The errand of Chu Xiu Palace was not as difficult as Gu Yunxi imagined. As Du Zhangshi said, Concubine Xu is cold and doesn't say much, and she is really a master with little to do.

Born in a scholarly family, Concubine Xu is easy to be elegant, and it is indispensable to play the piano and paint in the palace every day. Gu Yunxi wanted to light the sandalwood burner a moment before Niangniang played the piano and put it on the piano case.

After the mother recited the poem and wrote the lyrics, Gu Yunxi wanted to put the manuscript of the poem into the brocade box in the order of date and placed it on the cabinet.

Niangniang has to change out of the wide plain robe after every painting, and Gu Yunxi wants to take this outfit to the Huanyi Bureau to wash it.

Just because Concubine Xu is beautiful, she will not treat the palace people harshly in the past, and such a delicate life preference falls in the eyes of others, and no one feels hypocritical.

The days passed very quickly day by day in the midst of busyness, and in the blink of an eye, Gu Yunxi had been in the palace for four days.

Three days later, it's the annual Daughter's Day.

Dayi's attention to the Daughter's Festival is not inferior to the Double Ninth Festival. Whether it is the palace or the people, there will be a very grand celebration on that day.

According to the palace rules, on the night of the Daughter's Day, the palace Shenwu Gate was opened, and according to the chronological sequence, the palace people could go to the people in batches, make wishes, put river lanterns, and go to the night market for half an hour.

Lan Xin has been looking forward to Daughter's Day for a long time. She had a good friend in the palace, and the forbidden army was on the spot.

Every year on Daughter's Day, Lan Xin has to meet with her guard brother to visit the night market.

She said to Gu Yunxi that if the person in charge arranged for the two of them to leave the palace at the same time this year, she would pull Gu Yunxi to join them, and the three of them would play together.

Gu Yunxi looked at Lan Xin's happy face full of anticipation and longing with envy, and couldn't help but think, I don't know where the Leng Du master was and what he was doing that day.

Will you miss her somewhere like her?

Every year two days before the Daughter's Day, the concubines of the harem will get together to weave colorful ropes, embroider purses, pinch and run-in music, and name it "Daughter's Club".

Once upon a time, this traditional entertainment was held at the Queen's Kunning Palace. Since the crown prince, the queen was sick, and the event was presided over by the imperial concubine Wan Yuyao.

In the past two years, although the queen has been cheered up and shown her face in the harem, she has not reopened Chrysostom to preside over the daughters' meeting, and only the sisters are happy.

Early this morning, Concubine Xu got up early, changed into gorgeous palace clothes after seeing the little prince, and prepared to go to the annual harem daughters' meeting.

When combing her hair, Concubine Xu thought of something and called to the mirror:

"Twilight, come here."

When Gu Yunxi heard this, he walked over all the way, and lowered his eyebrows and bowed his head in response:

"What do you command?"

"You go to the small kitchen to see if the snacks prepared for the imperial concubine have been prepared. Then tell them that the imperial concubine likes to eat the sheep cheese in our palace, and when the cheese crisp dumplings are later, tell the kitchen to make them carefully. ”

"Niangniang is at ease, slave maid is this."

Gu Yunxi cautiously finished answering, and walked out of the main hall quickly, through the corridor to the small kitchen in the side hall.

Before anyone entered the door, they heard the shout of the chef:

"Boiling milk is the key to cheese, and you can't be sloppy! See for yourself, this pot of goat's milk was made like this by you, and you still asked me to wait for how to get cheese? This is a pastry for the Imperial Princess—"

Lan Xin's "hum" sobs came out one after another:

"Lan is guilty, my aunt will ask Niangniang to intercede later, don't let Niangniang punish me!"

Hearing that Lan had something to do, Gu Yunxi was unstable.

Not long after she entered the palace, she has been under Lan Xin's care. That little girl works in the small kitchen on weekdays, and she is a little frizzy, but her heart and eyes are not bad!

Gu Yunxi lifted the curtain and walked into the kitchen, and saw two cooks standing aside, in front of the stove was the angry chef Liao Shi, and Lan Xin, who was crying with a small face and trembling and at a loss.

When Chef Liao saw Gu Yunxi coming, she knew that Concubine Xu had sent someone to urge the pastries, and her complexion was more like an ant on a hot pot, and she was so anxious that she was in a hurry.

The time for the mother to start driving is almost here, and the pastry is not yet ready. In case the time is missed, Concubine Wan will blame her, even if Concubine Xu has a good temper, she can't spare the people in the small kitchen when she comes back.

"Auntie, what's wrong?"

Gu Yunxi's eyes flashed slightly, and he stepped forward and asked cautiously.

