Chapter 564: State Banquet
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Following the eunuch who led the way into Chang'an Palace, although he walked through the side door, he could still hear the voice of the main hall of Chang'an Palace. At this time, the officials of Yue Liang State should have already arrived at Chang'an Palace, just waiting for the emperor to arrive, and the delegation of the Kosi Kingdom will meet them.
Su Miao glanced back at the aftertaste, he was wearing a formal suit at this time, a sky-blue cloud brocade robe, and the gold thread pattern on it flashed in the sun, at this time he should actually go to Chang'an Palace to attend the state banquet.
"Aren't you going over now? It seems to have already begun. She asked, suspiciously.
"There's no hurry." Aftertaste replied lightly.
Su Miao raised her eyebrows, glanced at him suspiciously, turned around, and continued to walk forward.
According to the introduction of the little eunuch who led the way, this is the southwest corner of Chang'an Palace, and there is a corner door separated from the main hall of Chang'an Palace.
The little eunuch was on an errand in Chang'an Palace, and he told Su Miao that the imperial chef of the Kosi Kingdom had not yet come at this hour, and it was estimated that he would not be able to come over until the Kosi delegation came to meet him, but the ingredients for the specialties of the Kosi Kingdom had already been delivered.
"Such a big fish! Such a big head! I don't know what kind of melon it is, such a big one! The minions had never seen it, and they didn't know how the dishes of the Corsi country were grown. Oh, and such a big snail! When the little eunuch led the way in front, he gestured with his hand and said to Su Miao in a colorful voice, "I heard that it is eaten by the people of Kosi." It's the first time I've heard that snails can still be eaten, and the size of the snail is said to be a snail, and the slave feels more like a snail spirit, which is a little scary after watching it for a long time! ”
"Who's in the kitchen?" Su Miao asked.
"Mr. Jiang is here, and the two cooks for the girl today are also here. Mr. Jiang is very fond of the vegetable snails in Kosi, and he also asked people to take the vegetable leaves to see if they eat it. ”
When Su Miao heard this, she pursed her lips: "I'm going to take it to cook soon, what kind of vegetable leaves to feed!" ”
After passing the corner gate, I came to the courtyard of the small kitchen of Changle Palace, and sure enough, as the little eunuch said, the yard was full of all kinds of melons, fruits and vegetables. Probably the land of Kosi is particularly fertile, or it is a problem of planting technology, and the fruit sparse greens they bring are generally twice as large as those in Yueliang country.
Master Jiang, Tong Ran, and Aji were all there, standing in front of a square jar, stretching their necks and looking into the jar curiously.
Tong Ran's eyes were full of rejection, shaking the folding fan, his expression was full of discomfort, and he seemed to be particularly disgusted with the things in the tank.
Aggie has probably seen it, he doesn't react much, and his attitude is normal.
Lord Jiang was very energetic, he took the vegetable leaves and stretched them into the jar vigorously, knowing that the jar was the ingredients to cook later, and those who didn't know thought that this jar was a strange species he raised.
"Miss Su, Miss Su, come and see, this is it, the vegetable snail of Kosi, such a big snail, I have seen it with my own eyes!" When Master Jiang saw Su Miao coming, he waved excitedly and said to her.
Su Miao said how old this uncle is this year, walked over quickly, walked to the tank, and stretched out his head to take a look.
Sure enough, it was an edible snail, with a thick spherical shell that was dark yellow-brown and fleshy, each of which looked like about three or four hundred grams, attached to the wall of the porcelain jar and crawled slowly.
Since Su Miao came to Yueliang Country, she has not had a chance with this most common ingredient she once had, and when she met again many years later, she was very excited, and immediately stretched out her hand, took out a fat snail from the porcelain jar, looked at it carefully with enthusiastic eyes for a while, and exclaimed:
"So full! It looks delicious! ”
Aftertaste and Tong Ran stared at her motionless with incomprehensible gazes.
The vegetable leaves in Master Jiang's hand fell to the ground.
"Su, Miss Su, do you think this thing can be eaten too?" Master Jiang just greeted Huiwei, listened to Su Miao's words, smiled dryly, and asked stumblingly.
"Isn't this going to be used for cooking tonight?"
"That's how it should be." Master Jiang said embarrassedly, "I don't know if the emperor and the concubine can eat this thing." ”
"What's not to eat, this thing is delicious, it's very similar to a conch." Su Miao said.
"Where?" Tong Ran couldn't help it and asked.
"You'll know if you eat one." Su Miao said, handing over the big vegetable snail in her hand.
Tong Ran immediately took a half step back and dodged in disgust.
Aftertaste stood behind her and suddenly coughed dryly.
Su Miao turned her head, glanced at him with a puzzled look, and then handed over the wet and sticky snail.
The aftertaste retreated in disgust.
Su Miao pursed her lips, turned her head, and landed her gaze on a rectangular wooden box at the base of the wall, the wooden box was placed in the shade, the middle and around it were filled with ice, and in the center of the pile of ice blocks, a big salmon was horizontal inside, a meter long.
Su Miao's eyes had begun to glow, she walked over quickly, and exclaimed:
"What a big fish! How many plates of sashimi can be made for such a big fish, and how many plates of salmon can be smoked! It's amazing to be able to catch such a big fish! ”
Under the existing conditions, it is very difficult for the current fishing industry to be able to catch large fish, and Su Miao has not seen such a large fish for many years.
