Since it was the queen mother and the emperor and the queen who were eating together, Ning Xi naturally did not dare to slack off, before the hot dishes, he prepared eight cold dishes, but did not pay attention to any health effects, only to be pleasing to the eye, and the vision alone could play an appetizing role.

The eight cold dishes are: rouge goose breast, delicious eggplant, crystal elbow flower, purple tiger tail, golden hairpin and silver silk, Zhongbao drunken crab, jade feather coat and crispy crucian carp.

When the dish was served, there was a eunuch singing the name of the dish loudly on the side, and as soon as the name of the dish was announced, it was even more provocative.

Next is the hot dish, to let vegetarian people accept meat, a classic "boiling water cabbage" is indispensable, Ningxi made boiling water cabbage, is a whole sheep fat jade-like cabbage, quietly lying in the clear soup, and then embellished with brightly colored shrimp grains, ham grains and scallop silk, the Queen Mother saw that her appetite was open, and she nodded again and again: "This is good!" ”

Wu Shiqing, who was beside her, immediately obediently sandwiched a soft vegetable leaf into the plate in front of the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother took a bite, with a strange look on her face: "What kind of cabbage is this, it can be so delicious?" ”

Wu Shiqing explained with a smile: "Grandmother, this is not an ordinary boiled cabbage, to make this boiling water cabbage, you must first use a large amount of chicken, pork, ham, etc. to boil for a few hours, boil into a soup on top, and then hang it into a clear soup, and finally use the cabbage steamed out of the clear soup, you say, can this taste bad?" As he spoke, he gestured with his hands.

The Queen Mother inadvertently saw a red mark on the back of her hand, and asked strangely, "What's wrong with your hand?" ”

Wu Shiqing's face turned red, and she hurriedly covered her hands behind her back: "It's all because Qing'er is not good at learning, and she accidentally burned it when she was cooking soup for her grandmother." ”

The Queen Mother took her hand distressedly and blew it carefully: "You kid, let the next person do these rough work, how can you still do it yourself, you look at the girl's hand is important, in case there is a scar, how can it be good." Saying that, he hurriedly instructed the palace maids around him to bring the snow lotus jade ointment that was paid tribute from the Western Regions.

Wu Shiqing has heard of the preciousness of the "Snow Lotus Jade Cream", whether it is a new scar or an old scar, as long as it is applied a few times, it can gradually disappear, but there are only five bottles in total, except for the queen mother and the queen, there is only one bottle at the emperor's most favored imperial concubine, and even the newly favored jade concubine is crying and wanting to miss it!

Wu Shiqing was overjoyed in her heart, but she hurriedly said: "It's Qing'er's blessing to be able to cook for her grandmother by herself, what is this little injury?" What's more, I've already taken medicine, so it doesn't hurt. ”

At this time, the Snow Lotus Jade Cream had already been taken, but a small bottle was placed in the brocade on the tray, and the Queen Mother took it and put it in Wu Shiqing's hands: "Then it must be good to give birth to, this thing is not needed in the palace when you are old, so let's give it to you young people!" Remember to apply it twice a day, but it will be as good as it was in a few days. ”

"Thank you grandmother, come, grandmother eat more, this is hibiscus fillet, it is made of egg white and minced fish, it is very tender." Wu Shiqing coquettishly served vegetables to the Queen Mother.

"Okay, good, my granddaughter's cooking, it must be delicious."

The so-called hibiscus, is out of the mud and not stained, ice clear jade, this hibiscus fillet, is to take the egg white into an egg bubble paste, and the fish paste, and then use the egg white to stir into a thick egg liquid, pour into the fish minced, into the pot to soak until three weeks off the fire, with a spoon to wrap the egg pulp of the fish into a willow leaf shape, and then slow fire warm oil to soak the fish paste.

When cooking, it is necessary to carefully control the temperature of the oil to ensure that the color of the minced fish is snow-white, the taste is between steamed and fried, and the meat quality is also extremely tender.

Wu Shiqing said lightly and skillfully, and took the credit of Ning Xi as her own, Jun Qianyu sneered in her heart, this woman, don't give her some color to see, she doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick.

The little eunuch he sent to keep an eye on it had already told him that these dishes were all made by Ning Xi himself, this Wu Shiqing, but he had been standing by and watching, but at the end before the dishes were served, she said that she wanted to change her clothes to get rid of the smell of oil smoke on her body, and when she came out, there was an inexplicable red mark on the back of her hand. Now I know that this red mark is used for this.

In addition to the two dishes just now, the dishes prepared by Shangningxi for dinner also include astragalus black chicken soup, yam milk and meat soup, stewed crucian carp with round ginseng, psyllium ruyi vegetable rolls, wolfberry fruit drunk shrimp, pearl barley balls and other dishes with the same origin of medicine and food, which look light and palatable.

Finally, there is the dessert, which is a bird's nest stewed with mulberry paste, honey and goat's milk.

Wu Shiqing naturally just let this go, and showed off in front of the Queen Mother again.

