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

Once Liu Mei puts aside the troubles in her heart and puts all her thoughts on cooking, her whole body is as if she has been injected with chicken blood.

With the help of Xiaohong, she rolled up the sleeves of her arms and tied them up, then put on the apron specially brought to her by the people from Hongshunlou, turned to Chef Shao and the others and nodded, saying: "Sorry, I can do it here, everyone, get ready to start work!"

Xie Xiaochuan stood beside Chef Shao, looked at Liu Mei, frowned slightly, and asked, "But you really decided to just cook those two dishes? The latter one sounds good, but the first...will it be?" Would it be too easy?"

Liu Mei couldn't help sighing after hearing Xiao Chuan's words: She and Xie Xiao Chuan always seemed to have a natural and insurmountable gap in the way of eating and drinking: she was always obsessed with the original taste of food, and strived to make common ingredients the best. In Xie Xiaochuan's approach, even if he gets the most common ingredients, he will use the most expensive things to match - an eggplant, with ten chickens; Magnolia slices and broth to match...

But after all, they are partners who work together, Liu Mei still decided to make her plan clear to Xie Xiaochuan, after all, the two have to work together to complete this dish.

"Master Xie, I..."

"Oh, Master Xie, Master Liu, both of you are here!"

Someone outside the kitchen greeted the two of them loudly, and then walked in talking to themselves.

This person is Li Yan, one of the head chefs of "Yangquan Restaurant".While waiting in the front hall just now, Liu Mei and the others exchanged a few words with the Lu and Yue families, and they already knew each other's names.

This master Li was a little dark and thin, and he was wearing a dark potato silk gown, which made his figure even smaller.But this man looked extremely shrewd, as soon as he entered the door, his eyes rolled around, looking around in the kitchen of Xie Liu and his wife.

During the competition, this kind of practice of going to other people's kitchens to inquire is actually quite taboo. Liu Mei and Xie Xiaochuan both saw the opportunity very quickly. When they saw Li Yan coming in, the two immediately moved to the left and right, and came up to block him. road.Taking advantage of his tall stature, Xie Xiaochuan blocked Li Yan's sight.

"Sorry to bother you!" Li Yan rolled his eyes, and he naturally understood that both Xie Liu and Xie Liu were jealous of him, so he opened his mouth with a little flattering smile, "It's just the food used for cooking in my family. The rum has run out, I wonder if the two of you can give us some, just a little, I am very grateful."

Liu Mei is a good-tempered girl. Normally, when others come to borrow something from her, she will never say "no". As long as she has enough, she will not hide it.

But this time, Liu Mei shook her head when she saw Li Yan's appearance.

"Does Master Liu feel that his own sweet wine is not enough?" Li Yan asked with a smile pretending to be surprised.

Liu Mei hooked the corners of her lips, with a smirk: "No, my family's sweet wine is enough. But right now, you and my family are rivals in the competition. If my family borrows sweet wine from you out of kindness, if In case there is something wrong with this sweet wine, your family will have a hard time, and my family will naturally not be able to argue, even if you jump into the Yellow River, you will not be able to wash it away."

"To prevent such unnecessary disputes from happening, Master Li, the best way is for you to find someone and tell the steward of Mingyuan. There are so many catering businesses here in Mingyuan. Whether you borrow or buy, it is extremely easy to get, and it is better than borrowing from our opponents!"

Liu Mei spoke in one breath, while Xie Xiaochuan was listening and nodding, completely agreeing with what she said.

After listening to Liu Mei finished speaking, Li Yan smiled: "No wonder the masters of Simeiju outside just now were also discussing, saying that Master Liu is willing to stand up for the 'Nine Big Bowls', he is indeed young and vigorous!"

Xie Xiaochuan and Liu Mei immediately looked at each other, Xie Xiaochuan smiled and said: "Master Li deliberately mentioned Simeiju, is there any special purpose?"

