Duan Heng led his team into the main tent, watching the palace maids orderly open the various food boxes and begin to arrange dishes for everyone present, Duan Heng stepped forward and bowed loudly, "Chen Hanlin Academy, Duan Heng see the saint!" ”

"Duan Aiqing is flat!" Uncle Emperor looked at Duan Heng happily, and glanced at the dishes on the table, "I don't want Duan Aiqing to be not only erudite, but also able to cook and prepare so many delicacies, I want to come to which of his daughters here is fortunate enough to raise eyebrows with Duan Qing, it must be a blessing to cultivate!" ”

"The saint carries love, but the minister is just poor when he was young, his parents were sick, and no one in the family can take care of these three meals, and his craftsmanship is clumsy, and he hopes that His Majesty will atone for his sins."

Duan Heng is still the white robe like an immortal, with several jade belts with faint emerald green hidden by bamboo at the corners of his clothes, and the jade flute at his waist is still swaying, if he doesn't say it, no one can really see that this immortal-like man just now has been busy in the kitchen for a long time.

"Everyone, Aiqing, let's try it and see how our new champion's craftsmanship is!" The emperor's uncle smiled heartily, and after he ordered it to go down, he also picked up his chopsticks and tasted it carefully.

"Hmmm! I really can't see that Brother Duan's cooking skills are so superb! ”

"Sure enough, it's a rare delicacy, and what's even more rare is Bachelor Duan's filial piety, if it weren't for the fear that his parents would be tired, there would be a few men who would make such a good dish!"

"yes, yes! Master Duan's dish is really full of color, flavor and flavor, and it is really rare for this fairy-like person to make these home-cooked dishes so delicious! ”

The entrance of the ministers' dishes was like a wave of praise, and the emperor's uncle also nodded slightly, he was used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and it was the first time he tasted the home-cooked dishes of these civilians, although it was not a precious ingredient, it was sincere. And Duan Heng's words just now are also quite popular with everyone, after all, filial piety comes first, in this era, apart from the cook, which man will enter the kitchen exclusive to women, a man who has been cooking for his parents for many years is really rare.

After a long time, everyone gradually quieted down, and one by one they began to rinse their mouths with water and wipe the corners of their mouths, waiting for the emperor's uncle to speak.

"Duan Qing is not only knowledgeable, this cooking skill is also excellent, and the most rare thing is Duan Qing's filial piety, I want to come to all Aiqing is also deeply touched, now everyone thinks that there is a number, so pass on the second place to enter!" With a wave of the emperor's hand, the eunuchs and palace maids hurriedly stepped forward to clean up all the used tableware and dishes, and re-laid the table and set the tableware.

As a result, just these steps successfully pulled everyone's minds from the appreciation of Duan Heng to the expectation of the next work, because everyone in front of them is not as neatly arranged as a wine cup, bowls and tableware, and now in front of everyone is a six-groove special plate, which is placed with various condiments, and then a delicate plate in front of him, a delicate small bowl, a pair of copper chopsticks and a long spoon.

"Looks like this next dish is a bit interesting!" It was the first time for the emperor's uncle to see such a pose, and his eyes were also a little more expectant, looking at the door of the tent and waiting for the surprise to appear.

"Chenxia Hou Chenyi knocks to see His Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!" As the loud magnetic voice sounded, Xiahou Chenyi led a group of eunuchs and palace maids into the big tent.

For a while, the tent was so quiet that there was no even the sound of everyone's breathing, only the sound of more than a dozen copper pots carried by the eunuchs behind Xiahou Chenyi was bubbling hot.

"Xiahou Chenyi, what kind of strange food are you preparing here?" Uncle Emperor was obviously also shocked, what is the strange copper pot that these two people are carrying together?

"Back to Your Majesty, Weichen's work this time is this reunion pot!" Xiahou Chenyi stepped forward and motioned to the palace maid and eunuch to arrange food for everyone.

