Gu Jinli leaned on the railing and said softly: "Although Huoxiang can remove the fishy smell of fish bones, it will also mask the deliciousness of the fish bones themselves, and mint can make the soup refreshing and delicious while maintaining the deliciousness of fish bones." ”

After hearing this, the old gentleman took off the strip of cloth and sighed, "I lost." ”

With that, he staggered out of the crowd.

Because of Gu Jinli's words, everyone's eyes instantly fell on her.

The shopkeeper knocked on the gong in his hand and said to Gu Jinli: "This son, according to the rules, you can choose to continue to guess the name of the fifth dish, or you can give up." ”

"If you win, you can get the dishes of Tianzi No. 1 room. But if you lose, you'll have to pay fifty taels of silver. ”

It's like gambling in a gambling house, whether to follow up or stop, victory or defeat is completely in the same thought.

"Hexiang, what do you say?" Gu Jinli pretended to shake the fan, covered her face with the fan, and asked in a low voice.

"Huh?" Hexiang didn't expect her to ask herself, and hesitated: "Little ...... Childe, slave and maid don't know. ”

Gu Jinli remembered the old gentleman's lost look when he left, his eyes were tactful, and he chuckled: "Since I have the opportunity to witness the dishes of Tianzi No. 1 room with my own eyes, then I will take advantage of the light of the old gentleman just now to give it a try!" ”

"Ouch, that's fifty taels of silver!"

"Tsk, this boy is really rich!"

"However, it would be great if you win!"

……

After Gu Jinli's words, the onlookers whispered.

After the shopkeeper motioned for Gu Jinli to put on the strip of cloth, he pushed the last dish forward and opened the lid.

Gu Jinli took a sip and said lightly: "Feihong on the snow." ”

"Live crucian carp, pigeon eggs, red fruits. Osmanthus sauce, sweet wine, red magnolia, bean paste, peach kernels, bird's nest, sugar, bean yore, sesame seeds......"

After finishing the ingredients, she said slowly: "First scrape off the scales of the live fish, cut the abdomen and take out the internal organs, and remove the fins and gills." After washing and controlling the water, use a knife to draw a zigzag flower knife on both sides of the fish body. Then boil the sugar ......"

"Finally, sprinkle sesame seeds and peach kernels in sugar water, pour them over the fish, spread magnolia petals on a plate, and steam them in a wine pot for a cup of tea."

Taking off the strip of cloth on her eyes, she picked up the second chopstick, chewed it a few times, and chuckled: "However, this dish has a bit of a fly in the ointment." That's ......"

"Bang", there was a loud bang, and I saw a large kitchen knife flying on the table.

If it weren't for the kitchen knife stuck in a piece of gold cake. I'm afraid it's going to fall on Gu Jinli's head.

"Miss!" Hexiang subconsciously blocked in front of Gu Jinli, and her little face turned pale with fright.

Gu Jinli glanced at her soothingly, signaling her to rest assured.

At the kitchen door, a woman crossed her arms with a cold face.

When the old gentleman guessed the name of the first dish, she couldn't help but come out.

As the dishes were guessed by the old gentleman, her heart was like boiling hot water, and she couldn't tell how shocked she was.

These five dishes are different from the ordinary dishes she usually makes for guests, but the exam questions when she learned cooking skills from her mother.

After seeing that the old gentleman said the wrong ingredients for the fourth course, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

When it comes to cooking, she is confident that no one in this world can match her!

But. A yellow-haired boy came out of the way again, annoying!

"A fly in the ointment?" With a cold snort, she walked over, with a murderous aura between her steps.

Danfeng eyes, willow eyebrows, at most in her early teens in terms of age, judging from the skirt tied around her waist, her identity is undoubtedly the cook of Baiyulou.

