Chapter 307

When cleaning up the body, Yan Ziyan and others were happy, especially Wang Meng.

Wang Meng laughed with joy: "Hahaha, Beiqing is a sick lion. It looks powerful, but it's actually vulnerable. There are so many batches of people, none of them are powerful. Such people, the emperor and national teachers dared not send troops in the past. It's said that there are no strong generals in the imperial court. I think we are very fierce. They can't use people. They just find some wine bags and rice bags to lead the army. It's strange that they are invincible."

Yan Ziyan didn't dare to celebrate the victory now. After all, the war was not over. If Beiqing didn't surrender, they would spend it here all the time.

At present, although they have not suffered a big defeat, they have been consuming. He is afraid that the soldiers will not be able to hold on one day.

Wang Meng said to Yan Ziyan again, "when Beiqing surrenders, Heihe village and Linglong county will be our territory. Hahaha, we will call you brother Yan as our Lord."

Yan Ziyan immediately became serious: "don't talk nonsense. We are so arrogant before the war is fought, so the court will not accommodate us."

"If they can't accommodate us, we'll do our job. If they can't accommodate us, we'll attack the capital directly, change the Dynasty and let brother Yan be the emperor!"

Yan Ziyan saw that the more he said, the more outrageous he was. He denounced, "Wang Meng, if you want to talk nonsense again, be careful that I'll punish you for the crime of lax military law."

Wang Meng gave up and dared not say any more.

……

Capital.

Xiaobaoshan was sealed off again.

It's just a right envoy. Strictly speaking, there are only five grades, and the residence has not been allocated. Qian Qi is the third grade, and his Qian family's residence is still there.

On that day, they gathered at the six kings' house. Qian Qi, Xiao Baoshan and Li Chengru all came.

As soon as Qian Qi came, he said to Xiaobao mountain, "General Xiao, are you unwilling to be granted the right envoy now?"

Xiao Baoshan smiled faintly: "this is just a way for the national master and his majesty to split you and me. Xiao never rare to be appointed as a general. He just wants to do his part. Besides, I never rare even if I don't have a job."

Qian Qiyi said, "I've seen clearly these days when I came back. Their employment is such a routine. They try their best to suppress loyal officials and let loyal officials compare and suspect each other. There's no way to work well for the imperial court. All their energy is used for intrigue, which will only make the imperial court produce more resident insects."

Everyone nodded and agreed with Qian Qi's words.

Li Chengyi looked at Xiao Baoshan and said, "the battle in the North has not been decided yet. I don't think the national master will send you out for the time being, so we'll make a good plan for how to save your wife."

But Qian Qi asked, "what about after he was rescued? What should he do? After he was rescued, Baoshan has been sealed. Can he quit his position and fly away with his wife?"

Li Chengyi said, "there is always a way, as long as Baoshan finally gives up the opportunity to be an official in the capital."

Xiao Baoshan immediately said, "Xiao has never coveted the prosperity of the capital. He is only willing to live a poor but peaceful life with my wife."

……

The sacrificial ceremony in the palace will begin soon.

This kind of thing is usually undertaken by the ritual department, but because it involves the royal family, the harem should also be responsible for some, such as the Royal dinner after sacrifice.

The queen is mainly in charge of this matter in the harem. Because this matter is very important, the Empress Dowager should also be responsible for supervision.

The queen showed the Empress Dowager the process of royal banquet early.

Of course, the Empress Dowager had no problem. She just put forward her opinions on the dishes.

"All the Royal Children and family members will attend this banquet. Who is in charge of the chef?" Asked the Empress Dowager.

The queen said, "it's the imperial chef in the palace."

"Are there enough hands?"

"It should be enough. The cattle and sheep used for sacrifice will return to the dinner table. Our imperial chef is only responsible for the later processing." Queen's road.

After listening, the Empress Dowager only said, "I'm afraid it's not enough. Well, you send orders to the ritual department. If they need people, they can find ways to transfer them. This sacrifice must not be careless about the prosperity of my future year."

"Yes!" The queen took orders and went out.

The empress is only twenty-six this year. Although she is the mother of a country, she needs to worry about everything in the harem. Many things will be questioned if she is slightly negligent. She also needs to prevent the bright knives and hidden arrows of the harem concubines. Therefore, although she is younger than the Empress Dowager, she looks even more haggard than the Empress Dowager.

After coming out of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, the Queen's heart has been unbalanced.

"Obviously, the process has been well arranged. The lamps used for the dinner are carefully selected. When you arrive at the empress dowager, you have to find faults. Isn't this a bone in the egg?"

The mother who served the Empress Dowager quickly comforted her: "don't be angry, the Empress Dowager is like that. She didn't like to be in charge when she was queen. Now she can only give instructions when she is queen Dowager. Just follow her, empress. What she says is what she says."

The queen said, "then inform the ritual department and ask them to implement the sacrificial cook again. Don't be understaffed at that time. In addition, the ingredients should also be fresh, so that the sacrificial cattle and sheep can't eat at night."

