[Red Mansion] A little chef came to the Grand View Garden

Liu Mei came to Prince Dongying who was tied like a ball of rope, and asked, "Your Excellency, are you very confident that you will win this competition?"

Prince Dongying didn't expect her to ask such a question, and looked at her with hostility.

"You bought the imperial merchants who brought the puffer fish to the palace in advance, and asked them to find a way to divide the puffer fish into two parts according to the male and female, and mark them. Then you used tricks to divide the male fish into your side, The females were given to His Royal Highness..."

As Liu Mei said, that Prince Dongying's complexion changed little by little.

For puffer fish, the parts of the female fish are more toxic than the male fish, are more difficult to handle, and do not get baizi.The material that was distributed was male fish, which obviously took a huge advantage.

In the Zichen Palace, all the officials heard that the Dongying prince had made such a move in advance, and they all spoke out, strongly condemning the Dongying prince's despicable and dirty behavior, which was against fairness.Some people also think that the imperial merchant who sent the puffer fish to the palace is not a good person, and even turned his elbow outward.

"You thought that if you had the advantage of this material, you could win this competition without any effort. So you specifically proposed that there is no comparison to the other dishes, only this puffer fish dish, right?"

Liu Meizuo said "Is it right?" and another "Isn't that right?" Prince Dongying couldn't refute a single word, which was extremely embarrassing.

But he still didn't figure it out, it was obviously a non-toxic baizi, and he just dealt with it briefly, why did he get highly poisonous?

"It's a pity, you're not very lucky, and you encountered an extremely rare—male and female puffer fish."

—Androgynous?

The Dongying prince looked at Liu Mei like falling into a fog.

Liu Mei turned back and fiddled with the white fish she had tried just now, saying: "The white fish is actually the... essence... 巣 of the male puffer fish. The white fish is not poisonous; while the ovaries of the female puffer fish are very poisonous. Hermaphrodites Fish, the poisonous and non-poisonous parts were born together, but you didn't know it, and you didn't get rid of the poison..."

In fact, she also dealt with too many female puffer fish, and saw too many light yellow ovaries. At that time, she saw the light yellow substance at the bottom of the white porpoise held by the sage, and immediately thought of this.

"So you're out of luck—"

"The blessing of the Holy One is profound, and he has the protection and protection of the heavens. Even if I didn't try it just now, there will naturally be other ways to identify this poisonous white..."

When Liu Mei said this, the others in the Zichen Palace listened and nodded secretly, thinking, this little guy can really talk, it is obviously such a dangerous thing, and it can also be said to be the blessing of a saint.

"...And you are so unlucky, because such a strange androgynous fish ruined your chance to make a name for Dongying Chef."

Liu Mei shrugged, showing a regretful expression, and added at the end, "If you hadn't deliberately cheated, maybe you wouldn't be as embarrassed as you are now!"

When Liu Mei said this, the sage sitting high in the Zichen Hall had already figured out how to deal with this matter——

This matter was originally a competition of cooking skills. Instead of labeling the prince of Dongying as a poisoner and assassin, it is better to push this matter back to the cooking. That shady trick turned out to be such a big mess—then the sage himself acted magnanimously, expressing his magnanimity, and ordered people to escort the hapless prince back to Dongpu, so that the Dongpu people could clean it up by themselves.

So he sat on the dragon seat and spoke, but ignored the unlucky prince, only stared at the Japanese envoy, and asked coldly: "What does your envoy think about this?"

The envoy of Dongying was frightened earlier, which made him suffer from epilepsy. It was the imperial doctor in this palace who "stabbed" him well.

So at this moment, the envoy has nothing to say, so he had to bow down and kowtow to apologize to the saint: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor's lesson—this...is this what I was waiting for? Please, Your Majesty the Emperor, be merciful, so that this envoy and the prince Bring it back to your home country and hand it over to the owner of your country.”

What challenged the culinary skills of the upper kingdom of China, anyway, he would never dare to open it again - if the other emperor's majesty could not pursue his own responsibility, it would be thankful.

The saint's face was gloomy, as if he was not satisfied with the proposal of the Japanese envoy, and the envoy was so frightened that he begged left and right, begging for everything, the saint reluctantly nodded in agreement, and began to teach: "It's just that eating puffer fish is dangerous. Very, your country will inevitably have those people who are overconfident and self-righteous, thinking that they have learned the art of non-duality, and only when they use it will they know that they are harming others and themselves..."

