Two Praetorian Guards stood outside the palace gate, striking the gong and shouting with great vigour: "The competition of the world's first chef will start soon, the participants will come quickly, the palace gate will be closed at the end of the day, and those who arrive late will be disqualified from the competition." ”

At this time, everyone who participated in the competition frequently looked at Lin Mei and the others.

Lin Mei frowned, although she wanted to win the game, she didn't want to push herself to the cusp, so she couldn't help but say to Kyaukyue: "The county lord should go in first, let's go in with everyone, and someone will definitely receive us." ”

The county lord of Jiaoyue also knew that he had been standing with her at this time, and the limelight was too much, so he touched his cold nose and sneered: "It's a little cold today, then I'll go in first and see your performance later." ”

Lin Mei nodded and said: "You take my stove with it, I will play in a while, I don't need it, you can put one on your lap later, cover it with a robe, and take another one in your hand, it will be very warm." ”

The county lord of Jiaoyue did not refuse her kindness, took it and handed it to Phantom Xiang, nodded slightly, and turned around and entered the palace.

With her leaving, there are fewer eyes to probe and scrutiny, Lin Mei is not worried about Qiu Zilong and A Qing, and once again instructed the taboos in the palace, asking them to talk less, see less, listen more, watch more, have a little heart, and never go to a place where there are few people, and lose people.

When.

The Praetorian Guards led many contestants to a side courtyard, handed them over to the palace maids and eunuchs, and then withdrew.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's not talk much nonsense to delay the game, the Queen Mother is still waiting to see your performance, now please stand according to the classification of men and women, men enter from the courtyard on the left, women enter from the courtyard on the right, after entering, someone will search your baggage, everyone is not allowed to hide knives, kitchen utensils and weapons, if you take the initiative to hand it in at this time, you can be exempted, if you will be searched later, not only will your restaurant lose the qualification for the competition, but will also be punished. Well, if you don't have any, let's get started now. The chief eunuch said with a sharp voice.

Before Lin Mei came, the county lord of Jiaoyue told some taboos in the palace in advance, naturally he didn't bring weapons, and he didn't even dare to bring a trace of condiments, for fear that there would be a case, the TV of the palace infighting in the previous life was not less, if it was about scheming, his own little trick was really not enough to watch, everyone was golden, the rumors were terrifying, and he couldn't tell if he had ten more mouths.

When it was Lin Mei's turn, the palace maid saw that she was empty, and she didn't even bring a change of clothes, frowned slightly, and carefully searched her body from head to toe.

"What's in this purse? Take it out and take a look. ”

Lin Mei took out her purse from her arms, opened it, and said with a smile: "It's just some cotton paper." ”

After speaking, he also opened a few boxy pieces of cotton paper one by one and asked the palace maid to check them.

"Why are you bringing this?"

Lin Mei was a little embarrassed, how can this be explained? This ancient world is good, but there is no toilet paper and sanitary pads, for people who are used to it in the previous life, this is the most headache after crossing. With only the silver in her hand, Lin Mei didn't want to let herself suffer in this regard.

In fact, I also thought about emulating those book travelers and getting some toilet paper, sanitary napkins, or paintings and cosmetics from my previous life to sell, but it didn't work. In ancient times, there was a little bit of bad thinking, that is, stubborn thinking, even Lin Mei used cotton paper to replace toilet chips at home to solve the trouble after the toilet, and was seriously persuaded by Lin Lao's father, and said that he knew about it, and he must not spread it, which is disrespectful to Lao Tzu and attracted criticism from readers.

Therefore, there is no follow-up, and this plan is pressed on the soles of the feet, and there is no mention of it.

The palace maid saw that she refused to reply for a long time, thinking that she had a ghost in her heart, "What the hell are you bringing this for?" Could it be that there is some ulterior secret? ”

Lin Mei was bluffed by her, and hurriedly explained: "No, no, I'm just afraid that it will be inconvenient to go to the toilet in the palace, so I want to bring cotton paper and use it if necessary." ”

The palace maid looked at her strangely a few times, and said in disbelief: "Is this really the case? ”

Lin Mei nodded obediently, raised her three fingers, and said, "I would like to swear that if there is a little lie, I will not be able to marry for the rest of my life." ”

It is often said in the world that there are three unbeliefs, one is that children say that they don't want to grow up; Second, the old man said that he didn't want to live anymore; The third is that the eldest girl said that she didn't want to get married.

When the palace maid saw her swear by a lifelong event, she thought it was true. Besides, it is really inconvenient to go to the toilet in the palace. Thinking that on weekdays, I don't eat and drink less, so as not to go to the toilet frequently and delay things.

"You go from here, someone will answer you." The maid pointed to the small door on the right side of the side.

Lin Mei suddenly realized, no wonder she saw people coming in and not seeing people coming out, it turned out that there was a hidden door in the house.

Out of the house, along the corridor, turning around, walking far away, not even a ghost shadow, there is a hesitation inside, could it be that he is on the wrong path? But out of the house, there is only this one way, and there is no other way.

He continued to walk a hundred meters away, and then he heard the voice of someone talking in the distance.

Striding over, there was a hanging flower door in front of me, and through the hanging flower door, the one on the right was standing and chatting with the chef and assistant who came to participate in the competition.

Lin Mei found Qiu Zilong and Ah Qing in the crowd. He hurried over and asked, "Are you two okay?" ”

Qiu Zilong was born without fear of calves, and his face was thick-skinned, and he said with a smile: "The master said that he was joking, what is wrong with the two of us, and we don't do anything unseemly." ”

When everyone was ready, a few strange palace maids and eunuchs appeared out of nowhere, only to see that the eunuch was still holding a whisk in his hand and coughed. Everyone stopped clamoring and looked at him in unison.

Lin Mei secretly looked at the corner of the eaves tower that emerged not far from the gathering place of the crowd, presumably not far from the place where the competition was played.

"Our family is the father-in-law of Cining Palace, responsible for taking care of you, if you have anything, tell me, don't walk around the palace without permission, and don't talk to the people in the palace privately. If there is a violator, the loss of qualifications is a small matter, and even the accomplices are affected, then they will be punished, I hope you will know for yourself. ”

Seeing everyone's nervous expressions, Gonggong Hai knew that they all listened to it in his heart.

"Everyone, please come with me."

The venue for the competition was actually set up in the Cining Garden.

The Queen Mother and her entourage sat in the Linxi Pavilion early to chat and listen to music.

The setting of the competition site is somewhat similar to that in Luoyang, the seven stoves are all improvised, but they are much more exquisite than those in Luoyang, and even the stove holes have three, that is, you can make three dishes at the same time.

Not far away, there are more than a dozen baskets and buckets of water that are large and small.

This fashion is a preliminary round, and if you don't want to make too many dishes to participate in the first round, it is very important to choose a recipe. Lin Mei quickly compared the dishes in the competition.

A handsome and beautiful man dressed in a green official uniform slowly stepped onto the stage, holding a booklet in his left hand and a pen in his right hand, and named him according to the list. When he read Lin Mei, he also winked at her.

Lin Mei raised her head and took a closer look, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, she was an acquaintance. At this moment, I really feel the meaning of someone in the DPRK and China who is easy to do.

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