83_83499 The head chef competition has begun, this time the topic is very wide, the pastry group requires to make a salty and sweet dim sum, as for what you want to do is up to the chefs to choose, but it must be completed within an hour.

Given that the competition time was not long, but dozens of servings of food were to be made, Du Qiyue decided to make relatively simple shrimp dumplings and cakes, which included fresh sea prawns, which were just right for shrimp dumplings, and milk that allowed him to make beautiful and delicate cakes.

"Da Mao, go get shrimp, fatty pork, dried bamboo shoots, flour, lotus root, salt, sesame oil, cooking wine, sugar, vegetable oil, dried pepper, we want to make shrimp dumplings, remember to choose good shrimp." Du Qiyue patted Da Mao on the shoulder, and he also took some ingredients to make the cake.

The first time I saw the emperor and so many dignitaries, Da Mao's hands were shaking when he was nervously taking the ingredients, he secretly glanced at Du Qiyue while picking shrimp, and saw that Du Qiyue did not look nervous at all, and he admired it very much. He swallowed his saliva, trying not to be timid, Xiao Yue was not afraid of being so much younger than him, his hands were shaking too much.

In fact, Du Qiyue's heart was also a little nervous, after all, it was the emperor who was sitting above, the most noble person in the entire Dafeng Dynasty, even if he was not from this dynasty before, as long as he thought that the emperor was the leader of this country, it was impossible for him not to be nervous.

However, Du Qiyue saw Zhao Yiyun in the crowd watching the game just now, and when he thought that Zhao Yiyun was watching him make snacks, he immediately dispelled those nervousness, he couldn't embarrass Zhao Yiyun in front of so many people.

After taking the ingredients, Du Qiyue let Da Mao knead the dough, washed a few large sea shrimp in the basin by himself, peeled the shrimp shell to remove the shrimp line, and then washed the mucus on the shrimp, and then cut half into pieces the size of a little thumb, and half chopped into puree. Chop the fatty pork, lotus root and dried bamboo shoots into minced pieces and add them to the shrimp puree, then add the appropriate salt, sugar, grated pepper, sesame oil, and cooking wine and stir well.

Da Mao kneaded the dough and rolled out some dough directly from the back, Du Qiyue supported the skin with the palm of his hand, put the filling of a large chopstick on the skin, and then put two prawns on it, and then held the hand holding the skin, and gently kneaded it with the edge of the skin with the other hand, making a dumpling in the shape of a small fish.

"Bring some steamers and put lotus leaves on them." Du Qiyue held the dumpling and looked left and right, and said to Da Mao after feeling that the shape was good.

Da Mao immediately took a few large steamers over, quickly laid out the lotus leaves, and then placed them in front of Du Qiyue one by one, so that he could put the finished dumplings more easily.

Du Qiyue was very fast, and it didn't take long to make dozens of shrimp dumplings. After the dumplings were ready, Du Qiyue began to prepare to make cakes.

Separate the egg whites from the egg yolks, add sugar, vegetable oil, milk and sifted flour to the egg yolks, mix carefully, beat into a viscous egg yolk paste, and set it away. The remaining egg whites need to be beaten three times, after each beat, some white sugar should be added, and a few drops of white vinegar should be added for the third time, and finally it will be beaten into a fine and uniform white foam.

Watching others cook is also a novel experience for these nobles who have never been in the kitchen, and don't even know what the kitchen looks like, especially those young princesses, princesses, young masters, and young ladies who look at it one by one, not to mention how serious they are, one will think that this chopping vegetables is fun, and the other will think that kneading dough is fun, I really can't wait to be able to give birth to a dozen pairs of eyes, so I can see them all carefully.

Empress Zhang has been cultivated by her family as the emperor's woman since she was a child, and she has never been exposed to any fireworks. Because she talked about Du Qiyue just now, Empress Zhang couldn't help but pay more attention to Du Qiyue, and she soon found that Du Qiyue had been stirring the things in the pot, and she looked at the white foam from a distance, so she turned sideways and said to Ju Yanyang on the side: "Your Majesty, look at that little chef, what is he doing, why has he been mixing the things in the pot, and can the things that come out of this way still be edible?" ”

This Empress Zhang is not very good-looking, and her brain is sometimes not very bright, Ju Yanyang originally appointed her as the queen completely to use the power of the Zhang family to balance the Zhang family in the court, and she has no feelings for Empress Zhang herself, and at this moment she doubts the cooking skills of her nephew, and her heart is a little unhappy, so she snorted from her nose, without the slightest intention of answering.

