Today is the day of the one-year-old banquet. As soon as the fourth watch arrived, Li Qi had already climbed out of bed. This time he dressed himself up seriously. After all, this was a high-end banquet, and he still needed to prepare to save face.
When Li Qi thought he was enough to charm thousands of girls, he came out of the room. As soon as he went out, he saw Chen Anan walking over quickly. Because he was going to the Taishi Mansion with Li Qi today.
So he slept in the Qin Mansion last night, and Xiaoyu also slept in the Qin Mansion, because after all, Zuixianju only had several people in one room, and Xiaoyu was the supervisor of the field today, so she had to get enough rest.
As for Wu Xiaoliu and others, Li Qi didn't bring any of them. Nowadays, there are so many cooks in Cai Taishi's house that they can hardly stay in the kitchen. Wu Xiaoliu and others' cooking skills are not as good as those cooks. It's not their own choice to bring them here.
Isn't it humiliating? Besides, Zuixianju has to be open today.
When Chen Anan approached, Li Qi smiled slightly and said: "Anan, you didn't disturb Xiaoyu, did you?"
Chen Anan was stunned, shook his head and said: "No! Didn't you tell me not to call her?"
"Don't you two sleep in the same room?" Li Qi said with a smile.
Chen Anan reacted immediately, blushed, and begged: "Brother Li, Xiaoyu and I are innocent, please let me go."
Li Qi laughed, waved his hand and said: "Let's go, let's go. ---By the way, Anan, Liuzi seems to have taken a liking to Xiaoyu recently, so you have to be careful."
"Brother Li, please stop playing tricks on me. Liuzi doesn't have the guts. He has no ability except being thick-skinned. Xiao Tao doesn't care about him, let alone Xiaoyu."
"Oh? According to you, Xiaotao is not as good as Xiaoyu?"
"That---that's what you said, I didn't say that."
Li Qi's expression was stunned, and he was secretly surprised. When did this kid become so smart?
The two took advantage of the last darkness of the night to chat and walked towards the door. But as soon as they arrived in the front yard, they suddenly saw two black figures standing at the door. Li Qi knew that one of them must be the lady. After all, how could that plump figure be so beautiful?
It can be covered up by the dark night, and the other person is naturally Xiao Tao, whom they just talked about.
After Li Qi left, he smiled and said: "Huh? Madam, get up and go to the latrine."
When Chen Anan heard this, he quickly lowered his head and his body was shaking.
Mrs. Qin rolled her eyes at him and said, "I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful now. It seems I really shouldn't come."
Li Qi chuckled and said, "Li Qi accepts Madam's kindness. Don't worry. Madam, I have experience this time and won't do anything like the Crab Roe Feast again."
Mrs. Qin nodded and said: "It's good that you know. My father and Uncle Bai will also go this time. If you don't understand something, you can ask them for help. Don't do anything arbitrarily."
This lady really thinks too highly of those two old guys. This birthday party is obviously a political banquet. Do they dare to say anything? It’s still a question. If I ask them for help, I might as well go directly to Mr. Cai.
Already.
But this was Mrs. Qin's kindness after all. Li Qi nodded and thanked: "Thank you, Madam. I will remember it."
Mrs. Qin nodded and smiled: "Okay. Then you go quickly."
Li Qi hummed and went out with Chen Anan. As soon as they came to an intersection, they suddenly heard Bai Qiannuo's voice coming from beside them, "Brother Li."
Wow! Isn’t it an illusion?
Li Qi turned around and saw a carriage parked at the intersection. It was Bai Qiannuo's carriage. He was stunned, smiled bitterly, and walked towards the carriage.
Bai Qiannuo also walked out of the car.
"Qiniang, why are you here?" Li Qi frowned.
Bai Qiannuo chuckled and said, "I sneaked out."
"Sneaked out?"
Li Qi was surprised and said: "Qiniang, could it be that you were stimulated by something and eloped with me?"
"elopement?"
Bai Qiannuo was dumbfounded. His face turned red and he stamped his feet and shouted: "Brother Li, what are you talking about again?"
"Ah? Did I make a mistake?" Li Qi looked embarrassed.
Bai Qiannuo glanced at him sideways, suddenly rolled her eyes, and said with a smile: "Brother Li, can you take me to the first-year banquet? I also want to see your buffet banquet and Sister Feng's mopping dance.
"
It turned out that she wanted to go to the birthday party with me.
Li Qi asked curiously: "Isn't your father going too? Why don't you go with your father?"
Bai Qiannuo hummed, "He doesn't want to take me there."
Sweat! Even my future father-in-law refuses to take you there. If I take you there, am I not deliberately going against him? I can't do this.
Li Qi rolled his eyes and suddenly said with a smile: "Qiniang, you see, it's not even bright yet. I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate for me to take you there and let others see you. However, if you really want to go, there is someone who might be able to help you."
Can help you."
Bai Qiannuo narrowed her eyes, flashed her eyes, and said happily: "I understand, Brother Li, I'm leaving first. You should pay attention to yourself. We'll see you in the evening." After that, she trotted back to the car.
Li Qi shook his head with a wry smile, and suddenly heard Chen Anan ask: "Brother Li, who is that person you are talking about?"
Li Qi snorted angrily and said, "What a hateful woman."
After bidding farewell to Bai Qiannuo, Li Qi and Chen Anan arrived at the Taishi Mansion.
