see you tonight princess

Chapter 18

Xia Lusi returned to Rongqiu Palace and went to the back kitchen. There are three chefs in charge of the back kitchen and a dozen or so side dish cooks in the princess's mansion. Xia Lusi is hungry and wants to ask them to make meat for her. .

When I passed the small courtyard in front of the back kitchen, I saw the handyman chopping firewood. The firewood had a special fragrance when it was split.Xia Lusi asked: "What kind of tree is this cut down and burned?"

The handyman replied: "This is lychee wood from the south. It is easy to burn and resistant to fire, with little smoke. It is a fuelwood for tribute."

When Xia Lusi heard that it was lychee wood, her eyes lit up, "Hey! You can make roast chicken!"

Just do it, Xia Lusi hurried to the kitchen and mobilized all the cooks, cooks, cooks, and husbands.She first asked people to boil spices such as wolfberry, astragalus, star anise, and bay leaves to make water.Wash the whole chicken, remove the head and claws, and marinate it in the cooking water, which can remove the fishy smell, soften the meat and add aroma.

At the same time, steam the glutinous rice in a pot until it is half-cooked, mix with some salt, then dice the pineapple, add some dried shrimps, mushrooms and bamboo shoots, and glutinous rice and mix well.

After the chicken is marinated, salt is applied inside and outside, and the glutinous rice that has been stirred in advance is stuffed into the belly of the chicken until it is bulging, and the hole in the belly of the chicken is strung with wooden sticks.Then a fire is lit with lychee wood, and the whole chicken is roasted while turning on the lychee wood.

Keep turning until the chicken skin is golden brown, or a little darker than golden.Roasted chicken baked with fruit wood, the skin is shiny, and the chicken steams and turns into white steam after being torn apart, with a tangy aroma.The chicken juice will flow out, and the taste of the juice in the mouth will blend with the aroma of the lychee fruit wood, which is a wonderful taste.

Xia Lvsi tore off a chicken leg, bit it off, the skin was crispy and tender, and the oil was shining. Not only could he taste the taste in his mouth, but he could also hear the sound of his teeth biting the crispy skin in his ears.She conveniently cut open the chicken belly on the plate, and the glutinous rice inside absorbed the oil and juice from the grilled chicken. The glutinous rice was oily, combined with the sour aroma of pineapple and the refreshingness of fungus and winter bamboo shoots, it made people's index fingers move.

The chef marveled at the side and said: "I have been cooking for so many years, and I have never thought of using the fragrance of this wood to melt into the dishes. Vegetarian dishes such as glutinous rice and winter bamboo shoots in the chicken belly are bland and not meaty, but they become the essence after cooking. The essence in it is more attractive than chicken!"

Xiao Zhuzi swallowed desperately: "My son, you have never seen or heard of the chicken recipe. The combination is very strange, but the taste is really wonderful! What kind of chicken is this?"

Xia Lu thought for a while, and smiled: "I call it Roasted Four Treasure Chicken with Fruit Wood. I used to eat it in restaurants, and I didn't know if it was real fruit wood. Now I roast it myself, and it really has a unique flavor."

Everyone laughed and praised: "Good name, it makes my mouth water when I hear it."

As for the second half of Xia Lusi's sentence, everyone didn't understand it. Anyway, Shizi is a very special person, and he often said things that everyone didn't understand, and if he didn't understand, he just ignored it.

Xia Lvsi waved his hand: "Then, let's share this chicken and eat it. I will send the rest of the chicken to the eldest princess."

After Xia Lvsi finished speaking, he took oil paper and wrapped another grilled chicken that was just baked on the lychee wood while it was hot, put it in a rattan food box, and went to the Feiyan Pavilion excitedly go.Xiaozhuzi ate a piece of meat, grabbed a mouthful of fragrant four-treasure glutinous rice, quickly wiped off the oil in his mouth, and followed Xia Lvsi.