Chef Liao shook her head and stomped her feet, pulled up Gu Yunxi and hurried to the pot:

"Girl, look at what this pot of goat's milk has been boiled by this dead hoof! Today's harem party stove is already busy, I have no skills, and I asked this little hoof to take care of one or two for me, who would have thought that she would have a whole pot of goat milk scourge! ”

Gu Yunxi squinted his eyes slightly and looked into the pot, only to see that a pot of goat's milk was almost boiled dry, leaving only a thick layer of milk skin, crumpled at the bottom of the pot.

Gu Yunxi has never made feta cheese before, and knows the difference between steamed cheese and boiled cheese.

Steaming cheese takes a long time, and the resulting cheese is moist and smooth on the outside. When she made "Jiaozhu pear", she used the cheese steaming method.

Cooking cheese not only takes a long time, but also leaves someone to stir the pot with a wooden spoon from time to time in front of the stove, and it is necessary to pay attention to the heat of the stove from time to time. If the fire is too strong, the cheese will easily be boiled dry.

At this time, a pot of goat milk has a thick milk skin, and the goat milk is basically wasted.

Goat's milk is precious, and it takes some time to make cheese crisp dumplings after re-taking the cheese, and it is really too late.

"Girl, please go and ask the lady if you can change to other pastries. The right to pass the imperial concubine, how to punish the mother later, we will accept it voluntarily. ”

Chef Liao really had nothing to do, so she sat on the low stool and hung her head down.

Gu Yunxi frowned slightly, and picked up the milk skin with chopsticks.

Under the milk skin is some unformed water-thin sheep cheese, shaped like crushed tofu residue, which is really sad to look at.

Gu Yunxi glanced at Lan Xin beside him and said in a low voice:

"You, you, good cheese, what are you doing with cold water halfway?"

Lan Xin wiped her tears and whispered:

"I, I think the night market will be fascinated by the day after tomorrow, and the pot will be pounced in a blink of an eye. I was so scared that I poured some water into the goat's milk, but when I cooked it again, I couldn't get the cheese, only the milk skin......"

"Water can dilute the milk fat of goat milk, and it will naturally not form cheese, not to mention that you add cold water."

Gu Yunxi shook his head helplessly.

"So what now?"

Lan was so flustered that she cried again, grabbed Gu Yunxi's arm and didn't let go:

"Twilight, you help me, help me beg Niangniang, I don't want to be locked up in a violent room!"

"It's okay, wrap it up on me. Hurry up and find a piece of ghee. ”

After saying goodbye to Lan Xin, Gu Yunxi turned his head to look at Chef Liao:

"Auntie, I need some ice. Let's add processing to this cheese and make a fresh food, so that the imperial concubine likes it! ”

"This ...... Good! ”

Liao Kitchen hesitated, and there was no better way in his heart, so he got up from the stool and told the cook to go to the ice cellar to get ice.

Gu Yunxi re-lit the fire, took the ghee handed by Lan Xin, cut a piece casually and threw it into the pot, and sprinkled a handful of frosting.

When the ghee melted, Gu Yunxi didn't stir the pot, but unhurriedly took the ice cubes and smashed them, put them in the food box, and put a thick layer on them.

The remaining crushed ice is placed in a circle of ice cracked lotus leaf plates, and then look at the pot.

The boiling ghee goat's milk has thickened. Gu Yunxi ordered someone to extinguish the fire and start the pot.

The milk was a little cold, and Gu Yunxi scooped up a spoonful and poured it into the lotus leaf plate.

The milk was condensed when it met the ice, and Gu Yunxi poured another spoonful, which gradually accumulated, and gradually poured a snow-white hill with vertical tips.

Place a slice of fresh mint on the summit and top with a showy pitted cherry.

Gu Yunxi asked people to pick a few bright flowers and put them on the broken ice, gradually relieved his eyebrows, came to Chef Liao with a tray in both hands, and said with a smile:

"My aunt can put this plate of 'Crisp Mountain' into the food box, and the mother will bring it to the daughter's meeting and present it to the princess Wan Huang to taste."

After seeing the things in Gu Yunxi's hand, the bright brilliance in Chef Liao's eyes was just a flash in the pan, and then her eyebrows were heavy, and she kept looking at the white and shiny little snow mountain on the green plate with a scrutinizing gaze, and asked with insufficient confidence:

"This ...... Is this okay? ”

"Auntie just take it and pay it. After a while, the mother will start driving, if the sacrifice to the imperial concubine will cause criticism, Twilight Xue is willing to be punished for her aunt. ”

"Well, okay, let's try it!"

