When I returned to the kitchen with Yan Yu, Hongyi had already gotten the Eight Flavors of Medicinal Herbs out of nowhere, and was asking a few imperial chefs to help grind them into powder.

There was also a cloth bag in Hongyi's hand, I walked in and took a look, pinched some powder from the cloth bag and twisted it, "Glutinous rice flour?" Or cassava flour? ”

Hongyi said with a smile: "Tapioca flour is made into eight-color tapioca flour balls, and each color flour ball is mixed with a class of medicinal powder, so that the boiled flour balls can be elastic and tough, and the soup soup is clear." If it is glutinous rice flour, the soup will be white soup, and the white soup will make it difficult to color the brown sugar in the back, and even if it is finished, it will look dirty and the taste will be mixed in the mouth. ”

I was stunned for a moment, "Then use tapioca flour, tapioca flour is good." ”

Hongyi smiled again, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Yan Yu and I actually don't have anything to interfere with, although I took over Lei Nian's menu, in fact, I will sprinkle salt at most, and the rest is the imperial chef busy.

And today's difficult Bazhen soup, I didn't have anything to do with it at all, I watched Hongyi color the tapioca flour with various vegetable juices, and I was bored and kneaded two flour balls, and was picked out by Hongyi, saying that the size and shape are different from others and should be discarded.

Yan Yu and I leaned against the wall, watching Hongyi and them busy, just cooking without looking at it, it was really interesting to see it, Yan Yu also seemed to have a lot of experience in this, and he could explain to me how to knife the sliced meat in the imperial kitchen.

Hongyi cooks, with fast hands but very meticulous.

He made his own soup without delay, and at the same time quickly made eight colors of tapioca flour balls, and then set up two small pots, one pot filled with water and put crystal sugar cubes, and the other small pot filled with water and put brown sugar cubes, and when the two small pots were about to boil, he set up a very small pot, and put honey, crystal sugar and brown sugar directly into it to boil the syrup.

Half of the boiled dough is mixed into the boiled brown sugar syrup, and after a moment of flavoring, Hongyi pours the pot into a large soup bowl.

A royal chef next to him hurriedly stepped forward and used a fan to fan the dumplings to dissipate heat.

Then, Hongyi quickly spread the last syrup he had boiled on top of the brown sugar dumplings, and the other imperial chef had already prepared, sandwiching a piece of red-hot coals and baking it on top of the syrup.

"I'll go, here's a layer of caramel!" I was talking to myself, and I gave Hongyi a round of applause.

However, this did not end, Hongyi covered the small dumplings stewed in crystal sugar water on top of the brown sugar dumplings, which I was puzzled about, so I asked: "Hongyi, if you pour it in, won't the layer of sugar skin that you have baked melt?" So what are you bothering to bake it for? ”

Hongyi smiled: "It's just for the sake of black and white layering, when the layer of sugar skin melts, the layering has been formed, and because the sugar skin is mixed with crystal sugar and brown sugar, it will make the layering slightly fused. ”

"Then if you don't scoop it to the end, won't it live up to your heart?"

Hongyi smiled again: "It's okay, when the white soup has been used and the black soup is about to be used, you can taste the sweetness of this wild honey." ”

I couldn't help but look at Yan Yu and saw that Yan Yu was also looking at me, and when I looked at each other and smiled, Hongyi made a layer of crispy caramel on top of the white soup.

After the Bazhen soup was completed, Hongyi wiped his hands and said to me: "Presumably, it must be that King Xian has been taking medicine for days, and his tongue is bitter, so he will give this question to His Majesty, and it is to test whether His Majesty can understand his subtle feelings." When Your Majesty asks the doctor to prescribe medicine again, you can say more, choose sweet medicine, and use less bitter medicine, presumably King Xian will be grateful for His Majesty's carefulness. ”

Yan Yu had already ordered the guards to come in with a tray to pick up the food and inspect it, and then send it to Xianyang Palace, I looked at Hongyi for a while, and said with a smile: "You have done a good job, I am very satisfied." Say, what do you want me to reward you? ”

"Hongyi doesn't dare to ask for a reward, I only wish Your Majesty and Prince Feng and Prince Xian that they are in good health and have a long love."

