On the first day of the Emperor's holy drive in Changning Palace, Li Xiaogong was busy placing Li Yuan and the concubines, clearing the palace, and arranging defense, so he didn't have time to meet the younger generations at all.

Du Wei and Cheng Chumo, as guards, need to stay here, this is their errand and the training process.

The eldest grandson Chong, as the special envoy of the empress eldest grandson, was responsible for serving the emperor to eat, drink and have fun, and did filial piety on his behalf.

In addition to offering peach blossom brew, it is also necessary to collect all kinds of delicious and fun, and Changsun Chong, who had tasted food in the farmhouse restaurant, immediately thought of Chen Yu.

The eldest grandson Chong smiled and said: "Brother Yu, it's difficult to be a cook in Changning Palace for a few days!" ”

"Forget it!" Chen Yu refused without thinking about it, it is not easy to serve the powerful, especially Li Yuan and other extremely noble people who have a slightly irritable temper recently.

It's not easy to serve, and it's too dangerous.

"Although the gentleman is far away from cooking, cooking food for the Emperor is naturally different, and the queen and even His Majesty will be rewarded."

Changsun Chong's errand was how to coax Li Yuan well, so he naturally tried his best to jump Chen Yu to help.

"This ......"

"The Emperor Taishang has always been unpleasant to eat recently, and he is addicted to alcohol, and in the long run, it will hurt his body...... You show your hands, as long as the emperor is sweet and delicious. ”

"Most of the time it's not because the food is not delicious, but because the mood of eating is ......"

Speaking of this, Chen Yu paused slightly, his heart moved, a little unbearable, or a little guilty.

The reason why Li Yuan's food is unpleasant is naturally the change of Xuanwumen, and in this matter, he is the initiator, and he is "guilty" to a certain extent.

So it seems to be the duty to soothe the fragile soul of this old man who has lost his son and lost his supreme power.

Alas!

Chen Yu sighed: "Okay, I can be generous, find a few cooks to follow, and learn a little." ”

"That's very good."

Some things have to be guarded against, in case Li Yuan eats delicious food and asks to do it all the time, it will be bad.

Chen Yu has no intention of being a royal chef in the palace for the rest of his life, so he trains a few apprentices as soon as possible, and as for the tuition fee, it is estimated that he can only be exempted.

In these years, it is an honor to be able to serve the royal family, and you dare to collect money?

Changsun Chong obviously also thought of this, and even had already calculated that he would arrange a few more people and learn to go to Taiji Palace to honor the queen's aunt and the emperor's uncle.

Of course, you can also learn it in the later stage. I have to admit that the Chen family's food tastes so good that he is curious about where Chen Yu learned these magical skills.

At a young age, there are too many miracles in his body, and there seem to be many mysteries.

These mysteries did not affect him from working as a cook in Changning Palace, and before entering the kitchen, he went to take a bath. To cook for the emperor, it must be clean and hygienic.

Although there was an attendant in charge of the bathing service, it gave me goosebumps just thinking about it, so Chen Yu decisively refused. It would be nice to change two little palace maids to take a bath, but unfortunately no, and I don't dare to open this mouth.

He changed into a linen robe prepared by the palace province and went into the kitchen. After seeing the specially made thin iron pot, Chen Yu knew that he had been fooled.

Maybe since the day he let himself send drinks, Changsun Chong began to set up.

Let's just say, a thousand liters of wine, why do you have to give it to yourself, and it is called seeing the royal garden, but in fact, it is this thought.

Sure enough, there is a father and a son, inheriting his father's treacherous and cunning character, and he has a lot from the careful eye.

The kitchen had already prepared all kinds of vegetables, spices and tools, and didn't care much about anything else, but when he saw the "red-billed green parrot", Chen Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.

Spinach, that is, spinach that is often eaten in later generations.

This thing is a crop that has just been introduced into the Tang Dynasty, and the people have not seen it at all, and only the royal and top powerful families can see it, which is really rare.

Chen Yu immediately moved his mind, how could he go along with it when he left, so he just took it back and gave it to his family to try.

Especially Rong Niang, it is the time to grow the body, spinach is a vegetable rich in iron, and eating it is beneficial. It would be even better if I could get some seeds.

Chen Yu almost didn't have to worry about cutting vegetables, although the chefs in the palace didn't know how to stir-fry, but the knife skills were first-class, as long as Chen Yu commanded, they could look like them.

Stir-fry vegetables naturally have to be started by Chen Yu himself, pour vegetable oil into the pot, cook and fry on high heat, and after a while, a few delicate dishes will come out of the pot.

Several palace cooks watched very seriously, barely blinking during the whole process, full of interest and curiosity to benefit from this new style of cooking.

As chefs, they have a minimum of judgment on food, although they do not taste it themselves, judging from the color and smell alone, the aged fish is indeed delicious.

So, what it means to master this craft is self-evident.

can gain a foothold in the palace, even if it is just a small cook, he is also a human spirit, and some people immediately began to deliberately trick themselves to please Chen Yu.

In this regard, Chen Yu did not refuse, not for anything else, just for those baskets of pineapples and vegetables.

Of course, I think there are also cooks who are not specifically for learning crafts, but also for surveillance. Although all the objects, vegetables, spices, and grains in the kitchen are carefully selected, after several inspections, there are no toxins.

But the palace guards were still not at ease, for fear that something would go wrong, and everything that might be manipulated had to be guarded against. Even the dishes of aged fish are very concerned about them, and the saying that food is compatible with each other is still very marketable in these years.

Before the dishes are served, there will be a special chamberlain to taste it, probably the rumored drug test eunuch, it seems that this tradition has been around for a long time.

However, this is also a happy position, to be able to taste the delicacies that the emperor has not yet eaten, and eat all the delicacies of the mountains and seas. It's definitely a blessing that ordinary people don't have, and of course, you need to take the corresponding risks.

Even if it is safe 10,000 times, as long as it is poisonous once, it will be dead. Of course, this probability is very small, and it is even smaller in Changning Palace.

Li Xiaogong's precautions are really tight enough, which shows that Li Shimin attaches great importance to Li Yuan's safety.

Although to a certain extent, Li Shimin hopes that his father will die early, send so many beautiful women into the palace, and let an old man in a sixtieth armor indulge in lust, what is his intention?

But this process must be slow, otherwise he may not be able to do it emotionally, and there is still a difference between killing a brother and killing a father.

More importantly, in the current situation, if Li Yuan has three longs and two shorts, Li Shimin can't say clearly.

Notoriety is rare, it must be suspicious and suspicious, and it is inevitable that the reputation will be damaged. Inevitably, some people will take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble and make waves, and the consequences will be very severe.

In the situation of Luo Yi's rebellion and Turkic attack, he would never dare to have such a situation.