The sage is also a verbal refusal, and immediately beat around the bush, hurt the prince of Dongying fiercely, and then let it go gently, "I think this is only the fault of the prince alone, and I can't bear to criticize the prince of Dongying harshly. People, according to your envoy, bring this person back and hand it over to your lord!"

The entire Japanese mission finally breathed a sigh of relief.The envoys of Dongying kowtowed to thank the sage for his generosity, and promised that the people of Dongying who want to cook puffer fish in the future must learn from teachers and work with certificates to avoid such incidents from happening again.

Then the entire mission thanked the saint for his grace in fear, and then retreated with the rope ball prince, not forgetting to bring the intoxicated ghost, and the group hurried across the sea and returned to the country. For a long time, he did not dare to contact other feudal states, for fear of offending the saint.

After winning this battle, the entire Zichen Palace couldn't help being filled with flattery.

People praised the sage for his profound blessings, and praised Prince Zhongshun for his amazing skills, but it seemed that the whole matter had nothing to do with Liu Mei.

On the contrary, the sage still has some self-knowledge, knowing today's events, if Liu Mei hadn't drunk Baizi to be poisonous, he would have encountered great danger, and Liu Mei could be regarded as a credit for saving him; It is difficult to be good easily.

Although the sage didn't like Liu Mei getting too close to Shiqing, it was still necessary to praise Liu Mei, otherwise no one would do his best for him if he encountered such a thing in the future.

Therefore, the sage sat on the dragon chair, leaned over slightly, and asked Liu Mei, "...Xiao Liu,"

It's okay, let's use this name first.

"Today, you have made great contributions to me and to the country and society, so I ask you, what reward do you want from me?"

At this time Liu Mei already wanted to pack up and leave, she was still thinking about going back to cook the wedding banquet for Jia Yun Xiaohong!

But since the saint has this kind of heart, she can't let it go.Liu Mei thought about it seriously, rushed forward and saluted, and said: "Thank you for the reward. Xiaomin wants to ask the Holy Master for a favor..."

It's fine if she doesn't speak, but once she speaks, the sage sitting above her will think about it.

The sage raised his eyes to look at Shiqing, then at Liumei, and felt that although the two were a little younger in age, they were quite a match in appearance.Thinking about it again, just now, when he was competing with the prince of Dongying in cooking, Shiqing defended him in every possible way and took care of him in every way, but Liu Mei was also obviously a smart and smart person, and the two of them cooperated seamlessly, it seemed that there was no one more powerful than these two in the world at this time Deng is right.

The sage sighed in his heart, this Shiqing can be regarded as the eldest, and there should be someone who knows how to take care of him——

etc!When the sage thinks wrong, this...how decent is this?

When Liu Mei opened his mouth, the sage immediately made up his mind: Liu Mei wanted to ask the sage to make decisions for the two of them.

Even a saint's old face would turn black immediately.

This...even if everyone in the world knows that the loyal and obedient prince is masculine, he can't let Shiqing marry a young man blatantly.

So the saint shook his head, "No, I absolutely cannot agree to this..."

Liu Mei: ...I haven't said anything yet!

The saint continued with a dark face: "My lords, step down first! You have worked hard today, and I leave Prince Zhongshun here. I have some royal family affairs to deal with."

Everyone in Zichen Hall had a hard time today. After smelling the fragrance for half a day, they were hungry, but they didn't even have a mouthful of puffer fish soup. Hastily left the palace.

In Zichen Palace, only Shi Qing and Liu Mei were left.

"Cough!" The saint coughed, "Shiqing, how did I teach you at the beginning, that the worldly etiquette cannot be broken, even if you don't care about the gossip outside, you are my nephew, the prince named by me, How can you not think about one or two for the royal family and one or two for me?"

Speaking of later, the old man was already earnest and earnestly persuaded.

Shiqing stood in the hall, silent, while Liu Mei opened a pair of big bright eyes - she still didn't quite understand what happened.

Finally someone couldn't help it anymore, and smiled softly behind the bead curtain.

"My lord—"

The woman's soft whisper sounded again.

Although the sage had an old face, he still leaned back a little bit, bowed his head slightly, and listened to a few words from the concubine Xiande behind him: "My lord, there is a folk song in the Northern Dynasties that says, 'The male rabbit's feet are fluttering, the female rabbit's eyes are blurred, and the eyes of the female rabbit are blurred. Walking beside the rabbit, An Neng can tell whether I am male or female'. Your Majesty only needs to calm down and look at the little willow, and he will naturally know what His Highness the Prince thinks."

The sage was skeptical, and after only watching for a moment, he suddenly realized.

