Liu Mingxi looked at An Juan's figure, muttered for a long time, and didn't say a word.

Luo Yao quickly noticed her silence, so he hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Mingxi, what's wrong with you?" But not in a good mood? ”

After receiving Luo Yao's care, An Juan quickly withdrew her thoughts, then smiled a little embarrassedly, and responded: "It's okay, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, I just suddenly saw Miss An, and I was shocked by her beauty, so I was a little amazed in my heart, and I didn't know how to say it for a while." ”

Just now she discovered Luo Yao's love for An Xuan's appearance, so at this time, she generously told her thoughts in her heart, at least to make a good impression in front of Luo Yao.

Sure enough, Luo Yao's expression eased significantly: "Miss An is indeed a beautiful woman...... But she is my younger sister after all," Speaking of this, Luo Yao's voice was obviously a little unwilling and regretful, but only those who have been observing carefully will find it, and the rest of them will naturally skip it: "It is said that 'a friend's wife cannot be bullied', let alone my own brother's wife." ”

From this passage, Liu Mingxi clearly felt Luo Yao's attitude, especially after receiving Luo Yao's focused gaze and listening to his thoughtful explanation, her expression eased a lot: "It's okay, if Your Majesty has anything you want, of course you can take it, after all, Your Majesty is the lord of the world." ”

Liu Mingxi persuaded Luo Yao in a high-sounding manner, but Luo Yao shook his head calmly, and then directly forced himself to take his eyes off An Xuan.

"Don't say it, I already have a decision in my heart." After that, Luo Yao couldn't help but pull Liu Mingxi, and the two walked together to a pavilion specially prepared for the emperor not far away, and took advantage of the cool breeze to eat barbecue.

This barbecue is also a fun item that An Juan suddenly thought of.

When preparing the food for the banquet for Luo Yao, the officials of Jincheng summoned almost all the more famous chefs in Jincheng.

And An Juan, whether she is the first in the cooking competition or the identity of a woman who is deeply loved by Luo Yelin, has the qualifications to be invited.

Especially with Luo Yelin threading needles and threads in it, An Xuan's status has crossed several levels, successfully surpassed all the old chefs, and took charge of most of the items of this banquet.

The reason why An Juan easily got the right and was able to stand out in front of Luo Yao during the banquet was not only because of her relationship with Luo Yelin, but also because of her appearance, her sense of presence when she came in and brushed Luo Yao, etc.

Of course, one of the most important reasons is because the old chefs who are better than An Wan have no desire to manage things.

"Helping to manage His Majesty's banquet" sounds like a good errand, and he can ruthlessly brush a wave of presence in front of Luo Yao, so as to get some more benefits, but when he really does it, it will still make people upset, like walking on thin ice, and he has to think about everything to make sure that there are no problems, so that he can do it with confidence.

And in addition to sorting out and improving the dishes so that Luo Yao is satisfied with the food of the banquet, as the person in charge of the banquet, he must also carefully deploy manpower before and after the banquet to pay attention to the emergencies encountered by his subordinates and prevent accidents.

I get tired just thinking about it.

These old chefs did not hesitate to refuse this invitation, and just wanted to come over to eat happily at the last banquet and welcome Luo Yao with a few kind words.

Truth be told, it is much easier for people who can talk to get benefits than for this kind of laborious work.

In the case that many elders were reluctant to come forward, An Juan easily took control of the banquet in his hands.

It's just that while studying the recipe, An Ju sat in the courtyard of the Yuanju Pavilion, frowning and looking at the menu in his hand.

There are big dishes, small dishes, hot dishes, cold dishes, and even a large plate of cakes, everything looks perfect, without the slightest mistake.

But she still felt that something was missing.

Luo Yelin happened to walk to the backyard, and when he saw that An Juan's face was not very good, he stepped forward curiously and asked gently: "Juan'er, what are you worried about?" Can you tell me a question and maybe I can help you figure out some solutions? ”

An Juan couldn't grasp the solution to the problem for a while, so when she heard Luo Yelin ask her, after thinking about it for a while, she told Luo Yelin the confusion in her heart: "Yelin, if you look at this menu, I think it's almost there, but I still feel that there is something missing......

"Missing?" Luo Yelin hesitated to speak, reached out and took the menu handed to him by An Juan, put it in front of his eyes and carefully flipped it twice.

