"Your Majesty, Imperial Chef Xiao is here."

Gonggong An tentatively knocked on the door of the temple and whispered.

"Enter." The empress's voice rang out.

Before Xiao Xiao entered, he inexplicably felt a strange atmosphere, which became even more obvious after entering.

In broad daylight, "lonely men and widows" were in the same room, the door was closed, and Shen Hua looked like he was being "bullied".

No matter how you look at it, it looks like you're doing it......

The unspeakable.

A feeling of guilt rose in her heart in vain.

Thinking about whether to quit or not.

But she's already in.

It shouldn't be wiped out, right?

"What did you do again?"

Ji Zhuo's attention was quickly seduced by the food box, and she remembered that her imperial chef said that there would be a surprise on her birthday.

She was curious about what could surprise her with such a small food box.

Xiao Xiao patted his head hard, slapped all the paint out of his head, and quickly smiled.

"Father-in-law, come and do me a favor." Xiao Xiao closed the windows and doors, and used curtains to block out the light from outside.

The light in the room quickly decreases, and it is dim and faintly visible.

"Your Majesty, come and see!" Xiao Xiao opened the food box, took out the contents of the contents, and beckoned to Ji Zhuo with a smile.

Ji Zhuo and Shen Hua stepped forward to look, and the most conspicuous thing was a round plate of pastries, on which fruits and flowers were placed, and words were written, with bells and whistles.

It's very sweet and greasy to look at, and I'm not interested.

Even more appealing was another small saucer, which was filled with sticks and stained with chili peppers and oil, which seemed to be some kind of snack.

"What is this?" Ji Zhuo pointed to the small plate.

"Spicy strips."

Xiao Xiao's expression was a little strange.

The empress has a peculiar taste, if it weren't for the fear that the other party doesn't like to eat too sweet food, how could she make such a thing?

It was too difficult in ancient times, and the history of blood and tears in artificial spicy strips.

Ji Zhuo directly picked up the chopsticks and pinched one, the spicy taste filled the mouth, not pure spicy, but vaguely mixed with a hint of saltiness and sweetness, inexplicably blended together, but not at all peaceful.

The first time I ate the spicy strips, it felt very good, which made the empress's eyes light up a little, and she even said, "Not bad." ”

Well, it can barely be considered a "surprise".

Xiao Xiao's expression became even more strange, seeing that she was about to clip it again, the lid of the food box covered the small plate, and stared at Xi Zhuo vigilantly, as if staring at the cat that had been stealing food.

"Huh?"

The empress stared dangerously at her imperial kitchen, not letting her eat?

"Your Majesty wait first, look at this, look at this!" Xiao Xiao was not afraid of her glare at all now, and pushed the round pastry over.

"What is this?" Shen Hua was a little curious.

"Birthday cake, eat it on your birthday," Xiao Xiao explained with a smile, lighting the candles, "Sing with me!" ”

"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you......"

Xiao Xiao was very interested, and his voice was as crisp as a yellow bird.

Ji Zhuo and Shen Hua looked at each other, confused.

"Sing, just follow me."

Xiao Xiao was dissatisfied with singing a one-man show, so he pressed the food box covered with spicy strips, and looked at Ji Zhuo threateningly, "A child who doesn't sing is not a good baby, and there are no spicy strips to eat!" ”

“……”

Ji Zhuo's eyes were strange, looking at his own bold and fat imperial chef, how dare he threaten me with food? It's just-

Wise.

"Well, I wish you a happy birthday." The tone of the scorching is in a straight line, as if it is announcing the decree, a serious book without ups and downs, very perfunctory.

"Uh...... Your Majesty reads it so well, the words are clear, the words are round, hehe......"

Xiao Xiao almost couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The illusion in her heart was shattered, and she knew that how could she hear His Majesty sing in her lifetime?

Forget it, singing will make the character of the Empress Gao Leng fall apart.

"Your Majesty makes a wish in your heart, and blows out the candles."

Xiao Xiao reminded, his eyebrows and eyes were crooked, his smile was bright, the candlelight hit the faces of several people, and the orange and yellow tones carried a natural warmth.

"I don't have any wishes to make." Empress Geng Zhi said, her gaze falling on the lid of the food box.

"Think about it again~"

Well, for the sake of the chef's sincerity.

Ji Zhuo thought about his wish very seriously.

Well, take back the soul fragments, sling the heavens and the earth with strength, and kicking the main god to ascend to the throne......

What else?

Looks like there's something else to find, though I can't remember what it is.

Then add one more and get all the lost things back.

So be it.

"Alright." Ji Zhuo said to Xiao Xiao.

"Blow out the candles, blow out the candles!" Xiao Xiao's eyes looked at Xi Zhuo with a sparkling look of expectation.

Ji Zhuo glanced at her, just eating something, there are so many tricks.

"Hurry up, hurry up!"

Okay, the empress blows coldly.

"Whew!" She bowed slightly, exhaled into a few candles, and then quickly got to her feet, looking at ease.

The action was so fast that the flames didn't even react.

Mom! She's so cute!

Xiao Xiao's eyes widened, and he watched the empress's movements without blinking, although Xiao Zhuo's movements were fast, Xiao Xiao still captured every detail of her.

Obviously, the expression is spicy and cold, and the action is perfunctory.

But when you do this kind of thing, you will be infected with a touch of childishness.

Wow, let her make up for it to her heart's content!

The contrast of the cold empress is cute!

It's so good!

Mom! The nest is going to give her a monkey~

Shen Hua felt that she was a little too excited, and looked at her strangely, her eyes like a clear spring.

Xiao Xiao was inexplicably excited, and all the messy thoughts in his brain were gone.

"Ahem, let's eat." Xiao Xiao's rotten brain was a little ashamed, and he wanted to cover it up and divide the cake with his hands.

The cake is relatively simple in the 21st century, but it took her a lot of effort to make it in this era, and the spicy noodles, God knows how many times she experimented.

It's a royal chef who likes to cook, and when I do these two things, I can't wait to wear them back and buy them directly.

The cake was not big, so she divided it into four pieces, a small plate just enough to hold it, and one person divided it one by one.

It's not the first time that the four of them have eaten with the empress "no big or small", and the most difficult to accept Father-in-law An is used to it, and he was glanced at by the empress coldly, and he got used to it if he wasn't used to it.

"Your Majesty, this is what we did together." Xiao Xiao said as he pushed a piece of cake to Ji Zhuo.

"The flour was kneaded by Grandpa An, the eggs were beaten by me, the peppers were chopped by Shen Shao, and the fruits were cut by us together......"

Shen Hua originally wanted to make a bowl of longevity noodles for Ji Zhuo, so he specially came to ask Xiao Xiao for cooking skills.

And Gonggong An racked his brains, and couldn't think of anything worthy of giving it to the empress as a birthday gift.

Xiao Xiao directly proposed to make cakes and spicy strips together.

It is worth mentioning that Shen Hua chopped chili peppers......

That picture is so beautiful that I can't bear to look at it directly.

He couldn't stand the spiciness, and after a few chops, the spicy taste of the chili pepper rushed straight to his nose, and his eyes were red.

But he had to chop it himself, and Xiao Xiao couldn't resist him.

Probably, it's because His Majesty likes it.