When Xia Lusi arrived at Feiyan Pavilion, Duan Lingge and Duan Xi were sitting in front of the food table in the main hall and having lunch, and the main hall was very quiet.Xia Lusi's hasty pace slowed down, and she turned to look at Duan Lingge raptly. Duan Lingge's eating movements were elegant, calm and clean, as if what he was eating was not human fireworks, but flower liquid.

She put the food box on Duan Lingge's table, opened the oil-paper bag, held the roast chicken in front of her sweetheart, and smiled with eight white teeth: "This is the roast chicken that was just roasted, I'll bring it right away, You must like it if you try it."

Then Xia Lvsi vividly described how the roast chicken was made, how it was roasted, how the chicken legs were broken off, how the fragrance was overflowing, and how the mouth was full of oil when it was eaten.

Even if he didn't eat it, others would salivate after giving Xia Lvsi such a gaudy description.Duan Xi desperately stretched her neck to look at Duan Lingge's table. Xiao'e, Lan Mo, and a group of ladies in court were standing, and they could see clearly from a high position. , The grilled chicken that was steaming with salty aroma when it was cut was served.

Only Duan Lingge remained unmoved, maintaining a flat and quiet expression.Xia Lvsi talked to her in front of her, and she ended her meal. She put down the bowl and chopsticks, and covered her face with her sleeves and took a sip of tea.

"Huh? Don't you eat? You haven't tasted the roast chicken yet, and there's still half a bowl of rice left. You're too skinny, eat more." Xia Lvsi said.

"I'm full." Duan Lingge's voice was flat.From the tone of voice to the expression to the temperament, it is as deserted as a flower fairy who is full of morning dew.

Seeing her like this, Xia Lvsi looked carefully at the table, only to realize that Duan Lingge's lunch was too simple!A dish of boiled bean sprouts, a pot of stewed mutton, and the rest are two dishes of various pickles and two dishes of sauce and vinegar seasoning, which is all the food on the table.The serving size is for one person, and it looks almost as if it has not been touched.

Looking at Duan Xi's table again, the variety, portion, and presentation of the dishes are exactly the same as Duan Lingge's.

Xia Lusi was surprised and said, "Why are there so many dishes here? Do you only eat these two dishes?"

Although there are both meat and vegetables, the productive forces were underdeveloped in ancient times, and food storage methods were limited. The combination of meat and vegetables was considered a good food for ordinary people.But they are not ordinary people, they are not even ordinary princes and aristocrats, one is the eldest princess of Nandian Kingdom, the other is the emperor, they eat such meat and vegetable dishes for dinner, and the cooking method is also the simplest, water Boiled, stewed, it is too crude.

"I'm full. Thank you for your kindness. Just take this home." Duan Lingge said.

"How can you be full by eating these things, let alone eat well. No wonder you are so thin. You don't live in Rongqiu Palace, and it's not convenient to live here and come back and forth from Rongqiu Palace, otherwise I would think about it every day." Some delicious dishes will be cooked for you." The more Xia Lusi looked at it, the more distressed she felt.

Xiao'e looked a little nervous, Xia Fu looked the princess up and down too directly and presumptuously, and her tone of voice seemed to blame the princess, which was disrespectful.Xiao'e felt that the princess would be angry in the next second.

But unexpectedly, the princess was not angry when the son-in-law was so indifferent to the princess.She just glanced at her, and then drank her tea as usual.This princess seems to be getting more and more tempered towards the idiot son-in-law...

"Ah, sister. Well, can I eat? I'm not full yet." Duan Xi said while swallowing.

The maidservants who were waiting nearby had already come over when Xia Lvsi took out the roast chicken, and the silver needle was tested for poison, and then backed away.Duan Xi looked at the roast chicken, and wanted to wait for the eldest sister to eat it before him, but now the eldest princess said that he was full, but he was not full yet.

Before Duan Lingge could speak, Xia Lvsi said first: "Of course you can eat! A child can't get enough to eat such a meager food. This roast chicken is not enough, so I have to go to my place. Then I made a lot of dishes and didn't finish eating, so I'll go back and get some more to eat!"

