Chapter Eighty-Eight: Mid-Autumn Night Banquet
In a blink of an eye, it was the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the entire palace was filled with a festive atmosphere, not only that, but the golden cinnamon in the palace also bloomed, and Jiang Baizhu had been eyeing these golden cinnamon plants since he entered the palace.
She has been looking for the best golden cinnamon, but she didn't expect to get it without effort, she actually saw it in this palace, since she saw it, she would definitely not show mercy, and she was bound to fold these golden cinnamon and use them to make food.
However, she didn't know that this golden osmanthus was specially ordered by the Queen Mother to be planted, and when she shook these osmanthus flowers, she was almost punished by the Queen Mother.
At this time, the fragrance of osmanthus wafted in the entire palace, and when this golden osmanthus bloomed for the first time, Jiang Baizhu took Xiao Liuzi with a dustpan and a white cloth to surround one of the laurel trees.
Xiao Liuzi climbed to the tree, secretly urged the internal force to shake the flowers on the tree down, for a while, the golden osmanthus fell down, as if it was a golden rain, very beautiful.
Jiang Baizhu happily held these osmanthus flowers, now it is good, she can make a lot of delicious food, osmanthus cake, osmanthus sugar, osmanthus wine...... No, she can't think about it anymore, and if she thinks about it anymore, she's almost hungry.
Put away these osmanthus flowers, take them back to the imperial dining room, carefully select them, dry a part of the osmanthus flowers, keep them for tea and drink, and take a part of the wine, and take a small part to make osmanthus candy, and let people send it to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother looked at this osmanthus candy, smelling the fragrance inexplicably familiar, she thought about it carefully, and hurriedly called Gonggong Su over.
"Come and take a look, why does the mourning family think that this is the golden cinnamon of the mourning family?"
When Gonggong Su heard this, his face turned pale, this is terrible, this Jin Gui is the Queen Mother's favorite, the Queen Mother specially let people plant it, which little cub is not going to die, and he actually dares to go to Huohuo This Jin Gui.
Father-in-law Su hurriedly walked up, still a little incredulous, until he saw it with his own eyes, he was convinced that this was really the Queen Mother's Jin Gui.
"This ...... Niangniang, the slave went down and asked who touched Niangniang's Jin Gui. ”
"Go ahead, find out that the mourning family must be punished, and dare to touch the laurel tree of the mourning family, it is not because the mourning family is easy to bully." The Empress Dowager Xiaoquan looked at this bowl of osmanthus candy coldly.
When he arrived at the imperial dining room and inquired, he learned that this was actually picked by Jiang Baizhu, and Father-in-law Su changed his face.
walked to the kitchen where Jiang Baizhu was,
found that there were still many osmanthus flowers, and Father-in-law Su finally believed that this osmanthus was really her to Huohuo.
"Imperial Chef Jiang, you are so bold, dare to touch the Queen Mother's Jin Gui, you are too long, right?" Father-in-law Su suddenly shouted.
Jiang Baizhu didn't expect someone to speak suddenly, his frightened hand shook, all the osmanthus flowers in his hand were sprinkled, he glanced at the osmanthus in the water, and secretly regretted it in his heart, thinking about pouring more fish gelatin powder for a while.
Turning his head to look at Father-in-law Su, he said inexplicably: "Father-in-law, what's the matter, can't you pick this golden cinnamon?" I didn't pick much. ”
Hearing Jiang Baizhu's innocent tone, Father-in-law Su suddenly felt very angry, you said that you, where to pick the osmanthus is not good, you have to focus on the Queen Mother's osmanthus, these osmanthus flowers, but it took a lot of manpower and material resources to plant them to survive, and they were actually picked, but the person who picked the flowers did not have any consciousness that he had made a mistake, and looked at him innocently.
"Alas, Imperial Chef Jiang, you should go to Cixi Palace and confess your guilt to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother will definitely not punish you if you are a first-time offender." Father-in-law Su still likes this Jiang Baizhu very much, so he persuaded her to admit her mistake to the Queen Mother.