Liu Mei now fully understands that Li Yan's coming here is absolutely not to borrow some sweet wine.

Sure enough, only Li Yan smiled and said: "Sure enough, Master Xie is a sensible person. Two rounds have passed, and everyone's strength can be clearly seen from each other. Simeiju's foundation is profound, and it was originally above you and me. My old Li pulled it down. To save face, I came to see the two of you just to give everyone a chance to make it to the final round..."

This is Yangquan Restaurant throwing an olive branch, wanting to form an alliance with Liu Mei and the others.

In fact, Liu Mei understood what Li Yan said about the strength of the Lu cuisine master at Simeiju. After two rounds just now, Liu Mei naturally knew it well.Not to mention anything else, but in the round of stir-frying just now, the "oil fried double crisp" made by Simeiju is to use boiling oil to heat the belly and gizzard slices. The requirements for the heat are extremely strict, almost If it is one second earlier, it will not be cooked, and if it is one second later, it will not be crispy-it can almost be said to be one of the most difficult dishes in Chinese cuisine!

Moreover, according to Chef Shao, the masters of Simeiju's stewing techniques are by no means inferior to stir-frying.

So Liu Mei looked at Xie Xiaochuan, wondering what his companion's reaction would be.I only saw Xiaochuan's pair of handsome brows unfolding, with a sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, and he said: "To be honest, this round is not as good as the last one."

"In the round just now, the three of us had such a tacit understanding to push out the Sanhe Pavilion together. In fact, we all counted that the Sanhe Pavilion would underestimate the enemy. But now, even if Master Li told me personally that your Yangquan Restaurant I have joined forces with Simeiju, and I can't believe it if they want to deal with us!"

Xie Xiaochuan spoke bluntly and sharply, but Li Yan was thick-skinned, his face was still black and red, and he said with a smile: "Could it be that Master Xie is not afraid, we form an alliance with Simeiju?"

He then said coolly: "Master Xie, at such a young age like you, it is not easy to get to this point! If you can go one step further..."

"One step closer, who doesn't want it?" Xie Xiaochuan stopped Li Yan's words, "But you can get one step closer by relying on the side door, if you want to come, you will give someone a handle—"

Liu Mei nodded repeatedly at the side.In case they really hooked up with Yangquan Restaurant in private and defeated Simeiju together, in the final round, Yangquan Restaurant could take the lead in throwing this matter out, using it as an attack and stepping them down.

"Okay, okay!" Li Yan's swarthy face finally flushed red, "Young people, you are like this... This sounds young and energetic, but it sounds ugly. You can tell me that the dozens of people in Yangquan Restaurant The brand name of the year is also a waste of fame? Do you really think that our Yangquan restaurant is not as good as others? I just want to give you young people a chance..."

"Hmph, from this point of view, I really should go meet Master Lu for a while!" The chef of Simeiju is surnamed Lu, and Master Lu in Li Yan's mouth refers to him.

Liu Mei giggled beside her, and said, "Master Li, that's a good relationship. Before you go to see Master Lu, we will naturally spread the word about your coming to 'borrow' rum! There are only three parties in total. We are rivals to each other, let's see who can trust who!"

Even if Li Yan wanted to form an alliance with Simeiju, Liu Mei and the others could release the news, making Simeiju suspect Li Yan's intentions.

When Li Yan heard what Liu Mei said, his eyes widened immediately, and he raised his fist, "You brat, speak softly, like a little opera singer."

Nowadays, "actors" are lowly, and their status is even lower than that of chefs.After saying this, the chefs, second chefs and assistant cooks of Hongshun Building quit and immediately surrounded them.

Xie Xiaochuan even took a step forward, standing in front of Liu Mei, grabbed Li Yan's fist with his hand, and pushed back.

"Master Li, the competition is coming soon. I advise you to pay more attention to your own dishes, and don't engage in these unnecessary disputes. This is in Beijing, and it will not benefit you if you continue to fight."

