Chapter 160: Delicate Dim Sum
"In this court, no matter how you do it, some people will say that you are not good, and this is how you behave, no matter when you are there, you may offend others." Sikong Mubai shrugged his shoulders calmly and said.
For such a situation, it has long been commonplace.
"It may not be easy to find out, do you want me to find a few people to help you?" After thinking about it, Su Zhiyuan looked up at Sikong Mubai and asked.
She remembered that Feng Wuxin was still in Jingzhou, and if she wrote to Feng Wuxin, she should still be able to help Sikong Mubai in time.
After hearing this, Sikong Mubai shook his head, and he looked at Su Zhiyuan with some tears and laughter: "Feng Wuxin's specialty is to study Gu poison, not these things, what's the use of you looking for her?" ”
Also, Su Zhiyuan was a little helpless when he heard this.
"It's okay, I'll take Lu Yuan and them out, you are alone in the capital, you must take care of yourself during this time, especially be careful of the prince's side." Sikong Mubai looked at Su Zhiyuan worriedly and said.
When Su Zhiyuan heard these words, she looked at Sikong Mubai with some tears and laughter, what kind of joke, how could his people easily find her?
"I have the existence of spirit Gu in my body now, if they want to poison me, they will generally not succeed, besides, my strength is here, what kind of talent do you think they can send to get close to me smoothly?" Su Zhiyuan looked at Sikong Mubai amusedly and asked rhetorically.
After thinking about it, in the past, she could also hurt Su Zhiyuan by poisoning the Gu, but now that she has the existence of the Spirit Gu in her body, it is useless to use these.
"Then I'll be busy with this matter first, if you have anything urgent, you can come to my mansion to find me at any time." Sikong Mubai looked at Su Zhiyuan with some concern and said.
During this time, Su Zhiyuan was in the Su family, Su Zhiwei came back again, Su Zhiwei's demon-loving temperament, if she was in the house, she would definitely try her best to block Su Zhiyuan.
Su Zhiyuan looked at Sikong Mubai so calmly, she had already read all the thoughts in Sikong Mubai's eyes.
"Okay, I know what you're thinking, people like Su Zhiwei are jumping up and down on the Su family, but it's just a clown jumping off the beam, and I won't take her to heart." Su Zhiyuan looked at Sikong Mubai with some amusement and said.
Sikong Mubai first sent Su Zhiyuan back to the Su family before going around to his mansion.
Recently, there is no need to go to the coastal area to investigate the situation, he must first find the holy decree allocated by the emperor, and then find out which piece of silver has been allocated to whom.
Since the coastal area said that they had not received the silver taels from the imperial court at all, they had to start investigating from the imperial court.
To tell the truth, this matter is easy to investigate, and when the emperor's holy decree came, everyone in the court was in danger.
It is written in the holy decree that who is responsible for this matter in which department, so as long as it is checked according to the holy decree, it will be checked from this person to the next level, and as long as the next level says that it has not been received, it is a problem at the upper level.
In this way, it is really easy to find out this matter.
Su Zhiyuan sat in the backyard of the Su Mansion, in her own yard, leisurely drinking the tea in front of her.
The maids now know how powerful Su Zhiyuan is, and they don't dare to offend her casually.
The maid who used to serve by Su Zhiyuan's side was Qiuxue, but now she has also returned to Su Zhiyuan's side and served her closely.
"Qiuxue, what kind of tea are you brewing today? Why does the taste feel different from some time ago? Su Zhiyuan asked, while holding up the tea in his hand and looking at the person opposite.
"Now that it has entered late autumn, seeing that Miss has been busy with things in the court and in the harem recently, the corners of her mouth are a little peeling, which is a symptom of fire, so today's tea specially added chrysanthemums to Miss to reduce the fire." Qiu Xue said as she brought out a plate of cakes made from dried chrysanthemums.
This autumn chrysanthemum cake is made of chrysanthemum stamens dried and ground into powder, then mixed with well water, mung bean flour and this glutinous rice ground into powder, kneaded into a ball and put into a mold to make a block, then put it on the cage drawer, steamed over high heat, it becomes the current appearance.
Although this method of making is simple, if you want to ensure that the whole cake tastes good, you need to knead the dough for several hours to ensure its taste.
Not to mention, the chrysanthemums picked must be fresh chrysanthemums, so a large piece of chrysanthemum stamens, after drying can take only a few taels of powder.
Therefore, this cake is precious, one is precious because its raw materials are not easy to obtain, and the other is because its production process is extremely cumbersome.
"How can I let the kitchen get such a piece of cake for me, such a precious cake tastes a little guilty." As Su Zhiyuan spoke, he smiled and reached out to gently pick up a piece of cake and put it into his mouth.
This cake melts in your mouth, and the sweet taste of flowers fills the mouth, coupled with the faint fragrance of mung beans, which makes people have an indescribable enjoyment.
"Although this cake tastes a little cool, it will not make people feel uncomfortably cold in this late autumn, but it is refreshing, which is the benefit of this chrysanthemum mung bean cake." Qiu Xue smiled as she spoke, and brought out another plate of dim sum.
This second plate of dim sum turned out to be several dumplings with almost transparent skin.
