Chapter 4 Xiu Nan enters the palace
On this day, Lu Qingluo was dressed up by the old guards early, dressed neatly, with a phoenix robe all over his body, and his demeanor was myriad. After seeing the mother queen, he went to the Phoenix Palace.
The Phoenix Hall is the place where the show men compete today. As soon as Lu Qingluo sat down, the county lord brought Lu Xuelan to salute. I saw Lu Xuelan wearing a satin skirt, white clothes and snow, her skin was like congealed fat, Lu Qingluo sighed, what a beauty! is even more beautiful than Lu Qingluo himself, if it weren't for Lu Qingluo's phoenix robe and the queen's natural majesty blessing, he would definitely be compared to this cousin.
I saw Lu Xuelan lightly open her jade teeth, and an intoxicating voice like a spring breeze came into her ears: "See Her Majesty, see the Mother." The county lord also saluted. Seeing this, the mother smiled happily and shouted repeatedly: "Third sister, don't be polite, come and sit next to me." ”
Lu Xuelan also secretly looked at Lu Qingluo, only to see Lu Qingluo sitting on the phoenix chair solemnly, with a little powder, but it seemed to have its own light, which made people reluctant to look away, but because of the authority of the queen, everyone wanted to see it, but they didn't dare to look at it. Therefore, although many guards couldn't take their eyes off it, they actually sighed in their hearts that Her Majesty was so beautiful today. Lu Xuelan also secretly thought in her heart: "I didn't expect Lu Qingluo to change at all, not at all like she was a tomboy when she was a child." ”
Seeing that the old guard Lao Desheng stepped forward to ask if he could start the competition, Lu Qingluo said, "Announce it." ”
Lao Desheng began to raise his throat and shouted: "Xuanxiu men are promoted." ”
I saw rows of show men lined up in the open space in front of the main hall in order, all looking forward to it, hoping to catch a glimpse of Her Majesty's beauty.
Lao Desheng looked embarrassed and asked, "Your Majesty, do you really want to start?" ”
Queen Lu Qingluo said: "Of course, there is no joke! ”
Lao Desheng looked at the mother queen with inquiring eyes, only to see the mother queen sigh and say, "Let her, let her go." "Lao Desheng won the order, and immediately opened his mouth: "Now it is announced that the first game has officially begun, and the content of the game is: braised pig's trotters!" ”
What the? A group of men looked at each other, you look at me, I look at you, I've never heard of the draft to compete in cooking? Didn't you make a mistake? Everyone discussed it in a gossiping manner, and for a while there was a lot of noise inside and outside the hall.
Lao Desheng ignored it, and called the other guards to quickly prepare materials and tools, and put them in front of everyone one by one. After everyone watched it, they realized that it was not a joke.
From childhood to adulthood, this group of men, they read poetry and books, exercised, in order to stand out in the draft. But boiling braised hooves, I really haven't heard of it! Some people haven't even entered the kitchen door.
When Lu Qingluo first made this proposal, the mother emperor said: "Absolutely not, isn't this ridiculous and generous?" When it is spread, others still think that we abuse the children of various families. "The people who can come in the draft have heads and faces in their families.
Lu Qingluo said coquettishly: "The mother is great, think about it, if the two husbands and wives can't eat a piece, can the relationship between the two be good?" The mother thought of the people who used to open the imperial dining room and personally cook her favorite meals, and couldn't help but feel that what Lu Qingluo said made a little sense, so she agreed.
Luo Jingtong and Wu Mingjun are also one of them, and neither of them can cook. But this is exactly what Luo Jingtong wants, isn't this just a chance to give him a chance not to enter the palace? That's great! He almost jumped for joy!
But Wu Mingjun is different, he doesn't want to stay, but he has to stay. The current situation seems to be to pass this level first. But what to do? He never liked to eat pig's trotters. Why is Her Majesty's hobby so strange? Are all folk legends true?
