Chapter 46: Macarons
Just walking on the street, everyone pointed and pointed: "It turns out that they are really together." ”
Lan Xiaoqiu regretted: "Just now I said that I should find a headscarf to cover myself. ”
Fang Hao smiled: "Don't deceive yourself. Cover ourselves up, and then aren't we more like the ones who are married? ”
Lan Xiaoqiu buried her head in Fang Hao's back, deceiving herself in the hope that others would not recognize her.
But Lan Xiaoqiu felt that Fang Hao was walking slower and slower, as if he wanted others to see it deliberately, so he knocked on Fang Hao's back: "Why are you walking so slowly?" Did you do it on purpose? ”
When Fang Hao turned around, Lan Xiaoqiu saw him sweating profusely: "Miss, you are really-so heavy." ”
Fang Hao carried Lan Xiaoqiu back to the Marshal's Mansion, and Ruo Su hurriedly came to greet him: "Sister, where have you been?" I'm scared to death. ”
Lan Xiaoqiu told what happened that day, Ruosu nodded: "I don't know how Qingluan knew about your existence, I found the Marshal's Mansion a few days ago to ask you to come over, I think all this was her idea." Sister rest assured, I have told the general, he will tell his subordinates not to listen to Qingluan's mercy in the future, it is really difficult for my sister. ”
Lan Xiaoqiu was just about to lie down, but she heard a message from the door: "The queen mother sent someone to come, saying that she wanted to invite Lan Xiaoqiu to come over and make some food, saying that there was a distinguished guest from the palace." ”
Ruo Su was busy after hearing this: "No, Sister Lan is injured and needs to rest." ”
But Lan Xiaoqiu stopped Ruosu after hearing this, and shouted: "You go back, I will go to the palace to make pastries for the queen when I am ready." ”
Lan Xiaoqiu grabbed Ruosu and said, "This is a great opportunity. ”
"You're crazy, you're the way you are, how do you do things?" Fang Hao saw that Lan Xiaoqiu was weak, and now he had difficulty walking a few steps.
"Sister, don't go, don't go this time, there will be a next time, there will be a chance next time." Ruosu said distressedly.
"No, I must go, Ruosu, help me prepare some refreshing medicine, I have to persevere." Lan Xiaoqiu seemed to have made up her mind.
Fang Hao said angrily: "Lan Xiaoqiu, why are you so snobbish? For the sake of glory and wealth, he didn't even want his life, is it important to enter the palace or his body? In Fang Hao's opinion, Lan Xiaoqiu was bent on going to the palace, and the imperial dining room was a place of honor for the cook.
Lan Xiaoqiu glared at Fang Hao angrily, but he didn't want to explain: "I'm just vain, what's wrong?" ”
Ruosu still wanted to explain, but was stopped by Lan Xiaoqiu: "You go quickly, being with two girls will affect your reputation for the rest of your life." ”
"Lan Xiaoqiu, I misjudged you." Fang Hao threw his sleeves away angrily, Lan Xiaoqiu looked at Fang Hao's back, feeling a little uncomfortable, but touched his face and smiled at Ruo Suzhu: "Don't worry, I'm fine." ”
Ruosu instructed his subordinates to give Lan Xiaoqiu a nourishing and refreshing medicine, and dredged up the relationship, and took Lan Xiaoqiu to the palace.
Lan Xiaoqiu knelt in the queen's palace, but saw a young woman sitting next to the queen, who was extremely close to the queen's mother.
"This is Qingluan, the future daughter-in-law of this palace, and the crown princess of Xuan'er." The queen introduced.
Lan Xiaoqiu has only seen Qingluan now, she was killed by her and ran to Yeshan to avoid the officers and soldiers, and almost died with Fang Hao, Xuan'er is the prince's milk name, the prince's name is Qixuan, and he is only eighteen years old this year, this Qingluan is the daughter of the prime minister, and it is said that he will marry the prince in a few months. Now the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are sitting in the hall, Lan Xiaoqiu is kneeling under the hall, but she still has to salute them: "I've seen Miss Qingluan." ”
Although Qingluan is not the crown princess now, she very much hopes that others will call her 'princess' when she sees her, Qingluan said: "Queen Mother, Lan Xiaoqiu is a well-known pastry chef in Beijing, Qingluan wants to eat the pastries made by Lan Xiaoqiu, and troubles the queen to find Lan Xiaoqiu." ”
In this way, Lan Xiaoqiu realized that it was not the queen who called her, but Qingluan.