"This ...... Father-in-law Su, do you mean that this osmanthus belongs to the Queen Mother and cannot be picked? Jiang Baizhu finally reacted after realizing it.
"Yes, the Queen Mother was very angry when she saw that bowl of osmanthus candy." Father-in-law Su said anxiously
Jiang Baizhu thought about it, and helped Gonggong Su take a stool and lose: "Then please ask Gonggong Su to wait for a while, I'll be fine for a while." ”
Then she boiled the water in which the osmanthus was placed, poured in the fish gelatin powder, put some sugar, stirred well, put it into a mold, and waited for it to cool before taking it out and putting it on a plate.
"Father-in-law, let's go, the slave will go and ask the Queen Mother for her guilt." Jiang Baizhu packed a plate of osmanthus cake in a food box and asked Father-in-law Su to lead the way in front.
Su Gonggong smelled this fragrance, and after a look, he found that this was just an ordinary pastry, there was nothing transparent, the only difference from other pastries was that this pastry was transparent, and even the osmanthus flowers inside could be seen.
When she arrived at Cixi Palace, the Empress Dowager Xiaoquan saw that Gonggong Su was followed by Jiang Baizhu, and he was carrying a food box, and she was so angry: "The mourning family asked you to find someone who picked osmanthus flowers, but I didn't let you look at it to bring food to the mourning family." ”
When Gonggong Su heard this, he was about to salute, but suddenly knelt on the ground in fear, "Niangniang, this."
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Jiang Baizhu looked at Father-in-law Su's appearance, and took the initiative to step forward and said, "Niangniang, the slave is the one who picks the osmanthus flowers, and I ask Niangniang to punish him." ”
"Okay, Jiang Baizhu, you are so bold, dare to move the mourning family's Jin Gui, come on, drag down the mourning family, and hit the thirty boards." The Empress Dowager Xiaoquan didn't expect that this osmanthus was actually picked by Jiang Baizhu, so she was even more angry for a while, and directly ordered someone to come in and pull Jiang Baizhu out.
"Niangniang, wait, the slave has something to say, if the slave says it, the slave still has to punish the slave, and the slave is willing to be punished." When Jiang Baizhu heard this, he opened the food box in his hand and said quickly.
Hearing her say this, the Empress Dowager Xiaoquan was a little interested in what Jiang Baizhu would say.
"Then you can tell me, if you say it well, then the mourning family will not punish you, if you say it is not good, the mourning family will definitely want your head to fall to the ground." Empress Dowager Xiaoquan squinted her eyes and said coldly.
"Oh, Niangniang, please taste the sugar osmanthus next to you first, and then taste the osmanthus cake made by the slave, and then make an evaluation." took out the osmanthus cake in the food box, offered it with both hands, and the clever palace maid on the side immediately came over and brought the osmanthus cake to the queen mother.
When the Queen Mother heard her say this, she scooped a spoonful of osmanthus candy and tasted it disapprerovitously, but she didn't expect to take a second sip as soon as she took a sip.
This osmanthus sugar is sweet but not greasy, the concentration is just right, and the osmanthus inside is also cooked, which not only has the fragrance of the osmanthus itself, but also is stained with the sweetness of sugar.
I tasted this osmanthus cake again, it was also sweet and soft, very elastic, and it was endlessly memorable.
"Niangniang, the slave picks this osmanthus in order to make a meal, this osmanthus can be used to make a lot of meals, and this is the best osmanthus, the meal made is more delicious than the ordinary meal, Niangniang has already sung it, I believe that the slave said Niangniang has her own judgment in her heart." Jiang Baizhu knelt on the ground and stopped speaking after finishing his words.
After listening to her words, the corners of the Empress Dowager Xiaoquan's mouth hooked up a satisfied smile, but she didn't expect that this Jiang Baizhu was really smart, and he took retreat as advance.
"Okay, you get up, the mourning family will not punish you, you are not allowed to pick the osmanthus flowers of the mourning family in the future." After the Empress Dowager Xiaoquan finished speaking, she picked up a piece of osmanthus cake.
"Slave Xie Niangniang." knelt down and saluted again, and Jiang Baizhu retired.
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