Chapter 036: The Contest (3)
At the moment when the incense burned out, Jian Ning also successfully completed the first cake in this world, and it was a three-dimensional longevity peach-shaped cake.
It can be said that this is also the most complete first cake that Jian Ning has made in her life. Although she has not formally studied before, Jian Ning has always been talented and has an amazing memory. I have seen the cake making zuò countless times.
"Your Majesty, the people's daughter has been completed." Jian Ning stepped forward and bowed to Long Zeye Yingying and said.
"Bring it in." Long Zeye gestured to Fan Chengfu beside him and said.
Fan Chengfu immediately went down and presented the cake made by Jian Ning in front of Long Zeye. When Long Zeye first started looking at it, a moment of surprise flashed in his eyes, but it was only for a moment, so fast that Jian Ning couldn't even notice it.
"How long will it take for Ling Sui's Feng Imperial Chef?" Long Zeye asked a eunuch waiting there.
"If you go back to the emperor, just now Imperial Chef Feng passed the word, and it probably takes a cup of tea." The little eunuch immediately stood up and replied respectfully.
"For the sake of justice, please wait for another cup of tea." Long Zeye nodded and said to everyone.
"In that case, can the emperor allow this palace to ask this Master Jian a question?" Taking advantage of the gap, Hua Yuebai stood up and said to Long Zeye.
"Oh, what does the second prince want to ask?" Long Zeye asked in a curious tone. He had checked before, and this Hua Yuebai didn't seem to have any intersection at all except for the last time he met Jian Ning in the God of Food Competition.
The most important thing is that Huayue Bai is different from Xiahou Yan. Xiahou Yan broke away from the honor guard of Dongshang and entered Yuanchu first, although he could not find any traces of Xiahou Yan at that time, but it was certain that he was not in the honor guard.
But Hua Yuebai followed the honor guard from beginning to end. Therefore, it is impossible for Hua Yuebai to go to Yangxin County to meet Jian Ning.
Long Zeye didn't understand that just because of the time just now, he Hua Yuebai had something to ask.
"This hall wants to ask Master Jian. Where did Master Jian learn his skills? Ju Ben Hall knows, there doesn't seem to be a person in the world who makes pastries like Master Jian? Hua Yuebai didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly at Jian Ning.
"Back to the words of the second prince. The folk girl Jian Ning has never apprenticed. I learned some from my father in cooking, as for pastry. Most of them are pondered by themselves, and they are not worth mentioning. Jian Ning was very humble, and kept her head down when she answered.
She never understood that she had obviously only seen the second prince once, and even today, it was only the second side. But for some reason, she always had a different feeling when she saw this second prince.
Coupled with the fact that the past had been haunting her mind during this time, she didn't even know now that this feeling came from her heart. Or from this body, this heart's instincts.
Although Jian Ning tried her best to cover up and avoid. But Xiahou Yan, who has always paid attention to Jian Ning, is still very sensitive to the changes in Jian Ning. Looking at Jian Ning's difference to Hua Yuebai, Xiahou Yan's heart was not even happy.
didn't think much about it, then stood up and said to Hua Yuebai: "The kung fu of a cup of tea is almost the same, why haven't you seen Ling Sui's Feng Imperial Chef come up, isn't there something wrong?" ”
Xiahou Yan's opening naturally attracted everyone's attention. Some of the ministers of Yuan Chu didn't even understand what the situation was now.
Hasn't Prince Yan been in a state of watching a play all the time, why did he suddenly attack Ling Sui?
Just because those people can't understand doesn't mean that no one understands. Long Zeye looked at Xiahou Yan's appearance. The hand holding the glass suddenly tightened. Xu realized that his state was wrong, Long Zeye directly drank the wine in the cup, and looked at Xiahou Yan with an evil smile on his lips.
"Prince Yan is a little anxious. Is this tea a little bit short? The main hall doesn't know when, Prince Yan's patience is so bad? Hua Yuebai didn't understand why Xiahou Yan spoke at this time, but she still couldn't suffer a little loss, and then immediately sarcastically replied.
Xiahou Yan also knew that he was too impulsive this time, and the moment he felt Long Zeye's eyes, he calmed down and regained his original appearance.
Hua Yuebai's later ridicule, Xiahou Yan had no intention of fighting back, and the battle of words was often unnecessary. At this time, it is better to be a spectator.
A moment later. Feng Gao also walked up with someone carrying pastries. His eyes were full of confidence that he would win.
"Now that it's all done, let's get started!" Long Zeye spoke. "Imperial Chef Feng is a guest from afar, so Imperial Chef Feng will come first."
Feng Gao heard this. Immediately smiled and stepped forward. After signaling the people to present the pastries to Long Zeye and the Empress Dowager, they were then distributed to the envoys and officials present. Naturally, Jian Ning, who is an opponent, also has a share.
"His Majesty the Emperor of Yuan Chu, the Empress Dowager. This time, although I still made a longevity peach, it was slightly different from the previous longevity peach. Feng Gao saw that the longevity peach had been distributed, and then began to explain.