The chef nodded in agreement, put the crisp mountain into the iced food box, and asked Gu Yunxi to send it to the main hall.

When Concubine Xu saw this thing, she obviously looked displeased, and her beautiful eyebrows immediately rose, and she said indignantly:

"On that day, the palace went to Yongning Palace to ask for peace, and in front of many concubines, Concubine Wan praised the cheese crisp and dumplings in our palace by name.

Now this group of dead servants in the kitchen actually want me to take this unformed thing to the imperial concubine, are you still afraid that their masters will not be pointed at? ”

"Mother's ......"

Gu Yunxi was about to explain, but when he heard a blow, Concubine Xu commanded:

"Jinzhu, go and call Chef Liao!"

Jinzhu hurriedly obeyed the order, and after a while, people came back, followed by the restless chef.

"Let's talk about it, Bengong has been reluctant to alarm you every day, and you have become more and more clumsy, and now you dare to use this thing to fool Bengong!"

Gu Yunxi stood aside and peeked at her, but fortunately, Concubine Xu, who was angry, only raised her eyebrows, as if she was trying her best to hold back the outburst of emotion, and she was not so out of shape that she raised her hand and smashed the lotus leaf plate.

Otherwise, Gu Yunxi would really have no ability to turn the tide.

Chef Liao was already so frightened that her legs were weak, and one of them was unsteady on her feet, so she sat and squatted in front of Concubine Xu.

Jinzhu scolded: "Presumptuous! ”

The cook was sweating profusely, hurriedly adjusting her posture and prostrate on the ground, kowtowing one after another:

"Mother, mother, mother! The slave is guilty! Just because the slave's subordinates boiled the cheese, the twilight girl saw it, so she taught the slave and maid to change the recipe to make a 'crisp mountain'. Time is pressing, the slave and maid really have no choice, and I hope to ask the mother for a lot of forgiveness——"

"Sushan?"

Concubine Xu raised her eyebrows slightly after hearing this, and most of the anger in her heart had been extinguished.

Turning his eyes to look at the white hill on the turquoise dish, his lips were slightly curled, and he drew a happy smile:

"Well, it's interesting and colorful...... Sushan, the name of this dim sum is also novel. Twilight, is this your idea? ”

Gu Yunxi bowed his eyebrows and knelt down, and said in a humble voice:

"The slave and maid are in charge of their own affairs, and they ask the mother to punish them."

"Tell me, what is the special feature of this dim sum?"

"Yes."

Gu Yunxi straightened his upper body after bowing to the ground, and talked eloquently:

"This dessert is the slave maid from the ancients poems 'red crisp hands, yellow vine wine, the city full of spring palace wall willows' inspiration, and the dessert is the main ingredient of the flavored beef ghee, the slave maid to it extension, the dessert named 'crisp mountain'.

This product is cold and soft, melts in the mouth, and the frankincense wraps around the tongue. It's not so much a dim sum as it is an ice product.

Today's daughter's meeting will be held in the imperial garden, Niang Niang try to imagine, July fire, the sun is empty, the imperial concubine and the sisters are in the pavilion, one wall to enjoy the flowers and pinch the pottery, the other wall to taste the crisp mountain, feel the literati in the mouth of the 'full city spring palace wall willows' charm, how pleasant it should be. ”

Concubine Xu was stunned when she heard this, and then her eyes flowed, revealing a hint of joy, and she hooked her lips lightly and said:

"Get up, come here."

Gu Yunxi stood up obediently, his lowered eyelashes covering his uncertain eyes.

Seeing Concubine Xu coming with one hand, she hurriedly stepped forward.

Concubine Xu held up Gu Yunxi's hands and took a closer look, and her lips were slightly raised:

"Red Crisp Hands...... Admittedly, that's right. Ever read a book? ”

"Back to my mother, I studied for a few years when I was at home."

"Very good, not afraid of danger, not panicked, this spirit of this palace likes. Wait a minute, you can come along. ”

Concubine Xu intended to take Gu Yunxi to her daughter's meeting, but her sudden decision flattered Gu Yunxi and froze in place for a while.

The urging of Jinzhu sounded in his ears:

"Kneel down and thank you!"

Gu Yunxi was about to bend his knees, but was stopped by Concubine Xu:

"Forget it, don't kneel. It's not early, let's go, if you delay any longer, I'm afraid the ice in the food box will melt. ”

Her fierce eyes rolled to the kneeling kitchen lady Liao, Concubine Xu got up from the rose chair, and walked out of the hall like the stars holding the moon.

The hall was empty and there was no one left, so Chef Liao dared to pant and stand up, looked out of the door with an aggrieved expression, and silently wiped away a cold sweat.

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