Ji Ling reached out and picked up a piece and put it into his mouth.
The mooncake is very small, with a thin layer of crispy pastry on the outside. It tastes different from ordinary mooncakes. The inside is filled with roses, magnolia, chrysanthemums, rock sugar, white sugar, sesame seeds, peanuts, walnut kernels, jujube paste, and pork.
Oil.
It has one layer of flower filling and one layer of layer. It is sweet and delicious. It tastes a bit like the flower cake she had when she traveled to Yunnan before she traveled through time.
It's just that the flower cake is thinner, and this moon cake uses more flour, so it tastes more chewy and chewy.
Ji Ling quite liked the taste and ate two whole pieces in one go.
The crumbs of the cake fell all over the plate until it was too much to eat.
She took the hand towel handed over by Qixi and wiped the corner of her mouth before saying: "Xiao Dazi, you made these mooncakes well. The flowers are filled with flowers. They are elegant and refreshing. If the emperor comes again in the next few days, you can also make them well."
Now, bring it to the emperor for a taste!"
Xiao Dazi's eyes were shining.
His face was flushed, but he just stammered: "Master, how can the slave's craftsmanship... be able to enter the mouth of Lord Long Live!"
Ji Ling smiled and said, "Why not? The mooncakes in the palace follow the old rules, but what you make is a different kind of natural taste. It may not be inferior to others."
Xiao Dazi grinned and agreed loudly.
The first day of August is here in a blink of an eye.
Early that morning, someone came from Yangxin Palace to inform Jingyang Palace that the emperor would come over in the evening.
So Xiao Dazi worked hard in the dining room for a day.
When Yin sat in the front hall at night, he not only brought out flower mooncakes, but also made tea mooncakes. The two colors were put together on a plate. They were both elegant and picturesque colors, which looked quite poetic.
Ji Ling pulled Yin's sleeves to the table, raised his hand to press his shoulders, and asked him to sit down. He just smiled and said: "Before dinner, please ask the emperor for some innovative snacks!"
Yin had never cared about eating, but when the two-color mooncakes were brought up and placed on the aqua-colored lotus leaf-shaped tray, he couldn't help but take another look.
Reaching out for a piece of rose mooncake, Yin chewed it slowly for a few times, smiled and said: "Not bad." Then he put it on the plate.
On the other hand, he finished eating one piece of the tea moon cake and picked up another piece again. He felt that the fragrance was lingering on his lips and teeth, and he had endless aftertaste.
The ancients had the custom of enjoying moon cakes and tea together when admiring the moon. Tea can remove greasiness and eliminate cellulite, which can offset the overly sweet taste of moon cakes.
This green tea mooncake cleverly combines the two, with the freshness and elegance of green tea integrated into the dough.
After using the pastries, the dining room brought a large pot of flavored ebony juice. The sour and sweet taste of ebony spreads on the tip of the tongue, leaving a light and elegant fragrance on the lips and teeth, giving it a unique flavor.
Yin asked Su Peisheng to write down this two-color mooncake.
"This is a clever idea. Or was it made by the servant in your dining room? What is it called...?" Yin asked Ji Ling.
It's rare for him to comment on meals.
This time even Ji Ling was surprised.
She smiled and said: "My name is Xiao Dazi. That kid is down-to-earth and can endure hardships. He is also good at craftsmanship. We can't live without him in this dining room!"
She turned around and told Bixue: "Your Majesty has already called your name. Go and call Xiao Dazi to thank you!"
Not long after, Xiao Dazi ran over and knelt down at the door in fear.
Yin only glanced at it and said: "This slave looks so good. I think of Lingling. When you were still sick, this slave was the one who served you."
He paused, looked at Xiao Dazi up and down, and said: ""This flower cake... do you know where this flower cake is a specialty?"
Xiao Dazi said: "Back to the emperor, I know that this is Yunnan's unique flower cake."
Yin nodded and said, "How do you know?"
Seeing the emperor's friendly face, Xiao Dazi calmed down and said: "The slave's ancestral home is Pute Village, Yunnan. When he was a child, his family was poor. He was half-coaxed and half-deceived by human traffickers and moved to the capital. Later, he escaped by chance, but it was so far away that he could not return home.
In order to survive, the slave entered the palace and became a eunuch. It is also the slave who is lucky to meet such a good master as Ji Guiren."
He paused and said: "This flower moon cake is made by the servant's mother, who once worked as a helper in the kitchen of a wealthy family. The servant was still young at that time and had no one to look after her, so the servant secretly watched the cook and learned it."
He boldly said a lot of things for a while. When he came to his senses, he saw Su Peisheng standing behind the emperor, his eyelids drooped, looking at him sideways and winking.
Xiao Dazi suddenly stopped talking.
Yin Wen said: "You just said that your ancestral home is Pute Village?"
Xiao Dazi Nuonuo said authentically: "If I go back to the emperor, my ancestral home is indeed Pute Village, Yunnan."
Yin smiled and said: "That village is very famous in the local area. I know that it belongs to Maitreya County."
Xiao Dazi immediately raised his head in surprise and said instinctively: "Your Majesty is absolutely right! My childhood home was in Maitreya County!"
Yin nodded and said slowly: "Wang Cheng'en, the eunuch who was beside Emperor Chongzhen of the former Ming Dynasty, is buried in Pute Village."
Xiao Dazi's smile froze on his face. He slowly lowered his body and put his forehead on the ground, not daring to say a word.
Yin held the tea cup, turned to look at Ji Ling, with a hint of emotion in his voice, raised his finger and pointed: "Lingling, don't think Wang Cheng'en is just a eunuch, he can't write in writing, or mount a horse in martial arts.
But it was he who accompanied Emperor Chongzhen to die for his country, and was so loyal and unyielding! When the late emperor was still alive, he also built a stele and a biography in his honor near Siling."
He was talking leisurely, then turned his eyes to Xiao Dazi and said: "Although you are just a kitchen eunuch, you are also very loyal to your master. You can be attentive and dedicated in small things, and you are a person who does not compete or snatch.
I can see your temperament."
He paused and said calmly: "From this month on, I will designate you as the deputy chief of the eighth rank, and you will still stay in the east courtyard."
An eighth-grade eunuch who earns four taels of silver, four hu of rice, and seven hundred pieces of public money per month?
Xiao Dazi was stunned for a moment.
After Ji Ling came to his senses, he urged him in a low voice: "Xiao Dazi, please thank me!"
Xiao Dazi turned his eyes and looked at his noble master. His nose felt sore and tears flowed down his face.
Xiao Dazi leaned down and kowtowed five or six times, holding back his tears and said: "My slave... I thank you, Your Majesty! I thank you, Your Majesty! I thank you, my slave!"
Yin put down the tea cup, looked around at everyone, and said slowly: "You guys, you must serve the nobles with your heart. You must think of the nobles in all things, and serve the nobles well so that the nobles can be happy and happy!"
Qixi, Bixue, Evian, Xiaofenzi, etc. all knelt down and responded in unison.
Ji Ling looked at it, stood up, hesitated for a moment, and then knelt down and said: "My concubine thanks the emperor for his kindness on behalf of Xiao Dazi!"
Yin turned to look at her, stretched out his hand to pull her in front of him, smiled and patted the back of her hand. He didn't say anything, but turned around and ordered his servants to prepare the meal formally.
While the meal was being prepared, he was in a good mood, so he took Ji Ling to the yard to enjoy the flowers.
