Chapter 21: The Taste of Memory
When the queen heard Sheng Zhiyao's voice, she didn't look at Concubine Qi, and said to her softly, "Ask Mama Rong to take you there." ”
The grandmother next to her took Sheng Zhiyao to the kitchen with the order.
Along the way, Sheng Zhiyao was thinking about the preferences of the queen mother that Mama Li told her yesterday, the mother likes sour and spicy, but there are no chili peppers in the Shang Zhou Dynasty, and when the emperor was still the prince, he occasionally took the queen who was still the princess to the Hou Mansion for dinner, and that was the first time she tasted it, and she never forgot it.
Later, the queen asked the old Hou Ye for recipes several times, and she almost tied up the cook of the Hou Mansion and returned to the house, and finally Steward Li secretly told her that this was made by the Hou Ye.
Sheng Zhiyao had been prepared for a long time after hearing this story.
Rong Mama brought Sheng Zhiyao to the kitchen, someone had already notified the kitchen lady in the kitchen to give up her position, she found two small charcoal stoves, filled the two casseroles with water, and took advantage of the gap between Mama helping her to get the ingredients, she threw the hot pot base that had been prepared into it, a pot of spicy soup and a pot of tomato soup.
But after a while, the spicy fragrance and the sour smell of tomatoes wafted out of the kitchen, and the fragrance came to Sheng Zhiyao's nose before she remembered that she hadn't eaten hot pot for a long time, she swallowed her saliva and sorted out the ingredients brought by Mama Rong and put them on the plate, and asked a cook to kill a duck to collect blood, Mama Rong couldn't help frowning when she saw it.
Finally, she went to get some small bowls and prepared all kinds of spices, and when everything was ready, she put everything on the tray.
"Mama Rong asked the palace people to bring it in."
"County Lord, this is good?" Mama Rong was a little skeptical, just two soups plus some raw ingredients?
"Of course, you go out first, I'm preparing something else, I'll come later." Sheng Zhiyao sent Mama Rong out of the door, and ordered a maid to go to the Tai Hospital to get some common medicinal materials.
When Sheng Zhiyao returned to the palace, Qi Guifei had already begun to complain: "This is what the county lord did?" All raw? I thought the county lord was very capable. ”
Hearing Concubine Qi's words, Sheng Zhiyao smiled and said nothing, and the queen mother who was sitting in the seat couldn't hold back the little gluttonous worm in her stomach and walked to the round table: "Zhiyao, how can you do this?" ”
"Of course my grandfather taught me." Old Marquis Sheng heard her words and glanced at her, Sheng Zhiyao playfully stuck out his tongue, Old Marquis such a good shield doesn't need to be used in vain, anyway, all the tricky questions are pushed to grandpa, and others will not ask again.
"Okay, grandpa and grandma eat it quickly, there are some seasonings here that you can match by yourself, but what I made has been improved by my painstaking research, and it is definitely better than what grandpa made." Sheng Zhiyao looked confident, and did not forget to step on it.
Old Marquis Sheng snorted disdainfully when he heard her words.
The four of them sat down around the round table regardless of dignity and humility, only Qi Guifei stood next to her and covered her mouth with a dissatisfied expression: "Your Majesty, what kind of barbarian food is this, let's go to my Biluo Hall to eat." ”
His Majesty didn't bother to talk to her, and concentrated on tasting food with the queen, of course Qi Guifei didn't know how many memories this hot pot carried, she just blindly slandered on the side, but seeing that the four of them were talking and laughing as if she didn't exist, Qi Guifei was a little angry: "Xiaolan will bring me a pair of dishes and chopsticks, and I will also taste the food cooked by the county lord of Yongchen." ”
"Aren't you not eating?" His Majesty looked at Concubine Qi who was sitting next to him while soaking the meat.
"What's the matter, didn't you see Your Majesty eating, the concubine will accompany you."
Because of the arrival of Qi Guifei, no one was talking after lunch, only Qi Guifei's voice kept flattering His Majesty, and His Majesty was eating hot pot and perfunctory to her.
"Grandma Huang drink this, this is the sour plum juice specially prepared for you by Zhiyao, after eating the high-heat greasy meat, drink some of this to help the spleen and stomach digest." Sheng Zhiyao picked up the sour plum juice and handed it to the queen.
The queen drank it all, the sweet and sour taste filled the entire taste buds, and the greasy feeling in her mouth just now disappeared in an instant: "Well, this is delicious, it is my favorite taste." ”
"Grandma Huang likes it, I asked Mama Rong to write down the recipe, change it and let the kitchen cook it for you, but don't be greedy, drinking it in moderation can also reduce weight."
