The tofu had just been prepared, and Yu Sheng felt that drinking wine would be a bit monotonous, so he fried up another plate of winter bamboo shoots and bacon.
He put the three dishes into the food box, carried a jar of warm Shaoxing wine and walked towards the Bayong Tower.
It was already getting dark at this time, and the setting sun left a fire in the west, igniting the last cloud. The plum blossoms in the garden only left vague shadows and faint fragrance.
The maids were lighting lamps and chattering and laughing non-stop.
Outside the city lord, the noise was louder, as if this was not the coming of night, but the beginning of a day.
When Yu Sheng entered Ba Yong Tower, the city lord had just returned from a busy trip and had not had time to take off his cloak.
"I heard that you captured the son of the Fox Demon King?" asked Miss Zhao.
"Well, give this kid a beating and get some money from the Fox Demon King." Yu Sheng said, putting down the food box in his hand.
In the past, if she had offended the Fox Demon Queen, Miss Zhao might still be worried, but now she is too lazy to care about such matters for the rest of her life. She can do whatever she wants if she has a mother.
She opened the Shaoxing wine, and the aroma of the wine made her forget about the Fox Demon King. She poured a glass for herself, filled with joy.
Yu Sheng opened the food box and found a plate of winter bamboo shoots and bacon, which went well with rice wine, a plate of tiger skin tofu, and the last plate was crab roe tofu.
The photo girl who was tasting the wine was stunned and was a little surprised by the two tofu dishes that appeared in front of her. "What are these?" She took a bite of the tiger skin tofu, which was just right for her wine.
"Tiger skin tofu." Yu Sheng sat down. The tiger skin tofu was covered in spots and bright in color, making it very tempting even to look at it.
"What is this?" Miss Zhao pointed to the tofu dish next to her. It was decorated with green and the white tofu and yellow complemented each other, which was also very tempting.
"Crab roe and tofu in a pot." As soon as Yu Sheng finished speaking, his head was patted by the girl taking the photo, "Crab roe? Okay, I'm not afraid of Lao Yu pretending to be a corpse to come and settle the score with you."
You can't eat fish, and you can't even eat crabs.
"Well, Lao Yu has already faked the corpse, so you can't blame me." Yu Sheng always felt resentful that Lao Yu kept him in the dark.
"Besides, this is not crab roe." Yu Sheng pointed to the crab roe tofu, "I replaced the crab roe in it with salted duck egg yolk."
In the past life, crab roe was no longer used in this dish, but it can be easily replaced in this life.
Miss Zhao took a bite with a spoon and felt that the crab roe tofu was just right with rice.
The fresh and tender taste is intertwined with the rice grains, wrapping the tongue gently and making it irresistible.
The salted duck egg yolk in this dish is stir-fried by Yu Sheng with scallion oil over low heat, and then cooked with the tofu in a casserole with stock, allowing the tofu to take in the aroma of the salted duck egg yolk.
Miss Zhao loves wine, but she only remembered to drink after tasting it for a few mouthfuls with rice, which shows how delicious this crab roe tofu goes with rice.
Miss Zhao was busy wandering between the wine and the meal, looking at each other in silence for a while. She didn't stop until it was completely dark and the gongs and drums were noisy outside.
After finishing the meal and rinsing her mouth, the maid presented a robe to the girl and asked Yu Sheng to put it on, "Today is your official appearance in front of the people, so you must wear a more formal robe."
This is a white robe, with golden silk threads embroidering two miniature golden five-clawed golden dragons on the left and right on the chest, and the belt around the waist is a majestic dragon head.
Although it is so gorgeous, it looks very awkward when Yu Sheng wears it. It's not that it doesn't fit, but it's too ostentatious.
"I'm used to keeping a low profile, but I'm really uncomfortable wearing this outfit all of a sudden." Yu Sheng touched his shoulders, and there were golden threads on both sides of his shoulders.