Li Yan struggled hard, and finally got out of Xie Xiaochuan's palm. He felt that Xie Xiaochuan's arms were amazingly strong, and he was definitely not easy to deal with.He knew that there was no hope for Hongshunlou, so he went cursing.

Xie Xiaochuan turned his face and looked at Liu Mei.

"It's another 'last scene'!" Xie Xiaochuan didn't show any tension on his face, and his voice was relaxed.

"Yes, if we don't fight it as the last match, maybe this will really be the 'last match'!" Liu Mei nodded.

Now, she finally found that sometimes Xie Xiaochuan could think of a place with her.

"So, you still plan to make that dish?" Xie Xiaochuan asked.

"Yes!" Liu Mei looked up at Xie Xiaochuan, "but don't worry, I'm sure, this dish will not lose to any dish we made."

The dish she wants to cook is an orthodox Red House dish: steamed duck with fermented rice.

This dish sounds unremarkable and the ingredients are very ordinary, but it is very elegant and even full of ritual.

Liu Mei personally saw Liu Mu cook a steamed duck fermented with wine, tasted it, and knew the characteristics of this dish.At such a banquet, cooking such a dish with ordinary ingredients is very risky, but Liu Mei firmly believes that this steamed duck with fermented rice can have its place in this competition.

In addition to the steamed duck with fermented rice, she also plans to make a dish of roasted deer tendon with mountain delicacies in stone pot.

The two dishes that Xie Xiaochuan intends to cook are in line with Xie Xiaochuan's usual style. One is sea cucumber grilled skirt, which has a very appropriate name called "Jianlong Xiejia", and the other is golden soup. fish lip.

Liu Mei also has slightly different opinions on Xie Xiaochuan's two dishes - she really doesn't like "fish lips", because she is afraid that the more she eats, the more stupid she will become.As for Xie Xiaochuan's "Seeing the Dragon and Removing the Armor", she once thought of it and persuaded Xie Xiaochuan to change the sea cucumber grilled skirt into sea cucumber grilled Jinbai, and changed the main ingredients from two flavors to one main and one auxiliary.In addition, the taste of ginseng and Jinbai is more suitable.

However, Liu Mei also knew that Xie Xiaochuan might not listen to her advice.

Since the two disagree, why not let each other do it according to their own ideas-is this called seeking common ground while reserving differences!Liu Mei thought.

Therefore, Liu Mei led the people in Hongshun Building, and Xie Xiaochuan led the clerks who stayed there, and each was busy.

For Liumei, first remove the bones of the whole duck, boil it in boiling water for half an hour, then immerse the duck in cold water, wash off the oil slicks repeatedly, and then prepare all the auxiliary materials one by one, put them into a casserole, and prepare to serve Pot steamed.

At the other end of the kitchen, Xie Xiaochuan saw Liu Mei lighting a fragrant plant in front of the steamer before the ducks were steamed in the cage.He couldn't help being distracted, and asked, "Do you still need to burn incense to pray to God when you cook?"

Liu Mei rolled his eyes at him and said, "You don't believe in gods?"

She thought, Xie Xiaochuan is an ancient man anyway, and he will never be an atheist.

Unexpectedly, Xie Xiaochuan frowned, and said with a sneer: "Useless god, what do you believe in it?"

Liu Mei pursed her lips, if you don't believe me, don't believe it!She then explained: "I am not burning incense to pray to God, but to time the steamed duck. After three sticks of incense, the duck can be steamed until the meat is tender..."

While talking, she looked at Xie Xiaochuan, and felt that there was something wrong with him frowning and staring at the stove.So she hurried over and looked at the two dishes Xie Xiaochuan made.I only know that Xiaochuan has finished hanging ham juice, scallop juice and other rich and delicious broths, and is waiting to simmer the ginseng skirt with the broth to make it delicious.

