General is hard to serve

In the afternoon, Lu Ming went to look for Li Yan. He was a little surprised to meet the emperor who just came to look for him.

"Where is Aiqing going?"

When Ye Xichen saw that he was going out, it seemed that he did not come by coincidence.

"emperor--"

"There's no need to salute, I'm just passing by."

Lu Ming didn't believe this anymore, but he wouldn't say it directly.

"I'm going to look for Brother Li."

Ye Xichen thought for a while and asked, "Li Yan?"

"Well, I heard that he is going to get married. I know a little about the woman. I am afraid that the woman is not good enough for him. I want to go over and say something."

"It's really strange for someone to be praised by you. Then Li Yan is indeed an honest person. If it's true as you said, then go and remind him."

"Yes." Lu Ming just wanted to salute and leave, but Ye Xichen said again: "I'm going too, I just want to ask you something."

So Lu Ming had no choice but to invite him into the carriage. There were two plates of snacks prepared in the carriage, which were made by Shen Ziqi, and the method was simple and convenient, so he simply made a large bottle for him as snacks.

Ye Xichen picked up a piece of almond and tasted it. He thought it would be bitter and tasteless, but he didn't expect it to be sweet. It tasted like honey in his mouth.

This is the honey almond made by Shen Ziqi. After stir frying, it is glued with prepared honey, and the sweetness is just right after drying.

The other dish was the hawthorn candy that Lu Ming asked him to make. It was actually candied haws, but the original honey was replaced with white sugar.

Everyone knows that the general loves sweets, but he is actually very picky, and he doesn't like pure sweetness.

Only Shen Ziqi can control his taste, so Ye Xichen is very curious, when did the cook in the general's mansion become so powerful?Lu Ming didn't come to the palace to eat in the past few days.

"I went to the restaurant today and tasted every dish. I didn't expect Aiqing's cook to be no worse than Yu's cook." Ye Xichen said while eating dried almonds.

"Going back to the emperor, I met a young man some time ago who was good at cooking, so I helped him open a restaurant, and he stayed in the general's mansion to cook for me."

"Since that's the case, I won't be returning to the palace tonight." Ye Xichen looked at him meaningfully, obviously going to have dinner.

Lu Ming asked the servants to go back to the mansion to inform Shen Ziqi, and asked him to cook two more dishes, as there will be guests tonight.

Shen Ziqi thought it was Li Yan who was coming to eat, so he answered and went to make soup.

Autumn is dry, and you can't do without soup. Shen Ziqi still knows a lot about stewing soup.

Shen Ziqian had been coughing for a few days, so Shen Ziqi slaughtered a partridge, added Chuanbei, scallops, figs, northern and southern apricots, and simmered it slowly for two hours.

Before going out, Lu Ming had already discussed with him that he would eat seafood at night, and there was no seafood better than crabs in this season, so Shen Ziqi picked out ten big crabs and came back. Anyway, the money spent can be reimbursed, so there is no need to save!

The clams were also very fresh. Shen Ziqi picked them for a long time, making sure that each one was about the same size, weighing about two catties, and then bought another catty of shrimp and oranges.

Seafood alone is not enough, Shen Ziqi picked a piece of tofu, pork, pork ribs, and cabbage.

It was still early, Shen Ziqi processed all the ingredients, marinated what should be marinated, and killed what should be killed.

Dealing with shrimps and crabs is the most troublesome thing. If Shen Ziqi hadn't nothing to do, he wouldn't be bothered to do it himself.

Cruelly cut off the head of the lively shrimp, remove the shell, pull out the thread, and leave the shrimp.

The crabs with their fangs and claws were a little disconcerted when they knew that they were about to die, and Shen Ziqi let them have a good time.

Crab Stuffed Orange is a special dish. Before eating it, Shen Ziqi always thought that these two things could not go together. After eating, he found that these two things are a perfect match.

Cut a slice out of the top of the orange, scoop out half of the flesh and set aside.

Shrimp, crab meat, diced carrots, corn kernels, and mushroom puree are mixed well, sprinkled with a little salt, sugar, and chicken stock, and then poured into oranges to taste.

Just wait until before eating and then steam it. This will make the dish sweet and fresh, and the original fishy smell of seafood will not be there at all.

The clams were cleaned many times and soaked in cooking wine and salt to ensure that each one was drunk.

Stir-fry it with sliced ​​ginger and chili when it’s in the pot. It’s spicy and smells like wine. You can eat a big bowl of rice with the sauce.

In order to give Lu Ming a face, Shen Ziqi deliberately showed his hands, chopped the ribs into sections, sprinkled with minced garlic, cooking wine, and light soy sauce to marinate them.

This dish can be fried until the end, so as not to lose its crispy taste after a long time.

After resting for a while, Shen Ziqi took out the tofu, cut it into rectangles and put it on a plate, then minced the pork, added sugar, chicken essence, minced garlic, chili, soy sauce, etc., stir-fried and poured it on top of the tofu.

Sometimes raw tofu tastes better than cooked ones, and Shen Ziqi has tried it, and the tofu here is very sweet without too much beany smell.

Guessing that the time was almost up, Shen Ziqi began to fry the garlic bone while steaming the crab stuffed with orange.

The garlic bone is already very delicious. After frying until golden brown, take out the golden minced garlic and sprinkle it on top, and then sprinkle a little ground garlic powder.

Fried clams are quick, ready in 10 minutes, and basically every clam has its mouth open, waiting to be eaten.

After washing the cabbage, use fat pork to squeeze some lard out, and then put two garlics into it to enhance the aroma. This kind of cabbage doesn’t need to be fried for too long. If it is too soft, it will not taste good.

Shen Ziqi picked them up one by one and put them on the plate, five dishes and one soup should be enough, since he and his younger brother ate very little anyway.

When seeing Ye Xichen, Shen Ziqi was a little surprised, this guy looks honest?No matter how you look at it, it's almost the same as Lu Ming!

"Your Majesty, this is the cook I was talking about." Seeing him like this, Lu Ming knew that he was thinking wrong.

"Emperor, Your Majesty?!" Shen Ziqi's eyes widened, and Shen Ziqian even hid behind him.

Ye Xichen restrained his momentum and waved his hands: "There's no need to be too polite, I'm just here for a meal."

The two brothers stood on the side nervously, and they didn't sit down until Ye Xichen asked them to sit down, and they sat next to Lu Ming.

Ye Xichen raised his eyebrows calmly, it seems that he looks too scary, he can scare people into anything.