Chapter 182 Poisonous
Feng Huali found Huang Xile and asked her to pack up her things and leave the palace as soon as possible. Huang Xile felt inexplicably and shook her hand away, saying, "I have already thought about it. After this big exam, if I fail to become the female official at the restaurant, I will leave the palace."
"Really?" Feng Huali asked.
Huang Xile nodded with a serious look. Seeing that she suddenly became so serious, Huang Xile joked: "Do you just want me to leave the palace?"
Feng Huali took Huang Xile's hand: "Of course I can't bear to part with you."
Feng Huali also wanted Huang Xile to stay in the palace, but she also had to follow other people's opinions. Besides, in the current situation, it would not be a good thing to stay more. Anyway, the big exam is coming tomorrow, so just pay more attention to these things.
Feng Huali tried his best to get the big test for the two-year-old, and wanted to stay awake all night long, just wanting to be more proficient. But Huang Qier couldn't let her go. Feng Huali practiced in the kitchen with the lamp, and Huang Qier was also practicing next to her.
As long as Feng Huali doesn't rest, Huang Qi'er won't rest. Feng Huali is also strange. She is so skilled that she is still unwilling to leave a way out for herself. Fortunately, on the second night, Huang Qi'er couldn't help but get tired and fell asleep in the kitchen.
Feng Huali still stayed asleep and studied various techniques to deal with the second major test. So Feng Huali stared at a pair of dark circles and went to the hall with many women. When she saw Feng Huali, she felt like she was applying carbon under her eyes.
"You are the best at the time of the money," Madam Huang announced seriously, "This time the emperor will stutter things, and you can't be careless at all, have you heard it?"
"yes."
What Feng Huali was preparing to make was the white jade poria cake, which is a nourishing dessert passed down from ancient times to the present. First, use high-end palace starch to carefully make the outer skin. The outer skin is as thin as paper and white as snow.
The filling inside should be selected from the palace, and then through Feng Huali's screening, only a variety of nuts with the best taste are obtained. It is supplemented by osmanthus, honey, sugar and the rare and precious Yunshan Poria powder.
Its taste is not only sweet, fragrant, and smooth. Feng Huali chose this not only because it tastes sweet and nourishes the body. It is also because it is simple and simple in appearance, and it does not require a chef's craftsmanship.
Feng Huali mashed and stuffed all kinds of kernels such as almonds, walnuts, peanuts, pine nuts, etc., and then soaked the juice of peaches, oranges, lychees, pineapple and almonds. The proportions were carefully measured. This not only retains the flavor of the kernel, but also has a faint fruity smell, which is very mysterious and fascinating.
Then make the dough, add the flour starch and stir it together, then add some oil, and press it into a round thin slice when the consistency is appropriate. It is probably because Feng Huali's handmade reason. There will always be one or two gaps in the round dough, but it should be harmless.
Then combine the sugar with the fruity almonds you made just now, take eight cents of portions and place them on the dough, cover them with a layer of skin, and gently pinch your fingers, so that the white jade poria cake will be formed.
Finally, I put it in the pot and waited for a while. Feng Huali was very cautious in order to prevent any mistakes. Before he knew it, he was approaching Mao time, and many people around him had already done it.
A strong fragrance came from beside her. Feng Huali turned her head and saw that Huang Qier had five bowls of noodles placed beside her pot. Each bowl had its own characteristics. She was still busy with the last bowl of noodles, and hot oil was still burning in the pot.
But even so, the fragrance still made Feng Huali a little hungry. He had to do it well. Huang Qier's own was too inferior to her. Feng Huali raised her head and said, "Aren't we a snack? What are you doing this?"
"This is the palace noodles. The emperor often eats some of this in the afternoon after the meal, so this is also included in the dim sum." Huang Qier put the noodles into a bowl and stirred them with special seasonings. For a moment, the fragrance came to her face as if it was bursting. "Besides, this portion is very small."
The so-called palace noodles are the unique noodles in the palace. Because of the complex process, the noodles are thin and airy, and basically no one outside the palace has this ability. The palace noodles are delicious, oily but not greasy, and have a very high nutritional quality.
Huang Qier was also well prepared. The bowls of blue and white porcelain were exquisite, and the noodles they served became more elegant. The six bowls of noodles included clear soup noodles, braised noodles, cold noodles, and other different styles.
After the noodles were all prepared, Huang Qier sprinkled some water on each bowl of noodles, then put it in a pot, steamed it with the remaining heat, waiting for the time when the noodles were saint. Seeing all this in his eyes, Feng Huali couldn't help but sigh that Huang Qier's mind was really thorough, how good it would be if he was also a good person.
As time was about to be over, Feng Huali took out the white jade poria cake from his pot, and a fresh and pleasant fragrance suddenly floated out. However, after seeing Huang Qi'er's things again, Feng Huali lost confidence in his white jade poria cake.