"I started learning to cook at the age of five, and I graduated at the age of ten, and so far no one has ever said that there is anything wrong with the dishes I make!" Taking a step forward, Tong Jia'er looked straight at Gu Jinli, "This son, you'd better point out the shortcomings to me, otherwise I don't know anyone with this knife!" ”

After that, she pulled out the knife inserted in the gold cake with a "puff", which had the intention of unloading Gu Jinli into eight pieces.

For Tong Jiaer, the old guests who often come to Baiyulou know her, although she is a woman and not very old, but one person can top ten cooks.

Her dishes are not only full of color and flavor, but also novel and peculiar.

The most important point is that Tong Jiaer has an extraordinary obsession with cooking, and in order to develop a new dish, she often locks herself in the kitchen for days and nights until all the ingredients are used perfectly.

So how can she not be angry when someone raises an objection to her dish?

Especially in front of so many people, this is a challenge to her authority!

For a person who regards cooking as his life, Gu Jinli's words are also insulting her dignity with a knife!

Gu Jinli didn't expect Tong Jia'er to react so much, and even the shopkeeper was stunned.

"Jia'er, put down the knife, put down the knife!" Pulling Tong Jiaer's arm, the shopkeeper persuaded in a kind voice: "What a big deal, don't be impulsive, have something to say!" ”

"No, if he doesn't make it clear, it's not over today!" Tong Jiaer didn't give up and shook the kitchen knife.

"Uh......" Gu Jinli touched it? Zi, and then under Tong Jiaer's sharp eyes, he took the chopsticks and flicked the vegetable cup, picked up a peach kernel, and said in a deep voice: "The peach kernel is hot, easy to produce phlegm and fire, and wine is also a hot one." The smell of wine penetrates into the body of the fish and eats it with the peach kernel, which is easy to cause blood fever. People who have a lot of fire in their own body eat it, and in severe cases, they will cough up blood. ”

Coughing lightly, she was a little embarrassed: "It's not that I'm questioning the girl's cooking skills, but I've read a few more medical books, so I'm more sensitive to these things, and I ask the girl not to be surprised." ”

Tong Jia'er listened, was silent, and fell into deep thought.

The shopkeeper looked at her with a kitchen knife in her hand and took a step back in fright.

After a while, Tong Jiaer said thoughtfully: "My biggest wish in this life is to write a recipe that covers all kinds of cuisines in the world, but I ignore that the ingredients will also restrain each other." ”

"Childe won." Arching her hand at Gu Jinli, she shook her head and muttered, "It seems that I have to retreat and reflect for a while." ”

With that, he returned to the kitchen with a solemn face.

"Jia'er, Jia'er! The shopkeeper listened. turned the corner and chased after him: "Ouch, my little ancestor, if you retreat, my white jade building will not be able to open!" ”

Looking at the anxious appearance of the shopkeeper's twisted fat body, Gu Jinli couldn't help laughing.

"Knock", the shopkeeper struck the gong again when everyone was shaking their minds, and said loudly: "Congratulations to this son for obtaining the right to use the Tianzi No. 1 room and the qualification to taste the dishes of the Tianzi No. 1 room!" ”

"Whoa, everyone? When he got up, he admired and envied Gu Jinli.

"Childe, you're so amazing!" It was rare for Hexiang to learn from Aiyue's appearance, and playfully extended a thumbs up to Gu Jinli.

Gu Jinli swept to a corner outside the crowd, and saw that the old gentleman didn't know when to go and return, his expression was stunned, so he beckoned to the shopkeeper, "Little brother, this Tianzi No. 1 room ......"

After listening to this, the shopkeeper said incredulously: "What? Do you want to give it to someone else? ”

Gu Jinli nodded, shook her fan, and said lightly: "I remember that you didn't seem to say that you can't transfer qualifications, that old gentleman answered four dishes correctly, and I was just lucky to get the last one right, so to be fair, he was the one who won." ”

"This ......" The shopkeeper couldn't be the master, scratched the back of his head, and said, "Childe, the little one goes and asks the shopkeeper, you wait." ”

Soon, the shopkeeper came back, "Childe, the shopkeeper said that as long as you are willing to give up your qualifications, our store will naturally be fine." ”

Gu Jinli said "um", and then said to Hexiang: "It's not early, we should really go." ”

With that, he walked out of the hall with his feet raised and walked out of the hall in the surprised eyes of everyone.