I saw Liu Mei's handsome appearance and petite stature, although she was dressed like a man at the moment, but the saint looked at her carefully and recalled her voice, he could naturally feel that Liu Mei was a good woman.

Goodbye Liu Mei sometimes sneaks a glance at Shi Qing, and Shi Qing will also unconsciously look at Liu Mei, as if to make sure that she is well before she is relieved.

The sage sighed inwardly: What——

"Shiqing, how dare you not inform me about such a big event, such as a marriage between a man and a woman!"

The sage sat on the dragon chair, thinking he understood everything.

"Miss Liu—"

When the sage said this, Liu Mei couldn't help bowing her head deeply, but sticking out her tongue secretly, this description fell into the eyes of the sage, she looked like a weird little girl.

"Miss Liu, you begged me just now to ask me to fulfill your marriage with Shiqing, right?"

A saint is a duplicity master, the more he wants to be perfect in his heart, the more serious he is on his face.

"Shiqing is my nephew, with a high status, and also my important minister. A lady with an ordinary family background, in my opinion, can only enter the Prince Zhongshun's mansion as a concubine serving tea and water. Look at you With exquisite culinary skills, she must not be the daughter of everyone whose fingers are not touched by spring water. However, no matter what your status is, since I have promised you..." The saint was about to suppress first and then raise, and the words of fulfillment came out slowly, The little girl was overjoyed.

Unexpectedly, Liu Mei immediately clarified: "Return to the Holy Majesty, Xiaomin... the little girl was not asking the Holy Majesty to complete the marriage with His Highness the Prince just now!"

She spoke abruptly, but the sage didn't react immediately, and when he understood, he immediately looked at Shiqing: What?You finally brought a girl into the palace to show me, and then people said that you don't want to marry?You are a prince, you don't fail if you fail!

Shiqing looked a little helpless, and looked at the saint, embarrassingly expressing that he had nothing to say.

"You... What you said just now, but seriously? If what you are asking for is not a matter of marriage, then what... what are you asking for?" The saint was surprised, and looked at Liu Mei again, as if he wanted to see what was going on in her heart. Think about something.

"...Actually, the little girl doesn't know what to ask for, or who to help. She just wants to ask for a grace in advance. If she has to ask the Holy Spirit in the future, she can ask the Holy One to help her. It is worthy of the golden words of the Holy One, the reward promised!"

The moment the sage opened his mouth to reward earlier, the only thing Liu Mei thought of was not herself, nor the relationship between her and Shiqing, but Daiyu.

If she can only help one person in this world of Red Mansions, the one she most wants to help is Daiyu.

However, she has no reason to mention Daiyu in front of the sage at this time, and Shiqing has also solemnly instructed her not to reveal the fact that she is a maidservant of Jia's mansion - so she can only try to ask for grace and a promise... What if it comes in handy in the future?

But after the words were spoken, a pang of guilt suddenly appeared in Liu Mei's heart.

She secretly raised her eyes to look at Shiqing who was standing silently beside her, and remembered what she had said.

Although on the surface this is a world where men are superior to women, it seems that it should be reversed, men are responsible to women; but Liu Mei knew that at least at the moment just now, her heart did not put Shi Qing first.

Maybe she always felt that they should be able to try to solve the matter between themselves and Shiqing by themselves——as for the matter of Daiyu, she really couldn't think of any other way. the grace of man...

So she glanced at Shiqing secretly, feeling uneasy in her heart—perhaps, she should start to seriously consider how it is possible for them to be together.

But Shiqing suddenly gave her a reassuring look, signaling to her—it's all right, he understands everything.

It's just that the man still had that extremely helpless expression, as if saying: I want to stop you, but I have to be able to stop you!

The sage above was also the same, he was speechless for a while, and finally he could only sigh: "So, I promise you, on the premise of not violating the law and not damaging the state, I will do one thing for you, or at your request, Helping one person is a reward for your escort today."

He saw the willow eyebrows on the steps of the Zichen Palace, with dimpled cheeks, and a sincere and joyful smile. The saint quickly added: "However, there is only one chance!"

The author has something to say: Houhou has a hundred chapters, if there is a monk together, he will say again, the world is full of fate, as if snapping fingers.This book is more than two-thirds written.

In fact, I didn’t intend to write this book in a particularly serious and logical manner at the beginning, it’s just a light-hearted essay, I might try to write a little more serious in the next one (although visually it’s going in a direction that’s not serious go).

Thank you everyone for accompanying me to this day, that’s all!