Chapter 5 Acting as a substitute
The green trees are thick and the summer days are long, and the buildings are reflected in the pond.
"Bastard thing! Is this stuff eaten by humans? A woman in palace clothes with a thin face and a thin face said. I saw that she was wearing a thin green Shen Yun brocade dark pattern lotus robe, with Ruyi brocade patterns between the clothes, the cuffs were woven with silver silk with some complicated twisted silk patterns, the hair bun was tied with complex and exquisite tanzi, and the dots of ruby pearls were interspersed, a string of tourmaline rose tassels on the right side were erratic, and the pink earlobes were dotted with two pieces of blue lotus. The appearance is exquisite, with a hint of pride. There was a mess on the table, soup was spilled on the ground, and the woman stared angrily at the eunuch kneeling on the ground in front of her.
"An Guiren is angry, the slave is not good, and the slave will go to change it for you." Zhang Dongsheng, the chief of the imperial dining room, said in a panic, he said cautiously, while stretching out a hand to quietly wipe the sweat from his cheeks, this braised silver silk was originally An Guiren's favorite food, but now she doesn't know what's wrong, she only tasted one bite and knocked over all the dishes on the table.
After speaking, he turned around tremblingly, and was about to leave, but a cold and arrogant voice sounded behind him: "Slow." ”
Zhang Dongsheng stood in response, saluted, and said, "What else does An Guiren have to order?" ”
"What's the matter? If the emperor doesn't come to Qixiang Palace, even you dog slaves dare to ride on the neck of this palace? If you dare to fool this palace with these things again, see that this palace will not pick your skin! An Guiren raised his eyebrows and said arrogantly.
"The minions don't dare." Zhang Dongsheng replied, but the sweat on his cheeks became more and more intense.
When he walked out of Qixiang Palace, his clothes were already soaked, and his cheeks were full of sweat, he wiped the sweat and sighed as if he had been reborn after a catastrophe.
In the imperial dining room, the heat is steaming and it is busy.
"Blister Chang, An Guiren's meal needs to be prepared again, this is a list." Zhang Dongsheng handed the list to Qin Han and said.
"What's going on?" Qin Han glanced at the list suspiciously.
"This list hasn't changed at all, so why do you need to prepare a new one?" Qin Han asked.
"An Guiren said that the food was not palatable and too greasy, and said that we were slaves and bullied her. In a fit of rage, he flipped the table. Zhang Dongsheng muttered, his eyes full of dissatisfaction.
"Too greasy again?" Qin Han asked, but he didn't think that Zhang Dongsheng would answer, and said, "Long live Lord Fang came back from the Old Summer Palace yesterday, and this fish maw Jiang Yao Zhu was returned from the Yangxin Palace, saying that it was oily and fishy, and Long Live Lord couldn't eat it, but this list had already been presented and several dishes were withdrawn, no, it was said that it would be sent later." ”
"What should I do?" Zhang Dongsheng saw Qin Han's embarrassed face, and he was also a little worried.
"I'm not worried about An Guiren, she is just a nobleman, but the emperor is different, the king is like a tiger, I am also worried." Qin Han said with a sad face.
Zhang Dongsheng sighed, but inadvertently saw Su Yi who was bowing his head to prepare a list, his eyes lit up, and he said, "Blister Chang, I have a way." As he spoke, he ran to Su Yi's side and said with a smile, "Su Yi." ”
Su Yi saw that he was the chief of the promise, so he put down the work in his hand and said, "The chief of the promise, what do you command?" ”
saw Qin Han coming over, and only listened to him, "What do you do?" ”
Zhang Dongsheng had a smile on his face, he pointed at Su Yi, "Su Yi, last time I saw you command Hai Quan to make a crystal elbow, it tastes smooth and refreshing, but it is not greasy at all, can you tell me, what method did you use to get rid of that greasy taste?" ”
Su Yi thought about it, pursed her lips and smiled, "That's not a difficult thing, the crystal elbow is naturally greasy because the ingredients are made of pigskin, so it will naturally be greasy, we usually make this dish, and we will use liquor to remove the oily smell inside, but the actual liquor is made of grains, and the taste is naturally not as good as the pure Shaoxing wine with high-quality white glutinous rice, so the taste will naturally be different." And there is also a special approach to handling ingredients, the pork skin is greasy, we usually only scrape it once when scraping the pork skin, in fact, it should be scraped again after cooking to six maturity, because some fat will be exposed with the steaming of the pig skin. The crystal elbow produced in this way can't help but be beautiful in color, aroma, and not greasy at all, poured with delicious juice, which is the most suitable for eating in this hot season. ”
Qin Han looked at Su Yi dumbfounded, and when he saw Zhang Dongsheng looking at him with a smug face, he settled down and said, "You go to make a fish maw Jiang Yaozhu." ”
Su Yi wondered in her heart, the fish maw Jiang scallop soup is thick and flavorful, which is not suitable for such a hot summer consumption, why did the blister ask her to make fish maw Jiang scallop soup?