Lan Xiaoqiu's body was sluggish, and the queen could see it, and Qingluan could see it even more, so she asked, "Lan Xiaoqiu, I don't seem to be very comfortable looking at you." Did you hear that they were coming to make pastries for me, so you were reluctant? ”
Lan Xiaoqiu hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Xiaoqiu doesn't dare, it's just that Xiaoqiu has been weak recently and is not in the way." ”
"Then you go down and prepare, Qingluan is my honored guest, you can't neglect Qingluan for this palace." The queen said majestically.
"Yes." When Lan Xiaoqiu was about to get up, he stumbled for a moment, and the two of them sat down as if they didn't see it, just chatting and laughing.
Lan Xiaoqiu went to the imperial dining room, and there was still a busy scene here, but Lan Xiaoqiu's arrival made some cooks surround him: "I heard that you were personally invited by the queen?" ”
Lan Xiaoqiu was unwell and didn't like to answer, but he was thought to be self-conscious.
Lan Xiaoqiu handed over the ingredients he brought to his father-in-law for inspection, but when he finished, he saw a hesitant person in the imperial dining room staring at Lan Xiaoqiu for a long time: "Do you know me?" ”
Lan Xiaoqiu saw that the imperial chef looked about forty years old, and the imperial chefs called him Master Gao.
Master Gao saw that Lan Xiaoqiu had no welcome expression on his face, and walked around Lan Xiaoqiu before leaving......
The pastry that Lan Xiaoqiu is preparing at the moment is macarons, because of the color of macarons, Lan Xiaoqiu needs a lot of fruits to refine.
Helpers are naturally indispensable, and they serve the queen, and everyone is vying to help Lan Xiaoqiu peel, chop, and get juice.
The production of macarons is not too difficult, and there are three decisive factors, first of all, the powder should be fine, and no particles should be left; Secondly, the batter is moderately soft and hard, not too thin and not too thick; Finally, there is the temperature, macarons are like girls, whether they can have a beautiful dress depends on this, otherwise it is just an ordinary macaroon.
After the production was completed, the color of the macarons was brilliant in the entire imperial dining room, and everyone looked at the five-color macarons and admired Lan Xiaoqiu's good craftsmanship.
Because the macarons are too sweet, Lan Xiaoqiu made a soybean milk corn juice to relieve the sweetness of the macarons.
When the corn juice was poured into the bowl, Lan Xiaoqiu was bumped, and when he looked back, it turned out that the person was carrying firewood, and seeing that the corn juice had not yet spilled, Lan Xiaoqiu was very happy.
When he was about to serve the pastry, Lan Xiaoqiu was bumped again, this person was Master Gao, he was a little deliberate, Lan Xiaoqiu felt it, because the porcelain bowl containing corn juice fell on the ground and shattered.
Lan Xiaoqiu looked at the carefully prepared corn juice spilled all over the ground, and Master Gao still looked disappreciative: "I'm sorry." ”
"I'm sorry, do you know how long I've been preparing this corn juice? If you boil it again, it will take half an hour. Lan Xiaoqiu was already weak, and her face flushed when she was leaning on the pot table due to her sudden situation.
Master Gao didn't pity the jade at all, but the people next to her supported Lan Xiaoqiu, so she didn't fall.
Master Gao hugged his arm: "How can it be just right to prepare food for the royal family, don't you know that we all have to prepare one more just in case?" ”
"Just in case? You're the one in case, right? You obviously did it on purpose. "Lan Xiaoqiu was originally upset because of the power of Qingluan Fox's fake tiger, but now a hot spot can make her explode.