When he came to the kitchen, about a hundred chefs were already ready. Li Qi gave a few instructions and let them start work.
Li Qi had prepared more than fifty kinds of dishes this time, including cold, hot, soup, fruits, everything. How could he cook them all by himself, so he simply left them all to other cooks, while he guided them from the side.
, anyway, he had taught them all the recipes for the dishes to be made some time ago, but he did not disclose some of the secret recipes of the food.
All the materials needed for this banquet were prepared yesterday, but since the banquet was scheduled in the evening, it was too early to start cooking now. Li Qi ordered them to carve some aesthetically pleasing materials first.
After carving, we started to prepare the cold dishes, which is the most unique part of the buffet.
Li Qi was busy wandering around the stoves. Suddenly he smelled the fragrance of seaweed and asked hurriedly: "Has the seaweed been roasted?"
A cook said: "It's already baked."
Li Qi hurriedly walked over to the cook, picked up a rectangular piece of seaweed, bit into a small piece, chewed it, and said, "Yes, that's how it is roasted. Remember, you can't make any mistakes with this seaweed.
But keep an eye on me."
Nowadays, this seaweed is still a tribute. It was originally scarce. If it weren't for Cai Jing, I probably wouldn't have been able to get this seaweed.
The cook naturally knew this too and kept nodding his head in assurance.
"Master Li, the time has come, is it time to prepare the soup stock?"
Li Qi glanced at the sky, nodded and said, "Yeah, but be careful to control the heat and don't let me get away with it."
The stock can actually be said to be part of the seasoning, and of course it must be cooked first.
Li Qi spent the whole morning busy. At noon, everyone ate their godmother casually, and then started working again.
"Are the pastries ready?" Li Qi ordered.
"Ready."
"Okay. Let's put it in the oven. Also, is the rice ready? When it's done, wrap it in seaweed for me."
"Master Li, the fish fillets are ready."
"Okay. Don't worry about that for now. Just put it away. You can go and mix the sauce for me. Remember, the sauce must be put together with the food to avoid making a mess."
"Yeah. I understand."
...
Unknowingly, the sun was heading west.
Li Qi knew the time and thought that the guests would be arriving soon. He didn't know how prepared Xiaoyu and the others were.
After thinking about it, he still felt uneasy, so he gave a few instructions to the leading cooks, and then rushed to the gate. In this outfield, he was dealing directly with high-ranking officials and dignitaries, so there couldn't be any mistakes.
At this time, a fifty-meter-long red carpet had been laid out in front of the gate. On the edge of the red carpet stood ten maidservants wearing close-fitting red clothes similar to cheongsams. They put their hands on their bellies. Xiaoyu and Cai
Yong is taking command there. After all, Xiaoyu is still not experienced enough and doesn't even know a small official. And everyone who comes today is a high official in the imperial court, so there must be a senior steward like Cai Yong there to hold the battle.
Li Qi looked around for a while. Seeing that there was no problem, he didn't go there. He just stood and watched from a distance. In fact, he also came here for another purpose, which was to see if he would see some historical acquaintances later.
After a while, the first guest finally arrived. Although he came a little early, he was really an acquaintance.
When Li Qi saw this man, he almost burst out laughing.
This person is none other than Gao Yanei.
Gao Yanei is dressed very smartly today. He is wearing a soft purple gauze scarf, a red robe, and a big red flower on his temple. Let me strangle you, it is very coquettish! But he didn’t bring anything today.
The idle man is around, but he is alone.
As soon as Gao Yanei saw the red carpet, everyone was dumbfounded and prepared to take a detour. Fortunately, a maid walked over in time and invited him to go this way.
Cai Yong bowed to him and greeted him a few words.
Gao Yanei returned a salute to Cai Yong, looked at the dozens of maids on the left and right, and his face burst into laughter. Accompanied by the beautiful woman, he strode on the red carpet with a proud look on his face.
When Li Qi saw it, he smiled and shook his head, but he didn't want to meet Gao Yanei face to face. Seeing that Gao Yanei had already walked through the red carpet, he was just about to hide, but Gao Yanei saw him at a glance and hurriedly waved and shouted, "
Li Qi." As he spoke, he waved to the maid next to him, signaling her to step back, and then ran towards Li Qi.
Li Qi was feeling very depressed. He forced a smile on his face, waved to Gao Yanei and said, "Yanei, why are you here so early?"
Gao Yanei said happily, "I don't have anything to do, so I just wanted to come and take a look early."
Li Qi probed: "Then your father is here, why don't you come with him?"
"My dad is still early, I'm too lazy to wait." Gao Yanei hummed.
Li Qi nodded, and suddenly saw another guest arriving. He was about forty, about one meter tall, wearing a square hat and dark gray robe, with sharp edges and bronze skin, and a rogue air between his eyebrows.
, the body looks quite strong.
"Ya Nei, do you know who this person is?" Li Qi asked curiously.
Gao Yanei said proudly: "Of course I know, he is my Uncle Zhu. His name is only "唔". He was recently promoted and is now the bachelor of Zhimi Pavilion."
Li Qi narrowed his eyes and showed a strange smile. Zhu Meng, hum, finally met another traitorous minister who was one of the six thieves. By the way, it seems that the La Uprising was directed at him. He didn't expect that Fang La
Just after he died, he became an official again. Zhao Ji, Zhao Ji, you are so bad at even showing up, it seems that you are really not the material to be an emperor.
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