Chapter 44: This is the Taste of Spring
Zheng Shuwei stood in front of the case, please come forward to watch.
Emperor Xuancheng also helped the Queen Mother to the table.
In that big tank, there was a fish swimming quietly.
The blue-black back, the white belly, the size of the foot, is slowly swimming at the bottom of the tank.
Zheng Shuwei held a thin bamboo pole in his hand, gently inserted it into the water tank, and touched the fish. In the midst of everyone's exclamations, the fish quickly swelled like a ball and surfaced.
"This is the little girl's hometown, dedicated to His Majesty to make 'spring flavor'.
Emperor Xuancheng looked at the floating fish, brushed his beard and smiled: "This fish is interesting, I don't know what the name is." ”
Zheng Shuwei was quite complacent: "The name of this thing is 'pufferfish', also called 'good fish'. Every spring, it migrates from the sea to the Yangtze River to spawn, and the taste is unusually delicious. ”
"Oh," Emperor Xuancheng said suddenly: "It is Su Zizhan's sentence 'Artemisia is full of short reed buds, and it is when the puffer fish wants to go.'" This is the quatrain of Wing Chun, which I sang when I was young, but I have never been lucky enough to see this puffer fish until now. ”
Li Zhang, who was watching closely, said: "Erchen heard that this puffer fish is poisonous by nature, and it is easy to be poisoned by ordinary preparation methods. ”
"This prince, please rest assured," Zheng Shu stroked his palm slightly, his face swept like a spring breeze, and said with a smile: "I have already brought the best cook from the Nandi Drunken Immortal Mansion and made a dish for Your Majesty with another pufferfish." The Taicai Taiyi has experienced and seen it, and can be eaten with confidence. ”
Let the imperial doctor check in advance, not only to show his own caution, but also to choose with other dishes on the table, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
As soon as the words fell, an attendant came up with a food plate. Emperor Xuancheng was in a good mood, tasted the tender fish, smiled and nodded in praise.
Zheng Shuwei said to Su Qiang, who was standing far away from the crowd, with a pretty face: "But I don't know what the 'spring flavor' that Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess wants to pay tribute to." ”
Su Qiang silently hid the walnut in her hand in her sleeve and gave her a roll of the eyes in her heart. Seeing that Emperor Xuancheng was helping the Queen Mother to walk back to the dragon chair, he looked at her, and all the concubines looked over. Su Qiang had no choice but to bend her knees slightly and said, "The 'spring flavor' brought by the concubine is not put on the food plate, please take a look at it." ”
"Didn't you put it on a plate?" Emperor Xuancheng smiled and nodded, raised one arm to support his forehead, and waved his hand with the other, and said, "Although the crown princess brought it to me to see, what a novelty." ”
The palace maid behind Su Qiang stood up tremblingly, holding a small pink porcelain jar in her arms.
The pink porcelain is beautiful and elegant, the fetus is thin and golden, and the vase or tea cup is fired more, which is quite elegant. Su Qiang asked Xiaoqing to search for a long time in the East Palace before she found such a small jar.
Gong Wan was obviously not confident in the contents of this small jar, and at this time, seeing that everyone's eyes fell on her, she was almost unsteady on her feet, and she almost fell when she crossed Su Qiang.
Without waiting for the chamberlain to question the palace maid, Su Qiang stood up and took the small jar from the palace maid's arms, and said, "This thing is expensive, let's let the concubine send it to Your Majesty." ”
Under the eyes of everyone, either suspicious or disdainful, Su Qiang walked up to Emperor Xuancheng like a weak willow and gently placed the small jar on the table in front of him.
The table was now full of things.
There are fragrant and tender elm money rice, elegant peach blossom cakes, fragrant and tender fish meat, and sweet spring water. And Su Qiang's ......
Emperor Xuancheng's gaze fell on the small powder porcelain jar, and then he slowly rolled up his sleeves and put his right hand inside.
Rubbing it carefully, he then took it out, and said in a deep voice: "This is ...... Soil? ”
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