Chapter 18: The Queen Mother's Problem (I)

He Lan came to Mu Ping with Mu Ping's deed of sale, "Mu Ping, what do you see my sister has brought?" ”

"My deed of sale?!" Mu Ping said in surprise, with a look of surprise.

"yes. You see, my sister will do a magic trick for you. Mu Ping stared at He Lan tightly, and when He Lan was about to make a move, Feng Er betrayed her with a word, "Sister He, are you going to tear it apart?" ”

"Talkative," He Lan gave Feng'er a roll of her eyes, "Isn't it good to tease my brother?" ”

"It's good, but the deed of sale in this palace is different from Feng'er's in the prince's mansion, even if Sister He tears up the deed of sale, he is still a slave in the palace, because he has ......" Feng'er said while gesturing.

He Lan suddenly understood, and then glanced at Mu Ping, Mu Ping lowered his head, and said embarrassedly, "I am the third child in the family, because my family is poor and I can't afford to raise children, so my parents sent me to the palace and became a ...... Sister, you won't look down on me, will you? ”

"My sister won't look down on you." He Lan felt sorry for the little boy in front of him again, at the age of eleven or twelve years old, at this age in modern times, many children are still coquettish in the arms of their parents, but he has become a veritable eunuch at such a young age, "My sister will protect you, and it will make you live better." Don't worry, my sister will treat you as her own brother. He Lan said as he hugged Mu Ping into his arms and comforted him carefully.

"Mu Ping believes in his sister, so Mu Ping obeys his sister's words in everything." Mu Ping nodded solemnly.

Seeing this scene, the person sent by the Qing prince was also moved for a while, but he didn't expect a little girl to be so sympathetic to a little boy, and said such emotional words, and then, he used a pigeon to pass the news, and soon, the prince replied, "Continue to protect her safety, but don't let her find out about your existence." ”

"Lord Wang, don't worry, the minister will do it." He replied, hiding himself again.

About seven days later, as soon as He Lan entered the door, he immediately heard Huo Sihui's strong voice, "Why, can't you even do this little thing?" ”

"Deputy Chief Huo," this voice is Liu Feiping, the person who helped He Lan last time, so He Lan is also very familiar with it, "There is a problem with this menu, the slave can't do it, why don't you do it?" It also teaches us how to do it. ”

"You ......" Huo Sihui was angry, he originally wanted to embarrass these people, plus in the past few days, everyone has called him the deputy head of the house like He Lan, and everyone has the same courage as He Lan, this is unprecedented in the past, as if his authority has been challenged, "Look, is the miscellaneous family the one who does this little thing?" These are all you, ministers, deputy ministers, special imperial chefs, imperial chefs, ......"

Hearing this, He Lan was not happy, what she hated most in her life was this kind of oppression with "power", so she immediately pushed the door in, and then smiled, "Aren't you working for the emperor?" There was a hint of threat in the smile.

"Naturally." Huo Sihui immediately replied.

"Who is the queen mother?" He Lan asked knowingly.

"The Emperor's Mother." Huo Sihui touched his head in confusion, not knowing what He Lan meant by this question.

"That's it, since it's for the emperor, can't you work for the queen mother? It sounds as if you are provoking the mother-son relationship between the Queen Mother and the Emperor, if it spreads, do you think the Queen Mother and the Emperor will be happy? Also, you are our superior, if you don't make a comparison, how can we be convinced? When He Lan said this, the imperial dining room immediately echoed, "That's it, you have to have a leadership temperament." ”

Huo Sihui was angry, he didn't expect that in the past seven days, He Lan actually bought all the people in the imperial dining room, and everyone followed He Lan's example, of course, his authority was challenged again, "This ......" But in the face of He Lan's question, he still couldn't answer, after all, what He Lan said was right, if it was passed out, it would really not be good for him.

Huo Sihui was a little stunned, and then he spoke in embarrassment, "Actually, it's not that the miscellaneous family can't do it, but the name on this menu is very special, and I don't know it very well, and Aunt Jing sent by the Queen Mother said that she wanted to eat these dishes at lunch today, because today is the fiftieth birthday of the Queen Mother, if you miss the time, you will have to take the order of the miscellaneous family, so ......"

He Lan is not really the kind of person with a hard heart, so he rolled his eyes, "You are really, you just said that you wouldn't do it, why bother everyone?" You're really delaying the hour, give me the menu, and I'll take a look. ”

Huo Sihui wiped his sweat and asked Xiao Anzi to hand the menu to He Lan.

He Lan took it, although the above is traditional characters, but after all, she has also learned a traditional Chinese character, so she also knows, and sees that in addition to a few relatively ordinary dishes, there are also six very special dish names: "Whispering", "Heart has a Spiritual Rhino", "Flowers and Flowers", "Four Generations in the Same Hall", "Flowers Bloom and Wealth", "Teeth and Claws".

