One hundred and fifty-six mid-autumn
If Fang Shanggong didn't say it, of course Xie Ning wouldn't know about these old things that had long been forgotten, those people were not important people, if it weren't for Fang Shanggong's careful and good memory, I was afraid that it would be very difficult to find someone to inquire about the past. Eighty-one? Chinese Network ?.
"It's been a lot of years, and the people of those days are almost gone. The slave and maid secretly pay attention to finding someone to inquire about one or two, and the master has to be more vigilant here. ”
Even if Fang Shanggong didn't say it, Xie Ning would secretly be vigilant. How can a person never make a mistake? It's like what general on the battlefield has not fought a single defeat?
"Anyway, she came with such a hand to retreat, you can't raise your hand to hit the smiling face when you see her in the future, right? The emperor naturally can't treat her badly. She is still not at fault in this matter, and in the future, she will still be as peaceful in the palace as before. Fang Shanggong said: "It seems to be an unintentional move, if you think about it carefully, can ordinary people do it so comprehensively?" The slave maid has been in the palace for so many years, and she has experienced both big and small things, and she doesn't dare to say that she acts so well. ”
Xie Ning pondered for a while, and asked softly, "Does the emperor know?" ”
"This slave maid can't think of it, the emperor's mind is extraordinary, but after all, this is some harem trivialities, and the emperor is afraid that he has not paid attention to it."
Xie Ning also felt that the emperor should not have thought much about it. She recalled the bits and pieces since she and Shi Shunyi met for the first time, and she couldn't even remember her eyebrows and eyes clearly. In my impression, she always hangs her head, shows others a top, and rarely meets people's eyes when she speaks, leaving people with the impression of only cowardice and cringe.
But since today, Shi Shunyi has never been to Yong'an Palace. When I met it in Qingning Palace, I also greeted him politely, and I didn't do anything superfluous.
Concubine Xian's funeral was finally completed, and the Mid-Autumn Festival came in such a gloomy mist. Although Concubine Xian had just passed away, the palace did not plan to celebrate it in a big way, but the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao were celebrating the festival in Yong'an Palace for the first time, Xie Ning asked people to prepare and led the children to make reunion moon cakes together.
The eldest prince and Princess Yuyao have both eaten moon cakes, but no one has ever made moon cakes, and they don't know where to start when they look at the table of materials.
Xie Ning smiled and said, "You two went to change your clothes first, how can you work in such a suit?" ”
The eldest prince looked at a one-piece white folded cloth apron on Xie Ning's body, and asked curiously: "Xie Niangniang, we also want to wear this?" ”
"That's natural, how can you cook without an apron?"
Qinghe and the others smiled and led the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao to change into clothes that were convenient for movement, and also wore a small apron specially sewn for the two. ”
is really a child raised in a wealthy township, and this would never be asked by a child of an ordinary family.
But all the children of ordinary families, which one has not been scolded by the family for soiling and torning his clothes? If you change your temper, you might have to be beaten.
"If you don't wear an apron, don't you get all these noodles and stuffings on your body? If the clothes are dirty, they should be washed, but if they are washed one more time, the clothes will inevitably fade and wear, and they will soon be damaged and can no longer be worn. ”
The eldest prince immediately understood that although he was not short of clothes to wear, he understood the meaning of the word diligence and thrift, and he also knew that he could not practice Aya Luo arbitrarily, and he had to cherish material resources. Even when his father was in Yong'an Palace, he often wore half-worn civilian robes.
Princess Yuyao didn't understand this, as soon as she got to the side of the desk, a pair of small hands stretched out towards the dough, and at this time she had already pinched a ball of noodles and played with it in her hands.
The dough had just woken up, and it was the most sticky time, as soon as she grabbed it, she saw that this thing would stick to her hand, and she tried to pull it down with her other hand, but she dragged it with both hands, and she couldn't wipe it off, and she couldn't shake it off, and her little face was wrinkled like a bun.
Xie Ning couldn't help laughing, pinched a pinch of dry noodles and sprinkled them on her hands, and after rubbing them a few times, the sticky noodles on her hands fell smoothly.
This made Princess Yuyao feel very fresh when she looked at it, and reached out to pick up the noodles that had fallen on the table that were kneaded into thin strips, the noodles were still soft, but they were not as sticky as they were just now.
"Okay, let's make mooncakes together today."
It is said that they are coming to wrap it, but in fact, the noodles have already been reconciled, and the filling has been mixed, all they have to do is to wrap the filling with dough, and then press it into shape with a mold, and then whether it is steamed or baked, there are naturally people who take over.
Shainin actually just wants them to take the opportunity to have fun, and it is enough to understand how mooncakes are made.
Although Xie Ning himself has not learned much cooking, it is more than enough to fool the two phoenix sons and dragon grandsons who don't know anything.
She instructed the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao to first knead the dough into long strips and knead them into small doughs of the same size. Roll out the dough flat, wrap it in the filling, pinch it and press it with a mold.
