Chapter 531 What Kind of Reward?

"Hot pot has clear soup, red soup, and different soup bases. The food cooked in it will naturally be different!" Xiao Jiuyue had originally intended to make hot pot at Fengchunlou. Hearing everyone's curious eyes, she explained carefully, "The base of the hot pot should be made with ingredients stir-fried with beef brisket, which is the most fragrant."

South Vietnam also has hot pot, but it is more like a light and lazy boiled dish, just add a little salt. But hot pot is different, even the clear soup is flavorful.

"Also, the base soup made from big bones, beef shank bones, lamb bones, and pig bones, plus the stir-fried hot pot ingredients, makes the soup really flavorful."

Xiao Jiuyue only gave a brief description, and everyone was already looking forward to this hot pot.

"There will be hot pot at Fengchunlou at the end of this month. Everyone is welcome to come and try it." Xiao Jiuyue gave an advance preview.

The Sixth Princess said excitedly, "There are only a few days left at the end of this month, Sister Xiao, so I want to be the first guest."

"No problem." Xiao Jiuyue invited enthusiastically: "If you are free, you can all come."

"Is it as delicious as you say? Isn't it just a stew?" Du Ting was a little dissatisfied as he listened to everyone's chatter.

The Sixth Princess glanced at her and said, "Miss Du, if you don't like it, you don't have to eat it." Du Ting had a lot of spicy chicken cubes in her bowl. She was enjoying the food here, but she disliked Sister Xiao over there?

"How could that be? I'm just curious about what the hot pot made from this stew will taste like?" Du Ting explained with a smile. After becoming the second prince's consort, she still had to deal with the girls she should deal with.

When Du Ting dislikes others, she is annoying, but when she wants to please others, the words she says are sweeter than honey. Everyone put this little episode behind them and excitedly made an appointment to go to Fengchunlou to eat hot pot together.

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"Where does the fragrance come from?" Emperor Jing had been eating barbecue for several days in a row. No matter how delicious the barbecue was, he was tired of it and had no appetite. He ate a little and then walked around. As an emperor, he didn't spend much time outside the palace.

Eunuch Fu sniffed, looked at one of the tents and said, "It seems to be coming from Lord Xiao's side."

"Let's go and take a look." Emperor Jing went straight into Xiao Fu's tent. Xiao Fu was eating the food sent by Xiao Jiuyue, spicy diced chicken, which was a good dish to go with rice.

It was made by his daughter herself. Xiao Fu was about to eat it with his belly full when he heard someone coming outside. He thought it was Lord Jiang and Minister Yao again, but when he saw the edge of the bright yellow robe, Xiao Fu had just finished eating the spicy chicken and still had rice in his mouth. He quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and saluted: "Long live the emperor."

"Okay, Lord Xiao, what are you eating?" After entering the tent, the emperor felt that the smell was even more fragrant. He had no appetite just now, but now he suddenly felt like eating.

"Your Majesty, these are dishes made by your humble daughter." Xiao Fu, like a shrewd man, immediately introduced: "This is pheasant chicken with chili sauce, this is hand-shredded rabbit, this is pheasant soup, and there are also cold kelp shreds and fried peanuts."

On weekdays, Xiao Fu likes to have a little wine and often prepares fried peanuts when he goes out. However, peanuts get damp easily. After being away for a few days and Xiao Jiuyue feeling better, she fries some for him out of the habit. In this way, he often has fried peanuts to eat.

"Made by Xiao Jiuyue himself?" Emperor Jing looked at the table full of dishes, which were all delicious and beautiful, and said that ordinary chefs might not be able to make them look so good.

"Yes, my daughter likes to cook for herself. When we were in Hongdu, she was the one who cooked for everyone." Xiao Fu mentioned the matter of Hongdu in a subtle way. Sure enough, a trace of guilt appeared in the eyes of Emperor Jing. He said, "Sir Xiao, I'm sorry for putting you in such a difficult position."

"I won't complain. I will serve the emperor even if it means death." Xiao Fu took the opportunity to express his loyalty.

Emperor Jing sat down immediately. Xiao Fu said cleverly, "Your Majesty, my humble daughter is a good cook. She doesn't usually cook. She must be recuperating in the tent and only cooks when she has some free time."

"Your Majesty, would you like to try it?" Xiao Fu thought. As long as others have tasted his daughter's cooking, no one would say it is not delicious. When Xiao Fu mentioned his daughter's cooking, he looked so proud that his beard almost stood up.

"Since Lord Xiao has praised it so highly, I'll give it a try." Emperor Jing stroked his beard, very satisfied with Xiao Fu's advice. His eyes fell on the spicy diced chicken and hand-shredded rabbit. He had never seen them prepared this way before. As for the cold seaweed salad...

"The kelp was brought back from Lingnan by me. In Lingnan, everyone treated it as grass. After I brought it back, Yue'er actually made it into food. It's crispy and tastes especially good." Xiao Fu mentioned Lingnan and kelp again.

After Eunuch Fu had tested all the poison with his silver needles, Emperor Jing directly picked up the spicy diced chicken.

Xiao Jiuyue has excellent knife skills and is generous with the ingredients and oil. The fried chicken has a crispy skin and is tender and juicy inside, with a mixture of numbing and spicy flavors, which is appetizing and goes well with rice.

"Your Majesty, this hand-torn rabbit..."

Xiao Fu was busy introducing things on the side, watching the emperor finish a bowl of rice and most of the dishes. When the emperor asked him to eat, Xiao Fu didn't hesitate and started eating right away!

It’s a rare occasion for my daughter to cook, so I have to eat more of this delicious dish.

After a long time, Emperor Jing touched his bloated stomach and realized that he had eaten two bowls of rice without realizing it!

Emperor Jing silently calculated that he had eaten dinner when he just came out, and now he ate two more bowls. Didn’t the way he ate just now seem a little naive?

"Burp." Xiao Fu burped, then said embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, Yue'er's cooking is so delicious. I couldn't help but eat more. Burp."

"That's all well done, Miss Xiao, for her filial piety." Emperor Jing praised her and said, "Well done, reward."

Emperor Jing watched the eunuchs clear the bowls and plates away, and thought: It seems like it wouldn't be a bad idea to have Xiao Jiuyue as my daughter-in-law.

"Master Xiao, a few days ago, Miss Xiao saved the third brother..."

Emperor Jing took the initiative to bring up this matter. He had originally planned to grant the marriage directly after returning to the palace from hunting, but now he had let Xiao Fu know.

When Xiao Fu learned that his daughter had saved Jun Lie and even prevented him from getting a rash, he understood that this marriage would definitely happen. At this time, listening to Emperor Jing's test, Xiao Fu expressed his loyalty and praised the third prince to the sky. At the same time, he also implicitly praised the crown prince and the second prince.

Emperor Jing felt very comfortable after hearing this. He had heard many nice words, but few of them touched his heart like Xiao Fu's!

In Xiao Jiuyue's tent, she was having dinner with everyone when she suddenly heard that the emperor had sent someone to deliver rewards. For a moment, Xiao Jiuyue was stunned. She had received a huge reward for saving Jun Lie before, so what kind of reward was this today?