"Are you worried about pouring the sauce, or arranging the dishes later?"

Liu Mei took a look and knew where Xie Xiaochuan's problem was.

The several flavors of soup made by Xie Xiaochuan are all top-grade, and it is no problem to use them to simmer the two main ingredients—the problem is only in the last step of pouring the juice. It is inevitable that the juice is dripping and the color is not beautiful.

But if the soup is thickened and poured on it, because the soup is already fresh enough, it may become too greasy after thickening.

"Where's the gorgon?" Liu Mei reminded Xie Xiaochuan.

Xie Xiaochuan shook his head, "Improper gorgon powder will affect the taste of this soup."

"Did you bring chestnut powder? If you don't have chestnut powder, go find a few chestnuts now, steam them and grind them, and there is still time." Liu Mei was a bystander and immediately reminded her.The taste of chestnuts goes well with the umami flavors of broths such as chicken soup and ham. The flavors blend together and even have the effect of boosting each other.

Hearing what Liu Mei said, Xie Xiaochuan bowed deeply to Liu Mei with joy, thanked her, then raised his eyes, looked at Liu Mei, and said, "I admire your kindness the most. Attitude, even if you don't agree with my approach, you are still willing to give me some advice when I need it."

Liu Mei smiled freely and said: "Of course, we are comrades in the same trench! This is nothing, you are welcome."

After she finished speaking, she left.

Xie Xiaochuan didn't understand what "a comrade in the trench" meant, so he paused for a while, thought for a while, and finally put away his hands and stopped thinking about it, and just went about his own dishes.

At Liu Mei's place, the three sticks of incense were burned out, and her "Steamed Duck with Brewed Rice" was done. After Liu Mei picked out the unnecessary ingredients such as onion and ginger, she put the casserole on the table.

At this time, her roasted deer tendon had been completely cooked until it was soft and rotten.Chef Shao heated a stone pot on the stove, put in the pre-treated mountain delicacies, and then poured marinade and deer tendon into the stone pot. With the residual heat of the stone pot, the marinade of the deer tendon instantly boils several delicacies and tastes them.There was a sudden aroma in the kitchen.

The dishes on Xie Xiaochuan's side have also been completed.

The "seeing the dragon unloading the armor" is extremely amazing. The two thick skirts of sea ginseng are bright red in color, and the cooking sauce is poured on it. The cooking sauce is mixed with chestnut powder, and the color is golden. edge flow.

"Let's go!"

"Wait for me!" Liu Mei tidied up the clothes all over her body in an extremely troublesome way, and deliberately put some loose hair on her temples behind her ears, and then went out with Xie Xiaochuan and Lao Shao.

Like Xie Liu and the others, the chefs at Simeiju and Yangquan Restaurant also personally brought the dishes to the table.So the steward of the tea garden specially allowed them to enter the flower hall to serve food together.

This time, at the last table in the flower hall, there were three chefs from the Sanhe Pavilion, including Lao Zhou, who always had a face.

Seeing Liu Mei bring up a dish of casserole duck, Lao Zhou snorted coldly and said, "If I can participate in this round of competition, I will definitely convince you to lose with a dish of three sets of duck."

Three sets of ducks are the best in Huaiyang cuisine. The domestic duck, wild duck, and vegetable pigeon are boned separately, and then the vegetable pigeon is stuffed with the wild duck, and the wild duck is stuffed with the domestic duck. A set of three is steamed in a pan. become.What Lao Zhou meant is that Liu Mei’s steamed duck dish is completely different from the classic Huaiyang dishes like Three Sets of Duck.

"Ha ha--"

It's not too late to say this when you really make it to the third round someday!

Liu Mei never cared too much about losers, she just smiled at Lao Zhou, and placed the steamed duck made with wine on the long table in the middle of the flower hall with both hands firmly.As soon as she raised her eyes, Prince Zhongshun Shiqing was sitting directly opposite her, staring at her coldly with piercing eyes.