"You have to learn to keep a high profile from now on, otherwise others will think you are not your mother's son." Zhao girl said.
The King of the East Wilderness likes to be in the limelight. When walking in the wilderness, she is like a crab. She is domineering and lawless. She is deeply afraid that others will not know that she is the King of the East Wasteland.
"A high profile can easily make others jealous," Yu Sheng said.
"At first, there were many people who were jealous of your mother, and the giants of the Eastern Wasteland were the first to bear the brunt. Now you look at the Eastern Wasteland?" Miss Zhao said, "Your mother's name was born out of her."
After everything was ready, Aunt Wang walked in and said that the lantern festival was about to begin.
Miss Zhao and Yu Sheng, accompanied by the maid, left the city lord's palace. Yu Sheng saw a dense crowd of people standing opposite the city lord's palace.
They carried various lanterns in their hands, some from animals, some from monsters, and some from myths and legends, decorating the square in front of the city lord's gate.
The Jin Yiwei almost came out in full force, holding hands to stop the people to prevent them from flooding the road left in front of the city lord's gate.
The commander of the Jin Yiwei led the three governors to stand on the steps in front of the city lord's door, with eyes like torches, scanning the field at all times to prevent any mishaps.
The scene was noisy until Yu Sheng and Miss Zhao stepped out of the city lord's mansion. The world suddenly became quiet, and then the sound of mountains and tsunamis erupted, shouting "Long live the city lord".
Yu Sheng was stunned for a moment, feeling at a loss at first, but when he was pulled by the girl Zhao to the front of the steps, his blood began to boil.
This is the first time in my past life, this life, and the rest of my life that I have been the focus of so many people.
In the roar of the mountains, the procession of traveling lanterns walked through the streets in the south accompanied by the sound of gongs, drums and various musical instruments. At the front were people from the Chu family.
Yu Sheng saw two brothers, Chu Ci and Chu Sheng, riding on horseback. Several fire crows came to life and circled around them, which was very exciting.
During the day, I heard Chu Sheng say that this was a lamp that the Chu family hired a wandering Taoist priest to make using magic at a high price.
Behind the two people was a servant holding some lamps, including water horses, two-headed birds, seals, etc. Some of the lamps also had magic spells on them, making some clever moves.
When the Chu brothers came to the city lord's gate, they didn't stop before and after. They just bowed their hands towards the city lord and then headed north. After reaching the north city wall, they turned west and walked around the west city before heading to the south city.
They are almost going to transform all the arteries of Yangzhou City. Yangzhou will be a city that never sleeps tonight.
The Chu family was followed by the Zhuang family. Zhuang Zisheng was riding on a horse holding a flagpole. What was supported on the pole was not a flag, but a picture of a hundred birds facing the phoenix.
The phoenixes and birds in the painting fly out from time to time and emit various crisp bird calls. These birds themselves are lights, which is breathtaking.
When approaching the city lord's palace, Zhuang Zisheng shook the flagpole, and suddenly the whole picture of birds facing the phoenix came to life. The phoenix emerged from the painting, and its body and feathers glowed with colorful lights.
Behind him were hundreds of birds, with different lights. They followed the wind bird to the city lord, circled around the city lord and then returned to the painting.
Yu Sheng also tried to touch the phoenix bird, but he only touched the feathers, as if they were real.
The people who were watching saw this and couldn't help but let out a sound of exclamation.
"Where did Zhuang Zisheng get this picture?" Yu Sheng asked dumbfounded. Compared with this lamp, Yu Sheng felt that the lamp made by the old man was weak.
"This is a painting that the dealer paid a high price for." At some point, Yu Shiyu stood next to Yu Sheng holding a white cat.
Yu Sheng pouted, no wonder the banker dared to make a bet with the Zhou family. It turned out that he hired a painting fairy at an unknown price. Now Zhou Jiufeng fell into it.
No wonder Chu Sheng and Zhou Dafu said during the day that the outcome of the lantern festival was decided, but it turned out to be here.