Feng Huali found Huang Xile and asked her to pack her things and leave the palace as soon as possible. Huang Xile felt inexplicable, shook off her hand, and said, "I have already thought about it, after this big exam, if I fail to become a female official, I will leave the palace." ”

"Really?" Feng Huali asked.

Huang Xile nodded, his eyes were very serious. Huang Xile saw that she was suddenly so serious, so he quipped: "Do you want me to go out of the palace like that?" ”

Feng Huali took Huang Xile's hand: "Of course I can't bear you." ”

Feng Huali also wanted Huang Xile to stay in the palace, but she also had to follow other people's opinions, besides, in the current situation, no matter how much she stayed, it was not a good thing. Anyway, the big exam is the day after tomorrow, so just pay more attention these days.

For the big exam in two days, Feng Huali tried his best, and he couldn't sleep for two days and two nights, just wanting to be more proficient. But that Huang Qi'er couldn't let her go, Feng Huali was practicing in the dining room with the lamp, and Huang Qi'er was also practicing next to her.

As long as Feng Hua doesn't rest, Huang Qi'er won't rest. Feng Huali is also strange, her skills are so superb, and she refuses to leave a way for herself to live. Fortunately, the next night, Huang Qi'er couldn't help but be tired and fell asleep in the dining room.

And Feng Huali still didn't sleep, studying all kinds of skills to cope with the next day's big exam. So Feng Huali stared at a pair of dark circles under his eyes and went to the hall with many women, so when he looked at Feng Huali, it was like accidentally smearing carbon under his eyes.

"Do what you are best at when you are in the middle of the day," Mama Huang announced solemnly, "This time the emperor will eat it himself, and he can't be sloppy at all, do you hear?" ”

"Yes."

Feng Huali is going to make white jade poria cake, which is a nourishing dessert that has been passed down from ancient times to the present day in Chang'an. First of all, the outer skin is carefully branded with high-grade palace starch, which is as thin as paper and white as snow.

The filling inside has to go to the palace to select the nuts, and then through Feng Huali's screening, only the whole fresh and the best taste of a variety of nuts are selected. It is supplemented with osmanthus, honey, sugar and scarce precious Yunshan Poria powder.

The taste is not only sweet and delicious, but also smooth. Feng Hua's departure is not just because she tastes sweet and nourishes her body. It is also because it is relatively simple, simple and atmospheric in appearance, and the requirements for the chef's skills are not particularly high.

Feng Huali mashed almonds, walnuts, peanuts, pine nuts and other nuts aside, and then took the juice of peaches, oranges, lychees, pineapples and almonds to dip together, and the proportion was carefully measured. This not only retains the flavor of the nuts, but also has a subtle fruity flavor that is very subtle and fascinating.

Then it is to make the dough, the flour and starch are stirred together, and then a little oil is added, and after its consistency is appropriate, it is pressed into a round flake.

Then fuse the sugar with the fruity almonds just made, take eight dollars and put it on top of the dough, then cover it with a layer of skin, and gently pinch it with your fingers, so that this white jade poria cake is formed.

In the end, it was put in the pot and waited for a while, because Feng Huali was very careful in order to prevent anything from going wrong, and before he knew it, it was already close to the hour, and many people around him had already done it.

There was a strong fragrance around her, Feng Huali turned her head to look, and saw five bowls of noodles on the side of Huang Qi'er's pot, each bowl with its own characteristics, and she was still busy with the last bowl of noodles in her hand, and hot oil was still burning in the pot.

But even so, the fragrance still caused Feng Huali to be a little hungry, I have to say that Huang Qi'er did really well, and his own was too inferior to it, Feng Huali raised his head and said, "Aren't we making dim sum, what are you doing here?" ”

"This is palace noodles, and the emperor often eats some of this in the afternoon after dinner, so this is also included in the ranks of dim sum." Huang Qi'er put the noodles into a bowl, and then stirred them with a special seasoning, and the fragrance suddenly came to her face like an explosion, "Besides, this amount is very small." ”

The so-called palace noodles are unique noodles in this palace, because the process is complex, the noodles are thin and airy, and basically no one outside the palace has this ability. The palace noodles are delicious, oily but not greasy, and the nutrition is very high.

And Huang Qi'er is also fully prepared, the blue and white porcelain bowls are small and exquisite, and the noodles are also high-end. The six bowls of noodles have clear soup noodles, lo noodles, cold noodles, and so on.

After the noodles were ready, Huang Qi'er sprinkled some water on each bowl of noodles, and then put them in a pot and steamed them with the remaining fire, waiting for the time when the noodles were sage. Seeing all this in her eyes, Feng Huali couldn't help but sigh, Huang Qi'er's mind is really thoughtful, how good it would be if a person was also a good person.

Counting that the time was almost up, Feng Huali took out the white jade poria cake in his pot, and suddenly a fresh and pleasant aroma wafted out. However, after seeing Huang Qi'er's things again, Feng Huali lost confidence in his white jade poria cake.

