Three days later, although the weather had already begun in autumn, the temperature was still a little hot and dry, and the feast for the envoys of the Three Kingdoms was held in the Qingliang Palace.

This cool hall is said to have been originally a small garden raised by Emperor Taizu of Beichen, the palace is paved with white snail stone, set up a purple Yao tent, even in the middle of summer the palace is still very cool, like frost. Because the lake is not far away, occasionally you can clearly hear the sound of silk and bamboo orchestral music coming from a distance, the sound is clear and long.

Today, the banquet tables in the Qingliang Hall are divided into east and west in turn, and the emperor and concubine of Beichen sit on the top. The concubine was dressed in a jade vortex-colored black gold cloud embroidered shirt and a small ribbon, sitting beside the emperor with straight eyebrows, maintaining just the right smile as always, and nodding to the guests present from time to time.

Gu Qi knew that there was no queen in Beichen, otherwise such a scene should be the queen's appearance, but the queen of Beichen, who was Mu Guihong's mother, went early in the morning, and the emperor of Beichen didn't know why, he didn't set up a new queen, but only mentioned the position of a concubine back then, making her the de facto master of the harem.

Gu Qi, who was hiding behind the rich flowers blooming green screen in the Qingliang Palace, secretly looked at the royal relatives and nobles sitting at the banquet table, the envoys of the Three Kingdoms, and the important members of the imperial court, the palace rules were strict, even if it was such a feast, but they couldn't hear the noisy sound, everyone was polite and bowed slightly to the people left and right, and then sat quietly in their seats and waited for the banquet to begin.

Under the left hand of the Beichen Emperor is the seat of the royal family. The three rosewood tables in a row are the crown prince Mu Guihong, the third prince Mu Ronghua, and one that I haven't seen before.

There was no expression on the face of the crown prince Mu Guihong at this time, although he sat in the upper position on the left, it was probably the reason why the emperor didn't like him, and few people came to toast at his table, but he poured himself unhurriedly and drank comfortably.

On the other hand, looking at the coldness in front of the prince's table, there are people coming over from time to time in front of the three princes, toasting him while saying words of compliment to the concubine, it can be seen that the ministers are very affectionate to the three princes, but His Royal Highness the prince is justifiable, and only a few people have nagged twice in the past, so you can get a glimpse of the hot and cold state of the world.

Seeing that the hour was almost up, the emperor of Beichen got up and said a few words of welcome very officially, and then he heard the drum music of the Qingliang Palace, and a team of dancers in colorful neon clothes slid out with light steps, and the long water sleeves were as light as water.

Gu Qi looked at the banquet table of the Three Kingdoms Missions on the right, and there were envoys from the Great Food Kingdom, Nanzhao Kingdom, and Xianluo Kingdom. She doesn't know the envoys of the other two countries, but the position of the envoy of Nanzhao today is not the prince of Nanzhao, but another official with a goatee and a shrewd expression.

The corners of Gu Qi's mouth drew a moon-like arc, for this feast, it seems that Nan Zhao also wants to come and make up. It's just that I don't know whose heart today's feast will end up calling.

After the welcome dance, the palace people sent the appetizing wine and delicacies and fresh fruit snacks in turn. The breeze in the hall blows the curtains, the gong hou is leisurely, the sound of music is swaying, which makes people feel refreshed and happy.

The "Autumn Dew White" wine presented by the palace people tastes mellow and sweet, warms the stomach and moistens the intestines. After three rounds of drinking, everyone's interest was adjusted, and they were in high spirits one by one.

But at this time, the envoy of the Great Food Country was the first to stand up and respectfully bowed his hand to Emperor Beichen: "Everyone, this time I am going to Beichen, I specially ordered His Majesty to bring my country's imperial chef over, firstly, to invite all the adults to taste the special cuisine of our country, and secondly, to let this imperial chef also learn Beichen's cooking skills, so ...... Akshan! ”

The envoy of the Great Food Country called lightly, and a burly strong man stood up from the position in the back column on the right, walked to the center of the Qingliang Palace, and bowed to Emperor Beichen: "The Imperial Chef of the Great Food Country, Akeshan, I beg Your Majesty to let me show you the cooking skills of the Great Food." ”

"That's right."

As soon as the emperor finished speaking, he heard the sound of everyone talking to each other, and many adults were already stretching their necks, waiting for this Akshan's performance.

Akshan got up and beckoned to the attendants outside the hall, and someone put the prepared ingredients and tools up in turn.

Akshan clenched his fist to everyone, and then calmly reached out from the water tank next to the prepared table, and caught a fish that was still swinging its tail.

"Your Majesty, this is a fish from the Bodili River that we eat, this fish has a migratory habit, although it is born in fresh water, when it grows up, it will enter the sea along the river, and it is only after spawning that it returns to the place where it was born, at this time their meat is fat, delicious and abnormal, and the people of our big food country have been fishing along the river for a long time this season, and what I want to do for Your Majesty today is the most characteristic Sha Xia Yi."

After Akshan finished speaking, he threw the fish in his hand into the air, and regardless of the surprised eyes of everyone, he picked up the kitchen knife with cold light and sparkled back and forth in the air a few times.

"Good knife technique!"

I don't know who it was, but I shouted loudly, and everyone realized that the fish was not only divided into two halves, but also the fish bones were also separated from each other, and were picked out by Akshan and thrown into the cauldron that had been boiling.

The rest of the fish was cooked by him at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he threw it on a steaming stone slab, and the delicate fish was instantly roasted on the black slate.

The cool hall full of the fragrance of flowers suddenly wafted out an indescribable fragrance.

Everyone watched without blinking at the golden roast of the fish on the stone slab, and Gu Qi even saw someone's throat slide unconsciously. Akshan watched everyone's reactions, and complacently made the fried fish into even pieces, and presented them to Emperor Beichen with the prepared dipping sauce, shredded green onions, dough cakes, and fish soup.

"Your Majesty, please wrap the fish in the dough and eat it together." Akshan raised an eyebrow, satisfied with the explanation.

At this time, the emperor's personal palace had already cleaned his hands and wrapped the fish in the bread and sent it to His Majesty. The emperor picked up the silver chopsticks, looked left and right, and then picked up the fish and meat cakes wrapped by the palace people and slowly sent them to his mouth.

Everyone tilted their heads slightly, motionless to observe His Majesty's expression.

Knowing that the emperor swallowed the small cake whole, he put down the silver chopsticks, looked at Akshan who was not far away and said two words: "Not bad!" ”

Akshan's expression was as dazzling as a light for a moment, but before he could rejoice, he heard His Majesty spit out a few more words: "But ......"

―――――― (To be continued.) )