"Really? That's great, Mama Rong will find a distance to send the recipe to the kitchen later. As soon as the queen heard that this sour plum juice still had so many effects, she couldn't wait to order.
"Yo, the queen mother is such a good thing, and I will give a copy to the concubine." When Qi Guifei heard that she could lose weight, she was instantly interested, and recently she found that she was a little fatter than last year, and her clothes were a little tight.
"In this case, the palace will hand over the recipe to the imperial kitchen, so that all palace concubines can enjoy it, what does Your Majesty think?"
"Very good, I just tasted it, it does taste good, and this is also what your grandfather taught?" His Majesty looked at Old Marquis Sheng suspiciously.
This old stubborn hasn't given him a drink for so many years.
"The minister has not been taught, and he is very intelligent, so he must have studied it by reading books by himself." Old Marquis Sheng was talking nonsense with a serious face, and even Sheng Zhiyao, who was sitting next to him, had to admire.
"Grandpa once taught his granddaughter to know some medicinal herbs, and he made this in combination with his grandfather's books on traditional Chinese medicine."
"Sure enough, it's very smart, only five years old can understand your grandfather's broken books, worthy of the name, haha!" His Majesty laughed heartily, today's family banquet made him happy for a long time, not only because of the dishes themselves, but also because of the surprise Sheng Zhiyao brought her.
The Heavenly Master once said that the Shang Zhou Dynasty would usher in the goddess, although he had doubts before, but because the Heavenly Master said that it was the granddaughter of the old stubborn Sheng Lixin, he would be suspicious, and now it seems that it is true, he can read medical books at the age of five, and he can make such a delicious meal, His Majesty is jealous.
Qi Guifei looked at His Majesty Long Yan Dayue, and was also surprised to hear that Sheng Zhiyao could read medical books at the age of five: "Your Majesty, you see that our Yongchen County Lord and Yuan Qing are also of the same age, and there is a chance for the two of them to get along more." ”
After listening to Qi Guifei's words, it turned out that her purpose was here, Sheng Zhiyao immediately understood Qi Guifei's abacus, how could Feng Yuanqing and I be the same age? He is a few years older than Feng Yuanchen.
His Majesty waved his hand: "Zhiyao has just returned to Beijing, and he is not in a hurry, wait a while for the queen to hold a polo club, and invite the grandchildren of those old horsemen to be Zhiyao's companions." ”
"Yes, the concubine will definitely handle it." The queen smiled faintly and looked at Sheng Zhiyao with a long voice.
Old Marquis Sheng stood next to him and didn't express his opinion, only Sheng Zhiyao was a little helpless, she hated going to this kind of place the most, not only to act on the scene but also to force a smile, not to mention that those famous and noble girls were all arrogant, and they didn't know what would happen.
"That's the queen's mother's banquet has always been good, and I am not familiar with the capital when I came back, so I asked Yuan Qing to take her around, after all, it is a reason for relatives to have a life."
"That's right."
Qi Guifei heard that His Majesty did not refuse, her smile became brighter and brighter, and she pulled Sheng Zhiyao to boast, in fact, she was a little disdainful of Sheng Zhiyao, except for the hereditary title of Sheng Hou's Mansion, there was no one worthy of the children of their Qi family, who called the emperor Chrysostom Yuyan said that he would make her the queen, otherwise her precious grandson Feng Yuanqing deserves a better woman.
As for her mother Qi Xinyue, she was originally a side branch of the Qi family, but she was far inferior to them, she was married to Sheng Zhengye at the beginning, and now she takes a fancy to her daughter, and her family burns high incense.
Sheng Zhiyao listened to Qi Guifei's words and fell asleep, she was not interested in Feng Yuanqing at all, she was woken up by her mother in the morning and really didn't sleep well, this will listen to her coming and going is their family Yuanqing, Sheng Zhiyao's eyelids became heavier and heavier, and she fell directly into the arms of the imperial grandmother.
"Shhh The queen whispered to Concubine Qi.
Qi Guifei was obviously displeased: "What kind of system, the elders are still talking, but she is asleep." ”
"She's only five years old." The queen argued.
"Our family Yuanqing is already in the Guozi Supervision School at the age of five." Concubine Qi pursed her lips and really looked down on this Yongchen County Lord, but Her Majesty liked to be the future queen, and she still endured it for the sake of Yuanqing's throne: "Then the concubine will retire." ”
Concubine Qi got up and walked towards the outside of the hall.