Chapter 39: The Male Locust
When I turned around again, behind me, I don't know when there was a person standing, too tall enough to occupy a favorable high ground, and the bamboo-like figure was standing casually, which also reminded people of the word "Yuli".
The spring breeze passed, swept up his light yellow silk robe, the light silver pattern on the edge of the robe was exquisite and complex, and it seemed to change in the flying, a black hair danced with the robe, only bound by a glossy jade ring, and the temperament of the body was low-key and luxurious, faintly revealing the untouchable distant and unapproachable mystery.
This person half-hung his eyelids, as if no one wanted to look at them, those eyes were deep and long, slightly upturned, obviously with peach blossoms on his face, but it was awe-inspiring.
The ultimate face can make the world quiet and the crowd take sound, and even give way in the blink of an eye.
Surrounded by gaze, the man was indifferent, took a bite of the pork belly, and rolled the tip of his tongue to remove a drop of oil from the corner of his lips.
The women in the garden suddenly blushed.
Except for Wen Zhen.
Wen Zhen only wanted to greet his female elders now.
Why did this ghostly guy really come here?
Jun Moxiao also straightened his eyes and stammered: "Pickled...... Pickled ......"
Wen Zhen thought so, and expressed his heartfelt respect for the girl Jun Moxiao who dared to scold the neurotic.
Yan Sui's beautiful eyes swept under her eyelids and glanced at Jun Moxiao.
The second half of Miss Jun's sentence suddenly died in her stomach.
Wen Zhen looked down at his skewers, he was going to die, they were all symmetrical!
Even the grilled meat is perfectly grilled to a symmetrical diamond shape!
Is she falling for evil? Since I met obsessive-compulsive disorder, I have subconsciously strung with symmetry!
Wen Zhen moved his hands and changed the remaining skewers, four skewers into three skewers, the trimmed edges of the mushrooms were one large and one small, and the leeks were cut into waves......
However, Yan Sui said in disgust: "It's not neat!" Wen Jintan, who was blushing and bowing his head on the side, had already been baked, and the shape was more regular and perfect, and he offered it with both hands......
Wen Zhen: ...... Confirmed the eyes.
It's the one who looks at the face!
……
There was a cough outside the crowd, and everyone got out of the way again, Wen Zhen looked up and saw the head of the Wen family and several old men with raw faces, two purple-robed beardless men, and Wen Jinchun, who was pale.
Wen Xian Spoon looked at Wen Zhen with a complicated expression, and glanced at Yan Sui vaguely, he hadn't forgotten that this Highness was with Wen Zhenzhen a few nights ago.
His Royal Highness King Yi left the palace at the age of three to learn art, opened his own mansion at the age of ten, rarely participated in court meetings, did not enter the palace much, and was often not in Tianjing, even in the royal family is considered a mysterious figure, many unfavored clan children have never even seen him, Wen Zhenzhen actually has this luck to get acquainted with him!
The moment he saw Wen Zhen's barbecue and hot pot, he knew that he had been trapped.
Just thinking about how to solve it, I saw the scene of Yan Sui grabbing food.
Hearing the test spoon, the tip of his heart trembled, and he was a little disheartened for a while.
Be a wicked person in vain, and eventually make wedding clothes for others.
He had to ask Tang Ying and Zhu Dade tentatively, "Father-in-law Tang, father-in-law, do you want to taste one or two of this table?" ”
Wen Jinchun was stunned and glanced at the test spoon.
After repeatedly failing to block her, she didn't worry too much, the head of the family had made a lot of efforts to ensure that she was selected, and he would not allow these people to cause any more trouble.
What does this mean?
Is it really because Jun Moxiao is his illegitimate daughter? But I haven't seen him belong to Jun Mo Xiao before, after all, her surname is Jun!
Tang Ying frowned and looked at the barbecue grill and hot pot - this is smoky and burning, you can't see any rare dishes, they are all inferior meat, what can be made!
"No need," he said stiffly, "we don't want a fire cook!" What is the Royal Palace? The jade food above, countless delicacies, craftsmanship, rules, knowledge, and upbringing, all are indispensable. Grilled fish? Barbecue? White soup slices? What the hell is this! ”
He scorned him here, most of the guests on all sides didn't dare to make a sound, but there were a few who didn't buy him, or the most active black-faced man, who didn't seem to hear his words, patted Wen Spoon's shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "Lao Wen, if you want me to say, I have eaten so much today, or this barbecue shabu is the best, I don't believe you can try it yourself!" ”
Several people around him also echoed loudly, Zhu Dade looked at it coldly, vaguely recognized a few of them with familiar faces that surprised him, his heart moved, he stepped forward and personally soaked a piece of meat and ate it, chewed a few bites and said with a smile: "It's really good, it's even more rare to be ingenious, I saw the disadvantages of setting up a banquet in this garden, and the children can be taught." ”
When he opened his mouth, the originally sparse response was immediately much louder, and the female cooks of the Wen family stepped forward directly and asked the head of the family to taste everyone's craftsmanship.