The queen didn't like Wu Shiqing in the first place, and she couldn't get used to her being coquettish and stupid in front of the queen mother, so she specially said to Jun Qianyu: "This dish is made by that girl named Ningxi, right?" You sue her, and both the palace and your father are satisfied. ”

Jun Qianyu smiled: "Thank you for the compliment." ”

Although it is a child born by himself, this handsome face has also been seen since childhood, but this child loves to be cool since he is sensible, and generally does not give people a smile, at this time I suddenly saw him smile like this, even the queen was stunned, and a sour taste surged in my heart.

In fact, if he really likes it so much, it won't be a big deal to get his wish, and he can often eat such delicious dishes in the future! Thinking of this, the queen raised her head and exchanged glances with the emperor, and seemed to understand the meaning in everyone's eyes, nodded to each other, and left hand in hand.

The Queen Mother hadn't eaten such a delicious thing for a long time, and she was able to eat all of a sudden, Jun Qianyu offered to accompany the Queen Mother out for a walk to eliminate food, Wu Shiqing naturally had to follow, but Jun Qianyu said: "Although the imperial grandmother has eaten a lot at dinner, but these are not full, it is still early now, and if you come back from a walk, you may still be hungry, so you have to work hard for Cousin Shiqing to prepare some light supper for the imperial grandmother!" ”

Wu Shiqing had no choice but to smile and said, "What the fifth cousin said is that then Qing'er will go and prepare." ”

Respectfully watched the backs of the Queen Mother and Jun Qianyu go away, and then cursed hatefully and secretly: "Dead old woman, you know how to eat all day long!" ”

I still have to go to Ningxi: "Ningxi, the Queen Mother said that she wants to have supper, you go and prepare!" ”

Ning Xi was washing her hands at the moment, sitting at the desk, holding a pen and carefully writing the health menus of each season, and at the same time attaching detailed ingredients and methods, when she said this, she stopped: "No problem, I'll go and prepare, Aqing, do you want to come over and learn together?" ”

Wu Shiqing stood in the kitchen for half an afternoon today, and she was already tired, so she just wanted to go back to the room and take a hot bath, and then apply a moisturizing cream that nourishes her body all over her body to make people massage and enjoy it, so she naturally doesn't want to be tired in the kitchen anymore.

"You'll write down all of these practices, right?"

"Of course."

"That's okay, I'll see it then, the Queen Mother still has something to do with me, you do it first, and when the Queen Mother wants to eat it, I'll come over and serve it."

Jun Qianyu walked with the Queen Mother for a while, and suddenly said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Cousin Shiqing is a filial piety, and she will personally cook for the imperial grandmother." ”

"No, she's really a heart." The Queen Mother said lovingly, usually the favorite concubine in the palace wants to please her, and she will bring some stews and the like and say that she made it herself, but everyone knows it, just standing in the kitchen and saying a few words, seeing that Wu Shiqing even burned her hands in order to cook for her today, the Queen Mother is still very moved when she thinks about it.

Jun Qianyu said again: "Cousin Shiqing looks delicate, her ten fingers don't touch the spring water, but my grandson can't imagine what she will look like when she works." Then, making a curious look, "Grandmother Huang, why don't we quietly go over and see how Cousin Shiqing cooks?" ”

When people are old, they will have some childish temperament, and when Jun Qianyu was so prodded, the Queen Mother's curiosity was also aroused by him, and he thought that it was rare for this grandson to be interested in Shiqing, so he also said with great interest: "That dare is good." ”

Jun Qianyu waved his hand back and left, and personally helped the Queen Mother to walk towards the small kitchen.

The little palace maid on duty at the kitchen door saw the two of them and hurriedly wanted to kneel down and salute, Jun Qianyu made a silent gesture, and the little palace maid saluted silently, standing aside and not daring to speak, and the two quietly walked out of the window and looked in.

saw that there were only Ning Xi and a palace maid inside, Ning Xi was standing by the stove, concentrating on stirring the ingredients in the casserole.

She bathed and changed clothes when she finished cooking in the afternoon, at this time she was wearing a simple white dress, her long black hair was draped down, and she simply pulled up a bunch of white hostas on the top of her head, with a focused expression, obviously doing the most fireworks in the world, but in such a hidden firelight, people tasted a taste of dust.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but sigh: "Actually, this is also a good child, her appearance, the palace reminds of a person." ”

Without waiting for Jun Qianyu to reply, the Queen Mother said to herself: "Do you still remember, Mrs. Mei, who taught your eldest brother to read, has a daughter at home, who is as old as your Aunt Changning, who looks like Yuxue cute, and often came to the palace to play when she was a child. ”

Jun Qianyu was shocked in his heart, he never wanted Ning Xi's true identity to be discovered, and hurriedly said, "What are you doing with that?" ”

The Queen Mother smiled self-deprecatingly: "When people are old, they like to think about the past, and I know that you young people don't like to hear it." Hey, by the way, what about your cousin Shiqing? ”