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With regard to this sacrifice, the ritual Department naturally pays close attention to it.

The sacrifice in the capital is many times more complicated than that of the Tianshan tribe. The Tianshan tribe only uses cattle and sheep, but the Royal sacrifice must have six livestock. Moreover, after the sacrifice, the royal children have to use the meat as food, so they must ensure the freshness of the food.

The Ministry of rites invited some imperial chefs in the palace early, but this is not enough. Some chefs from the minister's house have to be seconded.

Zhang Deshui, as the former chief chef of the imperial kitchen, is naturally one of the members invited.

Seeing that the sacrificial ceremony will begin in three days, all the ingredients of the ritual department are ready, but Zhang Deshui's plan has not been decided yet.

It is reasonable to say that the sacrificial ceremony is held every year, and they have long been used to the ingredients used for sacrificial rites. However, the Ministry of rites changed the Shangshu this year. It is said that the Shangshu had visited mountains and rivers and had eaten excellent roast sheep and suckling pigs before, so he had high requirements for taste.

The cattle, sheep, pigs and dogs of this sacrificial ceremony must meet his taste, otherwise they will fail.

Zhang Deshui and his companions have tried to roast seven pigs, eight sheep and nine dogs, but they just failed to pass the certificate of rites, which made the group of cooks tired.

We don't have to think about it. We also know that the newly appointed Minister of rites wants to show off in front of the emperor, so that the royal children can enjoy themselves and the ministers can enjoy themselves.

When they failed again, the cooks couldn't help crying:

"The minister only knows the taste, but he doesn't know the formula. Isn't it difficult for us?"

"It's not true. It's done every year. I don't see what the emperor has been picky about. Besides, the royal banquet is not for food, but for a show. Shangshu is too picky."

"If it goes on like this, I think we'll all fall on our heads."

"No, we can't do it. The minister also has the responsibility. I just hope he can figure it out earlier and don't bother us any more."

“……”

Zhang Deshui also complained, almost spitting in the ingredients.

But somehow, he suddenly thought of Ye Xiaoxian.

Ye Xiaoxian has studied food ingredients, and Zhang Deshui heard that she has been to a tribe. She should have roasted cattle and sheep. I don't know if she has a formula?

Zhang Deshui immediately went out of the palace and quickly returned to the National Teacher's house. Then he wanted to go to the backyard to see ye Xiaoxian.

……

Ye Xiaoxian is very boring these days. Except that she can cook occasionally, she does nothing in the house at other times. Now she even embroiders with Jin Xiaoyu.

They are embroidering mandarin ducks.

Jin Xiaohua embroidered mandarin ducks into cartoon ducks and leaves into geese.

Then you laugh at me and I laugh at you.

Smiling, listening to the old mother say that Zhang Deshui is coming and looking for leaves.

After listening, ye put down her needle and thread and went out.

She and Zhang Deshui have been exchanging cooking skills during this period. They have met many times, and the government doesn't care. After all, the national teacher also likes to eat the ingredients prepared by her.

As soon as Zhang Deshui saw that the leaves came out, he quickly gave the snacks taken out of the palace to the leaves and said, "these are palace snacks. Usually only the empress and concubines can eat them. Today I took some out. How about Mrs. Xiao's taste?"

The leaf asked suspiciously, "are you still in the palace?"

"Yes." Zhang Deshui smiled.

Leaf asked as he took the snack box given by Zhang Deshui, then opened the lid and took out a small pastry from inside to taste it.

"It tastes good." Ye asked, "how can you enter the palace? Is it easy to enter the palace?"

"Naturally, it's not easy. I haven't been in for a long time. Isn't it a sacrifice in the palace now? There's a shortage of cooks, so I'm recruited in, hehe."

"Why did you go in?" Ye Xiaoxian asked again.

Jin Xiaoyu also came out at this time. When he saw something to eat, he also came and took a piece of pastry to taste, and then sat down to listen to ye and Zhang Deshui.

Zhang Deshui said: "recruit me to make roast sheep and roast suckling pigs for sacrifice. Anyway, all six livestock have to be made. Basically, they are mainly roasted."

Jin Xiaoyu said, "Oh, it's simple. We can roast sheep made of leaves. It's the best roast sheep I've ever eaten."

"Really?" Zhang Deshui could not help his eyes shining.

"Really what? The palace let you go, not leaves." Jin Xiaoyu said.

Zhang Deshui hurriedly asked ye, "how does Mrs. Xiao make roast sheep? I'd like to refer to it, because the new book of rites is too picky and despises what we roast. I want to try Mrs. Xiao's technique."

In the past, when Zhang Deshui asked the leaf what to cook, the leaf would tell him the formula, but this time the leaf was not so refreshing.

"Well, I'll roast you a sheep first. See if the taste is OK. If I can, I'll tell you the formula."