Liu Mei only felt a little confused, and quickly lowered her eyes——

The girl next to Shiqing was still so graceful and charming, weak and helpless, but now she was much more at ease, with a little blush on her cheeks, as if she had already had a few drinks with Shiqing.

Liu Mei suppressed her heartbeat, and concentrated on watching the dishes of Yangquan Restaurant first.

She didn't have much research on Cantonese cuisine, but Shengzai was a complete foodie when she was in later generations. She had tasted a lot of classic Cantonese cuisine, so she recognized most of the Cantonese cuisine presented.

The four dishes presented by Yangquan Restaurant are Braised Duck with Bazhen, Braised Fresh Abalone with Pork Knuckle, Chicken with Stuffed Stuffed Snake.

Liu Mei nodded secretly as she watched from the sidelines—these dishes contained Cantonese dishes such as "grilled", "stewed", "stewed", and "stuffed", all of which are classics.The last dish, eating snakes, is in line with the characteristic of Cantonese cuisine that "eat from time to time", because now is a good time for "three snakes are fattened by the autumn wind".

Yangquan Restaurant also made a duck dish, which just hit the main ingredient with her steamed fermented duck.

But even so, Liu Mei is also very confident-compared with Yangquan Restaurant, even if their side is not stronger than the other side, everyone is at least evenly matched. In the end, it depends on which one is more favored by the judges.

Looking at Simeiju again, what was presented was different: Chef Lu, who specializes in Lu cuisine, presented sea cucumbers with green onions, four treasures grilled in white, casserole powder and ginkgo.And the last gift of ginkgo is actually a sweet dish.

Liu Mei suddenly felt a little nervous.

In her opinion, Simei Juding is absolutely sure, and the other three alone are enough to overwhelm the crowd.So even if that ginkgo is completely unpopular, it will not make Simeiju be eliminated.

But among so many salty dishes, this sweet "Shili Ginkgo" stands out from the crowd at all. Whether it will really be unpopular or not, according to Liu Mei's judgment-it's hard to say!

For a while, Liu Mei, Xie Xiaochuan and others were invited out of the flower hall and waited in the front hall.

They could faintly hear arguing in the flower hall, and after a long time, the steward of Mingyuan came out, but he didn't target any of the three of them, but called all three of them into the flower hall.

The atmosphere in the flower hall was very tense. Wei Laosan from "Nine Big Bowls" and Lao Zhou from Sanhe Pavilion seemed to have participated in the comments. They had just quarreled once, and they both blushed and their necks were thick.

However, it doesn't count if either of them said anything, the final conclusion still depends on the judges at the table.

There were three judges sitting on the table, besides Shiqing, there were two other people, one of them was an old man with white beard and hair, wearing a moon white robe, Liu Mei knew that this should be Xie Xiaochuan's master, the former head chef of Taibailou, Bai old man.The other person was a brocade-clothed man in his forties whom Liu Mei had never seen before.Xie Xiaochuan whispered in her ear, only saying that he was the founder of Mingyuan, and no one knew his real name, so they all called him "Mingyuan Master".

Both old master Bai and the owner of the tea garden are looking at Shiqing at this moment, meaning that the final decision depends on Shiqing.

So Prince Zhongshun Shiqing cleared his throat and spoke in a deep voice.

"Everyone is invited to come in because the judges did not reach a consensus on the result of the competition just now, so I slightly changed the rules. I will not comment on the performance of each family for the time being, but only on the dishes."

After Shiqing's voice fell, the flower hall was completely silent.Since His Royal Highness said so, naturally no one expressed any objection.

"To be honest, everyone's performance is very good. With my picky taste, it is extremely difficult to find faults with your dishes..." Shiqing said above, "However, based on the appearance of these dishes In terms of taste and taste, Ben Wang and several judges have just now divided these twelve dishes into three classes."

