The man stopped what he was doing and replied, "Yes." ”

A look of surprise flashed across Shen Lanxin's face, "That's the imperial kitchen, will the fairy pot be made?" ”

When the man heard this, he said apologetically: "I'm sorry, girl, the little one doesn't know the fairy pot." ”

Shen Lanxin's face changed suddenly, "No?" How is it possible, don't all the imperial chefs in the palace make this dish. ”

The fat man said: "The fairy pot is a traditional royal dish, which is not easy to spread, only the master in the palace and their apprentices will, and the small one will manage the vegetarian dishes of each palace in the imperial dining room, so the small one will not." ”

Lan Xin stammered.

"Is there any mistake?" Shen Lan wanted to hit the wall at the moment, it was her mother's birthday in a few days, and she had already stated that she wanted to bring the fairy pot to Luo's face, where would she go to get it for her?

"Little master, you have to think of a way, my mother only has a birthday once a year, and I must not let her down."

The little master also expressed helplessness, "Girl, I can't help it, you also know that this dish is a palace dish, and no one will cook it except the master in the palace." ”

Shen Lanxin was immediately disappointed when he heard this, and walked out of the palace building with the menu in a dejected manner.

She took the menu, thinking that the chefs of the palace would make fairy pots, so she readily agreed.

Lan Xin clutched the menu tightly, no, no matter what method I use, I will definitely put the fairy pot in front of my mother, at this time, he remembered a person, he was the least willing to trouble him at this time, but he was the prince, and now only he could help her, she resolutely put away the menu and went straight to Xiangwangfu.

When she came to the gate of the palace, she suddenly stopped, holding her hand and hesitated.

Hey, I already owe him a lot of favors, and I'm really embarrassed to trouble him. But...... I don't want to disappoint my mother, hey, it's really tangled.

She wandered back and forth in the doorway.

Just when she was struggling and disturbing her thoughts, the door of the palace opened from the inside, and it was Xiaoba who came out, and saw a girl wandering at the door, and looked at it.

"Miss Shen?"

Shen Lan's heart lifted. "Hachi?"

Xiaoba smiled and said, "Miss Shen, why are you here, you are here to find Your Highness, right?" ”

Shen Lan's expression was shy, and he was a little distracted. "Uh...... Well....... ”

"It's really unfortunate that His Highness has gone out." Little Eight Ways.

"Out of the house?" Hearing him say this, Shen Lan's tense heart suddenly relaxed a lot, maybe she really didn't want to trouble him anymore.

Shen Lanxin asked again: "Then when will he come back?" ”

Xiaoba shook his head and said, "This highness didn't say it." ”

"That's right." Lan Xin muttered to himself.

Shen Lan thought to himself that Xiaoba was Gao Qian's personal entourage, and often accompanied him in and out of the palace, maybe he could get to know the palace cook. ”

She paused and asked, "Xiaoba, do you know the cook in the palace?" ”

"The cook in the palace? Xiaoba shook his head, "I don't know, why is Miss Shen asking this?" Hachi wondered.

Shen Lan smiled in his heart, "It's okay, just ask, since your prince is not there, I will go back first, and I won't bother you." After saying that, he turned around and left.

"Cook......? Hachi scratched his head and muttered to himself.

"Mother, I'm back." Shen Lanxin came to Luo's room.

Hearing this, Luo turned to look at the door, "Xin'er, you're back, come on, how about helping my mother take a look at this dress?" This is your father's birthday gift to me. ”

Roche smiled and looked left and right in front of the mirror, quite proud.

Shen Lanxin was surprised. "My dad gave you?"

Roche nodded, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, "I didn't expect it, right?" ”

Shen Lanxin circled around Luo several times, looking her up and down.

"I really didn't expect the sun to come out of the west? My dad will even give you a gift. Shen Lanxin couldn't help but tease.

"yes." Roche covered his mouth and smiled, "I didn't expect that I had been with him for most of my life, and he had never given me anything." ”

Roche will be both puzzled and surprised.

Shen Lanxin teased, "Xu is his conscience has found out, and he feels guilty that he hasn't given you anything for so many years." After saying that, he sat down on the chair and poured a glass of water.

