Chapter 495: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey
In the carriage, Zhou Ying and Shen Huazheng were drinking tea calmly, but Princess Lejia was very excited.
Apart from the shock she received at the Pingyu Town Post Station, Princess Lejia still felt quite happy during her time in the Northwest.
But when she thought about being able to return to the capital soon, she couldn't help but feel excited.
After all, compared to the Northwest, she still prefers Beijing.
And the capital is her home.
She did the same thing as when she had just left the capital. She would lift the curtain on the car window to look at the scenery outside, then lower the curtain and drink tea while laughing foolishly.
Zhou Ying and Shen Huazheng were already used to this. They just glanced at Princess Lejia who was in excitement and then continued to drink tea.
That's just Aning's personality. It will be fine after the novelty wears off.
Shen Huazheng took a sip of tea, the corners of her lips slightly raised.
She really likes this quiet and leisurely atmosphere.
In fact, it's not just Aning, everyone else should be in a good mood as well.
Take Shen Huazheng herself for example, now when she looks at the sky above her head, she feels that it is especially blue, and the scenery along the way is also especially beautiful.
The same should be true for her colleagues. At least everyone's state of mind now is completely different from when they first came to the Northwest.
After all, I came to the northwest with a mission from the court. Now I have successfully completed the mission and can go home.
Zhou Ying took out the lunch box: "Zheng'er, Aning, you didn't eat much this morning, do you want to eat something?"
Princess Lejia put down her teacup, her smile as bright as spring: "Aying is really thoughtful. I am indeed a little hungry."
Shen Huazheng also nodded: "Okay."
Although a sumptuous breakfast was prepared in the morning, they didn't eat much because they were in a hurry.
I'm a little hungry now.
Fortunately, I prepared a lot of food, so I can eat whenever I’m hungry.
Zhou Ying opened the food box, and a rich aroma hit her face.
One of the food boxes contained beef pot stickers that had just been made that morning, and the other contained milk-flavored steamed buns.
The pot stickers are yellow and white, and have a shiny oily sheen.
The milk-flavored flower rolls are soft and white, stacked layer by layer and rolled up one by one.
It's very tempting just by looking at it.
Princess Lejia smelled the tempting fragrance at the tip of her nose and couldn't help swallowing.
I just felt a little hungry, but now I'm really hungry.
The three of them picked up their chopsticks in tacit understanding and reached for the food boxes in front of them.
Shen Huazheng picked up a beef pot sticker with chopsticks, brought it to her mouth, and took a bite.
The pot stickers were cooked to the perfect temperature, with a soft skin and a crispy bottom.
The skin is thin but tough, and does not become dry and hard due to frying, but maintains a certain elasticity.
The beef inside is from Ru'an, which has a particularly firm and chewy texture.
As soon as my teeth bit through the crispy and tough outer skin, I tasted the chopped beef filling inside, and the fat hidden in the meat dripped out in large drops.
The rich aroma of meat and the fresh fragrance of flour spread between the lips and teeth, wantonly invading the taste buds.
Princess Lejia also ate the beef pot stickers happily, with a look of satisfaction on her face.
Her favorite fillings for pot stickers are pork and beef.
Zheng Zheng said that pork meat has fat, which makes it easy to fry and produce juice.
The beef is lean and difficult to extract juice from.
Although both types of pot stickers are filled with meat, the textures are subtly different.
The moment you bite into the skin of the pork pot stickers, the delicious gravy will overflow from the crispy skin.
Beef pot stickers are not as juicy as pork pot stickers, but the meat filling has a unique aroma of fat.
With a gentle bite with your teeth, the fat in the meat will burst on the tip of your tongue, but it doesn't feel greasy at all.
As soon as you chew it, your mouth will immediately be filled with salty and fresh flavors, and every bite will be filled with fragrance.
After swallowing, there is still a subtle sweetness between the lips and teeth, which makes people linger in the aftertaste.
Shen Huazheng swallowed the beef pot stickers in her mouth with satisfaction and took another bite.
As expected, if you have a good breakfast, you will feel much better.
Zhou Ying picked up a steamed bun with chopsticks, brought it in front of her, and took a light bite.
Each curl has carefully folded wrinkles, winding and undulating, with distinct layers.
It doesn't look like an ordinary pastry, but rather a piece of exquisitely handcrafted craft.
It's so hard to eat.
Although I have tasted the flower rolls made by Shen Huazheng before, today's flower rolls have new features.
It is filled with goat milk cooked with jasmine flowers, and a thick layer of sesame paste is spread between the layers of dough.
When you take a bite, your teeth first feel the softness, smoothness and delicateness of the steamed bun skin.
