When Yuwen Ran came back after mowing the grass, it was already dark. He went back to the west courtyard to wash up and change his clothes before going to the flower hall to prepare for dinner.
As soon as he stepped into the flower hall, he smelled a strong aroma coming from the barbecue grill. Bai Youjin arrived earlier than him. At this moment, his son's eyes were smiling into two crescent moons, and he sat next to Gu Yanyue with a very satisfied look on his face.
"Okay, it's time to eat!" Gu Yanyue cheered when she saw Yu Wenran coming. She moved the rabbit away from the grill, took the wooden barrel that the palace maid had just brought over, put out the fire under the grill with the water in the barrel, and then sat down.
She carefully took the golden, hot pieces of meat from the grill and shared them with Yu Wenran and Bai Youjin. She was in no hurry to eat, but watched Bai Youjin put the skewers into his mouth and swallow them. She hurriedly asked, "Master, what do you think of these skewers?"
The moment Bai Youjin swallowed it, she felt her internal organs were satisfied. The rabbit meat was roasted to a crisp, and the juices that gushed out from it filled her mouth instantly. It was so delicious that she almost swallowed her tongue with the skewers.
"This is the most delicious roasted rabbit I've ever eaten in my life." Bai Youjin praised Gu Yanyue unabashedly. "Girl Yue, just based on your cooking skills, if you hadn't married that brat and become queen, you would be a world-famous chef now, right?"
"Master, you're wrong. Even if Ah Yue marries me, she can still cook!" Yu Wenran frowned after hearing Bai Youjin's words. "She owns the largest restaurant in the capital."
When Yu Wenran said this, there was an involuntary smugness in his tone.
When Yu Wenran took the rabbit skewers, he was not in a hurry to eat them. He put them to his nose and smelled them, then closed his eyes and felt the tempting aroma of the meat and seasonings blended together after being roasted over the fire. It was the taste he remembered.
Gu Yanyue hadn't grilled anything for him for a long time. If he hadn't had a quarrel with her this time, he wouldn't have been able to eat the grilled rabbit meat.
Yuwen Ran took a light bite. The delicious taste of the rabbit meat, combined with the cumin and other seasonings, made it three times more delicious than the roasted whole lamb he had eaten in the Western Regions. Then he didn't bother to continue arguing with Bai Youjin about whether Gu Yanyue should marry him. Yuwen Ran was only concerned with fighting with Bai Youjin for the remaining rabbit skewers.
The old man and the big man started fighting over the skewers, just like starving ghosts, without any courtesy at all, and they almost came to blows in front of Gu Yanyue.
Yuwen Ran and Bai Youjin didn't understand why this roasted rabbit meat was so much more delicious than the roasted whole lamb in the Western Regions, but Gu Yanyue understood.
She went to the back mountain with Bai Youjin yesterday to set traps just to catch the hare.
As the old saying goes, "No bird is better than a dove, and no beast is better than a rabbit." Hare meat is known as the "vegetarian among meats" and is the tastiest of all beasts.
After Bai Youjin and Yuwen Ran finished their plate of roasted rabbit, Bai Youjin finally realized what Yuwen Ran had just said to her, "You said that the best restaurant in the capital is owned by my daughter Yue?"
"Yes, A Yue has been open for a long time. Although the food in that restaurant cannot compare with A Yue's, it is still good compared with other restaurants in Beijing." Yu Wenran put down the stick in his hand, then took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped his mouth.
"Then I will go and support Miss Yue some other day." After Bai Youjin replied to Yu Wenran, he picked up the bowl and prepared to start eating the food on the table.
"Master, why did you spend all that money?"
Seeing that she couldn't snatch the roasted rabbit meat from Bai Youjin and Yuwen Ran, Gu Yanyue had already given up and turned to the food on the table she had prepared. She was now swallowing a piece of lion's head meat.
Smiling, she said, "If you're hungry, just take the wooden bird and give me the letter. When I see it, I'll naturally come out of the palace to cook for you."
"What if you're not free one day?" Bai Youjin thought more carefully than Gu Yanyue. "After all, you're the heir of a kingdom. I don't think you can leave the palace whenever you want. Besides, I don't go to your restaurant often. I just go there occasionally to satisfy my cravings. It's not a waste of money."
Gu Yanyue thought about it and felt that what Bai Youjin said made sense. She said, "If Master is greedy, he should ask Muque to come to the palace to deliver a message to me. If I don't have time, I will ask the restaurant to prepare it and deliver it to you personally. Why would I ask you to come to my restaurant and pay for it?"
Yu Wenran responded, "Yes, senior, just do as A Yue said."
Here, Yuwen Ran and his companions were in great harmony, while on the other side, the empress dowager received Yuwen Ran and others and was about to go to Qianzhou in person after she had dealt with the affairs of the court.
I think Yuwen Ran locked herself up in this Galan Temple in preparation for going to Qianzhou. When she came out of the Galan Temple, King Xiang must have been dealt with by Yuwen Ran. Yuwen Ran really has a good plan.
The Queen Mother wrote a letter about Yuwen Ran's trip to Qianzhou, tied it to a carrier pigeon, and asked it to deliver it to Qianzhou to Prince Xiang.
After all, Yuwen Ran has done so much. If she doesn't ask King Xiang to prepare earlier, then when Yuwen Ran really arrives in Qianzhou, it will be confirmed that King Xiang has neglected his duties and treated the lives of the people of Qianzhou as worthless.
When the Prince of Xiang received the letter from the Queen Mother, he had just emerged from his comfortable state and was still half asleep. He had assumed that the Queen Mother had sent a letter by carrier pigeon, no doubt to inquire about the progress of the disaster relief efforts in Qianzhou. At first, the Prince of Xiang acted indifferent, but upon reading the contents of the Queen Mother's letter, he was startled and instantly sobered up. Was Yuwen Ran going to come to Qianzhou in person?
"Prince? But is there anything wrong with the letter sent by the Queen Mother? Why do you look so unhappy?" He Shuhuan couldn't help but worry when he saw that Prince Xiang read the Queen Mother's letter and did not speak for a long time.
"Your Majesty, for some reason, has to come to Qianzhou in person." Prince Xiang put away all the letters, put his hands behind his back, looked at the heavy snow in Qianzhou, and frowned. "I don't know why Your Majesty came to Qianzhou, and I wonder if it has anything to do with Yao Jinle's escape a few days ago."
After Yao Jinle was locked up in the woodshed by King Xiang, King Xiang had not paid any attention to him. Just when he thought Yao Jinle had starved to death in the woodshed, the servant suddenly came to report that Yao Jinle was missing from the woodshed.
In order to capture Yao Jinle and bring him back to the firewood room, King Xiang ordered the entire Qianzhou to be sealed off. Every day, the city guards went door to door to search for Yao Jinle's whereabouts, but in the end, it was useless. Yao Jinle was not finally captured by King Xiang's men.
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