Cross-bridge rice noodles and steamed chicken are both specialties of Southern Wuzhou. They have been passed down from a long time ago. If you trace them back, they probably have a history of more than several hundred years.

Ever since Xu Xianxian cooked on a whim, Ophelia has been pestering the little fairy from time to time to eat the food she made, saying that her cooking is delicious and she can't get used to the food made by humans.

In fact, the ingredients are all from the earth. Whether she makes it or those chefs make it, there is no essential difference in the style and taste of the dishes.

However, the Seventh Princess was her nominal master after all, and there were deep ties of interest between them, so Xu Xianxian didn't really care about such a small thing.

While recalling the things from her human days, Loli Xu skillfully put the cut chicken pieces into a ceramic bowl and marinated them with fine salt, white pepper and other seasonings.

Generally, marinating meat ingredients requires about fifteen to forty minutes of waiting, but this is not a problem for a fairy wizard. She just taps the tender chicken with her fingertips a few times. A faint blood-colored magic emanates from her fingers and penetrates into the ceramic bowl, allowing the seasoning to quickly mix and penetrate into the chicken, and the entire marinating process is completed in an instant.

Then place the marinated chicken evenly around the steamer, put a few thin slices of ginger on the chicken, sprinkle some chopped green onions, grass fruits, mushrooms, and seasonings, and peel a few quail eggs, which are evenly sprinkled on the chicken.

Unlike ordinary human chefs, all the proportions and chicken sizes in Xu Xianxian's dishes are extremely regular, and the overall appearance is like a work of art.

After all the preparations were ready, the little girl covered the steamer and put it into a slightly larger soup pot. The stove was almost as high as she was, which was a bit inconvenient, so she had to stand on tiptoe and put the large soup pot on the stove.

"Huh... This process doesn't require magic. It needs to be cooked slowly. If you heat it up right away, the taste will be much worse."

After dealing with these matters, Xu Xianxian looked at the kitchen with some satisfaction as she watched the flames burning fiercely, and began to prepare some local specialties such as fish cooked with sour bamboo shoots, beef in bamboo tubes, pork feet with sauerkraut, and stir-fried small melons.

The method of making cross-bridge rice noodles is relatively simple and takes a short time. In order to prevent the rice noodles from becoming mushy after being left for too long, Loli plans to make this last. With rice noodles, there is no need for other staple foods. If she makes two more pastries, it should be enough for the spoiled little princess to eat.

As fairies are extraordinary creatures, it doesn't matter if they don't eat. It is a waste of gold coins, food and time. However, the fairy nobles eat to satisfy their appetite, not for survival.

An hour and a half later.

"Hehe! How's it? Is it delicious?"

Xu Xianxian looked at the table full of dishes and couldn't help but raise her chin high, expressing her little pride.

Or maybe for her, sometimes doing things that humans often do may allow her to experience what it feels like to be human again.

These dishes are colorful, fragrant and delicate, which not only stimulates the appetite but also provides a visual enjoyment.

Xu Xianxian's magical power, with her meticulous control over knife skills and heat, is beyond the reach of humans. Even if these are just home-cooked dishes, they are turned into works of art by a fairy wizard like her.

"It's delicious, much better than what humans make. I never thought human food could be edible."

Ophelia slurped her cross-bridge rice noodles and gave a thumbs-up.

As a fairy, she was not used to human food, but the food cooked by Natalie made her feel that it was delicious.

"That's right. Besides human dishes, I also cook delicious magic stone dishes. I'll make them for you when we return to the empire."

Hearing Ophelia's praise, Xu Xianxian's tail was almost up to the sky, and she couldn't help but brag about herself.

Magic stone dishes are the specialty of fairies. The ingredients of these dishes are all taken from various kinds of strange and edible magic stones.

"Okay..." Ophelia bit off the rice noodles in her mouth, with some chili oil still on the corner of her mouth. She looked at the little girl with some anticipation: "When you retire, I will let you come to my palace to be the royal chef and cook for me every day."

Retirement is a term used by humans, and now the Seventh Princess is learning and applying it.

"How dare you say that? It will be a thousand years before I retire from my position as an exclusive knight. Do you think I have to stay with you forever?"

Xu Xianxian scoffed at the Seventh Princess's suggestion. She leaned forward and gently wiped the grease from the corners of the other person's mouth with a wet wipe.

She has so many things to do that it is impossible for her to stay with the Seventh Princess all the time.

Hearing Loli's joking words, Ophelia frowned, feeling that things were not that simple. She suddenly grabbed the hand that Xu Xianxian extended and said, "Wouldn't it be nice if you could stay with me forever?"

He was clearly her exclusive knight, but he actually wanted to leave her one day, which made the Seventh Princess feel uncomfortable.

"Forehead..."

Xu Xianxian was caught off guard and was pulled forward two steps by Ophelia, falling into her arms, and the princess took the opportunity to hug her.

"It's not that I'm bad, but I can't be an exclusive knight for thousands of years, can I? We're together every day, and sooner or later, Your Highness, you'll get tired of me." Xu Xianxian sensed that the other party seemed a little angry, so her dark eyes rolled. Now was not the time to fall out, so she quickly said a few nice words to make amends. "And when Your Highness ascends the throne and takes charge of the entire Fairy Empire, you will definitely make me the Knight King, right?"

Although exclusive knights have no titles or powers, due to the special nature of their status, if the lord they follow becomes the Fairy Emperor, then according to the procedure, the exclusive knight has the opportunity to be crowned the Knight King, control a part of the Knight Court, and become one of the most powerful princes in the empire.

"Even if I really become the emperor in the future and make you a prince, you must stay by my side..." Ophelia glanced at Loli. The aura emanating from Natalie gave her a strange sense of intimacy. However, she seemed to feel that her words were a bit ambiguous, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Then cook for me."

If what she said came true, then Ophelia would be the only fairy emperor in history who would let the Knight King stay in the kitchen to cook for her.

"Eh... where did this black-hearted boss come from?" Xu Xianxian buried her little face in front of Ophelia. Listening to the domineering princess' words, she had the urge to get angry, but in the end she held back and just complained in a low voice: "All you know is to exploit child labor and bully free labor like me."

I'm so angry! The kind, beautiful, gentle, and powerful Lord of the Black Tower is being used as a cook by the Fairy Princess. Even if it's Zhen'er's past life, this is a bit too much.

If she had known this would happen, she shouldn't have boasted about her cooking skills in the first place.

“…I only bully you.”

A faint pure white light appeared in Ophelia's dark pupils. She hugged the other person and spoke softly.