Chapter 25: Imperial Meal and Meat Delivery

The fragrance of tea overflowed, and the four masters and servants each got two cups. Tassel watched the sky getting colder and colder, and it happened that the palace people in the imperial dining room came to visit. Hearing that the eunuch came in with a smiling face, he said a thousand words: "The slave has only seen the girl, but I haven't seen the girl for a few days." The girl's complexion is getting better and better, and some new black goats have been brought into the imperial dining room today, and the servants have selected extremely tender tenderloin and thinly cut meat with skin to nourish the girl's body. ”

Han Shu got up, invited him to sit down, and said, "Gonggong is my blessing." It's so cold that you're still running this trip, please sit down, Xing'er will pour tea for your father-in-law. ”

Wen Eunuch sat down and casually looked at the gorgeous furnishings around him, and knew that this place was the right place.

Han Su was speechless in his eyes, how could he have seen any people in the imperial dining room? It's just that the other party is looking for a chatterbox, and when she poured the tea, she said: "I'm simple here, don't mind my father-in-law." This tea was only rewarded by His Majesty, and it was said that it was only a few catties a year. Can my father-in-law still eat it? ”

Then he turned around and instructed Ming'er: "Ming'er, you go and take the box of golden soufflé given by the queen's mother to your father-in-law to taste." ”

"The girl doesn't have to be so polite, what Your Majesty and Niangniang reward can kill the slave." Father-in-law Wen smiled flatteringly.

Han Su opened the box and said: "Actually, what kind of refreshments are not made in the imperial dining room, my father-in-law must have seen a lot in the past, try the benefits of the imperial kitchen, what is good has not been tasted." This tea is fresh, it is not often available in the palace, and my father-in-law also tastes a taste, so it's okay to look at it. ”

The eunuch Wen took a sip, and he was very useful for such flattery in pushing the boat down the river. Clapped his hands, and the palace people outside came in with a box.

After opening, there is a crab cup made of ice, the ice of the crab shell is half covered, and the selected crab meat is mixed with crab paste and crab roe, and you can smell a little ginger wine and vinegar through the ice.

Han Shu asked, "What is this?" It's still chilled in this weather, and I've never seen crabs chilled. ”

Father-in-law Wen cocked a little orchid finger, and said with a thin smile: "This is a new dish made by a newcomer to the Jiangnan Imperial Kitchen, and the slave wants to give it to the Second Palace of Qiankun, but only this time it can be made in the past few times." I thought about asking the girl to taste it, and if it was okay, the slave would present it. ”

Han Su looked at the ice crab as big as half a plate, thinking that it must be dozens of fat Yangcheng Lake crabs to have this plate, not a waste. Such a good handwriting is by no means as simple as greetings. So he said, "Oh, this must be a lot of money." If others don't remember my father-in-law, I can't. The cost of the imperial dining room was huge, and my father-in-law invited me to try it, but I was worried that my father-in-law would put the money in by himself, so I would be uneasy. Ming'er, take the silver fruit sent by the former inner house. ”

Wen Gong said: "Girl, this is not an outsider, can you subsidize a few silver." The girl is like this, what she knows is that the girl is compassionate, and those who don't know think that she will use the food in the dining room to coax the girl with money. ”

Everyone laughed, and Han Shu said again: "My father-in-law is killing me when he says this, is the dining room okay recently?" The people at the bottom are still powerful, and the father-in-law of the cold winter is more worried. ”

Wen Gong said: "Niangniang Shengde, the palace is simple and provincial, and the palaces are not more expensive than in previous years, so we are much easier." This year was the birthday of the concubine, and someone came to say a few words and wanted to try a few different dishes. Although the imperial dining room has purchased less at these times, it can still produce some of it. At the moment, there is a lack of thousand-year-old purple ginseng, and there is no one everywhere. I'm also making a difficulty, secondly, in the cold winter, the simple province of the palaces, this winter has passed, and the palace maids will become more and more slender. ”

Han Su gave Ming'er a look, and Ming'er got to show him to take the old ginseng.

"My father-in-law thinks that I am here, and I can't eat my father-in-law's crab for nothing. It's also a coincidence, this thousand-year-old purple ginseng, I still have two more. At this time, the doctor won't let him eat this again, and it's useless to say anything. Tell me, this will be in vain next year. The father-in-law didn't dislike it, so he took the ginseng back, if the concubine thinks that the dishes in the imperial dining room are good, it is also our duty to be a slave, you can't shirk it. ”

Father-in-law Wen was grateful, and said: "Such a good thing should be kept by the girl to make up for her body, but if you don't accept it, I'm afraid that it will chill the girl's mind." ”

Han Su saw that someone accepted the things, took a sip of tea and said: "It's this Li'er, Your Majesty mentioned the tea today, and this good tea was also sent to the queen's palace." I remember if there was some good tea in the imperial dining room. Next time, my father-in-law will have to teach me to taste it. ”

Father-in-law Wen didn't know why she suddenly talked about tea, so he said: "The tea in the imperial dining room is all sent by the internal mansion, and there is nothing better this year." Next year, the new tea arrives, and it will be sent to the girl. ”

Han Shu nodded and said, "Next year's tea must be good." Father-in-law can be careful, I can't help but send it next year. The moisture has not been very good over the years, and I don't know if the tea is good or not. ”