"Old gentleman, the boy just now said that he gave you the No. 1 room in Tianzi!" After Gu Jinli left, the shopkeeper hurriedly ran to the old gentleman and said loudly.

"What? He actually ...... ......The old gentleman was very excited, the old man was in tears, leaning against the wall, he choked up: "Thank you, thank you!" ”

The shopkeeper pouted, and then went to greet the guests.

Hexiang walked out a few steps, looked back at the old gentleman's appearance, and said in a low voice: "Miss, didn't you want to use the Tianzi No. 1 room in the first place?" ”

Gu Jinli was noncommittal, turned around and walked in the direction of the clothes store.

She and Hexiang can't go home in men's clothes, so they have to go back and change their clothes first.

Sensing as if a gaze was locked behind her, she glanced back, then looked up to meet the occupants in the private room on the second floor.

In the blink of an eye, she saw that the man in purple had a magnificent smile.

That smile, though faint, was brighter and brighter than the stars in the sky.

Closing the window, the man in purple took a sip of tea and put away his smile, "Leizi, go check the identity of this woman." ”

"Shizi, the Lord said that the main task of our coming back this time is to find ......" Lei Zi was stunned for a moment, and just wanted to say something. was interrupted by a man in purple in a cold voice.

"I can't forget what Master explained, but in this world, when did you dare to disobey so boldly?" Placing the teacup down, the man's tone was as cold as ice.

Lei Zi's body trembled, and he immediately flew away.

"I've been in Nanyang for a long time, and I've really never seen such an interesting person!" Stroking the auspicious clouds outlined by the silver thread on the cuffs, his bewitching red lips hooked up, and he smiled deeply.

In the palace, in the imperial study, after listening to Qi Hao's words, the emperor's sword eyebrows frowned, and his tone was slightly angry: "In this way, not only do people want Gu Jinxiu's life, but also people want to kill you?" ”

Qi Hao nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Father, don't worry, this matter will be investigated." ”

The emperor lifted the pen and continued to comment on something, and then said: "At the end of the month, Zexuan will return to Beijing, you should prepare in advance." ”

Before the current saint ascended the throne, there were five princes under the knee of the first emperor, and later they were named the king of Guangling, the king of Jibei, the king of Huai'an, the king of Linjiang, and the king of Pingjing, and the king of Nanyang was the only prince with a different surname.

The son of King Nanyang, Chen Zexuan is twenty years old, and has inherited the appearance of Princess Nanyang and the talent of King Nanyang since he was a child.

At the age of three, he could recite four books and five classics, at the age of five, he could recite poems and write against them, at the age of seven, he could play the piano and paint, and at the age of twelve, he broke the chess game called "Nine Deaths and One Life" of the master of the clear space.

If you want to say that "Gu Jinxiu" is the first talented woman in the country deliberately forged by the eldest lady, then Xuan Shizi is a real first talent.

"Oh?" Qi Hao raised his eyebrows and said with emotion: "The last time King Nanyang and Prince Xuan returned to Beijing was seven years ago, and it took so long in the blink of an eye. Fortunately, the king of Nanyang saw through the tricks of the king of Guangling in advance, and let Xuan Shizi secretly separate the king of Guangling and the king of Pingjing, otherwise the rebellion of the vassal king would have been killed. ”

"Xuan Shizi returned to Beijing this time, and his father should also give him a good family business."

