emperor cold concubine

Chapter 136 The Royal Meal of the Palace ([-])

Since ancient times, emperors have luxurious and varied meals. In order to satisfy their appetite, they often rely on their supremacy and power to do whatever they want, recruit famous chefs from all over the world, and gather all kinds of dishes from all over the world to form a luxurious and exquisite traditional royal meal.

Murong Ting, who has been in power for so many years, would stay in Qifeng Palace for dinner most of the time after entering the palace to discuss important matters with the empress, and the standard of food they ate was almost the same as that of emperors.

At that time, there were two middle-aged chief eunuchs leading dozens of eunuchs and maids in charge of serving the two brothers and sisters who controlled the government in the palace. Even the emperor didn't treat them like this, but they never thought that one day, these two They would fall into such a miserable place, on the second day after Empress Murong was executed, those two people were overly frightened, they stayed in the imperial dining room tremblingly and did not dare to show their faces until now.

Lixuan Palace sits less than three miles away from the north of Jiuhua Palace. It is now the residence of Moli, Linhua Palace where Xie Changting lives, Yuntai Palace where Ziyu lives, and Guangyang Palace where Yixiu lives. The palace, and the many empty palaces in the Nangong Palace, were temporarily assigned to live in by Ziyiqi.

The north and south palaces are very close to Jiuhua Palace, while Yue Xiao lives in Xiaoyue Palace next to Weiyang Palace, which used to be the residence of him and Concubine Yue. It is a bit far from Jiuhua Palace, but very close to Su Mo.

From time to time, everyone gathered in Lixuan Palace. Mo Li's injury was under intensive care. Although the time was short, it was gradually getting better. When he came out of the inner hall, Yue Xiao, Zi Yu, Yi Xiu, Xie Changting All arrived, Cang Hao ordered to have dinner here tonight, but no one dared to be late and let their master wait.

Cang Hao and Su Mo hadn't arrived yet, and the atmosphere seemed a little weird.

Wearing a black robe all the year round, Mo Li and Zi Yuruo stand together, it is difficult to tell who is more imposing, Mo Li speaks little, his expression is close to ice-cold, and his emotions are less exposed, while Zi Yu is also reticent, with a dark expression on his brows. Cold and sharp, with a little more fierceness.

Since Xie Changting came to the imperial capital with Cang Hao, it seems that he has "corrected his willful problems" as he promised. Although his peaceful temperament is still the same, occasionally he will raise the corners of his mouth and show a little smile. After a long absence, Xie Changting's former arrogance It seems that there is also a trend of gradually emerging.

Just like now, when everyone gathers together, the gentle Yue Xiao and the familiar Yi Xiu quickly get along with each other, chatting quite speculatively, Zi Yu stands by the side silently, Xie Changting sits at the table drinking tea, That kind of peaceful posture seems to have no edges and corners, but it just makes people feel untouchable.

"If the three of us join hands, is it possible for you to win?"

Before Mo Li could speak, Yixiu, who was chatting happily with Yue Xiao over there, suddenly turned around, looked at Xie Changting with a smile, and asked this question.

Having seen the power of Xie Changting's moves with his own eyes, Yixiu knows that this person's martial arts are good, so he will not be contemptuous.

Xie Changting took a sip of tea slowly, raised his head, and glanced at him calmly, his gaze passed over Mo Li and Zi Yu, and he slightly curled his lips, "For the sake of the master, Xie can let each of you three trick."

Yue Xiao's martial arts can barely protect himself, so naturally it is not within the scope of calculation.

For Hong Guoguo's disdain, and even his undisguised disregard for them, the smile on Yixiu's face disappeared in an instant, he couldn't help being speechless, and his face turned even paler.

But for those who practice martial arts, even if they don't have the heart to be competitive, who would like to be looked down upon like this?
A simple sentence angered Yi Xiu, Zi Yu and Mo Li at the same time.

Of course, Mo Li and Xie Changting met in Wutong Town, and had seen his ability with his own eyes, so he knew that what he said was not purely arrogant and conceited, but the sentence "Let each of you do three tricks" still made him frowned subconsciously .Ziyu has always been stern and steady, and he is the most able to control his emotions. Hearing this, he couldn't help looking at Xie Changting.

Xie Changting didn't seem to notice their strange gaze, and he still drank tea with an elegant expression, as if it was the best in the world.

"When Mo Li recovers from his injuries, if you want to challenge, Xie will accompany you at any time. If you fight at this time, even if Xie wins, it will be invincible."

One person against three people, but he said that even if he wins, it is not a victory...Yue Xiao was speechless, and once again learned Xie Changting's super ability to offend people without paying for his life, no wonder the master punished him once, such Temperament, the general punishment is afraid that he will not pay attention to it.

I really don't understand, offending everyone, what good is it for him?
"Mo Li is injured, don't you still have this girl, Xie Changting, how about we compete?" The voice came before the person arrived, and the voice was as cold as pearls falling on a jade plate, with a bit willful, a bit lazy, and Except for their mistress Su Mo, who else would have the same air of dominance in the world as their master?
Walking in after Su Mo was Cang Hao, who was dressed in a snow suit and full of smiles, and Bi Yue, who was graceful in a pink gauze dress.

Several people stepped forward to salute, Xie Changting also stood up, Cang Hao smiled and said: "No. Changting, Moer's heart is that there is a chance to compete with you, today is a good day, and she finally got the chance."

