"Mother, what do you think of this?" The mandarin duck opened his mouth and said respectfully towards Kou Shu.

Today is the official start of the spring feast in the palace, originally Kou Shu thought it was not much of a competition, but when he turned his head, the people in the palace were all eager to try, and I think it was also since Rong Guiren, now there are no particularly outstanding concubines in the palace, everyone wants to take this opportunity, so as to shine in front of Song Jinyan.

Although Kou Shu didn't mind what Song Jinyan thought, since this was the case, Kou Shu had to be a little more upright and take it seriously.

Early in the morning, the mandarin duck got up to help Kou Shu fiddle. Although it is nominally said that the masters of each palace are cooking, in fact, of course, it will not really be started by the masters, but they are just standing aside to give a point or two, so they don't have to dress up too simply, the mandarin duck still gave Kou Shu a rather agile spirit snake bun, on which a pair of green snow hairpins fell high, Kou Shu was wearing twelve broken immortal long skirts, less dignified as a queen in the past, showing a different sense of agility.

This time the competition is placed in the Imperial Garden, and now the Imperial Garden is full of flowers, when the purple and red are blooming, looking at a piece of spring light, and the flowers are in the dishes, which is also very commensurate.

"The queen has arrived, too." Song Jinyan's voice rang out: "In this case, let's start this competition." ”

Su Peiyuan nodded, stepped forward and said: "This spring feast, the time limit of one stick of incense, the masters of each palace can play at will according to their own understanding, but the requirement is that there must be spring flowers in the dishes." After a stick of incense, the emperor will evaluate it, and the winner of this can get the emperor's consent and fulfill any wish. ”

Hearing this, everyone in the audience was eager to try, you know, this is an excellent opportunity to get close to the emperor, as long as you use it properly, it is very possible to get the emperor's favor in one fell swoop with this point.

Song Jinyan looked at everyone in the audience with a smile, and a trace of deep meaning flashed in his eyes. This deep meaning flashed very quickly, but it was captured by Kou Shu, and there was even more doubt in my heart.

"Spring feast, the competition has officially begun-" Just as Kou Shu was still hesitating to speculate on the truth behind this matter, he heard that Su Peiyuan had already announced the official start of the competition with a sharp voice.

"Niangniang - let's start," the mandarin duck on the side spoke.

Kou Shu nodded, but heard the ripples on the side speak dissatisfiedly: "Niangniang, look, why are they like this." Cheat! ”

Following the rippled words, Kou Shu turned his head, only to see that the noble man not far away actually took out a piece of Hundred Flowers and Cloud Pattern Immortal Cake from the steamer on the side.

This flower-patterned fairy cake melts in the mouth, soft and silky, and is a common dish used when entertaining royal guests and distinguished guests. The preparation method of Baihua moire fairy cake is very complex, it is to take 9981 kinds of flowers and press and brew, and then with 3721 kinds of nuts, after heavy drying, steaming and cooking, the crisp filling made of the pastry, and then wrapped in glutinous rice flour, lotus seed powder, lotus root powder and other proportions of the starch powder.

The preparation method of the Baihua Moire Fairy Cake is very complicated, but when it is really eaten, the method is very simple, it only needs to be steamed on the steamer, and the Qing nobles directly take the finished Baihua Moire Fairy Cake and put it on the steamer, which is obviously opportunistic.

When Kou Shu saw it, she just smiled faintly, the emperor said that the ingredients can be prepared by yourself, if the Qing nobles say that this Hundred Flowers Cloud Pattern Immortal Cake is the ingredients prepared by themselves, others have nothing to say.

With a slight tilt of her head, Kou Shu saw the concubine on the side, standing next to her girl, just watching quietly, the girl chopping vegetables and chopping meat, the movements were all in one go, and if it was really the personal palace maid next to the concubine, she had already stopped touching the spring water, how could she still move so smoothly, at first glance, it was a girl pretended to be a cook from outside.

Kou Shu pursed her lips and smiled, as if she had expected everything that was happening in front of her.

People are like this, how much interest there is, how many bottom lines have been broken, this has been the case since ancient times. "Niangniang-" The ripples behind her pouted a little dissatisfied: "Why don't we quickly find someone to help us do it together?" ”

"No," Kou Shu shook her head.

"Oops," Ripple stomped his feet in a hurry, "But no matter how good we are, we can't compare to the dishes made by these masters from outside." Mother, why aren't you anxious at all? ”

"Ripples, don't worry," the mandarin duck said: "The emperor also said that this banquet is judged by the emperor, and there is no distinction between superior and inferior, only the emperor's preference and like, we may not lose." ”

Kou Shu nodded, pointed to a large bouquet of flowers that Ripples picked from the garden a few days ago, and said, "Ripples, Mandarin Ducks, the two of you have picked all the flowers on it, and you don't want the leaves, just the branches." ”

"Branches?" Ripples was puzzled, what else did he want to ask, the mandarin duck had already done it, and said while doing it: "Don't ask, what the mother says, just do it." ”

"Niangniang, look-" A girl next to Concubine Shu saw the behavior of the two girls next to Kou Shu, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Why did the queen pick all the flowers, isn't it the theme of flowers today?" ”

Concubine Shu frowned: "Maybe it's because I didn't find a suitable flower to put into the dish?" ”

The queen mother has saved herself several times, and when she can help, she still has to help: "You go and send the flowers here to the queen mother, just say that we don't need them here." Concubine Shu pointed to the big blooming flower that had been picked a long time ago, and said to the girl beside her.

But who knew that after a while, the girl went and returned, holding the flowers she had just ordered to send as they were, and said: "Niangniang, the queen said thank you for your kindness, she can't use these flowers." ”

"Not reluctant?" Concubine Shu was surprised, and looked up at Kou Shu not far away, only to see that Kou Shu was preparing something in an orderly and unhurried manner, but Kou Shu had no special ingredients beside her, nor was she like herself, so she invited a female cook from outside the palace to come over early to help.

Although I am a little embarrassed to do this, everyone actually knows these competitions, and few masters will really cook by themselves. Just point to the left and right.

The time for a stick of incense soon came, and the personal dishes were served on a gold plate with dragon and phoenix strokes, and it was also covered with a golden dragon drawing drawer lid, and no one knew which dish was made by whom, in order to show fairness.

Ripples and Mandarin Ducks stood beside Kou Shu with their hands down. Ripple couldn't help but whisper to the mandarin duck on the side: "Mandarin duck, do you think we can do this?" ”