Since it is the food prepared by the royal palace to entertain guests, especially the specially invited guests, it is natural that every effort is made in terms of color, fragrance and flavor. The most conspicuous thing placed on the long table is a golden and crispy mountain of fried food.
); fried with various salty and sweet foods, they were made into the shapes of mountains, rocks, figures, flowers and birds. Preserved fruits, honey juice, glutinous rice syrup, and cheese were used to embellish the colorful colors such as green orioles and red springs on snow tops.
Then surrounding this impressive, large-scale high-end art piece is a variety of fish-shaped, banana leaf-shaped, lotus-shaped, peach heart-shaped dishes with transparent painted flowers, birds, and branches.
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There are all kinds of cold cuts and cooked food. There are crystal meats drizzled with sweet and sour sauce, rouge dipped in sesame seeds, honey-roasted fish with prunes, five thousand shredded poultry meats mixed with sauce, and shrimps.
Fruit dumplings filled with yellow roe.
Then there are the colorful lacquer plates as exquisite snacks and snacks. There are red silk cakes arranged in various flower shapes, crispy cheese sticks, dragon crystal dumplings, osmanthus jelly, snow-top cakes, lantern cakes, seven
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Fruits, Han Palace Chess (printed cake), single-cage golden pastry, mandala cake, Jinlingzhi (fried egg ghee), gold and silver flower (crab roe and crab meat roll)... Finally, there is the ancient cake with a square foot width.
Louzi (lamb pancake)
Then, placed in the gaps between these colorful lacquer plates, there are also small cups for appetizers and digestion, and small cups of five-flower miscellaneous things. Using washed petals and green leaves as linings, there are golden chestnuts (raw fish roe mixed with garlic paste),
Sugar crab (pickled crab in fermented marinade), Guangming shrimp (drunken shrimp), bream (fish breast stuffed with flour), Qixun sauce fish (fish and mutton sauce), Chimingxiang (carved meat breasts of several colors in a bunch), Jiulianxiang ()
Waiting for a series of cold snacks.
The last circle surrounding the outermost edge of the long case is a circle of colorless (transparent) glass cups placed in smashed ice cubes. Inside are floating fresh fruits and preserved fruits of various colors, exuding a light
Air-conditioned drinks; at a glance, there are black plums, red fruits, yellow peaches, crushed pears, kumquats, bayberries, green plums, pomegranates, ringo, lychees, cherries, etc. The fruits that are in season may be rare fruits that are out of season.
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In addition, there are some names that are really not the memories of Jiang Tian's predecessor and can be recognized on the spot. However, this did not prevent him from stepping forward and taking a pair of chopsticks, a spoon and the twelve-petal lotus pattern of thin porcelain.
Just pick out the dishes as you like and taste them slowly; it's like going back to the high-end cafeteria that you went to several times during the social activities of the newly arrived expedition team.
"Supervisor, are you okay with this?" However, Linghu Xiaomu, who came as a follower and was still dressed in men's clothing, couldn't help but lightly opened her red lips and said: "After all, I was invited to come to the house for a show.
Good intentions and relationships..."
"Why is it bad?" Jiang Tian said disapprovingly: He cut off a large corner of the almost intact ancient building, and picked out a "snow-foraging" bird on Su Mountain, "I'm hungry.
Yes, the host has thoughtfully provided food and drinks. If I continue to act like a Joe, wouldn’t I be living up to my hospitality?"
"Could it be that... Supervisor, don't you have any other ideas at all?" Linghu Xiaomu said helplessly and angrily: "At any rate, Prince Guangling is also a member of the clan who has a rich net worth and a good reputation.
Characters; just as Cheng (Shi Lian) engaged in He Xin (Fairness) said, whether you want wealth and comfort, or a smooth official career,..."
"Why should I have other ideas?" Jiang Tian, who was carefully considering the dishes in front of the long table, suddenly turned around and put a trembling golden chestnut into her slightly opened red lips with quick eyes and hands;
She was silenced. "The wealth and future they talk about are just dispensable embellishments and processes to me."
"What's more, is there any future and wealth in this world that can be given away so easily without hard work and sacrifice?" Jiang Tian suddenly reached out and wiped away a few fish roes stuck to the corner of her mouth, and then continued: "
There is an old saying that goes, every gift given by fate has actually been marked with a price secretly; it all depends on whether you can afford the price."
"..." However, when Linghu Xiaomu heard this, she was suddenly at a loss for words. The next moment, she was choked by another mouthful of Qingjing cake balls due to some sudden touch and inexplicable emotion.
He stopped. He coughed repeatedly and rubbed his chest, and drank several sips of the borneol and white kofta drink with unknown taste. Only then did he regain his composure.
