The empress leaned on the couch with a wine glass in one hand and watched as Ren Baqian went in and out busily. The Ting Ting cub that Ren Baqian had just bought was beside her with a wine pot on its head and claws. It looked pitiful and kept looking around with its round eyes.
At this moment, Ren Baqian not only brought over all the pots and pans from the imperial kitchen, but also beef, mutton, two fish, and some fruits.
The empress didn't like to eat fish. Firstly, it didn't spit out bones. Secondly, she preferred to eat meat in big mouthfuls.
However, Ren Baqian loved to eat and would always make braised fish every three to five days. Nowadays, the imperial kitchen was pretty good at making it.
According to Ren Baqian, it could be compared to a five-star chef.
After all, the chefs in the imperial kitchen were originally talented in cooking. Their techniques and control of heat were also good. After Ren Baqian's guidance, they improved extremely quickly.
Ren Baqian placed a chopping board on the stool, placed some beef on it, and cut it into slices. He then turned to the empress and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know how to chop the stuffing?"
"Me?" The empress pointed at herself and found it funny. Chop the stuffing?
"Your Majesty's delicate hands can't be touched by cooking oil, but it's fun to do it occasionally. Let's eat dumplings tonight! "Ren Baqian wiped his hands with a piece of cloth.
"Or do you prefer to chop the stuffing or knead the dumplings?"
The empress thought about it and actually didn't like either. However, seeing that he was in high spirits, she didn't want to dampen his spirits. She slowly walked over and took the kitchen knife from Ren Baqian's hands. The hall was filled with a series of sounds of the knife chopping on the chopping board. Those sounds seemed to be connected together, and there was no gap in the empress's knife.
Ren Baqian looked at it and exclaimed, "Your Majesty's knife technique is impenetrable. Even light can't shine through, let alone water."
Thirty seconds later, the empress stuffed the knife into Ren Baqian's hands and saw that the chopping board was full of meat stuffing.
Ren Baqian looked at the chopping board for a moment and couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, this chopping board seems to be an inch thinner."
"It's just a chopping board!" The empress disagreed.
"That means that you have mixed the top layer of the chopping board with the sawdust and mixed it with the beef." Ren Baqian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Now we don't even need to add vegetables."
The empress stopped in her tracks and looked around. Then, as if she hadn't heard anything, she leaned on the couch and closed her eyes to rest.
Ren Baqian saw that even the empress had learned how to play dead. It was better for him to do it himself. Sure enough, the empress wasn't suitable for normal people.
He asked someone to bring another chopping board and minced the meat again. When it was time to wrap the dumplings, he asked, "Your Majesty, do you not want to try making dumplings?"
"I'm not trying. I want meat fillings. Only meat!" The empress picked up the wine pot from the head of the cub Ting Ting, poured a cup of wine, and placed the wine pot on its head. The cub Ting Ting stood there obediently and didn't dare to move. Its expression became even more aggrieved.
I'm not a wine pot rack!
"Are you sure it's edible?" Ren Baqian squinted at her.
"I have the final say!" the empress said as she glanced at him.
After working for four hours, Ren Baqian's whole body was covered with white flour. The empress curled up on the couch and watched as he busied himself. She wasn't in a hurry, and the corners of her mouth curled up from time to time.
She quite liked this kind of scene.
After a long time, Ren Baqian came up with more than ten plates of dumplings.
"Do they look different?" the empress asked. The color of the fillings inside the dumpling skin wasn't quite the same.
"This is the pure meat dumpling that Your Majesty wanted. There's no vegetables at all." Ren Baqian pushed half of the dumplings in front of the empress.
There were still six or seven plates left in front of Ren Baqian.
The two of them sat on the table facing each other. The Ting Ting Ting was finally freed, but it didn't dare to run away. It stood obediently at the side and looked at Ren Baqian with an expression that looked like it was waiting to be rescued from the abyss of suffering.
Two ounces of sorghum wine were poured into the dumplings, and the faint smell of dumplings mixed with the smell of wine.
"Dayao doesn't seem to say Happy New Year?" Ren Baqian asked.
"No."
"Happy New Year then!" Ren Baqian chuckled.
The empress glanced at him and wanted to say, "Happy New Year," but didn't say it out loud.
She lowered her head and ate three dumplings. She started to frown. Dumplings tasted good, and meat tasted good as well. However, pure meat dumplings didn't taste good … It was too greasy.
She immediately pushed half of the plate in front of her over and said, "Eat it."
Ren Baqian smiled slyly.
He had suffered this before.
"What's inside? Pineapple? "The empress ate one of Ren Baqian's dumplings. Her eyes widened, and her face was full of vigor.
"Yes, pineapple, green mist grass, and stone fish!" Ren Baqian gave his creativity a thumbs up.
"This is passion fruit and barbed turtle meat, and this is granny clam cloves …"
Ren Baqian pointed at a few plates and explained to the empress excitedly. He felt that with his craftsmanship and creativity, he would at least be able to get a place in a cooking competition. The combination of the sweetness of the fruit and the freshness of the fish and ghost meat had a strange appeal.
Although the taste was a little strange, one would get used to it after eating it once.
The empress tasted every dish, silently took back her own plate, and pushed all of Ren Baqian's plates back.