Xie Changting said: "If the last master really wants to compare, Changting will definitely accompany him."

These words hit Su Mo's heart, she said: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day, what about now?"

Xie Changting raised the corner of his lower lip and said, "Master agrees."

Su Mo immediately turned her head to look at Cang Hao, and said with a smile, "If you disagree, you'd better give me a reason to convince me."

"There is a reason, of course. This king is hungry." Cang Hao said softly, with a slightly indulgent smile. Seeing Su Mo's starry eyes narrowed, he couldn't help but smile even deeper, "Go, half-hearted." In an hour, if you can't tell the winner, you won't be able to catch up with dinner, so don't say that the king abused you."

half an hour?She's always liked the quick fix.Su Mo snorted coldly, turned around and walked out first, Xie Changting bowed and saluted, and then walked up unhurriedly, wearing a black gown with a gentle and elegant tranquility, flashing across everyone's eyes, gradually disappeared from view.

Cang Hao took a look at several people, sat down on the first seat in the hall, and said calmly: "Yue Xiao, you can order people to pass on the meal."

Zi Yu and Mo Li stood aside with their hands down, expressionless, but Yi Xiu's expression implied a bit of anticipation, as if he wanted to go out to watch the battle.Cang Hao seems to be in a good mood today, and he is particularly pampering to everyone. Seeing his expression, he said softly: "Go if you want, don't worry about getting hurt."

Yixiu looked at Zi Yu and Mo Li, "Go together? Know yourself and your enemy, and you will be able to win a hundred battles."

Zi Yu frowned, with a serious face: "Go by yourself."

Mo Li kept silent, obviously refusing.

Yue Xiao sent the order down, and two middle-aged eunuchs came in tremblingly and set up a huge Eight Immortals table under the first seat above the main hall, facing south and north, it was the supreme seat.Below it, there are two accompanying tables in the east-west direction. According to the rules of the palace, this is where concubines or courtiers should sit. Afterwards, the young eunuchs who came in successively served various exquisite cold dishes and placed them on the main table. The ones on the top are all gold plates, gold bowls and gold chopsticks, and the ones on the east and west tables are yellow ground green dragon plate bowls and silver chopsticks.

Cang Hao looked at it calmly, the faint smile on the corner of his mouth had disappeared, Yue Xiao, who was standing at the bottom, looked at the glittering golden light on the main table, and couldn't help but his face changed slightly, Zi Yu and Mo Li looked at it and it was still flowing. After putting the dishes on the table, and then seeing the thoughtful expression of his master, his face was gloomy, his heart was cold, and he dared not say a word.

This group of lifeless things...

The two middle-aged chief eunuchs respectfully knelt down and bowed their heads, asking the emperor to sit down in a low voice, not daring to take a breath, and the young eunuch who had finished serving the meal also knelt down on the ground in good order.

Cang Hao's eyes lightly glanced at the dazzling array of imperial meals on the three super-large Eight Immortals tables, the corners of his mouth twitched suddenly, and his smile was indifferent: "You two are the great eunuch who once served Murong Ting and Murong Qing? What's your name?"

The two of them were so frightened that their faces turned pale. They thought that the emperor was going to question him, so they hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Return, return to the emperor, slave, slave..."

Cang Hao casually said again: "Since the dishes have been served, why not tell me, how many kinds of dishes are there?"

This question seems to be a little simpler, the chief eunuch kneeling on the left whispered: "Back to the emperor, twenty cold dishes, twenty hot dishes, sixteen desserts, sixteen fruits and vegetables, sixteen steamed dishes , a total of 88 dishes.”

Cang Hao nodded slowly, "How many people are there in the imperial kitchen?"

Seemingly confused by the emperor's intentions, the eunuch replied cautiously: "There are 110 seven imperial cooks, 180 cooks, and 150 six eunuchs in charge of purchasing."

Cang Hao still didn't see any joy or anger on his face, and continued to ask: "How much does the royal meal cost every day?"

"This... is about 800 taels of silver."

Cang Hao stood up, walked slowly to the table of the Eight Immortals, looked at the various dishes on the table with his hands behind his back, and said coldly: "I have heard such a saying before, that the royal system is always wide and narrow, and you must not be careful If there are too many people complaining, the decree is not allowed to go out of the forbidden door. Dining rooms and other things are prepared in ten places in the official office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Otherwise, we can’t secure everyone’s job. After arriving at the ten places of the official square, they will be handed over to the inner court. They belong to a wealthy class, and they know that the surplus from the warehouse errands cannot be let go. The emperor never eats a catty of rice every day, and the outsiders cannot know how many people are in charge of the imperial dining room every day. 25 jins of rice per day for the case in charge of the bureau. Four people, the head of the case, the head of the kitchen staff, the big fire candle, and the second fire candle, work in shifts every five days. One shift of the two fire candles can be divided into ten catties of rice. Take one item of rice as an example and use the rest as an example. Daily use [-] catties of meat, one mouthful of pig, one sheep, two chickens and ducks, two liters of new fine rice, five pieces of yellow and old rice, three liters of polished rice, and round-grained rice Three catties of flour, fifteen catties of white flour, one catty of buckwheat noodles, one catty of wheat flour, three ingredients of peas, one and five spoons of sesame seeds, two catties of white sugar, one tael and five qian, pot of sugar eight taels..."

(End of this chapter)