"It turns out that you already knew..." At this moment, Linghu Xiaomu said in a low voice full of displeasure, "Thank you for being self-righteous and wanting to..."
"What do you know? Is it the instructions from the Wu Desi behind you? Or is it a secret task given to you?" Jiang Tian interrupted her disapprovingly and said: "Isn't this expected and cleared up? Since you were born here,
How can we easily get rid of the potential constraints and fetters? But what I always like is you, little fox girl; if it were anyone else, who would love him!"
"Unexpectedly, does the officer value me so much?" However, Linghu Xiaomu couldn't help but raise her head when she heard this, and her tone contained a complicated meaning: even though she knew that what the other party said might be hypocritical remarks.
, but I couldn't help but feel a slight wave of expectation in my heart, like a fleeting dream bubble on the morning dew.
"Of course it's because, among the few people I happen to know, you are the only one who is good-looking, can do things without being a hindrance, and has a style that satisfies me," Jiang Tian replied without hesitation.
: "So, who would I rather leave you at this moment?"
"If that's the case, I really appreciate the officer's favor." Linghu Xiaomu breathed a sigh of relief for some reason after hearing this. Isn't this what she wanted at the moment? But she said calmly with a hint of disappointment: "
I hope that after I grow old and lose my beauty, the officials will allow me to leave with dignity and have the chance to live out the rest of my life..."
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Tian slapped her tight thigh without any politeness, interrupting Linghu Xiaomu's thoughts of self-pity and self-pity: "Do you think you have experienced this?
After the incident, can you escape easily, or is it possible that the future court will let you go at the risk of leaking secrets and relationships? "
"So, this concubine was dragged down a road of no return by the officer's tricks?" Linghu Xiaomu, who could not help but roll his eyes while covering the side of his leg, smiled sincerely when he heard this.
He said with an indescribable charm, "The officer is really cruel. He didn't even bother to cover up, and he exposed me so easily."
"So, just take care of the present first. Why think so far into the future?" Jiang Tian once again scooped up a chopstick of fish meal soup, fed it into her mouth and said, "This is a journey full of dangers and crises. How can those who are on it ensure that they stick to it till the end? Therefore, I can only try my best to protect your safety as much as I can."
"Of course, you are not involved too deeply now, so you still have a chance to withdraw." Then, Jiang Tian looked at Linghu Xiaomu, whose face was slightly red and whose expression was a little subtle, and continued: "At least for the moment. , I can guarantee that no one can hold you accountable for this..."
"Sir, you are so cruel!" However, Linghu Xiaomu couldn't wait to interrupt him: "Sir, after letting me see all the strange things hidden in the dark, do I still think that I can return to my body? Do you want to go into those unchanging daily routines? Since the world has changed greatly, can I escape it even if I am in Wudesi?"
"Maybe I died that day out of ignorance and full of fear. In that case, why can't I face it calmly and proactively?" However, her face became increasingly red, and she was thinking of herself. Said: "What's more, perhaps in this world, there is no safer place than beside an official."
"You are right. Since it is inevitable, then you have to face it bravely. At least there are very few people in this world who have such determination and courage." When Jiang Tian heard this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her. Some slightly changed their minds: "In this case, we might as well take a longer-term view; what do you think of Mrs. Cen in our headquarters? Even if she is old, there are many people who want to obey her and work hard to encourage her."
"..." After hearing this, Linghu Xiaomu's eyes slowly became brighter, and he immediately showed a bright smile to Jiang Tian and said: "But it was my short-sightedness and uneasiness that made the officials laugh. "
In fact, after what she had seen and heard in the past few days, especially what she had experienced in the underground areas of Xiqu Fanfang and Taixing Water City, she had already understood the fact that she could not return to the Wude Si of the past. That kind of clumsy, step-by-step boring daily life has gone away, or in other words, I have disdain for those people's methods and style.
When Jiang Tian saw this, he nodded and said to himself: "The plan works." After feeding her a little chicken soup for the soul, he also set a ready-made example and goal. The main reason is to avoid being too stimulating by what he has seen and heard these days. What kind of psychological shadows and mental problems, and even the tendency to gradually become darker due to this, although she is already a bit dark now.
However, the next moment, he saw Linghu Xiaomu taking the initiative to come closer and said in a hesitant and thin voice: "If you want to do something, sir, can you please prevent me from falling asleep..." Jiang Tian couldn't help but think, was this an active pillow date? This was really an unexpected surprise. So, he interacted with her without hesitation.
However, somewhere in the distance, on a rockery, someone was using carefully crafted binoculars/telescopes to look at the situation in the courtyard.