Wen Jinchun stood alone, looking at Wen Zhen, who was surrounded by a large group of sisters in his house, his pale face turned slightly blue.
Even more ugly than her face is Tang Ying, although he is only the deputy chief of the imperial gatekeeper, but he has a tough backer, and everyone has always been flattered, when did he suffer this kind of run?
"The palace people have always been the first to be respectful, and cooking requires rich knowledge and familiarity with the royal rules, when did ingenuity become the first choice for female officials?" Tang Ying said coldly, "Does she understand the eighteen banquets and seventy-two seats?" Do you know the rules of seasonal dishes and seasonal dishes? Do you know the names of the various banquets, the etiquette and the order of serving? Do you know how to drink tea, wine and soup? Do you understand palace etiquette? After a pause, he couldn't help but answer again, "Don't say anything else, can you do the daily menu of Desheng Palace?" ”
said the previous one, the last sentence made many people present raise their eyebrows, and suddenly understood what was standing behind him.
Many people immediately stopped, the black-faced man frowned, snorted and was about to speak, when Zhu Dade suddenly smiled and said, "These, the palace naturally has the imperial chef to worry about." Even if you don't know for a while, it's enough to learn a paragraph. Let's gossip, before I came, Niang Niang said that those of the Imperial Kitchen Club should really be useful, and Your Majesty will not always have a bad appetite. So, find someone who is clever and have something new, and maybe you can adjust your Majesty's appetite. ”
As soon as he said this, Tang Ying's face suddenly turned black, and the rest of the people quietly took a step back.
This is no longer a matter of choosing a female official who knows how to cook, this is another quiet bargain between Desheng Palace and Fengkun Palace.
If you want to live longer, it's better to stay away.
Tang Ying sneered.
"Those who are clever and clever, most of them are not strong-willed, and they are unfaithful to slaves, such a person, the queen mother actually wants to be by His Majesty's side, and she is not afraid of the recurrence of the nineteen princes?"
Zhu Dade's face immediately turned pale and yellow, and the faces of Wen Xiandao and the others were also very exciting-the people of Desheng Palace were really strong, and such a matter involving the queen's palace secrets dared to slap their faces in public!
The nineteenth prince is the youngest child of His Majesty, born the year before last, his mother is the maid beside the queen, he is very clever and lively and loved by the queen, and finally climbed His Majesty's dragon bed, and it is said that he secretly used the medicine of the tiger and wolf to seduce His Majesty, and the direct consequence of this is that His Majesty loses both qi and blood, and his body weakens a little.
The woman was later taken out and executed by Desheng Palace, and the child was raised by the Queen Mother to escape in person, and the queen fell into a big shame for this, involving several concubines, and the concubines of Dongtang were many of their extraordinary backgrounds, and the harem was directly related to the previous dynasty, so that the government and government were confused for a while.
Later, His Royal Highness King Yi, who was still wandering outside, came back and executed more than 100 people in one night before the matter was suppressed.
Now that Tang Ying opened her mouth to say this, everyone felt that their chests were blocked. Qi Qi took another step back.
Wen Zhen looked around, his intuition was murderous, and he glanced at Yan Sui.
Yan Sui is eating.
Zhu Dade took a breath, no longer tried to talk to Tang Ying, turned to Wen Xian with a smile, and said: "That's it, today's selection of people, the rules have been said, everyone tastes each, and then elects, there is no need to keep names, our family and Tang Gonggong represent the palace, even if they have three votes each, how about it?"
The black-faced man glanced at Yan Sui.
Yan Sui is eating.
"This is good!" The black-faced man immediately agreed.
Tang Ying frowned, he could see that Zhu Dade came to the "tolerant and benevolent" set in the queen's palace again, and he didn't face him, this was to seek allies.
But this is the rule that was said earlier, and it can't be overturned at this time, he can only nod his head with a blushing face, and his eyes sweep around coldly, hoping that these people will know each other and know how to respect the will of Desheng Palace.
