The autumn breeze is cool, but the head of the imperial dining room is sweating like rain in the main hall. The standard that the queen said is very clear, only two snacks and one porridge are prepared for breakfast every day, four dishes and one soup and one porridge for lunch, and two dishes and one porridge for dinner. It stands to reason that this is not known how many times the standard of the original queen's diet has been reduced, and the imperial dining room does not know how much labor has to be reduced. But the head manager's footsteps can't move, what about the four dishes at noon today? It's too difficult to choose four dishes from hundreds of dishes, and you have to like it! In case Niangniang doesn't like the four dishes, do you have to make a few things to choose from? Thinking like this, the steward's feet were pinned to the same place.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else you don't understand? Yan Yue couldn't understand why it was so difficult to ask the chief manager so easily to bring a system through the Three Kingdoms. Did you still embarrass them by relieving them of their tasks?

"Niangniang, what do you want to use at noon today? And in the future, will the daily meal be prepared after the mother's eyes? The Steward asked earnestly and cautiously. If the mother does it every day, it will save a lot of trouble in the dining room, and it will not fall into any crime.

"Not really. You can match each type of dish, two meat and two vegetables, and remember not to repeat the same dish every day. Yan Yue replied casually, but couldn't help asking, "What's delicious at noon now?" ”

"Niangniang, what do you want to ask? Is it running on the ground or swimming in the water? "The chief steward is sweating again, which dishes in this imperial dining room are not carefully selected and carefully grinded. Even the vegetarian fried cabbage root has countless more procedures than the outside of the palace, and the taste of the fried cabbage is many times better than that of the best restaurant. As for meat and fish, there are countless kinds, not to mention chicken, duck and fish, but also wild geese, venison, bear's paws, crab meat, etc., and the practice of each dish is divided into many kinds, and the more you think about it, the more you sweat. The queen's sympathy for the people makes it more difficult for the people below.

Yan Yue frowned and thought for a while: "What is swimming in the water?" ”

The chief steward couldn't help but stretch out his hand to wipe away the sweat that fell from the corners of his eyes, and then replied: "River fish include grass carp, bream, crucian carp, carp, whitebait, sea bass, salmon, wheat catfish, silver carp, white eel, yellow eel, flower loach, loach, etc.; Marine fish include hairtail, yellow croaker, cod, moray eel, mackerel, yellow croaker, and so on. By the way, there are crabs and lobsters from Lushan in the past two days......"

The manager was a little anxious, and his breath was a little uneven. Luckily, the Steward's eyes finally lit up, for the Queen seemed to have heard something of interest. Sure enough, Yan Yue raised her eyebrows and asked seriously, "Lobster?" It's autumn and it should be the season to eat lobster. "The heart of the head of the imperial dining room is calm, as long as the mother chooses what she is interested in, then the lunch will be much easier to arrange.

"I remember that there was a leisurely pond in this palace, and a lotus pond, and a fishing pond, and were there any lobsters in these three pools?" Yan Yue asked with interest, this sentence almost made the chief steward who was standing there fall to the ground. I don't know what this queen is going to do? Even if there are fewer dishes, is it possible that this lady has to go to find the ingredients herself?

The head of the imperial dining room forgot to answer Niangniang's question, and the father-in-law hurriedly replied at this time: "The slave saw a lobster lying on the lotus leaf in the lotus pond a few days ago. ”

"Good, great! Lord Steward, you go back now, prepare some meat for the palace, remember to cut it into little by little, or prepare some chicken intestines or something, anyway, what do you like to eat when the lobster, what do you prepare, Niangniang, I want to go lobster fishing! Yan Yue was so happy in her heart, when was the last time she fished for lobsters? When I was in elementary school, I never imagined that I would come back and regain the fun of my childhood!

"Mother, the slave will take someone to prepare a fishing rod and a net." Gonggong Li understood this time, and began to arrange tasks for himself before Yan Yue could order them.

"Then ask someone to prepare some brushes and salt, the lobster lives in the dirt, and there must be mud and sand and small parasites in the feet, so be sure to wash the shell carefully with a brush and salt. It's safe to eat like this. Yan Yue added anxiously, this special advice made people shine again, there are worms, why does this lady still want to eat it!

After a while, the lotus pond in the palace was already full of people. Half of the people came to fish for lobsters, and half of them came to see the queen. The palace people had already heard that the queen mother stayed in Tianfu Palace last night, and they were all looking forward to seeing the face of the sky, but they never thought that it would be such a way to see the mother. Therefore, when the head of the imperial dining room returned to the imperial dining room, along the way, all the servants who had nothing to do found an excuse to wander around the lotus pond.

With a cool breeze and the sun weaving through the clouds, it's the perfect day for lobster fishing. Under the leadership of the prince of Nali, everyone chose a shallow embankment, and then set a point every 2 meters according to the instructions of the queen's mother, each point is a group, and a group is composed of two people. One is responsible for fishing, and the other is responsible for cooperating with observation and placing the shrimp in the basket. On the shore, a logistics team was formed headed by the head of the imperial dining room, some of whom were responsible for the production of the bait, and the troop personnel were responsible for cleaning the lobsters caught.