It was supposed to be carving some patterns on the top, but Feng Huali was not good at craftsmanship and was worried that his hand would shake, so he would ruin it. But it was probably a bit inconspicuous to just serve it like this. After thinking about it, Feng Huali sprinkled the remaining almond powder on the cake and licked some sugar.
Finally, a piece of orange peel was added and put it on, adding a bit of playfulness. At this moment, a drum sounded next to it, which meant that the hour of Mao had arrived, and everyone picked up the food they had made and walked to the Liuli Palace to face the Saint.
The seats were set up at the gate of the hall, not only the emperor, but also the Empress Dowager Liang Concubine Xiang and others sat together, waiting to taste their masterpieces. The women in the imperial kitchen needed to serve their food and taste them one by one. Of course, in the end, the emperor's judgment would be based.
Huang Qi'er's palace face made the queen mother very satisfied. She kept praising Huang Qi'er for having a smart mind, and Huang Qi'er smiled even more happily.
It was soon Feng Huali's turn, and the empress dowager sat on the far left, and the first one was to give her food. The empress dowager was cautious and had to try poison in person for every dish. After tasting Feng Huali's things, the empress dowager just nodded without giving a comment.
Concubine Liang gave her a big roll of eyes, and she just pretended to vomit after smelling it. Feng Huali had no intention of satisfying her, so she directly brought the dish to Concubine Xiang.
Concubine Xiang was naturally very satisfied, and even said a few words in the emperor's ear. When the white jade poria cake was brought to Yan Yu, he was really surprised. Compared with other things, the cake was too inferior to Yan Yu, so inferior to Yan Yu was too lazy to eat it.
But seeing Feng Huali's eyes full of expectations, he had to pick up a piece of cake and ask, "What is this?"
"This is a white jade poria cake," Feng Huali had already prepared his words and kept the emperor's favorite poetic dishes in mind. "As early as the Southern Song Dynasty, there was the prototype of white jade poria cake. "Four liang of poria, two liang of white flour, mix water into a cake, and fry it with yellow wax." Then, when I came to my court, I had the idea that "cake is expensive to pine, and cake is beneficial to thin". After that, I had this white jade poria cake."
The product is average, but the mouth is quite good. Yan Yu smiled slightly, and when she saw that she had prepared enough, she would take a bite. Yan Yu took a light bite, the taste was crispy, sweet and fragrant, and there was a hint of fruity aroma in her mouth.
Unexpectedly, this looks bad but tastes unusual. Yan Yu praised: "Good."
Being praised by the emperor was simply a great honor. Feng Huali couldn't help but feel a little happy. Is this clear that he still has the chance to not lose the election? Feng Huali immediately ran to ask Madam Huang, but Madam Huang said: "I'm afraid not only a female official will be selected this year."
"What does this mean?" Feng Huali asked.
Madam Huang: "In previous years, the emperor gave these meals half good, which was a blessing. Now he praised you and Huang Qier. Although the final list must be decided by the emperor, in my opinion, you and Huang Qier are very hopeful."
Feng Huali smiled and said, "That would be the best."
Then it was Huang Xile's turn. She made the Han-flavored Jiujiu duck, which was rosy and looked very delicious. Feng Huali opened her eyes wide and knew that the emperor didn't like to eat ducks. Isn't it equivalent to "successful death" to make Huang Xile's Han-flavored Jiujiu duck?"
Huang Xile brought the Hanwei Jiujiu duck over. Since she was on the right, the first person to taste was the emperor. The emperor reluctantly tasted it lightly, but his face was not very good-looking, and he shook his head repeatedly.
Seeing that this was impossible to pass, Huang Xile lowered his head in disappointment and brought his food to the concubine and the queen mother sitting on the left side of the emperor. Concubine Xiang and Concubine Liang both loved it very much, but their views were the first time they were so consistent.
It’s a pity that the existence of the imperial kitchen was prepared for the emperor. The dishes that the emperor didn’t like were, and no matter how delicious they were, they could not stay in the imperial kitchen. The last person to eat was the empress dowager. As usual, she tested the poison for the dish. When she took out the needle, the top was black.
The queen mother thought she had read it wrong, so she looked carefully before confirming that the needle in her hand fell to the ground. She shouted loudly: "It's poisonous!"
Everyone sighed, and the guard rushed up immediately and controlled Huang Xile in an instant. Concubine Liang was even more scared. You know, because she thought it was delicious, she ate a lot of it. Now that the Queen Mother found out that it was poisonous, wouldn't she also be poisoned?
Just as she was thinking about this, Concubine Liang suddenly felt disgusted and vomited out all the things in her stomach. Concubine Liang pointed at the ground in panic: "I... I'm poisoned, save me..."
Then, she suddenly closed her eyes and fell into a coma on the ground.
"No, it's impossible!" Huang Xile shouted, how could she poison here? These are foods for the emperor. If you dare to poison here, unless you are desperate.
Chapter completed!