Red apricots make spring

Chapter 128 Strange Durian
The four of them ate fruit to enjoy the coolness. Although Wenrou gradually became a little tired, she didn't want to go to sleep. She squinted her eyes and considered whether to tell two ghost stories to scare people and refresh her mind, when she heard a melodious flute sounding slowly, riding The wind, rippling in the night.

"Well, where's the sound of the flute?" Rourou reached out and took a longan from the fruit plate, and laughed while peeling it: "Is there anyone living around here?"

Ning Yan listened attentively, and replied: "It must be Young Master Lu who lives in Yunshuixuan who is playing the flute. Occasionally when he is in a good mood, he will play for a while."

Lu Ce!Wenrou heard the name, her mood suddenly darkened, she nodded slowly twice, and threw the peeled longan into her mouth. Just when she wanted to get up and say she was going to sleep, she saw the watery moonlight, the side of the lake Three figures approached faintly, and looked at the graceful figure, like a woman, two of them seemed to be holding something in their hands, she was curious for a moment and stared at it.

But the three of them were out of her sight very quickly, no matter how curious she was, she couldn't be nosy enough to catch up and take a closer look, so she could only spit out the longan core in her mouth angrily, thinking it tasted good, she peeled off another one, Unexpectedly, at this moment, the gurgling sound of the piano can be heard pouring out like flowing water, ethereal and clear.Although she doesn't know much about music, she can hear that the sound of the piano seems to be echoing the sound of the flute. One is like a turbulent stream, and the other is like a bird singing in an empty mountain. With the light of the lake and the night, it becomes more clear and beautiful.

Ok!Thinking with her toes, she knew who the person playing the piano was, Wen Rou couldn't sit still, she stood up and said: "It's late at night, let's go to sleep."

Ning Yan and Han Bi hurried into the house to tidy up the bedding, and then added a handful of lily incense to the incense burner, making the room full of fragrance, but Wen Rou never liked incense, and was choked upon entering the room. She had to sneeze, she rubbed her nose, asked the two maids to go to sleep, then turned around and closed the door to extinguish the incense in the incense burner.

Xiaohuan didn't sleep in the same room with her, she just took off her outer clothes and lay on the bed trying to fall asleep as soon as possible, she had nourished herself enough, and she would have to work hard tomorrow, who knew that the sound of the flute and the piano came from the window The crack came in from the bottom of the door, thin and thin, indistinct, as if it was like a magic sound that disturbed her brain, causing her to turn over on the bed several times without falling asleep.Fortunately, half a quarter of an hour later, the sound of the flute suddenly stagnated, stopped unexpectedly, and never sounded again, and the sound of the flute persisted for a while, but it became more and more desolate and lonely. Noise, completely stopped.

Huh, I can finally sleep peacefully!Gentle breathed a sigh of relief, put the thin brocade quilt on her body, turned around, and fell into a deep sleep after a while.

When the sky was getting bright the next day, the maids Ningyan and Hanbi had brought fragrant soup, brush teeth, facial cleanser and tooth powder to invite them to get up and freshen up.After cleaning her teeth and face, Ning Yan combed Xiaohuan's hair, while Hanbi took a small white jade box from the dressing table, opened it, picked some with a hairpin and handed it to Wen Rou, saying: "This is peach blossom cream , it makes people's face ruddy and radiant after wiping it off, what do you use, girl?"

Rourou took some and wiped it on her face, she felt sweet and fragrant, but when Hanbi wanted to draw eyebrows, powder, and lips for her again, she hurriedly thanked her.On such a hot day, put makeup on her face, and when she gets to the kitchen, she will be sweating and smoky. Later, she will be able to appear on the stage and sing a beautiful face.

After a hasty breakfast, Rourou and Xiaohuan were led to the kitchen by the maids. They thought they were early enough, but who would have thought that the head cook was already busy directing everyone, seeing them coming in, he glanced at them with complicated expressions. With gentle eyes, he went up to wait for dispatch.

Time passed very quickly when they were busy. At noon, everyone stopped to rest for a while and had a meal. At this time, two servants carried a big bamboo basket all the way to the kitchen. People who passed them by on the road couldn't help but be good at it. Covering his nose, he turned his head and stopped to watch curiously.

From all the way, Rourou could smell a peculiar smell wafting along the wind, even the aroma of food in the kitchen couldn't hide it.Is this taste...

She turned her head and looked outside the door, and when she saw the thorny oval fruit in the bamboo basket, she was sure it was durian!It's just that after arriving in this world, she seems to have never seen this kind of durian sold in the market, and she doesn't know where the Shen Fu's basket of durians came from.