Seeing Ju Yanyang's appearance, Empress Zhang's heart was sour. Just as he was about to cover the expression on his face with a handkerchief, he heard Princess Xun Yu, who was sitting at the bottom, say: "I heard that the selection of these chefs has also passed the eyes of Lord Zhang, and I think that Lord Zhang will not choose those who can't cook." ”

Listening to the words of this gun and stick, Empress Zhang really wanted to slap herself, just now she still remembered that their Zhang family was involved in the selection of chefs, and she thought that she must say more good things later, why did she forget it in a blink of an eye. Empress Zhang didn't know what to say, she glanced at Ju Yanyang from the corner of her eye, and saw that Ju Yanyang was looking at her with eyes that seemed to be smiling, and she was really angry, and she couldn't wait to tear Princess Haoyu, who was specially made for her, but she had to laugh twice to relieve her embarrassment.

Empress Dowager Zhang Hui was very disdainful of cooking, she didn't mean to watch the kitchen competition at all, her mind has been on doing everyone, she heard the words of Queen Zhang and Princess Xunyu, her mind turned, and she said to Princess Xunyu: "Xunyu, your imperial sister-in-law is straight, you don't know yet, what she said is not bad, I watched those things being mixed like that, and I don't think it's easy to swallow." ”

Hearing this, Princess Haoyu's heart was full of hatred, if it wasn't for Empress Dowager Zhang Hui's people chasing and killing Wen Zhuying, her children would have grown up in the Taishou Mansion, although they were not as rich as the glory and wealth in the palace, but they could also live a life of fine clothes and food. Where will it be like now, on a hot day, everyone else is sitting, and the palace maid is fanning the wind and eating the icy fruit, but he has to stand in front of the hot stove to work, and the good ones have to be picked on, which makes her mother's heart not sad.

Princess Xunyu's heart was very hateful, her hands were under the table and she twisted the handkerchief fiercely, but her mouth said coquettishly: "Queen Mother, I think that method is very novel, you see the three cooks next to me are kneading dough, I know at a glance that what is made is nothing more than something like pastry, but the child doesn't know what to do, it's interesting to watch." ”

"Since Yu Yu thinks it's interesting, I'll want to eat more snacks made by that kid later." Empress Dowager Zhang Hui said with a smile, feeling more and more puzzled in her heart, although Princess Yunyu has been at odds with her all these years, but her daughter is exactly the same as her in some aspects, and she disdains these lowly people very much on weekdays, but today she can say good things for that little cook, saying that there is no weirdness in it, she must not believe it.

Ju Yanyang looked at Princess Yuyu helplessly, and said in his heart that this sister was really spoiled by herself, and she couldn't bear it anymore. Although she always quarrels with Queen Zhang on weekdays, where can she speak for a cook, and Queen Zhang won't think much about saying good things for Du Qiyue so abruptly, but their queen mother has more than 100,000 hearts and eyes, and this sentence can make her give birth to a hundred or so places, wouldn't it hurt his nephew.

After observing Empress Dowager Zhang Hui's expression, Ju Yanyang calculated in his heart again, and finally decided to simply express his love for Du Qiyue directly, maybe it could eliminate Empress Dowager Zhang Hui's suspicion of Du Qiyue's identity. Then he said, "Mother, do you see if the child looks like his son?" ”

"Really? The queen mother is old, her eyes are not good, but she can't see it. Empress Dowager Zhang Hui said and looked at Du Qiyue and pretended to look at it.

"As soon as the child came in, my son thought he looked like me, and he looked at him from a distance, which was a bit like when his son was young, which was fate." Ju Yanyang said with a smile.

