Hua Manxi put the crushed ingredients in a large bowl, added an appropriate amount of salt, soy sauce, oyster sauce, abalone juice, etc., and then took a pumpkin from the side, divided it by two with a neat knife to carve half of the pumpkin into the shape of two bear paws, and then scooped these flavored tofu and ingredients onto the pumpkin bear paw with a spoon, smoothed it with a spoon, and steamed it in the pot.

After the bear's paw is steamed, she plans to drizzle some boiled abalone juice to increase the freshness.

Next, there is braised fish, cold lotus root, and bitter gourd scrambled eggs.

These three cauliflower Manxi don't know how much they have done, it's just handy, the lotus root is cut into thin slices and put into the pot to cook, then take out and drain the water, and then mix the sweet and sour sauce and pour it on, plus a spoonful of osmanthus sauce, a cool and delicious, sweet and sour is suitable, and the cold osmanthus root full of osmanthus fragrance is done.

And bitter gourd scrambled eggs, it is easier, cut into thin slices of bitter gourd, first marinate with salt to get rid of the bitter taste, hot pan oil, stir-fry bitter gourd to change color, knock three eggs into the bowl and stir apart, and then pour into the pot and stir together with bitter gourd, an appropriate amount of salt can be.

The last dish, braised fish, the fish has been marinated, heat the oil, fry a fish until golden on both sides, and then put it out for standby, chopped garlic, ginger shreds, millet spicy, and then add some bean paste to fry the red oil, then add a little salt, soy sauce, sugar, an appropriate amount of water to boil the sauce, put the fish into the stew for a while, put in the green and red peppers, reduce the juice over high heat, and sprinkle in the green onion and coriander.

In the time of boiling the fish just now, Hua Manxi had already fried the sesame seeds, crushed them, adjusted them with sugar and osmanthus sauce, and then mixed them with glutinous rice flour and wrapped more than a dozen rice balls.

Bring water to a boil, put the round rice balls in a pot, cook until they float, and serve them in a bowl.

Doing everything well, she rang the gong.

After striking the gong, she saw that there was only a little hourglass left on the judges' bench in the middle, and she thought that there was not much time left.

Soon the eunuch who delivered the dishes came to bring the dishes she had prepared, and the little eunuch with the menu and records in her hand followed.

When she passed by the seventh stove, she couldn't help but glance at it, and saw that there was no one inside, thinking that the cook had already guessed what kind of dish to make based on his own ingredients.

She silently clenched the menu in her hand and quickened her pace, although she didn't like to cause trouble, she wasn't afraid of things! Since they have bullied her, don't blame her for being ruthless!

After a while, he walked to the judges' seat, today's judges' seat did not have the head of the imperial dining room to participate, even the lord of Yunhua did not come, that group of people, only one Lin Fengxuan, Hua Manxi recognized, others had seen it, but they didn't recognize it.

"Chef has seen a few girls." Hua Manxi has some doubts, this is the finals, why is it a group of girls who come to be judges? This is biased, the little girl's taste is lighter, isn't it unfair to the chef with heavy taste?

"It turned out to be you, why didn't you make hot pot today? Last time I ate your hot pot, I thought about it for a long time. A little girl covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed deliciously.

Speaking of hot pot, Lin Fengxuan remembered that he had more than 1,000 taels of silver that day, and his flesh hurt so much, plus if it wasn't for Hua Manxi's refusal to enter the mansion to be his own cook, where would there be a follow-up?

Because of that meal, she was counted down by her father and mother, and was fined for not buying new jewelry and clothes for three months.

Now is the time for her to dress up well, otherwise after the girl from the countryside marries the crippled, how can she marry a good family again? Although this plan is seamless, if you recognize a wild girl from the countryside as your sister-in-law, it will have some impact on your reputation.

Lin Fengxuan thought so, and became more and more annoyed in her heart, but she said with a smile on her face: "It turned out to be Chef Hua, let me introduce you to you, this is Princess Mingzhu, Your Majesty's favorite princess, this is the third girl of the Anguo Mansion, this is the second girl of the Huguo Mansion, this is the daughter of the Qin Prime Minister's Mansion, this is the niece of the queen's mother, the lord of Caiyue." Lin Fengxuan introduced a circle and said petitely, "Actually, we are young and not judges, but this imperial kitchen was selected for the Queen Mother, but the Queen Mother's appetite is not very good, and she can't eat too much, so Princess Mingzhu is filial, so Your Majesty asked us to taste the dishes, and then each of us wrote a review of the dishes to the Queen Mother, and picked some lovely dishes." ”

After Hua Manxi came to Kyoto, he has been in Yipinju, which can be said to be the most concentrated gossip center in Kyoto, so Hua Manxi also has some understanding of these families in Kyoto.

This circle of girls is the girls of the five major families in Kyoto, even with His Majesty's favorite daughter Princess Mingzhu, and the queen's favorite niece Caiyue County Lord, it can be regarded as the top noble girl family in Kyoto.

Although Lin Fengxuan said that she came to help the Empress Dowager write a food review, if they were not happy, then she would definitely not be able to be the imperial chef, and she still had this color.

