"The county lord said: 'The fried lotus root cake is cut into the lotus root. Put the minced meat with seasonings in the middle. Remember to add more cooking wine so that the aroma of the meat can soak the lotus root slices with the wine. Finally, it is filled with wet flour before putting it in the pot...'" The eunuch read with the bamboo slips.

"Stop!" The King of Han frowned: "What a mess."

The eunuch smiled apologized and said, "The emperor said that you should report everything in detail."

It’s really a matter of detail, and everything was recorded. In just half a month, there were half a car and twenty or thirty volumes.

Anyway, it's boring now, the King of Han leaned against the soft collapse: "Okay, read it!"

The eunuch then continued to read: "The cook asked: 'Is the private dishes in the Qinling Palace?'

The county lord replied: 'Yes, it's the private dish in my small kitchen.'"

"Okay!" The King of Han really couldn't listen. If it was all these trivial things and kitchen powder, there was no need to listen: "Pick it up, let's see it, pick the important ones for the orphans."

"Yes!" The eunuch rolled up the bamboo slips in his hand, and the two eunuchs came over to carry two large baskets of bamboo slips down.

The King of Han raised his hand: "You, let me show you."

The eunuch was stunned and looked at the bamboo slips in his hand. The reaction was quite fast, and he immediately raised his hands and handed them over with a smile.

The King of Han took the bamboo slips and opened them to see: "Did Lin Heqing bring lotus roots this time?"

The eunuch smiled and said, "Take it, bring a big jar. In order to keep it fresh, the mud from the Jiangnan pond is still stored in the jar."

The King of Han thought about it, grabbed the bamboo slips and threw them to the eunuch: "Call the Imperial Chef, try to make a copy of the orphan."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The eunuch rolled up the bamboo slips and stepped back.

At noon, the Queen and the King of Han had a meal together.

The queen picked up a piece of lotus root meat pie with chopsticks and tried it: "Well, the outside is crispy and crispy inside, the minced meat in the middle is tender and juicy, and it is indeed quite delicious. Your Majesty try it!"

After seeing the King of Han taste it, he stretched out his chopsticks again. Then the queen said, "This osmanthus glutinous rice and sugar lotus root is sweet and glutinous. Your Majesty will try it too."

After eating a piece, the King of Han put the chopsticks to the lotus root cake: "I don't like sweets."

It’s also refreshing to drink kelp soup, and the table is full of fresh things.

After eating, the four-color candied fruit was served on the table, and it was also the tribute from the Lord of Changping County. These candied fruits were not seen in the palace or the capital, and the Han King couldn't help but pick up a candied bayberry and put it in his mouth.

Seeing that the King of Han liked it, and the food was indeed good. The queen said, "I ordered someone to send it to me to try it out with my mother. The Lord of Changping is really interested."

This empress dowager is not her biological mother, but filial piety is the first priority. If you don’t like it, you still have to show it.

The King of Han spit out the bayberry kernels at the pottery dish next to him, and then pinched a peach jerky and put it in his mouth. It was sweet and sour and delicious: "Well, the queen is also interested."

The queen wanted to say something, but the eunuch next to her waved her hand slightly in secret, and her open mouth immediately closed.

After almost the meal, the King of Han stood up: "I still have a handful of tricks to see, so the queen can do it."

Just as I was about to leave, I thought of something and looked at the candied fruit on the table, but I didn't go to get it, so I continued to move forward.

"Greatly send your Majesty!" The queen saluted and watched the King of Han go out.

After walking out of the palace and getting on the chariot, the King of Han asked, "Is there any?"

Is there anything else? But the eunuch who had been serving the King of Han quickly understood what he meant: "Report to you, there is still. This time, the Lord of Changping sent Liu Heqing to send five kilograms of candied fruits to each of the four colors."

The King of Han thought for a while: "Have you given it to Mrs. Chen?"

The eunuch smiled and said, "I've given it to you, ladies and beauties. There are still about three kilograms left in all kinds of things. I'll wait for you to show me."

There are also good men, eight sons, seven sons, long and fewer ones. If you give half a portion each, or even a little less, that would be enough.

The King of Han sat on the chariot with a expressionless face: "Take half a pound of each of the empress dowager and the queen. Keep the others first, and prepare some when you review the letter alone."

It seemed that he liked to eat, and the eunuch immediately responded: "Yes!"

After observing the words and expressions, he said: "The things this time were shipped from the south, and the Lord of Changping himself sold them in the capital without any extra money. Maybe he won't make up for them later. Please tell the King of Han about the remaining lotus roots, kelp, etc."

Who told you that there are so many women, there are so many monks, and there are too few porridges, so you can get a piece of lotus root in each palace.

"I'm still asking about the orphans in such a small matter!" The King of Han was a little impatient.

"Yes, yes, it's a slave. It's not. It should be beaten, it should be beaten!" The eunuch said, but he didn't beat himself. He also said it was a trivial matter. Fortunately, the few candied fruits just now were not divided, otherwise he wouldn't know what would happen.

The King of Han took a deep breath and said slowly: "Ask the Queen, how much does it take to hold a lotus root family dinner in the palace. If it is enough, just hold it once."

"This is a good method!" The eunuch quickly flattered: "In this way, all the masters feel that His Majesty is so kind. It's a long time since you saw a few princes and princesses. The prince has grown a lot taller these days. When the servant passed by the past two days ago, he saw him reciting his letter in the yard."

The crown prince was born to the queen and the eldest son, but the King of Han liked the fourth prince born to Mrs. Chen, and did not like the eldest son of the legitimate king.

The King of Han seemed to have no disgust at this time: "Didn't the Lord of Changping comment on piano, music, calligraphy and painting at a banquet? So I would have fun with the family banquet and tell the queen to plan it well. The beginning of autumn is coming soon, will those lotus roots be enough to be put at that time?"

"Well..." The eunuch glanced at the King of Han sitting on the dragon chariot: "The slave is not a southerner, he is stupid, and he doesn't know."

This kind of thing cannot be said nonsense, it is still half a month before the beginning of autumn. If you can hold on, the lotus root will be broken, which will be a serious crime.

"Then just do whatever you want." The King of Han was impatient again: "Just before these lotus roots rot, just do it quickly."

"Yes, yes!" The eunuch responded quickly and secretly wiped the sweat. To accompany the king is like accompanying the tiger, this sentence is correct at all.

Not long after, the eunuch went to the queen to talk about the Lotus Rou family banquet in person, and told the queen about the matter on the road.

If he could say good things to the prince, the queen used her eyes to signal the palace maid next to her.

The palace maid came out with a bag of gold and presented it to the eunuch.

The eunuch looked at the purse and was deliberately surprised: "What does the queen mean?"

The queen casually pulled her sleeves: "Your Weng, don't be polite. You are also an old man in the palace. You have been by Your Majesty for a long time than me. The prince also relies on you to say a few more beautiful words in front of Your Majesty. Just accept it. Only if you accept it can I feel at ease."

When the eunuch heard this, he smiled and stretched out his hand: "Then I'll be disrespectful." The heavy, fifty taels of tucked into his sleeves.

Then he said, "I will ask someone to copy this recipe and send it to the Queen Mother. Queen Mother can try it first."

The queen nodded with a smile: "Then there will be Lao Weng."
Chapter completed!