[Qing Chuan] The Empress Dowager Raising Cubs Daily

At the same time, the Kunning Palace was peaceful and harmonious.

Qi Qige greatly appreciated Dong E's idea, first bake the patterns and add layers, isn't that the way of cake rolls in later generations?Thinking of this, Qiqige smiled and said, "Why don't we let the cooks try it?"

Dong Eshi was a little hesitant: "The concubine...just talking casually."

Qiqige didn't care: "Let's just try it casually, right, why don't we go and see how they do it?"

Dong E's no longer refused, but agreed with a smile.

Arm in arm, the two walked towards the small dining room next to the West Palace of Kunning Palace, talking and laughing.

Before Qiqige and his party stepped into the dining room, the steward of the dining room, Bu Nai, who had heard the news, had already led the palace people outside to welcome them.Bu Nai, the steward, led the way courteously, while ingratiatingly asked: "Does the Empress Dowager want to see someone?"

Qiqige nodded.

She smiled and asked, "Who was the one who made the cake earlier? Let him come and talk back."

The steward, Bu Nai, smiled slightly, and stepped aside to make room for one person.

He smiled and explained: "This is the cook who makes dim sum."

Bao Chuzi lives up to his name.

He was white, plump and round, like a steamed bun.Cook Bao had a proper smile on his face, and respectfully stepped forward to salute: "Slave greets master."

Qiqige praised: "Today's dim sum is well done."

Chef Bao frowned with joy, and suppressed his excitement to answer: "Slave, thank you for your compliment."

Qiqige nodded.

She changed the subject: "But——"

Cook Bao suddenly became nervous.

Qiqige smiled and said: "You don't have to be nervous, it's just that Aijia and Concubine Dong'e both feel that the egg cake looks a bit plain, and want to try to make some tricks."

Cook Bao agreed cautiously.

It's just that his expression didn't relax at all, even his expression was more tense than before, his small eyes blinked desperately, and one or two drops of sweat appeared faintly on his forehead.

The steward, Bu Nai, took a look at Cook Bao.

He bent down flatteringly: "Master, don't worry, the slave will definitely keep an eye on the cook, and send it to you, master as soon as it's done."

Qiqige waved her hand: "No need."

She said with a smile: "Aijia and Concubine Dong E want to see how it is done on the spot."

The taste of the egg cake is fluffy and soft.

In fact, Qiqige is a little curious about how it is made now without an oven?Is it steamed?It tastes a little different.

After the voice fell, the yard became quieter.

Qiqige didn't pay much attention to it, and before Bu Nai, the manager, could answer, she took Dong Eshi together into the dining room, looking around with relish.

Dong E's face was also full of curiosity.

In the past, when the late emperor was still there, she also cooked, but this cooking is not the cooking of the other, at most she can finish the dishes by arranging a plate, as for walking in the dining room?

This was the first time she was born into a mother's womb.

It was the first time for Dong E's, and it was also the first time for Qi Qige to see a kitchen like this.The two felt strange when they saw everything, even the fruits, vegetables and sauces on the table looked strange, and finally they simply called a little eunuch to introduce them one by one.

There are five or six kinds of salt alone.

In addition to ordinary sea salt and pool salt, there are also well salt taken from deep wells in Sichuan, bamboo salt made from green bamboo, and tree salt specially made in Northeast China, which presents pale pink rose salt... The little eunuch asks for it from time to time Add some anecdotes about the time of salt mining—mostly made up, but also made Qiqige and Dong Eshi lean forward and back together, laughing and trembling.

After turning around, Qiqige also remembered the business.

She looked back at Cook Bao, thinking that she should have made a copy in this time, but she didn't expect that he was still standing by the stove, looking very preoccupied.Qiqige was puzzled: "What's the matter? Is there something wrong with Cook Bao?"

Cook Bao shuddered in shock.

Immediately afterwards, he gave a flattering smile: "Reporting to the Empress Dowager, the materials to be used just now have not been prepared yet, and the slaves are only going to start making them now."

Qiqige tilted her head: "Ready?"

She glanced over the flour, eggs and sugar not far away, with a strange expression on her face.

As for these materials, weren’t they just in front of you?

What are you doing with such a lie?Is there a special secret recipe?

Qiqige tilted her head in confusion.

But didn't she tell the dining room how to make this egg cake?Qiqige thought about the recipe she told the dining room, and then thought about the taste of the meal just now... Well, it's just an ordinary chicken cake.

After much deliberation, she didn't think of a problem. In the end, Qiqige still looked at Cook Bao. She wanted to see if Cook Bao was playing tricks, or...

Cook Bao didn't know what Qiqige was thinking.

He quickly separated the egg whites from the egg yolks, then added vegetable oil and flour to the egg yolks and stirred them into batter.

