Seeing that Li Chuxia agreed, the eunuch who delivered the decree smiled with satisfaction, and the face with several layers of thick white and pink showed a few ugly wrinkles, which looked particularly weird, "That's right, entering the palace to be the imperial chef is a matter of honoring the ancestors." ”

After all, it is a eunuch from the palace, and he has been in the deep-walled compound for a long time, and there will always be an inexplicable sense of superiority for people outside the palace, and naturally, he is not very polite when he speaks.

But he didn't expect that the identity of the eunuch he was proud of would be directly ignored by Baili Yunzheng.

But he saw Baili Yunzheng walking to Li Chuxia's side, pulling Li Chuxia aside, frowning and asking, "Have you really decided?" Why do you want to go back to the palace, you know that it is the Longtan Tiger's Den. ”

It was not easy to come out of the palace, he thought that they were going to usher in a new life, they would live like now, even if they rejected Emperor Mingde, with his influence, Emperor Mingde would not dare to do anything to them on the bright side.

Li Chuxia raised her head, a pair of eyes as deep as an ancient well without waves looked directly at Baili Yunzheng, she only asked, "Mu Yan controls the power in the palace, and now that the matter of the monk has just subsided, he is afraid that he has not yet done what we do, not to mention, with Mu Yan's temperament, he will definitely not use the method of letting me enter the palace as an imperial chef." ”

After Li Chuxia said this, Baili Yunzheng seemed to understand something, and suddenly realized, "You mean...... This is actually not what Mu Yan meant, but someone instigated it? ”

Li Chuxia nodded firmly, "That's right." ”

has been fighting wits and courage with those people in the palace for so long, Li Chuxia has more or less figured out their temperament, and probably knows their form and style, so it is not difficult to guess that there must be fraud when he enters the palace this time.

"Early Summer ......" Baili Yunzheng's eyebrows were a knot that could not be unscrewed, and judging from his gloomy face, he knew that he was worried.

"Okay, I know." Li Chuxia held his hungry hand, and a smile as pure as a white lotus bloomed on his face, swaying in the wind, which was particularly charming, "After so many years, do you think that even if we don't fight, they will easily let us go?" ”

Baili Yunzheng was slightly stunned, his hands were clenched into fists, and there was a faint surge of anger in his eyes.

If he had known that there would be such a situation today, he should not have handed over the Jiangbei to Mu Yan in the first place, and he would not have come to this situation...... Thinking back to what Mu Yan had done, he suddenly felt a cloud of anger burning in his chest.

Li Chuxia seemed to see through his inner thoughts, held his hand, and said softly: "Yun Zheng, I'm fine, the past things have passed, what we have to do now is to do a good job in the present." ”

Baili Yunzheng's gaze stayed on her face for a long time, and finally nodded, "Hmm." ”

Early the next morning, Li Chuxia got up early to wash, changed into clean clothes, and then went into the palace.

The palace seemed to have been prepared for a long time, she only reported her name, and a little eunuch led her to the imperial dining room, and gave her a comprehensive introduction, and at the end, she explained two more sentences.

"Concubine Yan said, now you are the head chef of the imperial dining room, and all the imperial chefs in this imperial dining room can be sent by you."

Li Chuxia listened from behind, thinking that the big gift Yan Ruoxi gave her really flattered her, and it was enough to push her to the forefront.

She just opened a restaurant in the capital, even if the restaurant is okay, but after all, the grade is not high, not to mention the princes and nobles, even the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace are probably not looked down upon. As soon as he entered the palace at this time, he sat in a high position, which must have caused many people to be dissatisfied.

So, she stopped at the door of the imperial dining room and said with a smile: "Thank you, father-in-law, I'll just go in by myself." ”

Since it was Li Chuxia's request, the little eunuch didn't say anything, nodded, and turned to leave.

And after Li Chuxia entered the house with her, she saw that although the imperial chefs in the imperial dining room were in their respective positions, they were obviously much more casual, even worse than those miscellaneous guys in her restaurant.

Sure enough, as she thought, after the news of her becoming the head chef of the imperial dining room spread, these imperial chefs were not convinced by an unknown self, some of them had been working in the imperial dining room for more than ten years, and they wanted to sit in the position of the chef step by step by relying on their own efforts.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a few imperial chefs discussing something there, and when he approached, he heard his name.

"What the hell is this new chef? is just the shopkeeper of a small restaurant, can he be appreciated by the mother? Chef, did you say that Niangniang hadn't woken up yet? ”

A man who looked a little older on the side, who looked like the original chef, waved his hand, glanced at the imperial chef who spoke, and said with a little reproach: "Hey, you must not say that the mother is not, if it is heard, it can be ......"

