Chapter 68：

After the Dragon Boat Festival, Linglong found that the princess had become very different.

When she woke up earlier than now, the princess smirked with her pillow on her own, and then suddenly rolled back and forth on the bed.

For another example, during lunch, the prince concubine ate and ate, suddenly holding her cheek in thought, her face gradually turning red.

For example, if you mention the prince, the prince's eyes will shine, and the whole person...inexplicably rippling?

When the princess smirked at the ordinary red rope on her wrist again, Linglong finally couldn't help but stepped forward, "Prince princess, have you encountered any good things?"

Tao Ti's eyes were shining, and she grinned, "Forget it!"

Linglong still wanted to ask more, so she saw the princess got up and took her out, "It's too early, let's go to the dining room, make some delicious food, and send it to His Royal Highness later."

Linglong was stunned, "Oh oh..." hurriedly followed.

In the dining room, Tao Ti strolled around slowly, and finally set his eyes on the hanging stove in the corner. This hanging stove is mostly used to prepare bacon and grilled meat for banquets.

She touched her chin, and from the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of the quacking duck in the cage, and she suddenly had an idea--

She picked a big plump duck, asked the palace person to pluck and wash the duck, cut a small opening from the duck's left bladder with a knife, take out the internal organs and wash it, and then fill the duck's belly with boiling water. , Tie the small hole with a rope. After this treatment, the duck shape is complete, white and fat, and bulging.

The kitchen chefs on the side saw this practice for the first time and whispered:

"Is the princess wanting roast duck? Didn't the roast duck just cut the duck open and skewer it with iron sticks before roasting?"

"That's right, this kind of baking method, I don't know if it can be cooked inside."

"Why do you still have water in the duck's belly? Is this water used as soup?"

Everyone was amazed when they saw the princess come over and explained softly, "Pour water into the duck's belly. For one thing, prevent the duck from losing water due to being roasted, causing the meat to change wood, and the taste is the same as chewing wax. , The hot water stretches the duck skin, it won’t become soft when roasted, but it’s thin and crunchy, and it tastes better."

Hearing this, the kitchen chefs suddenly realized that this is the truth!

One by one, she made nostalgia for the princess concubine, thank you for your doubts.

Tao Ti smiled and said politely, turned around and mixed the honey with water, and poured the honey water all over the duck while it was hot. After the first layer of honey water dries, it is poured again. After the two processes, the white and tender ducks are plated with a light golden color, and they look good.

After this is done, the oven is almost baked. The roast duck uses fruit charcoal, no smoke, and a light fruit wood aroma. When the furnace wall is illuminated by the fire, Tao Ti put the duck in. In the hanging stove.

Pointing to a palace man watching the fire by the fire, Tao Ti went to deal with the duck innards and duck blood that he took out.

The chef originally wanted to throw away these internal organs, but suddenly when he heard the princess ask for it, he was surprised, "What will the princess do for these dirty things? Isn't it used for cooking?"

Although the prince's cooking skills are very good, but these things...the poor people don’t eat meat and fish, it’s okay to cook and eat them casually, but the prince and your royal highness are both valuable and never lack meat, so why bother to eat these? ? Hey, it looks scary.

Tao Ti took the bowl of duck innards and smiled, "Ducks are full of treasures, and you can’t go wrong how to eat them. Don’t underestimate the duck offal and duck blood, whether it’s stir-frying, making stew, or making soup. Don't have a taste."

She knew that some people couldn't accept the internal organs, and didn't explain much, just said, "These are just perfect for making duck blood fan soup."

This duck blood vermicelli soup is a specialty snack in Nanjing. It is generally cooked with duck blood, duck intestines, duck liver, duck gizzards, etc. It has a light and delicious taste and is suitable for all ages. Although Tao Ti has a heavy taste, she likes this duck blood vermicelli soup. Even Qiongqi, a guy who doesn't like to eat offal, eats more than half of the bowl after a bite.

Tao Ti has already planned, a duck, roast the duck body, make duck blood vermicelli soup, duck wings, duck neck and duck feet, duck bones can also be made into salt and pepper duck racks.

She walked in an orderly manner, and the kitchen chefs secretly learned while helping.

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In the same Ming Palace, Fu Xirui also found that the prince is a little different today.

After he finishes a task, he will habitually touch the red rope on his wrist, and then move on to the next task.

Fu Xirui wondered, does this red rope have any effect in blessing the smooth government affairs?

It was too early for a new cup of tea.

When Fu Xirui was about to ask whether to go to the Princess for dinner, a notification sounded outside the door-"The Princess is here."

Fu Xirui was startled and looked at the prince, and saw that the prince put down the wolf pen in his hand, with a gentle smile between his eyebrows, and said, "Please come in soon."

Fu Xirui answered and hurried out.

Not long after, Tao Ti, dressed in a long pink skirt, walked in, followed by four little eunuchs with food boxes behind him.

"Ati, you are here." Pei Yan got up from the table, greeted her, stopped her salute, and naturally changed to holding her hand, "You don't need to be polite when you meet me in the future. "

Tao Ti still remembered the confession last night, her cheeks became hot, and she whispered, "Okay."

Pei Yanman casually glanced at the little eunuchs behind her, "Is this just coming from the dining room?"

When it comes to eating, Tao Ti's shyness fades a little, and her eyebrows bend, "Isn't it time for dinner? I went to the dining room for a round. I made roast duck today, it was delicious! "

As she spoke, she turned her head, and ordered the eunuchs to put out dinner quickly.

