The Queen Doesn't Want to Die
12. Is There a New Chef?
Pei Zhang Xi returned to his residence in a state of anger. Along the way he cursed Lu Jing Yu who had dragged him far down. During a routine meeting, almost all the princes looked down on him. If the prime minister was not there at the time, he feared the situation would be even worse.
He did not even have time to think of stopping by the restaurant for the night as usual and only realized when he was about to arrive. So when he smelled the early delicious aroma of his residence, the hunger that had not been felt became triggered and his stomach wriggled asking for contents.
"Request the kitchen section to prepare lunch for Your Majesty." Mo Han felt the same way. He ordered the welcoming eunuchs on one side.
"Good sir."
In the kitchen, busyness occurs once they get a message to serve food. During this time Pei Zhang Xi rarely ate lunch at home. He usually eats at the Yunguang Bureau every day.
"What are we going to cook?" One of the chefs asked the head chef.
"Yes sir. The food that the Empress cooked we had already finished. And only these ingredients are left."
The head chef looked at the pile of ingredients on the table. It was only a little because the materials were not prepared much earlier because Pei Zhang Xi did not usually eat lunch at the residence.
"No need to be nervous. We can cook with these ingredients. You, cook the meat. Your Majesty likes your boiled meat the most." The appointed chef immediately turned around to do his job.
"You made mutton soup just like the Empress cooked. You remember how to make it, right?" the head chef raised his eyebrows asking the other chef. The youngest chefs are ushered in by the three of them but learn the fastest.
"I'm not sure. But I'll try my best."
"Good." The head chef waved his hand. He ordered them to move quickly. Each chef has their own assistant they choose to help with their work. There were two to three beside them.
"You make cakes for dessert." Waiters in the kitchen are also chosen because they have expertise.
"Good sir."
The head chef nodded his head after seeing his men doing their work quickly. He also decided to cook a vegetable stir-fry. That was like Lu Jing Yu cooked earlier.
The head chef chose to cook the vegetable stir-fry instead of making goat soup because even though the vegetable stir-fry looked simple and easy to cook, but as he watched Lu Jing Yu cook, it was the same, he noticed that the setispnstep was done carefully and precisely. So he decided to cook it himself instead of being cooked by another chef.
"I wondered what the main kitchen had cooked. It smells so good." Mo Han glanced at Mo Ting. "Aren't you back first. You know that, right?"
"I don't know either. I was waiting in front of the residence." Mo Ting did deliver Lu Jing Yu back to the residence. But he just stuck Lu Jing Yu inside and waited outside. So he didn't know the commotion in the kitchen.
"But I already smelled that scent over an hour ago. Shouldn't the food have been delivered here. Why so long?" Both silent.
"Today I tasted really good food." Said one of the guards walking a short distance away from Mo Han and Mo Ting.
"really. Even now it seems like I can still feel it on the tip of my tongue." His friend who was walking beside him even licked his own lips. It was as if he could taste the delicious cuisine again. These two guards happened to be patrolling around the kitchen when there was a commotion in the kitchen.
Because they were worried that something was dangerous, they broke into the kitchen and found that the chefs and waiters and even some guards were scrambling for food. So they are also curious and indulge in the fun. They even help clean the fish and make a fire to burn the fish.
"You're right. Especially that fish. The fish was very tasty. If I go home later I'll cook the fish the same way." The guard did not come from the capital. But from the fishing village who came to the capital to get a job.
In the residence of King Rui, all those who worked there had their leave of absence. They get thirty days of vacation in one year. They can determine when they will request a leave of absence but should not be sudden and should confirm in advance.
Hearing the scopes of the two guards, Mo Ting and Mo Han grew even more curious as they would usually also get some of the same food as Pei Zhang Xi but they ate in spices separately.
Half an hour later the waiters from the kitchen sent food. Other than two cooked dishes like Lu Jing Yu, there were some additional dishes. But because the ingredients of the previous dishes were already widely used by Lu Jing Yu, the dishes made were only enough to be reserved for Pei Zhang Xi.
"Has not all the food been delivered?"
"Already sir. All the food is on the table." The waiter frowned. It was not usual for the people in front of him to object to the food they served. Both are not people who like to eat.
"But why don't I look at different foods? When we got back, we smelled a very delicious smell. What is that smell?"
The maid scratched the back of her neck when she found out what the two important people were looking for in the residence.
"This..this is actually a grilled fish. Made by the Empress. But we all spent all the fish and seasonings that the Empress made. So there's nothing left." The waiter replied with a smile at the feeling of the new burn the first time he felt.
Pei Zhang Xi stopped his chopsticks in mid-air after he stuffed a piece of vegetables into his mouth. Vegetable stir-fry that he usually eats is delicious. But he didn't expect it to be any better. He glanced at the head chef standing beside the table.
As he watched the stir fry on the plate, Pei Zhang Xi did see the appearance of the cuisine that was different from the usual ones. Glancing at the other dishes on the table, he saw there were other dishes with different looks again.
Pei Zhang Xi took a spoon and hesitated a little while trying goat soup inside the bowl but still tried it. Pei Zhang Xi put down his spoon after tasting it.
The head chef waiting beside him trembled. He is afraid to make mistakes. He curled back while bowing his head.
"Is there a new chef at the residence?" Ask Pei Zhang Xi.
The head chef raised his head and immediately replied. "No, Your Majesty."
"Who cooked this food?" Pei Zhang Xi pointed at the stir-fry and soup.
"Answering His Majesty. Who cooked us up."
"you guys? Why do I feel this is different?"
"That's because. because we felt the Queen's cooked dishes were delicious. So we thought we'd cook the same way and ingredients." Answer the head chef. As he saw Pei Zhang Xi frowning he hurriedly asked. "Did His Majesty not like it? Do we need to make a new one?"
"no need. You said the Empress cooked?"
"Yes Your Majesty. The Queen's cuisine is delicious. We all felt it agreed that there was no food more delicious than the Queen's cooking."
Hearing the head chef's reply, Pei Zhang Xi's sharp brows knit in dislike. Somehow he felt unacceptable that the head chef had tasted Lu Jing Yu's cooking. Which he himself had never felt.
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