The more the four of them walked inside, the higher the temperature became, and a pool of lake water came into view, and the lotus flowers in the lake bloomed one after another, which was also a wonder in this weather. I saw Qi Yao lazily holding some fish food and slowly feeding the koi in the lake.

Changle walked forward: "It's just that you will be lazy, and you want me to invite someone in person." ”

Qi Yao's mouth has always been unforgiving: "Obviously, you can't sit still, you have to go and invite, I said that today's birthday, Xue'er will definitely come, don't you bring two more." After speaking, he glanced at Pang Luoyu and Pang Luobing with mocking eyes.

"I'm late today, but Sister Yao wants to punish me?" Pangluo Snow Slope

Qi Yao glanced at her and said, "This is natural, you can't shirk it today." ”

Pang Luoyu said: "This Prince Rong's mansion is really soft, and this lotus flower has bloomed early." ”

Qi Yao looked at Pang Luoxue, then turned her head to look at Pang Luoyu and said, "No, no, this is man-made, not natural." ”

At this time, even Pang Luoxue was curious, "How do you say this?" ”

Qi Yao looked at Changle's red cheeks and said narrowly: "This is a birthday gift from Pang Gongzi to Changle." ”

"Brother?" Pang Luoxue was surprised

Qi Yao nodded, "Well, Pang Gongzi bought off the people in the mansion, and with the permission of Prince Rong, he guided a pool of hot spring water in the mansion here, so that the lake water warmed up, and this flower naturally opened, not that I said, your brother also has a heart, Changle loves this lotus flower the most." ”

Pang Luoxue nodded and said, "Brother is really ingenious. Then I think Changle will like this gift of mine too. ”

Changle blushed and dripping blood, he tried to like Pang Gongzi's generous gift very much, but he couldn't wipe his face, looked at Pang Luoxue and said, "What is it, if I don't like it." But the penalty will be doubled. ”

Pang Luoxue glanced at Zijuan, Zijuan took out the brocade box, and saw that it was a white jade folding fan, the bamboo bone was made of jade, and the cold feeling in his hand just made Changle feel comfortable, and the fan pendant was two lotus flowers, and the appearance of lotus leaves was carved with jade next to it. Jingle together. It didn't sound good, Changle opened the folding fan, and saw a red-clothed beauty painted on the fan. Standing by the lake with a fan and looking at the lotus flowers in the lake, the old ones are out of their minds. Changle recognized that this beauty was himself, and said happily in his heart: "Xue'er really has a heart, I like this gift very much." It's just that how do you know the scenery here, and it's the first time Cher has been here today. ”

Pang Luoxue smiled evilly: "The words on this are naturally drawn by the owner who sent flowers today." Where do I have such a good ability to remember as my brother? ”

Changle blushed and said, "You, bullying me again." ”

Qi Yao said: "You weren't there just now, the cook brought me a lot of lotus flowers to eat." I think the banquet will be a long time anyway, so let's go to the kitchen and cook some food ourselves, and enjoy ourselves first. ”

"Can you still eat this lotus?" Pang Luobing was surprised

"It's nature. Wait a minute, the third lady can watch. Qi Yao said

The five of them walked together with Princess Changle like a kitchen

Changle and Qi Yao walked in first.

Pang Luoxue stood at the door, with a pearl pendant the size of a grain of rice by her ear. The skin that is as white as jade is more colorful, with a warm smile reflected on the face, and two dimples on the face, which looks extremely delicate and lovely.

Changle and Qi Yao beckoned to her: "What are you doing standing there?" I smoked carefully and choked. Come here. ”

Pang Luoxue ran over and looked at her curiously: "What are you going to do?" ”

Qi Yao stretched out her hand, pasted the flour on her face, and said with a smile, "Guess what I'm going to do?" ”

Pang Luoxue covered her face and rolled her eyes: "You must be making pastries!" ”

Seeing Qi Yao smile, he immediately continued: "But with your strength, the noodles are not good at all, so it is better to let the cook do it." ”

Changle and Qi Yao also knew that what she said was true, and they didn't want to give up like this, so they said: "We still want to do it ourselves, but we are afraid that it will be wasted if we can't do it well." ”

The cook smiled on the side: "Princess, county lord, young lady, don't worry, if it's not good, it's not too late for the slave to make another move." ”

Changle put his mind at ease and gossiped with Pang Luoxue while talking with flour.

The noodles were almost ready, and Changle asked the cook to take them to steam. Looking at the remaining lotus flowers in front of him, he couldn't help but have a headache: "There are so many left, but how to get it." ”

Pang Luoxue and Qi Yao had never entered the kitchen, and their eyes were even darker. The two glanced at each other, and they both saw a trace of helplessness in each other's eyes.

