The next morning, although the Dessert Department wanted to take out the snow skin mooncakes early to try, since these mooncakes were made by Su Wan, they naturally had to wait until she came over from the west kitchen.

If they were to ask her, why would Su Wan go back to rest? She might as well stay in the storage room every day. There must be a place for Su Wan to rest here.

When the palace servants from the west kitchen arrived, Nanny from the dessert department took Su Wan to get the snow skin mooncakes. Also going with them was the right head of the miscellaneous storehouse and three senior palace maids.

Last night they made the snow skin mooncakes together.

The others were also very curious. After they returned to the kitchens yesterday, they wondered what delicious food Su Wan and the others had made.

Wait until you enter the ice cellar and take out the snow skin mooncakes. The white snow skin mooncakes are aptly named, as white as ice and snow and beautiful. The skin is shaped in the refrigerator but not too hard. This is the benefit of glutinous rice skin.

Zaliku was looking at the mooncakes, and he had some bold guesses in his mind.

If this thing is really served, as long as it is not very unpalatable, it will definitely be loved by everyone.

The sweets lady cut the snow skin mooncakes into small pieces and distributed them to everyone for them to taste.

Su Wan naturally tasted it as well to see if there was any problem this time.

When the snow skin mooncake enters your mouth, the sweet and refreshing taste comes out directly, and the soft and glutinous skin makes the joy of your taste buds spread immediately.

What she was eating was filled with red bean paste. The red bean paste made in the palace was sweet but not greasy, and had a good taste. It should be more than just red bean paste, but also a lot of precious flower petals, which made the red bean paste more dense, plus the soft and glutinous ice skin on the outside.

This cool and refreshing taste immediately relieves the autumn heat.

No rollover!

Very delicious!

Next, I tried all the red and green jade-like snow skin mooncakes. Needless to say, they were delicious.

Stop talking! Do it!

It is not only done in Kyoto, but also in the imperial palace.

After obtaining Su Wan's consent, Zaliku immediately sent someone to deliver the ice skin mooncakes and the recipe to the palace in an ice jar. The palace was preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and the recipe for ice skin mooncakes was definitely needed.

Today is the seventh day of August, so it can be delivered on the ninth day. Deputy Prime Minister Li of the Miscellaneous Affairs Storehouse is also an expert at making dim sum. She knew how to make it at first glance. After all, this method is not difficult, it just requires ingenuity.

It will definitely be a great success.

Zalikuyou said, "I think the commander and his friends will be back next month. They will definitely thank you then."

Su Wan just smiled. She knew the character of the female officials in the Imperial Food Department and they would definitely not treat her unfairly.

If she were alone, she could live any way she wanted, but her concubine was still outside the palace, and taking care of herself would definitely not be as good as the care provided by the female officials.

"I just have an unwelcome request." Su Wan said seriously, "During the Mid-Autumn Festival, can you send some mooncakes to my aunt in the name of the Sweet Food Department?"

The Dessert Department of Zaliku was responsible for making mooncakes for both inside and outside the palace, while the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Rites were responsible for distributing them.

Su Wan wanted to send it to her home under some other name, which would be more intimidating than using the name of the Western Kitchen.

Ordinary people would be afraid when they heard about the things officials said, and the Su family was no exception.

Hearing Su Wan say this, the female officials in the Miscellaneous Affairs Bureau had no choice but to respond. They all appreciated how filial Su Wan was for caring so much about her biological mother.

As for what happens to other people in the family, they don't care.

After being in the palace for a long time, I have seen everything, let alone these conflicts at home.

With them taking action this time, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Seeing this, Su Wan was completely relieved and continued to make mooncakes.

In the next few days, they will make 10,000 to 20,000 mooncakes! It’s not a small number!

It was just the appearance of the snow skin mooncakes that attracted people from the Ministry of Rites to come and take a look. After all, snow skin mooncakes are delicate and difficult to store, so they must be distributed with care.

It was originally a tedious job, but as soon as the Shangshisi entered the Ministry of Rites, it made mooncakes as bright as the moon, which made the people in the Ministry of Rites like it.

It's troublesome, but at least I can save face.

The palace had almost the same idea.

Ice jar, which can also be said to be a small refrigerator, can be divided into portable ones as well as large and small ice jars that are difficult to carry.

This time I brought snow skin mooncakes, which were naturally pretty good, with mostly ice inside and only four mooncakes.

The person who delivered the gifts was still muttering, it’s just four mooncakes, why put them like this?

Moreover, mooncakes are durable and can be kept even without being refrigerated.

But it is naturally difficult to disobey the orders of the female officials.

If the mooncake is frozen, it can be kept for two days and then thawed naturally when eaten, so there is no problem in freezing it directly in the ice container.

When the things were delivered to the palace, the Minister of Rites was discussing the banquet with the female official of the Ministry of Food.

Guanglu Temple has always undertaken such large-scale banquets and has also cooperated with the Shangshi Bureau, but this is the first time that they have had such close cooperation.

Fortunately, both parties had been officials for some time, and with the advice of the Minister of Rites, their two offices were close, so communication was smooth.

Looking at the things sent from Kyoto, the female official from the Ministry of Food did not open them without the knowledge of the Ministry of Rites, but directly opened the lid of the ice jar.

But as soon as it was opened, the female official immediately closed it.

It’s not that the Guanglu Temple Minister is not allowed to watch it, but there are too many people here and they have to go to a secluded place to watch it.

The Minister of the Ministry of Rites was also attracted by the mooncakes inside, so they must be mooncakes, right?