Then there’s the soft and fluffy texture in the middle, which feels as light as marshmallow.
Taste carefully, the flower rolls are soft and sweet, the goat milk is delicate and soft, and the sesame paste is mellow and long-lasting...
Every bite of the flower roll is full of layers of flavor, leaving you with an endless aftertaste.
Zhou Ying ate the milk-flavored steamed buns bite by bite, feeling the extremely comfortable taste between her lips and teeth.
As she was eating, she suddenly thought of something.
"Do you think it's possible to make milk tea with sesame and goat's or cow's milk?"
Before today, Zhou Ying had never thought that sesame seeds could be combined with goat's milk or cow's milk to make food.
In her opinion, this was simply perfect food with nothing to do with it.
But after tasting the sesame flower rolls with milk flavor, Zhou Ying discovered that goat's milk and sesame paste go surprisingly well together.
The combination of goat milk and sesame paste in this flower roll is so delicious.
Princess Lejia was enjoying her meal when she suddenly heard Zhou Ying's words and was unable to react for a moment.
Aying asked what to use to make milk tea?
Shen Huazheng swallowed the beef pot stickers in her mouth and took another sip of tea.
"Of course, we can make a sesame milk tea. We can try using cow's milk or goat's milk."
In the original world, she had drunk sesame milk tea.
It smells quite good.
However, the one she drank was made with milk.
I wonder if milk tea made from goat milk and sesame would be more fragrant.
Princess Lejia heard it clearly this time: "I have no objection, sesame milk tea sounds delicious."
I wonder if sesame milk tea tastes as good as sesame paste.
My grandmother likes Lianxiangzhai’s black sesame paste so much, so if I make sesame milk tea later, I’m sure she will like it too.
Zhou Ying smiled: "Okay, let's give it a try when we get back."
It is a great fortune to meet a like-minded partner.
She was so lucky to meet two of them at once.
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In the Palace
Emperor Jingning and Prince An were sitting together drinking tea.
Prince An took a sip of tea and said, "My brother, things are going well. We should be able to use the news soon."
During this period of time, Emperor Jingning frequently summoned Prince An into the palace.
Sometimes I invite him to drink tea, sometimes I ask him to play chess with me, and sometimes I say I have delicious food.
Prince An looked careless, but he actually understood everything.
He knew that it was impossible for his royal brother to invite him to the palace for tea or food for no reason.
Therefore, no matter what pretext Emperor Jingning used to summon Prince An into the palace, Prince An would consciously report the progress every time he saw him.
Emperor Jingning smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this for now. My brother has prepared a lot of food for you to try."
As he said that, he glanced at Andersen and said, "Andersen, serve the meal."
Andersen: "Yes, Your Majesty."
King An: ╮(╯▽╰)╭
"Thank you, my brother."
He seriously doubted whether his royal brother would have ordered people to serve the food if he had not heard the words "progress is going well" just now.
The palace servants placed dish after dish on the table. Prince An looked at them carefully and found that several of them were unfamiliar to him.
It looks like a new dish.
An Desheng walked forward with a smile and introduced them one by one: "Your Highness, this is baked shrimp with salted egg yolk, this is pork ribs and rice cake, this is century egg wonton..."
King An: ⊙﹏⊙∥
The combination of these foods... is really a bit strange
Baked shrimp with salted egg yolk is fine, after all, Shen Huazheng has made golden sand shrimp before.
Salted egg yolk is also added in it.
Since salted egg yolk can be made into dishes together with lobster meat, it should be no problem to pair it with shrimp meat.
But, spare ribs and rice cakes...
And wontons stuffed with preserved egg...
Is this a strange combination really delicious?
I wonder if my royal brother also thinks these foods are strange and he doesn't dare to try them easily.
That's why he was summoned into the palace to enjoy it together.
The emperor probably wants him to try it.
Just when Prince An thought he had discovered the "truth", Li Fu had already completed the poison testing procedure.
Emperor Jingning: "These are dishes that Yipinlou has not officially launched yet. You can't eat them anywhere else."
Prince An: "Thank you, my brother."
Whatever, I have to swallow the food given by my royal brother no matter how bad it tastes.
But this is a product of Yipinlou, so it shouldn’t be that bad.
At least it smells nice.
Prince An thought so and picked up the chopsticks and picked up a century egg wonton.
He brought the wonton in front of him, blew on it gently, and put it into his mouth.
Bite open the thin wonton wrapper and you can taste the filling inside.
The wonton filling is made of preserved eggs and pork. When you take a bite, you can feel the firmness and tenderness of the pork meat, as well as the elasticity and refreshing taste of the preserved eggs.