Hearing Qi Hao mention the rebellion of the vassal kings seven years ago, the emperor's eyes suddenly turned cold, and the brush in his hand paused, "Is there a whereabouts of that fish that slipped through the net?" ”

Qi Hao's eyebrows moved, and he immediately understood who the person in the emperor's mouth was, and shook his head: "After many years, there is no news." ”

"I remember that when the girl was born, she had a heart disease from her mother's womb, and the king of Guangling also asked me for a Bodhi grass. If I knew that he would rebel, I would never be so kind! The emperor snorted coldly, and put a red cross on the fold, and the cinnabar pen penetrated the back of the paper, which showed how much strength he used.

"Hao'er, seven years have passed. If that girl is alive, she should be one year younger than Hua Qiong. If you want to cut the grass to the roots, you must find her for me! ”

Qi Hao pursed his lips and said in a low voice, "Yes, Father." ”

"Your Majesty, Mrs. Yin is asking to see you outside." At this time, Father-in-law Jia came in and said.

Putting down the pen, the emperor said, "Let him in." ”

After Mrs. Yin came in, he hurriedly saluted, and said with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, there has been a riot among the people in Jiangbei!" ”

"What's going on?!" When the emperor heard this, his brows furrowed again, and his two eyes were like thunder, shooting directly at Taifu Yin.

Mrs. Yin took a deep breath and said slowly: "Last month, the imperial court sent Guo Sucong to the disaster area to provide relief, but who knew that the local officials took this opportunity to embezzle the disaster relief money. ”

"The people are hungry, clothed, and have no fixed place to live, and the government has not yet carried out post-disaster housing reconstruction work and has not distributed relief food, so there has been anger and riots."

"Bastard!" The emperor angrily pushed the stack of music folds on the table to the ground, and said sharply: "I didn't know that they were so bold! ”

"Eat the king, worry about the king, but I have raised a group of moths!"

Mrs. Yin lowered his head and said cautiously: "The emperor is angry, and the dragon body is important." ”

Qi Hao took a step forward and said with a smile: "As far as Erchen knows, the prefect of Qinghe County, Jiangbei is Guo Sucong's cousin, and the wife of the main house of Xiangning County is the distant cousin of Guo Sucong's concubine. ”

"Father, if there is no one behind your back, those magistrates will not dare to fight the idea of disaster relief money even if they have ten guts."

His words have been hinted at clearly enough.

The emperor was most taboo about these nepotism between officials, so he gritted his teeth and said: "Father-in-law Jia, pass on my will." Guo Sucong was dismissed, dismissed from his official position, and together with those officials, he was assigned to the frontier! ”

"In addition, I ordered King Xuan to go to Jiangbei tomorrow to rebuild the disaster area and appease the people for me, so as to make up for the unvirtuous mistakes of his recommenders!"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Father-in-law Jia answered, and hurriedly walked out of the imperial study.

"If there's nothing else to do, you can step back first!" The emperor rubbed his eyebrows, and his tone was tired.

Qi Hao and Mrs. Yin glanced at each other, and the two of them stepped back one after the other.

on long steps. Qi Hao slowed down his pace and walked side by side with Taifu Yin: "Guo Sucong is one of King Xuan's henchmen, and abolishing him will weaken King Xuan's help, and this king has thanked Taifu here first." ”

Mrs. Yin stroked his beard and said in a low voice: "It's all a family, the prince is polite." ”

Glancing around, seeing that there was no one around, he said again: "I heard that the prince caught the assassin, but what is the result?" ”

Qi Hao smiled coldly, "Since Qi Ze dared to make a move, he naturally made all preparations. Even if the assassins weren't dead, let loose and spit him out. He also has a way to clear his suspicions. Maybe he will also beat a rake and frame this king for planting blame, so that the victim of this king has been splashed with a basin of dirty water! ”

Taifu Yin nodded, and said with a complicated expression: "King Xuan, this person is gentle and pure on the surface, but in fact, he is scheming, and the prince is thinking about it very right. ”

Walking to the gate of the palace, he asked, "By the way, Madame has been talking about Wan'er for the past few days, how is she?" ”

Thinking of Yin Suwan, the corners of Qi Hao's lips couldn't help but rise, "Taifu don't worry." Wanwan is all right. After this king was busy for a while, he took Wanwan back to the Taifu Mansion to live for a few days. ”

"Then thank you, Lord Wang." When Mrs. Yin heard this, she was very moved and arched her hand.