It should have carved some patterns on it, but Feng Huali was not skilled in his craft, and he was worried that a hand would tremble, but it would be ruined. But this is directly served in plain white, I'm afraid it's a little too inconspicuous. After thinking about it, Feng Huali sprinkled the remaining almond powder on the cake surface and licked some sugar.

Finally, a piece of orange peel was added and put down to make it a little more playful. At this moment, the sound of drums sounded next to him, which meant that the time had come, and everyone picked up the food they had made and walked to the Liuli Palace to face the saint.

There was a seat at the entrance of the palace, not only the emperor, but also the queen mother, Concubine Liang, Concubine Xiang and other concubines sitting together, waiting to taste their masterpieces. The ladies in the imperial dining room need to bring their own food and taste it one by one, of course, in the end, it is still subject to the emperor's judgment.

Huang Qi'er's palace face made the Queen Mother very satisfied, and kept praising Huang Qi'er for having a smart brain, and Huang Qi'er was even more smiling.

Soon it was Feng Huali's turn, and the Queen Mother sat on the far left, and the first one was to give her food. The Queen Mother is cautious, and she has to test the poison herself for every dish, and after tasting Feng Huali's things, the Queen Mother just nodded and did not give an evaluation.

And Concubine Liang gave herself a big white eye, just smelling it and pretending to vomit. Feng Huali didn't intend to satisfy her, so she directly served the dish to Xiang Guifei.

Concubine Xiang was naturally very satisfied, and by the way, she whispered a few words in the emperor's ear. When the white jade poria cake was brought to Yan Yu, he was really taken aback. Compared with other things, the bread was too inferior, so inferior that Yan Yu didn't bother to eat it.

But seeing that Feng Huali was full of anticipation, he had to pick up a piece of cake and ask, "What is this?" ”

"This is a white jade poria cake," Feng Huali had already prepared his words, and kept in mind the emperor's favorite poetic dishes, "As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a prototype of white jade poria cake, 'Poria cocos four taels, two taels of white noodles, water to make cakes, fried with yellow wax. Then when I arrived, I had the idea that "the cake is more expensive than the pine, and the cake is better than the thin", and then there was this white jade poria cake. ”

It's so-so, but the mouth is quite able to speak. Yan Yu smiled slightly, for the sake of the portion she had prepared quite well, let's take a bite. Yan Yu took a bite, the taste was crispy, sweet and overflowing in the mouth, and there was a hint of fruity aroma.

I didn't expect this to look bad, but the taste was not ordinary. Yan Yu said appreciatively: "Not bad. ”

Being appreciated by the emperor is simply a great honor, Feng Hua can't help but be a little happy, does this mean that he still has a chance not to be defeated. Feng Huali immediately ran to ask Mama Huang, but Mama Huang said, "I'm afraid there will be more than one female official in charge of catering this year." ”

"What does that mean?" Feng Huali asked.

Mama Huang said: "In previous years, the emperor was lucky to give half a good meal for these meals, but today he actually praised you and Huang Qi'er." Although the final list still has to be decided by the emperor, in my opinion, you and Huang Qi'er are very promising. ”

Feng Hua smiled away: "Then it couldn't be better." ”

Then it was Huang Xile's turn, she made a Chinese-style ninety-nine duck, which was ruddy in color and looked very delicious. Feng Huali's eyes widened, he had long known that the emperor didn't like to eat duck, and Huang Xile made a Chinese-style ninety-nine duck, wouldn't it be equivalent to "sending him to death".

Huang Xile brought the Hanwei Jiujiu duck over, and since her position was on the right side, the first person to taste it was the emperor. The emperor took a shallow taste very reluctantly, but his face was not very good-looking, and he shook his head again and again.

Seeing that it was impossible to pass like this, Huang Xile lowered his head in some disappointment and served his dishes to the concubine and the queen mother who were sitting on the left side of the emperor. Concubine Xiang and Concubine Liang are very fond of each other, and their views are so consistent for the first time.

It's a pity that the existence of the imperial dining room is for the emperor, and the dishes that the emperor doesn't like, no matter how delicious they are, can't be left in the imperial dining room. The last person to eat was the Queen Mother, who tested the vegetables for poison as usual, and when she took out the needle, it was jet black.

The Queen Mother thought that she had seen it wrong, and after a careful look, she was sure that the needle in her hand fell to the ground, and she shouted loudly: "Poisonous!" ”

Everyone sighed for a while, and the guards immediately rushed up, and Huang Xile was controlled at once. Concubine Liang was even more frightened, you know, because she thought it was delicious, she deliberately ate a lot, and now that the Queen Mother has been found to be poisonous, doesn't it mean that she was also poisoned.

Just thinking like this, Concubine Liang suddenly felt nauseous and vomited out all the things in her stomach, Concubine Liang pointed to the ground in a panic: "I...... I'm poisoned, save me ......"

Then, she suddenly closed her eyes and fell unconscious to the ground.

"No, it's impossible!" Huang Xile shouted, how could she poison here, these are things for the emperor to eat, dare to poison here, unless she wants to die.