Chapter 33: The Emperor's Arrival
"Your Majesty," Zhao Sheng Rong had just come to the imperial study, and was about to watch the recital, when suddenly the henchman eunuch ran over and called softly.
"What?" Zhao Sheng Rong put down the fold and asked casually.
"It's He Lan, as well as Prince De and Prince Qing are all drinking the so-called celebration wine over there, and they also said a bunch of 'Charles'." Zhou Quan said slowly, he could see the emperor's intentions, presumably he wanted to accept He Lan as a concubine, otherwise, he would not be so named He Lan on the queen mother's birthday.
"Celebration wine? This little concubine is really fun, what kind of celebration is this, if the fifth or ninth child returns from the battle to celebrate the victory, what kind of merit does she have? Zhao Sheng Rong couldn't help but laugh.
"Your Majesty," Zhou Quan reminded, "It was Your Majesty who promoted He Lan, didn't he make her the deputy head of the house?" In addition, she has a good cooking, which was personally told by His Majesty, and even gave her a mansion ......"
"Are you blaming me for forgetting?" When Zhao Sheng Rong heard this, his tone suddenly became stiff, and his expression became serious.
"Minions don't dare!" Only then did Zhou Quan remember that the emperor in front of him was the emperor of the Ninety-Five, not an ordinary master, how could he be a eunuch who dared to say that the emperor was at fault, it seemed that he really had a lot to say.
"Forgive me for not daring. Get out and let me be quiet! Zhao Sheng Rong waved his hand.
"Yes." Only then did Zhou Quan cautiously exit the imperial study, wiped his face at the door, and then let out a long breath, and finally passed this pass.
After Zhou Quan left, Zhao Shengrong was still ready to watch the recital, but his mind couldn't calm down, and his mind was full of He Lan's righteousness on the Queen Mother's birthday, especially when answering his little sister's question, he was so reasonable that the little sister who could say it was speechless.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud, it seems that this He Lan is really a special girl, it's just ...... laughed, and suddenly remembered that this He Lan was sent by the ninth brother, did he want her to be an internal worker? However, if this is the case, why did the fifth brother, his own brother, also have to insert a kick? Do you want to be an emperor too? Considering this, Zhao Shengrong frowned again, what is the reason.
Just when Zhao Sheng Rong was thinking about this problem, He Lan saw that everyone was eating extremely deliciously, so he remembered to make one more thing, because there were too few people to eat, there was not enough to eat at all, and at this time there was no distinction between superior and inferior in the imperial dining room, even Zhao Changde and Zhao Fuqing were smiling.
"He Lan, why don't you drink?" Zhao Fuqing asked softly.
"If the food is gone, how can you drink? I'll go make some more dishes. He Lan said lightly.
"No need, you're just me......" Zhao Fu Qing's voice didn't finish, but Zhao Changde answered, "He Lan, what are you going to do?" ”
"Nature is a delicious dish." He Lan raised her eyebrows, and then came to the stove again, and saw the headless chicken, there is, so let's cook it once.
Take a kitchen knife, break the chicken's chest, then reach out and take out the internal organs, take out the contents of the inside, first put it in a small bowl, then wash the blood in it with water, find the green onion, ginger, garlic, wash them respectively, then cut the green onion into segments, then cut the ginger and garlic into slices, and stuff it into the chicken breast again.
Immediately, put the chicken on the steaming drawer, turn on the fire and steam it, and then wash the chicken liver, chicken heart, chicken offal, etc., soaked it in salt water a little, and then blanched it with water. He Lan's knife work is very good, the thickness of the cut vegetables is exactly the same, and even the size is not distinguishable at all, and then put them on the plate one by one, and then cut the remaining green onion into flowers and sprinkled it on the plate, thought about it a little, cut a few more carrots, and put them on the plate again, and then served them.
Seeing a delicate flower, everyone took a long breath, especially Zhao Fuqing and Zhao Changde, although they heard from their subordinates about He Lan's hard work, they didn't expect it to be such a thick foundation, it seems that they should really come to watch it in person, instead of sending someone to see it.
"He Lan, your platter is indeed very good, I didn't expect you to learn so well." Zhao Changde nodded and said, he had seen the platter from foreigners, so he naturally knew about it.
"Of course, with my more than ten years of hard work, what is this bit of knife work? Tell you, I'm only in the top ten ......on my side" Before He Lan finished speaking, everyone suddenly laughed, seeing everyone laughing, she realized that she was talking about modern times again, and immediately changed the topic, "I said Zhao Fuqing, you seem to have forgotten what I once said, my cooking skills were taught to me by the dream god, not to mention that the ten years in the dream are a night in the world, so ......"
Speaking of this, He Lan didn't mention it anymore, forgot it, now it is in the Zhao Kingdom, the Zhao Dynasty, an era that has never been seen in history, and she is just a sixteen-year-old girl, maybe in modern times, she has already become a pile of white bones. Changchang took a breath, went to see the steamer again, smelled the fragrance, and then brought the chicken down, and when Mu Ping ran over and was about to eat, He Lan hurriedly stopped, "It's not good yet." ”
"He Lan, isn't this scented, why isn't it good?" Zhao Changde asked.