I clearly felt the corners of my eyebrows twitch twice, and said with a sneer: "By your kind words, we will definitely love each other for a long time." Later I will command that the reward will be brought to you, and you will take it. ”

"Hongyi obeys."

Turning to leave, I heard a kneeling greeting from behind.

Yan Yu originally rode the little maid out to run errands and came back, but the little maid was chained nearby, and the guards brought the little maid when they saw that the little maid came out. Yan Yu asked me to get on the horse, and he led the horse, and from a distance we looked at the back of the guard who was delivering food to Xianyang Palace.

I asked Yanyu: "You know that Lei Nian is afraid of hardship, and likes to eat brown sugar after drinking medicine." ”

The red spikes on the top of Yan Yu's head were swaying slightly by the breeze, and he looked at me and said with a smile: "You may not be careful in everything, I can only watch more for you." ”

"Am I not careful?" I was a little unconvinced, "I'm a woman, how careless can I be more careless than a man?" ”

Yan Yu smiled and asked: "Then tell me, what petals do you put in the bathing pool every day?" What kind of incense powder did the maidservant give you after bathing? ”

"Uh," I thought about, "like rose petals?" Peony powder? ”

Yan Yu chuckled for a moment, "Hehe, it's peony petals, camellia incense powder." ”

I grabbed my neckline and smelled myself, sure enough, it was the fragrance of camellias, and I said, "It's weird, how do I remember that it's a peony?" Brother Yan, is the incense powder you use from peony? ”

Yan Yu's face froze, "What nonsense are you talking about?" I'm a cousin, what kind of incense powder do I use?! ”

I stuck out my tongue and accidentally blurted out the position of the fairy beauty in my heart.

"Am I like a daughter's house in your heart?" Yan Yu was as depressed as if he had received a 10,000-point critical hit.

I hurriedly denied: "No, no, Brother Yan, I just thought that the smell of peony is very familiar, and you are the only one next to me, that is not my taste, I naturally think of you." I don't mean anything else, Brother Yan is a big hero in my mind! Martial arts are the kind that no one can beat! ”

Yanyu couldn't help but boast, and he blushed again when I said this, "A big hero who can be greased and powdered? ”

"Hahaha, Brother Yan, you're so interesting, it's really" I can't wait to give myself a mouth, and if I talk about things with the posture of Yanyu in the future, I will cut off my meridians and die of death.

"So you're not a careful person, you don't believe it." The red on Yan Yu's face gradually receded, and he had a face like agar white jade.

"I believe it, I believe it now." I quickly confessed.

"The roses and peonies you are talking about, that is in recent days, I asked the maid to pick seasonal flowers and insert them into the jade **, the peony is placed in the bedroom of your bedroom, and the rose is placed on the bookcase in your study."

Hearing Yanyu say this, I think about it again, it seems to be the case.

"One more thing." Yanyu looked up at me again, and I asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"Yesterday afternoon, when you were reviewing the recital, King Xian told me that I should dig up all the trees in Xianyang Palace and transplant cherry trees into it, no more, no less, and I will need eighty-one cherry trees."

I felt as if I was being pulled in my heart, and then I understood, and said, "You are by him." ”

"Okay." The words were neatly answered.

"Huh? Brother Yan, do you often visit Lei Nian now? Why do you know his taste, and he will ask you to plant cherry blossoms? ”

A touch of embarrassment rose on Yan Yu's face, "I just thought that if I took more care of him, you would have less to worry about him." ”

When I saw that the words were like this, my heart warmed. Although Yan Yu has a lot of fear of Lei Nian, he is still willing to let go of his arrogance and take the initiative to reconcile with Lei Nian.