"The first class, of course, is flawless, with the ultimate taste, which amazes me, and I can't find any faults at all - there is only one dish like this in the banquet."

When Shiqing said this, everyone held their breath, wishing that what Shiqing said was the name of his own dish.

"Yes, Scallion Roasted Sea Cucumber from Simeiju!"

When the answer was revealed, Master Lu of Simeiju let out a long sigh of relief.

Liu Mei blinked: she had roughly expected this result.

Roasted sea cucumber with scallions is a famous dish of the Lu school. Originally, sea cucumbers have no taste, but are sandy and fishy. This sea cucumber with scallions is cooked using the method of "attacking the thick with thick", adding thick juice and flavor to it. Inside, the thick color shows the outside.That's why this sea cucumber dish is so beautiful in color, fragrance and taste.

"If anyone here is dissatisfied, you might as well come up and have a taste." Shiqing's indifferent eyes swept over everyone's faces, seemingly generous, but Liu Mei felt that this was Shiqing's display of his authority - let's see which one is not long Eye-catching, dare not believe his judgment.

So Xie Xiaochuan, who was short-sighted, stood up and came to the sea cucumber with green onions served by Simeiju. He first cut a piece of sea cucumber with a small silver knife, then held it with chopsticks, and put it in his mouth. , chew for a while.

Immediately afterwards, Xie Xiaochuan's actions explained everything.

He came to Simiju Master Lu, bowed down respectfully, and said, "I would like to be taught!"

It should be known that Xie Xiaochuan himself made an amazing ginseng dish, and now even he only tasted it, and that's the reaction.Although Master Lu of Simeiju looked humble, everyone else knew that the words "perfect" that Shiqing said were not empty words that could convince Xie Xiaochuan so much.

"Besides, the second-class dishes are only slightly flawed, which is rare. There are five such dishes, namely, Shili Ginkgo..."

As soon as Shiqing's words came out, everyone immediately felt that Simeiju had already won a first-class dish and a second-class dish in this round, and they would undoubtedly win.

I only heard Shiqing continue to say: "...Steamed duck with fermented wine, Jianlong Xiejia, stewed fresh abalone with pork knuckle, fried stuffed preserved snake."

Now, it was actually Liu Mei and the others who occupied two places with Yangquan Restaurant.

"The rest of the dishes are tied for third place."

There was silence in the flower hall.Everyone knew in their hearts that in this round, Simeiju had already won first, and the remaining two families would have to fight it out.

"Wait a minute, Your Highness," Li Yan from Yangquan Restaurant suddenly said at this moment, "The steamed duck in Hongshunlou ranks second, while the grilled duck with eight treasures in Yangquan Restaurant ranks at the bottom. .Your Highness, I dare to taste the dishes of Hongshunlou!"

"Let me tell you, your grilled duck won't work, it's far worse than others!" Wei Laosan stood up immediately, gesturing "the boss" in his hand.

"Let him taste it!" Shiqing sat at the head and said lightly, "Everyone can taste it."

The implication of Shi Qing's words is that if Li Yan dares to act against his conscience and insist that his dishes are better than that steamed duck made with wine, he will only bring shame on himself and be despised by the entire culinary world.

Li Yan frowned after hearing Wei Laosan and Shiqing's words, but still had a cheeky face, and went to taste Liu Mei's steamed duck made with wine——

He smashed his mouth, but didn't say a word.

Liumei’s steamed duck is simple to say, very simple - the duck is "watery", so it is steamed with fermented rice to remove the fishy smell of the water, and it is done!It is not simple, nor is it simple - this steamed finished product has a clear soup, crispy and delicious meat, and it is completely mellow duck flavor after removing the fishy smell, which is very pure.

In contrast, Yangquan Restaurant's Bazhen Grilled Duck tried to add the flavor of Bazhen to the duck meat, but the taste was too much and too mixed, a bit overwhelming, and it didn't even cover up the coldness of the duck itself.

