Chapter 032: Ling Sui's Challenge (1)
"Oh, since that's the case, why don't you ask the second prince to reveal the answer, so that everyone can feast their eyes." Long Zeye smiled at Hua Yuebai and said.
"Yes, the second prince, the mourning family is also very curious!" At this time, the Empress Dowager also spoke.
Ling Sui and Yuan Chu have always had trade contacts, but their relationship is not intimate, it can only be regarded as friendly. This birthday banquet, whether it is Lingsui or Dongshang, is very surprising. Originally, in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, the two countries would only send ministers over to congratulate her, but what she didn't expect was that Dongshang Kingdom actually came with a prince and a princess, and Lingsui also came with a second prince.
Now that the emperor and the empress dowager have opened their mouths, Hua Yuebai naturally can't play any dumb riddles anymore. With a wave of his hand, he motioned for the guards to uncover the red silks.
With the flash of red silk in front of him, the first thing that appeared in front of everyone's eyes was actually a full ten boxes of longevity peaches.
Looking at this birthday gift, many people have obvious disappointment in their eyes. Although there are hundreds of longevity peaches here, this gift is a bit too light for the royal family.
I used to look at the mystery of Hua Yuebai, and I thought it would be something strange, but I didn't expect it to be just a longevity peach. Such a longevity peach can be made by any chef in the imperial dining room.
But Xiahou Yan was watching quietly at the moment, looking at what tricks Ling Sui was doing. Le Ling's whole heart was in the eyes that he had inadvertently felt just now, and he didn't have the heart to pay attention to every move on the hall at all.
Hua Yuebai looked at the expressions of everyone in the hall, and sneered in her heart, they were really a group of superficial people. All day long, I only knew gold, silver, jewelry, delicacies from the mountains and seas, and I had nothing in my head.
Looking at Long Zeye, who still maintained his usual smile, Hua Yuebai arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty." The first birthday gift sent by Ling Sui was a thousand longevity peaches, wishing the Empress Dowager of Yuan Chu a blessing like the East China Sea and a longevity better than Nanshan. But there are too many of them. So only a hundred were presented. Each peach here is handmade by my first pastry chef in Lingsui, and it is absolutely unique. ”
Hua Yuebai's words sounded rough and indeed showing Ling Sui's intentions. After all, making a thousand longevity peaches is not a simple matter. But if you listen carefully, you will find that Hua Yuebai is suspected of being sarcastic about Yuan Chu. Ling Sui's longevity peach is unique in the world, doesn't it just hint that he Ling Sui's chef is the best chef in the world?
In addition, he watched Yuan Chu's God of Food Contest again, which has to make people suspect that this is to mock Yuan Chu's so-called god chef.
"His Majesty Ling Sui has a heart, and this gift has been accepted by the mourning family." The Empress Dowager assisted the three emperors, and she was definitely not an ordinary person. Said to Hua Yuebai with a smile on his face.
"Since the second prince praises this longevity peach like this, the mourning family can't hide it. It's better to take advantage of now. Let's try it too, and be happy! The Empress Dowager said to the ministers.
"The ministers have thanked the Empress Dowager for her grace." Suddenly, the hall was filled with the voice of Shane.
This result is not surprising to Hua Yuebai. He had already expected such a result when he presented the hundred peaches. After all, originally their Yuanchu imperial dining room was also going to prepare longevity peaches for the banquet today, and they sent them themselves, so they naturally used them themselves.
"That's very good. Fan Chengfu passed on my will to make 10,000 longevity peaches in the imperial dining room and distribute them all to the people. Long Zeye also immediately ordered.
"Long live the emperor, thousand years old the empress dowager!" All of a sudden, there was another chorus of praise.
After receiving the reward, the ministers naturally did not dare to slack off. After seeing the Empress Dowager and the Emperor both move chopsticks. They also picked up their chopsticks. Regardless of whether you usually like sweets or not, everyone is happy at this moment.
Long Zeye just took a small piece and put it in his mouth, meaning it. He has never been a fan of sweets. It's really hard for him to understand why anyone likes to eat it so much.
The Queen Mother is different, her favorite is sweets. Under the service of Hebi, he also put a piece in his mouth. At first, she just had the idea of being auspicious and meaningful, after all, Shou Tao is the taste of Shou Tao, and no matter how good it is, it can't match those delicate little pastries.
But the moment the longevity peach was entered, the Empress Dowager was stunned. Immediately, he took another piece and put it in his mouth. The taste of this kotoshi peach is indeed superb. She didn't have the dry peaches she had eaten before, but had a soft and glutinous taste.
In taste. It's not like ordinary longevity peaches, which generally have only one flavor, and it is inevitable that you will get tired of eating too much. The Empress Dowager reminisced. There are at least three flavors added to this longevity peach, which makes people feel different flavors every time.
