It is said that Jun Qianyu took Ningxi to Lezhou City, found Princess Qi's mother-in-law when she was young, and found the most familiar taste of Princess Qi when she was a child, and hurried back.

I didn't expect that there was an accident on the road, although it was quickly resolved, after all, it was delayed a little time, and when I rushed back to the capital, it was already the early morning of the fourth day, that is, the day of the food conference of the Qi Palace.

Fortunately, the water chestnut, glutinous rice and brown sugar that Ningxi needs to use are all prepared in advance, and the method of water chestnut porridge is also very simple, so there is no need to worry, but there is one more thing, Ningxi needs to ask Meng Shuangshuang for help.

Jun Qianyu simply helped people to the end for the thirteen delicacies that Ning Xi promised, and accompanied him all the way, in fact, he also wanted to know whether the so-called taste in memory that they had found thousands of miles away could successfully arouse Princess Qi's appetite.

As soon as Ning Xi returned to Shuangxi Tower, he pulled Meng Shuangshuang to find a box where no one was around, and regardless of Jun Qianyu still following him, he hurriedly said to Meng Shuangshuang: "Shuangshuang, I will teach you to sing a song, you have learned, you will help me sing it to Princess Qi later." ”

Meng Shuangshuang didn't understand: "Huh? Why is that? Princess Qi still has one less person to sing music for her? ”

"Don't ask so much, in short, this matter is very important to arouse the princess's appetite."

"Oh, I see, like I did the other day, right?"

"Yes, that's right, you listen." Ning Xi sang the tune that Qin Xiaomei taught her.

"Poof!" Meng Shuangshuang really couldn't hold back, covered his mouth and laughed.

Ning Xi glared at her angrily: "Have you listened carefully!" ”

Meng Shuangshuang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Listen, I'll sing it to you, right!" After saying that, he began to sing.

Ning Xi listened to half of it, and said hurriedly: "No, no, it's not like this here, you listen to me sing it again." ”

Meng Shuangshuang listened and said, "That's right, that's how you sing." ”

"It's not!"

Jun Qianyu couldn't listen to it anymore, so he cleared his throat and said, "I'll sing it once, you can listen to it." After speaking, he really sang, his voice was mellow and beautiful, such a light folk tune was sung by him with a unique taste, and more importantly, it was really good.

After listening, Meng Shuangshuang looked at Ning Xi with a disdainful gaze: "Listen, this is what people call singing, what did you just sing, it made me crooked." ”

Ning Xi said: "Don't patronize it, have you learned it?" ”

"You think I'm you, of course you learn!" Meng Shuangshuang sang again after speaking, and sure enough, the tone sung by Qin Xiaomei was exactly the same, there was no way, singing this thing is also talented, Ning Xi, who was born with incomplete tones, is not envied if he wants to.

The so-called food conference is actually the birthday banquet of Princess Qi, but this birthday banquet was held for a longer time, from the morning to the end of the evening unitary hour, in addition to the dishes made by the chef of the Qi Palace, the dishes offered by famous or unknown chefs from all over the world are the main event.

When serving food, the male and female guests are separated, and Princess Qi is alone in the inner room separated by the bead curtain, which is not affected by everyone. The dishes sent are in triplicate, one is sent to the inner room for the princess to taste, and the other two are sent to the men's and women's seats, the number of dishes is not much, naturally everyone who is not present is qualified to taste, usually just sent to the main table, and the guests at the main table, of course, are either rich or expensive, are all gluttons who are proficient in the way of eating.

Even if the dishes sent are not recognized by Princess Qi, a word of praise from the guests at the main table is enough to make this chef famous, so in the past ten years, although no one has successfully aroused the princess's appetite, there are still more and more chefs who come to participate in the food conference.

As for the place to cook, they are at will, and the Qi Wangfu provides a large kitchen with dozens of large stoves for people to use, but they can also be made at home and brought over, in short, they only seek the result, regardless of the process.

Ningxi's water chestnut porridge is simple, it can naturally be boiled in advance in Shuangxi Building, and then take a small stove to sit, it is good to keep it warm, but you can be stained with the light of Jun Qianyu, a VIP, and sit on the table for a long time waiting for all kinds of delicacies to come on the field, but it is a pity that you can't sit at the main table, you can't taste the food offered by chefs from all over the world, fortunately, it's not far away, but you can feast your eyes.

The list of the order of the show was drawn as early as after the registration, Ning Xi took a closer look, they Shuangxi Building was in the middle, neither forward nor behind, but the name of the opposite door of the Pinxian Ju who was seized a few days ago was impressively ranked in front of Shuangxi Building.

After the offering began, the dishes in front of Ning Xi seemed to be very commonplace, and some of them even learned the dishes in Shuangxi Building, but they were not very homely, so they were really a little boring, so they could only chat with Meng Shuangshuang casually while eating something.