Qi Hao smiled and gave his hand: "Taifu is good." ”

Seeing Mrs. Yin leave, he also turned around and walked towards his carriage.

Before he could lift the curtain, a little eunuch jumped up in front of him out of nowhere.

Lifting the brim of the little eunuch's hat, Qi Hao looked at the delicate little face, and chuckled: "Little Ba, shouldn't you be in the Temple of Thoughts at this time?" ”

The eighth prince's big watery eyes were like a clear spring, and then bent into a pair of crescent moons: "Fourth brother, the palace is really boring, can I go back to King Ning's Mansion with you?" ”

Qi Hao shook his head, "If you let the queen know that you ran away, I'm afraid you will be punished." ”

Pulling Qi Hao's sleeve, the eighth prince looked up with a little face: "Fourth brother, I'll just come out to play for a while, and I'll go back to the palace after dark, okay?" ”

The queen mother had hinted intentionally or unintentionally that he wanted to stay away from the Four Emperor Brothers, but he still couldn't help but get close to the Four Emperor Brothers.

If you want to talk about the reason, it is probably that the four emperor brothers, who are cold on the outside and hot on the inside, do not treat him as well as other royal brothers, and have ulterior motives.

Therefore, he is usually calm and polite in front of everyone, but when facing Qi Hao, he can't help but reveal his childish nature.

Qi Hao rubbed the head of the Eighth Prince who had just arrived at his waist, and said helplessly: "Little Eight." Last time, this king has already hidden it for you. ”

For the Eighth Prince, he actually has some contradictions in his heart.

Most of the children in the palace are precocious, and Hachi is no exception.

Although raised under the queen's knees, it is rare that Xiaoba is smart and kind, and he has not been polluted by this dark court life, and he still retains a pure heart, which is very rare for the children of the royal family.

It is precisely because of this that the emperor is particularly gracious to the young Xiaoba.

And as a person who crawled out of the quagmire, Qi Hao's hands had long been stained with the blood of many people, so he was good to Xiaoba, wanting to protect the few beauty and innocence in this palace.

However, the royal family affection is weak, and he doesn't know if Xiao Hachi will stand in a hostile position with him one day in the future, so when Concubine Li was cruel to Xiao Hachi, he didn't interfere too much.

It's just that I didn't expect Gu Jinxiu to save Xiaoba......

Of course, it was also wise for Hachi not to expose Concubine Li in public.

First, he is still young and is not Concubine Li's opponent; Second, with the mouths of Concubine Li and Hua Qiong, it is easy to find a substitute ghost, even if the father knows it, he can only take Concubine Li helplessly......

Therefore, Xiaoba might as well endure this matter, so that the emperor will pity Xiaoba even more......

"Fourth brother......" The eighth prince blinked. whispered: "I haven't seen Sister Wan for a few days, she must be bored in the house." ”

Because of Qi Hao's relationship, Xiaoba is also familiar with Yin Suwan in private, so he changed his strategy.

Qi Hao thought for a while, nodded and said, "You can go back to talk to this king to talk to your sister Wan, but you can't stay in the palace for too long." ”

As Xiaoba said, in addition to being accompanied by the colorful parrot that Yin Suxi sent before, Wanwan really can't find people with a similar temperament to talk to, and she is too busy to accompany each other every day, if she brings Xiaoba back, maybe Wanwan will be in a better mood.

Seeing Qi Hao's agreement, the Eighth Prince's eyes lit up. immediately got into the car: "Fourth brother, let's go quickly, otherwise Xiao Xiangzi will chase him out in a while!" ”

Xiao Xiangzi is a little eunuch sent by the queen to serve him closely, responsible for his diet and daily life, and reports everything he to the queen at regular intervals.

