In an imperial society, all the actions of people revolved around the emperor. Because every word and deed of the emperor may change people's fate.

When the housewives who stayed in Beijing heard the news that the emperor was going to entertain them, they immediately became panicked.

As long as you look at the past history, you will know that the emperor has never had a good banquet when he invited guests. Especially after the Hongmen Banquet, in order to avoid suspicion, the emperors of the past dynasties have rarely gone to invite guests.

Knowing this, the emperor still announced that he wanted to treat him without any repercussions, which shows that his purpose is definitely not just to celebrate.

Now the Quartet of the Kingdom is peaceful, and they all say that the cunning rabbit is dead, the lackeys are cooking, the birds are exhausted, and the good bow is hidden. Once the situation is stable, it is not uncommon for successive dynasties to slaughter heroes.

Now the heads of each family are leading the troops outside, and there is no backbone around them, although among these housewives, there are also some people with extraordinary knowledge, but they only manage the family's money, food and servants at most on weekdays.

When have they dealt with this kind of matter that affects the government and the safety of the whole clan, once this kind of thing is not handled well, it will be a dead and annihilated end, how can this not make them panic.

After all, any emperor would do such a thing as unloading the mill and killing the donkey.

Just when they anxiously sent people around to inquire about the news, and were ready to send people to the border at any time to inform their husbands that they had already made a contingency, they knew that the chef of this banquet had actually set sail with the news that he had been promoted to a knighthood at the age of a weak crown.

Although I have not dealt with Wen Qihang before, after all, Wen Qihang is also promoted to the knight with military merits, since they belong to the same line in the army, they should take care of each other.

It's just that Wen Qihang is not married, there is no hostess in the house, and these women are naturally not good at coming to the door to ask for sight and smell under the pretext of visiting the hostess.

However, Wen Qihang's age is placed there, and he is basically the same age as his own boys. Although it is said that there is no hair on the mouth and the work is not firm, but at this time, it is much better to be able to hear a little more news than to be deaf and dumb like this.

"Little brother heard that His Majesty held a banquet this time, and Brother Wen was solely responsible?" Shi Baoxing bowed his hand and said.

"yes!" Wen Qihang sighed lightly and nodded.

"Your Majesty has set up a banquet, and it is a great honor to invite Brother Wen to take charge of it, why does Brother Wen sigh?" Shi Baoxing said tentatively.

"Of course, it is my honor to be able to cook for Your Majesty and all the hard-working generals, but Brother Wei has never hosted such a big banquet before, if there is a mistake, wouldn't it be a betrayal of Your Majesty's trust in your brother." Wen Qihang said worriedly.

"Oh, I see, Brother Wen has a heart for the king, and the younger brother is deeply admired." Shi Baoxing clasped his fists again and saluted: "The younger brother is not talented, he was the deputy envoy of Shangshi at the time, although he has not been in charge of the palace banquet, but he has assisted the imperial dining room to undertake many times. If you can help Brother Wen, the younger brother will definitely do his best. ”

Shi Baoxing can definitely be called a genius child, he became the first official of the court at the age of fourteen, and the following year he moved to the deputy envoy of Shangshi. Among this group of noble children, although he is not the oldest, he is the only one who has a court official position.

This is why he took the lead in negotiating with Wen Qihang this time.

Although there are a lot of noble children who came this time, but in front of Wen Qihang, their identities are not enough at all, a real official of the imperial court from the fifth grade, not they can talk to him on an equal footing.

Shi Baoxing, the deputy envoy from Liupin Shangshi, was able to barely say something in front of Wen Qihang.

"Oh, that's great." Wen Qihang nodded.

"Then the little brother won't shirk, I don't know how long Brother Wen has planned the banquet?" Shi Baoxing asked in a slightly excited voice.

The banquet in the palace naturally cannot be the same as the ordinary banquet, it has many kinds of rules. From tableware to dishes, ministers of different ranks, the use of nature is different, and the most important thing is safety, dishes that have never been eaten, if they are rashly put on the table, the chef who cooks the dishes, he doesn't know what he does, and he cuts off his head is light, and if he doesn't raid his family and exterminate the clan, it is already considered an extrajudicial favor.