Everyone avoided his gaze - the harem of Dongtang has never been just a harem, His Majesty is weak, the queen mother is old, there are many princes, the prince's mothers have their own dependence, the harem is swept by the previous dynasty, and the shadow of the previous dynasty can also shroud the harem, the queen has the prince, and the concubine has King Yi, but the king does not seem to have the same heart as Concubine De, but Concubine De still has a god general, and the queen's mother family is the founding hairpin...... Whoever kills the deer, the outcome is unpredictable, standing in line too early, that is looking for death by yourself.
Wen Jinchun, who had not spoken, suddenly said: "Then ask the uncle to arrange for someone to get the pen and paper." ”
Zhu Dade was stunned, he thought about taking local materials, choosing a flower as a representative, and counting it with flowers, Wen Jinchun proposed a pen and paper, he thought about it, and felt that this was good.
Everyone also looked slight, paper and pen are better, who voted and who didn't vote can't be verified, and if there is trouble in the future, it won't fall on their heads.
Then someone from the head of the house went to call people, and after waiting for a while, a maid came over with a basket of pen, ink and paper.
The atmosphere was a little tense.
Jun Moxiao clenched his fists, and Wen Jintan lowered his head to rub the corners of his clothes.
Wen Zhen glanced at Yan Sui.
Yan Sui is eating.
The pen and paper were sent, everyone put down the pen, and the maid who sent the pen and ink came forward and wanted to collect it one by one.
Wen Xian Spoon was worried in his heart, and he didn't know what to do, if His Royal Highness King Yi really had the heart to raise Wen Zhenzhen, he would never dare to push Wen Jinchun hard.
But His Highness did not express his position from beginning to end.
Wen tried the spoon and peeked at Yan Sui one by one, seeing that the man was always chewing according to the case, without raising his head, eating the mutton skewers and eating the fat cow, and eating the hot belly after eating the roasted green peppers...... Like an elegant male locust who doesn't care about everything, he suddenly feels even worse.
Therefore, he didn't pay attention to the person who went up to collect the ticket.
Jun Moxiao and the others were nervous and didn't pay attention, but Wen Zhen didn't know the maid in this courtyard, so he saw Yan Sui suddenly glance at the basket.
Wen Zhen saw that he had been eating and eating and was unhappy, and it was inconvenient to do anything at this time, so he stared at him and wanted to kill him with his eyes until he knew how to be ashamed, and when he saw this, his heart moved.
The maid began to collect tickets.
Wen Zhen suddenly said, "Slow." ”
The maid was stunned, and subconsciously put the basket behind her back, Wen Zhen glanced at Yi Renli, and Yi Renli turned around quietly.
"Who is this girl, face sheng." Wen Zhen asked with a smile.
Wen took a look at the test spoon and said nonchalantly: "This is the maid in my courtyard." ”
The maid next to the head of the family came to collect the ticket, which was normal, Jun Moxiao and the others looked at Wen Zhen a little strangely.
"Oh, the sister in the courtyard of the head of the house is different, and the head of the house has not yet commanded, and he already knows that he wants to step forward." The article smiled and praised.
Smelling the test spoon, he was stunned, frowned and glanced at the maid, the maid was also calm, leaned over and said: "The slave maid has always been in charge of the master's pen and ink, so I thought that these things should also be able to help, but the slave and maid have trespassed." ”
This is also reasonable, hearing the test spoon's face turned bright, Tang Ying has said impatiently: "What are you going to do?" Not yet? ”
The maid stepped forward and put all the notes in the basket, and everyone recommended the black-faced man to check it with Wen and the two fathers-in-law.
The garden was so quiet that the needles could be heard, and everyone stared at the few people who counted the notes.
Wen Zhen glanced at Yan Sui.
Yan Sui is eating.
……
A few people counted it, Zhu Dade suddenly frowned, and his expression was unpredictable when he heard the test spoon, Tang Ying breathed a sigh of relief, and the black-faced man didn't seem to believe it, so he spread out the note and counted it again.
You can know the answer by looking at the expression, Wen Jinchun's eyes showed a smile, Jun Moxiao's face began to turn pale, and he grabbed Wen Zhen's sleeve, "Mo is not...... Isn't it ......."
Smelling the test spoon, he said: "A total of twenty-two votes, of which nineteen votes for the white banquet, two blank votes, barbecue banquet...... Three votes! ”
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This chapter was sent by the manuscript depositor, and I hope Xiaoxiang can update it on time today.
The allusion to the name of this chapter, I think everyone can see it - Dream of Red Mansions, Grandma Liu chewed on the picture according to the case.