Although Tang Xu is the emperor's favored courtier, he must also abide by the rules in the palace, especially in front of civil and military officials, and he can't appear to be different from others. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Although Tang Xu was very nervous, he was still patient and very anxious and waited for the right time. As soon as the time came, the queen mother was surrounded by the palace maids, the emperor and the queen sat beside her, Shi Chonggui presented the recipe written by Tang Xu, the queen mother was very happy, and then the courtiers present presented their carefully prepared birthday gifts, time passed little by little, Tang Xu felt that he had missed the opportunity.

"Weichen Tang Xu, I wish the Queen Mother a blessing like the East China Sea, and a longevity than Nanshan." When the emperor called his name, he pretended to be calm and bowed down.

"What gift did Tang Aiqing bring to me?" The Queen Mother looked at Tang Xu and asked with a smile.

"Wechen prepared a special congratulatory gift for the Queen Mother, but it would not be good if this gift was prepared in advance, so Wechen wanted to prepare it for the Queen Mother on the spot, but it just took a little time." Tang Xu had the courage to say the words that he had rehearsed countless times in his heart, he knew that he was very rude like this, but there was no way.

"Tang Aiqing can always surprise, what gift did you prepare for the Queen Mother?" Although Shi Chonggui was surprised, he was more curious about what Tang Xu said about the gift.

"Weichen prepared a dish for the Queen Mother, and wanted to borrow it from the imperial dining room." Tang Xu knew that the imperial dining room was an important place in the palace, and idlers and others must not enter it easily, his request was very excessive, and he also regretted that he shouldn't be so serious, and it was much better to find some gadgets and send them out than to be in an embarrassing situation now.

"Tang Aiqing." Shi Chonggui didn't expect Tang Xu to say such a thing, and felt even more strange.

"The gentleman cooks far away, but Tang Aiqing wants to cook for me himself, which is very moving." The Empress Dowager felt that his statement was very fresh, and the courtiers in the world wished that An An would not be able to make a mistake in front of the emperor and not let people find a little fault, but she didn't expect Tang Xu to take the initiative to take care of something that might cause trouble for herself. At this time, other people had already begun to whisper, and most of them felt that Tang Xu was pampered and wanted to ask for credit in front of the emperor, so they all waited to see Tang Xu's jokes.

"Since the queen mother agreed, then I will wait and see Tang Aiqing's craftsmanship." Shi Chonggui asked Zhou An to lead Tang Xu down, no matter what he needed, he tried to do so, Tang Xu thanked him again, and then followed Zhou An to the imperial dining room.

"Imperial Doctor Tang, if you have any orders, just open your mouth, if the Queen Mother likes it, the slaves and maids can also follow suit." Zhou An didn't want to follow this muddy water, but now that he was tied to Tang Xu on a rope, he could only do his best to help him get through this hurdle.

Tang Xu was the first time to go to the imperial dining room, although everything in the palace was presented in a particularly exaggerated form, but when he walked into this imperial dining room like a luxurious palace, Tang Xu still felt a little surprised. There were at least twenty or thirty people in there. Zhou An called a few people to help Tang Xu, Tang Xu didn't have time to be surprised, and hurriedly beckoned them to help get busy, slaughtered a lamb that had just been full-term, and wanted people to help grind the cumin brought to the fine powder, but this small step was questioned.

"Imperial Doctor Tang, the things brought from outside the palace can't be used casually in the imperial dining room, this is the rule of the palace." Zhou An also had to stop him. Tang Xu was a little confused, what should I do?

"Is there cumin in the dining room?" Tang Xu asked. Zhou An shook his head and said that he had never heard of cumin.

"It's a medicinal herb." Tang Xu was anxious, if there was no cumin, this kebab would be nothing special, how could it be dedicated to the Queen Mother and the Emperor.

"Medicinal herbs, there is a pharmacy in the palace, which contains all kinds of precious medicinal materials, do you want to look for them there?" Zhou An's eyes rolled. Tang Xu hurriedly agreed, and asked Zhou An to take him to the pharmacy.

Tang Xu quickly found cumin in the pharmacy, and with a burst of ecstasy in his heart, he hurriedly sent it to be powdered, and then returned to the imperial dining room to prepare the rest of the things. He had thought that it would be more difficult to make a fire in the imperial dining room than to cook with the cumin he had brought from outside the palace, but he did not expect that this request was immediately granted, and there was a special place for barbecuing food in the imperial dining room, surrounded by a brick wall more than one person high, and a drainage tank outside to prevent fire.

Everything is ready, Tang Xu rolled up his sleeves and began to dry, the tender mutton was cut into small pieces and neatly worn on the carefully cut fine wooden branches, grilled on the fire for a while, the fat in the meat flowed out and dripped on the fire, and when it was five ripe, sprinkle some salt and chili noodles, and then sprinkle a layer of cumin powder when it was ten ripe, cumin mixed with the unique meat aroma of mutton instantly diffused the whole room, Tang Xu was busy and saw that the palace maid and eunuch next to him were secretly wiping their saliva, and couldn't help but snicker, And there was much more faith in my heart. But after thinking about it, I calmed down, the queen mother and the emperor are not as good as these palace maids and eunuchs, they have the appetite to taste the most delicious things in the world, and I don't know if the small carving skill of kebab can get into their eyes. About another stick of incense time passed, and three large plates full of kebabs were all ready. But Tang Xu was still a little apprehensive, it was not a short way to go back, he was worried that the things would still be cold when they reached the hands of the Queen Mother, so he boldly made another request, he asked people to use a brazier to put charcoal on top of the lamb skewers, just walk all the way to the way back to the banquet, Tang Xu walked in the front, he was the first time to send others other things besides medicinal soup, which made him very nervous, But the smell of meat and cumin also kept pouring into his nose along the road breeze, which calmed him down a little.

When a group of people returned to the people, the Queen Mother smelled it from afar, and before Tang Xu could find the time point to speak, a palace maid stepped forward and put a string on a plate and sent it to the Queen Mother.

But the person who ate the first bite was not the queen mother, but a tall and thin eunuch standing next to her, only to see that the eunuch first took out a silver needle and inserted it into the meat, stopped for a while, and then pulled it out, after confirming that the silver needle did not turn black, he carefully picked up a pair of chopsticks, and put a piece of the mutton piece that the palace maid peeled off from the bamboo skewer and put it in his mouth. Tang Xu was not afraid of testing the poison, and he didn't poison himself, but the eunuch chewed silently for a long time, which made Tang Xu a little worried, isn't it delicious? If a eunuch thinks it's not delicious, then he won't present it to the emperor and the queen mother, then he will be busy in vain. And this time it's not just a waste of work, but also a crime of teasing the emperor and the queen mother.