Chapter 57: Birthday Cake
Chu Ziheng looked at Mu Li, who was smiling at the corner of his eyes, and for a moment his mind flashed the expression she had when she performed for herself before, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth unconsciously.
The queen didn't have any expression, she kept staring at Chu Lingyi, her eyes never left, I don't know why, she always felt that Chu Lingyi today seemed to be very lost, she was very distressed when she saw it, but there was nothing she could do.
She knows her current identity very well, and she can only look at it from a distance and bury her feelings deep in her heart.
"Imperial sister-in-law, I can't wait, show me quickly!"
Mu Li had already put the box in his hand on the table, and Yuan Min didn't dare to be careless, she was also curious about what kind of gift it was.
Everyone looked at the box on the table intently, watching Mu Li slowly pick up the box, their eyes full of anticipation.
When Mu Li picked up the box, it was a white cylindrical thing, and everyone was disappointed.
"White steamed buns?"
"This ...... Was it a surprise? ”
"It's really weird."
Chu Ziyi and Yuan Min, who were closest to the cake, were also carefully looking at the things in front of them, with a strange shape, with a different fragrance, and some patterns on them.
But what is this, Chu Ziyi and Yuan Min still can't understand it, so they can only ask for help from Mu Li.
"Leaving my sister, this is ......"
Mu Li smiled and didn't speak, just took out the small candle he had prepared a long time ago, and the small candle was customized by Mu Li to find someone who made candles.
I saw Mu Li insert the small candle in his hand into the white cylinder in front of him, and then lit the candle.
"This is a little bit of heart I saw in an ancient book, this kind of snack is specially prepared for people who have a birthday, you can make a wish after lighting a candle, and you can realize a wrongful act after blowing out the candle."
When Mu Li said this, there were still many people who didn't come back to their senses, but they just doubted whether the dim sum in front of them could be eaten.
Chu Ziyi looked at the small candle in front of him, he had never seen such a small candle, he believed in Mu Li, and began to make a wish without saying a word.
Chu Ziyi, who opened his eyes again, had already blown out the candle, and then looked at Mu Li, as if asking about the next step.
Then Mu Li took out the prepared dagger, smiled and nodded, and motioned Chu Ziyi to cut the cake by himself.
Chu Ziyi didn't hesitate, since his imperial sister-in-law said that it was a snack, he naturally wouldn't doubt it, how could the imperial sister-in-law lie to him?
It's just that Chu Ziyi found something very different about all this, after cutting it, it turned out to be yellow inside, and there were even pieces of fruit.
"There are even fruits!"
Even Yuan Min on the side thought it was very magical, it didn't look unusual on the outside, who knew that there was a hole inside.
Mu Li stretched out his hand and wiped the white on the cake on Chu Ziyi's nose, and when Chu Ziyi reacted, Mu Li's face was a little more white, and Yuan Min naturally did not escape.
The people around could only watch this scene from a distance, and Chu Ziheng and the Queen Mother couldn't help but walk down to take a closer look at the situation in front of them.
They hadn't added this thing before, and when they saw Chu Ziyi's reaction, they also walked up directly to check the situation, and sure enough, the white one was wrapped in a yellow thing.
"Sister-in-law, what is this dim sum called, it is the most special dim sum I have ever eaten."
Chu Ziyi didn't hide his liking for the pastries in front of him at all, he kept eating in his mouth, and when he turned around, he saw the emperor and the queen mother behind him.
"Brother Huang, Queen Mother, you can taste it, it's really delicious."
With a smile on his face and something white on his nose, Chu Ziyi distributed the cut pastries to the Queen Mother and the Emperor in front of him.
Except for some close royal relatives, the rest of the people naturally did not dare to come forward, and the original suspicion of this pastry has now turned into curiosity and coveting of the pastry.
They looked at the expressions of the emperor and the queen, and wanted to see how the pastry was, and they could only see it.
The Queen Mother is an old man, if it is simply sweet, it will feel greasy to eat, but it is only in this pastry. Fruit has become completely more than sweet.
Sweet and sour, the Queen Mother also showed a pleasant expression on her face, and couldn't help but eat a few more bites.
Chu Ziheng carefully probed, the white thing on the cake melted in the mouth, and the yellow thing below also had a different taste, the fruit neutralized all the sweetness, and the rest was just a refreshing taste.
"Good!"
Chu Ziheng's praise is enough to prove everything, Mu Li deliberately made two, just to let everyone present taste it, Chu Ziyi has already divided it and let all the maidservants serve the seats.
"Imperial sister-in-law, what are you doing here?"
Chu Ziyi was really curious, he had never eaten such pastries, usually flower cakes, mung bean cakes or something, and he always felt a little dry when he ate them.
"It's just ordinary ingredients, nothing."
Mu Li suddenly looked in Chu Lingyi's direction, he had been drinking from the beginning to the present, and he didn't look up at the things here.
Faced with Chu Ziyi's question, she subconsciously answered this, and she had been thinking about it for a long time in order to make this cake.
In modern times, she also lives alone, she likes to eat desserts, and she will ponder them by herself when she is free, and she has mastered some of the simplest desserts.
This time, she also managed to find an alternative, and finally made two cakes.
Thinking of this, she picked up a piece of cake and walked in front of Chu Lingyi, and the maidservant had no choice but to send the cake in her hand to the seat next to her.
"Taste it, I'll make it myself."
Chu Lingyi's original melancholy and loss were subdued a lot when he saw Mu Li, and he picked up the spoon and took a bite.
Can he even make pastries? It was not easy for a young lady to cook for herself before, but now she still does this.
"Delicious!"
Chu Lingyi looked at Mu Li's face, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he stared at her like that, as if there was no one else around him at all.
Mu Li was a little flustered by Chu Lingyi's staring, and then stood up and prepared to leave, but he always felt that someone was staring at him, and sure enough, Mu Li saw the queen's hostile eyes as soon as he turned around.
The emperor's green hat is too obvious.
Mu Li smiled politely, turned around and shook his head, and actually felt some sympathy for Chu Ziheng.
His own queen actually likes his imperial brother, and she is really miserable, how can you say that Chu Ziheng is also outstanding, or the emperor of Nanchen Kingdom, he is not as good as Chu Lingyi?
"It's worthy of Yingsui's daughter, and it's really a pair of skillful hands."
The Queen Mother and Mu Li's mother Yingsui are good friends, and Mu Li's marriage to Chu Lingyi is also the Queen Mother's idea, although she asked Mu Li to help her monitor Chu Lingyi, she will not treat Mu Li badly.