"Because the roast chicken has to be cooked again, it has just been steamed, so it can be said that it is half-cooked, and eating it is not good for the body." He Lan explained carefully, and then took the chicken off the drawer, and then put it in the pot again to cook, but because there was no soy sauce or anything here, she had to rub the chicken with salt again.
"It turns out that fragrant things are so troublesome, it seems that it is really not easy to eat." Only then did Zhao Changde understand why he felt expensive to eat at the foreigner's side, just because the food was not easy to make.
"That is, I guess you often only eat simple dishes, except for stir-fried or stewed, I guess you rarely eat this kind of poor people's food. Also, I didn't see that even the cornmeal was called 'poor man's flour' by a father-in-law. People who have never suffered naturally do not know the goodness of coarse grains. Hey, you really don't know how blessed you are. ”
"What kind of grain is coarse grain?" Zhao Fuqing and the others asked in unison.
"Coarse grains are ......" He Lan suddenly didn't know how to explain, and after thinking for a while, he spoke, "It just feels like a tooth when you eat it, but it's rich in nutrients." You don't know if you talk too much, after all, you don't have that knowledge. Oops, my chicken, patronizing and teaching you, almost forgot about chicken, look, how much you guys are in the way! He Lan's last sentence actually blamed everyone, and everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they all covered their mouths and laughed.
"Your Majesty, slow down." Zhou Quan never thought that the emperor would suddenly come to this future imperial dining room, and his walking movements were also extremely fast, and he couldn't follow the emperor, and he had to run to keep up.
"No matter how slow it is, I won't be able to eat good things, is there a ninth brother who asked you to stop me from eating?" Zhaosheng Rong glared at Zhou Quan.
"Your Majesty, you forgive your sins. Slaves don't dare! "Where does Zhou Quan dare, besides, even if someone blocks the emperor, it is a crime of killing the head, who dares to break into this bad head.
"Then why don't you hurry up and show me the way." Zhao Sheng Rong glared at Zhou Quan again.
"Yes." Zhou Quan had no choice but to surpass the emperor.
When he came to the imperial dining room, Zhou Quan was just about to say "The emperor ......", but he was waved by Zhaosheng Rong, "Don't shout, I want to see them and surprise them." ”
"Yes." Zhou Quan nodded, then turned sideways and let the emperor step forward, while he quietly hid.
When I came to the door, I heard a noise coming from inside, "I said thief prince, why don't you steal some soy sauce and come back, or this chicken will taste even more delicious." "Hey, kidnapping the prince, why don't you only eat and don't speak, be careful of that disease!" "Feng'er, that can't be eaten, although the tip of the chicken is soft, but that one is carcinogenic, throw it away quickly." "Mu Ping, come, eat some chicken liver, it's good for your eyes." This voice naturally belongs to He Lan.
"Fifth brother, I didn't expect you, the thief prince, to be really energetic, and even agreed." This is Zhao Fu Qing's voice.
"The thief is okay, it's better than you, the abducted prince, if it weren't for you, ...... kidnapped" Zhao Changde's voice.
"Hey, if I hadn't kidnapped you, you would have been able to eat such delicious food? However, I should really thank the imperial brother, if it weren't for the imperial brother who wanted to kill me, I would have escaped from the sky, maybe I wouldn't have met He Lan, I wouldn't have met He Lan, maybe none of us would have been able to eat such a fragrant meal. Zhao Fu cleared his throat and said, with a slow and leisurely look, which made people look extremely moved.
Hearing this, Zhao Sheng Rong's heart suddenly tightened, could it be that He Lan was really an internal work invited by Zhao Fuqing? Or what did he mention about it?
"Oh, what do you listen to him talk nonsense, he's just drunk." He Lan naturally understood that Zhao Fuqing actually had hatred in his eyes, considering that he had saved himself after all, if it weren't for him, maybe he would still be suffering on Zhao Fu's side, or he would have already died, so he hurriedly defended him.
"He Lan, have you ever heard the truth after drinking?" Zhao Changde asked.
"I said Zhao Changde, don't believe this nonsense, tell the truth after drinking, how can a drunk person tell the truth, I'm afraid that even if you say a bunch of words, you will forget it the next day. Indeed, this drunken talk cannot be believed. He Lan had the audacity to call out the names of the two princes, but no one was angry.
Listening to the laughter inside, Zhao Shengrong's hand was tightly clenched into a fist, and at this time, it happened that Mu Ping wanted to be convenient, so he came out, but as soon as he opened the door, he was so frightened that he cried out, "Your Majesty!" ”
When the people in the room heard Mu Ping's voice, they all fell silent, stood up one by one, and then swept their eyes to the door, and sure enough, the emperor in yellow clothes stood at the door, and he was also inexplicable.