Tao's name about the pastry he had just eaten, Wu Fei was very puzzled.

Mandarin ducks playing in the water? Could it be that this pastry is only named because of the picture on the surface of the pastry? And not because of the deeper meaning?

In ancient times, people generally had double or even multiple meanings in the name of objects, unlike in modern times, where only superficial meanings were valued. It's the same with food, every wonderful name is followed by a beautiful legend or myth that tells the meaning behind the object.

Therefore, Wu Fei opened his mouth to ask, just to make sure. Does the pastry I just ate called mandarin duck playing in the water also have a deeper meaning?

"No, the reason why it has the beautiful name of mandarin duck playing in the water is not only because of the pictures on the surface, but also because of an ancient legend. This story was also told to me by the master who taught me how to make pastries."

Sure enough, as Wu Fei guessed. Behind this delicious pastry with mandarin ducks playing in the water, there is a deeper meaning.

According to legend, in the territory of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there was a time-honored pastry shop that had been passed down for several generations. The pastries they make and sell in their shop are bright in color and fragrant, and they are often snapped up by people queuing up to buy them as soon as they are baked.

Moreover, the store also has a very strange rule, which is that it is sold in limited quantities every day. That is, there is a certain amount of pastries made and sold every day, and until they are sold out, they never make more than one or sell more. Not only that, customers who want to buy pastries must queue up to buy them in order, whether you are a relative of the emperor or a commoner, a wandering beggar, if you want to eat the pastries made by this shop, you will obediently line up to buy them, and never provide any special services.

After tasting the delicious pastries sold in this shop, some dignitaries were amazed and wanted to hire the master of this pastry shop at a high price to serve themselves, but they were all politely refused. Even, the monarch of Qi at that time, King Qi, after hearing the news of this shop, sent people to line up to buy the pastries for sale.

After he tasted it himself, his stomach was immediately captured, and he immediately waved his hand to write down the holy decree, and asked people to take the holy decree to invite the pastry shop master into the palace to serve the royal family.

In the face of such a huge temptation, how could a young shopkeeper who had been born into a business family for several generations resist?

The owner of the pastry shop at the time, Li, was taking over the century-old shop from his father. In order to make some achievements, so that his ancestral time-honored signboard can be passed on to the world forever, so he ignored the opposition of his wife-Yao, agreed to the invitation of King Qi, and entered the palace to officially become a pastry chef in the imperial dining room.

Seeing that her husband was so stubborn and insisted on being invited to the palace to serve the King of Qi, as a wife, she could only accompany her.

Yao's slim and slim since she was a child is a complete beauty embryo, and she is unanimously recognized by the villagers; When she grew up, she was a recognized beauty in ten miles and eight towns, with fair and delicate skin, delicate facial features, a waterfall-like black hair on her shoulders, and a smile that captivated the country and the city. And Li is also a controversial beautiful man in the township, more than eight feet tall, better than Pan An, and is graceful in white.

The combination of the two can be regarded as a match made in heaven, talented and beautiful, and it is a perfect match.

On the second day after the decree of the King of Qi was issued, the two went to the palace under the reception of their father-in-law to meet the King of Qi.

The husband and wife met the queen of Qi in the splendid and majestic Jinluan Hall, and then accepted the royal seal of the king of Qi himself, and officially became a royal chef in the imperial dining room, specializing in all pastry production in the palace.

It's just that there was a small episode in the process of meeting, which made Yao's already resistant to this matter infinitely magnified.

Because Yao was born beautiful, and when he went to the court to meet King Qi, he changed into a dazzling outfit, and the whole person looked more fresh and refined, and his temperament was compelling. As the monarch of a country, King Qi is also a wild man. There are more than 3,000 beautiful concubines in his harem? Every year, a large-scale concubine selection event is held, and beauties from all over the country are constantly selected to fill his harem.

I was accustomed to seeing those ruthless women in the harem who knew intrigue all day long and had endless means, and the first time I saw Yao with a pure appearance, King Qi's heart was instantly overcome. However, because Yao was already married, he couldn't have a legitimate reason to include her in the harem, so he could only temporarily suppress the anger in his heart.

However, when he officially became the royal chef of the royal family, the naked desire in his eyes when he looked at Yao was fully seen by Yao.

Forced by his authority, Yao could only choose to tolerate it for the time being, instead of having a seizure on the spot.

After the end of the imperial seal, Yao and Li mentioned the matter to Li when they returned to the main hall where they lived, but they were easily taken by Li.

According to Li's understanding, King Qi, as the lord of a country, sits on the whole world, and there are countless beauties in the harem, how can he look at Yao, who is already married to a wife? Therefore, he just thought that Yao was too suspicious and didn't take this matter to heart.

Seeing that her husband's reaction to leaving was a little flat, Yao couldn't help but wonder if she really had too many doubts while secretly hurting herself?

After Li He Yao entered the palace and became the imperial chef of King Qi, the time-honored signature shop handed down from his ancestors was handed over to the family to take care of. It's just that without Yao and Li's personal leadership, the store's business is getting worse and worse, from being sold out just before it was baked out to having stock even at sunset, and it has experienced a big ups and downs in a short period of time.

Over time, people stopped coming to this long-established confectionery shop to buy pastries. The century-old store, which has been inherited for hundreds of years, is facing the dilemma of closing. However, Yao and Li, who lived in the deep palace, only cared about studying the practice of new pastries every day, and did not know anything about this matter.

After the two of them stayed in the palace, in order to see Yao's stunning face, King Qi asked Yao to go to the palace where he lived alone with the finished pastries under the pretext of tasting pastries every day. Of course, the purpose of this guy King Qi is not just to taste pastries, after a few careful temptations, he will be lustful later, and often take advantage of Yao Jin's pastries to play hooligans.

At the beginning, Yao's resistance was very fierce, and there was a tendency to burn jade. King Qi looked at it,, this woman has such a strong temperament, don't be able to eat mutton and make a fuss when the time comes, and spread it out to humiliate his emperor's power. Therefore, the front was only a small temptation, and there was no closer attack.

However, as time went on, he became bold, not only verbally teasing, but also moving his hands and feet. Fortunately, Yao has learned the temperament of this old guy, and every time he goes to King Qi's bedroom alone to deliver pastries, he will bring a short dagger to defend himself, and he can also commit suicide to maintain his chastity at a critical time.

Regarding King Qi's impolite behavior towards herself, Yao mentioned it to Xiang Li more than once, but every time she was taken away by Li, and turned her attention to the study and production of pastries, which made her heart gradually a little disappointed and cold.

There is no way, her husband doesn't believe in herself, and Yao can only protect herself.

However, there are policies and countermeasures, how can Yao be the opponent of King Qi, an old fritter? (To be continued.) Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience.