Chapter 15 Tea
When Lu An woke up the next day, he saw Xuan Ying lying next to him. Lu An hugged Xuan Ying in surprise: "Xuanying, you finally woke up. I was scared to death."
Xuanying licked Lu An's face, and the man and the dog lay there for a while. Lu An suddenly remembered that Pei Yan said he slept in a side hall last night. Lu An looked at the sky outside and estimated that Pei Yan had already left the court.
[Pei Yan went to court, and I didn't get up and slept on the couch. Oh my god]
[No, I was sleeping under Xuanying's bed yesterday, how come I am on the couch?]
[Who brought this person to me? Could it be Pei Yan? 】
Lu An squatted on the ground with his hands on his head, but he couldn't remember anything. He must have fallen asleep and then ran up in a daze.
[Yes, that's it, who am I?]
[Do you really think you are a dish?] 】
After confirming what happened, Lu An quickly got up and cleaned himself up, and gave the medicine to Xuanying. Xuanying refused to take the medicine and just kept whining, but he ran so swiftly that Lu An couldn't catch him at all.
Lu An was also running out of breath. He bent over and got a stitch in the side. He squatted on the ground and gasped for breath.
Xuanying saw that Lu An didn't move, so he walked over to look at him. Lu An instantly seized the opportunity, tucked the dog's head under his armpit, held the bowl in one hand, and pried open his mouth with the other hand to pour the drink down.
After pouring it in, he covered Xuanying's mouth to prevent him from spitting it out. Lu An made sure that he would not vomit before he withdrew his hand and stood up with his hands on his hips. I want to shout out I can do it.
【Naughty Child】
[You have to take the medicine. I won’t indulge you. Humph]
Pei Yan went straight to the side hall after the court session. When he left, Xuanying and Lu An were still asleep. The only one who dared to be so bold was the little eunuch.
When I arrived at the side hall, I saw Lu An standing with his hands on his hips, laughing loudly, while Xuan Ying was lying there with a look of despair.
Pei Yan:? ? ?
Eunuch De coughed. Lu An knelt down tiredly after hearing the noise. "Your servant pays respect to the emperor."
Pei Yan looked at Xuan Ying, who was alive and well, and found that he was fine, so he was about to return to Minguang Palace. Before leaving, he glanced at Lu An.
Eunuch De understood and said, "Xiao Anzi, have you prepared the emperor's tea today? Go quickly."
After Lu An heard this, he had completely forgotten about the matter and didn't think about it at all.
「Ahhhhhhh, why?」
[I don’t want to go, what should I do?]
Lu An went to the small kitchen dejectedly. He thought hard about what he wanted to do.
[If what I cook is not tasty, will Pei Yan not let me cook it in the future?]
[No, no, what if he gets angry and kills me?]
Lu An suddenly had an idea. Let's try the internet-famous snack "Egg Yolk Pastry". After all, both the elderly and children love it. So maybe Pei Yan, who is popular among the general public, would like it too, right?
The problem now is that there were no ovens in ancient times, but the effect of a steamer would probably be similar.
Lu An took out the duck eggs and the yolks, brushed them with white wine to remove the fishy smell, and put them into a pot to steam them. He then mixed the flour, lard, white sugar and water and kneaded them into a smooth dough. He covered the dough with a lid and then made the pastry by kneading the flour and lard into a ball and also covered the lid.
After the salted egg yolks are steamed, wrap them with a layer of red bean paste, roll them into a ball and place them aside, and the filling is ready.
After the dough has risen, press a portion of the dough into a portion of the pastry, put the filling inside and steam it.
After it came out of the pot, Lu An tasted it. Although it didn’t have crispy crust, it was still pretty good, not much different from the modern egg yolk pastry.
He took it to Pei Yan and met Eunuch De at the palace gate. He gave Eunuch De two pieces, Pei Yan five pieces, Xuan Ying one, and himself two. “Hahahahahahaha”
When Eunuch De saw that Xiao Anzi had left some for him, he was immediately delighted. The servants were also thinking that Eunuch De usually accepted many gifts from others, but Lu An was the first one to do so.
Eunuch De: "Okay, come in quickly, it will get cold soon."
As soon as Lu An came in, he respectfully placed the things on Pei Yan's desk.
Pei Yan looked at the thing at hand. It was golden in color and sprinkled with a layer of black sesame seeds. It looked good, but he didn't know how it would taste.
Pei Yan took a piece and put it in his mouth, his eyes lit up. It tasted salty and sweet. It was the first time he had eaten this kind of thing, so he couldn't help but try two more pieces.
[Sure enough, no one can resist egg yolk pastry, no one]
[Even the Emperor cannot do that]
[How about the little emperor? Have you been conquered by me, Lu An?]
[Ahahahahahahahahaha]
Pei Yan heard Lu An's thoughts and put down his hand that was about to take the third piece.
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