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

This dish cooked by Liu Mei is actually just a local dish in Guazhou area. The method is also simple, just cut the puffer fish into pieces, put the fish pieces in a hot pot to force out the fish's own oil, and fry the fish until cooked. Then add soybean paste and tofu and cook in a large pot.

The puffer fish liver, which was refined by Liu Mei earlier to remove toxins, was also thrown into the pot and stewed by her, making this pot even more fresh.

This method is full of "village spirit", but the advantage is that the fragrance is wafting for miles and attracts people's appetite. Before the dish is out of the pot, it has already made people feel the fragrance and move their index fingers.

The one who couldn't help himself the most was the sage himself, urging: "Quick... hurry up and order someone to take a look, is this good?"

He supported the dragon case and set it up for a while, then sat down in a daze, and murmured: "It's been so many years, I never thought I would still remember..."

He clearly remembered that this kind of fragrance was only cooked by fishermen in the villages, but he didn't expect that after so many years, those memories of lonely travels when he was young, just with this fragrance, flooded his heart.Although the sage has been in power for a long time, he has gone through hardships in his early years. Now when he recalls the past, he can't help feeling a lot of emotion.

Once the three sticks of incense were over, there was another sound of gong, and it was time to present the second puffer fish dish.

Shiqing went to the hall with Liu Mei.

Liu Mei herself held a clay pot firmly with both hands, in which was steaming hot and fragrant puffer fish stewed with tofu.

"This...what is this Tao called?" The saint sat on the head, forced himself to be calm, and raised his breath.

"Returning to the Holy One, this dish is called 'Guazhou stew'." Liu Mei's voice was clear and crisp, and she deliberately pretended to be low at the moment, but it was still indescribably soft and pleasant to the ears of others.

The saint didn't pay attention to her voice at all, just nodded frequently, thinking in his heart: It really is Guazhou.

Immediately, a waiter took over Liu Mei's large pottery basin.Liu Mei felt obedient, and went straight to take the bowl, chopsticks and silver spoon from the hand of the attendant beside him, scooped out a bowl of soup and goods from the pot, then held it with chopsticks, and bowed his head to savor it carefully.

She is also very satisfied with eating by herself.

After stir-frying the fish pieces, the fish skin is automatically peeled off from the fish meat, and rolled back, the soft burrs are wrapped in it. When you bite into it, the fat is fragrant, and you won't let it slap.The large pieces of fish have a bean flavor when chewed carefully, while the tofu stewed together is full of fish flavor.

Liu Mei was trying dishes in the Zichen Palace, but Shiqing suddenly stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Give me a bowl too—"

Liu Mei obeyed, filled it and handed it to Shiqing, looked up at the other party, thinking, could it be that she can't trust her own detoxification technique!

The fish skin was originally slightly poisonous, and only by frying it in hot oil can all the poison be completely removed.

Shiqing glanced at her, and couldn't help but lower his voice to explain: "This fragrance wafts out... I'm afraid that the old man will make a round by himself, and he won't even be able to taste it later."

Liu Mei couldn't help smiling, and hurriedly lowered her head, lest this kind of expression be seen by the people gathered in the hall.

Here she and Shiqing are holding chopsticks side by side, eating to their heart's content, without noticing that Prince Dongying next to him has been completely ignored by everyone in the Zichen Palace, and he is so embarrassed at the moment.

But it's no wonder that the black-glazed porcelain plate held by Prince Dongying contained more than a dozen pure white pufferfish whites. It seemed that it was not as big as a large basin full of puffer fish with a small body like Liu Mei. There is momentum.

What this Dongying prince did was to burn the white fish with salt, the method was extremely simple, he just roasted the white fish on the fire and seasoned with salt.

During these three sticks of incense, Master Gui Jian knelt in front of the servants of Prince Zhongshun's mansion, staring blankly at the kitchen knife Shi Qing was using as if he had lost his soul.Therefore, Prince Dongying could only complete the production of the puffer fish by himself-fortunately, this is not a difficult technical task.

Prince Dongying looked at Shiqing and Liu Mei, and snorted dissatisfiedly. Seeing the servant in charge of food testing approaching, he found a small silver knife, cut a white rice in half, took half of it and gave it away. In the mouth, immediately close your eyes to taste, and after a while, there is a look of ecstasy on your face.

"As expected of 'Xi Shi Milk'! Good thing, good thing..." the Dongying prince murmured.

Liu Mei gritted her teeth at the side, she had some complaints about this Dongying prince in her heart - he is a vile man, and his thoughts are also vulgar, the baizi is obviously a part of a male fish, but he wants to associate it with a woman, hum!

Her eyes flicked back and forth in the black-glazed porcelain dish, and suddenly she frowned.

Seeing that Prince Dongying cut half of a white rice and tasted it, he handed the black-glazed porcelain plate to the servant in charge of tasting.The latter saw that there were not many baizi on the plate, so he took the half of the baizi that the prince of Dongying had eaten, and tasted it in his mouth, indicating that it was all right.

Next, Liu Mei's "Guazhou Stew" and Dongying Prince's "Salt Roasted Baizi" were divided into two parts and sent to the sage and the Dongying envoy respectively.

The saint couldn't wait, took the silver spoon, and with the hand of the waiter beside him, scooped up a spoonful of "Guazhou stew", but the silver spoon just paused by his mouth, and he paused for a moment before putting it into his mouth .

