Empress Dowager He, Zhang Wanxi was called to Jishan Palace.

"Wanxi girl, tell the mourning family, did the emperor bully you?" Empress Dowager He held Zhang Wanxi's hand with a smile on her face.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Li Ji likes to be tactful, and he doesn't know who actually revealed the news to Jishan Palace.

Zhang Wanxi's face turned red: "Queen Mother, Your Majesty, Your Majesty is very good to me." The sound is like a mosquito, almost inaudible.

Empress Dowager He laughed: "Zhang Aiqing is an old minister of the former emperor, and the mourning family has always valued him. It's good that the emperor didn't bully you, Wanxi girl, since you have entered the palace, you have to serve the emperor well. If the emperor dares to bully you, you can go here and tell the mourning family, and the mourning family will be angry for you. ”

After all, she was the empress dowager of the dynasty, Jiang Xuanhui broke into the palace and killed Zhaozong and his two concubines, but the Empress Dowager He saved her life, which shows that this woman also has an extraordinary side.

She called Zhang Wanxi over, and the purpose was also to win over Zhang Wenwei. Empress Dowager He also knew that no one in the courtiers dared to do anything to Zhu Wen now, and if it continued to develop like this, the Li dynasty would change hands to Zhu Wen sooner or later.

At present, the only ones who can form a balance on Zhu Wen are the only ones who are clear streams in the court, except for the vassal kings in various places.

And Zhang Wenwei has a good reputation in the DPRK, whether it is the Qingliu pillars or Zhu Wen, they are very important to him. If he marries his daughter, this person can be regarded as a big backer of the Li dynasty.

Zhang Wanxi was secretly happy in his heart, he didn't expect the Queen Mother to like him so much: "Don't worry, the Queen Mother, I, I will serve Your Majesty well."

"Ah Qiu, go and bring the set of clothes prepared by the mourning family." Empress Dowager He commanded.

The personal palace maid Ah Qiu bowed down to receive the order, and after a while, she brought over an emerald green gown.

Empress Dowager He looked at Zhang Wanxi with a smile: "The mourning family heard that today is your birthday, so they specially ordered someone to bring this dress to you, you can wear it and take a look."

Zhang Wanxi was flattered, and Ying Ying bowed: "How can the little girl He De be pitied by the Queen Mother, and Wanxi thanked the Queen Mother."

The Queen Mother helped her up lovingly: "Okay, okay." There are no outsiders here, so these mundane festivals will be exempted, so let's put them on for the mourners. Empress Dowager He instructed another palace maid: "Ah Qian, take Miss Wanxi to change clothes."

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Zhu Youneng entered the palace with nothing to do, and the dog-legged man Wangcai behind him carried a bag of flour.

Flour in the Tang Dynasty is definitely a rarity, and it is impossible to verify whether there are noodles in the Tang Dynasty, but judging from the records in the history books, the Tang Dynasty already had some noodles such as steamed cakes.

The flour of this era was coarse, and it depended mainly on the variety of wheat at the time, but Wangcai resisted the bag of finely selected flour.

Making cakes, Li Ji did not go to the Shangshi Bureau, but came to the alchemy room. The reason is simple, the alchemy furnace is a natural large oven.

Guangyuanzi is really a good hand at alchemy, and Li Ji asked him to adjust the heat and adjust it to a temperature suitable for toasting.

Fuquan is not bad, he got back half a bucket of fresh milk, and he brought a few eggs from the Shangshi Bureau, and he was knocking the egg whites in the bowl and stirring them desperately with chopsticks.

"Your Majesty, I got you the flour." Zhu Youneng was led to the alchemy room by the palace people, and in the palace he could only call His Majesty, but he didn't dare to call Brother Li.

"Well, Fuquan, sift the flour again with a fine gong." Li Ji didn't raise his head, he was pouring the finished yeast into the bucket.

Zhu Youneng was immediately attracted by these strange things: "Your Majesty, what are you doing here?"

"Cake," Li Ji finally raised his head, "Today is Miss Wanxi's birthday, I want to surprise her."

At the mention of Zhang Wanxi, Zhu Youneng was instantly a little embarrassed: "That ......"

"Brother Zhu, you stay in the palace and spend her birthday with Miss Wanxi with me." Li Ji interrupted him.