Meng Shuangshuang said suddenly: "Ningxi, the water chestnut porridge you made this time is so simple, and the taste is ordinary, you must not be able to temporarily show your mark in the food conference, what should I do?" ”

Ning Xi said with a smile: "What's this, our Shuangxi Building tastes good, naturally it will have a reputation, and the reputation will slowly sound, but if it can really help the princess recover her appetite this time, it will be a great merit, isn't it much better than a little reputation?" ”

Watching the dishes sent in and sending out the dishes untouched, Meng Shuangshuang held his chin with his wrist: "Then do you say that this water chestnut porridge can really arouse the princess's appetite?" ”

Ning Xi thought for a while: "I can't say, I still have to rely on your singing!" ”

"But I seem to be a little nervous!"

"Don't be nervous, even if you don't succeed, it's nothing!"

The two gossiped for a while, and suddenly Meng Shuangshuang patted Ning Xi nervously: "Look, it's Pin Xianju's turn, it's about to be us, what should we do?" ”

Ning Xi got up and picked up the warm casserole, intending to go to the back to divide the porridge, when he suddenly heard a familiar dish name: "Pin Xianju, chicken marrow bamboo shoots." Ning Xi was stunned, and stood in place until the dish of Pin Xianju was presented, and when she looked at it, not only the name of the dish was the same, but even the ingredients, methods, and even the presentation were exactly the same as what she tried to make a few days ago.

Meng Shuangshuang also felt strange: "Chicken marrow bamboo shoots, isn't this what you have done?" ”

Ning Xi sneered: "It seems that our Shuangxi Building has come out of the ghost." Ning Xi believes that if it were not for his own circulation, there would never be this dish in this era, but now it not only appears, but also comes from Xianju, but it is still ranked in front of Sungai Building, and it is really a good intention, and even the time to react is not left to Sungai Building.

If she really used this dish to participate in the food conference today, it was really impossible to change the dish temporarily, and she was taken the lead by Pin Xianju, and the diners were preconceived, so they would naturally think that Shuangxi Lou had copied Pin Xianju, what a good strategy!

Ning Xi whispered to Meng Shuangshuang: "Leave him alone, let's go." The two of them walked to the place where the food was ready to be served, there were people here who were specially trying the dishes, and the people from outside were mixed, so naturally they couldn't let suspicious things flow into the palace at will.

There are two people who tried the dishes, first tried them with silver needles, and then tasted them one by one, these two people had eaten too many good things before, especially the chicken pith bamboo shoots they had just eaten, and there was still a little unfinished, when Ning Xi and the two came in, the two were still discussing: "This chicken pith bamboo shoots are the best dishes I have eaten today, do you say can it get into the eyes of the princess?" ”

"It's possible, you see that the previous ones were sent out as soon as they were sent in, but this dish hasn't been sent out yet, and this dish is made clear and cute, maybe the princess will really eat a few bites!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw the three bowls of porridge sent by Ning Xi, and couldn't help but look at her strangely: "That's it?" ”

Ning Xi nodded confidently: "That's it, water chestnut porridge." ”

It looks ordinary on the outside, but there may be a lot of things on the inside, and after the taster tried nothing with a silver needle, he took a small bowl and spoon and put it a little, and after tasting it, his eyes were full of doubts: "It's just such an ordinary bowl of sweet porridge, is it here to fool people?" ”

This sentence speaks to the hearts of all those who see this porridge, the little girl really doesn't know the height of the sky, and she can make an ordinary sweet porridge as a treasure.

Suspicion is suspicion, and things still have to be done according to the rules, the waiter who delivered the food came out from inside, and many people gathered around to see: "How is it, has the princess eaten?" ”

The waiter shook his head: "I didn't eat it." "Everybody, "Oh! The sound dispersed.

Next, it was the turn to send Ningxi's sweet porridge in, and the waiter served the porridge, and sang his name loudly before entering: "Shuangxi Building, water chestnut porridge!" ”

Ning Xi and Meng Shuangshuang followed to the door, Ning Xi made a look, Meng Shuangshuang sang lively: "The two of us rowed a boat to pick red lings, how happy my sister is, how happy my sister is, just like two horned lings, born from the same root, we have one heart." She has a beautiful voice, and she sings very cheerfully, as if she really saw the lakes in the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River, and the lively and lovely Cailing girls are holding boats, laughing and playing with each other.

Everyone seemed to be stunned for a while, and it wasn't until Meng Shuangshuang sang for the third time that someone remembered to stop them, when they suddenly heard someone in the curtain order: "Invite the people who sing outside and the people who make this water chestnut porridge in." ”

Since someone came out of it and led the two of them in, Meng Shuangshuang stopped singing and quietly asked Ning Xi: "It's going to be okay, right?" ”

Ning Xi patted the back of her hand as comfort, and the two followed into the curtain, and vaguely saw a richly dressed figure sitting behind the table, and before she had time to take a closer look, she was pulled by Meng Shuangshuang and knelt down, so she had to follow her and said respectfully: "The people see the princess." ”