At this time, Luo turned around and asked, "Didn't you say that you were going to give the Niang Immortal Pot?" How's the preparation? I'll see. ”

"Uh...... It's almost ready. After saying that, don't turn your face and take a sip of water.

Luo Che smiled meaningfully, "Okay, then I'll wait, it's really exciting to think of your immortal pot." ”

Hearing Luo's words, Shen Lan felt that she couldn't be looked down upon by her mother, nor could she be looked down upon by herself, she quietly made a decision in her heart, she decided to enter the palace, go to the imperial dining room, no matter what method she used, she also had to get the recipe for the fairy pot.

So Shen Lanxin said hello to Soho in advance, and lied to Luo Shi, lying that he accompanied Su Ho to a distant relative, but Luo Shi didn't know it and agreed.

Shen Lanxin bought a set of eunuch clothes from the eunuch who often came here to buy medicine, and secretly stuffed him with five taels of silver and asked him to help her enter the palace.

So, Shen Lanxin successfully followed the eunuch into the palace.

The ancient trees are slanted, the green willows are shady, the red walls and yellow tiles are splendid, and the golden glazed tiles shine dazzlingly in the sun.

Shen Lanxin felt a little dazzling, squinted, and stood in the wide palace wearing a wide and ill-fitting eunuch suit.

"Oh my God, where is this going?" She was dumbfounded.

He looked around as he walked, but he couldn't tell the difference between the east and the west.

"The palace is so big, where can I find the imperial dining room? I forgot to ask him just now. Shen Lanxin was like a fly without a head, walking around.

Walking and walking, facing each other, King Kang and King Qing came over.

King Qing saw a little eunuch coming, so he beckoned:

"Go and make us a pot of tea, and put it in the pavilion over there!" King Kang and I want to talk about things! ”

Shen Lan saw that it was King Qing, and she felt bad, it was really a narrow road, so she covered her face with her hands, learned from the eunuch, bowed with her waist, and spoke in a wide voice.

"Yes!"

She lowered her head and hurriedly walked in the other direction, chanting words as she went: "Let me pour you tea, just kidding, how do I know where the tea is?" ”

King Qing glanced at the back of the little eunuch and felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while.

Shen Lanxin walked briskly, getting farther and farther away from them, how did King Qing know that he would not be able to drink this cup of tea.

Shen Lanxin walked for a long time, and he didn't know where it was? I saw a little eunuch walking not far away.

Shen Lanxin hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and asked, "This little brother, how to get to the imperial dining room?" ”

The eunuch looked at him, "You're a newcomer sent to the imperial dining room by the Duke, right?" ”

When Lan Xin heard this, he hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, yes, I am new here, and I am not very familiar with the palace. ”

The eunuch had a smug look on his face. "Then you're asking the right person, I'm from the imperial dining room, come with me."

When Shen Lanxin heard that he was from the imperial dining room, he almost jumped up with joy.

The eunuch looked back and saw that Shen Lanxin was still stunned, so he shouted, "Don't keep up quickly, if you get lost in a while, you will be in trouble." ”

Shen Lan came back to his senses, "It's coming, it's coming." ”

So he ran forward in three steps and two steps, and followed him closely, for fear that he would be lost.

The two of them walked along the cobblestone road.

"What's your name?" Then the eunuch asked.

"Uh...... My name is Shen Da. Shen Lan thought for a moment and said a fake name.

"My name is Cai Xiaodao."

"Kitchen knives? And the name of it! Lan Xin couldn't help but tease in her heart.

"Hello, Knife." Shen Lan said hello politely.

"Shen Da, where were you on an errand before?" Knife asked.

"I ...... I ......" As soon as I remembered that my family was running a medical center, I blurted out: "I used to be on an errand in Tai Hospital." ”

"Too Hospital? It's a great place to be. "Little Knife Road.

"Uh...... Oh, yes. Lan Xin smiled bitterly.

Xiaodao asked again: "You must have made some mistake that brought you to the imperial dining room, right?" ”

On weekdays, as long as the palace people come to work in the imperial dining room, they are punished for making mistakes.

