Chapter 13 Intrigue and Intrigues
"Guanglu Temple turned out to be such an important place! It's weird that there aren't good chefs, right? Zhang Yanling said as if puzzled.
Emperor Hongzhi's expression changed, his brows furrowed together, and Zhang Yanling's 'unintentional' words made him have some guesses.
The kitchen service of Guanglu Temple is screened out by officials from all over the country, and there must be no problem with cooking skills, but why can't other delicious meals be cooked, the reason is that Emperor Hongzhi felt that what Empress Zhang said before was 'just seeking no mistakes' is fundamental.
Although I understand the idea of Guanglu Temple, and I also know that this is the safest way to do it, this does not mean that this Hongzhi Emperor can accept it! After all, he is also the king of a country, sitting on the whole world, but the food is not as good as others, how can this be accepted by Emperor Hongzhi.
Despite this, Emperor Hongzhi still didn't plan to do anything, and said helplessly, "Guanglu Temple is still dutiful after all!" ”
In fact, Emperor Hongzhi of Guanglu Temple also felt a little clueless, after all, Guanglu Temple just made the food tasted too simple, and he didn't commit any crimes, even if he was unhappy, it was not easy to rectify Guanglu Temple!
"Hmph, due diligence is due diligence, but the imperial court spends so much money every year, and it is not just for them to do their duty." Empress Zhang said lightly.
In fact, Empress Zhang's disgust for Guanglu Temple is even worse, after all, before she married into the palace, she was also a beautiful and pampered girl, and she did not experience a lot of hardships like Emperor Hongzhi.
Although the food she eats every day is not a delicacies from the mountains and seas, it is absolutely exquisite and delicious, but when she arrives in the palace, the food is not as good as her own family, it is just a joke.
Wujiang can see that Emperor Hongzhi has a peaceful temperament, although he is dissatisfied with Guanglu Temple, but he has no intention of doing anything, but Empress Zhang has some intention of rectifying Guanglu Temple, and as Empress Zhang's younger brother, Zhang Yanling feels that he should solve problems for Empress Zhang.
"Brother-in-law, sister, in my opinion, we should reprimand those officials of Guanglu Temple, it is best to remove one or two people from their posts, kill chickens and respect monkeys, I believe they will definitely not be perfunctory." Zhang Yanling said with some encouragement.
"Trillium's words make a lot of sense." Empress Zhang is very supportive of Zhang Yanling, after all, she also wants to vent her anger.
Seeing that Empress Zhang clearly expressed her dissatisfaction with Guanglu Temple, Emperor Hongzhi was a little shaken, but only a little shaken.
"There is nothing wrong with the officials of Guanglu Temple." Emperor Hongzhi was very helpless, after all, he attached importance to justice, and even if he punished the minister, he would not do it for no reason.
"Hehe, if there is no fault, then make a fault, this kind of thing is very simple. What's more, as a courtier, isn't it the biggest fault to not satisfy the monarch! Zhang Yanling smiled and said very calmly.
"Well, Trillium is right, it's true that the culpability is not small, is there any good way for Trillium to rectify them well?" Empress Zhang nodded, looking at Zhang Yanling with great interest.
Of course, Empress Zhang was simply curious about the method in Zhang Yanling's mouth, and she didn't think that Zhang Yanling could come up with any good way, after all, she had vaguely heard the reputation of her younger brother.
"There are many ways to do this, such as when my brother-in-law was eating, he found a fly or bug in the dish." Zhang Yanling said with a smile.
"The food in Guanglu Temple has always been very clean, and there is no ...... at all" Emperor Hongzhi shook his head, but as he spoke, he suddenly got stuck, and then looked at Zhang Yanling speechlessly, he understood what Zhang Yanling meant, and looked at Zhang Yanling very seriously, with a somewhat unhappy expression, "This is no different from a villain, no, no." ”
"Okay." Zhang Yanling glanced at Emperor Hongzhi, his attitude was very firm, obviously he would not do such a thing.
Although in Zhang Yanling's opinion, this method is the simplest and most effective, but Emperor Hongzhi disagreed, so he could only abandon it, but fortunately, Zhang Yanling had other methods, "If this doesn't work, then let Guanglu Temple make a few dishes, and don't ask them to make it delicious, as long as they make it." ”
"Cooking? I'm afraid this can't stop Guanglu Temple. Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhang Yanling very suspiciously, the chefs of Guanglu Temple were all carefully selected, and Emperor Hongzhi didn't think that there was any dish that could stump them, unless it was a meal that was impossible to make.
"Brother-in-law, do you think it would be too simple for them to make a four-course dish with two eggs and correspond to an ancient poem." Zhang Yanling said calmly.
"Two eggs to make a dish with an ancient poem? It's a little interesting, it's a bit embarrassing. Emperor Hongji said with some amusement, "However, can Trillium be sure that it can be made?" ”
"Nature." Zhang Yanling replied very affirmatively, in fact, this is a small story that Zhang Yanling saw before.
The final dish;
The first course: two boiled whole egg yolks, sprinkled with shallots all around.
The second course is to cut the whole egg whites into thin strips and arrange them in a neat column.
The third course is: fry the egg whites in a bowl and pile them into a hill.
Fourth: some eggshells float on top of a bowl of clear soup.
corresponds to Du Fu's "Quatrain"
Two yellow orioles singing green willows,
A line of egrets in the sky.
In front of the window, the snow of the West Ridge,
The door is berthed in the Dongwu Wanli ship.
"Can you tell me about Trillium?" Empress Zhang asked with some interest.
"Actually...... it's very simple" Hearing Empress Zhang's inquiry, Zhang Yanling naturally wouldn't hide it.
"Alright, child, this kind of thing is only really interesting until the mystery is learned at the end." Emperor Hongzhi stopped Zhang Yanling and did not let him continue.
"Well, this is also, then the palace will start the moment when the mystery is revealed." Empress Zhang nodded and did not let Zhang Yanling continue.
"You also heard it, go and tell Guanglu Temple, give them a day, and let them make it before noon tomorrow." Emperor Hongzhi instructed the old eunuch who had been following him.
"Yes, Your Majesty." The old eunuch hurriedly agreed, and then hurried out.
Zhang Yanling really thought that Emperor Hongzhi wanted to expose the answer in the end, but when he saw the old eunuch who walked out, Zhang Yanling suddenly realized, after all, they are not the only ones here, these eunuchs and palace maids who are waiting for them are not familiar with Guanglu Temple, once he says the answer, it is likely to leak out.
However, even if the mystery was not revealed, Zhang Yanling's expression was still a little bad, he was too carried away, I am afraid that Guanglu Temple will definitely know what happened this time, and he naturally offended Guanglu Temple to death.
Although Zhang Yanling knew that with his sister Empress Zhang in the presence of Guanglu Temple, Guanglu Temple was not a big problem, but Zhang Yanling felt that it was better to do this kind of obviously hateful fact secretly, after all, it was not a good thing to make enemies everywhere like this.