Xu Yang looked at his master dumbfounded, showing a rare happy smile during this time, and his expression was shocked: "You want to give a gift?" Aren't you going to fulfill this marriage? ”

When the eldest girl from the Weiguo Mansion came over today, Xu Yang could see it clearly, and his marquis didn't raise his eyes at all, obviously he couldn't look down on it.

"When did I say non-fulfillment? This is a holy decree! Do you understand the Divine Decree? Besides, I am very satisfied with this marriage, and I should give gifts. Zhen Guohou is now not only satisfied with this marriage, but at this moment, he has already sketched in his mind that he and his daughter-in-law are married, both wearing red wedding robes, and even the cave room-

Ahem, stop, stop, what do you think? Reserved, reserved, calm, calm.

"Master? Are you saying true? Really ready for a gift? Although he was wearing a mask, Xu Yang had followed Xu Heng for so many years, and he could still see that he was in a very good mood, and even a little ecstatic-

But just came back from the restaurant, his marquis is disdainful of other girls-

A man's heart is also a needle under the sea, Xu Yang said that he couldn't understand it.

"Prepare some good gifts, and I'll visit the Weiguo Mansion tomorrow." Xu Heng waved his hand and motioned for Xu Yang to go down and prepare.

After Xu Yang stepped back, he turned his wheelchair to the table, looking at the supper that Xu Yang served, since he had eaten the food cooked by her daughter-in-law, he couldn't eat the other meals anymore, anyway, they were not as delicious as his daughter-in-law's cooking.

But there is an old saying, people are in good spirits when they are happy, and Hou Ye Xu is in this state now, although the taste of this supper is average, but he still eats it clean.

And Hua Manxi, who is in Yipinju, naturally doesn't know anything about this matter, and is concentrating on looking at the imperial chef selection questions over the years, these test questions have no rules at all, because the people who ask the questions are different people every year, and the tastes of the judges are also different, and there is no rule to study at all.

Things like cooking are not opportunistic, they rely on real work and practical experience.

After watching it for a while, she felt drowsy, but Xiao Wu was unusual, and she started to pack up tomorrow's outfit in the middle of the night.

When this person first came, he still wanted to save a few more clothes before washing, but now he knows that he has realized the preparation of clothes, which shows that the training of this product is still effective, and it must be able to train people.

"Hua Manxi, do you think you can enter the palace?" Xiao Wu tried his best to match a beautiful set of clothes, and then turned around and asked Hua Manxi.

"It doesn't matter if you enter the palace or not, anyway, I only came to participate in the competition for a long time, and I am not so persistent in being an imperial chef, unlike you who have such great ambitions." Hua Manxi put away the recipe in his hand and said lightly.

"I was originally quite persistent, always thinking that if I became an imperial chef, I would be a master, so that I could trample on the people who had bullied me, but now, I also want to open it, even if I become an imperial chef, but I am also a minion, to be a master." Xiao Wu is really crooked when he speaks.

Hua Manxi raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Wu's face that had obviously paid attention to maintenance recently, and then looked at the beautiful clothes, and her heart suddenly became clear, during today's competition, she heard some rumors, because they are women, so they are extraordinarily eye-catching, those children of the family all said that if they are defeated, it is better to be included in the house, there are both cooks and beauties, it is really a double win.

Xiao Wu's appearance is clearly that he has listened to the words, his heart is more ambitious, and his ambitions are greater.

But everyone has their own ambitions, and Hua Manxi is not her, so she didn't say anything, but said lightly perfunctorily: "Well, that's a good point." ”

However, Xiao Wu was a tendon, and he didn't hear the perfunctory meaning of Hua Manxi's words, so he actually came up and said in a low voice: "Hua Manxi, I think it, although your fiancé looks good and treats you well, but in the end he came from a small place, where can he compare with the son of the capital?" You are so good-looking, and your cooking skills are good, if you can climb to the capital's son, not to mention Mrs., you will be a noble concubine, and it is better than you going back to open a restaurant! Don't you see? The women of Kyoto, whether they are their wives or aunts, all wear gold and silver, come to such a place to eat, they are all spent a lot of money, they wear all the smoke and clouds, they sit in luxury carriages, and there are maids and maids in and out. ”

Xiao Wu saw that after he finished talking for such a long time, Hua Manxi still looked a little absent-minded, not only sighed: "But I see that you are also a good fate, it must be good to marry, you have never suffered like me, to tell you the truth, I really robbed the dog of food." ”

Although Hua Manxi didn't dislike her, she didn't hate her very much, she seemed a little sad when she heard her words, and said casually: "I also have a hard life, and I almost sold myself to a fool for five taels of silver." ”

Xiao Wu didn't seem to think of it, and said with some surprise: "It's not like ah, I see that you are very particular about food and clothing, and you want to come to your family is good." ”

"It's good now, but it's also a little bit of what I earned, I was married to a Xiucai, and then the Xiucai was in high school, so I wanted to regret the marriage, and forced us to make a wedding gift, when my uncle happened to break his leg while working, all the belongings were used for treatment, and the family could only eat sweet potatoes and wild vegetables, where can I get it?"