For Zhang Wanxi, Zhu Youneng is full of guilt, if he really likes a woman, that person is also Zhang Wanxi. But he attaches great importance to righteousness, since this woman has returned to Li Ji, Zhu Youneng has no choice but to bury this feeling.

The milky aroma of milk and caramel came to his face, and Zhu Youneng sniffed: "It's really fragrant."

Soon Fu Quan passed the original fine flour through the gong again, and Li Ji poured the flour into the bucket, and then poured the caramel and fermented yeast into it.

Kneading dough, Li Ji is also hands-on.

After the dough is kneaded, put it in a wooden barrel, close the lid, and wait for an hour to rise.

Youwei was sweating profusely, and the egg whites had been beaten by him with fine foam. Li Ji took it, added milk and caramel and continued to beat until the beaten cream could stand up with chopsticks, and finally the cream was ready.

The next thing is to wait for fermentation, Li Ji and Zhu Youneng chatted back to the sky, Zhu Youneng still wanted Hehuan pills, Li Ji told him that this thing was harmful to his body, and in the end he didn't give it to him.

An hour later, when the dough was ready, Li Ji used a porcelain tray to shape the cake and baked it in the Dan oven.

Soon the fragrance was fragrant, and Zhu You couldn't help but sniff: "It's so fragrant, Brother Li really has you, I just smell the taste and think it's delicious." Under the temptation of deliciousness, he also forgot to call His Majesty, and called Brother Li again.

When the cake was taken out of the Dan furnace, the house was filled with fragrance, and everyone's eyes widened, how could there be such an attractive fragrance in the world.

Li Ji wrapped the finished cream on the cake, he wrapped the cream in oiled paper, leaving a small hole to squeeze out the cream to make a shape for the cake.

Although this cake is a little ugly, it can be seen that a lot of thought has been put into it, and the taste is not inferior to that of any cake shop in later generations.

Zhu Youneng couldn't help but stretch out his salty pig hand: "I'll taste it."

'Bang', Zhu Youneng was beaten back by Li Ji: "This is for Miss Wanxi, let's take him to the Ming'an Palace, promising, are the candles ready?"

Butter candles, Li Ji deliberately used melted butter and then used a thin bamboo tube as a mold to make slender candles.

Youwei took out layers of candles wrapped in rice paper from his arms: "It's already ready."

Several people took the cake and returned to the Ming'an Palace. Li Ji put the big cake on the big table in the Ming'an Palace, and everything he did was hidden from Zhang Wanxi: "Fuquan, go to the Queen Mother's Palace and call Miss Wanxi."

Fu Quan bowed down and agreed, and went in a fart.

Zhu Youneng was anxious to wait, looking at the big cake on the table and salivating, he wanted to reach out and taste it several times, but he was beaten back by Li Ji.

After a stick of incense, Fuquan ran in first: "Your Majesty, Miss Wanxi didn't come."

"What?" Li Ji was taken aback: "Where is Miss Wanxi?"

Fuquan smiled hesitantly: "Miss Wanxi didn't come, but a little fairy came."

As he was talking, a young girl walked in from outside the hall.

The girl was dressed in an emerald green thin shirt, with a golden hairpin, and a pair of dark and shining eyes with veins and tenderness under her long eyelashes.

Like pear blossoms under the moon, like butterflies in the wind, a snow-white pretty face is beautiful, and the complexion is smooth and crystalline, like a layer of mist.

The two sweet dimples laughed movingly, the red lips were light-toothed, and the two rows of thin teeth were like broken jade, which was really gorgeous and charming.

Li Ji and Zhu Youneng were only stunned, there were many beauties in the history books who captivated the country and the city, Li Ji always thought that they were exaggerating, until he saw Zhang Wanxi's dress, he knew that what the history books said was true.

And Zhu Youneng only felt that his throat was dry, and the vulgar fans he encountered were not even comparable to the beautiful Zhang Wanxi in front of him.

Even Youwei, the dead eunuch, felt that Zhang Wanxi in front of him was elegant and vulgar, and he didn't dare to make contact with her gaze.

PS: Push the book "Qin Chaos Yiqiu" and "Daming Finding Things"