Chapter 194: State Banquet (2-in-1)

Under the half-pulled folds of the eyes of King Liang, there were a pair of eyes contaminated by worldly desires, and the gaze that shot out of the eyes pierced Xie Xiaobai sharply.

Xie Xiaobai smiled, took out a handkerchief with lightning speed, and blocked King Liang's mouth.

"The prince is really confused, how can he talk nonsense?"

King Liang was so angry that he opened his mouth to spit out the veil, how could Xie Xiaobai give the other party a chance and give the Praetorian Guards standing behind King Liang a look.

The Praetorian Guards grabbed King Liang's two arms, completely sealed King Liang's mouth with strips of cloth, and escorted him to the prisoner's car.

Xie Xiaobai opened the holy decree and went through a wave of processes.

She finished reading the decree with a dry mouth and swallowed her saliva, "What are you still stunned about?" ”

"Commander, let's take the house!" Xie Xiaobai shook the holy decree at the commander of the Praetorian Guard, and the Praetorian Guard poured into the Liangwang Mansion like a tide.

Xie Xiaobai's task was completed, and he stood outside the door with his arms crossed and watched the excitement.

The Liangwang Mansion was in flames, the concubines and servants cried and called their mothers, and boxes of gold, silver and jewelry were searched out of the mansion.

"I watched him rise up Zhu Lou, I watched him feast guests, I saw him-"

Xie Xiaobai looked up at the plaque of the Liang Wangfu with a smile, "The building has collapsed." ”

"Lady Xie is very elegant." Chen Yan carried a cloth bag on his back and a book in his hand, and walked out of the Liangwang Mansion, which was like purgatory.

Xie Xiaobai saluted the other party, and his eyes fell on his light bag, "Chen Gongzi salutes like this?" ”

"I've already found another place to live in Kyoto, and I've moved all my important stuff there." Chen Yan smiled, "Besides, there is nothing worth my nostalgia here." ”

King Liang, who had been silent in the prison car, struggled violently the moment he saw Chen Yan, and made a "whine" sound from his mouth.

"Gongzi Chen, King Liang seems to be scolding you." Xie Xiaobai glanced at King Liang.

Chen Yan handed over the luggage to his entourage, walked to the side of the prisoner car, and looked at King Liang angrily in the prisoner car.

He arched his hand towards King Liang, "I was able to defeat your deployment from the inside so quickly, but thanks to your unkind way. ”

King Liang's body flew towards Chen Yan, his face leaned in front of the wooden railing, and the chain that imprisoned King Liang's limbs made a "bang", and King Liang could no longer get close.

The evening breeze ruffled Chen Yan's hair, and he said softly: "The Liangwang Mansion is my father's Gu cultivation field, and the capital is another Gu cultivation field. Father has been a Gu cultivator for a long time, but he forgot that he was also in the game.

"This time, it was me and His Majesty who won. In a sense, Father's Gu Breeding Farm has given birth to a new Gu King. It's just that this Gu King doesn't obey his father's wishes. ”

Xie Xiaobai interjected, "King Liang, this Chen Yan is also your own son, in fact, rounding it up, it is equivalent to you win~"

King Liang sat down in the prisoner cart in a gloomy manner, looking fixedly ahead, no longer screaming.

"Female Officer Xie, Gongzi Chen, there is a major discovery!" The Commander of the Praetorian Guard uncovered a secret letter.

Xie Xiaobai opened the letter and looked at it, his eyes widened, "Hey, King Liang really gave us a big surprise!" ”

"What?" Chen Yan came over.

Xie Xiaobai sent the letter to Chen Yan, "Well, you can see for yourself what 'good things' your father has done." ”

"Beizhao Secret Letter!?" Chen Yan's brows tightened more and more, "If Beizhao provides troops for him, he will achieve great things one day...... Willing to cut the five border cities to show friendship between the two countries!? ”

Xie Xiaobai pursed his lips and said with a sarcastic smile: "Congratulations to the Liangwang Mansion for another charge of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country." The city on the border of King Liang is a leek, and if you cut a stubble, you can grow another stubble. Five cities on the border? Why didn't King Liang simply give up the whole country? ”

……

Xie Xiaobai's butterfly wings fanned, Emperor Shunde overthrew King Liang, King Liang asked for help from Beizhao, Beizhao three years in advance, Ma Flea disturbed the border of Dayong.

The course of history has completely deviated from its original track.

Before Emperor Shunde's jade seal could hold the heat, he was unprepared for this incident, and hurriedly deployed the war.

At the head of the national crisis, Emperor Shunde did not dare to slack off.

In the last life, the long-term war made the people of Dayong miserable and miserable. She and Chen Yan died under the iron cavalry of Beizhao.

This time, nothing can be said to allow all tragedies to happen again.

Emperor Shunde knew that he was just an ordinary person who was lucky enough to live again. She's not smart, and even if she starts all over again, she's not enough to solve the problem alone.