The most rare thing is. After eating Shou Peach, you can still feel the fragrance of your mouth, and people can't help but want to eat another bite.
The Empress Dowager has such a picky appetite, and people think that this longevity peach is delicious. Needless to say, the ministers below are all hungry. Especially those ministers who usually like sweets, they feel that this one longevity peach is too few. But in such a situation, I can't pull my face to ask for another one, and my heart is really uncomfortable.
"The taste of this peach is really good. Second prince, I don't know if this pastry chef is here today? The Empress Dowager wiped her mouth lightly and asked with a smile.
"Feng Gao, come to meet the Empress Dowager." Hua Yuebai said lightly in the direction of the Lingsui envoy group.
As soon as the words fell, a man in his early thirties, with an ordinary appearance and a medium build, walked out. He saluted Long Zeye and the Empress Dowager above.
Hua Yuebai introduced on the side: "His Majesty the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, this person's name is Feng Gao, and he is the new pastry chef of my Lingsui and the maker of this longevity peach. ”
"Oh, it turns out that this longevity peach is from you!" The Empress Dowager looked at Feng Gao and said with a smile, "It's really a good craft!" ”
"Empress Dowager Xie's praise." Feng Gao thanked him.
Just when everyone thought that this matter could end like this, Hua Yuebai suddenly opened his mouth: "Your Majesty, Emperor Yuanchu, this hall recently watched your country's God of Food Competition, and I have always been very curious, is it the God of Food of Yuan Chu that is more powerful, or my Yuan Chu's chef is more powerful?" ”
Then he looked at Feng Gao again and continued: "Imperial Chef Feng of our country also wants to learn from the God of Food of Yuan Chu, I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to give Imperial Chef Feng a chance?" It also solves Yuebai's curiosity by the way. ”
Hua Yuebai's words were very polite, but they also carried a threat. If Long Zeye refused, not only would Hua Yuebai lose face, but it would also make people feel that Yuan Chu was afraid of him Ling Sui. But if it is to inherit Hua Yuebai, this game is indeed not so easy to win.
Not to mention that Ling Sui is already famous for its food, just this time, they are obviously prepared, this Feng Gao is not an easy master to deal with at first glance. If he loses, won't Yuan Chu's face be swept away.
The Empress Dowager also frowned at the moment, the things made by the cooks in the imperial dining room, she has eaten them for so many years, and she knows very well how many catties and taels she has. Although it is an imperial chef, in terms of pastries, it is indeed a big difference with Feng Gao.
Even if the God of Food winner this time, the one in Tianxiangyuan, may not be able to win this Feng Gao in pastries. Yuan Chu's food god competition has always focused on the preparation of main dishes, and does not pay attention to pastries and desserts, so many chefs in Yuan Chu focus on cooking.
There are too few people who really focus on confectionery. Even in the entire imperial dining room, there is only one real pastry chef.
Xiahou Yan smiled at the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Hua Yuebai lightly, it turned out that his purpose was here. But what is the purpose of this competition? Even if he wins, it doesn't seem to be of any substantial benefit to Ling Sui.
This made Xiahou Yan puzzled. Naturally, Long Zeye and Long Zening, including Prince Xuan, were all thinking about this. But there was never a plausible explanation.
"Since the second prince said so, it is not easy for me to refuse. But it should be too late today, so it might as well be set in three days! Under the bewilderment, Long Zeye chose to open his mouth and accepted this competition.
Since he can't think of it, it's better to follow his thoughts, and then he will know what he wants to do. But the candidates for this contest really have to be well chosen.
In the following time, Hua Yuebai continued to offer two rare treasures as a birthday gift for the Empress Dowager. Immediately afterwards, the Eastern Shoguo Kingdom also presented three treasures as birthday gifts. After that, some small countries of Fanbang came forward to congratulate, and finally the officials above the fourth grade of Yuan Chuzheng came forward to congratulate.
After this process, it was already dark. After the queen mother finished congratulating the minister, she went down to rest with fatigue. Although Le Ling was in a hurry to leave, he was a guest after all, so he could only wait patiently until the banquet was over.
After the birthday banquet, rumors spread in the world that Long Zeye was about to marry Princess Leling. Jian Ning didn't have much surprise when she heard it, but she just listened to it like this. For her, one is the emperor and the other is the princess, both of them are people who have nothing to do with her, and whether they are married or not has nothing to do with her.
But I don't know why, when I first heard the news, my heart was inexplicably uncomfortable. Even if it was only for a moment, Jian Ning was very concerned.
Since the last time she was on the execution ground, a picture suddenly appeared, and she has been having some strange dreams lately. But even in these dreams, she never saw that little delicate face again.
Jian Ning always couldn't help but wonder if the dreams she had these days would be something that had happened at all. It's simply the original memory of this body. If these memories are awakening, does it mean that the soul of this body has never left at all? If her soul did return to this body, what would happen to her? (To be continued) R580