The Manchu and Han Banquets in Qing Dynasty

It will be promoted to the seventh rank soon. "

Zixiu can't quite understand what the concept of the seventh grade is, anyway, isn't it all about making food?He said: "I'm not bad. I'm very happy to be able to do what I like. Miss Haizhu, I haven't thanked you that day yet."

"Thank you? I just reminded you a little bit, but you must remember not to do it again. By the way, don't forget the pastries you made for the emperor tonight. Eunuch Liang just asks you to send them over."

Zixiu frowned, and asked, "Do you need me to deliver it in person?" Isn't it the job of the little eunuch to deliver food?

"That's right, that's what Eunuch Liang said. He said someone will show you the way." Haizhu was also very puzzled, but didn't dare to guess what the emperor was thinking.

"Okay, I got it, I'll start preparing the food now." Zixiu dispelled his doubts, he didn't care what to do, and just delivered it in person.

At three o'clock in the unitary hour, a eunuch from the Qianqing Palace came over. Zixiu had already made cakes, so he put them in a box and followed the little eunuch.The little eunuch didn't talk too much, but just led the way ahead. Zixiu paid attention to the path he walked, and found that the Qianqing Palace was next to the Yongshou Palace.

"Please wait outside." Walking outside the gate of Qianqing Palace, the little eunuch asked Zixiu to stop, and went to report by himself.

Zixiu stood outside the Qianqing Palace, looking at the palace boredly, and found that the Qianqing Palace was magnificent and solemn, and compared with other palaces, it was a little more solemn.Perhaps, he thought, it was because this was where the emperor was.He still remembered that when he visited the Forbidden City in his previous life, he didn't feel that the Qianqing Palace was so prominent, but looking at it now, it makes people can't help but worship it.

Not long after, the little eunuch came out and said that the emperor sent him in.Zixiu thanked the little eunuch and walked in nervously.

"Your servant sees the emperor." As soon as he entered the door, Zixiu bowed on his knees. Being in the palace, he had to learn to adapt to the environment.

"Pingshen, close the door, come here." Kangxi glanced at him, and continued to review the memorial.

Zixiu closed the door and walked over with the food box. It was quiet here, except for him and Kangxi, there seemed to be no one else.He felt a little strange, why didn't the emperor even have a maid and eunuch to serve him?

"Your majesty, are you eating cakes now?" Zixiu stopped three meters away from the emperor and asked with his head bowed.

Kangxi put down his pen, and a faint smile appeared on his face. Under the palace lantern, Kangxi's face was not very clear, but it could make people feel gentle and calm.Kangxi got up and walked down. He stopped in front of Zixiu. He asked softly, "Lin Zixiu, brother Zixiu, don't you remember me?"

Zixiu was taken aback, and looked up at the emperor, but because the two were too close, they almost touched Kangxi's nose.With Kangxi's handsome face right in front of his eyes, Zixiu blushed suddenly.He took a step back and lowered his head again, not knowing how to answer.

He was not good at speaking, and he was a little nervous when facing the emperor. Now that the emperor was standing in front of him, he was completely at a loss.

Kangxi said again: "You really don't remember me, hum!"

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Hongmei Zhuxiang

Fifth dish

Kangxi was very upset when he came to this conclusion, how could this kid forget him?He was the... emperor of the Qing Dynasty... well, although Zixiu didn't know that.

Zixiu raised his head suspiciously, looked at Kangxi, thought for a while, then looked at Kangxi again, and said, "We knew each other before?"

Kangxi rolled his eyes in his heart, wishing he could beat Zixiu up.

"What do you say? You don't remember, right? Then I... I'll tell you, you were eight years old and I was seven years old. That day I went to play in the imperial dining room, and...then you gave me a lot of gold cakes Eat, you also said that you will come to play with me when you become an imperial cook in the future."

Zixiu thought to himself, this story is really bloody, but he can't tell it.He thought for a while with his not very bright head, he knew that this was what happened between Zixiu and the emperor before, but how should he answer?

"Slave... the slave remembered it, so that day the emperor ate the gold cake made by the slave and recalled the past, and recognized the slave, right?"

Kangxi finally calmed down a bit, pointed Zixiu's forehead with his finger, and said, "That's right, but you didn't recognize me and said, how should I punish you?"

Zixiu noticed that the emperor had changed his name, and knowing that he was serious, he knelt down and said, "Your servant is at your disposal."

Kangxi snorted coldly, thinking that he was acquainted now, but he didn't intend to forgive Zixiu for being too quick. Zixiu's appearance brought a glimmer of light to his boring emperor career, so he had to keep him by his side.

Kangxi walked around Zixiu a few times, and said: "I will punish you for sending me here late every day at this time, and tell you, don't be lazy."

Zixiu didn't understand how this counted as punishment, but since the emperor had already spoken, he just had to follow through, so he said, "I obey the order."

