Chapter 106: The Charm of Boiled Fish Fillets (Part II)
His Majesty Li Er was talking to Empress Changsun about the Yang Mansion tragedy and something new to discover.
The palace maid Luzhu hurriedly came. "Niangniang Cheng Xiaojun, I brought you and Your Majesty food, saying that it was made by the Marquis of Chang'an."
After speaking, Lu Zhu put the food box on the table.
"Oh, Chang'an Hou made it himself, Guanyin, come and taste it." His Majesty Li Er was overjoyed and said with a smile.
"Okay, I don't know what kind of food Chang'an Hou sent today?" Empress Eldest Sun spoke.
"Back to Niangniang's words, General Cheng Xiao said that it was a kind of food called boiled fish fillet."
The palace maid Luzhu replied respectfully.
"Boiled fish fillet, wonderful! Chang'an waits for a dish name that is so meaningful! His Majesty Li Er happily opened the food box.
A strong fragrance immediately permeated the palace.
"Erlang, this is too fragrant." Empress Eldest Sun walked a few steps briskly, and looked down at the inside of the food box.
"Luzhu, hurry up and prepare the dishes and chopsticks, and inform the imperial dining room that the dinner is simple, it's too late, you can eat with a few palace maids for dinner."
Empress Eldest Sun said eagerly.
Green Bamboo quickly sent the bamboo chopsticks up.
"Guanyin, let's try this famous boiled fish fillet together. But you carefully read the fish bones, I remember that Guanyin is most afraid of fish bones. His Majesty Li Er said that, he took a piece and carefully put it into the bowl in front of him.
Empress Eldest Sun also gently sandwiched a piece of fish fillet and carefully placed it in the bowl in front of Luzhu.
As His Majesty Li Er said, since she was a child, Empress Changsun was most afraid of eating fish, because there were too many spines in fish, and she still remembered that when she was a child, she was stuck in her throat by fish bones, and that uncomfortable look, and since then, Empress Changsun has never had much interest in eating fish.
But today is different, today this fish is made by Tao Ran himself, just from the fragrance that emanates, you know that this is absolutely delicious.
The most important thing is that Tao Ran cut the fish fillet thinner than paper, which can be described as wavy like cicada wings.
His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun put the fish fillet into their mouths almost at the same time.
Then the expression became wonderful.
Empress Eldest Sun was so dark and bright that her eyes clearly saw that there was something crystal condensing.
An indescribable taste made her unable to stop, holding back the taste that she had never tasted, Empress Changsun tasted it carefully, and a fresh and fragrant taste spread in her mouth, filling every cell of her body, making the whole person feel happy.
"Erlang, this is also so delicious, the concubine almost cried just now, I don't know what kind of taste it is, there is this kind of magic?" Empress Eldest Sun said with her eyes glowing after swallowing the fish fillet.
"Guanyin, this is spicy, I once tasted it in the Chang'an Marquis' Mansion. According to Chang'anhou, this is not spicy at all, but this species is far away on the other side of the sea. His Majesty Li Er said with regret.
"Erlang, the Marquis of Chang'an has a good heart, and he actually removed all the fish bones, and the concubines don't know how he did it?"
"I'm also very curious, why is the fish's bones missing, it seems that Chang'an Hou is really a meticulous person."
After speaking, the two continued to savor the boiled fish fillet that they tasted for the first time in their lives.
The fresh and spicy taste of the boiled fish fillets made His Majesty Li Er and Empress Changsun unable to stop their mouths at all.
It wasn't until the two of them ate the green vegetables below that they suddenly realized, no wonder there was a faint fragrance.
"The master of Chang'anhou doesn't know how to teach such an apprentice, I really envy it." His Majesty Li Er sighed.
Empress Eldest Sun couldn't get enough of it, so she took a few mouthfuls of green vegetables and put them in a bowl.
"Erlang, the taste of green vegetables is very delicious." Empress Changsun stopped the green bamboo who was about to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and said to His Majesty Li Er with a smile.
After eating the boiled fish fillet made by Tao Ran, the topic of the two continued to talk about the tragedy of the Yang Mansion.
"Erlang, you just said that you asked Dali Temple to personally send people to Lingnan to escort the prisoners back to Chang'an, but what could be the consequences of this?" Empress Eldest Sun said to His Majesty Li Er with a serious expression.
"Haha, haha. Guanyin was really careful and thoughtful. This trick of mine is also to lure the snake out of the hole. His Majesty Li Er said with a laugh.
"So, Erlang deliberately took a walk in the court? The concubine was too worried. Empress Eldest Sun said embarrassedly.
After Cheng Chumo delivered the second food box to his own mansion, under the smiling eyes of General Cheng and Sun, he hurried to Tao Ran's Chang'an Marquis Mansion.
"Thank you for your hard work, Brother Mo, I'm just waiting for you to come and eat." Tao Ran greeted with a smile when he saw Cheng Chumo coming back.
Tao Ran, grandma, eldest girl, prince and princess, and Chu Mo sat together.
Ma Zhou led the others to a table, and after a while, the cuckoo brought the boiled fish fillet.
The hungry people who had been waiting for a long time smelled such a strong fragrance, and they couldn't wait to hold the bamboo chopsticks tightly in their hands.
Grandma helped Princess Changle and the prince each put a few pieces of fish fillets into the bowl.
"Thank you, Grandma!" The prince and princess thanked politely.
"Hurry up and try it! Serve hot! Grandma looked at the prince and princess kindly and said.
The prince and the princess put the fillet into their mouths at the same time.
The eyes of the two people lit up instantly, and the movements on their mouths and hands continued to accelerate.
The other table did not have the prince and princess, Tao Ran and grandma present, which was even more unrestrained.
The room was full of "Woo, Woo." Voice.
The crowd did not bother to speak. No one is stupid, once they speak, they will definitely delay eating boiled fish fillets.
Tao Ran saw them gobbling up and said with a wry smile. "Hurry up and eat, there are still more in the kitchen, a dozen big fish is not enough for a few of you to eat!"
However, delicious at the moment! Tao Ran's words didn't help.
Everyone reported the spirit of eating first, and the chopsticks in their hands and the fish fillets in their mouths kept running together.
Ma Zhou and Liu Renliang smiled and looked at Pei Xingjian and Erya, and they couldn't stop eating happily.
The two young men never moved their chopsticks.
Seeing this, Ma Fang asked. "Brother, why don't you eat it? It's delicious. ”
"It's okay, just eat more if it's delicious, my brother is not hungry now." Ma Zhouqiang endured his saliva and said.
Tao Ran was very happy to see this, Ma Zhou and Liu Renliang were really people with the demeanor of a teacher, which made Tao Ran's determination to teach them more in the future.
The cuckoo quickly brought up a second pot of boiled fillets.
When the little guys were almost full, Ma Zhou and Liu Renliang began to taste carefully.
A meal of boiled fish fillet made everyone addicted to eating.
Talking about going to the pond to fish tomorrow.