In addition to adding two more flavors to the longevity peach this time, in order to reflect its uniqueness, the largest longevity peach, that is, the longevity peach presented to the queen mother, was carefully painted with a graphic of an Antarctic immortal. Whether it is a longevity peach or a fairy, it is a mascot that means longevity. I hope the Queen Mother can like it! ”
After Feng Gao finished speaking, he stepped aside, waiting for the results of everyone's tasting.
This time, the competition is based on the birthday of the Queen Mother, and the most qualified judge is naturally the Queen Mother.
Under Hebi's service, the Empress Dowager carefully tasted Feng Gao's longevity peach this time, and nodded slightly, obviously satisfied.
Seeing this, Feng Gao was even more confident in his heart, and his attitude towards Jian Ning became even more disdainful. He is a full-time pastry in Yuanchu, and he has carefully studied pastries for more than 20 years, and he doesn't think that he will lose to a little woman who is not even twenty years old.
Jian Ning couldn't help but admire Feng Gao's pastries, she couldn't imagine that someone else could do this in this era, and it was really not easy. But even if Feng Gao's skills were really high, Jian Ning didn't think that he would lose at all.
At this time, the Empress Dowager took the handkerchief handed by He Bi and wiped her mouth, and said to everyone: "The Shou Peach of Ling Sui Feng Imperial Kitchen this time is a little more delicious than the previous Shou Tao. And it is not easy to paint such a vivid immortal statue on such a small longevity peach, and the mourning family even likes it. ”
The Empress Dowager's comments can be said to be the words in the hearts of many ministers. They were fortunate enough to taste the previous longevity peach, and they couldn't imagine that they would have the opportunity to taste such a delicious longevity peach again today, and they were full of praise.
And Long Zeye, Long Zening and Xiahou Yan were much calmer, and they didn't see much expression. The pastries in front of me were obviously not very much to eat. It seems that there is really no interest in this pastry.
No matter how everyone judged, Jian Ning was unmoved, and after stabilizing her mind, she stepped forward slowly. Because only one cake was made, it was natural that everyone couldn't get it like Feng Gao.
Jian Ning said as she motioned to the palace maid to carefully divide the cake and distribute it to the main people present.
"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager, this thing made by the people is different from the usual pastries. It has a name called cake, and it is an indispensable thing for the birthday of the folk girl's hometown. ”
And now that the palace maid is sharing this cake, it is not that the people's daughter is inconsiderate and rude to the queen mother and the emperor. It's because this cake also has its own excellent meaning. It is intended to share the blessings of the birthday star with everyone, so that everyone can also get the blessings of the birthday star together. ”
"The Empress Dowager is the most blessed person in Yuan Chu, so the Empress Dowager's birthday cake should be distributed to more people to show that the Empress Dowager is blessed by the world."
"And the most special thing about this cake is that it tastes completely different from the usual pastries, it is more fragrant and soft than ordinary pastries, especially suitable for children and the elderly. In addition, many dried fruits are added to the cake, which can make the taste more unique, and I believe the Queen Mother can like it. ”
When Jian Ning finished introducing these, the palace maid had already finished dividing the cake, except for some officials whose status was not very high, the rest of the important people had been shared, and Jian Ning was also slightly relieved.
The Empress Dowager liked the shape of the cake very much just now, and she was a little reluctant to be divided like this. But after listening to Jian Ning's explanation, he became happy.
Still under the service of Hebi, he used a mouthful of this cake made by Jian Ning with a little suspicion. The reason for the suspicion is that after such a long time, this cake has long since become cold and cold as Feng Gao's pastry. And the best pastries are when they are hot, so the Queen Mother is a little hesitant.
But when the cake was eaten, the Queen Mother was obviously surprised. Even if it's cold, it doesn't have the same hard and flavorful flavor as ordinary pastries, but has a different flavor.
Then he smiled and ate two more bites, and it was indeed as Jian Ning said, and the entrance was soft and not easy to choke. The most important thing is that it has some candied dried fruits and the like, and there is a layer of sticky things on the outside, and the sweetness is not as heavy as the pastry, which is very much in line with the Queen Mother's mind.
Although she likes sweets, she is old, and the doctor has long warned her that it is not easy to use too many sweets. Now this cake is not as sweet as those pastries, so I can eat a little more often.
This time, Long Zeye, Long Zening and Xiahou Yan obviously used a lot. Even Hua Yuebai kept eating the cake made by Jian Ning one bite at a time, and she seemed to have disbelief.
And Feng Gao didn't have the arrogance and confidence he had before, his eyes were full of disbelief, unwilling to accept, and even looked at Jian Ning with an extremely strange look.
They are all like this, and those ministers are even more needless to say, even if they don't usually like sweets, this time they will eat the little they have been allocated one by one. And those who couldn't get it looked at them with suspicion one by one. Obviously, it's hard to imagine what kind of delicacy it is, and why everyone has such an expression! (To be continued) R466