The two of them whispered as they walked towards the Ximian Palace. Yu Die'er always felt unsure, so she gave up the main entrance, begged Hetai to go around with her, and slipped into the courtyard through the small side door at the back.

Before she entered the hall, Hetai squeezed her hand and said solemnly, "Don't give up, let's live well together." ”

Yu Die'er nodded heavily, if nothing else, she didn't want to die. It's always good to have hope.

Besides, looking at his determined eyes, Yu Die'er couldn't bear to say anything more frustrating at this time.

Seeing her enter the temple gate, Hetai turned around and returned to Haoyuezhai. Yu Die'er entered the house lightly without alarming others. So after lying in bed, there was a silent silence around me.

It was a thrilling night, and she was so tired that she soon fell asleep. Until the morning light shines through the window and blurs a circle, the fish and butterflies are awakened by the frost.

said that the emperor had come to inform him that he would have lunch and feast guests today, and set up a wine for Hetai. Let me make a few more things here and use them at the banquet. Sleep was disturbed, Yu Die'er was a little annoyed, but there was no way, who let it be on an errand, it was really not free, it was not okay to wake up naturally, alas! sighed and got up, busy with the menu. Although it was lunch, it was still early, but the wine banquet was nine tables, which was not as easy as the emperor's share on weekdays.

It took a while to prepare the dishes. Seeing that the hour was still early, I had breakfast first, and then I was busy together, and my hungry chest was attached to my back.

"There's a lot to do today, so you don't have to be too cumbersome, just cook a bowl of noodles. Yu Die'er explained the dining room, and went back to the hall to rest for a while, waiting to eat noodles by the way.

Just as he was about to step in, he saw Jin Song coming out, Yu Die'er was stunned, how could Jin Song be in the hall, usually when he was busy, he would hardly enter his own palace.

"Your Excellency. Jin Song said hello and followed her into the hall again, and Yu Die'er found that Jin Song's appearance was a little mysterious.

As soon as I entered the hall, I felt a cool air lingering over me, huh, why is it so cool? Although noon is the time when the sun is hot, between morning and noon, because the corridor in front of the hall surrounds the sun, blocking the sun, the hall is not too stuffy, but it is not so cool.

Looking around the hall, I didn't find any difference, the room was still the same room, the tables and chairs were still the same, nothing had changed. Thinking of the mystery of Jin Song, Yu Butterfly looked at him.

Jin Song seemed to know what Yu Die'er thought, and pointed with his hand, "My lord, you see." ”

Following the direction of his finger, Yu Die'er saw that there was indeed something more in the hall, a large wooden barrel, placed next to his soft chair.

"And there, there. Jin Song pointed in two directions.

Originally, there was not only one, but there was also one on the left side of the temple and one on the square in the temple.

Three big wooden barrels! This kind of bucket fish butterfly is all too familiar, it's an ice bucket. The emperor is there, and the queen mother is there every day. For ice cubes. It is generally made of various fine woods such as mahogany, rosewood, cypress, etc., and the barrel is lined with lead or tin foil with weak thermal conductivity, which insulates the ice and makes the ice melt slowly, and can also avoid the erosion of the barrel by melting ice water.

How could there be an ice bucket in his own hall? Yu Die'er walked up to see it in disbelief, and the bucket was full of ice cubes, and a cold breath came to her face.

Shuang'er followed behind and was pleasantly surprised, "It's an ice cube! This time, adults don't have to get heated. ”

Jin Song smiled, "You are too exalted to me, I have this ability? In the summer, this ice is a scarce thing." Seeing Yu Die'er's inquiring gaze, he sold it, "It was sent by someone else, my lord, guess who sent it?"

Yu Butterfly was also surprised, this thing is a weapon to cool off, who doesn't enjoy it for himself, and gives it to others?

If the emperor could remember this, he would have given it a long time ago, and he wouldn't have had to be hot for so many days. The emperor's reward will not be so quiet, and he will definitely receive his own thanks.

But the ice of the Ministry of Affairs was also received from the Ministry of Works, and then distributed to the people who were eligible to use it in each palace according to the amount. These three big ice buckets are a lot, not the emperor, who is so generous?

"Jin Zhangshi, don't sell it, say it quickly, who sent it. You see, the adults are in a hurry. Frost grinned.

"The king of Jin sent it, just now the adult was busy in the dining room, and the person who came put down the ice bucket and left, and the slave wanted to surprise the adult, so he didn't go to report it. Jin Song couldn't hide his words, so he said it directly to Yu Die'er.

Yu Butterfly thought about it, as if she had talked about a mouthful of ice cubes last night. Just when he didn't have anything to say, he just asked casually, and he didn't expect to send ice cubes this morning. But he sent his own, so what did he use? But maybe he spent most of his time working in the criminal department, and he couldn't use it up?

Shuang'er listened and joked about Jin Song, "No wonder Jin Zhangshi hides in this hall and doesn't go out, is it greedy for this ice bucket to be cool." "As a palace maid, she shouldn't talk to Jin Song like this, but Yu Die'er is loose here, everyone gets along harmoniously, but there are fewer rigid rules, and harmless jokes are occasionally said.

