Early the next morning, Xiaoxiao got up automatically and consciously for the first time, cleaned up and stopped herself, and ran to Xiahou Chenyi's tent with Tang Pozi in her arms radiantly.

"Brother Chenyi!" Far away, Xiaoxiao began to summon his top ten ministers, and his voice shook so loudly that the sparrows flew up.

"It's really early today." When Xiaoxiao ran to the door of the tent, Xiahou Chenyi had just walked out of the tent, and it seemed that he had just cleaned up, with the faint fragrance that Xiaoxiao was familiar with.

"Brother Chenyi, can I help you prepare?" Xiaoxiao's face was full of anticipation, thinking that Xiahou Chenyi's work would definitely cause an uproar today, Xiaoxiao felt very proud, and he must be the happiest person to win the championship.

"It's good that Xiaoxiao likes to look at it, don't do those things in winter, your hands should be frozen." Xiahou Chenyi looked at the soup woman in Xiaoxiao's hand and smiled gently: "You finally know how much to take care of yourself." ”

Let Xiahou Chenyi mess with his hair and smile a little weakly, where is this that he knows how to take care of himself, this is obviously Duan Heng quietly told Haitang, otherwise where would he remind himself on the front foot, and there will be many more soup women in his tent on the back foot.

And don't look at her Xiaoxiao stupid, she is very sensitive to smells, of course, the smell of food is even more sensitive, those brocade clothes wrapped in soup women have a faint fragrance of ink, and the taste is exactly the same as Duan Heng's body!

Thinking of this, Xiaoxiao hurriedly shook his head, for fear that he would start thinking about the matter between himself and Duan Heng again, and the whole person went around Xiahou Chenyi's back and pushed him in the direction of the kitchen.

Because the contestants and tasters of today's contest were all noble courtiers and royalty, almost all the stewards of the imperial dining room came here with the emperor, and now this small independent camp that is heavily guarded is the place where the contestants prepare and prepare their own dishes.

In another hour, Uncle Emperor will take all the important ministers to wait for the contestants to serve the food, so although it was early in the morning when Xiaoxiao and Xiahou Chenyi arrived, the entire small camp was already busy.

Although only Han Xuantian, Xiahou Chenyi and Duan Heng participated, because the emperor's uncle's decree only announced that this was a cooking competition, and did not stipulate what dishes each person should make and how many dishes should be prepared, so judging from the busy situation on the scene, the other two should be prepared.

Xiaoxiao saw that everyone was nervous at work, and his enthusiasm instantly rose: "Brother Chenyi, let's start quickly!" ”

Seeing that Xiaoxiao was about to roll up her sleeves and work when she put down the soup woman casually, Xiahou Chenyi hurriedly grabbed her, "Today's competition is a matter between a few of us, if you help me prepare, it will be unruly, not to mention that you have already helped me think of so many good ideas before." ”

Xiahou Chenyi picked up the soup woman who was abandoned by Xiaoxiao and put it back in her arms, untied his cloak and began to wash the vegetables and prepare, and several imperial chefs waiting on the side also moved according to his instructions.

"Xiaoxiao, just sit here and watch, if you don't blow the wind here, you won't be choked by the smoke from the stove." Xiahou Chenyi washed a handful of vegetables in his hand, with water droplets hanging on his slender fingers, and looked at Xiaoxiao with a gentle face, pointing to a chair beside him, and motioning for her to come in and rest.

Xiaoxiao looked at Xiahou Chenyi's heart blossomed, and Xiahou Chenyi, who was dressed in modern home clothes, wore an apron in his mind, and was busy preparing breakfast for himself in the kitchen, just thinking about it, I felt that the picture was really amazing! Sure enough, the man who can cook is the best!

The small camp is now busy, and the big tent in front is already lively, it turns out that our emperor uncle is also a lord who likes to be lively, although there is still some time before the start of the game, the uncle can't bear the excitement in his heart early in the morning and came to the big tent early, and a group of courtiers because the emperor has already arrived, how dare they not accompany him, so now the whole big tent is a hungry minister greeting each other.

And the ladies are not good to watch the game directly because of the difference between men and women, but because of the novelty of the game, almost every official has brought their own inner room to come, how can so many women be willing to see less excitement, so the emperor's uncle specially approved another tent next to the big tent for the ladies to wait, the queen and Concubine Li are presiding over the overall situation in it at the moment, and after the game starts, the works in the main tent will be sent to the same amount of the women's tent, which is also a matter that was decided last night, so the pressure on all the contestants has increased a little.

"Listen to the order!" Just when the small camp was busy, the eunuch in charge beside the emperor appeared at the gate of the camp with a sharp voice.

"Wechen (sons) listen to orders!" Everyone hurriedly rushed to the outside of the tent and knelt on the ground, Xiaoxiao also knelt behind the crowd, and under her knees was a set of men's clothes, don't ask her where the clothes came from, the clothes were laid there at the moment she knelt!

"Passing on the emperor's will, the order of appearance of the cooking competition has just been decided by lottery! Duan Heng was the first to appear, Xiahou Chenyi was the second, and the sixth prince Han Xuantian was the last! The eunuch in charge craned his neck and shouted hoarsely, his already sharp voice now made Xiaoxiao feel very harsh, and he couldn't help frowning subconsciously.

Xiahou Chenyi knelt beside Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao's expression he didn't miss a minute, the three of them played in the middle of the game, it can be said that the order is the best, but looking at Xiaoxiao's frowning brows, Xiahou Chenyi's heart moved, and he looked at the other two men kneeling not far away with complicated expressions, and lowered his eyes to see the expression clearly.

"Wechen (son-in-law) commands!" As soon as the eunuch's voice fell, everyone bowed again, and then hurriedly got up and went back to check the work in their hands.

Xiaoxiao returned to their kitchen with Xiahou Chenyi, fortunately, almost all the things they prepared this time were raw and needed to be stewed for a long time, so the effort to go out to receive the order was not delayed, but I don't know if the other two had burned a few dishes during this time.

"Brother Chenyi, we've won!" Xiaoxiao thought about it and felt that Xiahou Chenyi's chances of winning were a little bigger, and he smiled happily in his heart.

Xiahou Chenyi didn't answer Xiaoxiao, just nodded and continued to lay the plate in his hand. Not to mention that men and the kitchen may be a natural match, Xiahou Chenyi, who has never entered the kitchen for more than ten years, has only been in the kitchen for more than a month, and now the work of washing and cutting vegetables and arranging the plate is very good, all kinds of vegetables are washed and cut neatly, and all kinds of ingredients are exquisitely modified and the knife is very artistically placed on the plate with color, and now just looking at these raw ingredients Xiaoxiao feels that his saliva is about to flow out, and then look at the cauldron with white smoke on the side, the thick taste of bone broth in the whole kitchen, The gluttonous worms in Xiaoxiao's stomach are about to be unbearable.

"The hour has come! Duan Heng is ready to meet you! A loud voice rang out in the camp, accompanied by a gong sound, and Xiaoxiao only heard a sound of neat footsteps.

Driven by curiosity, Xiaoxiao poked his head out to look at the situation outside, only to see all kinds of trays in the hands of palace maids, each tray was covered with a tightly covered snack box, it seemed that Duan Heng also took into account the weather, worried that the food would be cold when it was delivered to the big tent, so he specially made insulation measures.

Thinking that Duan Heng must have spent a lot of time on this competition, Xiaoxiao felt that his unprovoked feeling swept through his body again, and he hurriedly retracted his head and stopped watching the excitement.