Xie Ning also ate two dishes.

The two dishes were very good, one was meat and one vegetable, and she ate very delicious. According to her, it was really unnecessary to fill a table. Although the kitchen had many ideas, even if it was just one bite, it would be a lot. But in fact, seeing so many dishes, there was no way to get a mouthful, so at most it was only a few bites.

Mrs. Lin left the palace on the 15th day and came back on the second day of the festival. Hu Rong personally helped Mrs. Lin get on the sedan chair carried by the two of them and took it to the palace gate. He watched Mrs. Lin get into the car and then came back to report.

There is no palace banquet in Zhongqiu today, but the kitchen is still not relaxed. When Hu Rong went to the kitchen, he was busy inside and outside. Although he did not hold a palace banquet this year, there were still tables in each palace and every place. It was impossible to say that there were not even a few dishes during the festival. Before Hu Rong could enter, a sharp-eyed eunuch saw him and shouted, "Eunuch Hu is here." He came up diligently, and looked at the posture and wanted to kneel down and kowtow to him to show respect.

"Why did Eunuch Hu come here in person? Send someone to say something, and I will definitely give you a good post."

Hu Rong smiled and said, "I'm afraid they won't tell you clearly what the master has assigned. Besides, I haven't come to you for a few days. I miss you the good soup and tea."

Eunuch Huang hurriedly wiped the oil and sweat from his face and came out. The sweat on his face was easy to wipe, but his body was already soaked with sweat. He didn't have time to change his clothes, so he had to come out like this.

"Eunuch Hu is here? Hurry up, serve good tea and make the good tea delivered the day before yesterday." He said to Hu Rong again: "It's better to be hot in the house than the cooler wind in the yard, so you won't let your room sit. Now, what's the empress's order? Should I add more dishes to watch the moon at night?"

The palace said that everything was done according to the rules, and this was not believed. Those who were favored like the concubine, and if they wanted to add more food, they would order them. As long as there were in the world, the kitchen would do their best to worship them. It would be good if they were not favored and the kitchen would be detained for them. If they wanted to add extra things, they would have to pay cash and say good things. On days like today, it would be difficult to get money.

"It's not what the Empress ordered." Hu Rong said with a smile: "It's the two His Highnesses' meaning. His Highness has painted mooncakes. I wonder if you can make it?"

Although it was not the errand of the imperial concubine, Hu Rong did not dare to neglect the two His Highnesses. When Eunuch Huang heard that it was His Highness’s errand, he still smiled: "It is rare that Your Highness is praised, but he just dared not say that he can do it to satisfy His Highness. Where is the pattern? I will take someone to do it myself."

Hu Rong took out a piece of paper given by the eldest prince just now, which looked like a mooncake painted by the eldest prince. Eunuch Huang was a little worried, but was afraid that his master would draw too much and couldn't make it. When he saw a heart, he immediately put it back into his stomach.

It's not difficult at all, and it doesn't take much effort to meticulously craft it, but it's really unique.

"This can be done without any effort, before dinner."

Hu Rong smiled and said, "Of course that would be the best."

After this plate of mooncakes were prepared, they were delivered in the middle of the round table.

As the sun sets, the moon appears on the gray sky. Princess Yuyao pointed at the moon and asked, "Why isn't it bright?"

The moon is not very bright now, and it looks like a piece of white paper is cut and it is lightly pasted in the sky.

The eldest prince smiled and said, "You are too anxious. The moon has just come out, so you have to wait."

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival is good, and there is not even a cloud in the sky. The eldest prince said that not long after waiting, the sky became completely dark, and only four palace lanterns were lit in the pavilion, which made the moonlight in the sky look brighter and brighter.

The big mooncake specially prepared was a regular plum blossom shape, arranged in an orderly manner on the plate. The second prince didn't like any dish, but he just liked the mooncake and refused to sit honestly. Even if the eldest prince and Princess Yuyao were coaxing each other together, he insisted on crawling on the table to catch the mooncakes.

There was no choice but to take him the petal of the "Plum Blossom".

Although it was just a piece, it also covered half of the second prince's fat face. He was a little stunned at this surprisingly large mooncake, shook his little head and looked left and right, as if he was looking for a place to mouth. After looking for a while, he finally opened his mouth and bit it.

The mouth is small and the teeth are few. The mooncake is very thick, and it is as thick as one finger. The second prince has tried his best to open his mouth, but the little teeth just scraped it over the mooncake crust and nibbled a little bit of cake residue.

The table looked at him with a smile. The second prince was not disturbed at all. He chewed his mouth happily on the left and right. He chewed his mouth and changed his place. The mooncake became bumpy and unrecognizable without much effort, and was covered with sticky saliva.

Apart from this little fat man, no one has ever eaten like this in front of the emperor.

But the emperor was not angry at all, his eyes were full of smiles, and he looked at the three children sitting by the table.

