Chapter 318
The dishes on the table did not become simple because Pei Changge and Yong'an Hou had accidents one after another.
Even because Chi Po tried hard to eat more Ye Kui and had a better idea, the meal that she used alone seemed more abundant than usual. The amount of each dish was not large, but the variety was really great.
It took a lot of effort to just have the soup on her hand alone.
At first glance, it is only at least a bowl of white water vegetables. There is not even a trace of oil in the clear soup. The green leaves, white tofu, clear soup are only a few plump red wolfberry on it. But just a bite is enough to make you believe how much effort the people who make soup have spent in it.
Because Madam Jiang was left for rice by Ye Kui today, she was allowed to sit on a table. So when serving the soup, Ye Kui asked Yancao to serve a bowl for Madam Jiang.
Maybe she was afraid that she would lose her appetite after she had told some secrets when she recalled her memories. Madam Jiang rarely lost her previous politeness. She took Ru Ci spoonful of soup and put it into her mouth, but the next moment she was so shocked that she couldn't speak. After a while, she said with a little emotion: "The Chi Po next to Miss Second is such a capable person."
In fact, the ingredients used in this cup of white water vegetables are actually priced as much as a jar of Buddha jumping over the wall.
It’s just that one’s luxury is on the surface, while the other is that it’s so low-key that you can only see a few pieces of white tofu and vegetable leaves.
However, the best fresh pork ribs are used here, and finely chop them into small pieces of the same size. Then cut the ham and carefully raise them. The grass chickens transported from Qingsangzhou at the junction of the north and south are slaughtered and bleeded, and they are also cut into pieces. In addition, the best live shrimps, good bamboo shoots, fresh clams, and mushrooms are also prepared. Now it is time to eat crabs, so naturally a fresh hairy crab is added inside, and everything is too much to be thrown into the clay pot with an indescribable flavor.
Add enough water at one time, but don’t put a trace of seasoning in it, and even a piece of salt. Then simmer it over low heat for nearly two hours before it is considered good. But the things in the soup are useless at all. Use a clean bamboo sieve to remove all the things, drain them and discard them, and no debris can be left behind.
In this way, when you want to use it, put down the tofu and vegetables, and the original oil in the soup will be absorbed by these two, so the soup color will be so clear and its taste will be so unexpected.
This way of eating is extremely luxurious even in Ye Kui's opinion.
But Chi Po was willing to do it, so she stopped stopping her.
The ingredients that have lost their essence and flavor will be distributed to the people below, which is not too wasteful.
It was the first time that Madam Jiang had drunk such soup. After sighing, she didn't say anything for a long time. After a while, she sighed and finally told the story.
This story is really a bit like today's food.
One of the stories she wants to tell is also a very good at cooking.
At that time, Madam Jiang was actually just a young girl under ten years old. At that time, the person she served was the most favored Concubine Ying around the late emperor. Concubine Ying was very beautiful and had a good temperament. Even in the harem of the beautiful three thousand, it seemed so unique that it was hard to bear to look at it. The late emperor was of course no exception, and he only wanted to favor Concubine Ying on the dragon throne.
However, such Concubine Ying has never been lucky enough to conceive a dragon fetus.
Although she has the most kindness and the most rain and dew, but the concubines who are not as good as hers are still pregnant, she is the only one who is not as good as hers. In the long run, how can Concubine Ying not be afraid? Women, no matter how beautiful the appearance is, how can she be? Time is wind and sand, and the speed of eroding beauty is only in the blink of an eye. When she is old and yellow, how can her concubine, a concubine without children, dominate the heart of the late emperor?
The old people in the palace became colder in batches, and the new people were like beautiful flowers, blooming in front of her eyes, making her frightened every day.
She started asking for medical treatment and tried hard to have a child. Even if she was just a princess!
But such a thing as a turnaround did not happen at all. Not only did Ying Fei not become pregnant, she also damaged her body.
All day long, it hurts here or there.
At the earliest, when Madam Jiang, who was still young, found that Madam Ying's long black hair had become dull and every time she combed it, many hairs would fall off. She was frightened and looked at the black hair wrapped around the comb and thought that her hand was too strong, so she pulled off Madam Ying's hair. But seeing her kneeling down with a "thump", Madam Ying became stranger. After asking about the matter, Madam Ying looked at the ball of hair wrapped around the comb and widened her eyes, and said in disbelief: "Why did this fall so many..."
The hair is not torn off.
Concubine Ying combed it with her hands, and strands of black hair were still wrapped around her fingers like a jade-like onion.
She was so scared that she thought she had some serious illness, and she was even more frightened, so she invited the imperial physician.
But the imperial physician just tactfully suggested that she should cultivate herself more.
