The emperor stroked his chin and thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "It's just right, I thought that today was just a set, but I didn't expect him to drill into it himself, and it also saved a lot of trouble, so I arranged for the soldiers and secret guards hiding in the mansion of King Qi to quietly control King Qi's manpower from the inside. Mian Mian, you go back to preside over and act according to the original plan. ”

Ruan Mianmian blessed himself, turned around and retreated, and closed the door himself.

Although it is a temporary wing, but after Mu Ruqing's guidance, the wooden wall panels are stacked in two layers, and the middle is filled with solidified river mud mixed with sand, which is the most solid and light, and extraordinarily soundproof, which can ensure that the guests in each wing room will not be listened to when they talk at will, according to Mu Ruqing's words, this is to protect the privacy of customers.

Ruan Mianmian stood in the corridor for a while, looked left and right at the people who were sitting or resting against the wall outside the door of each side room, and had an abacus in his heart. She turned around and went downstairs, bypassing the courtyard and going directly to the kitchen, Uncle Hua and Wang Xun were watching the workers of the Hou Mansion of Anyang serving food to the guests, the kitchen stove was cooking, and the little guys were panicked and sweating profusely, so it could be seen how many people were outside.

Ruan Mianmian beckoned, summoned a small guy who was cleaning up the dishes, looked up and down a few times, this person looked quite clever, he smiled and said, "Miss Ruan, do you have any instructions?" ”

Ruan Mianmian casually picked up two plates of freshly cooked osmanthus cake and dragon whisker cake by his side, put them in a tray, with some sorrow in his eyebrows, and said to the little guy: "It's embarrassing to say, I just tell you, you can't tell others." ”

The little girl scratched the root of his ear, and looked at Ruan Mianmian with some embarrassment: "What is this, Miss Ruan will order, I will do my best and never let others know." "This little guy has been working as an errand in Anyang Hou Mansion in the past, and he was the first batch of people who were trained to deliver food last year, at that time, Anyang Hou just fell in love with him but had no bad intentions, and he was able to rest assured that he would do things.

Ruan Mianmian then spoke: "Today's chef competition, there are many guests, and one of my old friends from the past is also here, I have the heart to visit and get together, but I can't go in person because of many things in the past, but I always want to express my heart and not let people feel cold, right?" I'm tired of you running your legs to deliver these two little snacks. ”

took the tray in Ruan Mianmian's hand, and touched a round thing under the tray, the little guy immediately walked outside with a smile, and said in his mouth: "Girl, don't worry, it will be delivered." ”

When he was about to arrive at the door, Ruan Mianmian stopped him again: "Hey, you wait, remember, you don't need to say who sent it, just say that Yipin Xiang Restaurant has sent it to the guests in each box, so as not to make the guests think too much." ”

"Don't worry, I know, never say more." The little servant flexibly dodged the two oncoming maids and went up to the second floor with a tray.

Ruan Mianmian looked at the back of the little guy for a while, then patted his hands, personally poured tea for the busy Uncle Hua and Wang Xun and put it next to him, and then saw that the lottery on the stage outside was about to end, and immediately straightened his clothes and walked out, changing into a smile to greet the guests.

The little guy here went up to the second floor, and walked to the easternmost wing room according to Ruan Mianmian's words, only to see that the door was closed, and the two indifferent and fierce guards outside guarded it, and it didn't look easy to get close, but he also knew that this was a person who was a good person and a guest, and he didn't say that the store was not allowed to get close to it, so he walked over, bowed slightly and said: "Please report to the two eldest brothers, I will send us the snacks in the store, and each guest in the wing room has a copy." ”

The two guards glanced at each other, one of them opened a door and entered the door, closed the door again, and came out after a while, and said coldly: "Okay, let's bring things in, you don't have to wait here." ”

The little guy didn't say much, turned around and went down to do his own thing, anyway, he completed the task when the thing was delivered, and got a gift from Ruan Mianmian, what Ruan Mianmian handed him across the tray was a piece of broken silver, and he was always happy to get so much reward for sending something.

Here, Ruan Mianmian came to the stage, Liu Xin'er just finished drawing lots, and the fifty lucky spectators who read the number also sat down in the first row, waiting for the chefs to show their skills. So as soon as Ruan Mianmian came on stage, the guests below cheered, they knew that the game was about to start.

The table is very wide, even if there are a few stoves and a lot of ingredients are not overcrowded, Ruan Mianmian sat at the small table in the middle of the position, and said loudly: "Guests, welcome to participate in the first chef competition held by Yipinxiang, Mianmian is not too much to introduce, presumably the guests are in a hurry, next, we will arrange a group of five participating chefs to take turns on the stage, each group selects two people for a total of six people to participate in the final finals, and the top three winners of the finals can become Yipinxiang chefs." ”

"Next, I am honored to announce that the Yipinxiang Chef Contest has officially begun!"