It looks round and has mooncake patterns, but why is it so beautiful? It looks like the cold moonlight, and when people look at this mooncake, they think of the bright moon.

The remaining two colors are red and blue, which are actually pretty good, but I didn't see them clearly just now.

Wait until we reach a remote place.

Three female officials from the Imperial Food Department, the Minister and the Junior Minister of the Imperial Household came over and reopened the Ice Mirror.

There are four small and exquisite mooncakes inside, two are bright white crescents, one is slightly red, and one is slightly green.

The common feature is that they look good.

The attached letter also stated that this was a new style of mooncake made by Su Wan, called snow skin mooncake. The recipe is as follows, and I hope it will be useful to the superiors.

Hope that helps?

This is so useful!

Several officials looked at each other, and excitement was evident in their eyes.

Although they have already held this banquet to the best of their ability, who wouldn't want to go a step further?

Such a beautiful mooncake will definitely be loved by the saint.

But what about the taste?

After eating, no one said anything.

The August Lake Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet on the 25th, their new mooncakes are available!

I believe everyone will like snow skin mooncakes.

The palace is busy preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and Kyoto is also busy making snacks.

We were not busy until August 15th. By August 12th, the ordinary mooncakes had been made and most of the snow skin mooncakes had been distributed.

At this time, the palace servants transferred from various palaces can go back.

In the past, Zaliku had never been reluctant to let go of anything, but this time he was reluctant to let go.

Deputy Prime Minister Xi knew what they were thinking, so after finishing his work on August 12, he took Su Wan away directly.

The reason is simple.

"The palace servants were supposed to receive their monthly wages on the tenth day of the lunar month, but now they are so busy that they haven't received their wages until the twelfth day!"

Okay, that's a good reason.

When it comes to monthly wages, Su Wan is naturally happy. Although the monthly wages are not much now, it is still money.

After receiving this month's salary, he gave five cents to his aunt and kept the rest for himself.

I didn't expect that saving money in the palace is so easy. You don't have to spend any money on anything.

The five cents of silver that came out this time will not go into the hands of the Su family again, but will be entirely Su Wan's own.

When Su Wan went to find Yan Pei, she remembered that she seemed not to have seen him for a few days.

Starting from the sixth day of August, she only delivered breakfast every day and rarely met Yan Pei. Today was already the thirteenth day of August and they hadn't seen each other for six or seven days.

But it is obvious that after June, Yan Pei has become increasingly busier.

But when I think about it, it seems that I am getting busier and busier. I guess it will be fine after this period of time?

After returning from the Miscellaneous Library, Su Wan's relationship with them was obviously better. Deputy Prime Minister Xi naturally would not stop everyone from interacting with each other. After all, Su Wan was their person and could not run away!

At the same time, another piece of news came quietly, and of course, it was all about the mooncakes made by the Dessert Department this year.

The Sweet Food Department made mooncakes for both inside and outside the palace. Those inside the palace could not be distributed until the same day, but those outside the palace were all distributed on August 14th.

Officials above the fourth rank in Kyoto would receive eight mooncakes as a reward from the palace.

I originally thought that it would be the same as in previous years, but who knew that this time there were four very special mooncakes. When the people from the Ministry of Rites delivered them, they also reminded me that I must eat them as soon as possible while they were still cool.

If you don't keep it cool, put it in an ice container or ice cellar.

Eat it while it’s cool?

What is this? How can you eat mooncakes while they are still cold?

But after all, it was given by the palace, so of course I had to try it. It was incredible. How could the taste be so special? There is such a mooncake?

Not only does it look bright, it also tastes great.

Because every family outside the palace has four regular five-nut mooncakes and four snow skin mooncakes, the snow skin mooncakes are all original colors, and a box of uniform colors looks better.

For a time, Kyoto was somewhat shocked by the mooncakes awarded by the imperial palace. Such special mooncakes had never been seen before.

The mooncakes distributed in the palace in previous years were exceptionally delicious, but this year is even more different. The pastries in the palace are simply different.

Some officials have already started using their connections to ask the Imperial Palace's Food Department if they can make more snow skin mooncakes. They want to use them to entertain guests, and they can buy them at a high price!

But they could not order the departments in the palace around. They could only use their connections with the Ministry of Rites to occasionally get three or five more coins, but no more than that.

Not to mention the ministers’ homes, even the nobles who had never cared about these things thought that the palace had ingenious craftsmanship.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has not yet arrived, but the palace has made a new style of mooncakes, which has already spread.

Not only did the Shangshi Bureau become famous, but the Ministry of Rites was also envied. Look at your Ministry of Rites, you have got another powerful department!

When Kyoto gradually became fascinated by snow skin mooncakes, the imperial palace had already made beautiful snow skin mooncakes, using softer and more glutinous fillings and more beautiful molds.

After all, tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and these are not only for the saint, but also for the civil and military officials and dignitaries at the banquet.

Su Wan, who had made the snow skin mooncakes, was now looking at the "zoo" in the small kitchen in a daze.

Haven't seen you for a few days!

Why are there so many chickens, ducks and geese in the "zoo"? And what's the matter with this little goat? Why are they raising sheep?

Su Wan only spoke a few words to Yan Pei last time, so she didn't come to the kitchen.

A few days ago, when the two of them had some free time, they just opened the door to the small kitchen and were shocked by the animals in the yard.

There are conservatively estimated to be ten fat fish in the four water tanks.

Not to mention the chickens, ducks and geese, there are about fifteen or sixteen of them, big and small. I’m almost used to them. But what’s going on with these quails, these rabbits, and this little goat!

She had only been to the library for a few days, but there were so many small animals here!