"This is a pot. You can learn from me later and I will get you some food. Come and taste how it tastes."
Concubine Li suddenly became curious about the ingredients that Luo Lan brought. She hurriedly ordered someone to bring the table and asked Luo Lan to put the ingredients on the table. She also brought a chair, and she sat next to Luo Lan and watched. Watch her busy there.
It turned out that Luo Lan thought about it all night. When the emperor drank Concubine Li's soup, he must have drank all the soups she could think of, and the taste would become very weird. She didn't think the soup she made could taste better than Concubine Li's. , if Concubine Li is not allowed to show some unique skills at this time, how can she interest the emperor?
Then, she thought of her favorite dish in her previous life - hot pot.
No one has ever eaten this thing in ancient times. She specially ordered someone to make this copper pot a few days ago. She originally planned to give the children a surprise during the Mid-Autumn Festival and treat them to a hot pot meal, but now she encountered this , we have to ask the children to wait and get this copper pot to deal with the emergency.
She quickly lit the charcoal, put it under the copper pot, filled the copper pot with water, and put in the pot ingredients she had prepared in advance, and then sat opposite Concubine Li, waiting for the water in the pot. boil.
Seeing that she was finally free, Concubine Li couldn't help but ask:
"What the hell is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"
A Cai replied proudly:
"Not to mention that Concubine Li Guifei has never seen this thing, I'm afraid no one in the entire Daning Kingdom has seen it. When our princess took out this drawing and sent it to the blacksmith shop, the blacksmith didn't dare to take the job."
Luo Lan looked at A Cai's eloquent introduction and said with a helpless smile:
"Acai, this girl has a quick mouth."
A Cai stuck out her tongue and lowered her head, not daring to talk nonsense anymore.
Luo Lan then continued:
"This thing is called hot pot. After the water boils, the meat and vegetables can be cooked directly in it. After cooking, eat it with this sesame sauce. The taste..."
Speaking of this, she almost drooled.
She hasn't had hot pot for a long time. To be more precise, she hasn't had hot pot since she traveled here.
Concubine Li was full of curiosity about this strange-looking thing. She was used to eating big fish and meat, so she couldn't wait to taste what this thing tasted like.
After a while, the water in the copper pot began to boil. Luo Lan quickly put the meat into the pot...
"Mom, this meat will be ready in a while. Do you like it lightly? I'll mix some dipping sauce for you."
Concubine Li looked at her with some confusion, "Anything will do."
She didn't know what flavor she should want.
After a while, watching the meat change color, Luo Lan picked up a piece and put it in Concubine Li's bowl.
"How does it taste when you dip it in the ingredients in your bowl?"
Looking at the plain piece of meat, Concubine Li frowned, dipping it in the sesame sauce in the bowl, and carefully put it into her mouth as if she was afraid of being frightened.
Luo Lan, A Cai and A Hong looked at her, waiting for her to tell what this thing tasted like.
Concubine Li opened her eyes wide and chewed slowly, ignoring Luo Lan's questions.
After a while, she finally nodded and replied:
"This... is so delicious. It's spicy. I have liked spicy food since I was a child. Unfortunately, there are less spicy dishes after entering the palace. Princess Yu, this meat is so delicious. I still want to eat it."
Hearing what she said, Luo Lan smiled happily. She pointed at the pot and explained:
"You pick it up yourself, put it in a bowl, and eat it directly after dipping it in the sauce, so that you can enjoy the freshest taste."
Li Guifei doubtfully put her chopsticks into the pot, fearing that the steaming pot would burn her hands, so she carefully picked out a piece of meat...
"Princess Yu, you should eat too. This food is so delicious. I haven't eaten so much in a long time."
The girl next to her saw how happy she was eating and said excitedly:
"The empress has not eaten well for several days, and she has not smiled for several days. The slaves are worried about her health. This time, thanks to Princess Yu."
Luo Lan didn't pay attention to the compliments of the palace maids, but because she hadn't eaten hot pot for a long time, she had no antibodies to the aroma emanating from the hot pot. She ignored her image and ate happily with Concubine Li...
There was a new kind of delicious food in Furong Palace. This news reached the emperor's ears in the afternoon.
Of course, this news was brought to the emperor by Liu Xi, who also tried his best to persuade the emperor to visit Furong Palace.
The emperor has had no appetite since his last illness, except for the soup made by Concubine Li.
Now he knew from Liu Xi's mouth that the fragrance from Furong Palace could make people faint, so he couldn't wait to take Liu Xi to Furong Palace.
Naturally, Liu Xi couldn't help but followed the emperor. If he wanted the emperor to give up Concubine Li's addictive soup, he had to make the emperor like other foods.
Concubine Li never dreamed that the hot pot that Concubine Yu taught her could really attract the emperor.
When she learned the news about the emperor's arrival from the palace maid, she burst into tears of joy.
But she thought of what Luo Lan said to her before leaving: dress up well and be a refined-looking woman. When the emperor comes, just cook him hot pot and don't rush to find him in your bed. Remember Stay, keep the emperor's stomach, and you can get the emperor's heart. Don't be impatient.
Thinking of this, she immediately calmed down her emotions, arranged her hair again, then stood up and walked forward slowly.
As soon as the emperor entered the door of Furong Palace, he became interested in the residual fragrance of the hot pot. He smelled it with his nose, turned around and said to Liu Xi:
"Liu Xi, do you smell something?"
"I smell it, the fragrance, a fragrance I've never had before."
"Well, I smelled it too. Go and ask Concubine Li, where does this fragrance come from?"
"Old slave, I'm going to ask..."
Just when Liu Xi was about to go inside to find Concubine Li, Concubine Li had already come out quickly.
"Happy to you, Your Majesty. I didn't know Your Majesty was coming, but I was slow in walking. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."
The emperor didn't have time to ask any more questions, he just waved his hand and said:
"My beloved concubine, I haven't been to your Furong Palace for a long time. I heard that you have delicious food here? Take it out and let me have a taste."
Concubine Li felt a little proud in her heart, and bowed to the emperor again:
"Your Majesty, please take a rest. I will order people to prepare."
"Okay, go get ready. I feel hungry after smelling the fragrance of your palace."
Concubine Li hurriedly ordered the maids to get busy, and the emperor was brought to the copper pot by her.
Looking at this copper pot, the emperor's interest was instantly piqued.
He looked at Concubine Li who was busy lighting the charcoal and asked in surprise:
"Where did this thing come from? It seems that the palace has never seen it before."
"Your Majesty, I just came up with it randomly when I had nothing to do. You can have a taste of it later."
"Cough cough cough..."
Smelling the smoke coming from the charcoal fire, the emperor covered his mouth and coughed a few times. Eunuch Liu hurriedly came over to pat the emperor on the back, not forgetting to complain:
"What is this? Why is there still smoke? Your Majesty, why don't we go back first!"
