Chapter 1634 (1/2)
Gu Xiaowan did not dare to sit on the edge until a maid of the palace brought him the golden stool. His back was straight and his face was gentle and courteous, but he was not afraid to be arrogant, which made people praise him.
”I heard from huang'er that you roasted one yesterday...” The Empress Dowager ordered her forehead, but she couldn't tell her name for half a day. Aunt Jinyi on one side said, ”empress dowager, it's barbecue!”
”Yes, look at the memory of AI Jia. It's called barbecue.” The Empress Dowager said with a smile: ”listen to the emperor son, you burned a barbecue for him yesterday, the taste is very good, AI family also wants to eat some spicy these days, how about, you also bake for AI family?”
When the Empress Dowager's mother wants to have a barbecue, Gu Xiaowan is of course duty bound. She gets up and responds. Aunt Jinyi, who is next to the empress dowager, leads Gu Xiaowan to the pavilion.
As soon as I went there, the charcoal fire, grill, wire mesh, bamboo strips, and seasonings were all ready. It seemed that they had been used yesterday.
Seeing this, aunt Jinyi said with a smile: ”princess, this thing was sent by the emperor yesterday! It's said that the princess came to see the Empress Dowager today. It happens that these things will be sent to the empress dowager, and the princess will bake it for the Empress Dowager too! ”
Gu Xiaowan first told the maid to burn a charcoal fire, and then went to the kitchen with aunt Jinyi.
There are all kinds of things in the small kitchen, and the food inside is the freshest and the best. Gu Xiaowan first inquired about the food preferences and taboos of the Empress Dowager in her daily life, and then she began to prepare the ingredients.
One of the maids got the Royal aunt's order and immediately went to wash it. Then, according to Gu Xiaowan's instructions, she cut the ingredients into the shape that Gu Xiaowan ordered. Then she took bamboo strips and strung them one by one. After everything was ready, she went to the pavilion.
The Empress Dowager has been waiting in the pavilion, and she is talking with Duke Qi.
Seeing the people coming, the Empress Dowager sat down and said with a smile: ”just now, the emperor was talking about the taste of the barbecue last night. He wanted to eat it very much. He said he would rub it again later. Xiaowan, you should bake more! Otherwise, I can't eat enough! ”
The royal guards smile: ”empress dowager, you can rest assured, but the princess has made a lot of them. If not, there are ready-made ingredients in the small kitchen. Let the maids continue to clean up some more!”
Gu Xiaowan passed by the Empress Dowager with a smile and saw a cup of ginseng tea in her blue and white porcelain tea cup. She said, ”empress dowager, can you change a cup of tea?”
”Oh? Why? ” Seeing this, the Empress Dowager asked.
”When I go back to the empress dowager, what I want to eat later is hot food. If I drink ginseng tea again, I'm afraid it will damage the Empress Dowager's Phoenix body. Instead of a cup of Biluochun, West Lake Longjing or Mengding Ganlu Qinghuo?”
”it's advisable, you are an expert, you has the final say, come on, exchange a cup of tea for the grief!” The Empress Dowager smiles and listens to Gu Xiaowan's words. When the maids want to go down, the Empress Dowager calls again: ”the emperor will come, and make a cup for the emperor too!”
After the barbed wire fence was used yesterday, it has been brushed clean and bright. Gu Xiaowan took a handful of shredded beef and roasted it on the fire. She kept brushing oil, sprinkling salt and seasoning. The maid in waiting fanned her fan against the empress dowager, fanning away the trace of smoke and dust.