The cook steamed the pastries on the stove, and when she came back, she saw several young ladies standing in place very tangled, and couldn't help laughing: "Since the young lady wants to make a lotus feast, it is better to make it all with lotus flowers." ”

Changle's eyes lit up: "What else can lotus do besides making pastries?" You teach me, I do it myself. ”

Qi Yao responded positively: "I also want to help." ”

The master has an order, and the cook is not good at doing it herself, so she has to watch from the side, pointing out a few words from time to time. "This lotus can also be made into porridge in addition to pastries, but the meal has already been made, so Miss might as well make something else."

She didn't have the appetite for the two of them, and continued: "Lotus flowers can be used to make lotus chicken slices and fried lotus flowers." This lotus chicken slices are mixed with chicken breast and salted wine and wet starch. ”

Qi Yao looked around, saw the chicken breast cut by the cook, took it directly and used it, and then looked at the cook: "What's next?" ”

The cook continued: "Choose some tender lotus flowers, wash them and tear them into pieces. Seeing that Qi Yao did as she said, she continued: "Now you can pour oil into it, be careful, don't burn it." ”

Qi Yao carefully poured the oil in, and saw that green smoke began to come out of the oil surface, so he poured in the chicken slices, and when it boiled until it turned white, he put in the lotus flowers and passed the oil together, and then took it out. Then put fresh soup, chopped green onions, and ginger juice in the pot, adjust the taste, dilute with wet starch, and then pour in the chicken slices and lotus.

The last process, Qi Yao is a martial arts practitioner, helping a few people who can't lift the pot, and helping to turn the pot upside down. They looked at the fruits of their labor and smiled and narrowed their eyes. "Look how well I've done."

Pang Luoxue covered her mouth and smiled: "Look at you proudly, it's really not modest at all." He stared at her again: "I want to try it too." ”

Qi Yao had just made a dish, and she was in a good mood at this time, so she naturally wouldn't disagree, so she gave up her position very quickly. The cook wanted to come up and help. But he was stopped by Pang Luoxue, so he stepped back a little, but it was not too far away.

In the end, I was afraid that something would happen.

Pang Luoxue frowned and thought about it, then looked at the lotus chicken slices made by Qi Yao, and a flash of inspiration flashed in her mind. Wrap the tender lotus petals in a layer of flour, and pour the eggs and chicken juice together to make a paste. Pour into lotus petals. Fry thoroughly in oil.

Qi Yao saw that she was doing a serious job, and sweat was already on her forehead, so she wiped her with a towel and a handkerchief. smiled and said: "You are serious, but you have made a lot of oil, but it's a pity that you have the clothes on your body." ”

Pang Luoxue smiled and ignored her. I selected a part of the fried lotus flowers and presented them to a blue and white plate, and then sprinkled with rouge.

"Alright." said. Put the rest of the lotus flowers into another dish and sprinkle nothing else.

When Qi Yao Changle leaned over to look, the lotus flowers were wrapped in flour and eggs, and they were fried out of yellow and red. Tender and crispy. The dish sprinkled with rouge is even brighter and looks so tight.

The cook watched from the sidelines: "Two girls, do you still want to do it?" ”

She thought to herself. Miss cooks, you have to tell the prince when you go back. When the time comes, the prince will be in a good mood, and maybe he will be rewarded.

Changle looked at her suspiciously: "Can you do anything else?" ”

The cook smiled and said, "This is nature, what else does the princess want to do?"

Qi Yao nodded with Su Juan and said, "Since you've done it all, it's better to make a few more" Holding hands and leaning on the platform again

The cook is naturally very attentive to show her hand in front of the little master, Changle at the suggestion of the chef, the bean paste filling that was originally intended to be used to make pastries is divided into small portions, and a filling is placed on each piece of lotus, and it is stacked and wrapped.

Then put the flour in a large bowl, add the egg whites and water and stir to form a paste. When the oil is hot, let the fire girl switch to low heat, put the folded lotus slices into the flour paste and hang the batter, use chopsticks to fry them in the oil pan, and wait until they are all floating. After all the fried are done, then switch to medium heat, wait for the oil temperature to burn to sixty percent hot, and then put the fried lotus pieces into the heavy frying, while frying with a hand spoon, fry the lotus pieces when they are light yellow, take them out, pour honey, sprinkle with sugar osmanthus.