Fortunately, she has a whole Dayong think tank behind her.

The palace lights of the Zichen Hall were bright all night, and the officials who entered the cabinet were about to step on the threshold.

Emperor Shunde opened his mouth widely, and even gathered capable people among the people, as long as they could put forward suggestions that were beneficial to the border, they could be rewarded.

For a time, the eyes of the Dayong people were focused on the border war. Military merit has become the fastest way for civilians to become officials, and many young and middle-aged people have volunteered to go to the border to make meritorious contributions.

At the same time, Emperor Shunde intended to improve the status of women in Dayong, and female officials led by Xie Xiaobai began to set foot in the court.

This battle lasted for two and a half years, and Xie Xiaobai and Chen Yan and other henchmen of Emperor Shunde personally traveled to the border several times to supervise the supply of grain, grass and ordnance.

When Emperor Shunde had just passed his fifteenth birthday, good news came from the border pass, and Beizhao asked for peace.

The Dayong army triumphed, accompanied by the envoys sent by Beizhao.

Emperor Shunde held Xie Xiaobai's hand with both hands, "Xie Qing, this state banquet is extraordinary, and the Shangshi Bureau must do everything perfectly, not only to reflect the demeanor of my Dayong country, but also to let the envoys of Beizhao eat well and surrender to my Dayong." ”

Xie Xiaobai pondered for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know how much silver the treasury can allot?" ”

Emperor Shunde picked up a book and covered his face, "Don't ask, if you ask, there is no silver in the treasury." The silver that was copied from the Liangwang Mansion at the beginning has been used up all these years, and there is not a single one left. I would also like to thank King Liang, who collected so much money back then and made an 'outstanding' contribution to our military spending. ”

Xie Xiaobai: "...... Your Majesty, our treasury has no silver, just because King Liang emptied our treasury. ”

"Oh, dare to love that the money came out of the treasury, so if I take it back."

Emperor Shunde lay on the imperial case and wailed, "It's too much money to fight, and I'm so poor now!" ”

Xie Xiaobai waited for Emperor Shunde to finish today's crying, and said: "The minister knows a dish, which must be in line with the taste of the Beizhao Kingdom, and it can also make them realize the strength of my Dayong national strength." ”

"What dish? Tell me about it! ”

"Your Majesty, this is the ......" Xie Xiaobai's index finger and thumb twisted together and rubbed it.

Emperor Shunde gritted his teeth, "The state banquet is very important, and this bit of silver will not be saved." ”

"This dish is called Muddy Sheep Death." Xie Xiaobai sketched out the blueprint for making the mouth water, "This dish, to put it simply, is to roast the whole sheep with fire, use the sheep body as a boiler, and roast the whole goose sewn into its body of the sheep. There is also something else in this goose, stuffed with glutinous rice and fresh meat. ”

Emperor Shunde complained: "This doesn't sound 'simple' at all. ”

"It's just a two-layer nesting doll~" Xie Xiaobai closed his eyes, stretched his eyebrows comfortably, and took a deep breath, "A roast goose that has absorbed the fresh fragrance of mutton and the sweet fragrance of glutinous rice is guaranteed to make the Beizhao people say 'really fragrant'." ”

"Xie Qing, this matter will be left to you." Emperor Shunde patted Xie Xiaobai on the shoulder and entrusted him with a heavy task.

Xie Xiaobai took out the book and wrote and drew on it, "Other pre-dinner snacks, banquet dishes, and after-dinner fruits will be handed over to Your Majesty after the ministers and the female officials of the Shangshi Bureau have decided." ”

Emperor Shunde covered his mouth with one hand and whispered, "Remember to save money." ”

……

The big celebrity in front of the emperor, Xie Nuguan, returned to the Shangshi Bureau and personally prepared for the state banquet, which became the talk of the harem after tea and dinner.

After Emperor Shunde took power, Xie Xiaobai's identity rose with the tide, and the Shangshi Bureau was no longer Cui Shangshi's world.

Xinshangshi's surname is Wang, from Si Yusi, who cooperated with Xie Xiaobai at the Empress Dowager Yuan's plum banquet.

Miaofu was transferred from the Shangshi Bureau to the Shanggong Bureau, and now she is the Siyan of the Siyan Division, and she can often meet Xie Xiaobai.

This time, Xie Xiaobai borrowed Miaofu from the Shanggong Bureau and prepared a state banquet with her.

Dayong had just finished the war, the treasury was empty, and everything was simple. The three of them agreed on the specifications of four cold dishes, four hot dishes and four dim sum. While they strive to make their guests eat well and eat well, they rack their brains to make these dishes more forceful with less silver.

And Xie Xiaobai's "muddy sheep death" is the backbone of this state banquet.

"Miaofu, you go and inquire about the number of people attending the banquet today. We calculate the amount of goose used according to the number of guests. ”

"Glutinous rice on the steamer."

"Shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, peas, chestnuts, scallops and diced pork belly are stir-fried together."