As Ruan Mianmian's clear voice came out, some of the originally unobtrusive red long silk on the roof on all sides of Yipinxiang suddenly dispersed, and one side rolled down along the roof until it fell to the ground, revealing the bright and bright huge calligraphy on the long silk, what "Anyang Houfu wishes Yipinxiang a complete success in the initial competition!" "Congratulatory telegrams sent from the Plum Garden of the British Palace", although they are marginal and confusing, but as soon as these names came out, they attracted loud applause from the people, and the atmosphere became more enthusiastic.

As Ruan Mianmian raised his head and shouted out five names, the corresponding contestants stepped on the red carpet stretching under their feet from the lounge and strode onto the stage, including Li Binghai sent by the Qi Palace.

The first batch of candidates sent out is the top priority, and whether they can attract the audience's attention is a matter of one fell swoop, but Mu Ruqing has his own thoughts, only by letting the one in the east wing upstairs see Li Binghai's logical promotion to the finals, can he stabilize his heart and let him watch the finals as well, the first game is just an introduction, and the real drama always has to be the finale.

When the people below saw a group of high-spirited chefs come out, they didn't hear the applause, but it was not difficult to hear someone talking about this Li Binghai's inconvenient legs and feet in this noisy cheer, and others didn't have to listen to it, but listening to Li Binghai, who had always cared about this, was harsh and maddening, he couldn't wait to rush down and reason with them, but he still remembered the matter of King Qi in his heart and saved a trace of reason, although his expression was not good-looking, but he still walked on the stage step by step, Like the other cooks, one person occupied a stove and waited for the order for Ruan Mianmian's game to begin.

In order to make the competition fair but controllable, they decided not to let the people involved in the decision-making know whose dishes they tasted, each dish was numbered, and the chef also had a corresponding number, but it was recorded on the side of Yipinxiang, and it would not be seen by the guests, so that there would be no favoritism and fraud, and it would leave a trace of suspense for the game, which was more interesting.

The cooks moved their hands and feet, familiarized themselves with the stove, and already had a plan in their hearts about what to cook, but after observing for a while, everyone found a remarkable thing, these condiments are varied from all over the world, but they lack the most common and indispensable one: salt.

To say that no matter how delicious and exquisite this dish is, it is an embroidered pillow without salt, and no matter how good the ingredients are, there is no taste, and even a small amount of salt is needed to make the dough fragrant, not to mention those hard dishes for the banquet, so a chef immediately raised his hand and asked: "Miss Ruan, I don't know why there is no salt in the ingredients and condiments prepared for us by Yipinxiang?" ”

Ruan Mianmian smiled slightly, and his lips and teeth opened lightly: "All the chefs can stand out from the primary selection, they are all masters of the masters, we have been thinking about it for a long time, and I always feel that it is too much to underestimate your ability to just test the cooking, only when there is a lack of things can you make the delicacies that are unique in the world, it can be regarded as living up to your talents, and it is also good for the people to open their eyes and see the top cooking skills." ”

The chefs on the stage, including the chef who was still in the lounge, were dumbfounded, it turned out that Yipinxiang didn't forget to give salt, but didn't plan to give it at all. Anyone who learns to cook knows that when I was an apprentice, the first thing my master taught to stir-fry was the amount and timing of salt, but now that there is no salt, I am not tied, my control over the dish is greatly reduced, and there is no suitable thing as a substitute, which is a tricky thing.

Without waiting for the chefs to think about what dishes to make, Ruan Mianmian added: "Everyone should be faster, in order to save everyone's time, and for the sake of fairness, each round of chefs has only one hour of effort, within an hour, cut the vegetables and heat the oil, cook them in the pot, and present the dishes, otherwise they will be treated as abstentions." ”

This made the chefs on the stage panic, Li Binghai looked at the sweat beads on the chef's forehead next to him, and secretly sneered, he went to the side of the vegetable shelf unhurriedly to pick up the dishes, but he was not panicked at all, as if these were just ordinary things.

Li Binghai was originally more eye-catching because of his legs and feet, but now in such a comparison, it seems that he is very different, Mu Ruqing looked at him coldly from the audience, but he thought in his heart: This Li Binghai is worthy of being the imperial chef from the Ouchi Palace, calm and composed, and has a good temperament, but it is a pity that he stood on the wrong team, gave up the plains of Pingchuan, and walked to the edge of the abyss, but he didn't know whether he could gain a foothold was just a matter of thinking about others.

Half an hour passed quickly, although these chefs were busy at the beginning, they all had real talents, so after determining the dishes, they immediately got busy, and the people below watched with relish, Ruan Mianmian also took a bite of the small pastries on the table, and looked at their progress from time to time.