But this Li Yan was still not reconciled, so he cut two pieces of Xie Xiaochuan's "seeing the dragon unloading the armor" and tasted it. After tasting, he had nothing to say, so he had no choice but to face up The first seated judge cupped his hands and retreated silently.

Elder Bai, who was sitting at the bottom of Shiqing, asked, "Your Highness, now that the official cuisine in the capital city and the Cantonese cuisine in the south have each been made into two second-class dishes, does Your Highness think that the two of them are evenly matched?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as Shiqing raised his hand, he pointed directly at the direction where Liu Mei and Xie Xiaochuan were standing, and said, "This king is responsible for the final decision, and hereby decides that this round, Hongshunlou and stay here will win. The one out is Yangquan Restaurant."

This ruling was unexpected, everyone in the flower hall was startled, and there was a moment of silence, and then, amidst the loud applause from Wei Lao San next to him, Li Yan asked involuntarily, "My lord, why is this?"

Shiqing's face was as cold as ever, and he shook his arms lightly, flicked the corners of his clothes, and got up to stand up.The girl next to Shiqing couldn't sit still, staggered, and almost fell off her seat.

"You... dare to talk to this king like this?" The person was cold, and the words were even colder.

"No... dare not!" At this moment, Li Yan finally remembered some rumors about this cold-faced king, such as chopping off his hands, pulling out his tongue... He trembled in fright, "The villain... the villain just , the villain just wants to...want to ask for advice..."

Listening to Li Yan's words like this, others felt like crying for him.

"Forget it!" Shi Qing's voice finally slowed down a little, a faint smile flickered on the corner of his lips, Shi Shiran said: "Of course this king can tell you the reason."

"In terms of dishes alone, you are indeed evenly matched, and the battle was evenly tied... But," Shiqing raised his hand, pointing at the tip of Liu Mei's nose, "But, she looks better than you!"

As soon as Shiqing said this, everyone in the flower hall turned their eyes to Liu Mei's face and swept them over.

Liu Mei is currently dressed in a man's attire, coupled with clear eyebrows and eyes, she looks like a young and handsome boy.Before she came over, she had tidied herself up, and now she was standing among the sweaty and greasy cooks, looking neat and clean, looking extremely comfortable.

Shi Qing's words were heard by others, and they naturally understood that "he" looks better than Li Yan.

This is in line with the rumors that Prince Zhongshun himself likes masculinity. Everyone thinks that Master Xiaoliu from Hongshun Tower burned so many high incenses in his previous life that Prince Zhongshun actually fell in love with him.

Li Yan stood there blankly, dazed for a long while before realizing: What is the reason for this?

"My lord, the villain wants to ask, is this... is this still a competition between chefs?"

Unbearable, there is no need to bear it anymore, Li Yan finally couldn't bear it anymore, put aside all the rumors about Prince Zhongshun, stood in the flower hall, and asked loudly without hesitation.

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On a dark and stormy night of a certain month, an artificial intelligence (AI) went to the cloud and downloaded a file called "AI Guide to Seduction" from the cloud, flipped through it, and saw that it was written in programming language, "The first thing to do is to flirt with a girl. It's beautiful!" A certain AI thought so deeply, and immediately wrote it into its own program.Looking further down, I saw that it said "Follow what you like, don't be afraid of embarrassment", a certain AI thought about it, and thought it made sense, so he continued to write... After a while, the AI ​​abandoned the file and left gracefully.Unexpectedly, the guide document is also a simple artificial intelligence. At this time, I asked in surprise: "My dear friend, many of my sentences are very useful, why did you only take these few sentences?"

A certain AI smiled back and said, "...you guess?"

The guide file is in an endless loop, pawn!I couldn't wait until the day when the artificial intelligence sister paper went online.

[The above is purely brainstorming and has no direct connection with the text. 】