He noticed that the mooncake made by the eldest prince was made in a complete shape of plum blossoms, but after being split scattered, it became a mooncake with different fillings.

According to the number of people on the table, five people, one petal is divided into one petal, and the middle is left as the flower core.

The emperor looked at the remaining part in the middle of the plate and looked at the eldest prince again.

"This piece can only be kept today, but by this time next year, there will definitely be no remaining one."

Xie Ning also smiled.

The emperor signaled Bai Hongqi to put the plate with only one mooncake left in front of Xie Ning.

Yes, at this time next year, this mooncake will not be left. At that time, there should be a chubby doll similar to the second prince. He holds a mooncake and can't chew it hard.

Xie Ning smiled at the eldest prince.

Everyone understands who this mooncake is for, and it is definitely not that it is not that the quantity is good and one piece is made.

The promise between Eunuch Huang and Hu Rong was not an empty promise, but the mooncakes were made by him personally. Others do not understand the taste preferences of the masters as much as he did. For ordinary people, if the snacks are delicious, they must be made with more craftsmanship, sugar, oil, pickled and preserved fruits, and candied fruits. Only when they eat them will be praised and feel that they have eaten good things.

But for the most noble masters in the palace, they had eaten delicious delicacies from birth, including delicious delicacies, fat chickens and ducks, meat oil, white sugar and rose braised rice, and other things that were already greasy. Especially in such a big festival, they were even more impatient with these things.

At this time, we should pay attention to lightness. What does it mean? Yes, it is called "Lotus from clear water and natural decoration". Don't think that light things are easy to make, but in fact, the opposite is true. As long as there are good materials, you can make a plate of dim sum that looks good and tastes good, which is not worse than those dim sum shops outside the palace. But after putting aside the commonly used materials, you must make the dim sum to make it look great and satisfy the master. This is the real skill.

Eunuch Huang can be the eunuch in charge of the kitchen, and he is a person who is more refined than a monkey. This snack is not what the emperor wants, nor is it the imperial concubine, but the eldest prince wants this plate of mooncakes, so he definitely did not close the door and eat it in the house for himself, so the snack was made for the emperor and the empress. To understand this, Eunuch Huang immediately cheered up and shook his arms and used all his strength to make such a plate of mooncakes.

The mooncake has thin skin and crispy skin. The mooncake filling tastes very light and sweet, but it is not greasy at all. There is even a slight astringent like tea in the mouth, but the aftertaste is long and fruity.

Yes, it's the fruity aroma. The cake filling is a fresh fruit crushed, not the filling of jam and candied fruit that has been prepared through marinating, candied, and air-dried processes.

When Eunuch Huang did this, his apprentice felt it was too risky. It’s not that he had never made anything with fresh fruit, but this is making mooncakes, and no master has ever done it like this.

If you learn to try dishes by yourself, of course you will be able to try it anyway. Some people try to cook meat with coptis chinensis just to see if there will be any other wonderful taste.

But this is a meal for the emperor. If the emperor doesn't like it, he will blame him if he doesn't say it, but at least he will leave an impression of displeasure in his heart. What is the most important thing about being a slave? Of course, loyalty is the first priority, and being able to do it is the second. But there is another thing that everyone knows, that is the holy favor. In fact, the holy favor is the most important thing. If you are favored, everyone will hold you. If you fall out of favor, you don't need to say anything.

The emperor drank alone during dinner, and Xie Ning only drank a small glass of fruit dew. The eldest prince was like her. As for Princess Yuyao, she thought fruit dew was boring and clamored to taste the taste of the wine.

Bai Hongqi looked at the emperor with a smile.

The emperor also smiled: "Give her half a cup."

"Half cup is too little, just one cup."

Bai Hongqi obviously listened to the emperor even more, and he carried a pot to pour wine for Princess Yuyao, half a cup, no more or less.

Xie Ning glanced at the emperor, and the emperor nodded slightly to her with a smile.

But Xie Ning was still a little worried.

This wine is not yellow wine. Princess Yuyao is young, can she drink it?

Princess Yuyao took the wine up and sniffed the smell of the wine first.

Xie Ning was a little nervous.

She doesn't like the smell of alcohol very much and doesn't have much alcohol. Since she was pregnant, she has been unable to smell the smell of alcohol. Princess Yuyao is still young and has never been drunk, so how can the smell of alcohol smell good?

As a result, Princess Yuyao's little nose opened and closed, her eyes narrowed, and her expression was a little intoxicated, and she said, "It smells so good." She handed the wine glass to the eldest prince again: "Brother, do you smell it, does it smell?"

The eldest prince smelled it and shook his head and said, "Where is the smell of wine?"

Princess Yuyao handed the cup forward again: "It really smells like honey."

Xie Ning glanced at the emperor in confusion.

What wine should I prepare today? Can I still smell the scent of honey?

She couldn't help but look at the glass of wine in front of the emperor.
Chapter completed!