"And what about later? How did you get out of trouble? Xiao Wu said curiously.

"Later, it happened that a rich family came to the village, and he invited dozens of workers to repair the house, but the rich family came from other places, and he had not yet entered the house to start a fire, so he didn't include food. Hua Manxi said truthfully, "Later, I set up a stall selling food on the side of the road to sell wontons to passing caravans, and then I slowly made some money, and finally the rich man took a fancy to my cooking skills and hired me to be a cook." ”

"Later, I got used to eating your food, and even you took a fancy to you, so I got married?" Xiao Wu even guessed with Mengdao.

Hua Manxi nodded.

"Then your fiancé is really your nobleman, if he didn't move in, you are afraid that you will marry a fool, then you must live a good life with him." Xiao Wu actually persuaded seriously.

Hua Manxi: "......" I'm afraid that there is no fiancé now, she can clearly feel that the town is Xu Gongzi, but the faces of the two people are different, she actually knows nothing about Xu Gongzi, and I am afraid that he will not fool himself about this marriage.

Now he doesn't recognize himself at all.

When Hua Manxi thought of this, she was full of melancholy, the two girls had something on their minds, and they were speechless for a while, looking at the rare moonlight on the horizon.

The next day, it was the semi-final of the Imperial Chef Competition, which was still held in Yipinju, and today's judges added people, and there were still the Lord of Yunhua and the three imperial chefs from yesterday, but there were four more famous people in Kyoto.

One is Zhao Yushi in the Anguo Mansion, and now Anguo Gong, he is the father of Zhao Yi, the squire of the Ministry of War, but he has an iron mouth and a heart, and there is no one in the court who he does not dare to impeach, because he is the brother of the Queen Mother, His Majesty's uncle, and everyone also gives him a few points.

One is the city of the Patriotic Princes and his brother-in-law Lu Yuan, the Protector of the Kingdom, and the last one should have been the Duke of Zhenguo, but the Duke of Zhenguo is cold and rigorous, he only likes to train soldiers, and he is not particular about food, so he doesn't like to come to this kind of boring game, so his sister Mrs. Qin came for him.

Mrs. Qin is Qin Xiang's wife, or Shen Shao's wife, and when she sat down, she was helped in by Shen Shao, although she was the only woman among the three new judges, the pomp was very sufficient.

Although they are all families, and now they all hold important positions in the court, but who is the emperor's favorite courtier now! It's not Shen Shao, the little minister! Even if the emperor wants to go out for a private visit or the reason, it is not the crown prince who supervises the country, but the two ministers who supervise the country!

After the judges were seated, with a loud gong sound, the Imperial Chef semi-finals began.

A eunuch from the Internal Affairs Office came out of the queue and read out the title of the queen's mother, and the topic was not difficult, it was three dishes, one was flying in the sky, one was walking on the ground, and the other was swimming in the water.

The ingredients area is full of ingredients, let everyone pick up their own, the accessories are not limited, but the time is a little tight, the regulations are done within half an hour, if it is not in the prescribed world, even if the dish is completed, it will not be able to enter the next round.

Cooking three dishes in half an hour is actually a little tight, and these three dishes are all moving, which shows that they are all meat dishes, not vegetarian dishes.

So when it came time to choose the ingredients, the cooks sped up their hands and feet, and when they got the things, they returned to their places and clicked and cut them.

The ingredients selected by Hua Manxi this time include quail, mutton, and a fat big fish.

There are many cooks who take fish, but mutton and quail, there are fewer people to take, because mutton itself has a smell, and making mutton is particularly labor-intensive and time-consuming, and quail, there are not many people who like to eat, and there are few practices, so everyone takes chicken, duck, goose, pork and other things that are easy to process.

It doesn't matter if it's done well or not, it's only serious to make the dish first.

And Xiao Wu is still next door to Huamanxi, and this time she is holding a wild pheasant, a pig's trotters, and some small fish cubs.

And that Xu Jing took a goose and some accessories, and didn't take anything else.

Hua Manxi had already thought about the dishes when he heard the question, so he didn't hesitate when he took them, and he didn't pay attention to other people's dishes, and after taking the ingredients, he returned directly to his seat and started to operate.