Eventually, an idea crossed his mind: "I don't think these dishes are fine, but they seem to be missing something refreshing." ”

Seeing An Juan looking up at him intently, Luo Yelin sorted out his thoughts a little and shared the thoughts in his heart with her one by one: "If it is an ordinary large-scale banquet, the food you make is completely complete, and no one can find fault with what you want...... It's the same now, but what you're going to do is not an ordinary banquet, but a banquet to welcome the emperor. ”

"How many opportunities can ordinary people have to hold a banquet for the Holy One? I guess it's only once or twice...... In this case, then your banquet must be impressive, eye-catching, and often mentioned in the future. Luo Yelin lowered his eyebrows, and quickly gave an example: "Just like the banquet you held for me some time ago, the appearance of hot pot is an eye-opening thing, when others talk about hot pot, they will definitely think of the banquet you held." ”

"So......" was reminded by Luo Yelin, An Juan thought about it again, directly snatched the menu and schedule in Luo Yelin's hand, looked through it many times, and finally his eyes suddenly lit up, and he pointed to a certain place and said in surprise: "Yelin, do you think you can think about it here?" ”

"Where?" Hearing An Juan's tone so excited, Luo Yelin couldn't help but glance in surprise in the direction of An Juan's finger.

The place she ordered was the time to visit the lake at night to enjoy the flowers.

"Here...... Do you have any ideas? Luo Yelin glanced at it twice, but didn't think of anything, so he looked at An Xuan, waiting for her popular science.

An Wan pursed her lips: "I remembered a dish called 'barbecue'. ”

"Burn...... Grill? For these two words, all Luo Yelin could think of was a pile of burnt black charcoal, so his face was full of suspicion.

Seeing that Luo Yelin didn't understand, An Juan was not surprised, she just smiled and grabbed Luo Yelin: "Don't leave tonight, I'll try to make it for you." ”

Luo Yelin happened to have nothing to do, so after thinking about it for a while, he nodded briskly: "No problem." ”

"Okay." An Wan paused heavily, then turned around to find Nie Ying, and took advantage of the fact that there were not many diners now, and gave him some of the props he needed tonight, and asked him to help arrange them as soon as possible.

Compared with An Xuan, Nie Ying is more familiar with those little guys in the Yuanju Pavilion.

Hearing An Juan's needs, Nie Ying silently recited it in her heart, and then directly called these little guys and sent out these materials, asking that these things must be obtained within half an hour.

As for some that take a long time to carve, the time has been extended to this day.

Seeing that the props were assigned to look for them, An Juan went to pull Luo Yelin to pick up some fresh meat.

If you want to make barbecue, the demand for meat quality is very high, so Luo Yelin just watched An Juan slowly look at the various meats on each meat stall, looked through the meat that looked exactly the same to him countless times, picked out a few problems, and cut the price several times.

When the meat was finished, An Juan breathed a sigh of relief and returned to the Yuanju Pavilion with Luo Yelin.

The guy who went to get the bamboo sticks had already returned with a large basket of bamboo sticks.

The last waves of guests are eating.

Nie Ying was really curious about what An Juan was going to do, so after chatting with the guests for a few words, and making sure that they would not order any more, he handed over these tables to the little servants, and asked them to pay attention to the diners, and when they finished cleaning up their things, they closed the door of the store and came to the back.

Almost finished telling the matter, Nie Ying breathed a long sigh of relief, and hurriedly turned around and rushed to the backyard, going to cook a barbecue with An Juan.

An Juan taught Nie Ying the steps of marinating meat, and together they prepared the marinade with various spices, put the meat cut into small pieces, and then turned around to clean up other things.

In ancient times, there was no charcoal that could be stored, so An Juan commanded the little servants in the Yuanju Pavilion to set up a platform, and slowly burned the black charcoal underneath, striving to be able to take out the red charcoal when needed for a while.

After the meat was almost marinated, An Juan led everyone to skewer the meat on a bamboo skewer.

When skewering meat, Luo Yelin looked at the bamboo skewer in his hand with some concern, and asked An Juan sideways: "Juan'er, will this bamboo skewer be burned?" Won't the meat fall straight into it then? ”

Although a few pieces of meat are not valuable, if most of the bamboo skewers are like this, how can they eat this meal?

Hearing Luo Yelin's doubts, An Wan pursed her lips and smiled: "Yelin, you don't have to worry, you will know when it is baked in a while, there is no problem at all." ”

"Okay." After all, Luo Yelin didn't know the specific operation, and compared to An Juan, who had experience, he couldn't say anything.

After most of the meat skewers were skewered, An Juan instructed the little guy guarding the charcoal fire next to him to fan up the charcoal.

Then she put the skewers on the table and heated them up at a distance of about an inch or two.

Seeing that An Juan was so far away, some little guys were worried that the meat would not be cooked, so they stepped forward to help An Juan lower the stove.

However, his kindness was rejected by An Juan: "Don't worry, since I dare to do this, it must be no problem, you can just wait." ”

As she spoke, a slight smell of meat came from the few skewers she was holding in her hands.

The smell of the barbecue was so strong that it overbearingly occupied the nerves of almost everyone present.