According to folk legends, when Her Majesty ascended the throne some time ago, she didn't know whether she was hungry or hungry, so she hid a pig's trotter on the phoenix chair in the main hall, and took it out to bite it from time to time when the civil and military officials knelt down. As a result, he was anxious and hot, and the last round and greasy elbow slipped in front of the civil and military officials.
The civil and military officials have seen so many scenes, but they have never seen such a scene, and they can't help but look at each other, but they don't dare to say anything. When the ceremony was over, the ministers had retreated, and the pig's trotter was still lying alone in the main hall, emitting an alluring fragrance and greasy reflection.
At first, Wu Mingjun didn't believe it, but now the image of Her Majesty the Queen in his mind is a female pig's trotters with a fat waist and round arms, otherwise, he can't figure out that a jade-aged girl actually likes to eat such greasy things. His cousin Lu Xuelan can't wait to drink the wind and eat snow, when has she ever seen her eat meat and vegetables?
Either way, how can this problem be solved? He was observing the materials on the case, and suddenly, he saw something and had an idea in his mind.
Others also began to get busy, and some people were very experienced at a glance, chopping and chopping and chopping, boiling water and seasonings, full of posture. Lu Qingluo sat in the main hall, his stomach was already growling, and the greedy worms in his stomach couldn't wait to crawl out and go directly to the pot to gnaw.
When the hour came, the men presented the dishes one by one to Her Majesty for inspection.
If Lu Qingluo wants to check whether they are doing poetry correctly, she may not have the ability to appreciate it, but let her pick the delicious ones, she dares to admit the second, and no one dares to admit the first, for a person who eats and eats every day when he gets home from work for a long time, and watches the video on the tip of his tongue to satisfy his hunger, whether it is theoretical knowledge or practical experience, it is more than enough to deal with this test.
Between Lu Qingluo and a plate of dishes, sometimes bowing his head, sometimes leaning over, sometimes looking at it. Seeing that Lu Xuelan and the county lord were puzzled. This Lu Qingluo, why don't you let them take the written test to see who has good physical strength, who has great strength, who can recite poetry and who can write articles? Is it better than making braised pork trotters? Could it be that she wants to take a cook as her husband?
The county lord and Lu Xuelan glanced at each other, and thought, "No wonder Xue Lan said that she is an idiot queen, it seems that it is not unreasonable. ”
Lu Qingluo didn't know so much, she only knew that some of these dishes had too strong flavors, and she could smell them without eating them. Some of the colors are wrong, some of them cut corners, and some of them are not yet ripe. Occasionally, there is someone who can see the eye, Lao Desheng is next to him, his eyes are clear, he understands, and asks someone to hand over the chopsticks, pick up a piece and try it, my mother, what is this? Did it fall into the salt shaker? Or did the whole pot of salt go in?
"Come on, hurry up and give Lao Desheng a drink!" When Lu Qingluo saw Lao Desheng like that, he couldn't help laughing, looked at the mother emperor and the lord of the county, and didn't dare to make a mistake, so he had to endure it alive.
In the end, only one game was won, and it turned out to be Wang Dahai, the son of the fourth rank of the imperial court. Lu Qingluo laughed when he heard it, it was really interesting, as soon as he heard the name, he knew that his interest was not in reading, writing, and playing with knives and guns, it was exactly the name of a chef.
As soon as Lu Qingluo was happy, he didn't have time to discuss with his mother, so he sealed a "Wang Cairen"!
Then, Lao Desheng brought a cup of tea, and Lu Qingluo looked at it and said, "I don't want to drink tea now." ”
Lao Desheng said: "Your Majesty, this is an entry. ”
What? Lu Qingluo was stunned, who was so bold to make a cup of tea to fool the queen? This queen wants to eat meat, and she used sugar water to perfunctory me, but now she is too lazy to use just a cup of tea to send me away?
"Someone's coming!" Lu Qingluo originally wanted to say, "Don't drag it out, you won't be allowed to enter the palace in the future", but before he finished speaking, he saw the mother queen look at him vigorously, and Lu Qingluo hurriedly changed his words:.
"Tell me the author of this cup of tea."