The masters and servants of Tianfu Palace are basically all dispatched, plus the palace people led by the head of the imperial dining room, there are fifty or sixty people on the side of this lotus pond. How eye-catching and eye-catching is such a formation, almost in a moment, the news of the queen mother fishing for lobsters by the lotus pond spread throughout the harem to devour the latest chapter of Xiuxian.

Everyone was in a tight formation, and Yan Yue sat down on the rattan chair brought by the palace people, a palace maid behind her was holding a parasol, and a palace maid was dragging a tea tray, ready at any time. What Yan Yue has to do now is just one word "wait", but time passed minute by minute, and Yan Yue was a little anxious, because until now, no member of the group said that they had caught lobsters.

And among the members of this lobster fishing, there is one person who is even more anxious than Yan Yue, and this person is the Gonggong Li who proposed to catch lobsters in the lotus pond. Looking at the silent water surface for a long time, and then turning his head to look at his master's increasingly disappointed expression, the sweat of Father-in-law Li almost soaked the back of his clothes. Looking at the water again, Gonggong Li suddenly got up and walked in the other direction of the lotus pond. Another member of the same group looked around and followed silently.

Yan Yue's disappointment became stronger and stronger, she made such a big move, made so many preparations, and couldn't catch a lobster, she was really disappointed. Just when Yan Yue was about to say withdraw, she heard a smug shout: "Niangniang, the slave has caught a lobster, a lobster has been caught!" ”

Yan Yue was so happy that she immediately stood up and said loudly: "Send that lobster over quickly!" ”

Soon, the two of them sent the lobster to Yan Yue, with a big rusty brown lobster, thick chest, hard shell, and tail curled together. Yan Yue looked at it with a smile on her face, and the red-hot lobster looked like a flashing in her mind. Immediately ordered: "You compete in lobster fishing, which group catches more today, this palace will have a lot of rewards!" ”

The crowd was excited, and Li Gonggong introduced the experience of catching lobsters loudly. The crowd here was full of people just now, and under the sun's rays, the lobsters liked yin and quiet, and most of them hid in the hole at this time. This lobster was caught by a group of two people at the mouth of the lobster cave. Yan Yue knew at this time that her arrangement was not conducive to lobster fishing, and immediately announced that each group member was free to choose the shrimp fishing method, and whichever group caught more would win.

This time it is really eight immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers. Not only did the palace people choose their own locations, but they also began to change the bait, some chose to use chicken intestines, some chose to use crab meat, and some chose to use snake meat...... Fortunately, there is everything in the imperial dining room, and as long as the lobster fisherman can mention it, the head of the imperial dining room will definitely meet everyone's requirements in a timely manner.

The lotus pond was lively, and some palace people thought it was too troublesome to fish, so they rolled up their trouser legs and went down the river. Even the team members who are in charge of collecting shrimp can't stand it anymore, and one person fishes here, while the other begins to look for the next battle point. And the results of the battle were quickly revealed, and the lotus pond remembered the cry of "we have caught a lobster" from time to time, and Yan Yue couldn't sit still on the rattan chair, so the palace people prepared another fishing rod and integrated into the lobster fishing team.

An hour later, it was already a brilliant battle, and pots of lobsters showed their teeth and claws. Yan Yue led everyone to carry these lobsters and went straight to the imperial dining room. Yan Yue wants to open up a second battlefield, and that is to eat lobster!

Under Yan Yue's command, everyone began to carefully and meticulously clean the lobsters. And Yan Yue ordered the head of the imperial dining room to summon nearly ten chefs to explain the methods of each flavor dragon scare one by one. Yan Yue just finished teaching here, and the cleaned lobsters over there were also sent. In the busy crowd, soon spicy lobster, puff pastry lobster, charcoal grilled lobster, salt and pepper lobster, garlic lobster, shrimp tofu and so on were freshly baked.

Yan Yue had just announced her reward at this time, that is, five or six tables were set up outside the imperial dining room, and everyone sat around and started the lobster feast! There are no masters, no minions, just a group of gluttonous insects who taste food. The servants of Tianfu Palace only understood what the queen mother said in the morning at this time - the queen mother in this palace is the rule!

At this time, in the Qinzheng Palace, Murong Yan was looking at the map of the West Chubu Army and studying it carefully, and did not stop until Xiao Lizi brought lunch. While eating, he didn't forget to ask, "Do you know what the queen is busy with today?" ”

Xiao Lizi waited while replying: "Niangniang drove Xu Mama out of the palace in the morning, and then met the people from the Internal Affairs Office to order the clothes for the ceremony, and then Niangniang re-set the standard of daily meals, and I heard that it was reduced by half...... Later, he took the people of Tianfu Palace and the imperial dining room to fish for lobsters, and now they should all eat lobsters in the imperial dining room, and the emperor you see, the dish over there should be made by the chef of the imperial dining room taught by the queen mother. ”

The expression on Murong Yan's face was unpredictable for a while, even Xiao Lizi, who had been waiting close to him, and Xiao Lizi, who could guess most of the emperor's thoughts, couldn't figure out what the smile and annoyance on the emperor's face meant at this time!