"The girls are sincere, the Queen Mother will definitely be happy, now please take advantage of the hot dishes and taste the dishes." Hua Manxi saluted slightly, his voice was quiet, and he advanced and retreated in a certain way, but it was very regular.

The eunuchs who were holding the vegetables lifted the lid of the vegetable cup one after another, and the steaming aroma suddenly came to their faces, and the dishes on the table were full of flavor and fragrance, which was very attractive.

"You, tell us about these dishes, otherwise how can we write a review?" Knowing that the princess is dressed today, the apricot-colored skirt of the flying clouds lined her skin very white, and she put on makeup, her lips are red, and she is also a beauty, but there is still arrogance and arrogance between her eyebrows, which makes Hua Manxi very repulsed her in her heart.

But this is the era of imperial power, and she is a dignified princess, and she has no way to call out clearly, so she can only bless her body again, and introduce the past one dish at a time.

"This dish is the nose and ears on the menu, the pig's head meat, pig ears, pig nose, and pig heart made in the way of stewing, boiled into flavor, cooled and cut into thin slices, can be dipped in chili sauce or cold vinegar sauce to eat, the aroma is rich, the sauce is fragrant, and the spices are available. This dish is the green dragon and phoenix on the menu, it is actually the green snake stewed hen, using the method of steaming the soup through water, the steamed soup is cool, no greasy, sweet and nourishing, and has a very food tonic effect. This dish is a fire at the city gate on the menu, it is actually braised fish, braised fish is very ordinary, but spicy and delicious, the fish is soft and tender, it is a familiar home-cooked dish. ”

After introducing the meat dishes, Hua Manxi paused again, and then said: "This dish of cool thin mud dolls, talking about cold sugar lotus, this dish is added with osmanthus sauce, fragrant and delicious, very greasy, crisp and sweet, this dish is eggs without sugar to eat, is fried bitter gourd, clear fire and relieve fever, this dish is vegetarian bear's paw, first steamed, and then poured with sauce, sweet and soft, rich in taste, but layered, especially better than the real bear's paw, the last dessert, is sesame rice balls, which is sesame osmanthus sauce, the taste is fragrant, soft and delicious, And with the right amount of toughness and chewiness. ”

"What! There's a snake here! After hearing this, Lin Fengxuan covered her chest and pretended to be afraid, "Snake! O snake! Snakes are so disgusting! Can you eat it? Can you eat it in this soup palace? Don't the Queen Mother believe in Buddhism? Lin Fengxuan exclaimed.

Qin Shengsheng didn't like Lin Fengxuan's pretentious posture the most, glanced at her, and said: "The Empress Dowager believes in Buddhism, not escaped into Buddhism, besides, even if she escapes into Buddhism, you can still eat three pure meat." ”

She said, without waiting for Lin Fengxuan to react, she directly picked up the soup that had been divided by those subordinates, scooped it directly with a spoon and put it in her mouth to taste it, and praised it again and again: "Well, it's delicious, my mother said it yesterday, saying that the food you cook is very delicious, and my father ate that plate of grilled live fish last night, and he praised it again and again." ”

"Thank you Miss Qin and Xiangye for liking it." Hua Manxi didn't get carried away, but simply blessed his body, polite but not flattering.

"Snake meat, this is snake meat, do you really dare to eat it? Yingying, do you dare to eat? Princess Mingzhu, do you dare to eat it? Lin Fengxuan still covered her chest and said with a panicked expression.

"Miss Lin, you are my cousin's fiancée, my cousin is the god of war in the bloody field, on the battlefield, not to mention this stewed snake soup, it is Ru Mao drinking blood, bark mud, nothing has been eaten, if you are such a small family and marry into the Zhenguo Mansion, then you will be punished with a military stick!" Qin Shengsheng didn't like Lin Fengxuan very much, glanced at her coldly, and said a warning.

When it came to this marriage, Lin Fengxuan's heart was like swallowing a fly, and her face was full of words, so she could only look at Princess Mingzhu helplessly.

Princess Mingzhu has always been good friends with her, and Lin Fengxuan took the blame for her in this marriage, so she felt a little guilty about her, and said: "Fengxuan was pampered and raised, and not every girl is like Miss Qin, who dances with knives and guns, and is afraid of snakes. ”

Princess Mingzhu was about to instruct her subordinates to take away the soup, but Hua Manxi took a step forward, and said in a resolute voice: "Princess, wait, if you don't taste this dish, then whether this dish is good or bad, Miss Qin alone has the final say?" ”

Princess Mingzhu glanced at Hua Manxi unhappily, and said coldly: "Naturally it doesn't count, this is the final, at least two-thirds of the people think it's okay, then this dish can be regarded as passing." ”

"Then if you girls don't taste this dish, will this dish be okay or not?" Hua Manxi asked without humility or arrogance.

"We can't eat it, so it's not good. You don't even know the master's taste, what kind of imperial chef are you? Lin Fengxuan said with a needle.

She just deliberately wanted to make this Hua Manxi unchosen, so that she would have the opportunity to get her into the house, she did cook twice, and the guests at the banquet in the future would also have face, and most importantly, she would avenge the more than 1,000 silver!