Chapter 112: Xue Imperial Chef's Chance
Lu Dafang hurriedly bowed to the ground, and said to Zhao Xu in fear: "The old minister spoke inappropriately in front of His Majesty, the old minister deserves to die, and I beg Your Majesty to surrender." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Zhao Xu pretended to be angry and said, "For the sake of Qing's old age, I won't pursue it." ”
Then he asked the envoy, "If you want to try your cooking skills on the main hall today, is it a bit hasty, and I don't know how the envoy will compete?" ”
Juntaro Inu's agitation method really worked, and Tokunayamaru admired this chef who was full of praise for the emperor even more.
In fact, whether it is Empress Dowager Gao, Lu Xiangye, or Jia Wangye, and even the little emperor is well aware of the plan of the Japanese cook, but Lu Dafang, the prime minister, has apologized, and no one has come out to oppose it.
"I heard that Lord Xue Baocheng, the head chef of the imperial kitchen in the Great Song Dynasty, is the senior apprentice of Master Kang, one of the famous Northern and Southern Chef Kings of the Great Song Dynasty, and his cooking skills must have been passed down by the Northern Chef King, so why don't you invite him out to try the egg fried rice of the Northern Chef King in front of the Queen Mother, the Emperor and the ministers and envoys of various countries, I don't know what His Majesty the Emperor wants?"
Zhao Xu is young, but he has never heard of the Great Song Dynasty and the King of Chefs in the North and South, but this name sounds like he is by no means an ordinary man.
He didn't know the chef in the palace before, let alone call him famous, but now he knows that Xue Baocheng, the head chef of the palace, is actually the apprentice of the North Chef King, and the heart is really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon in the palace, since there is such a famous chef disciple, then there is no need to invite Yang Huairen, who is just a little famous.
Manager Xue was soon called, although he was the head of the imperial kitchen, but he had been in the palace for three years, and had been working blindly in the imperial kitchen, not to mention being familiar with the way in the palace, in this Daqing Palace, he could only appreciate this magnificent building from afar.
Today is the first time to go to the hall, and it is the first time to see the Queen Mother and the official family, even if he is close to the age and is not confused, he has seen the world outside the palace, this big girl is on the sedan chair for the first time, it is inevitable that she is a little nervous and restrained.
Zhao Xu looked at the trembling imperial kitchen manager, who was tall and strong, except for his skin was a little dark, he was still decent.
Telling him that he was going to immediately compete with a Japanese chef who had come to the Great Song Dynasty to try egg fried rice on the top of the main hall, Chef Xue's careful thinking came alive.
He couldn't help but wonder, when he entered the palace, he came to the name of the head of the imperial kitchen, since he was a cook and served people's lives, then who else in the world was more beautiful than serving a master like the emperor and the queen mother?
Only a kitchen of this grade can give him the opportunity to show the skills he has learned from the master of the North Kitchen King, and only the well-known name of the Imperial Kitchen Manager can make all his peers in the world bow to him.
It's just that he is still too young, and when he entered the palace, he realized that even in the kitchen, it was not he who had the final say, and there was another eunuch above him who served as the head of the imperial kitchen, who was the real top spot in the imperial kitchen.
There is only one word difference between the chief manager and the chief manager, and the difference in rank is only half a level, but the difference in fact is a world of difference.
The chief manager can enter and leave the palace at will, and he, the chief manager, except for cooking and boiling soup in the imperial kitchen, according to the rules of the palace, he does not dare to move around at will.
Later, he learned that his manager was just a false name, and he had deeply realized the truth that once he entered the palace gate, he was like the sea when he entered the palace, and when he walked out of the palace, he was the head chef of the imperial kitchen with golden light in the eyes of the people, and he could scrape out two taels of gold powder by scraping the soles of his feet, and he could take a big stride with his head held high and pretend to be an official.
In fact, in the palace, Chef Xue still nods to the eunuch manager every day, for fear that if he offends him one day, he will make arrangements in front of the queen mother or the official family, or even a master in the palace who is not called famous, and his head will move.
Just now, he was alone in the imperial kitchen lamenting that his life was not at the right time, and in the blink of an eye, a big pie fell from the sky, which happened to hit his head with a solid and impartial attitude.
Raising his eyes to see what kind of dog and wolf is the cook of the Japanese Kingdom, he looks magnificent, his skin is fair, and his body is long and straight, which is different from the little Japanese people he has heard, but he looks like a person from the Great Song Dynasty.
It's just that this kid doesn't look like a good cook, they have the country's cooking skills? Jokes, I heard that the vegetables and rice are mixed together and boiled, so I will fill my mouth with it, the first chef of the Japanese country, I guess I don't even have the qualifications to give him a hand.
Chef Xue felt that his opportunity had come, and on the hall today, in front of the queen mother, the official family, the prince and all the court bosses, he showed his superb cooking skills, as long as he won the chef of the Wa Kingdom, he might be promoted to become rich in the future, and it was very possible to soar.
In the imagination, Chef Xue changed his navy blue chef's robe and changed into a scarlet official robe, wearing a winged cage hat, and the picture of envious eyes cast by hundreds of officials was generated.
"Xiao Di is willing to take on the challenge of this Japanese chef on behalf of Da Song."
Zhao Xu watched Chef Xue change his timid appearance just now, confidently came out to fight, and nodded at him to express his appreciation.
Chef Xue's heart was overjoyed, and then he loudly ordered the father-in-law of the imperial kitchen, who usually did not dare to come out in front of him, to prepare materials, tools, and stoves.
The head of the imperial kitchen pursed his lips and glanced at Chef Xue, before he shook his orchid fingers and twisted left and right to prepare.
Although he was not very satisfied with the little emperor's practice of handing over this kind of diplomatic affairs to a cooking competition, several civil officials saw that the matter had come to this point, and no one came out to oppose it.
There are even a few people who are dissatisfied in their hearts, but suddenly have some happy and happy thoughts.
First of all, it is because the little emperor complains that there is no difference between him and him in the court all day long, and now he has made such a foolish decision, and when things are messed up, he will inevitably come and invite them to wipe his ass.
In this way, their views in the hearts of the official family have been very different and changed from the past, although they are not young, they naturally know that the official family dislikes them for being old and following the old rules, after such a toss, the official family will know that this court, none of them can be missing.
Another reason is that today they were invited by Prince Jia to go to Guiyanlou to judge Yang Huairen and Wei Cai's cooking competition, because the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet to invite envoys from various countries did not come to fruition.
Now there is another cooking competition between the famous chefs of the Great Song Dynasty and the Japanese Kingdom on the main hall, which can be regarded as making up for the missed wonderful.