But she answered, "Yes." ”
After finishing speaking, he turned around and got busy, Qin Han said to Zhang Dongsheng: "Whatever she needs, meet her." ”
Zhang Dongsheng understood in his heart and nodded yes.
Rao is Qin Han had already thought about what this dish would look like thousands of times in his mind, but he was still surprised when he saw this Jiang Yao Zhu. The eyes involuntarily fell on the woman in front of her, only to see her mantis head moth eyebrows, plain face like jade, white cheeks dyed a little intoxicating because of the heat, but the forehead and nose were drenched in fragrant sweat, and there was a breeze coming, bringing bursts of fragrance, but it was not the fat powder taste used by ordinary palace maids, but an elegant and pure fragrance. I couldn't help but feel a stir in my heart.
Su Yi didn't know what he was thinking, and seeing that he hadn't spoken for a long time, he thought that he was not satisfied with this dish, so he said, "The slave made his own decisions and changed this dish slightly. ”
Zhang Dongsheng looked at Qin Han with a distracted look, and said, "Chief, why don't you listen to what Su Yi has to say?" ”
Qin Han came back to his senses and said softly, "You can tell me and listen to it." ”
"Fish maw Jiang Yao Zhu, fish maw is a moisturizing and nourishing thing, with Jiang Yao Zhu and the cavity bone stewed together, the soup boiled is extremely rich and mellow, but it is not suitable for summer consumption. In summer, people are prone to sweating and irritability, and lose their appetite, so they should eat something light. So the slave took matters into his own hands and cooked this Jiang Yao Zhu with shrimp and glutinous rice to cook a clear porridge. I put some mint leaves on it, the mint taste is pungent, cool, has the effect of evacuating wind and heat, clearing the head, soothing the liver and qi, and can remove the greasy and fishy smell of Jiang Yaozhu, and the taste is fragrant, which can greatly increase people's appetite. Su Yi finished quietly, but she didn't hear a response. only raised his eyes to look at the two, and when he saw that the two were in a daze, he called softly, "Blister?" ”
Qin Han looked at Su Yi in a daze, only feeling incredulous, Zhang Dongsheng said, "Chief, why don't you try it?" ”
Qin Han picked up a spoon, gently scooped a spoonful, put it in his mouth, and only felt that the glutinous rice melted in his mouth, and Jiang Yao Zhu and shrimp were even more delicious and delicious, and the fishy smell was gone, leaving only the faint fragrance of mint, exhaling gently, only feeling that the mouth was full of coolness and refreshing.
Su Yi looked at him expectantly, and when she saw that he had finished using a mouthful, she was still silent, just looking at her fixedly, and there seemed to be an unknown emotion floating in her eyes, and she only felt extremely nervous. After a long time, Qin Han breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Zhang Dongsheng, "Replace this bowl of porridge with a green jade bowl and send it to the Heart Cultivation Palace." ”
When Su Yi heard this, she was shocked, she didn't think that she just made a porridge casually and sent it to Wan Sui Ye, her current identity is not able to cook, if Wan Sui Ye is not satisfied, how can it be good. Thinking of this, he hurriedly stopped: "No." ”
As soon as the words came out, Su Yi immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing, and she subconsciously covered her mouth, only looking at the bowl of porridge with panicked eyes.
Qin Han saw her gaffe, but he still waved his hand and motioned for Zhang Dongsheng to send the bowl of porridge away.
Su Yi saw that the stop was ineffective, and his eyes immediately dimmed, and the whole person seemed to have lost his strength suddenly.
Qin Han looked at her, her face was depressed, but it made people feel extremely distressed, and her eyebrows frowned slightly, but a strange feeling rose in her heart. Qin Han stroked his chest, walked up to Su Yi, and said, "Go and make the braised silver thread." ”
Su Yi was extremely lost, and when she heard his words, she couldn't help but be a little dazed, and only raised her eyes to look at him.
Qin Han took a step back quietly, her black and white eyes were looking at him at the moment, with a trace of doubt in her daze, her head was slightly on the side, but she was indescribably innocent and lovely, Qin Han handed her a list and said, "Make a copy according to this list." After saying that, he didn't give Su Yi a chance to respond, and turned around and left.
Su Yi looked at his back worriedly, can she cook now?
At the time of Shen, a few dishes of porridge and side dishes were placed in front of An Guiren.
An Guiren gently picked up a braised silver wire with a jade chopstick, looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "This braised silver wire is actually a cold dish?" ”
"Back to the master, this is just sent from the imperial dining room, saying that the master has a bad appetite and the hot dishes are greasy, so they are made into cold dishes, but the ingredients are exactly the same as before."
An Guiren put the dish in his mouth suspiciously, stretched his slightly frowning eyebrows, and said softly: "It tastes good." ”
An Guiren sandwiched a few dishes, and was in a good mood, so he couldn't help but eat more, and his arrogant face on weekdays also became silky.