"How can you beat Pei Gou if you're like this? Give me an extra hour to chop vegetables today."

Chen Zheng's voice rang in his ears, and Yan Ruomeng waved her knife with tears in her eyes.

Chen Zheng leaned on the Taishi chair and complained again.

"Tell me about you, how come you, as the crown prince's concubine, didn't even make it to the finals of the competition? If you made it to the finals, what would happen to Pei Gou? It's all right now, Tianxianglou has a dish every seven days

If you want to send it to the imperial palace, no other restaurants in the capital will be able to open it!"

Yan Ruomeng has a big head, this person thinks she is made of clay and has no spirit, or what?

"Do you think I can get first place if I enter the finals? It's not like you didn't see that Pei Yiduo was incredible that day. Even if I wanted to show off my skills, could I show off?"

"With all the fantastic ideas in your mind, you won't be able to resist. Even if your cooking skills are poor, I believe you must have some tricks up your sleeve." Chen Zheng sat up and looked at Yan Ruomeng.

These days, he has tasted many dishes created by Yan Ruomeng's whimsical ideas, which made him even more convinced that this person is the rare genius who can beat Pei Yi.

It's just a pity.

Chen Zheng let out a heavy sigh.

Yan Ruomeng stopped swinging the knife and looked back at him, "What happened again?"

"You will definitely be better than Pei Yi in cooking during the holidays, but it's a pity that it's not now, the time is too short."

Why doesn't Yan Ruomeng know the gap between herself and Pei Yi? Even recently she feels that her knife skills have improved by leaps and bounds, but it is no joke to practice hard for more than ten years.

"What are you afraid of? After losing, I will be the one to bear the consequences, not you."

On the day Chen Zheng agreed to teach her how to practice swordsmanship, he already knew about the trouble Yan Ruomeng caused with the Queen.

At the moment, she was just silent in response to her words.

The days went on like this, and soon the day came when Yan Ruomeng and Pei Yi agreed to compete.

Since this competition was held under the Queen's instruction, the only three judges were the Queen, Tang Nichang and Tang Yuchuan.

The location of the competition was set at Meitang Villa, which was named Zhuangzi by Tang Nichang. Zhuangzi was named because of the cold plum blossoms that bloom in winter and the blooming of begonias in spring.

Now in mid-August, there are only green trees standing in the village.

Tang Nishang looked at Yan Ruomeng's worried look, took her hand and walked aside and said mysteriously.

"Sister-in-law, don't worry. You will definitely win this game. Brother Huang and I will definitely vote for you. How can the vote of the mother and queen alone be compared to the two votes of Brother Huang and me?"

"Ahem." Tang Yuchuan also nodded and whispered, "I will vote for you too."

Liangyu also echoed, "It's my master, don't worry, your craftsmanship is no worse than Chef Pei."

"Then I thank you." Yan Ruomeng couldn't laugh or cry. How could they be so familiar with cheating?

The few people chatted and laughed and sent Yan Ruomeng to the main courtyard. Two stoves and ovens had been built at Tang Yuchuan's instruction.

Pei Yi and a helper he brought had also arrived here a long time ago. When they saw a few people, they bowed respectfully.

Yan Ruomeng felt uncomfortable in her heart. Today's game was obviously unfair. Even if she won, she still felt guilty.

But she couldn't see any look of disappointment on Pei Yi's face, as if he was just a cooking machine without emotions.

The Queen arrived at the main hall of the Villa early in the morning, accompanied by Aunt Chang.

Today's cooking time was also six hours, and Yan Ruomeng decided to make a surprise steak Wellington.

When the time started, she kneaded the dough on the chopping board, melted the butter, and added it.

Pei Yi smelled the rich milky smell and cast a meaningful look in Yan Ruomeng's direction.

So this is butter?

With just one glance, Pei Yi roughly knew the raw materials of this thing, but he had no intention of replicating it this time.

"Make a fire and start the pot."

Under Pei Yi's instructions, the chef skillfully lit the fire and greased the pot with oil.

Then Yan Ruomeng saw Pei Yi pouring soy sauce, water, Huadiao, pepper, scallions and other ingredients into the pot, and then used three wooden bars to set up a shelf on the pot, with a chicken hanging in the center of the shelf.

He wants to make soy sauce chicken?

Although soy sauce has only been popularized for a few months, it has been popularized due to its delicious flavor, ready-made preparation, and low price. There has even been a series of soy sauce dishes, and this soy sauce chicken is one of them.

Yan Ruomeng couldn't imagine how Pei Yi, who used to put a lot of effort into making every dish, could cook such an ordinary dish today.

Just when he was wondering, Pei Yi found another chicken. With a spin of the kitchen knife in his palm, he removed the chicken legs and the meat pieces under the wings and put them on the steamer.

Yan Ruomeng frowned slightly, what he wanted to do was not soy sauce chicken, but phoenix raising nine chicks.

Seeing this, Yan Ruomeng didn't dare to lower his head and continued making dough until the dough was made into puff pastry.

Yan Ruomengcai picked up the shiitake mushrooms, cut them into cubes, put the shiitake mushrooms into the pot, then added foie gras, onions, wine, etc. and mixed them.

For a while, the aroma of wine and the delicious taste of mushrooms filled the courtyard.

Pei Yi's face showed a trace of nervousness.

In the past, when he was cooking, it was as if he was the only one left in the world and no one could compete for a share of the glory. However, today, he actually smelled the fragrance coming from other people's pots. This feeling of being robbed of his glory made him feel

fear.

Time passed, and both of them invested their energy in it. They were all big dishes that took time, and no one dared to neglect them.

When the meal is served together, the dishes on both sides are served on their own plates.

On Pei Yi's side is a lifelike phoenix. Its nine feathers are made of nine different kinds of chickens. It combines nine colors and nine flavors into one, which is intimidating to ordinary people.

Yan Ruomeng took out the Wellington steak wrapped in puff pastry from the oven. The moment it was cut with a long knife, the bright red juice flowed out, and the aroma of mushrooms, foie gras, wine and beef merged into one, making people salivate.

The two presented the dishes into the main room together. When the queen saw the phoenix statue in Pei Yi's hand, she looked up in surprise.

Aunt Chang also understood the queen's thoughts and waved to Pei Yi with a smile.

"I wonder what kind of dish Chef Pei cooked today, but it was so exquisite."

Pei Yi put the plate down before answering quietly.

"This dish is called Feng Yu Jiu Chu. It is a long-lost recipe. It requires searching for nine dishes from all over the world to complete. The dish was only completed a month ago by Cao Min."

When she heard the name of the dish, the queen was completely overwhelmed, not to mention that this dish was made by Pei Yi. No matter the appearance or taste, the queen was naturally very good after trying it.

To Yan Ruomeng, she didn't say anything for a long time, and Tang Nichang and Tang Yuchuan both looked at Yan Ruomeng nervously.

"Mother, there are dishes from the emperor's sister-in-law, have you forgotten?" Tang Nishang was anxious and ran to Yan Ruomeng's side regardless of the occasion. She took the initiative to pick up a piece of cut steak with her chopsticks and put it in her mouth.
Chapter completed!