Fortunately, there were fruits at the side. She ate two dumplings and two fruits, so she could barely eat them.
After eating the dumplings with difficulty, Ren Baqian dragged the empress out to release the Kongming lanterns.
There were 666 Kongming lanterns, which were half the size of a human, placed everywhere in the courtyard.
"Can this fly to the sky?" The empress was a little doubtful. These lanterns were made of bamboo strips and covered with a layer of white cloth. Apart from this, there was only a small oil lamp underneath.
"Naturally. Do you have any wishes, Your Majesty? Write it on it and it will be brought to the place closest to the sky. Perhaps, it will come true, "Ren Baqian asked as he took a stack of cloth, paper, and pen.
"Whatever I want to do, I can naturally do it. If I can't do it, it's useless to write it on it. You might as well send Li Fu to the sky so that he doesn't have to worry about it every day. "
"Even if I write 'The country is prosperous and the people are at peace' is fine! It's always a wish. "Ren Baqian laughed.
The empress thought for a while and really wrote the words "The country is prosperous and the people are at peace" on the cloth that Ren Baqian prepared. Then, she got someone to tie it under the Kongming lanterns.
Ren Baqian also wrote "The five grains are abundant."
The empress thought for a while and wrote "The weather is favorable."
Ren Baqian: "The fate of the nation is prosperous."
Empress: "The power of the nation is strong."
Ren Baqian: "The union of a hundred years."
The empress looked at him and thought for a long time. Finally, she wrote the words, "I miss you very much."
Ren Baqian then picked up a pen and wrote "Give birth to a son soon!"
Blood rushed to the empress's face. She kicked Ren Baqian's leg and flew out in a circle.
After a long time, Ren Baqian limped back and ordered someone to light the Kongming lanterns.
As the Kongming lanterns gradually rose into the sky, hundreds of lanterns of different heights slowly rose into the sky like a stairway to heaven. It was extremely beautiful in the night like a beautiful painting.
In the background was an endless galaxy that complemented each other!
"Won't it fall?" The empress suddenly thought. If the oil lamps fell, it would probably cause a fire.
"Your Majesty, even if it falls from the sky, the oil will be blown away. Naturally, nothing will happen.
The empress felt relieved and relaxed as she looked up at the beautiful scenery in the sky.
As the night wind blew, the Kongming lanterns began to slowly float toward the south of the city.
The lanterns in the night sky were naturally seen by countless people. Many places started to become noisy, and some people even came out of their rooms to look up at the night sky after hearing the news.
Just like the fireworks last time, this time, it was also a breathtaking scene.
"It floated out of the palace. It must be Yagui's doing." Tong Lan stood in the courtyard and pouted, but still admitted, "It's beautiful, but I don't know how he did it. I'll learn from him later."
"What a clever idea!" Tong Zhenye said from the courtyard.
In House Yunyan, many girls leaned against the window and looked at the sky outside enviously. Many of them thought how good it would be if they were the lanterns and could fly freely.
In an inn.
"Zhuo Hua, come out and take a look." A young man kicked open Zhuo Hua's door.
"Bear Cub, don't you know how to knock?" Zhuo Hua scolded.
"So pretentious!" The young man said in disdain. He then grabbed Zhuo Hua's hand and ran into the courtyard, pointing to the sky and saying, "Look!"
"So beautiful!" Zhuo Hua looked at the scene in the sky and her eyes immediately sparkled.
"I heard that there were fireworks during Her Majesty's birthday celebration. It's a pity that I didn't get to see it," the young man said with some regret.
In Jing Street, Li Fu reclined on the roof and looked at the scene in the sky. He left the wine glass on the roof and disappeared in a flash. After a while, he appeared in the sky and grabbed a Kongming lantern at the bottom. After seeing the structure, he revealed a contemplative look.
In the Qin Residence, Qin Chuan said loudly, "Bring me my bow. I want to see what it is."
"Father, it flew out of the palace." A young man who looked similar to Qin Chuan reminded him.
Qin Chuan looked at the Kongming lantern in the sky and was very curious. After thinking about it, at most, he would be kicked by Her Majesty, so he said boldly, "It's okay, just bring me the bow."
Not long after, Qin Chuan pulled the bow and arrow. With a sound of the bowstring, a lantern was instantly extinguished, and the Kongming lantern also fell.
"Sir, I picked it up. There are words on it." After a while, two servants rushed back with the Kongming lantern.
"What's written?"
"The two of us are illiterate!" The two guards looked aggrieved.
"Useless." Qin Chuan took the cloth and saw the words "Have a son soon" written on it. Qin Chuan's expression immediately became interesting.
This thing that flew out of the palace had these words on it. He didn't dare to think about it.
"Father, what's written?" The young man from before came over to take a look and couldn't react for a long time. Then, he said, "I don't know anything."
Qin Chuan immediately scolded, "Nonsense, I just found out."
After thinking about it, it was better not to let others know about this. Otherwise, Her Majesty would fly into a rage out of humiliation.
The next day, in the Shi Residence, Shi Qing was surprised. "What? Have a son soon? Her Majesty and Ren Baqian … Sir Qin, is this true? "
"Why would I lie to you?" Qin Chuan's face was immediately filled with "You actually suspect me? Why do you suspect me? " When have I ever lied?
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