As I chewed it, I could taste the freshness of the meat filling along with a strong aroma.
That is the unique aroma of preserved eggs.
If you savor it carefully, the fragrance of the dough, the meat and the aroma of the preserved egg are intertwined in your mouth, creating an incredibly wonderful taste.
Gives people a novel taste experience.
Prince An felt the aroma lingering on his tongue and couldn't help but pick up another wonton with his chopsticks and put it into his mouth.
He chewed the century egg wonton in his mouth and couldn't help but marvel in his heart.
I didn’t expect wontons made from preserved eggs would taste like this.
In every bite of wonton, you can feel the granular texture of the meat filling and the chewy texture of the preserved egg. It is truly magical and delicious.
It's hard not to watch one after another.
As soon as Emperor Jingning saw Prince An’s expression, he knew that the century egg wontons must be delicious.
He also picked up a wonton with chopsticks and put it into his mouth with confidence.
After eating a wonton, Emperor Jingning squinted his eyes because it was so delicious.
The unique taste and aroma of preserved eggs are integrated into the wonton filling, which tastes much more fragrant than ordinary meat wontons.
Prince An ate several wontons in a row, then picked up the spoon and took a sip of the soup.
Really delicious~~
"Come, try this pork ribs rice cake."
Emperor Jingning used a serving chopstick to pick up a piece of pork ribs for Prince An, and then picked up a piece of rice cake and put them all in the empty bowl in front of him.
Prince An: "...Thank you, my brother."
The emperor was so enthusiastic that it was hard not to suspect that he wanted him to try the food.
Emperor Jingning: "We are brothers, there is no need to be so formal."
The ribs used in this dish are ribs. Before cooking, the meat is loosened with the back of a knife, marinated, coated with batter and fried.
Prince An picked up the golden and shiny ribs in the bowl with chopsticks, bit the skin and flesh along the edge of the bone, and the whole piece of rib meat fell into his mouth.
The ribs were fried until golden and crispy, with a light coating on the outside and tender meat inside.
When you take a bite, juice will overflow.
It is really delicious with the special sauce.
Emperor Jingning also immersed himself in tasting the pork ribs and rice cake in the bowl, eating with gusto.
The ribs are tender and crispy, and the meat is not dry at all.
As you chew, you can taste the rich meaty aroma, and the salty and fresh taste has a subtle sweetness.
It has a unique flavor.
Prince An swallowed the spare ribs in his mouth and immediately started eating the rice cake in the bowl.
The taste of fried rice cake is completely different from that of steamed rice cake. The skin is crispy, but the inside is soft and glutinous, and it tastes slightly sticky.
The soft and chewy inside and the crispy outside form a sharp contrast. The rich aroma of rice and the aroma of sauce are perfectly combined together. Every bite is full of surprises.
Prince An is now not at all opposed to the "food tasting task" assigned to him by his royal brother, and he can arrange more of this kind of tasks.
He has a good appetite and can eat no matter how many dishes the emperor arranges for him.
As he was eating, Prince An suddenly remembered something -
"Brother, what are you going to do about Jiang Ran?"
All those who attempted to use illegal drugs in the Northwest Frontier have been arrested.
Although the Dongyi people were still making excuses and shirking responsibility, the State of Chen was unwilling to admit that the matter had anything to do with them.
But the crimes committed by Jiang Ran are proven beyond doubt and cannot be refuted.
No matter what the final outcome of the trial of this case is, Jiang Ran will definitely not have a good ending.
However, what his final outcome will be depends on what Emperor Jingning thinks.
Emperor Jingning's expression was slightly serious: "These people dared to secretly use Daliang's banned drugs to poison the people. If we don't kill the chicken to scare the monkey, I'm afraid it will lead to a disaster."
This time, Jiang Ran colluded with the Dongyi people, not only killing innocent people, but also almost caused turmoil on the border.
If General Xie and others had not stopped it in time, Yuzhang County would probably have fallen into chaos by now.
Luohui and Qianji Powder were strictly prohibited by the previous emperor, but Jiang Ran and those people dared to use these two medicines to stir up trouble right under his nose.
Isn't this a blatant demonstration to him?
If he doesn't punish him severely, where is his dignity as the Lord of Daliang?
He would naturally settle the accounts between Dongyi and Chen State, but no matter what the reason was, he would never let Jiang Ran go.
Prince An was silent for a moment. It seemed that his brother had already thought about it.
"What about the Jiang family?"
Through meticulous investigation, Ning Yu discovered some hidden secrets.
Considering those secrets, Jiang Ran couldn't just bear the consequences of his crime this time.
If the matter is really to be investigated, his parents and brothers will also be implicated.
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