The capital, the Prince's Mansion.

Before dawn, the light was turned on early in the small kitchen of Taozheng Courtyard.

Fu Yuanyuan yawned and entered the kitchen, and Mama Pang followed behind and said: "Just let the slave and maid make this pear paste, and go back to the mother to dress it up and bring it into the palace." It's so cold, why don't you go back and sleep more? ”

Fu Yuanyuan covered his mouth and yawned again: "It's okay." ”

She was dressed thick and warm, and the small kitchen was lit up in the morning, and she didn't feel cold at all.

After the confinement, the queen mother was afraid that she would be lazy, and asked people to pass on the words to enter the palace according to the rules to ask for peace.

Please be safe, please be safe, but yesterday the queen mother made a special trip to the palace to come over and spread the word, saying that she had a cold cough recently and wanted to eat the pear paste made by her granddaughter-in-law.

The word 'hands' was also emphasized.

Fu Yuanyuan didn't mishear the meaning of the grandmother in the palace, and now he got up to make pear paste in the dark.

She is not obeying the Queen Mother's orders, but since the Queen Mother emphasizes her own hands, there may be some moths waiting for her here.

So, let her make a pear paste by herself.

"Mama Pang, how do you make this pear paste?"

Fu Yuanyuan washed his hands and looked at Mama Pang with a smile.

She is not proficient in cooking, and without the cheating artifact of Mama Pang, she can't fool even something as simple as pear paste.

Mama Pang knew that the crown princess was a man of many words, so she had to wash her hands and said, "Niangniang, pear paste is not difficult to make, but it takes some effort." ”

He took out a few fresh pears, "In terms of timber, the first thing to do is to choose a good pear." The pears should be ripe and sweet, and the pear paste will be sweet. ”

After skillfully peeling off the skin, removing the core, and cutting it into small pieces, Mama Pang said again, "Coupled with jujubes with plump flesh, the skin and core are also removed." ”

"You also need ginger and monk fruit."

Mama Pang's hands and feet were neat, and she acted while explaining, but in two quarters of an hour, she cooked all the ingredients, put them in the pot and began to boil.

"Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat for an hour, until the paste is viscous, and then turn off the heat."

Fu Yuanyuan was dazzled and amazed: "It's over in an hour?" ”

Mama Pang smiled: "There is one last step, wait for the paste to be formed, add honey and stir well after cooling, and it is done." ”

"You can eat it right away, or you can put it in a sealed jar and eat it slowly."

Fu Yuanyuan read it once, knew the steps in his heart, and said with a smile: "Mama Pang, I'll do it again, if there is something wrong, you can give me pointers." ”

After an hour of busy work in the kitchen, it finally dawned.

Fu Yuanyuan glanced at the pear paste boiling in the pot, and said with a smile: "The palace will go to freshen up and eat, and enter the palace after a while, this pear paste is estimated to be just right." ”

Cining Palace.

Fu Yuanyuan and Peng Yuemei waited on the platform for the Queen Mother to summon them.

Peng Yue's eyebrows had a faint blue color, Fu Yuanyuan saw it, and asked with a smile: "Brother and sister of the emperor got up early to boil pear paste?" ”

Peng Yue frowned: "The Queen Mother passed the decree yesterday to let her younger brothers and sisters make pear paste and bring it to Cining Palace today, so she got up early." The imperial sister-in-law looks in good spirits, which makes her younger siblings envious. ”

Fu Yuan smiled.

The nurse takes care of the baby's breastfeeding at night, she goes to bed early, sleeps well, and even gets up before dawn, and her spirit is good.

"The imperial sister-in-law also brought pear paste?" Peng Yuemei looked at Jade and lifted the food box and asked.

Fu Yuanyuan nodded: "The first time I washed my hands to make soup, I don't know if I can pass the level of the Queen Mother." ”

When Peng Yuemei heard this, her eyebrows moved slightly: "I still remember the first time my brother and sister made pear paste, but it didn't work for a long time, and it was not easy for the imperial sister-in-law to make the finished product, presumably the queen mother will not blame." ”

Fu Yuanyuan bent the corners of her mouth, she didn't care whether the Queen Mother liked it or not, and it was her duty to do it. While the two were gossiping, the grandmother of Cining Palace came out and said: "The queen mother invites the two mothers into the palace." ”

The Queen Mother was in good spirits, her eyes slid over Fu Yuanyuan and Peng Yuemei, and she said quietly: "It's cold these days, and it's inevitable that there will be a few coughs, so I want to eat pear paste." ”

Peng Yuemei smiled and blessed her body: "The imperial grandmother is unwell, which makes the granddaughter-in-law very worried. Yuemei got up before dawn today to make pear paste herself, and asked the imperial grandmother to taste it to see if it was your taste. ”

She said something intimately, the Queen Mother smiled when she heard it, and the grandmother on the side hurriedly presented Peng Yuemei's pear paste.

The Queen Mother took a sip and praised: "Yuemei is really ingenious, and the pear paste is very suitable for the mourners." ”

She put the pear paste aside, picked up the silk handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, and looked at Fu Yuanyuan lightly: "Did the princess make the pear paste with her own hands?" ”

Fu Yuanyuan took out the pear paste from the food box unhurriedly: "Please taste it from the imperial grandmother." ”

Mama presented the pear paste, and the Queen Mother lifted the lid of the white jade cup, glanced at it and said, "It looks like it." ”

Peng Yuemei covered her mouth and chuckled: "The imperial sister-in-law is very attentive, I heard that for the sake of the imperial grandmother, but it is the first time to cook pear paste." ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, her hand stiffened when she picked up the small spoon, she was not interested in trying the pear paste made by the crown princess for the first time.

Don't look back and eat wrong.

Putting down the pear paste cup, the Queen Mother pursed her lips and said: "Although this royal daughter-in-law does not need to be good at cooking, she should still cook a simple meal." ”

Glancing at Fu Yuanyuan, who was silent, she said leisurely, "Since the crown princess is not good at cooking, she will practice in the small kitchen of Cining Palace." ”

"That's it, make twelve cups of pear paste in the small kitchen of Cining Palace, and then go out of the palace and return home when you finish it."

Fu Yuanyuan lowered her eyes, and secretly scolded the old pious woman in her heart for being so bad, she was afraid that the sun was going down after the twelve cups of pear paste were done, and she was still thinking about going home to feed the baby, how could she delay so much time.

Quickly calculated, even if several cups of pear paste are made at the same time, it will take nearly two hours to boil at the earliest!

Not to mention the twelve cups of pear paste?

Glancing at Peng Yuemei, who was silent, Fu Yuanyuan pulled his lips and smiled: "Imperial grandmother, although Yuanyuan is the imperial sister-in-law, this skill in making pear paste is not comparable to the four emperor's brothers and sisters. I don't know if I can let the four emperor brothers and sisters stay and instruct Xia Yuanyuan how to make pear paste? ”

When the Queen Mother heard this, she looked at Peng Yuemei with a smile: "Yuemei, are you willing?" ”

Peng Yuemei clenched the handkerchief in her hand, and curtsied: "Back to the emperor's grandmother, don't dare to give advice, Yuemei is naturally willing to study cooking with the imperial sister-in-law." ”

"Good, good, good," the Queen Mother smiled, "Since that's the case, then you and your concubine will go to the small kitchen to make twelve cups of pear paste, go back and pick out the good ones, and send them to the emperor and queen to taste." ”