The chef said, looking around very vigilantly, and suddenly, he caught a glimpse of Li Chuxia standing not far away, his face suddenly looked a little ugly, and he looked at Li Chuxia directly, "Who are you?" Why trespass into the Imperial Dining Room? ”

It seems that Li Chuxia is not very old, and she is a woman, so the chef didn't take Li Chuxia seriously, and thought about scolding and scolding for a few sentences, but when his eyes touched Li Chuxia's calm eyes, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

But I saw Li Chuxia walking over, obviously wearing a very simple coarse linen dress, the dress of a small village woman who had never seen the world, but the temperament exuded on her body was as elegant as a noble princess walking in the imperial garden to enjoy the flowers.

"I'm the new head chef, Li Chuxia." Li Chuxia was not afraid, and reported to his home in the first sentence, and a group of imperial chefs on the side were stunned.

They originally thought that the new chef would be a big man, after all, in addition to stir-frying skills, they also need considerable physical strength and arm strength to be competent in the kitchen.

But Li Chuxia's appearance seems to be a chef, let alone a chef, if you don't say it, it's hard to believe that she would enter such a heavy place as the kitchen, it's a little incredible.

Li Chuxia looked around at himself regardless of the surprised eyes of several of them, and then walked into the imperial dining room, the stove was bright and clean, several imperial kitchens had already begun to cook, the delicious ingredients, and all kinds of spices were neatly placed, several exquisite dishes had been made, the color, flavor and flavor were complete, and it made people appetize when they looked at it.

It's just that the number of imperial chefs in the imperial dining room is like that, and their knowledge has long been solidified in the long imperial dining room, and the things they make are always the same, Li Chuxia looked at it and frowned slightly, "This kind of thing, let alone the people who eat it, you are tired of seeing it, right?" ”

In the end, this was a bit provocative to the chef, and he looked at Li Chuxia with a cold face, "What do you mean?" Do you have a better way to do it? ”

"Yes." Li Chuxia casually pushed a finished dish out, imitated the original ingredients, remade, soaked the original dish heavy eggplant in water and wrapped in starch and fried, and then put it in the pot again, and the things made smelled even more fragrant than the original dish!

Li Chuxia put the pot to the side, looked at the chef, and smiled: "Taste? ”

The chef walked over in disbelief, picked up a piece of eggplant and put it in his mouth, different from the softness in the original dish, Li Chuxia's improved eggplant has an extra layer of crispy skin, which looks more layered and more delicious, for a while, he couldn't hang it on his face.

Several imperial chefs behind him saw that the chef's appearance was wrong, so they gathered around one after another, and after eating the dishes made by Li Chuxia, they couldn't help but admire, "It's better than the previous one, how could I not expect to be able to do this......

The sound of the imperial chef's discussion reached the chef's ears, and the chef felt a little unbearable on his face, and couldn't help but blush, still a little unconvinced.

When Li Chuxia saw it, he understood the chef's thoughts, so he took the initiative to say: "I know, if I become the chef, you will not be convinced." That's it, let's cook a dish together, try it out, and if I lose, I'll give up my position as chef and willingly do it. ”

Originally, she was not uncommon in the position of chef, if she lost, she didn't have to stand on the cusp of the storm and take on so much responsibility, if she won, she could also take the opportunity to win people's hearts.

No matter how you look at it, it's the best of both worlds.

The chef thought for a while, then nodded, "Okay, just do as you say, let me see your strength, I can be convinced." ”

In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, they asked a royal chef to set a theme, and finally decided to make noodles, and the chef made a bowl of seafood stewed noodles with shrimp, oysters and other precious seafood without saying a word.

Braised noodles are the food that can best reflect the deliciousness of seafood, and the bowl of noodles cooked will make people have a great appetite, on the other hand, Li Chuxia, she simply made a bowl of tomato and egg noodles, garnished it, and the presentation was no worse than the chef's.

When the chef saw Li Chuxia's face, he became a little proud, "Little girl, you look down on me like this?" ”

Li Chuxia shook his head and said with a faint smile: "Whether it's cooking noodles or other ingredients, as long as you put your heart into it, anything can be made delicious." With that, she prepared her chopsticks and handed them to the chef, "Taste?" ”

The chef was skeptical, took Li Chuxia's bowl of noodles, and after only one bite, he felt a warm taste slip from his mouth into his heart, and before he knew it, his whole body and mind seemed to be healed.

After a few bites, he actually finished eating a bowl of noodles made by Li Chuxia like this, and then looked at his seafood stewed noodles, and he had no appetite.

Several imperial chefs watched the chef's movements dumbfounded, "Chef, you ......"

saw the chef laugh and arched his hand towards Li Chuxia, "You won." ”

His eyebrows curled up, and he looked at Li Chuxia, "You are more thoughtful than I thought, this season, your noodles are easier to eat, and moreover, it opens the taste of the taster, at this point, I am ashamed of myself!" Before, I underestimated you. ”