146. Five-grain health porridge
The Queen Mother also felt sorry for her in the end, and she beat and scolded at this time, and when she saw her frightened appearance, she was a little unbearable, so she sighed heavily and said, "Get up!" Go back and think about what you did wrong! ”
Jun Qianyu didn't think about it once to make the Queen Mother completely dead to Wu Shiqing, it would be very good to be able to bury a thorn in the Queen Mother's heart like now.
Naturally, he was not in the mood to eat supper, Jun Qianyu sent the Queen Mother back, and Haosheng comforted him, and then returned to his residence.
Ning Xi was still fighting at night, originally thought that it was a very simple thing to leave a recipe, who knew that there were so many things to write as soon as he wrote it, and he just wanted to leave everything he knew.
Jun Qianyu walked behind her, bent down and put his arm around her shoulders, and watched her write carefully and stroke by stroke, but the appearance of the pen was a little ridiculous, it was actually the eyebrows used for thrushes, one end was sharpened, and the outside was wrapped in a circle of cloth strips to write.
The writing is also strange, and I don't know how the husband who taught her to read and write at the beginning taught her, the words written are missing and the pen is missing, and some of them are not written at all, and it is also a pity that she still writes so seriously.
In fact, Ning Xi has also learned a lot of traditional Chinese characters during this time, and it is no problem for letters to be written in traditional characters, but she thought that this was written for Shao Jiaqing anyway, so she simply used simplified Chinese characters, so that she could write faster.
Jun Qianyu looked funny: "Your dish is written like this, it's strange that others can understand it." ”
"It's okay, as long as Wu Shiqing can understand it."
"How do you know she can read?"
"Uh, I guess."
"Okay, don't be so serious, just write casually, you really have to teach her all your skills!"
Ning Xi raised his head and looked at him seriously: "I'm not doing this for Wu Shiqing, I'm doing it for your father and your grandmother!" She has always felt that it is too raw to say that the queen mother and the emperor are too raw, and only by using the titles of father and grandmother can the affection of the family be reflected.
Jun Qianyu twisted her nose: "Little girl, beware of others saying that you are disrespectful." But his heart moved slightly, since he was sensible, he had never called the word father and mother, but now when he heard it in his ears, he felt a little strange.
"I know, only in private."
"Don't write it, come and rest with me!" Jun Qianyu whispered in her ear, and there was a different kind of hoarseness in her voice.
Ning Xi's heart trembled, he naturally knew what he was thinking, glanced at the hourglass on the table, although he wanted to write for a while, he couldn't bear to refuse with him, so he put it down and put away the written papers: "Let's go!" ”
Jun Qianyu had been waiting for her words for a long time, so he picked her up and walked to the bedroom.
"Over there, I haven't washed up yet!"
"I'll go back later!" He threw the person straight onto the bed and pressed him down.
The tent was deep, and for a while, the wind outside the window was blowing and the trees were shaking, and it was raining drippingly.
Ning Xi lay panting in Jun Qianyu's arms, listening to the sound of rain outside: "Actually, we are like this, and it is no different from becoming a parent, right?" She really couldn't understand that this man was obviously not Megumi Yanashita, but he could restrain himself at the last moment, and then express it in her hands.
"It's different!" Jun Qianyu said in a hoarse voice, patted her on the back, watched her fall asleep slowly, and finally whispered, "In case I really can't marry you, you can still marry someone else, and you won't be bullied because you don't have a perfect body." ”
On the second day, Ning Xi still got up early, washed up casually and went to the kitchen.
The ingredients to be used have been explained last night, so it is ready at this time, what she wants to make is a five-grain health porridge, called five grains, but in fact, the materials used are very rich, including corn, millet, dry rice, barley, oats, sweet potatoes, black beans, broad beans, mung beans, peas, supplemented by barley, black rice, red beans, red dates and so on.
The various ingredients are washed and soaked separately, and then cooked at different times according to the easy-to-cook process, and patiently boiled over a slow fire.
In addition, I also made pumpkin and red date paste, osmanthus yam cake, black sesame walnut small steamed bun, yam wolfberry cake, scallion oil sesame small pancake, egg yolk mille-feuille cake and other pastry snacks, and a few plates of refreshing side dishes, this breakfast is ready.
During this time, the Queen Mother was used to eating and listening to things, Wu Shiqing was punished and grounded to think about it, so she asked Ning Xi to come up.
It's a little strange that Ning Xi didn't see Wu Shiqing, but he didn't think too much about it, and talked calmly: "Five grains and grains have a long history of self-cultivation, and there is a saying in the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing" that 'five grains are for nourishment, five fruits are for help, five animals are for benefit, and five vegetables are for filling', this small bowl of porridge is the first porridge for health and warmth! ”
As he was talking, suddenly a person hurriedly came in from outside the door: "I heard that the imperial grandmother has good things to eat here, and the grandson is uninvited." ”
The palace maids and eunuchs in the house saluted one after another: "Prince! ”
The Queen Mother laughed: "This is a sharp nose, and the mourning family can't hide any good things here?" Hurry up, show the prince a seat. ”
Only then did Ning Xi know that it was Jun Qianyu's eldest brother who came in, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince today. Seeing that his appearance is indeed worse than Jun Qianyu, but his appearance is dignified, his bearing is graceful, and he is also very high-ranking person's demeanor.