"As the name suggests, this reunion pot means family reunion, Weichen has boiled bone broth for several hours with fresh bones and sauerkraut into the copper pot, there is a charcoal fire in the pot, the saint and the ministers can choose their favorite food to put into the pot for shabu-shabu, and the cooked food can also be dipped in different condiments according to everyone's preferences, and because this bone broth is also a good way to warm up the body in winter, so the saint and you can take a bowl to drink before shabu-shabu."

After Xiahou Chenyi explained, everyone looked at the copper pot in front of them and the various foods on the delicate plate, looking eager to try.

"Oh? It's the first time I've heard of such a novel way to eat, but why is this pot named Reunion? Uncle Emperor was also full of surprise, but after watching it for a long time, he didn't see what this food had to do with the reunion.

"Back to your majesty, because this is a cooking competition for ease of use, the minister chose a relatively small copper pot, if the normal size of the pot can be used by many people at the same time, the minister thinks that this kind of food is a good choice in winter, if the pot is made larger, the family members sit around the table to share the food in this pot every year, that is, it warms the body and can also warm the heart."

"Good! I like that! This reunion pot is a good way to add joy to the New Year, and the whole family is happy, good! The emperor's uncle smiled happily, and the ministers seemed to be imagining such a warm picture, and everyone started to move with the emperor.

"It's amazing!" A younger minister exclaimed.

"Hmmm! I can't imagine that this ordinary ingredient can be so delicious when put in this pot! Another minister, who had tasted a variety of foods, immediately chimed in.

"Originally, I thought that this beef and mutton tasted bigger after all, but the taste of this sauerkraut with bone broth was so tender!"

The admiration and discussion among the courtiers who had discovered new taste experiences seemed to explode in a moment.

Just when everyone was eating hot pot in full swing, Xiaoxiao waved his hand to Xiahou Chenyi outside the tent door, pointed to the palace maid who had already stood in line behind him, and saw Xiahou Chenyi bowing his head at him, Xiaoxiao immediately signaled the palace maid to enter the account in order, and she herself was oiled on the soles of her feet and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to taste her private Sichuan-style hot pot.

"Your Majesty has also prepared a soup, using the unique mushrooms of this grassland with the bone broth of the reunion pot is delicious, you can drink a bowl after tasting the reunion pot, it is also very good for the body." After Xiahou Chenyi finished speaking, he retreated to the side and sat down next to Duan Heng.

"Brother Xiahou is really a good idea, and his craftsmanship is also rare." Duan Heng saw Xiahou Chenyi coming over and hurriedly bowed down and clenched his fists.

"Brother Duan praised it falsely, Chen Yi just knew that his cooking skills were not good, so he used such a method to please him, and in terms of craftsmanship, Brother Duan is really beyond Chen Yi's reach."

The two of them greeted each other politely, and the lively atmosphere brought by this ancient hot pot was also getting higher and higher, just when everyone was immersed in this fresh way of eating and couldn't extricate themselves, the screams of the women in the tent next door interrupted the warm atmosphere.

"Quick! Come on! I don't know which woman's panicked screams rang out, followed by high-decibel screams.

Xiaoxiao specially asked Xiahou Chenyi to prepare a mandarin duck pot for the emperor, thinking that the different flavors will definitely shock those who taste it for the first time, and the emperor's uncle was eating heartily as expected, and the sudden scream made him put down his chopsticks with some dissatisfaction.

"Who's shouting? What happened? Uncle Emperor said a word, and everyone put down the food in their hands, waiting for someone to give an answer.

"Back to Your Majesty, Concubine Li...... Empress...... Suddenly fainted! A little eunuch ran in in a hurry, the panicked look on his face and his trembling body made everyone instinctively think that things would not be so simple.

"Fainted? Can you call a doctor? Uncle Emperor was obviously moved, and he didn't care about eating, so he hurriedly turned around and got off his seat, and hurried to the scene in three steps and two steps.