Empress Dowager Zhang Hui was a little suspicious of Du Qiyue's identity just now, when Ju Yanyang was the prince, he had been to many other counties, and it was not necessary to be young and frivolous and accidentally leave one or two kinds. Now several older princes in the palace are all born to the palace concubines of the sub-districts, if Du Qiyue is really the prince, I don't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing to enter the palace now. But now looking at Ju Yanyang's appearance, the little doubt in Empress Dowager Zhang Hui's heart was dispelled, if the little cook was really Ju Yanyang's son, it was too late for him to secretly protect him, how could he show his affection so obviously, you must know that for a powerless child, it is not a good thing to be loved by the emperor.

Since it was just a small role that didn't need to be cared about, Empress Dowager Zhang Hui didn't have the heart to pay attention to Du Qiyue anymore, she leaned on the stool and said, "If the emperor really likes it, when the cooking competition is over, he will recruit this kid to accompany him." ”

In addition to the concubines in the harem, the concubines who can stay by the emperor's side are the attendants in the palace, and the meaning of the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui's words is obviously to let the emperor recruit Du Qiyue as an attendant. When Ju Yanyang heard this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he immediately said: "How strange it should be to let someone who looks similar to his son take care of his son, this is not good, my son thinks it is better to recognize a son and raise it by his side." ”

Empress Dowager Zhang Hui didn't expect Ju Yanyang to say such a thing, and immediately reprimanded: "Nonsense, the emperor's son is so easy to recognize!" ”

"But my son really likes this child in his heart, it is better to recognize the name of Xun Yu, anyway, Xun Yu has no children now." Ju Yanyang said willfully.

"It's really nonsense, you are getting older and longer now, you don't worry about your sister, but you have such a crooked idea, how can you let her go back to Shuliuguo?" Empress Dowager Zhang Hui's face was full of anger, but she was thinking about the feasibility of Ju Yanyang's words in her heart.

Princess Haoyu is now almost forty years old, but there has been no news from her stomach, and she can't give birth to a child. Zishu Game has to set up a young and beautiful side concubine there, and he will definitely have a son in these two years. Mother is not false by virtue of her son's words, and in a few years, Princess Xunyu's beauty will not be there, the side concubine's pillow will blow in the wind, and she will have a son who is firmly favored, even if Princess Xunyu can keep her status, if she has no children, she will eventually be a little worse, so it is better to recognize a child in the court, and her skills will stabilize her position in Zishu Game, and she can also install a help in Shuliuguo.

It is said that brother and sister are connected, and as soon as Ju Yanyang's words came out, Princess Yunyu understood what he meant. They only wanted to recognize Du Qiyue secretly, but this way would only bring trouble to both parties, but now that they think about it, it is better to directly recognize Du Qiyue under their name, but it is convenient. In the royal family and even in the families of various dignitaries, it is not new to recognize a child from a civilian background as a son or daughter, and no one will think much about recognizing a child and bringing it back to Shuliu Country when she has no children. As for why she recognizes Du Qiyue as a civilian, it is better to explain, Du Qiyue looks like Ju Yanyang, and she thinks that taking her son with her can ease her longing for her brother. Moreover, Du Qiyue's background is simple, she thinks that being a son will not affect the pattern of the court, and there will not be much obstacle to the Zishu game. A child from a commoner in the Dafeng Dynasty, even if he is called a father, it will not affect the status of his own son in the future, but can alleviate the contradictions between the two born because of the child, why not?

Princess Xunyu's heart suddenly brightened, with a sincere smile on her face, and she said coquettishly to Empress Dowager Zhang Hui: "Queen Mother, I also think this child is good, go back and ask my brother to send someone to check the child's background, if it's okay, just recognize my name." I have always envied my brother's children, if I bring this child who looks similar to my brother with me, I will be raised as my own nephew born to my brother, and when I return to Shuliu Kingdom, I will not be alone. ”

"You two, you don't want to think that other people's children also have biological parents, if you really recognize your name, is it difficult to leave your biological parents and return to Shuliu Kingdom with you?" Empress Dowager Zhang Hui scolded with a smile.

"Then check first, if there are no parents, recognize it, if there are parents, I will change the child to recognize, what do you think?" Princess Haoyu followed the words of the Empress Dowager Zhang Hui, and her heart was already happy, she already knew Du Qiyue's life experience, and it happened that both parents died