Looking back, she finally confirmed that she was indeed a professional chef, and when a normal person saw such a big fish, her first reaction should be surprised or scared, and her first reaction was to be excited about how many dishes this fish could make.
At this moment, Yan Zhi beside Liang Jin actually came over, walked to Aftertaste's side, and said softly:
"Young master, it's not too early, the prince ordered the young master to go to the main hall."
"Got it." Aftertaste frowned and responded lightly.
Iwanoki retreated.
Aftertaste turned his head and glanced at Su Miao, who hurriedly said to him:
"Go quickly, the people from the West Country should come later."
Huiwei nodded, glanced at Tong Ran coldly, and finally spoke to him, sneering:
"With the craftsmanship of Tong Sigongzi, it is really useless to let you cook for Miao'er, what I didn't expect is that Tong Sigongzi actually agreed."
When Master Jiang heard this, he immediately shrank his head, this problem finally appeared, his hunch was not wrong, these three people are really tired, he lived this age in vain, and he didn't find it before!
He was remorseful, he wanted to cry without tears, the little master might come to trouble him later, he cried and mourned, trying to minimize his sense of existence.
"Miss Su and Kosi compete, naturally she has to make a contribution, not only to help Miss Su win the game, but also to help Miss Su win the game, so as not to let her be underestimated by the Corsi people." Tong Ran met the aftertaste of the gaze frankly, and said with a smile.
Aftertaste looked at him coldly.
Tong Ranpi accepted his gaze without smiling.
Su Miao looked at the aftertaste, then at Tong Ran, and then squatted down, looking intently at the frozen salmon in the wooden box.
Aftertaste and Tong Ran cut off their eyes, lowered their heads and glanced at her, she was poking the salmon's flesh with her fingers.
"I'm leaving." Aftertaste was too lazy to bother with her, and said in a deep voice.
"Oh." Su Miao responded, still poking the salmon.
Aftertaste withdrew his gaze from her, glanced at Tong Ran coldly, a silent warning, and then turned around and walked towards the main hall.
In the Changle Palace, the civil and military officials and their families stood on the ground.
Because the princess of Corsi came, the princess was also invited to the state banquet this time, so as not to make the princess of Corsi feel uncomfortable.
I heard that this time, this princess of the country of Kosi came to kiss, but I don't know whether she plans to stay in the country of Yueliang or take the men of the country of Yueliang back to the country of Kosi.
Although the other party is a princess, it is said that the women of Corsi have heavy hair and strong smell, and although they are slender when they are young, they will become three-layer meat balls when they reach middle age, and the sons of each family who came to the banquet with their father are all in danger, one or two as if they are about to go to the guillotine, and they look depressed and uneasy.
The atmosphere of the ladies is not high, I heard that the eldest prince of Kosi likes the women of Yueliang, although it is a prince, but the language is not comprehensible, the customs and habits of Kosi are different from those of this country, and they marry across the ocean, even if the object is a prince, no one wants to go.
As for the officials who participated in the politics of the DPRK, they didn't care whether they were close to each other or not, and the object would not fall on them anyway, what they cared about was what the Kosi Kingdom wanted to borrow from Yue Liang State this time, the behavior of the rogue country not paying back the lease was disgusting, and every time they used a coercive attitude to forcibly sell their outdated weapons, and the Yue Liang State had no way to fight them if its national strength was not good now, so they could only be angry, which made people depressed.
Especially tomorrow, there will be military exercises and exchanges between the two countries, and the generals' hair will turn gray again, and after tomorrow, the emperor will definitely be angry again.
When I entered the main hall, although everyone in the main hall was talking and laughing, the atmosphere was not warm.
He walked straight to Hui Gan, who was standing alone in the corner as a "wallflower", and asked:
"Where's Daddy?"
"In the Infinite Palace." Hui Gan leaned his back against the pillar, staring at the Manchu Dynasty with a smile, and said slowly.
Aftertaste nodded.
Hui Gan suddenly tilted his head, stared ahead, and chuckled:
"The crown prince was assassinated in Lunan."
The aftertaste is not silent, and I am not surprised.
"Guess who did it?" Hui Gan asked with a smile.
"I don't know." Aftertaste said absent-mindedly.
Hui Gan raised his eyebrows, and after a while, he suddenly opened his mouth with a smile and said to him:
"Admiring your little pockmarked face is here!"
Aftertaste was stunned, and following his gaze, Xue Mingzhu, who was still standing in the corner and talking cautiously with the female guests just now, walked straight to him, with a splendid palace costume and a light veil covering his face, this is still a beauty in terms of figure.
Aftertaste glanced at her, turned around, and left.
How do you know that Xue Mingzhu is hard-hearted and relentless, even if he leaves, she still follows, and when he is about to step out of the secret door and walk out of the hall, she calls him behind him:
"Brother Wei!"
I didn't want to pay attention to the aftertaste, pretended not to hear, and wanted to leave.
Who knew that this girl actually pounced persistently, she pounced from behind, and was about to grab his arm.
Aftertaste was forced to stop as she dodged her.
"Brother Wei, why don't you ignore me?" Xue Mingzhu wrenched his hands, stood in front of him, and said with teary eyes in an accusatory tone. (To be continued.) )