"The outer skin of this dumpling is made of glutinous rice flour, and the various fillings inside are made of different foods, this one is marmalade, after the oranges are peeled, rock sugar honey is added, and it is slowly boiled over low heat, and the inside is red bean paste, and the bean paste is steamed in the basket drawer until the skin is peeled, and it is finely ground three or four times before it is made, which is made of jam made of various fruits, which are all fresh things nowadays, and please taste it." Qiu Xue said as she pointed to several dumplings of different colors.
Good guy, don't look at the fact that there are not many dumplings here, and they are not particularly big, but listening to Qiu Xue's words, these dumplings in this can not be completed without more than a day's effort.
Su Zhiyuan was a little curious, she stretched out her hand and picked up two balls and put them into her mouth, while looking up at Qiu Xue on the opposite side and asked curiously, "What day is this today?" You made the kitchen go to great lengths to make me so many snacks and they didn't complain? ”
You know, this kitchen is the most expensive, if you want them to make these things, if you don't give them a little benefit, how can they make them for you?
After hearing this, Qiu Xue covered her mouth and smiled softly, and then took out the last thing from the food box.
This last thing is simple, just a pumpkin carved into the shape of a flower, and a plate of Qibao rice is placed in the middle.
But don't look at it as simple as it seems, it's not easy to make the Qibao rice in the middle, not to mention putting the Qibao rice in the pumpkin and letting it enter the sweet taste of the pumpkin.
"When the young lady saw this, she thought she already understood, right?" Qiu Xue looked at Su Zhiyuan with a smile and said.
When Su Zhiyuan saw this pumpkin rice, the whole person was stunned, yes, this is indeed what Sikong Mubai Mansion did.
He said that he thought that Miss Su might be a little bored in the house these days, so he specially sent these snacks to Miss to taste and taste, and by the way, it was also regarded as a relief from boredom, and to see the craftsmanship of their kitchen, which is now improving." Qiu Xue said as she took out the pumpkin rice, then reached out and gently scooped a spoonful, put it on the plate and handed it to Su Zhiyuan.
Su Zhiyuan suddenly remembered that for a period of time when she was in Sikong Mubai's mansion, she had praised the delicious dim sum made in their small kitchen.
But I didn't expect these words to make Sikong Mubai remember them like this.
"It's delicious, of course it's delicious, but it's a bit of a lot of work to make so many things, right?" Su Zhiyuan smacked his mouth as he spoke, and these snacks were really delicious.
Qiu Xue covered her mouth, looked at Su Zhiyuan with a smile and said, "Anyway, if Miss likes these snacks, it will be these typical blessings." ”
What is this talking about? When Su Zhiyuan heard this, he looked up at Qiu Xue and snorted.
"That's good, you've learned this flamboyant tone, if you continue like this, be careful that I send you out and won't let you serve here." As Su Zhiyuan spoke, he picked up a piece of chrysanthemum mung bean cake and handed it to Qiu Xue, asking her to taste it too.
However, as soon as she handed the chrysanthemum mung bean cake to Qiu Xue, she heard a sound of ouching behind her.
"When has our Su family's small kitchen been so downtrodden, that we can't even afford to supply a little bit of heart to Miss, and we are still waiting for outsiders to come and deliver it? It's really an eye-opener. Su Zhiwei didn't know when she was standing in front of Su Zhiyuan's courtyard, she stretched out her head to look at Su Zhiyuan who was sitting in the courtyard, and snorted disdainfully.
When she heard this, Su Zhiwei raised her eyebrows, in these days when she was under the control of the queen, it seems that Su Zhiwei's life is not easy, otherwise why would she be staring at the snacks on the table at this moment.
"As the saying goes, a chef has a chef's taste, and the meals made by different chefs are really different, if you don't believe it, you can try it somewhere else." As Su Zhiyuan spoke, he broke the glutinous rice dumplings, and the filling inside burst out instantly.
She broke a glutinous rice dumpling with strawberry jam, I don't know what method was used, this strawberry jam looks bright red and clear, not like other fruits boiled into sauce, the color will become dull, people don't have much appetite.
It's really rare to have strawberries at this time, but it looks like this should be a strawberry jam made early in the morning and kept in the cold until this season, right?
"Heh, don't say these embarrassing words, it's like we don't have these foods in our house, who will see if you are doing this?" With a little anger on her face, Su Zhiwei looked at Su Zhiyuan and said.
Su Zhiyuan broke the ball in half, and then handed half of it to Qiu Xue.
Qiu Xue took the ball with both hands happily, she was greedy for these snacks, but as a slave and maid in the house, she was not qualified to eat these snacks.
But fortunately, with such a young lady, she can often enjoy her mouth.
"My sister said such things at my door, but it made my sister feel a little cold, this is already late autumn, the weather is getting colder, sister can stop talking about the wind and cold, if the time comes, if my sister is cold, it will not be good." Su Zhiyuan looked at the visitor with a smile in the corner of his eyes and said.
The meaning of her words was to ridicule Su Zhiwei for being jealous of herself, and she made Su Zhiwei so angry that her whole lungs were about to explode.
"But it's really nonsense, when did I say cool things to you, didn't I tell the truth?" Su Zhiwei snorted coldly, raised her head slightly, and said proudly.
Su Zhiyuan let out a long "oh", then pointed to his head, tilted his head and looked at her with a thoughtful expression.