"Is there really a delicacy that can be eaten? Is there no problem after you eat it every day? Seriously! Sister Si Shizi——" Duan Xi's eyes lit up.

"Giggle..." Xiao'e couldn't help giggling.

"Pfft," Xia Lusi choked on her saliva, and said to everyone, "Sister Persimmon! Is my face yellow? How do I look like a persimmon?"

He was embarrassed to call Duan Xi sister Sisi, but what does it mean to call her elder sister Persimmon? How does she look like a persimmon?

Of course, everyone could hear that Xia Lvsi was not angry, but was joking, so everyone couldn't help but chuckle because of her teasing.

"Sister...Xi'er didn't mean that." Duan Xi thought that his gaffe made a joke, so he straightened up and bowed to Duan Lingge.

"It's okay, Xi'er, please sit down." Duan Lingge raised his hand to let him sit, silently glanced at Xia Lusi's beautiful face with a funny expression, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but slightly raised a small arc.

This person's every move, every word and deed is extremely unethical, and there is nothing that can be swallowed without telling her.Isn't it like a persimmon, astringent and inedible!

After Duan Xi sat down, he still couldn't forget Xia Lusi said that she had a lot of delicious dishes there.Duan Xi then said: "If what Elder Sizi said is true, then serve up the dishes. Commander Lan will go with you and fetch them for me."

Lan Mo looked at Duan Lingge until Duan Lingge nodded slightly in agreement, and then Lan Mo bowed his hands: "I obey. Then, please take me there."

"I came here at noon, and I have to go back again. I'm thirsty." Xia Lvsi said.

Xia Lvsi said that she wanted to drink water, Duan Xi raised her hand to signal Gong'e who was standing beside her, and Gong'e immediately turned around to pour water.But Xiao'e blocked her, winked silently, and mouthed: "Slow down."

Gong'e moved a step slower, looked in the direction of the princess, and saw that she paused when she originally picked up the teacup. Seeing Xia Lusi's round eyes, Duan Lingge had no choice but to put down the teacup.She holds the wide sleeve with her left hand, and holds the teapot on the lotus tea tray with her right hand.

"I still need the beautiful cup from last time." Xia Lvsi continued to push forward and smiled.

Duan Lingge took a look at her, slightly twitched the corners of her lips, said nothing again, picked up the ice jade phoenix cup with the other hand, poured a cup of tea, and finally put it in front of Xia Lvsi.

Xiao'e sighed, alas, she knew Prince Xia would make trouble for the princess to pour her tea herself, and, my God, she wanted to use the teacup for the princess again, and again the princess didn't say anything, it was all up to her up.Perhaps there are advantages to being obsessed with being obsessed, the princess treats her in a different way.

"The color is beautiful, and the taste is also fragrant. I didn't think there was anything wrong with brewing it in a thermos before. After drinking the tea made by my wife and sister, I realized that it is so delicious." Xia Lvsi sighed with emotion.I used to be busy at work, but now I have moved to the ancient times where I live a slow life. There are really many differences.

"Come back after drinking." Duan Lingge said softly.She automatically ignored Xia Lvsi's insignificant and inappropriate titles.

"I'll take you to eat, and you'll pour me tea. It's a courtesy. Then I'm leaving." Xia Lvsi nodded with satisfaction, and smiled at Duan Lingge.

That smile was as bright as the midday sun outside the courtyard, so dazzling that Duan Lingge turned his eyes away, "Go quickly."

"Let's go." Xia Lvsi stopped procrastinating, hooked Xiao Zhuzi, stood up, took Lan Mo and Xiao Zhuzi, and walked out of Feiyan Pavilion.

After walking for a while on the palace road paved with stone bricks, Xia Lvsi gradually slowed down and looked at Xiao Zhuzi and Lan Mo who were walking behind her.Xia Lusi seemed to be inadvertent, but her eyes showed keen insight. She said to the two of them, "Tell me, why the princess's food is so simple? Is there any special reason?"?