"Peel the whole sheep and remove the stomach."

Xie Xiaobai's orders were given in an orderly manner, and she could still hear the faint sounds of geese and sheep not far away.

"Here are six big beards!" Miao Fu excitedly brought the news to the Shang Shi Bureau.

They are also six people in the Dayong Dynasty, one goose eats two people, and six geese can be killed.

Xie Xiaobai picked up the knife, pulled a knife flower, and devised and deboned the goose, without breaking any skin in the process.

She handed the goose to Miaofu and "kneaded the goose and marinated it with salt and peppercorns." ”

After all the ingredients were ready, Xie Xiaobai mixed the diced pork belly, diced vegetables and glutinous rice, stuffed them into the cavity of the goose, stuffed the goose into the cavity of the sheep, re-stitched the cut opening, and began to roast slowly.

The feast was hearty, and Xie Xiaobai's mutton was just cooked.

Under the leadership of Xie Xiaobai, the palace people carried the roast sheep into the Hanyuan Palace.

The envoy spoke an unstandard Dayong dialect, glanced at the roast sheep, and his eyes lit up, "This is a roasted whole sheep?" ”

The people of Beizhao are nomads, just like this.

Xie Xiaobai cut open the belly of the sheep in front of the guests, took out the geese from it, and put them on the porcelain plate.

She is dressed in gorgeous clothes, her movements are smooth, her eyebrows and eyes are smiling, and her posture is leisurely and elegant, just watching her cut meat is a kind of enjoyment.

Everyone's attention shifted from the dancing girl's body to Xie Xiaobai's slender jade hand holding the cutter.

I saw Xie Xiaobai change to a smaller knife and cut the goose in half, black glutinous rice, yellow chestnuts, green peas, white scallops and diced pork belly gushed out from the cut one after another, and the aroma of various ingredients mixed together, converging into a burnt fragrance that hooked people's index fingers.

The goose was sent to the guest table who had already seen it straight.

The envoy held the spoon in one hand and tasted a mouthful of glutinous rice, after a long time of slow roasting the gravy has already soaked every grain of rice, among the sticky glutinous rice grains can also taste the sweet glutinous chestnuts, pea rice, winter bamboo shoots refreshing, shiitake mushrooms are delicious and dried scallops are salty and tender.

The envoy tore off the boneless goose leg with his other hand, the meat was firm and elastic, and the mouth was fragrant. The peppercorns remove the fishy smell of goose meat and mutton, and hang out the deliciousness of the mutton, adding a touch of pepper fragrance.

The envoy at the head cleaned his fingers and saluted Emperor Shunde with a glass of wine, "I like this dish prepared for us by Your Majesty very much. We, Beizhao, have also prepared gifts for Your Majesty. ”

The envoy clapped his hands, and three exotic beauties came up, with the body types of Lori Royal Sister and Young Imperial respectively.

They were holding the local products of the Northern Zhao Kingdom in their hands, but their eyes were staring at Emperor Shunde with fascination.

While serving the food, Xie Xiaobai silently complained in his heart: Why did you send souvenirs now? If you are not satisfied with this meal, this gift will not be given?

Emperor Shunde waved his hand, "If you leave something, you won't accept it." ”

The envoy didn't know if it was because he lacked his brain or because he didn't understand the language, and he looked like he couldn't understand Dayong's words.

"Your Majesty doesn't like these beauties? We also have other beauties for Your Majesty. He clapped his hands again.

The envoy's gaze seemed to inadvertently cross Chen Yan: I had long heard that His Majesty had an affair with his twin sister's fiancΓ©, and they also guarded against this when they were preparing for the beauty.

This time, there are four exotic beautiful men, whose body types are benchmarked into men, teenagers, Zhengtai and ...... Women's clothing bigwigs?

The six people stood together, giving Xie Xiaobai the illusion that he was playing a game and choosing a body type.

Chen Yan's face was very ugly.

Emperor Shunde sighed, "I have already understood the intention of your country, but I don't like beauty, so I ask you to take them all." ”

The envoy waved his hand, and the seven beauties retreated dejectedly.

As he spoke, the envoys opened their bows left and right, and with a few bites, they ate the muddy sheep on the plate.

When they looked at their plates again, they couldn't help but be surprised: Huh? Could it be that the Dayong people know witchcraft? How come there is nothing left on the plate?

Under the reluctant gaze of everyone, Xie Xiaobai withdrew the mutton.

She walked out in small steps, and at the same time swallowed the saliva secreted from her mouth: abandon sheep and eat geese or something, which chef researched the fairy operation! Thank you for using such a roasted whole sheep as a pot.

The roasted whole sheep was sent back to the Shang Shi Bureau, and the palace people who had nothing to do in the Shang Shi Bureau rushed up and down their hands on the roast sheep.

Xie Xiaobai jumped to his feet in a hurry in the crowd, "I roasted this sheep, you leave me a leg of mutton!" ”