Concubine Ying's face turned black on the spot.
The imperial physician understood the meaning of the emperor, because she was too tempted. In addition, everyone in the palace knew that Concubine Ying was trying hard to have a child. The late emperor stayed in her palace for more time than any other, and she no longer cared about evenly sharing rain and dew. She was not afraid of annoying the queen and others, and she just messed with Concubine Ying every day.
After a while, Concubine Ying almost became the demon concubine who caused trouble to the country.
But soon, the originally beautiful Concubine Ying began to have a yellow face, and her hair and eyebrows gradually fell off. Soon after, she became an ugly woman. The late emperor did not come, so naturally there was no chance for the dragon fetus.
Concubine Ying was anxious and afraid, but instead put her heart on her food.
That's right, Madam Jiang remembers it very clearly. This Concubine Ying is very tempted. She loves to eat, and she eats very tricky and exquisitely.
Now that she turns grief and anger into strength, she eats more and more.
Fortunately, although the late emperor became cold to her, he would occasionally worry about going to see her once or twice. The snobbish eyes in the palace did not turn against each other directly for a while, and he was quite respectful to Concubine Ying.
The small stove is still open naturally, and the time interval for firing is getting shorter and shorter.
After only a few months, Concubine Ying died.
When Madam Jiang said the four words "One Death", she was shocked and started a cold war.
After listening for a long time, Ye Kui put down her chopsticks this time and asked in confusion: "What do you mean is that Concubine Ying who was given to death?"
She is obedient and will focus on the key points, and of course she is not wrong this time.
The meaning of Madam Jiang is indeed that Concubine Ying died on the word "eat".
"All things in the world are mutually rebellious, and of course the same is true for vegetables." Madam Jiang said with a deep emotion, "She is too heavy to be pregnant. She has never been able to conceive a dragon fetus, so I am afraid that it is also inseparable from these things."
Hearing this, Ye Kui's doubts deepened and she said in a deep voice: "How could the chef in the palace not even know which dishes are incompatible? How could he deliver them to Concubine Ying?"
It is certainly not unreasonable for her to doubt.
If those chefs didn't even know this little thing, they could still hang out in the palace. They would have long since known which mass grave they were buried in.
But Madam Jiang seemed to have expected her to ask this, and said calmly: "Miss Second Miss didn't expect it for a while. Empress Ying Concubine is so arrogant, and there are more than one or two people who are jealous of her? Is the biggest one in the palace easy to bully? Empress Ying Concubine acts like that, to put it bluntly, but it also slapped that one in the face? How could she let Empress Ying Concubine go..."
That person is naturally talking about the queen of the late emperor.
Madam Jiang came from the palace and had a nearly natural respect for those people, so even at this time, she always used Empress Ying, the word "There is such a word" to call them. But Ye Kui didn't have the leisure time. She said directly: "If there is the queen's order in it, it makes sense..."
At that time, Concubine Ying was so favored. If she died for other reasons, she would naturally be suspected to be the ones in the palace. Therefore, she would be tampered with her food, but she did not directly apply medicine to her. It would be safest.
There is no need to buy the imperial physician.
Having said this, what else Ye Kui doesn’t understand?
Madam Jiang’s meaning is that she suspected that Marquis Yong’an also got this trick.
But……
Ye Kui still said with confusion: "How did the nanny think of this? The old marquis did not have the symptoms of Concubine Ying, and Concubine Ying did not have the symptoms of vomiting blood, right?"
Madam Jiang nodded, "So I just doubted it, not sure. The old marquis did not have the symptoms of Concubine Ying back then, but his appearance always reminded me to think of Concubine Ying. When Concubine Ying was the weakest, her pulse was quite similar to that of the Marquis."
Ye Kui put down her chopsticks and raised her eyebrows without saying a word.
No matter what, as long as there is a point, she will have to check it out.
At this time, I was using deer grass.
When she was at the Ye family, Yancao was very familiar with the maids and mothers in the mansion, especially the kitchen. Now that she has arrived at the Pei family, she has not lost her ability at all.
Ye Kui called Yancao and told her carefully about the dishes that the Marquis often used.
Yancao is also smart. Of course, you can't ask the woman in charge of this kind of thing. If she asks, she will ask the person in the stove or the person in charge of taking action.
When the sun sets and Qin Sang comes back, Yancao also found out the matter.
The dishes that Yong'an Hou likes to eat and the dishes that are often prepared in the kitchen are clearly recorded on paper.
Although Madam Jiang knew a little, she was not a food doctor. After reading it, she felt a little at a loss.
Ye Kui remembered Chi Po.
Sure enough, after handing the paper to Chi Po for a while, Chi Po sneered.
Chapter completed!