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Imperial Dining Room.

Li Qi sat on the threshold, staring blankly at the row of ants carrying food at his feet, Qin Hui stood beside him respectfully, and told him in detail about the affairs of the court, and saw Li Qi's expressionless face, hesitated for a while, and then said: "My lord, now we have to guard against it, according to the opinion of the lower officials, it won't be long before Wang Xiang will definitely find us." ”

Li Qi said lightly: "Then what do you say we should do?" ”

Qin Hui looked left and right, and said in a low voice: "The lower officials think that instead of sitting and waiting to be killed, it is better to strike first." ”

"First strike?"

Li Qi suddenly smiled and said, "I know." You go back first. ”

"Yes."

Qin Hui didn't say much, turned around and left, he is a smart person, he knows some things, just point to the end, it's not good to talk too much.

Li Qi was alone in front of the door, and after a long time, he suddenly let out a heavy breath, stood up, patted his buttocks, hooked an inexplicable smile on the corner of his mouth, and turned his back into the imperial dining room.

At this time, the imperial dining room was restored to its original appearance, and the nine boilers were gone.

But those imperial chefs were still busy, and began to process the food taken out of the phaselessness, and now all the food used to stew the phaseless has been taken out.

Zuo Boqing greeted him and asked in a low voice, "Qin Xue is leaving?" ”

"Hmm."

Zuo Boqing said with concern: "What's wrong?" ”

Li Qi smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just a trivial matter." After a pause, he glanced at it and nodded, "The hour is almost up, it's time for the last step." ”

Zuo Boqing didn't ask much, after all, he and Li Qi are not on the same level now, so they can't help much.

Richie looked around, then sat down next to an hourglass, looked at the hourglass, and saw that more than half of it had been leaked, and after a while. After the last grain of sand fell, he suddenly stood up, exchanged glances with Zuo Boqing, and the two went out together, to a large room next to the imperial dining landlord.

As soon as I entered the house, a cold air rushed to my face, and I saw nine large bathtubs inside. The baths all contain some mixture of ice water, and in addition to that, each tub has a large porcelain cup, which varies in size, with the largest one in the middle.

There was an imperial chef standing next to each large cup, and they were all holding a water scoop. Scoop some of the liquid into the cup.

What they do is what is called the static separation method, when the soup is cooled to zero degrees Celsius, the scattered fat droplets condense and come to the surface, and the fat molecules also come to the surface, and what you do is you skim these things.

Li Qi looked next to each cup, and saw that it was almost there. Only then did he say to a few of the imperial chefs on standby: "Bring the leaky silk." ”

"Yes."

After a while, more than a dozen imperial chefs walked in with ten large stew cups and nine high stools.

This stew pot is different from other stew pots, its mouth is huge, the smallest diameter is two feet long, the largest is almost one meter, the mouth is covered with a layer of white silk like snow, people who know how to know it should be able to see at a glance that this silk is a tribute from Suzhou, Jiangnan. It is called Su Jin, which is a silk with very high precision, and it is the only one, and there is no other branch.

It's the finest silk of the moment.

This was flickered by Li Qi from Empress Zheng's calculating woman, and the process was quite difficult.

The chefs lined up the stew cups and barstools in two rows, with a stew pot placed under each stool, and the largest one was placed in the middle. There is no movement.

When a qiē was ready, Li Qi said: "Rise!" ”

"Yes."

After a chorus, the chefs lifted the large cup in the bathtub and slowly placed it on the barstool. The movement is very light, but the bottom of each large cup has a small mouth that slopes downward, which is gagged with a porcelain stopper with a long string on top of it.

I saw that the imperial chefs came forward with a turquoise bamboo, this bamboo should have just been obtained from the mountains, the luster is still very charming, about a foot long, more suction, that is, the size of a thumb, they first passed the string through the bamboo tube, and then put the bamboo tube on the small mouth, and the other end of the bamboo tube is placed on the edge of the stew pot, and the silk on the surface is seamlessly connected. The chefs all held the string in their hands.

This is the final step of the phaseless, using the finest silk to extract the purest soup.

Richie asked, "Are you ready?" ”

"Ready."

"Let's go."

At the sound of the order, I saw that the nine imperial chefs holding the string began to slowly pull out.

"Remember, be slow, and don't put too much pressure on the soup."

I heard a soft sound of "fluttering".

Obviously, the plug has been detached, but there is still no soup flowing out, and after a while, until the plug is completely out of the bamboo tube, a wisp of clear soup flows out of the bamboo tube, because the bamboo tube is not large, and it is seamlessly connected with the silk, so the impact of the clear soup on the silk is very small.

I saw that the small wet mark on the silk instantly covered the whole piece of silk, but because the soup was cold, the silk was still slightly tightened.

Zuo Boqing was very excited at the moment, although he had already known that the key to this phaselessness was this piece of silk not long ago, which he couldn't even imagine. Standing beside Li Qi, he said curiously: "Brother Li, I can understand that you use silk to purify, but why arrange this last step, and you must wait for the soup to cool down." ”

Sweat! There's a lot of physics and chemistry in it, and you don't understand it. This question is indeed a little difficult Li Qi, he thought for a while, and then said: "Brother Zuo, I told you earlier, after this soup is cooled and stands, it will divide the poles, a little heavier, it will sink to the bottom, and the light one will float on it, although we have removed some of the oil molecules that can be seen by the naked eye." ”

"Molecules?"