"Come on, Your Highness, let's go and sit down quickly."

She pulled Pei Yan to the table and sat down. On the small square table, there were two bowls of duck blood vermicelli soup, a salt and pepper duck rack, and a large slice of roast duck and side dishes.

The roast duck was roasted into a lustrous maroon red color, and the duck underneath was fresh and tender and white. Each piece of roast duck was sliced ​​evenly, like clove leaves, neatly placed on the plate. There is also a dish of soft and creamy lotus leaf cakes, one dish each of green onion shreds, cucumber strips, hawthorn strips, garlic mash, and sweet noodle sauce.

After cleaning his hands, Tao Ti first took a thin slice of lotus leaf cake and spread it on his hand, sandwiched three slices of roast duck, and put some side dishes such as green onion and cucumber strips, and finally coated some sweet flour sauce, lightly rolled, one The roast duck roll is ready.

She handed it to Pei Yan, her eyes sparkling with expectation, "His Royal Highness, you have to try the roast duck first. This one should be eaten hot to taste the best."

"This way of eating is fresh." Pei Yan took the roast duck roll, looked at it, and seemed to hesitate how to make it.

Tao Ti said, "His Royal Highness, you deliver it to your mouth vertically. Then you can taste all the ingredients at once."

As soon as it was handed to the mouth, the fresh scent that belonged to roast duck went straight into the nose. With one bite, the soft dough touches the teeth, and then the roast duck meat is burnt, crispy and oily, with the sweetness and spiciness of the green onion, the crisp and refreshing sweetness of the cucumber strips, the sweet and sour powdery waxy of the hawthorn strips, and the rich sweet noodle sauce. The salty fragrance, the whole taste is extremely rich, fragrant but not greasy, the more chewy the better the taste.

Tao Ti also made a roll here. She likes to eat meat, so in the past there were five pieces of meat in the lotus leaf cake, and a lotus leaf cake almost couldn't be rolled.

Her food is not as gentle as Pei Yan. She opened her mouth and took half of it with one bite. The cheeks were bulging, and the delicious and crispy roast duck mixed with sweet noodle sauce was full of flavor, which greatly satisfied her appetite. That kind of physical and mental happiness is really hard to describe in words.

Seeing her eating, Pei Yan shook his head and snorted, stretched out his hand and took a piece of lotus leaf cake, and rolled it up like her.

After finishing a roll, he gently placed it in front of her and said warmly, "Eat slowly."

Tao Ti said vaguely, "His Royal Highness, you also eat."

Pei Yan smiled, and after he rolled one and ate it, he put his gaze on the duck blood vermicelli soup on the other side.

I saw that duck blood vermicelli soup served in a large celadon bowl, the soup was rich and fragrant, and it was slightly milky white, the noodles were crystal clear, the duck offal was finely chopped, and the duck blood was maroon red, together with the emerald green onion and minced cilantro. , Dotted with this fragrant flavor delicacies.

"Ati, what's on this vermicelli?" Pei Yan asked with a frown.

"It's duck offal, that is, duck liver, duck intestines, duck heart, duck gizzards..." Tao Ti took a piece of duck skin with chopsticks, not burritos, and just dipped it with sweet noodle sauce and delivered it to his mouth. How to eat it, the crispness of duck skin and the fragrance of duck fat become more and more intense.

Seeing that Pei Yan hesitated without moving his chopsticks, Tao Ti raised her eyebrows, and urged a little bit evilly, "His Royal Highness, can you try it? If you don't eat duck offal, you can try the soup and vermicelli first? This soup is made of duck bones. It's simmered for half an hour, but it's delicious."

As if to prove her words, she picked up the bowl in front of her, first drank a big mouthful of soup, and then ate a big mouthful of vermicelli, and said contentedly, "Fresh! Fragrant! Beautiful!"

Pei Yan was so amused by her, with a smile between her gentle eyebrows, "Okay, I will try it too."

With this taste, his eyes moved slightly.

This soup is really mellow and delicious, the taste is gentle, but not too weak. Take another bite of the noodles, the noodles are soft and smooth, and they are full of the delicious broth. It is refreshing and refreshing when you eat it in your mouth.

As for the duck offal, his chopsticks paused for a moment, and he looked up to see that the little girl opposite had already buried her head, and was happily eating one bite after another.

Pursing his lips, he tried to pick up a duck intestine and put it into his mouth, his brows raised slightly, which was much better than he thought...

The duck intestines are cleaned, and there is no fishy smell. On the contrary, it has a strange scent of spices because it has been marinated, and it tastes crispy and chewy.

There are one or two. After tasting duck intestines, he tasted other duck offal, and they all tasted pretty good.

The servants of the palace watched the masters eat with gusto, swallowed their saliva, bowed their heads silently, and said in their hearts: If you don't look, you can't be greedy for us!

Before they knew it, the dishes on the table were almost wiped out by the two.

After eating and drinking for a while, the two of them held hands and walked outside to digest.

"We will leave for Chang'an the next day." Pei Yan said softly.

Tao Ti immediately asked, "There shouldn't be any farewell banquets this time, right?"

Pei Yan laughed lowly when she saw her look like a soldier. "It won't be anymore."

He narrowed his black eyes, his voice was low and determined, "This time we will return to Chang'an in peace..."

By then, the good show will be on the stage.