At this time, someone advised: "Don't get along with Master Gao, he is one of the best chefs here." ”
"Do you bully people like this because you're one of the best?" Lan Xiaoqiu felt that Master Gao had blushed at him since he first came to the imperial dining room.
"I didn't bully you." Master Gao rolled up his sleeves and prepared to do his own thing.
At this time, the eunuch reminded: "Oh, I said Master Lan, you better hurry up, now is not the time to reason, it's not good for the queen to wait in a hurry." ”
"What to do? I can't take the corn from the ground and pour it in, can I? Lan Xiaoqiu said angrily.
"If you don't dislike it, take my sour plum soup." Master Gao took out two bowls and placed them in front of Lan Xiaoqiu.
"Who scarces your sour plum soup." Lan Xiaoqiu was very disdainful, she hadn't lost her breath yet, how could her perfect match be replaced with an ordinary sour plum soup that couldn't be ordinary anymore?
At this time, the eunuch pulled Lan Xiaoqiu and whispered: "Master Gao's sour plum soup is the queen's favorite drink, it is a hot summer, it is better to use it first, otherwise Master Lan only takes the cake up, I am afraid that Miss Qingluan will say that Master Lan is disrespectful to the queen." ”
When Lan Xiaoqiu heard the word Qingluan, she thought that everyone knew her style, and Lan Xiaoqiu reluctantly took the sour plum soup and put it together.
At this time, Ruo Su and Fang Hao were rushing to the palace, but they were stopped by the guards outside the palace: "You can't go in without the queen's will." ”
Ruosu said nervously: "What should I do?" Lan Xiaoqiu won't have an accident, right? ”
"I'm afraid that the board is fixed, I'm just afraid that she is weak now, and I'm afraid that she will die if she can't withstand a few boards." Fang Hao said worriedly.
"Let me in, I want to see Aunt Queen." Ruosu drew her long sword, she couldn't watch Lan Xiaoqiu die like this.
"Ruosu, you are crazy, you will be arrested by them as an assassin like this." Fang Hao hurriedly held down Ruosu's hand holding the sword, and withdrew her sword back into the scabbard, at this time, the Ouchi guards had already drawn their swords and faced each other: "Lord Ripples, I advise you not to mess around here." ”
Ruo Su jumped to her feet in a hurry: "Sister Lan is going for me, I can't let her have an accident." ”
"For you? Isn't she because of glory and wealth? Fang Hao obviously misunderstood Lan Xiaoqiu.
Ruo Su sighed: "I'll tell you later, in short, Sister Lan is not what you think, you misunderstood her." ”
Fang Hao and Ruosu are more and more worried about Lan Xiaoqiu, and now Lan Xiaoqiu has brought pastries to the queen and Qingluan.
The queen mother saw that it was sour plum soup, and said, "How do you know that this palace wants to drink sour plum soup?" However, in the huge imperial dining room, only the sour plum soup made happily is the most sweet and sour. ”
Lan Xiaoqiu could only say: "This sour plum soup is made by Master Gao, because of some accident, the soup made by Lan Xiaoqiu accidentally stained." ”
The queen's nurse looked at Lan Xiaoqiu and said, "That's it, this palace just wants to drink, it seems to be the will of heaven, Qingluan, you can also taste it." ”
Qingluan's face was angry, and the maid whispered in her ear: "It didn't work." ”
Go back half an hour ago:
Lan Xiaoqiu had already gone to the palace, and Fang Hao still misunderstood in his heart that Lan Xiaoqiu didn't even want his life for his fame and fortune.
Walking on the road, he saw the two maids of the Prime Minister's Mansion shopping for things, and overheard that Lan Xiaoqiu went to the palace this time It was Qingluan's idea, and Qingluan had secretly sent his henchmen into the imperial dining room, preparing to drug the things made by Lan Xiaoqiu, so that Lan Xiaoqiu would be punished, and Ruosu would also be implicated. It is also fortunate that one master and one servant can save their lives.
After hearing this, Fang Hao hurriedly went back to the Marshal's Mansion to tell Ruo Su about it, and after hearing this, Ruo Su pulled Fang Hao to the gate of the palace, and there was the scene just now.