The prince sat down and ate a few bites, and praised: "It's really a good thing, if it weren't for the cheekiness of the grandson to come up by himself, he wouldn't have been able to eat such a delicious thing!" When did we have such a good imperial chef in the palace? ”
The queen said: "This is not an ordinary imperial kitchen, this palace and your father are also stained with the light of the queen mother to have the opportunity to eat such a superb delicacy!" ”
"Oh? But I don't know whose skillful hands did it? ”
The Queen Mother glanced at Ning Xi and said gently: "It's this Ning Xi girl, this is your fifth brother's ......" hesitated for a moment, and finally said, "Friend." ”
The prince suddenly slapped his high-five: "Great! ”
Everyone looked at him in confusion.
The prince continued to say excitedly: "I really didn't expect that there are such cooking masters in our palace, and these don't have to be arrogant anymore by them." ”
"What happened to the Da Yue people?" The emperor asked in a deep voice.
Only then did the prince speak in detail, solving the doubts in everyone's hearts.
This Da Yue country is a small country in the north of the Great Zhou, has always been a subservient to the Great Zhou, every year will send envoys to come to pay tribute, this year is no exception, two days ago the envoy team of the Great Yue State has arrived in the capital.
In the past two years, in order to train the prince, the emperor has handed over many affairs to the prince to deal with, and the reception of the envoys of the Dayue Kingdom has also been handed over to him, and the emperor has not asked anymore, but this year, in the team of the Dayue Kingdom, there is a young and beautiful woman, and this woman is the most beloved daughter under the knees of the King of Dayue today, Princess Xia Bo.
This Princess Xia Bo came to Da Zhou with her, and the purpose of Da Yue is self-evident.
In fact, the intermarriage between the two countries is very beneficial to both countries, although the territory of Dayue is not large, but it can be regarded as a nation on horseback, the people are fierce, the whole people are riding and shooting, plus the border has been stable in recent years, recuperation is good, the national strength has been greatly strengthened, in case of really bad intentions, it is also a big threat to the Great Zhou.
Even if Da Zhou is not afraid of Da Yue, but with the flames of war, it is the people on the border who suffer after all, and the prince is kind-hearted, so he naturally does not want to watch this kind of thing happen.
However, the candidate for this princess is also a problem, Princess Dayue has a noble status, so she naturally needs to be matched by royal talents, but several princes above Jun Qianyu, including himself, have not only already married the main concubine, but even the position of the side concubine is already full, to say that the most suitable is Jun Qianyu, who has not yet married. But he also knows the temperament of this fifth brother, and it is more difficult to persuade him to marry a wife than to ascend to the sky.
Just when the prince had a headache about this, this princess Xia Bo said again, she has loved food since she was a child, and she never wants to live in a place where there is a lack of food, so unless someone in Da Zhou can surpass the few Da Yue chefs she brought with her in cooking, otherwise, she is not willing to stay in Da Zhou.
When these words came out, naturally some people were not convinced, and before the prince could react, some chefs who thought they had two brushes had already spontaneously begun to challenge several Da Yue chefs brought by Princess Xia Bo, but the cooking skills of this Da Yue chef are really not blown, many of their ingredients and techniques are very different from Da Zhou, but it is undeniable that they are indeed extremely delicious.
After two days, the chefs who came to challenge Da Zhou were all convinced.
Princess Xia Bo was triumphant: "I can't imagine that you are a big country, but you can't even keep my little girl!" ”
The prince entered the palace this time, of course, not to rub these two mouthfuls, the main purpose was to pick out a few good ones in the imperial kitchen in the palace, and go to compete with the Dayue chef brought by Princess Naxiabo, and frustrate their prestige, but I didn't expect that there was an unexpected joy that made him discover a master of cooking like Ning Xi.
After saying this, the prince said to Jun Qianyu: "Fifth brother, this time I have to bother your friend to help us with this!" ”
Jun Qianyu smiled lazily: "This depends on Ning Xi's own meaning." ”
Ning Xi hurriedly said: "Since it is a matter of Da Zhou's face, Ning Xi must go to the soup and go to the fire, and he will not give up." ”
The prince said happily: "That's great, then invite Miss Ning to go out of the palace with this palace?" ”
Ning Xi hesitated a little: "But the Queen Mother is here......"
Of course, the Queen Mother should focus on the overall situation: "You just have to go, the mourning family has its own imperial kitchen to take care of it." ”
Ning Xi thought for a while, and took out a stack of papers from her arms, this is the recipe she wrote last night and handed it to Jun Qianyu: "There are some recipes here, all of which can be used by the Queen Mother in the near future, you help me hand them over to the imperial chef to do according to the above practices, if there is anything you don't understand, come and ask me again." ”