It's easy to say, but the first step is a lot of work. The eldest prince was very embarrassed and asked, "How can we know if the size of the small dough is really equal?" Do you want to find a scale to weigh it? ”
"You don't have to, you don't have to call it one by one." Xie Ning hurriedly said: "Rub it with your hand and compare it." ”
Obviously, these three words made the eldest prince not very satisfied.
Xie Ning also felt a little sweaty on her back, not because it was stuffy, but because she didn't expect the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao to be so serious about this matter. The two of them almost took a ruler to measure where to start. When the first piece is pulled down, the rest of the body will always take this piece as an example, and it cannot be bigger than it or smaller than it. After all the dough was finished, they carefully compared the size, and agreed that there was a piece of dough that was the largest, so they pulled a piece from the top and added it to the smallest.
Thankfully, after all this tossing, they can finally move on to the next step.
Each of them had a short rolling pin, and after Shainin gave them a demonstration, he let the two of them do it themselves.
As a result, the skin is also quite unsmooth, the small hands are small, and the strength is small, and the thin one is about to be broken while rolling it out, while the thick one remains in its original state. Of course, this can't satisfy the eldest prince, a child who wants to be serious and perfect in everything. And Princess Yuyao forgot her original intention when she rolled it out, she showed that the dough was very soft, and she would leave traces when she touched it, and poked it hard with her finger There was a round hole the size of a finger on the dough, so she practiced her finger magic skills, poked and poked at the dough, and a piece of dough with a strange shape completely made her poke into rags.
When waiting for the bag, there are more problems, and the filling is spilled everywhere, on the table, on the hands, and on the body. When the emperor came in, Princess Yuyao turned around and completely turned into a small flower face, her face was white and red, and even her eyebrows were covered with white flour.
The eldest prince was quite embarrassed, put down the half-wrapped moon cakes in his hand and bowed in a regular manner.
Xie Ning smiled wryly. She also got carried away with laughter just now, and she didn't hear when the emperor came in.
"It's ...... What about making mooncakes? ”
The emperor deserves to be the emperor, although he has never been able to enter the dining room and kitchen in his life, but he can see it at a glance.
Xie Ning hurriedly said: "The emperor is sage." ”
The emperor also amused her, what is holy and not holy? He has never made mooncakes, but he has always eaten mooncakes, right? The fillings of several kinds of moon cakes have been adjusted, and there is a sweet fragrance there, he just can't understand it, and he should smell it.
"How many are you doing?"
Xie Ning was embarrassed to admit that the emperor had already seen the "moon cakes" placed next to him. The one that looks decent should be made by Shainin, and the other two, which are a little strange no matter how you look at them, must be the finished products of the two children.
The emperor said on a whim: "I will also try." ”
Shainin was taken aback: "You want to try?" ”
"What? Isn't it possible? ”
Xie Ning hurriedly shook his head: "It's not impossible, didn't you say that the gentleman was far away from cooking?" ”
The emperor didn't care: "This is a festival, so naturally it's a different matter." He looked at the aprons on Xie Ning's three bodies, and asked with a smile, "Is there any more of this?" Find me one too. ”
The emperor said that he wanted it, that is, if he didn't have it, he had to conjure up one.
The second prince also woke up from a nap and was hugged by the nurse. The eldest prince looked at the belly pocket on his younger brother's body, and then looked down at the apron on his body, and always felt that the two seemed to have something in common, both of them were halternecks on the top and tied around the waist, blocking the place in front of him.
But my brother doesn't work, so what does he dress up to do?
The steps to make moon cakes are just a few steps, and the emperor saw that Xie Ning made one, and he followed suit. Of course, his level is much stronger than that of the two children, and the first one is decent. Xie Ning hurried to flatter on the side: "The emperor is really capable of what people can't, so there is nothing difficult to stop you." ”
The two little fat hands of the second prince rubbed vigorously on the side of the case, and after a while, his hands and face were also stained with white flour, and even the tip of Xie Ning's nose was rubbed with a touch of white, looking like a white-nosed harlequin on the stage, which looked very funny.
Since the mold embryos are all like this, don't expect the steamed mooncakes to see well. Fortunately, the taste is not bad, but the skin is a little thicker and the filling is a little tricky, but the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao are not picky at all, and they feel very fragrant when they eat the moon cakes they wrap.
The emperor also tasted half of it, and he always felt a little strange. There are still two days left before the holiday, and they will eat it.
However, what was done in advance was not only to eat moon cakes, but also to divide the harem before the festival. The emperor really gave Shi Shunyi the title of concubine, and the title was a "cautious" word. This word doesn't sound like a compliment, maybe it's his own psychological effect, Xie Ning always feels that this is more like a warning.
Xie Ning's will to be promoted to Yong'an Palace on the same day, and she was promoted to the rank again this time.
Xie Guifei, why does it sound so much like the bad guy in the book?