Chapter 419: Really Thoughtful
Lord Xiao and Lord Huang feasted heartily in the Yipin Building, while Emperor Jingning and the Empress also came to the Empress Dowager's palace to dine.
There was a stove placed in the middle of the dining table. The palace servants deftly placed a large pot on it and then left.
Emperor Jingning's attention was all on the large casserole on the table. Although the lid had not been opened yet, a faint fragrance could already be smelled from it.
He knew that it must have been bought from the food court or Yipintang.
But what is inside it?
The queen also stared at the casserole. What was in the pot that smelled so good?
The Queen Mother couldn't help but laugh when she saw that the Emperor and the Queen looked so greedy that their saliva was about to flow.
I'm already so greedy before the food even opens.
What will happen if the truth is revealed?
The Queen Mother glanced at Aunt Fang standing beside her, and Aunt Fang understood what she meant.
She stepped forward and lifted the lid of the pot.
As Aunt Fang moved, white mist came out of the casserole. At the same time, a spicy and fragrant smell overflowed from the pot.
Emperor Jingning and the Empress couldn't help but inhale the aroma lingering around their noses. It turned out that their mother had prepared a spicy hot pot.
However, this spicy hotpot seems to be much more fragrant than the ones I usually eat.
When the fog cleared, Emperor Jingning and the Empress could see the food in the pot clearly.
In addition to the usual spicy hotpot ingredients such as meatballs, fried tofu, lotus root slices, etc., the pot also contains crabs, oysters, squid, shrimps and other seafood.
The food in the pot looks rich, colorful, and has an overbearing spicy flavor.
Emperor Jingning: "Mother, is this spicy hotpot?"
The Queen Mother smiled and nodded: "This is the spicy seafood hotpot that Yipinlou just launched."
This seafood spicy hotpot is an upgraded version of the spicy hotpot and is full of flavor.
Andersen stepped forward and started to taste the food.
He knew that Emperor Jingning was hungry, so he could only endure the huge pressure and taste all the food in the casserole as quickly as possible.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the Queen couldn't help but ask, "Mother, didn't Master Shen leave Beijing for business? How come Yipinlou can introduce new dishes?"
Although this pot looks like it’s just the spicy hotpot with some ingredients added, it doesn’t look very difficult to make.
But under normal circumstances, any new dishes launched by Yipinlou must be approved by Shen Huazheng and the other two partners.
Now that the three of them are not in the capital, could it be that the restaurant owner was the one who pushed them out?
Queen Mother: "I originally thought so too. I thought that after Miss Shen left Beijing, this food street, Yipinlou, and even Lianxiangzhai would not launch new products for a while."
She picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then continued -
"It wasn't until today that I realized that before Miss Shen left, she had already thought of a lot of new dishes. During the time she was away from the capital, whether it was Yipinlou, Food Street or Lianxiangzhai, they would all launch new dishes as usual."
This girl, even though she was about to leave Beijing for work, was still thinking about her diners in the capital.
Being able to make these preparations despite being so busy with work must have taken a lot of thought and effort.
What a good boy.
The queen was delighted, as she had been worried that she would only be able to eat the old food in the future.
I didn't expect that Master Shen had already arranged everything.
It’s so good!!
There will be no shortage of new and delicious dishes to eat from now on.
Emperor Jingning couldn't help but laugh. Even this had been arranged.
That's really thoughtful.
It seems that Shen Huazheng had seriously considered opening a branch in the northwest before, otherwise she would not have been so well prepared.
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