Lan Xin hurriedly waved his hand, "No, no, I wanted to come to the imperial dining room to learn more, so I begged my father-in-law to transfer me in." ”

Xiaodao looked at her with an incredulous expression, "It's really strange, the first time I heard that someone took the initiative to come to the imperial dining room on an errand, how good it is to be on an errand in the Tai Hospital, and you are not tired, you are really stupid." ”

Shen Lanxin didn't respond to him, but just smiled bitterly at him.

"Eh, see, the one in front is the door of the imperial dining room." The knife pointed at the maroon gate not far away.

At this time, the sound of ping-pong can also be heard at any time.

Shen Lanxin came here for the first time, she looked at the three gilded plaques of "Imperial Dining Room", and was very curious about what this legendary Imperial Dining Room would look like?

She followed the knife inside, and was stunned by the scene in front of her.

Not to mention the crowds in the imperial dining room, there were no less than fifty stoves alone, and there were no less than fifty cooks in charge, and there were about seventy or eighty people in the entire imperial dining room, including those who were doing miscellaneous work, and in the innermost there were four rows of five meters long tables, two tables were placing dishes to be supplied to each palace and courtyard that day, and the other two tables were full of pastries and fruits that had been stacked.

Looking inside, there is also a two-meter-long table surrounded by more than a dozen kinds of delicately carved and exquisite treasured dishes, this table is so special, you don't think it must be the emperor's.

At this time, when it was time to pass the meal, everyone began to form a row and line up to serve food to the emperor, and the knife was one of them.

Soon, the emperor's lunch and the lunches of the palaces and courtyards were served in a moment. And the others are also busy with their own things, and Shen Lanxin is interspersed with them, but it is not particularly conspicuous.

Shen Lanxin saw a bunch of dishes in a corner that had not yet been chosen, so he brought a small stool and sat down and began to choose dishes.

After serving the masters and eating, it was already the end of noon, and Xiaodao returned to the imperial dining room.

He searched for Shen Lanxin in the imperial dining room for a long time, and finally found her in the corner. "I said, Shen Da, what are you doing here? Let's go, I'll take you to Master Wang. As he spoke, he picked her up and took her to another room in the Imperial Dining Room.

As soon as he entered, Shen Lanxin felt like he was coming home, and a strong smell of Chinese medicine came to his nose, and at this moment, an old chef wearing a chef's hat, medium stature, and no beard was selecting medicinal herbs for boiling medicinal meals.

"1 gram of Atractylodes, 1 gram of Poria cocos, 1 gram of Codonopsis, 1 gram of Astragalus, 1 gram of White Peony, 1 gram of Rehmannia Rehmannia, 1 gram of cinnamon." The old cook took the list and muttered as he selected it from the medicine cabinet.

In the end, when the old cook read the almonds, it was the peach kernels that came out of it!

Although almonds have the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin, peach kernels are not, on the contrary, it is a good medicine for blood circulation and stasis, moistening the intestines and laxative, not a material for making medicinal diet.

Lan Xin saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Master Wang, you are a peach kernel, not an almond." ”

When the old cook heard that this white-looking little eunuch actually said that he had mistaken the Chinese medicine, his face sank, and he reprimanded lightly: "What do you know about you newcomer?" Can't I tell the difference between peaches and almonds? ”

"What I said is true, I know these Chinese medicines, this recipe of yours is a perfect tonic soup for beauty and beauty, right?"

Since she was a child, she has been dealing with medicinal herbs, and for these medicinal materials, her eyes are like fiery eyes, whether they are true or false, and what the recipe is, she can tell at a glance.

When the old cook heard this, the little eunuch really recognized the medicinal herbs.

Shen Lanxin took out the almonds from the medicine cabinet again, brought them to Master Wang, and said: "Master, you see, the shape of the almond is like a heart, long and fat, obtuse and round, and you are looking at the peach kernel, it is not fat but flat, although it is also obtuse and round, but slightly skewed, you see, is it different?" ”

Lan Xin patiently explained to him the difference between the two medicinal materials.

Lan Xin's explanation, the old chef suddenly understood.

He raised his eyes and looked at the little eunuch in front of him, and asked, "Are you from the hospital?" ”

"Master Wang, he was transferred here from Tai Hospital to work as an errand here." At this point, the knife interjected.