Take out part of the batter and divide it into several parts, then use sweet potato powder, spinach powder and carrot powder to adjust the color, and then use chopsticks to beat the protein.

The movements are smooth and smooth, and there is no abnormality in the slightest.

Dong Eshi watched it with gusto, while Qi Qige was the opposite of her.Qiqige frowned slightly, staring at Cook Bao coldly.

Cook Bao worked hard to beat the egg whites.

The egg whites turned from creamy yellow to large white bubbles, and then to small white bubbles.

Then, there is no more!

Qiqige's complexion gradually darkened, her eyes lightly glanced at Bu Nai, the manager who was a little uneasy, and a wave of anger welled up from the bottom of her heart.

Sweat broke out on Cook Bao's forehead.

Cook Bao's legs trembled slightly, and in the end even the hand that beat the eggs began to tremble.

The atmosphere in the dining room was extremely depressing.

The rest of the cooks and eunuchs all sensed that something was wrong, and they all retreated to the inconspicuous dark place, while silently shrinking their sense of existence, they looked at the cook Bao in the center with mockery and gloating.

Cook Bao gritted his teeth and persisted.

He was extremely flustered, but he insisted not to show his timidity until Qiqige slapped the stage with his palm.

The cook, who was already extremely nervous, shivered.

The moment he heard the noise, he couldn't hold on any longer. He beat the egg white until his numb right hand softened, and he knocked the basin to the ground.

Now everyone has found out.

Underneath the shallow layer of foam is the completely unbeaten egg white, which spills out on the ground.

Cook Bao turned pale and shivered all over.

His mind went blank, staring at the egg white that hadn't changed at all, obviously he made it according to the recipe, how could it be completely different?

There was a dead silence in the dining room.

Qiqige's gaze was cold, and just as she was about to speak, there was a burst of noise from outside the dining room.

The loudest one seems to be Fuquan! ?

Qiqige walked towards the door, just in time to see Fuquan rushing in like a calf.

If Qiqige hadn't caught him with quick eyes and hands, I'm afraid Fuquan would have slammed his head into the stove.Qiqige was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat, Dong Eshi also changed her face: "Fuquan! What if you fall down? How can you go on a rampage? What if you get burned by hot water or something?"

Fuquan was also a little scared when he came back to his senses.

His little face was pale, and he obediently admitted his mistake, and then Fuquan raised his head, looking at Qiqige with doggy eyes: "Mother Queen!"

His eyes were red with grievance.

Before Qiqige could respond, Dong E's face turned black first, and she pinched her son's ear in a rage: "Emiang said a few words about you, but you are wronged."

Fuquan stood on tiptoe and grinned: "No, no, it's not that I'm wronged, Queen Mother, hurry up and see Chang Ning!"

Chang Ning?Fifth elder brother Chang Ning?

The name was so unfamiliar that Qiqige paused for a moment before remembering it.

After all, after so many days in the Qing Dynasty, Qiqige had never seen Chang Ning.At the funeral of Emperor Shunzhi, it is said that he developed a rash and was asked to recuperate in the house, almost thinking that he had smallpox and had to move out.

Then Qiqige was diagnosed with illness, according to past habits, Qiqige exempted elder brothers and princesses from paying their respects, and Chang Ning naturally did not come.

not to mention--

Not only has she never seen it, but she has almost never seen it before.

Chang Ning's mother, the Xiao Fujin Chen family, was very favored by Emperor Shunzhi, and she always showed off in various ways when she had nothing to do, but she was not liked by her predecessor.As for the Chen family's child, the predecessor hardly paid attention to it. Qiqige searched for a long time before finding a thin and silent figure.

It's just that the impression is less, and the impression is less. I ordered people to take good care of the prince and princess. Could it be that someone disobeyed the order?Qiqige was already very annoyed, but now she even lowered her face and asked Fuquan carefully: "What's wrong with Chang Ning?"

Fuquan's cheeks flushed red with anger.

He shouted indignantly: "Mother Huang, go and see Fifth Brother! Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother will be bullied to death!"

Qiqige's face changed slightly.

Originally wanting to listen carefully to the reason, she decided to go over and have a look. Qiqige walked out with Fuquan, and when she reached the door of the dining room, she stopped in her footsteps: "Tana."

"The servant is here."

"Let someone escort Cook Bao to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. As for him, the steward of Bu Nai... tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs that we cannot release this great Buddha in the Kunning Palace."

Tana respectfully said yes.

Bu Nai, who was in charge, and Cook Bao, who were still lucky to have escaped, rolled his eyes and fainted on the ground when he heard this, while Bu Nai, who was in charge, cried and begged for mercy: "Empress Dowager! Empress Dowager, Slaves, slaves are deceived!"

Qiqige put the begging for mercy behind her with a cold face.

She didn't stop walking, and led Fuquan to the Yongshou Palace in a hurry.