Chapter 42: Who will win the competition?
After sprinkling the sesame seeds, Su Yuexue put the plate in front of her nose and smelled it, it was not bad and fragrant, Su Yuexue picked up a chicken wing and wanted to taste it, but she saw Xiaohe's eyes staring at the chicken wings, Su Yuexue walked to Xiaohe and handed the plate to her: "Xiaohe, you can taste it too!" ”
Xiaohe picked up a chicken wing and stuffed it into his mouth: "Wow, Miss, these chicken wings are so delicious, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and fragrant with fruit!" After eating, Xiaohe licked his lips and said.
"Hehe, that's of course, putting fruit can not only remove the fishy smell of chicken wings, but also improve freshness." Su Yuexue said with a smile, originally she wanted to make Coke chicken wings, but there was no Coke in this era, so she could only change the method, but this fruity chicken wings tasted better, "By the way, Xiaohe, you go to the yard to help me pick some lotus leaves." After Su Yuexue finished speaking, she ordered Xiaohe.
"Yes, miss." When Xiaohe heard this, he walked out of the small kitchen and walked towards the courtyard.
Su Yuexue took a chicken that had been dehaired and killed, made a small opening from the back and neck of the chicken, cut off the chicken bones, removed the internal organs, chicken snort, esophagus, wing bones, sternum, and thigh bones, and then turned the chicken bones inside, put them in a pot of boiling water and scalded them, turned the chicken skin outside, and then put it in the pot to remove the smell of blood, and then fished out the empty chicken body and put it on an empty plate.
Su Yuexue cut the onions, garlic, and fruits and put them next to the plate. Su Yuexue washed the chicken's internal organs,, and chicken intestines, put them in the oil pan, stir-fried them, added seasonings, and then put them out and put them into the empty chicken. Su Yuexue put the onions, garlic and fruits into the pot, stir-fried them a few times, and then put the chicken into the pot, poured a basin of water into it, and simmered for half an hour.
"Miss, the lotus leaves are ready." Xiaohe walked into the small kitchen with a few lotus leaves.
Su Yuexue took the lotus leaf and removed the stem, she took out the chicken and cut it into pieces, then Su Yuexue put the lotus leaf into a pot with water and boiled it, and finally Su Yuexue wrapped the chicken nuggets into the lotus leaf.
Xiaohe shouted delicious after tasting one, Su Yuexue felt very happy, she didn't expect that she hadn't cooked during this time, and her cooking skills not only did not regress, but also grew a lot, which really made her not expect that with her current cooking skills and those official ladies, PK should be in her hands.
A few days later, Su Yuexue entered the palace, she and a group of official ladies were brought into the imperial dining room by a small eunuch, Su Yuexue walked into the imperial dining room only to find that it was really very big, and there were all kinds of ingredients. After the little eunuch finished talking about some matters of the competition, she withdrew, Su Yuexue felt a little like laughing when she looked at the scrambled and overwhelmed appearance of those official ladies, and it didn't take long for her eyes to move to Zhuge Yuzheng, but she didn't expect Zhuge Yuzheng to also come to participate in this cooking competition.
According to Su Yuexue's understanding of Zhuge Yuzheng, she should not be interested in what reward, she should have come to participate to show it in front of Xiao Tianxuan to deepen his impression, this painstaking effort moved Su Yuexue, but Zhuge Yuzheng is afraid that she will pay it wrongly, Xiao Tianxuan likes Ye Mochen, hey!
Because of the limited time, Su Yuexue didn't go to chat with Zhuge Yuzheng, she took the ingredients she needed, cut the dishes, and put them on the plate, and then Su Yuexue made the dishes she wanted to do one by one according to the order and steps of cooking in the small kitchen last time, she looked at the dishes in front of her and was a little excited, this is her achievement, if it wasn't for the fact that she would be brought out to the emperor and the ministers to review and taste, she really wanted to eat some after all, these dishes look very delicious.
About half an hour later, the little eunuch took the other eunuchs to serve the dishes away, and at the same time, he arranged Su Yuexue and the other official ladies in a small palace courtyard in the palace and said that he wanted to wait for the results, but it was nothing, Su Yuexue didn't want to watch those people eat the dishes, she was afraid that she couldn't help but want to eat.
I don't know how long I waited, Su Yuexue saw that the sky outside had become dark, oh my God, it took so long to eat a few dishes, or was it difficult to choose the champion this time? It's really a good thing for her to wait, but what can she do, she can only wait.
Su Yuexue walked to Zhuge Yuzheng and chatted with her for a while, then sat on the chair and fell asleep, she was already a little sleepy when she was cooking just now, I didn't expect to let her wait here for so long, hey, anyway, there is nothing to do now, it is better to make up for sleep.
Su Yuexue was dozing on the chair in a daze, and it didn't take long for a little eunuch to walk in with the holy decree, Su Yuexue was also awakened and immediately stood up, she looked at the little eunuch's appearance that seemed to be smiling, and she didn't know what he was thinking.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor said, there is a palace cooking competition today, I and the ministers tasted the dishes made by the young ladies for a long time, and finally came to the conclusion that the winner of this competition is Su Yuexue, the eldest lady of Shangshufu!" After the little eunuch finished reading the holy decree, there was an uproar among all the official ladies present, Su Yuexue also felt a little surprised, this happiness came a little suddenly, I didn't expect that she was not a chef but she could get the championship of the palace cooking competition, it was not too cool, and after secretly being happy, Su Yuexue stepped forward to take the holy decree and the prizes she won in this competition.