Wen Qihang lamented: "Brother Wei hasn't even prepared a recipe properly now, let alone the ingredients." ”

"Brother Wen doesn't have to be impatient, there is still plenty of time." Shi Baoxing comforted.

"Yes, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge." Wen Qihang thought deeply and said: "Let's not talk about this topic for now, since you brothers and friends have come to my little brother's house today, the little brother always has to entertain everyone."

Presumably, all of you brothers and friends have also heard of the great name of Wenfu cuisine, otherwise Your Majesty would not have handed over such an important banquet to the younger brother to be in charge.

If you brothers and friends don't dislike it, can you taste the food of Wenfu first? Wen Qihang invited with a smile.

"Thank you Brother Wen for your kindness, I won't shirk it." Shi Baoxing responded on his behalf.

"Thank you for your kindness." Everyone said in unison.

They came today to find out what kind of dishes Wen Qihang wanted to cook at the banquet. Then the food of Wenfu is naturally an excellent reference.

Only by knowing the recipe can we first ensure the safety of the food, as for whether Zhao Lao Er will ambush three hundred knife and axe men at the banquet, it can only depend on the will of God.

The food of Wenfu is basically based on stir-frying, which is also a characteristic of Shandong cuisine, which is completely different from the current steaming and barbecue.

Gentlemen, in fact, this is not the first time to taste Lu cuisine, after all, the major restaurants in Beijing, and even various foot shops, have Lu cuisine.

However, if you are not a local chef, you can't make the taste of local cuisine.

"Brother Wen, why are they all the same dishes, but your chef is more delicious than the younger brother's family?" Shi Baoxing, as the deputy envoy of the imperial dining room, has tasted a lot of delicious food, and this comparison knows that the taste of Lu cuisine made in Wenfu is more authentic.

"This, it means that your chef is not qualified!" Wen Qihang smiled. There are several students who are very talented in cooking, and they themselves are from Luzhong, so they will naturally be more adept at cooking their own hometown dishes.

"It seems that too, when the junior brother goes back, he should let them come to Brother Wen's mansion to study carefully." Shi Baoxing said with a smile.

"This is no problem, Princess Zhaoqing's cooks have all learned for her brother's mansion." Wen Qihang joked: "Presumably, the cook of your general's family will not feel humiliated." ”

"Brother Wen is serious." Shi Baoxing said with a wry smile.

The two were talking and laughing when they heard the exclamation of someone outside the hall.

Wen Qihang glanced at Shi Baoxing in surprise, and then got up and came to the outside of the hall together. Due to the limited number of people, it was not possible to entertain all of them in the hall, so some tables and chairs were temporarily placed in the courtyard outside the hall. These gentlemen outside are naturally familiar with each other, and they didn't smell Qihang present, and now they are a little forgetful when they eat such a delicious food, and they are interested, so they start to gamble on wine.

And it turned out to be an accident.

"The right, the right........ Are you okay! An ugly-faced gentleman kept shouting at Shi Baoji, who was lying on the ground uncomfortable.

"What's going on?" Seeing that his brother was lying on the ground with a flushed face, no matter how he called, he was not conscious, Shi Baoxing stepped forward to inspect his brother's face, and then asked anxiously to the gentleman.

The gentleman's voice trembled and said: "I don't know, I and Youzhi, it's just a wine order, eating some dishes, and drinking a little wine........" The gentleman seemed to be thinking about something, and turned his head angrily to Wen Qihang, and said with a hideous face: "Wen Qihang, you dare to poison me!" ”

Hearing this gentleman's accusation, all the gentlemen present suddenly changed color, and faintly felt that their abdomen seemed to be cramping. The delicacy just now seems to have turned into a poison that pierces the intestines.

Some of them couldn't stand the stimulation and began to vomit incessantly.

"Brother Wen, why?" Shi Baoxing, who was squatting on the ground to inspect his brother, looked back at Wen Qihang with a pale face and asked.