The young imperial chef was holding the still writhing eel, without panting or changing his face. It must be that this dish is rich in nutrients and is favored by ladies. He has cooked it a lot and doesn't take it seriously anymore.
The palace maids glanced at the eel and were still holding their heads and shouting. Their clothes were all soaked through. The peppercorns and anise rolled all over them and fell to the floor as soon as they moved.
"This is an eel, a fish, not a snake."
The young chef finished explaining, and then looked at Chu Qiao.
Chu Qiao immediately lowered her head in panic, thinking to herself, this guy couldn't see through anything, right? During the chaos just now, he had been sitting there, watching the eel twisting around, and only came out at the critical moment, like this
Once caught, caught.
Chu Qiao felt guilty and frightened, so she quietly took a step back and stood behind a group of eunuchs, hoping that no one would notice her presence, so as to avoid the guy's gaze.
"Who shouted there was a snake?"
Eunuch Ping is going crazy. He was just protecting Concubine Li. He didn't hear who called out snake first. Can this snake be the same as an eel? Isn't this causing trouble?
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you. It was really chaotic. I only heard a woman shouting, and then someone else shouted, but I don’t know who shouted first.
Chu Qiao also rolled her eyes, pretending to be blurry, but it was actually her who shouted.
The eunuch in charge was so embarrassed that when he got up, he still had a piece of chive on his head. He twisted his face, carefully approached Eunuch Ping, and asked in a low voice.
"Is it still a competition?"
"What else is there to compete with? The fire has been extinguished. Let's compete again tomorrow!"
Eunuch Ping really wanted to grab a few eunuchs and maids and give them a good beating, but these people included those from the outer dining room and those from the inner dining room. Eunuch Lan stood aside and said nothing. How could he make the first move?
So powerful.
In this way, the fifth round of the Royal Dinner Competition came to an end. Chu Qiao followed the crowd of contestants and exited the dining room. She wonders if eels will appear in tomorrow's competition.
After leaving the door, Lianyun ran up quickly from behind.
"Sister Chunxiang, your topic is Yu Jin Ma Xiang Eel, right?" Although she just asked so casually, Chu Qiao frowned and looked at this woman with alert eyes.
After Lianyun finished asking, she narrowed her eyes and looked silly, waiting for Chu Qiao to answer her.
Chu Qiao felt strange. Only she could see everyone's questions. Just now, when the eel ran away, everyone was in chaos, and the cases were piled up in a row. The note of Yujin Maxiang Eel had long been mixed with water and had been stepped on countless times.
The foot has turned into paper clay. How did Lian Yun know her topic?
Unless she knew what was written on the note in advance and knew the details, but she was just a country girl.
"How do you know that what I want to make is Yu Jin Ma Fragrant Eel?" Chu Qiao asked coldly.
This sentence made Lianyun feel embarrassed. She was a little caught off guard. It took her a long time to smile and explain: "I heard someone say that I saw an eel running out of your water basin. I guessed it."
"You really know how to guess, there are many ways to make eel, why is it the Yujin Ma Xiang eel?" Chu Qiao snorted in confusion. There must be a reason why she could say this.
Lianyun's face turned red, she grabbed her hair and leaned over, whispering.
"Because many ladies in the harem like this dish. Before I came here, I asked someone to inquire. If you were making eel, wouldn't this be it?"
"Oh, that's it, you are really very powerful."
Chu Qiao smiled and felt a little relieved, but what Lianyun said made her cover her mouth and wanted to strangle this woman to death.
"You released the eels on purpose," Liao Yun said abruptly.
"What did you say you?"
Chu Qiao was not polite. She covered her mouth hard and widened her eyes. What does this stinky girl mean? Do you want to get some evidence from her?
Perhaps Chu Qiao's strength was too great, and Liao Yun's face turned red from suppressing it, and she struggled with her hands, looking like she was about to be murdered and dying.
Only then did Chu Qiao realize that she had even covered her nose. After a while, she was covered to death. She panicked and quickly let go of her hand, warning her.
"Don't talk nonsense. The eels are so difficult to catch. It's normal for them to escape. Why are they so clumsy that they can't catch them? I'm soaked all over, so I tried my best."
"Yes, yes..."
Lianyun gasped for air, and it took a long time for his face to calm down. Looking at Chu Qiao's timid look, he couldn't even stand still.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it just now, I was too strong."
Chu Qiao was really embarrassed. What she said just now really made her nervous, so she covered her mouth.
Lianyun took a breath, the muscles on his face trembled, and he laughed again, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and gradually distanced himself from Chu Qiao.
Chu Qiao knew that her movements were too violent and frightened others.
After returning to her residence, she changed her clothes and sat on the bed tiredly. The more she thought about it, the more she felt that she would not have a good day tomorrow. Today she had messed up the situation. Unknown to others, the presiding eunuch should be thinking
Well aware.
If Eunuch Ping asked carefully, the presiding eunuch would take the opportunity to add fuel to the fire and probably slander Chu Qiao, saying that this Li Chunxiang didn't know how to make the royal brocade eel, which was why he took this trick.
The dish of Yujin Ma Xiang eel is no longer as simple as a dish.
Chu Qiao felt that she might die from this dish. If she really couldn't cook it, not only would Eunuch Ping not let her go, but Eunuch Lan wouldn't be silent either.
Although Chu Qiao has been a disaster star since she was a child, she is also made of flesh and blood, and she must not be subjected to whips, paddles, etc. again.
When Lianyun didn't come in with him, Chu Qiao hurriedly took out the imperial cuisine book and flipped through the pages, hoping to find the instructions for making "Yu Jin Ma Fragrant Eel", but she couldn't find any instructions from the beginning to the end.
The name of this dish.
That's not right, since it was something that all the ladies in the palace loved to eat, how could it not be there? After flipping through it again, she discovered a terrible situation. The book was incomplete, and many pages had been torn out by someone.
Maybe the dish "Yujin Ma Fragrant Eel" was in those pages. Chu Qiao was so anxious that she was sweating profusely. She felt that she couldn't wait any longer. She had to go to the old imperial chef to look for the missing pages of recipes.
find out.
Thinking of this, she put away her books and was about to go out when Liaoyun came in with her skirt in hand and a plate of fragrant pears in her hand.
"Come on, Sister Chunxiang, would you like some pear?"
"I don't want to eat. Let's go out for a while."
How can Chu Qiao be in the mood to eat fragrant pears at this time? This matter cannot be settled. If she is really asked to cook this dish tomorrow, she will die in an ugly way.