While Xiao Yu was buying ingredients at the market, the story of him composing two poems was also being spread.
"Did you know? The poem 'Clouds remind me of her clothes, flowers remind me of her face' was written by Xiao Yu!"
Who is Xiao Yu?
"Xiao Shilang of the Xiao Prince's Mansion!"
"Are you kidding me?"
"Really! He not only wrote 'Clouds yearn for her clothes, flowers yearn for her face,' but also composed a new poem, 'Ten years of honing a sword'..."
The man recounted everything he had witnessed in detail.
Such dialogues take place in many parts of Beijing.
Some people saw Xiao Yu composing poetry at Baoyue Tower, some saw him composing poetry at Qiongjiang Yulou, and some only heard rumors, but that didn't stop them from bragging and spreading them.
Within an hour, many people in the capital knew about this.
"What? Both poems were written by Xiao Yu!"
Chu Tianjiao and Bai Can, who were applying ice to their swollen faces at the mansion, wanted to smash the ice in their hands upon hearing this news.
"How is that possible? Isn't Xiao Yu an idiot with intellectual disabilities?!"
Bai Can's hands trembled with anger. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's one thing for an idiot to have brute strength, but how could he possibly be both literate and skilled in martial arts?"
"That's absolutely impossible. Could the information be wrong?"
Chu Tianjiao slammed the ice block heavily on the table, exasperated, "That idiot stuttered when he was with me, how could he possibly compose poetry?"
The two men were consumed by involuntary rage.
"So, the one who slept with the courtesan that night was Xiao Yu... He became the courtesan's first customer and then redeemed her?" Bai Can frowned as he guessed in his heart.
Then I felt terrible...
He had been repeatedly defeated by Xiao Yu, and finally found a way to comfort himself by thinking that 'Xiao Yu was being cuckolded'.
But he discovered that he was a complete clown!
Xiao Yu was not only not cuckolded, but he also had outstanding poetic talent, writing two poems that were praised and talked about by countless people.
"What the hell is going on?!"
Bai Can was filled with impotent rage, jealousy making him unrecognizable.
...
After buying the ingredients, Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Prince's Mansion.
He didn't go back to his room, but went straight to the kitchen and started sorting the ingredients.
"Shiro, what are you doing in the kitchen?"
"You bought these things...it doesn't seem like you're going to use them for cooking, does it?"
The cook in the kitchen asked curiously.
They didn't think much of it; they were simply concerned about Xiao Yu and assumed he was just in a playful mood and had bought some things to play with in the kitchen.
"I need to make MSG and chicken bouillon. It's not time to cook now, so I'll use the big pot first."
Xiao Yu explained.
"MSG and chicken bouillon?"
"What is that?"
"Juro, although it's not cooking time now, pots and pans aren't toys... Why don't you go play with something else?"
The cooks were worried that Xiao Yu might come up with something shady or break the pot, which would be terrible.
I remember once he suddenly had the urge to learn how to cook, and almost burned the kitchen down as a result.
Therefore, the chefs were quite wary of Xiao Yu's appearance.
"Get out! Get out!"
Xiao Yu got annoyed by their nagging and simply kicked them out.
Then we started making MSG and chicken bouillon.
"MSG is much simpler to make than chicken bouillon. Let's make MSG first..."
Xiao Yu boiled a pot of water, then boiled some ingredients such as kelp, wheat gluten, and soybeans in the water, and then slowly filtered it to obtain a liquid rich in glutamic acid.
This process was not difficult for Xiao Yu, after all, he was an all-around military doctor with an incredibly rich knowledge base in his previous life.
The process isn't difficult, but it's still quite time-consuming.
Soon it was time for the cooks to prepare the food. Fortunately, the Xiao Prince's mansion was very large, and there was more than one pot in the kitchen.
"You all go about your business, I only need one pot."
Xiao Yu shooed the cooks aside and busied himself with his own tasks.
"Well……"
The cooks didn't dare say much. Seeing that Xiao Yu was just constantly simmering things, and that a delicious aroma was wafting over from time to time, they were quite curious.
Even into the evening, Xiao Yu was still busy in the kitchen.
During this time, Shen Youyu and the women of Xiao Wangfu came to see Xiao Yu, but after chatting for a few minutes, they were driven away by Xiao Yu.
...
the next day.
After staying up all night, Xiao Yu finally produced a small jar of MSG and a small jar of chicken bouillon.
The main ingredient in chicken bouillon is MSG, along with chicken fat rendered from chicken meat and other ingredients.
Both have their uses.
"MSG is used to enhance flavor and bring out the original taste of ingredients, making it suitable for light vegetarian dishes."
"Chicken bouillon has a complex flavor, making it suitable for richer dishes and adding more depth to the taste... In short, each has its own merits. I'll try it out at noon to see how it goes!"
Breakfast at Prince Xiao's residence was very light, consisting mainly of porridge, eggs, steamed buns, pancakes, various side dishes, and some sliced smoked meat...
Xiao Yu carefully stored away the MSG and chicken bouillon, intending to give them to the cooks at noon.
"Shiro, why are you still in the kitchen?"
As the cooks prepared breakfast, they asked curiously, "You didn't sleep all night, did you?"
Although His Majesty allowed Xiao Yu to inherit the title of Prince Xiao, the people and women of Prince Xiao's residence were used to calling him Shi Lang... In addition, Xiao Yu was not pretentious and was easygoing, never caring about such things, so everyone had not changed their way of addressing him for the time being.
However, Xiao Zhan and his fellow soldiers all addressed Xiao Yu with utmost respect as King Xiao.
"I'm going back to sleep."
Xiao Yu yawned and left the kitchen.
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