"Get the wine quickly!" After a sip, the saint closed his eyes slightly, immersed in the remembrance of the peaceful years in the past. Before the wine arrived, he seemed to be slightly tipsy.

However, the Japanese envoy took a sip of the puffer fish first—he completely agreed with his prince’s judgment on the puffer fish: the whole body of the puffer fish is the only one that is wonderful in the world.The white rice that has been roasted by fire seems to have a slightly tightened outer layer, but the inside is soft and smooth, and it melts in the mouth. After tasting the exquisite taste, you find that your mouth is full of fat and fragrance, and you don’t know that you are still in the world. .

The sage and the Japanese envoy obviously have their own preferences, and they looked at each other——

Will the competition of the second fugu dish end in a draw?

Out of politeness, the Dongying envoy also raised a silver spoon and scooped up a spoonful of tofu in "Guazhou stew".

The sage pointed out to the servants around him, and ordered them to bring up the few salted white rice balls, and poked them with the chopsticks.

This Holy Majesty had lived in Jinling for a long time when he was young, and puffer fish baizi was not too new to him.It's just that the sage doesn't have a special liking for this Baizi. Even if it is delivered to his eyes at this moment, he still can't feel the shock brought by "Guazhou stew".

He casually picked up one and was about to send it to his mouth, but suddenly he heard a panicked voice trembling in the Zichen Palace: "Please wait a moment!"

It was none other than Liu Mei who spoke.

Her face was pale, her hands were involuntarily clasped together, and the apron hanging on her body was twisted into a ball, which showed that she was very nervous at the moment.

Seeing her like this, Shiqing took a step, stood obliquely behind her, and got closer to her.Liu Mei could feel a little bit of Shiqing's breath, knowing that someone would protect her and support her, so she relaxed a little.

"This white piece that the Holy Majesty took... has a problem..."

When Liu Mei said these words, everyone in the audience was shocked.

Before that, all the ministers in the court had criticized the puffer fish competition against the Dongying people. After all, the saint is a body of gold. If ordinary people can do the act of "death to eat puffer fish", how can the saint risk himself?

But now there is still a war between the DPRK and China against the vassals in the south. Dongying put on a posture of not helping each other, but in private it is actually swaying on both sides.The reason why the sage tolerated this Dongying prince's hot words in the Zichen Palace, and even agreed to the two sides to compete in cooking skills, was that he had no intention of wooing him from the beginning——

It's just that the saint is very face-saving, and it is absolutely impossible for him to think that Chinese cooking is not as good as that of Japan, otherwise he would not order a master like Shiqing to end - but the saint does not want the gap between the two sides to be too large Far, it is best that this dynasty can win with a slight advantage, and both sides can get along with each other, and they are in harmony, that is the best.

But now, Liu Mei exclaimed, which directly brought the competition into the worst situation - this is presented, after all, it is a puffer fish, after all, it is a highly poisonous puffer fish!

If the baizi presented to the sage is really poisonous, it will be confirmed that the Dongpu people have bad intentions. Not available.

But if this matter is about to break out, it will really be necessary to deal with the prince of Dongying and affect the diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the future, Dongying will lean on the South Vietnamese side, and it will also put China in a very troublesome situation——

And these were all because of Liu Mei's warning.

"Little white face, how dare you point out that there is something wrong with the white rice cooked by Xiao Wang?" Prince Dongying's face was very ugly - he felt that this slap in the face was too straightforward.

"But this puffer fish, Xiao Wang has also tasted it just now, the servants in your palace have also tasted it, even the envoy of our country has tasted one, and they are both safe and sound. Why do you say that Xiao Wang said this? Is there a problem with Baizi?"

When Prince Dongying said this, many people nodded in agreement, and they all felt that Liu Mei was startled, maybe she was too nervous.

Some people even thought that Liu Mei and the Prince of Dongying were now facing each other, and they accused the other party of having a problem with the dishes, probably because they were too concerned about gain and loss, and wanted to overthrow the other party in this way.

The Japanese envoy even patted his chest to prove to his prince that he had eaten a piece of white rice just now, and he is doing very well at the moment——

"—Where did the problem come from? This is clearly slander. His Majesty the Emperor of China wants to decide for the prince of our country!"

At this moment, the saint has completely put down the silver chopsticks in his hand.

"Shiqing, what do you say?"

The sage asked dignifiedly, but Shiqing answered simply——

"Whatever Xiaoliu says, I will say the same."

There was no smile on his face, but his tone was very firm, his brows straightened, and he stood firm.

"Xiao Liu?" The saint obviously didn't like this rather intimate title, "Although I appreciate the dishes you cooked today, but since you testify that there is something wrong with the baizi cooked by Prince Dongying, would you like to kiss me?" Try to prove it?"

If the white seed is poisonous, the person who tastes it will die.

The audience was in an uproar, Shiqing immediately took a step forward to protect Liu Mei.

Before Liu Mei could reply, the sage had already leaned his body forward, and said coldly: "If this baizi does not contain poison, you are deceiving the emperor—"

Those who bully the king will die.

So Liu Mei, if you taste it, you will die, if you don't taste it, you will die.

All the people in Zichen Palace looked at Liu Mei at this moment, as if they were looking at a dead person.