As soon as Master Wang heard that it was a new tune, he raised his eyebrows.

"A miscellaneous? How do you recognize medicinal herbs? ”

"Uh...... Because ......" Lan stammered. "Because...... I used to work in the Tai Hospital, and I often dealt with those doctors, so I only knew a little bit about it after a long time. ”

"No wonder." After speaking, Master Wang put the peach kernel into the medicine cabinet again.

Lan Xin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, this is really as long as you tell a lie, you have to keep telling countless lies to fulfill a lie, it's really tiring.

"Master." Shen Lanxin screamed.

"Don't call me master, I don't confiscate apprentices, you still call me Master Wang like a knife." Master Wang's face was solemn.

"Oh...... Then Master Wang, do you know how to make the dish of fairy pot? Shen Lanxin's face was full of expectation

"I've been in the palace for more than forty years, do you think I'll not." A hint of pride appeared on Master Wang's face.

When Shen Lan heard this, his heart suddenly jumped with joy.

"Great, Master Wang, I want to learn to cook this dish, can you take me as an apprentice?"

"Take you as an apprentice?" Master Wang sneered, his expression did not have any waves, as if he had guessed it a long time ago, and then continued to busy his work.

At this time, the knife next to her took her words.

"Shen Da, you asked Master Wang to accept you as an apprentice, what do you want, I haven't been a teacher for so long, just you? You've got it. Knife's face was full of ridicule.

"Shut up." Lan Xin glanced at him.

"Master Wang, I really want to learn to be a fairy pot, otherwise I wouldn't have bothered to come to the imperial dining room, I beg you to take me as an apprentice." As he spoke, Lan Xin knelt down in front of him.

"It's useless for you to kneel, why should I take you as an apprentice?" Master Wang said indifferently.

"Just because I'm sincere." Shen Lanxin replied sincerely.

"Sincerely?" He smiled and shook his head. "Today you are the third to come to me for apprenticeship."

"The third?" Shen Lanxin looked at Master Wang with wide eyes, and then looked at the knife.

The knife spread out his hands and shrugged his shoulders.

"Shen Da, I've been by Master Wang's side for two years, and he hasn't confiscated me as an apprentice, how can Master Wang accept you when you come here for a while, you better get up quickly."

"How many people really want to learn this dish, but they all dislike this dish for manpower, material resources, and time so that they give up halfway, not all people are suitable for this dish, sometimes it takes talent and fate, understand?" After Master Wang finished speaking, he left the room.

This Master Wang's name is Wang De, he has been in the palace for more than 40 years, and he is a more prestigious and first-class old imperial chef, but he has a bit of a strange temper, and he loves to have a straight face, and he doesn't like to talk much, so almost no one in the palace wants to get along with him, except for Cai Xiaodao, because Xiaodao was assigned to Wang De to fight as soon as he entered the palace, so the two should be called friends.

After hearing this, Shen Lanxin thought for a while, and looked back at Master Wang, as if he was unwilling.

"Knife, Master Wang won't accept me, what do you say?" Shen Lan couldn't help but be very frustrated, and then said, "Why don't I give Master Wang some benefits?" ”

"The benefits? What are the benefits? Silver? Knife said disdainfully.

"That's right." Lan Xin nodded.

When the knife heard this, he hurriedly made a shushing motion. "Don't do this in front of Master Wang, Master Wang hates this kind of copper-smelling person the most."

"What then?" Shen Lan was anxious.

"What else can I do, wait like me, maybe one day he will accept you when he is in a good mood." The knife's face was breezy and light.

Lan Xin raised her eyebrows, "How can that be done?" ”

The knife glanced at her and said disdainfully: "Why can't it, look at me, if it doesn't work, you have to do it." ”

His words made Shen Lan's heart suddenly like a deflated balloon, and the whole person felt soft, and said with a face: "It's impossible for me to stay in the palace for two years?" ”

"You're not in the palace, where are you going?" The knife is unknown.