Two servants carried the durians to the kitchen, and one of them frowned and said to Rourou: "This is only given by the palace, and it is a strange fruit from a foreign country. The master taught me to carry a basket and ask Miss Wen, see if you can get it." Can't make any dishes."

Before Rourou could speak, someone beside him covered his nose and exaggeratedly shouted: "Oh my god, such a stinky thing is a confession from a foreigner? How could it get in the mouth!"

"It really stinks!" Immediately someone echoed, even the head cook couldn't help frowning and said: "Hurry up and carry it outside, it will kill you."

Uh, the smell is a bit unacceptable, but people who love durians praise it for its strange smell!Wen Rou doesn't have any special likes and dislikes towards this kind of fruit, but Prime Minister Shen can make sure that it is made, so would the Ninth Prince dare to eat it?She smiled wryly and said, "It can be done, but if it's just used to make soup and stewed chicken, it may not be very delicious. It might be better to make it into dessert."

"Then, then I'll give this to Miss Wen." After the two boys finished speaking, they left the bamboo basket and ran away.

Rourou stared at the basket of durians, a little bit dumbfounded, now let her take some time to make dessert?The cakes used for today's banquet have already been reserved by Shen Mansion from her pastry shop. Originally, she didn't need to touch her hands, but even if someone carried the durian out of the house and put it in the shop, Mei Xiang didn't know what to do. .No way, I had to do it myself. Fortunately, Shen Mengyi's small kitchen had a full set of utensils and materials, so it wasn't too much trouble to do it.

At a quarter of the hour, another young servant hurried to the kitchen, and as soon as he entered the door, he didn't even bother to catch his breath and shouted: "Here we come, the Ninth Prince has entered the mansion!"

There was a bang, and they got busy even more quickly, only to hear the rapid jingling of knives on the chopping board, the water in the pot was boiling, and the firewood under the stove was burning more vigorously, emitting a light crackling sound. ring.

The boy wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said excitedly: "It's incredible! This time, not only the Ninth Prince is here!"

"Who else?" The chef in charge asked hurriedly.

"And... there are also the Holy Majesty and the Imperial Concubine who are traveling in micro-clothes..." The young servant said proudly, "Our master's embarrassment is great this time!"

As soon as he said this, everyone in the kitchen was in an uproar. The excitement was mixed with a little apprehension. They thought that the dishes he cooked would be appreciated by the Holy Majesty and the Ninth Prince, but they were also afraid that if the dishes were not cooked well, their heads would be destroyed. move place.Only Gentle, frowned slightly, didn't know whether this accident was good or bad, just listened to everyone's gossip, seemed to know that the noble concubine was the birth mother of the Ninth Prince, the younger sister of Prime Minister Zuo Shen Yuan, no wonder she followed her come together.

The boy left after reporting the news, and the chef in charge urged loudly: "Hurry up! In half an hour, the cold dishes will start to be served. Hurry up if you haven't finished." After he finished speaking, he himself Let's start to carve the platter, after all, he is an imperial chef from the palace, and he has two brushes.

After a while, I saw a young servant leading an eunuch with a dust whisk into the kitchen. As soon as he arrived at the door, the male duck roared, saying: "There is a decree from the Holy Spirit, the durian cake is made!" Well done, reward the chef with an ingot of silver and a piece of palace satin, and record the recipe later and send it to the imperial kitchen—”

Wen Rou's eyelids twitched, and he stepped forward to thank him helplessly. In ancient times, if there was gold under his knees, let alone mention it. She couldn't help but feel a little slanderous, it turned out that this durian was a favorite of the emperor's old son, and the strange way accepted such an offering with a strange smell, and rewarded it to the Shen family like a treasure!But after thinking about it, she broke out in a cold sweat again. If the emperor didn't like this food and felt that it polluted Longkou, wouldn't she have to lose half of her life?The strange way says that being with you is like being with a tiger!So, what if he doesn't like the dishes specially prepared for the Ninth Prince...

Before he finished thinking about it, the eunuch started to shout again: "The Holy Majesty and the Ninth Prince have boarded the boat, and the banquet is about to begin—"

As soon as he finished his sentence, the servant boys who had been waiting nearby immediately took out the silver trays that had been prepared and covered one by one. Down, looking at the winding Jackie Chan.

Hey, what a big show!I don't know how much manpower and material resources will be spent on this banquet!Rourou stood up, was stunned for a while, then turned around and continued cooking her dishes.

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Let me cry, I have a habit of writing articles, that is, how many words per chapter when I start the article, and this number of words will be continued later, so that it is easier to control the rhythm, so as not to be fast and slow, but recently there are reports that I have too few words in each update , not enough to read, so I decided to start with today’s update, I adjusted the rhythm of writing, added 5000 words to each chapter, and the number of words in the two updates reached [-]+
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