"Well, it's oil in a nutshell." Li Qi wiped a cold sweat, and then said: "That is to say, there is still some residual oil in the upper layer of the soup, this part is to be discarded, which is why I designed the mouth so low, and the first to flow out is definitely the soup containing some large particulate substances, silk can completely isolate these substances for purification." ”

Zuo Boqing nodded as if he didn't understand, and pointed to the idle big stew cup. Then he asked, "Then why don't you just go straight to the ground and let these nine kinds of soup flow into this stew pot at the same time." ”

Li Qi shook his head and said: "No, if this is the case, then this dish will be ruined, because now this soup is cold, so some of the substances in it are solidified and static." If it is mixed together like this, then it will not be effectively blended, and the flavor will not come out, so it has to be heated separately before adding the eight seasoning soups to the main soup. ”

Zuo Boqing shook his head when he heard this, and said with emotion: "This is definitely the most difficult dish I have ever seen." Even if I was given another chance, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to think of it, but this dish is enough to cook once in a lifetime, even if I am asked to make it once a year, I am afraid that I will not be able to stand it. ”

Li Qi nodded in agreement: "Yes! The dish is indeed too tiring, and the point is that the details are too cumbersome, and there is no room for error. It must be in place step by step, otherwise it will fall short, and other dishes, even if they are messed up, they can still start over, but this dish, there is no such treatment, and it has passed today. I'm afraid I'll have to rest for a few days before I recover, and we're all cooking with our lives. ”

Zuo Boqing suddenly said: "What if the emperor is addicted?" ”

"Brother Zuo, don't scare me! If that's the case, that's the only way. Li Qi tilted his head and said sadly: "Kill me." ”

Time flies, in the blink of an eye. It was already evening, and the Wuxiang banquet had also kicked off, and the lights in the Longting Garden were bright, with conversations, laughter, singing and dancing. And so on.

This time, the banquet was divided into two parts, the first part was carried out in the form of a buffet, and when it came to Wuxiang, it was a return to the traditional banquet.

At this time, the group of well-dressed beasts in the court had all come to the Dragon Pavilion Garden, standing together in twos and threes and talking, did they glance at the chests and thighs of those dancers, it was simply inferior to the beasts.

Among them, the most sought after are undoubtedly Cai You, Tong Guan, and Wang Hao. Round after round, there were never fewer people around the three of them anyway.

"Congratulations, congratulations."

After Wang Hao dealt with those who showed favor and patted the horse, he walked towards Cai You with a glass of wine, raised his glass and smiled.

Cai You raised his glass and greeted: "Joy, joy." Hyun-sang is now on the next level. ”

"Where, where, this qiē is the blessing of the British Duke and the King of Guangyang County, if it weren't for the two of them leading the army in front of the bloody battle, Huang Yan would be able to have today." Wang Hao shook his head and said.

Cai You laughed and said, "The virtuous minister is too modest. But the tone was very smug.

Wang Hao said suddenly: "Presumably, this is the first time for the British Duke to participate in this kind of banquet, right?" ”

Cai You nodded and said, "Yes!" But I've just heard that this is called a buffet banquet, which was made by the economic envoy, which is a bit interesting, and it is unparalleled in the world, and it is really delicious. Saying that, he frowned, and said: "But I'm more curious, that person is just a cook, how did he suddenly get to the third grade, what kind of ability does he have, can make the emperor like him, by the way, to say something offended, I heard that the virtuous minister has suffered a lot of losses at his hands." ”

Wang Hao waved his hand and said: "Don't be offended at all, this is a fact, even if I want to deny it, I can't deny it." But you've seen him, right? Didn't he go to you the last time he went to the kingdom of Jin? ”

Cai You's face froze, and then he smiled: "At that time, it happened that I went outside to inspect. ”

Wang Hao sighed, and said: "But I advise you not to underestimate him, now the emperor values him very much, and now I have seen it, we are all officials in the same dynasty, just endure everything." ”

Cai You said with a smile: "The virtuous minister is joking, the emperor has always attached great importance to the words of the virtuous minister. ”

Wang Hao shook his head and said: "If you don't believe what I say, you can go and ask the prime minister, speaking of which, he is still the prime minister's hand." ”

Cai You smiled and was silent.

Wang Hao glanced at him, and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the British Duke returned triumphantly, let's not talk about these unhappy things, you may not know that the emperor took great pains to clean up the dust for the British Princess, but he also took great pains to invite Feng Niangzi to dance." ”

"Speaking of which, it seems like it's been a long time since I've admired the wonderful dance of Feng Xingshou." Cai You's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he smiled ambiguously: "This must be an idea from Xianxiang, right?" ”

Wang Hao waved his hand and said: "It has nothing to do with me, it was appointed by the emperor, and now the lady is already famous." ”

Cai You was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know who Feng Niangzi will marry?" There was a hint of anger in his voice.

Wang Hao said: "I haven't married, it's just that I've been very close to the economic envoy recently, but if you think about it, how arrogant Feng Niangzi was in the past, even if you and I invite her, it will take a lot of effort, and you have seen which man Feng Niangzi favors again." Also, today's Feng Niangzi's dance, called the oil dance, is also invented by the economy, not only that, but tonight is the two of them dance, not to mention, it's really good-looking, when I'm okay now, I often dance at home with the Hun family, suitable for all ages. ”

"Is him again?" Cai You frowned. (To be continued.)