Chapter 39: Candlelight Dinner
In the center of a huge royal dining table, dozens of red candlesticks are formed into a circle, and all the candlesticks are lit at the same time, which is enough to illuminate the entire hall of the Biyong Pavilion.
Queen Zhang Yan personally placed a pair of golden bowls and two pairs of translucent jasper carved chopsticks, and finally ordered the maid to serve the food.
The king suspected that the rest of the people were in the way, so he immediately withdrew the four maids who followed him, leaving only a few of the queen's personal maids and Gao Jian present.
Then he happily walked up to the queen's side, and glanced at the dishes on the table, in addition to the braised prawns, there were also golden crucian carp and black chicken assortment.
Why did you become a good girl again tonight?
The palace has nothing to do, and I made a special trip to learn the style of a folk woman, and I can enter the kitchen in the hall, are you unwilling?
Without further ado, he went and sat down beside the queen.
I was just surprised, but in the king's heart, I liked it.
The queen suddenly asked him, "Do you remember the bird ginseng fish soup?"
Well, this is a question that I have to calm down and think about. The king also said this to her on purpose.
Then the palace will be slowly thought about by you, and I will let them serve other dishes first.
He then turned his mind to Chong Gao and spoke.
You should first pass on the things that the palace likes, and as for this bird ginseng and fish soup, it will not be too late for the king to think of it.
Together with two maids, Takane opened the food box and took out a plate of pastries and set it in front of the queen.
This plate of pastry is the queen's favorite mandarin duck dish, made with sorghum, glutinous rice, red date grinding powder, and a little hawthorn and lotus seeds distilled.
When Wang saw the crystal clear mandarin duck dishes on the table, he didn't bother to remember any bird ginseng fish soup, maybe it was just a fish soup.
Gao Jian stood aside and asked the king in a low voice, what kind of food to taste first?
His gaze swept over the fiery red braised prawns and the plump lobsters that made him lose his appetite for a moment, but fortunately he tasted this pastry.
A maid brought the king a small piece of a small saucer and held it to his eyes.
And he told the king, "This is a pastry that the queen herself has configured a few days ago, and it is called mandarin duck cuisine."
The queen stared intently at the king, silently expecting in her heart, expecting that this mandarin duck dish would be appreciated by him.
He was full of anxiety and said, "Then I will not refuse, but first try the queen's craft."
The queen picked up the green chopsticks, put a piece of pastry into her mouth, and then babbled and said to the king.
Hongu doesn't depend on you, because I made it myself, so Hongu has to be the first to taste how it tastes.
The king seemed to be unhappy, but when he learned that she had personally gone out to make this mandarin duck dish, the unhappiness in his heart quickly blurred.
The maid added two of these cakes to the queen's small porcelain plate.
He watched her silently and took his first bite, then asked her what it tasted like.
When the queen heard him ask, her eyes deftly slipped from left to right, staring blankly at the king's face, motionless.
At first, the taste is slightly sweet, and then it is accompanied by a hint of smooth and glutinous, chewing in the mouth with a soft and cute feeling.
Wang, who couldn't wait for a long time, grabbed the chopsticks on the table and gently sandwiched a piece of so-called mandarin duck cuisine and gently put it in his mouth.
Tentatively chewing and savoring the wisdom and craftsmanship of the queen, he soon tasted the sweetness of the pastry, and told the queen.
You're sure it's your craft, and you've never seen this side of you before.
This palace is your queen, how can you cook at will, and the cook in the imperial dining room is not used to be idle.
Needless to say, the king had unconsciously liked this thing, stretched out his chopsticks and took another piece and put it in his mouth to chew it slowly.
Gao Jian asked the maids to present all the dishes one by one, white sugar sand Weng, Supai braised sauce, ten treasures and eight treasure cups, chestnut sauce sheep mound, flowery platter, bird ginseng fish soup.
The king touched the last soup, which the queen had said, and took a spoon and scooped it into the bowl of soup, so that he could taste it alone.
What does the ginseng and fish soup taste like?, the queen asked him with a smile on the side.