A month passed in a blink of an eye, and Huai'an City once again ushered in a court official.

Huai'an City Mansion Yin was very nervous, and received the whole process, which can be described as a soldier, and a large number of guards followed him wherever he went.

It's just that this time it was not Kipchak, but Prince Xiao, who was injured in the rebellion last time and has been recuperating in a neighboring city.

"I heard that Prince Xiao's injury is not light, otherwise why would he have been raised in the neighboring city for so long."

In Jinghong Building, it is still the best way to inquire about all kinds of gossip, Ai Qiaoqiao mixes in the building every day when he has nothing to do, listening to all kinds of rumors outside.

"You don't know this, Lord Xiao is not just to recuperate from his injuries, he is looking for his daughter of the palace who was lost in the chaotic army."

"It's been so long, I'm afraid I'm going to die early, right?"

"Who knows, anyway, Prince Xiao released his words, as long as he didn't see his daughter's body, he would keep looking for it, if anyone knew the whereabouts of the daughters of the palace, there would be a heavy reward!"

Hearing the word heavy reward, Ai Qiaoqiao raised his head from the ledger.

It's not that she didn't think about returning Tong Tong.

It's just that she wants to make sure that the people who are looking for her really want to take her back.

She didn't want Tong Tong to be picked up by her relatives like she had done, but she narrowly missed her life on the way.

On the first floor, several diners who had drunk were still discussing.

"What is Prince Xiao doing here in Huai'an City, the two Kipchaks have already died, will the emperor send Qin again?"

"Probably not, two have already died, who would dare to come?"

"Could it be that the world's freshest cooking competition has been cancelled?"

“…… It's a pity, the major restaurants in the city are waiting for this day. ”

"Who said it was stopped?" The insider lowered his voice, "I've heard someone say it, the imperial capital is ...... The emperor is out of the palace, and the royal driver is here! ”

Ai Qiaoqiao's heart moved.

Coming in person?

Could it be that the emperor will come to Huai'an City?

For ordinary people like her, the emperor is the high-ranking existence, and she can't even think of what the emperor will be like.

It must be very majestic.

She touched her chin, but her night brother was also very imposing, and good-looking.

Thinking like this, she couldn't help but smile stupidly.

At this moment, I don't know which diner exclaimed: "Look, that's the car of Prince Xiao!" ”

Everyone looked out in unison.

I saw a carriage surrounded by dozens of guards and arrive outside Jinghong Tower.

A young man who looked like a guard lifted the curtain of the car, and a middle-aged man stepped out of the car, dressed in brocade clothes and wearing flawless jade around his waist.

Ai Qiaoqiao noticed that the tassel hanging under the piece of jade was golden.

Even if a man from a wealthy family could wear jade ornaments, he would never have a golden tassel on it.

This person should be Lord Xiao.

Ai Qiaoqiao quickly stood up.

At this time, Han Shen also noticed the changes outside, and immediately sent a few of his most clever guys out to welcome them out.

Everyone saluted Lord Xiao together.

Prince Xiao entered Jinghong Tower surrounded by guards, and he didn't notice Ai Qiaoqiao's existence.

A person who looked like a steward looked at the guys who came out of Jinghonglou, "Do you have a good private room here?" ”

"Yes, a few upstairs, please."

Guan went upstairs with the guy in advance, looked at several private rooms in a row, and finally picked a satisfactory one.

Xiao Wang Ye went upstairs at this time.

The diners downstairs were talking.

"Lord Xiao is really good at picking places, and he knows that Jinghonglou's seafood dishes are a must."

"That is, we have nothing to say about the craftsmanship of our Qiaoqiao girl."

Someone laughed, "She should be called Mrs. Night." ”

Diners let out a good-natured laugh.

It's not the first time Ai Qiaoqiao has heard them talk about herself.

On the contrary, she often hears that these diners are blessed to be separated from the night, not only to marry a young wife who can do business, but also to feast on it.

But at this time, Ai Qiaoqiao didn't have time to listen to these gossip, so she went to find Han Shen and asked what dishes Prince Xiao ordered.

Han Shen said in a low voice: "Lord Xiao looks at the mood is not good, and it is the steward next to him who orders the food." ”

Ai Qiaoqiao asked for the menu ordered by Prince Xiao and looked at it.

"Tell the kitchen, ask Master Xie Feng to take charge of the cook, and I'll make this brine shrimp...... Also, prepare some crushed ice. ”

Han Shen didn't dare to slack off, and immediately asked someone to send a message to the kitchen.

When Ai Qiaoqiao entered the back kitchen, someone had already prepared the ingredients for her, as well as Bing Jian with crushed ice.

She first examined the raw shrimp.

To make saltwater shrimp, the freshness of the shrimp is very demanding, and the original taste can be eaten sweet.

She used a knife to cut the back of the shrimp to remove the shrimp line, then tied the prepared green onions into a bunch, ginger pieces, cinnamon, star anise pepper and other seasonings into the pot, added water and added an appropriate amount of salt.

Add the rice wine and start boiling the water until the salt flowers inside melt.

Remove the soup from the heat and soak all the shrimp in it after it cools a little.

Ai Qiaoqiao opened Bingjian and put the large soup bowl full of soup and shrimp into it.

The result of this is that the shrimp soaked in the iced soup tastes more delicious, although it still has to go overboard later, but Ai Qiaoqiao has tried several times before and found that the shrimp taste more delicious after doing so.

Taking advantage of the effort of soaking shrimp in ice soup, Ai Qiaoqiao found a piece of winter melon and sat on the side to carve it carefully.

When the other dishes in Prince Xiao's private room were served one after another, she took out the soup bowl in the ice jian, fished out the shrimp, put it into the soup prepared by others, and boiled over a high fire.

As soon as the soup was boiling, Ai Qiaoqiao quickly removed the pot from the heat.

She fished out the shrimp and put them in the frozen soup bowl, which she covered with large pieces of crushed ice.

Many chefs in the back kitchen quietly crowded over to steal the chef.

Ai Qiaoqiao didn't mean to hide it, and directly told them that the shrimp meat with ice cubes would be firm and chewy, and it would be more tender and delicious.

She wasn't afraid that these people would sneak away or something.

Because ordinary restaurants will not be equipped with special ice like her, and they will not be willing to use ice as lavishly as her.

Who let her have a private ice cellar in Xiaofang Village?

Even if others learn these things, they can't be imitated.

The iced shrimp are taken out, removed and placed on a plate, with a small bowl of sauce in the center of the plate.

Seasoned with a little minced ginger, soy sauce, sesame oil, and a little vinegar and chili oil.

Finally, Ai Qiaoqiao personally immersed the decorations she carved from winter melon into the sauce bowl.

Xie Feng was puzzled when he saw it, "Isn't it impossible to see such a Xiao prince?" ”

Ai Qiaoqiao smiled, "Whether you can see it depends on fate, I think he will definitely see it." ”

The saltwater shrimp was brought out, but Xie Feng still couldn't figure it out.

He also saw the thing that Ai Qiaoqiao carved just now.

It's boxy, it doesn't look like a decorative ornament at all, it's like a ......

A long-lived lock for small children.