Liu Feiping said, "Who has heard of these last dishes, how to do this?" ”

He Lan thought for a moment and spoke, "I can give it a try, but I wonder if you are willing to listen to me?" ”

"Chef He, can you really do it?" Hearing this, everyone seemed to be surprised, maybe no one dared to believe it, after all, these names had never been heard of, and this He Lan could really do it.

"Of course, as long as you can listen to me, maybe everything will be fine. If you don't listen, it's hard to say. He Lan had something to say.

"Naturally, as long as we can do it, we will obey the words of Chef He." These people really saw the wind and rudder, and even used honorifics for He Lan.

"Sister He, are you okay?" Feng'er tugged at He Lan's shirt and asked cautiously, as if she was afraid that she would do something bad and be unlucky at that time. Mu Ping also raised his head, with a worried look in his eyes.

"He Lan, don't brag, this dish has never even been heard of by the miscellaneous family, how can you make it?" Huo Sihui raised his eyebrows and said.

"It seems that there are really people who don't want me to do it. Then forget it, if you miss the time, let's pay for that person together. He Lan was not frightened, but blurted out such words.

"Huo Sihui," Liu Feiping was still honorifizing Huo Sihui just now, but when He Lan said this, he suddenly stopped being polite, "You can't keep your mouth shut." It doesn't matter if you die as a eunuch, but we are all living people, and you can't do it, do you want us to die with you? If He Lan can do it, why don't let her do it! ”

"Miscellaneous ...... No...... There is no such idea. Huo Sihui is actually a person who bullies the weak and is afraid of the hard, and when he saw that Liu Feiping was really angry, he also softened his mouth for a while.

"It's good that you said that earlier, why did you look down on people so much just now." He Lan smiled, and then ordered, "Is there a pig?" ”

"Yes." As soon as they heard this, everyone immediately called out in unison.

"Well, everyone, listen up. Cut a pair of ears on a boar and a sow. He Lan said.

"Pig ears?!" Everyone was stunned for a long time, no one knew what medicine He Lan was selling in his head, and no one moved.

"Hurry up, it's not good to miss the hour!" Seeing that no one moved, He Lan spoke again.

"I'll go!" Mu Ping immediately ran out first, found the pigsty, and then asked the pig farmer to cut off a pair of ears, less than half a pillar of incense, Mu Ping took four ears and came back, "Sister, I got it back." ”

"Okay." He Lan bent down as she spoke, lowered her head, and kissed Mu Ping lightly on the face, "This is a reward for you." "She actually treats Muping as a younger brother, and it's also a habit of hers - as long as it's a child, she will be close.

"Hmm."

He Lan then found water and began to wash the four pigs' ears, saying as she did, "Wash them first, and then pluck the hair off the ears...... Just as she was about to pull them, Liu Feiping suddenly reached out and grabbed them, "I'll pull them out." I saw that he plucked all the hairs from the pig's ears with a quick technique, leaving no hair at all.

"Not bad." He Lan stretched out her thumb to Liu Feiping, and after taking the pig's ears, she took out one pair of ears, and took out one ear from it, just a slight diagonal cut on the ear, and then stuck the other ear in this ear, and then, cut the green onion into flowers and the carrot into round slices.

"Plates." As soon as He Lan's words fell, another person immediately stretched out his hand and handed over the plate.

He Lan started to put it without looking at it, and after a while, when the plate was displayed, it was like a "couple" whispering, and he was dumbfounded.

He Lan circled around the plate, as if he was not very satisfied, picked up another white radish, first peeled and peeled it, and then cut it a few times, it became a rectangular radish, and then used a knife to engrave three words on the white radish, "whispering" The word "whispering" was also carved so wonderfully, and then put it on the plate!

"Miss He," looking at such a way of plating, everyone was shocked, they didn't expect this dish to be placed like this, where it still looks like a dish, it is obviously a work of art, "I didn't expect your cooking skills to be so good, I really underestimated you." Liu Feiping was finally convinced at this time.

"Thank you." He Lan is not the kind of humble person, so he naturally received this praise, "Just tear some salt on it." ”

"Salt?" Everyone was stunned again.

"Here's the salt." Feng'er hurriedly picked up the salt, it turned out that Zhao Fuqing was afraid that He Lan would run out of salt, so he handed it to Feng'er when she came out.

"Uh...... Sorry, I forgot for a moment, there seems to be very little salt here. He Lan did forget a little.

"Can you eat this salt?" Huo Sihui was stunned for a long time, and finally found the opportunity to ask He Lan.

"Would you like to taste it first?" See if you can eat it. However, as far as I know, the Qing prince has tasted this salt with his own mouth, and he has also praised it. He Lan said with a smile.