Jin Song generously admitted, "I'm not afraid of your jokes, in other palaces before, I was a handyman, doing chores in the backyard, and I couldn't enter the hall at all. So look at the oddity. ”

Looking at the three buckets of ice, the fish and butterflies smiled, this ice bucket is a good thing, not only cool off the heat, but also can be made into ice bowls and sweets. In the summer, I have a poor appetite, and I can't eat much of the greasy, and the chilled sweet bowl is the main event, sweet and cool. Before, there was no such idea without ice, but now that I have it, I naturally have an idea.

The ice bowl is usually made by slicing the tender lotus root, and soaking and peeling the almonds and walnuts in warm water. Cut water chestnut into small pieces, peel and remove the heart of fresh lotus seeds, all boiled in boiling water, cool water, and then put it in an ice bucket to chill, and then pour it with iced honey water, or take seasonal melons and fruits to do, or crisp and sweet, or soft and glutinous, the taste is better.

A fruity, sweet and cool mouthful. Summer is not so difficult.

Suddenly, she had an idea, she might as well make some cold sweet bowls for today's banquet.

Say and do, the imperial dining room and the food supervisor sent to the melons, fruits, pears and peaches are all used, the big melon only takes the sweet pulp in the melon, all kinds of fruits are also peeled and seeded, the most crisp and tender part of the fruit is used, the white jade cherries from the tropics are crystal clear and lovely, plus raisins, fresh walnuts, and yams. After the ice is chilled, sprinkle ice chips and honey before serving, the ice is cold and the honey is sweet. It's very cool and sweet.

I also made a cold cake, and the rice was soft and sweet, and it was chilled. Take a bite, you can feel the slightest coolness in your heart, and most of the heat will disappear.

Dig up tomato balls, watermelon balls, the entrance is creamy, icy.

Several large pots of red bean paste were also chilled, with fragrant milk, elastic and smooth lychee pulp, and soft sticky glutinous rice.

The banquet of the palace, the highlight must be in the imperial dining room, Yu Die'er knows that she can't steal their limelight, so these innocuous sweet bowls with color are not to worry about at all, just snacks, side dishes are not counted. But in this summer, it can be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the entrance will not be forgotten.

She can do it, and the imperial dining room will do it too, but the imperial dining room pays attention to the pomp and circumstance, and she doesn't want to put much thought into these bits and pieces. The fish and butterflies are also clever in knife work, melons and fruits are not all pieces or dices, slightly larger pieces are carefully carved into patterns, words or simple paintings.

Think about it, the melons and fruits you eat are carved with landscapes and flowers, and it is pleasing to the eye when you look at it. Or pick up a piece of melon, see that the top is a blessing, scoop up a spoonful, engraved with joy, eat three pieces, think as if you have eaten Fu Lu Shou, eat four pieces, actually jubilant, anyone will be in a good mood, to the end, in order to make up auspicious words, rummaging in the bowl to eat. In particular, the children ate and cried out, how pleasing they were, and they all said that the words of the children were the truest.

Finally, look at it, almost all that can be used are used, and there is still the last green and lovely big watermelon, which is also broken, and the people in the dining room look at it intently, and they find that this big watermelon has become a search boat under the skillful hands of the fish and butterflies, and the turquoise melon skin base is carved into a wave pattern, just like exercising on the green water.

After finishing the boat, I began to arrange the boat, and after a while, the empty watermelon boat became lively, with characters watching the scenery on the deck, talking to each other, and a woman leading the baby. Lifelike.

Whether it is the previous calligraphy and painting, or this big watermelon, it is very laborious and tested, the fish and butterfly move very fast, and she didn't even see how to do it, this melon changed in her hands, and the people in the dining room were amazed again and again.

It took a lot of work, but it was all done, and the ice was scattered and frozen. I started to eat.

Although it can't steal the limelight of the imperial dining room, since the emperor let him cook some dishes at the banquet, if it is too ordinary, or deal with it, it will definitely disappoint and displease the emperor. So we can only grasp this degree. If you don't make big dishes, you won't be noisy on the surface, but as long as you make them, let people see them, and eat them, they must be unforgettable.

She is still confident in the taste of her cooking, a bowl of seemingly inconspicuous noodles made the emperor greatly appreciated, eat once unforgettable, now I plan to make some noodles, don't underestimate the noodles, although it seems simple and ordinary, but it is very good to reflect the cooking skills.

It's not good to make delicious ingredients well, because some things are delicious even if they are boiled and dipped in soy sauce. But it's not easy to make something ordinary, amazing. Or it is a kind of culinary display that can be combined with a lot of ordinary things and thoughts, forming a unique delicacy.

Hot noodle soup in summer is not suitable, so you can only make cold noodles. The main thing about bimbam is the marinade and the side dishes. In her previous life, the most she made was actually noodles, all kinds of noodles, because Hebi had a bad stomach, and noodles were easier to digest. That's why I put my most effort into making noodles with a variety of flavors.

The oil in the pot was boiling, the side dishes in his hand were put into the pot, the swishing sound cut off the thoughts, and the fish and butterflies gritted their teeth, as if it was not the dish that was put in the oil pot, but the damn person. With a flash of inspiration in her mind, she frowned, it was dangerous to do so, but it was probably the quickest solution.

Just the day before yesterday, she finally found out the exact news, the mastermind behind the killing of Qiu Ying was Hebi, how many days have passed, it is hard work that pays off, and it is also in the darkness of the Heavenly Dao, there has long been charity, and there are really witnesses! Don't say that retribution comes late, karma is reincarnated, and evil has been done, and even in the past and present life, there is no escape.