Pang Luoxue looked at Changle's skillful movements in a daze, and her eyes were starry. Qi Yao glanced at her and said with a smile: "The saliva is dripping down." ”

"I didn't expect the princess to be so skillful," Pang Luoxue praised

Pang Luoxue wiped her mouth, only to know that Qi Yao was lying to her, and immediately rushed over to tickle her: "I told you to bully me." ”

Qi Yao hurriedly dodged and ran towards the house, giggling as she ran: "You just can't catch up with me." ”

The two made trouble in the courtyard for a while, and then followed the girl to the room arranged by Changle to go back to the room to change clothes. The smell of oil all over the body, and the flour on the clothes, it is impossible not to change.

After the two of them finished bathing and changing their clothes, they saw that the prince sent someone to ask them to go to the front hall, and the princess called Pang Luoxue and Qi Yao to go to the front hall together.

Pang Luoxue looked at her brother and only Princess Changle in his eyes, but Lin Qing looked at Qi Yao and couldn't take his eyes off.

Seeing them coming together, the prince smiled and said, "I heard that you cooked by yourself today." ”

Changle curled the corners of his mouth proudly: "That's it, father, you hurry up and taste it, I made it myself." Saying that, he took the initiative to cook for the prince.

The prince rarely enjoys this kind of treatment on weekdays, and he is very happy at this time: "It's rare for you to be so courteous, don't you want to be rewarded?" ”

Changle glanced at him: "What did the father say, you worked hard in the court, and the daughter rationally did what she could for her father." He also invited credit for Qi Yao and Pang Luoxue: "The two younger sisters also did it today, I look at it very well, and my father also hurried to taste it." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly remembered that he had ignored the others, and his face suddenly turned red, and he changed direction: "Miss Pang, Gongzi of the Pang family, Gongzi Lin, you can also taste it, you're welcome." ”

Pang Ce smiled: "I heard that you used lotus flowers in your dishes today, this is unusual, I have to taste it." ”

The prince was also full of praise: "The lotus cinnamon is fragrant, sweet and fragrant." The color of this fried lotus flower is elegant, white and red, the food is soft and fragrant, sweet and refreshing, Pang Luoxue said with a smile: "The book says that eating lotus flowers can clear the heat and reduce turbidity, nourish the heart and calm the nerves." I don't know if it's really so magical, but it's refreshing and delicious. ”

When everyone was praising the lotus flower for food, a discordant voice suddenly sounded in the house, causing everyone to stop: "Why should you pick a good lotus flower?" Isn't it good to watch it like that? Isn't it too cruel to cook a good lotus so that it can no longer show her beauty? ”

Everyone turned around and saw Pang Luoyu, who was sitting quietly on the side, and frowned.

Princess Changle's smile stiffened on her face, but she didn't speak, just lowered her head and looked at the rice in the bowl, a trace of deep disgust flashed in her eyes.

Obviously, she heard who was speaking, but she didn't intend to bother with it.

Anyway, she's also the master, isn't she?

The others also frowned, but did not speak.

Only Qi Yao raised her head, looked at the person sitting opposite with a smile, and said in a voice that was neither humble nor arrogant: "The lotus flower does not bloom for long, and there will always be a day when it will wither." Wouldn't it be nice to let it do its best in a limited amount of time? ”

Pang Luoyu raised his eyebrows, and a sneer rose at the corner of his lips. She looked at Qi Yao and said unhappily: "Could it be that the lotus flowers that can be watched are boiled, or is it not a great achievement?" Your so-called value is that the lotus flower is eaten by us, not allowed to grow when it grows and withers automatically. Don't you think you're cruel? ”

Pang Luoxue chuckled, avoided her question, and asked instead, "Sister Luoyu, I remember that you like to eat pastries very much." ”

Pang Luoyu was stunned for a moment, and didn't understand what Pang Luoxue was going to do when he mentioned this matter. But she quickly came back to her senses and asked coldly, "So what?" ”

Pang Luoxue smiled and said, "As far as I know, the peach blossom cake and osmanthus cake are also made of flowers." ”

She didn't finish the rest of the words, but Pang Luoyu already understood what she meant. She didn't expect Pang Luoxue, who had always been obedient, to refute her at this moment, and her face turned red with anger: "Peach blossom osmanthus is ...... after the flowering period."

"Whether it's past the flowering period or not, it doesn't matter if you say it." Qi Yao still looked sneering, the corners of her eyes were raised, her face leaked sarcasm, and her expression looked very sarcastic.

"According to my sister, since they are all flowers, you can't favor one over the other. Otherwise, people still think that my sister's kindness is faked. Pang Luobing interjected

Pang Luoxue glanced at Pang Luobing, this little girl's mind is not simple (to be continued)