Lan Xin realized that he had said the wrong thing, so he hurriedly covered his mouth. "Uh...... I mean, maybe one day I'll be transferred somewhere else. ”

Lan Xin secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't worry, Master Wang will return to his hometown next month, and you can't wait two years." The knife said lightly.

"Farewell to the old and return home? Lan Xin was surprised, "Isn't his craftsmanship going to be lost?" ”

The knife suddenly knocked on her head and said, "So, we have to find a way to please Master Wang, stupid." ”

So from today on, she will follow the knife to do chores under Master Wang's hands and help cut vegetables.

Soon it was time for dinner, Shen Lanxin came to the imperial dining room in the morning, until now, he found that the people in the imperial dining room had never rested, and immediately after passing the meal at noon, they began to clean the battlefield, and then those people began to wash the bowls and plates withdrawn by the masters, and then began to prepare the dishes for the evening, and so on.

Shen Lanxin has just come back from Zhenxi Village, and she is not so frightened by the work of the imperial dining room, since others can do it, what can't she do, for the sake of the fairy pot, even if she is tired, she has to stand up, and she is just chopping vegetables, and there is no technical work.

Shen Lanxin's action of chopping vegetables was very quick, and she completed the task given to her by Master Wang after a while.

Chef Wang saw that the plates of cut side dishes were neatly arranged. "I don't see it, you're pretty quick in doing things."

Master Wang was very satisfied with her performance.

"Master Wang, are you praising me? Since you think I'm doing things well, shouldn't you consider taking me as an apprentice? Shen Lan saw the stitches in his heart, and refused to let go of the slightest opportunity.

"Why, if I praise you, I will take you as an apprentice?" Master Wang glanced at her and asked rhetorically.

Shen Lanxin crossed the case and came to Master Wang. "I didn't mean that, so you should think about it, you don't even think about it, how do you know that I don't have that talent?"

Master Wang didn't respond to her question, but looked at her and said, "Are you done?" ”

Lan Xin nodded. "It's done!"

Master Wang said lightly: "Go out and choose vegetables after you finish." ”

Lan Xin: "......

Master Wang didn't want to listen to her nagging, so he sent her to another place to choose vegetables.

Shen Lan pouted in his heart, and reluctantly walked out of the door of the imperial dining room, muttering: "Choose it, what's the big deal, it's not that you won't choose." ”

Shen Lanxin sat on the small stool, carefully selected one by one, and said something in his mouth as he chosen: "This old king is really stubborn!" How can I get him to teach me how to make that dish? ”

She meditated...... Suddenly, he slapped his thigh, "That's right! He doesn't take me as an apprentice, I can steal a teacher. Thinking of this, Shen Lan couldn't help laughing.

At this time, the knife came back from outside.

"Knife, come here." Shen Lanxin beckoned to him and stopped him.

"What's wrong?" The knife came over, squatted down, picked up a green vegetable and held it in his hand.

"Is there a dish like a fairy pot for today's dinner?" She lowered her head and whispered to him.

"Nope." The knife shook his head and replied decisively and crisply.

"You're so sure without even thinking about it?" Shen Lanxin felt that he was deceiving people and perfunctory her.

Xiaodao said disdainfully: "Do you think it's green vegetables, you can eat it every day?" That's a big tonic dish, the emperor can't eat it every day, and the imperial dining room can't do it every day, and if you want to eat it, you have to give three days of notice in advance, so the imperial dining room will only do it every ten days every month. ”

Shen Lanxin's eyes blinked. "Every ten? …… Isn't that the day after tomorrow? ”

"That's right, so we have to prepare the ingredients for the fairy pot in a while, and the masters are staying up late to make the soup, and we have to start stewing early tomorrow morning." The knife said nonchalantly.

"Is it so hard to make a dish, with all fanfare?" Shen Lan was a little puzzled, what was so difficult about this dish.

Knife looked at her expression and knew that she was a rookie and didn't understand anything. "Do you think it's boiling vegetable soup? As soon as a big pot is boiled, not to mention the preparation of ingredients in the early stage, just a meal has to be stewed pot by pot, how many princes and concubines are in the palace, where are there so many stoves in the imperial dining room, so if we want to eat in all palaces and courtyards, we have to be busy for at least three days. As he spoke, the knife stretched out three fingers.