Su Yuexue took this small sandalwood box and opened it to find that it was an orange jade bracelet inlaid with a lot of jewelry, which looked very beautiful, although it was not particularly gorgeous but very exquisite, but this bracelet was the Qiankun bracelet she was looking for? Su Yuexue closed her eyes and recalled the appearance of the Qiankun bracelet on the drawing, she found that the bracelet in her hand was very different from the appearance of the Qiankun bracelet, there was basically no similarity, but whatever it was, this bracelet looked very valuable, so it was better to take it first, in case one day the hand was tight, this can also be used as an emergency.
"Cher, congratulations, is this the prize for this cooking competition? It's beautiful, and it suits you perfectly! Su Yuexue was about to put away the bracelet when she saw Zhuge Yuzheng coming over, smiled with envy in her eyes and said to her.
"Sister Yuzheng, do you want it, then this bracelet will be given to you!" Although Zhuge Yuzheng did not speak, it could be seen from Zhuge Yuzheng's eyes that she wanted this bracelet very much, because this is not only a prize, but also an honor! Anyway, she doesn't like to wear jewelry, and this jade bracelet is not something she is looking for, and she has such a good relationship with Zhuge Yuzheng, since Zhuge Yuzheng wants it, she will definitely give it.
"Really, thank you Cher, you're so nice!" Zhuge Yuzheng smiled and took the bracelet and put it on his wrist.
I don't know if it's dazzling, the moment Zhuge Yuzheng put on the bracelet, Su Yuexue saw that the bracelet emitted a faint light.
Could it be that Zhuge Jade Zheng is also the activator of treasures, so only when she wears a jade bracelet will it shine, Su Yuexue thought so, but this jade bracelet is not what she is looking for, why does it shine? Or is she just dazzled, after all, this light has disappeared now, maybe she really saw it wrong, no matter what, since it is something sent out, whether it is something she is looking for or not, she will not ask for it back, and it is a big deal to borrow it from Zhuge Yuzheng when she wants to use it in the future.
"Cher, what are you thinking?" Zhuge Yuzheng looked at Su Yuexue in a daze, so he patted her shoulder and asked suspiciously.
"It's okay, Sister Yuzheng, I'm hungry, let's eat something!" Su Yuexue raised her head and looked at Zhuge Yuzheng and said.
"Okay, since Xue'er gave me a bracelet, then I'll invite Xue'er to dinner!" Zhuge Yuzheng smiled and took Su Yuexue's hand.
Su Yuexue and Zhuge Yuzheng were chatting while walking in the palace, they hadn't seen each other for a while, so they talked about many things very happily.
"Moon Snow!" Su Yuexue and Zhuge Yuzheng were chatting happily when they suddenly heard someone calling her, Su Yuexue turned around and found that it was Ye Mochen and Xiao Tianxuan.
"Ice cubes, Brother Tianxuan!" Su Yuexue screamed like this, grabbed Zhuge Yuzheng and walked to Ye Mochen and Xiao Tianxuan.
"The courtiers see His Royal Highness King Xiao, see the Night King!" Zhuge Yuzheng saw Ye Mochen and Xiao Tianxuan, so he helped his body and saluted slightly.
"Miss Zhuge is exempt, where are you going?" Xiao Tianxuan raised his hand and asked.
"Oh, Sister Yuzheng and I are going to go get something to eat! Ice cubes, Brother Tianxuan, do you want to go together? Su Yuexue asked the two.
"Okay, it just so happens that I'm hungry too, what do you say, Mochen?" Xiao Tianxuan asked Ye Mochen beside him.
"Let's go together!" Ye Mochen replied and walked in the direction of leaving the palace.
"Ah, Bing Cube, slow down, why are you walking so fast, wait for us!" Su Yuexue saw that Ye Mochen was just gone, so she quickly chased after her.
"These two really are! Miss Zhuge let's go too. Xiao Tianxuan shook his head helplessly and said to Zhuge Yuzheng on the side.
"Yes, His Royal Highness King Xiao, if you don't dislike it, you can call the name of the courtier." Zhuge Yuzheng smiled slightly, she had already chatted with Xiao Tianxuan last time, she was very fond of Xiao Tianxuan, she really hoped to be able to become good friends with Xiao Tianxuan like Su Yuexue, but she didn't know if Xiao Tianxuan was willing, but she still had to take the first step bravely.
"Of course, when it's not on a formal occasion, Zhuge and Yuzheng can also call me by my name, everyone is a friend, so you don't have to be restrained." Xiao Tianxuan has always been an informal person, since Zhuge Yuzheng is Su Yuexue's cousin, it can naturally be his friend Xiao Tianxuan, and when he chatted with Zhuge Yuzheng that time, he also got to know Zhuge Yuzheng a little, he felt that although Zhuge Yuzheng was very weak on the surface, he seemed to need protection from others, but in fact he was also a gentle and kind, empathetic and assertive person, and he would not feel very rusty with such a person, but had a very cordial feeling.
"Okay, then the courtier girl might as well be respectful, Palace, ah, Tianxuan, let's go after Xue'er and the Night King, they seem to have gone far." Zhuge Yuzheng was very happy to hear Xiao Tianxuan say this, did Xiao Tianxuan also regard her as a friend, so would she have the opportunity to have a closer contact with him? If she could, she would faint happily.