The reason why he slipped out so smoothly this time was because he caught Xiao Xiangzi stealing the gambling money, so he found a pretext to deceive Xiao Xiangzi into a little eunuch clothes.

If Xiao Xiangzi finds out that he is gone, he will not be able to escape!

Qi Hao knew Xiao Xiangzi's sticky skills, and he also knew the queen's strictness towards Xiao Ba, shook his head, and he finally got into the carriage.

In the Fengluan Palace, the autumn cicada dyed the queen's nails with red Kodan. While respectfully said: "Niangniang, the slave learned from Huan'er that Concubine Li sent a letter to the King of Qing yesterday, saying that she would let the King of Qing return to Beijing next month. ”

Huan'er is the palace maid of Ruyi Palace, and she is also Qiu Chan's fellow villager, the two are friendly in private, and Qiu Chan often asks for news about Concubine Li from her.

When the queen heard this, her phoenix eyes narrowed, "This is what the emperor meant?" ”

Qiu Chan said: "I heard that when the emperor went to Ruyi Palace last night to spend the night, Concubine Li begged the emperor, although the emperor did not directly agree, but he did not refuse." It should be the default. ”

With a sneer, the queen said in a loud voice: "Have you finished copying all the Buddhist scriptures that the palace asked you to copy?" ”

After painting the nails of the queen's little finger, Qiu Cicada got up, "Hui Niangniang, the slave has finished copying according to your instructions and smoked sandalwood." ”

The queen cocked her fingers, looked at the bright red nails, and said slowly: "Send the Buddhist scriptures to the queen mother, and say that the palace dreamed of the late right minister last night, and he was very miserable underneath, crying and asking the king of Qing to go down to accompany him." Bengong woke up and couldn't bear it, so he copied some Buddhist scriptures for him. ”

Originally. There are two prime ministers on the left and right in the court.

Gu Jinli's father Gu Huai is the left minister, and the right minister is the queen mother's second brother and the queen's second uncle Fang Xuwen.

Three months ago, Fang Xuwen's sedan chair met the sedan chair of the Qing King on the street, and the two refused to give in, and then they didn't know who spoke out first, so they had a dispute.

King Qing was already hot-tempered, and he drank a lot of wine, so he beat Fang Xuwen and hit him on the key point with one palm, causing Fang Xuwen to vomit blood and die on the spot.

The Queen Mother was grief-stricken with the loss of her brother, and she wanted to eat the Qing King alive in order to relieve the hatred in her heart, but Concubine Li sent the evidence of Fang Xuwen's corruption and bribery over the years to the Queen Mother after the incident.

Due to the huge amount of corruption by Fang Xuwen, if it reaches the emperor, I am afraid that it will affect the entire Fang family, so the queen mother can only endure this breath.

However, the death penalty could be avoided, and the living crime could not be escaped, so the Qing king was assigned to the border in the name of garrison.

Originally, the Queen Mother meant that the Qing King would never be allowed to return to Beijing, but she didn't expect Concubine Li to blow a few words of pillow wind to make the emperor feel relieved.

If the Queen Mother knows, can she be willing?

Qiu Chan secretly admired the queen's scheming in her heart, blessed her body, and went to the Queen Mother's Shoukang Palace with the Buddhist scriptures in the side hall.

The queen leaned on the soft collapse, her red lips hooked, and she snorted coldly: "Dare to do something to Xiaoba, hehe......"

Well, I mentioned before that the heroine has read a lot of books, so she knows a lot. Tong Jiaer...... As you'll learn later, she's a cook with a story. Gu Dagongzi, Yin Dagongzi, Xiaoba, and Shizi have all been booked, so no one wants Gu Ergongzi, King Qing, King Xuan, and the Seventh Prince, do you want it?