During the entire assessment, a strange situation occurred. Most of the contestants were in a daze. It seemed that a simple assessment of chicken in a jar had stumped all the food elites.
Is the answer one? Or two? There were scratching and sighing sounds from the venue.
"The time is almost up, let's put pen to paper..." the presiding eunuch urged with squinted eyes. It seemed that this round of assessment had been delayed a bit too long.
Chu Qiao bit her lip hard. If this was really her fate, then just accept it. She wanted to seek truth from facts and write what she thought was right, so she ruthlessly wrote down two kinds of seasonings, then took a step back and didn't move.
Already.
Chu Qiao believed that she would turn around and go back soon, sweep the floor and clean the door honestly, and then listen to Lan Hui's sarcastic words. She was going to hit this woman, but now it seems that she has deceived herself.
Not far away, sweat seeped out of Lan Hui's forehead, her brows were furrowed, and there were several deep grooves. Empress Hui said that everything had been arranged, and asked her to be smart and not to ruin the big thing, since the empress had already arranged it in advance.
Okay, why are the names of two condiments written on the cheating white paper? The eunuch just said that one was missing, what should she do?
Lan Hui was extremely upset. Who gave her the solution to the problem? Didn't it embarrass her?
Seeing that the time was up, Lan Hui's ears were full of Empress Hui's warnings, asking her to be careful not to mess up the matter. She breathed deeply. Lan Hui knew that this stroke would determine her fate.
Destiny, there is only one answer, and it must be one. The imperial chef in the imperial dining room must have written this note wrong. Thinking of this, she wrote down the word "cooking wine" without hesitation, then put down the pen anxiously and retreated.
One step behind.
"There is only one kind, only one kind..." Lan Hui muttered quietly.
"Is it all over?"
The presiding eunuch smiled slightly and waved his hand. The supervising eunuch came forward, looked through all the papers on the table, and then handed the results to the presiding eunuch.
The presiding eunuch raised his neck and read loudly: "Retreat on the 43rd, retreat on the 76th, retreat on the 90th, retreat on the 92nd..."
After reading this, the presiding eunuch paused and looked at Lan Hui. The paper in his hand was shaking slightly. It seemed that there was a result that was beyond his expectation. Should he read it or not?
Lan Hui wiped the sweat from her forehead. Why did she read her number? If she could win this round, she shouldn't have read the number ninety-two. Did the damn presiding eunuch make a mistake?
Just when Lan Hui was feeling uneasy, Chu Qiao's heart dropped. Her number 89 actually passed by. This meant that her answer was right, but why was it right? Host
What the eunuch said was just condiment, and everyone heard it clearly.
"Retreat on the 92nd!"
After hesitating, the presiding eunuch recited it, with beads of sweat streaming down his cheeks.
When Lan Hui heard that it was really No. 92 who had withdrawn, her face turned pale. She was the one who had withdrawn? She had withdrawn? How could it be possible? No, the answer is one.
"No, what you just said was Yiyi, I wrote Yiyi! You can't be wrong." Lan Hui lost her composure and shouted out loudly.
The presiding eunuch glanced at Lan Hui's face uneasily. After staring for a moment, he immediately lowered his head and continued reading. At the end of this round, there were only twenty people left in the venue, and most of them stepped back.
All the contestants who dropped out were puzzled as to why they quit.
Lan Hui's face was ashen. She stood there blankly, her legs were shaking. Why was the answer written on the cheating note two clocks? Are two correct? There was a buzz, and Lan Hui's eyes went dark.
His body staggered and he almost fell out.
The presiding eunuch looked very embarrassed, and the paper in his hand was shaking. At this time, a young eunuch with a smile on his face came up, stood next to the presiding eunuch, and explained loudly and calmly.
"Although this question is not difficult, it is also difficult. This is a question asked by the leader of the inner dining room, the father-in-law. It is meant to taste, but it is to test your courage. The father-in-law Qian who was in charge just now did say that there is only one seasoning missing.
, but in fact, the jar chicken on every table is missing two seasonings. One is the key auxiliary ingredient, which is easy to taste, and the other is the flavorful and fresh seasoning that is necessary for the jar chicken. I believe many people know this.
Bar?"
The smiling father-in-law opened a small book and continued: "The selection of the royal chef requires not only your exquisite cooking skills, but also your spirit of adhering to principles to serve the emperor, the empress and the important officials in the court. What is needed is a loyal person."
Fuji, you stick to the facts, Imperial Chef, this is the question for the third round, and anyone who has written an answer, please bow out honestly."
After saying that, the smiling father-in-law glanced at the host father-in-law, who immediately nodded repeatedly.
"Go on, let's clear the place for everyone who has left?" The eunuch was still smiling, glanced at Lan Hui, and left.
Lan Hui stood there dumbly, speechless. The answer on the paper was correct, but she lost the competition in order to cater to the assessment.
After the third round, Lan Hui was eliminated.
It was a shocking turn of events. The unexpected result was that Chu Qiao, the floor-sweeping handyman, not only was not eliminated, but also watched Lan Hui, a bitch, get out. What kind of state of mind was this?
Laughing? Chu Qiao really couldn't laugh. She vaguely felt that this imperial chef assessment was very complicated. There were people fighting in it, but who were the people fighting with each other behind the scenes?
Looking across the scene, Chu Qiao noticed Eunuch Lan, the eunuch leader of the imperial kitchen. It seemed that he came up with the question, and he also gave the answer. But why did he set the rules for the question in this way? It seems that on the surface,
He had good intentions, and they were all for the sake of the emperor, the empress, and the ministers, but if you think about it carefully, there is a mystery behind it.
Undoubtedly, the cheating Lan Hui was eliminated in the third round of assessment, and Eunuch Lan looked very proud.
When Mr. Lan looked at Chu Qiao with appreciative eyes, she immediately lowered her head and became very upset. What did this person see her doing? It seemed that there were twenty-four people who won this time.
After avoiding her gaze, Chu Qiao turned to look behind Liu Zhang and Xu Jin. Just then, the man in brocade and blue clothes slowly stood up and turned around indifferently, as if he wanted to leave for something.
Just now, Chu Qiao was angry and wanted to compete with Lan Hui. Now that Lan Hui has withdrawn, there is no need for her to be so stubborn and persistent. If there is still time, she still wants to have a few words with this man.
But that man was walking very fast, and if he didn't hurry up, he wouldn't be able to catch up.