"Well, get up." Kangxi walked back to his seat with his hands behind his back in satisfaction. Seeing Zixiu standing there without moving, he became dissatisfied again: "Didn't you bring me some snacks? Hurry up and bring them here."

"But..." Zixiu struggled, he still knew some rules, he couldn't get too close to where Kangxi was sitting.

"I grant you innocence, come here."

Zixiu carried the food box up the steps, took out the snacks and put them in front of the emperor, and said, "Do you need someone to taste it first?"

Kangxi smiled and said: "Okay, then you can try it for me first." Zixiu looked at him helplessly, picked up a piece of gold cake with chopsticks and fed it into his mouth, the emperor just looked at him like that, half a smile .

Kangxi suddenly felt that this scene was very familiar. It seemed to be like this at that time. Xiao Zixiu took the golden cake and fed it into his mouth, saying, "It's delicious. Master's craftsmanship is really good. I will learn to make this in the future."

How did he answer back then... Kangxi realized that he had forgotten.

"Your Majesty, you can eat." Zixiu interrupted Kangxi's memory, and Kangxi said "hmm", picked up a piece of pastry with chopsticks, and tasted it slowly.

The taste is the same as back then, it seems that Zixiu has really learned the essence.

Seeing that the emperor was eating happily, Zixiu took out the ginseng soup from the lower layer of the food box. He scooped up a little with a silver spoon and tasted it himself before letting Kangxi drink it.The taste of the ginseng soup was very light, and Kangxi felt indescribably satisfied after eating the golden cake and drinking the ginseng soup.

After using it later, Zixiu put the plate back into the food box. He was about to ask if he could leave, but Kangxi said first: "Put the food box aside first, come and grind the ink for me."

Zixiu had never polished ink before, so he didn't know what to do for a while, Kangxi looked at his clumsy appearance, and thought it was funny after being angry again.If it was someone else, he would have kicked that person out long ago.But this was Zixiu, and he was reluctant to drive him away.

At first, Kangxi himself felt very strange, wasn't it because Zixiu stole some pastries for him when he was a child?Does he care so much?It was only later that I realized that Zixiu was the only one who played with him. He had no friends since he was a child.After the age of seven, he was exhausted physically and mentally from the complicated government affairs, and he didn't even have much time to communicate with others, let alone make friends.

Friend, in the eyes of the royal family, is the most extravagant word.

After grinding for a while, Zixiu gradually became more agile, and Kangxi began to dip in the ink and continued to review the memorial.In the huge Qianqing Palace, only the slight sound of breathing and the sound of Zixiu grinding ink can be heard, it is so quiet that one cannot bear to destroy it.

Kangxi was serious about his work, Zixiu would look at him sometimes, when he saw Kangxi frown, snort coldly, and smile... He thought, the job of emperor is really the most boring job in the world Work.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take a break first?" Zixiu couldn't help reminding, counting the time, Kangxi had been sitting for nearly two hours.After grinding the ink, he sat quietly on the side, waiting for the ink to dry before continuing to grind.Compared with Kangxi's sleepless nights and meals, he is really too leisurely.

Kangxi didn't look up, but said: "If you are tired, go back and rest first, I haven't read the memorial yet."

Zixiu sighed, thinking that being an emperor would really be worthy of the common people by doing this.He was a bit contradictory, he wanted to go back but he didn't want to leave Kangxi here alone, after a fierce ideological struggle, he finally stayed.

It took another quarter of an hour before Kangxi finished reviewing the memorial.Seeing Zixiu dozing off in front of the steps, he couldn't help being happy.Zixiu was awakened by his laughter, looked at Kangxi confusedly and said, "Your Majesty, is it over?"

Kangxi tapped his head and said: "What do you mean 'Is the emperor finished?' If your words are heard by others, it will be a matter of losing your head."

Zixiu said "Oh" in embarrassment, but it was just a casual question, and it was related to whether or not his head would be lost. This ancient thinking is really incomprehensible.

"Come on, go back to sleep if you're sleepy, I'm going to rest too." Kangxi stood up and stretched his muscles and bones a little, only to feel a sore neck.

"The servant will leave." Zixiu got up too, and went out with the food box.As soon as he opened the palace door, Eunuch Liang rushed in. Zixiu was startled, and then said hello.

Eunuch Liang said "um" indifferently, and asked, "Your Majesty, which concubine are you going tonight?"

Zixiu paused, and looked back at Kangxi in a strange way.Yes, the emperor has many women, but is this really good?Kangxi is only 16 years old, and he is still in high school in modern times, but he has three children.

Zixiu frowned, and suddenly found that Kangxi was also looking at him, so he quickly turned around and continued walking out with the food box.Forget it, that's the emperor, he can do whatever other people like, as long as he does his own thing well.

Looking at the back of Zixiu leaving, Kangxi said: "I'm tired, I'm tired today.