Chapter 141,
The second game is over, and Su Guoer's name is still on the list. The third game is scheduled for three days later. She has three days to prepare what to do and strive to win the championship of this cooking competition.
If nothing else, she was tempted by the one thousand taels of gold.
As for the dishes for this competition, she had already thought about them.
A bowl of wonton noodles, an extremely simple bowl of wonton noodles, with meat-filled wontons and evenly thick and thin vegetarian noodles, an extremely light bowl of noodles.
This is the dish she will prepare.
As for whether it tastes good or suits the emperor's taste, that depends on fate.
After all, the emperor's taste would change, and it would be a serious crime to guess his preferences privately. Su Guoer had no way of knowing what specific dishes the emperor liked to eat.
She asked someone to ask Qingluan, and she only heard that the emperor had been feeling a little irritated recently and that a lighter diet would be better.
So she prepared this bowl of wonton noodles.
But don't underestimate this bowl of noodles. Since it is going to be submitted for the competition, it must have something outstanding about it. After all... it is almost impossible to win the championship of this competition with a bowl of extremely ordinary noodles among the people.
Since Su Guoer has chosen to make this bowl of noodles, she must ensure that it has the capital to win the championship.
There is no need to prepare anything. Su Guoer only needs to rest at home for a day or two. Because the venue for this competition is in Chaoyang Palace, inside the palace gate, and the judges of this competition are His Majesty and a group of ministers, the food is extremely particular and is prepared by the people in the palace to ensure that the ingredients are simple, clean and non-toxic.
The chefs participating in the competition also needed to prepare. Not only did they have to stay in the palace a day in advance, but they were also reportedly subject to body searches upon entry, and could only bring one apprentice with them; no other outsiders were allowed in.
Su Guoer prepared to take Pang Ya over.
Any mistake in the palace could lead to death, but her childish heart could protect her from danger. After all, no one would attack someone with a child's heart.
The next morning, someone from the palace came to pick her up. Leading the group was a eunuch, who happened to be the eunuch Shun who had brought her the incense sticks that day. When Su Guoer left, she saw him standing next to the sedan chair, a smile on his face.
"Eunuch Shun must have been waiting for a long time, right? It's all my fault. I cleaned up a little late."
Xiao Shunzi smiled brightly, "Not long, not long. We agreed to pick you up at 7:00 AM. It's not even 7:00 AM yet. To be honest, Miss Su is even early!"
Without much greeting, Su Guoer got into the orange-red sedan.
When the sedan chair was waiting outside the store, it attracted countless people to watch.
"Hey, what are you doing? This sedan is so nice, it must belong to some noble family, right? What did the owner of this fresh food restaurant do to have such good luck?"
"Don't you know yet? In the cooking competition held in the capital, the owner of this fresh food restaurant successfully advanced to the third round. Now the palace sedan chair has come to pick her up to participate in the third round!"
"A sedan chair from the palace? There's actually a sedan chair coming to pick us up?" The person who asked the question opened his mouth in surprise.
Someone nearby explained, "Of course. This time, they're entering the palace to prepare imperial meals for the emperor. A mere sedan chair is nothing. They're competing in the palace, and that's the Forbidden City, right? It's where the emperor lives, with its glazed green tiles, red walls, and golden pillars. Who wouldn't want to take a look inside? Wow, the owner of this fresh food restaurant is truly lucky! He even made it through the second round!"
"Ah? Going to the palace?" Passersby couldn't help but click their tongues, their eyes full of envy.
They were all ordinary people, yet he had become a phoenix on a tree. Ahem, that's a bit exaggerated. But it's true. Even the sons of royal merchants and aristocratic families could only see the emperor when they had made great contributions. Seeing the emperor was a happy event that could be recorded in the family tree!
How can I not feel longing?
They are naturally envious from the bottom of their hearts.
Su Guoer listened to everything they said, but honestly, she wasn't too excited. It was a blessing, not a curse. If it was, she couldn't avoid it. Seeing the Emperor was a good thing, but if she made a mistake, her entire clan could be wiped out.
She is feeling anxious now.
As she swayed in the sedan chair, her mind was a little confused. She kept wondering what she really wanted.
Now, as she was about to enter the palace and felt the fear, she finally began to think about herself: Is this the life she wanted? Does it go against her father's original intention?
I don’t know... She only knew that she was too rushed, like a duck being forced to do something, and turned a small restaurant into a restaurant. Now... she was fortunate enough to enter the palace and cook a meal for the emperor.
It all happened so fast like a dream.
However, she never forgot her purpose. There should be an explanation for her father's death. This is her only wish now.
Su Guoer took a deep breath and felt a little stuffy in the sedan chair, so she raised her hand to open the curtain, just in time to see Lu Ping'an who was escorting the prisoner to the execution ground.
He was also very puzzled when he saw Su Guoer, but when he saw Eunuch Shun beside him, everything became clear. She greeted Su Guoer from a distance.
Su Guoer smiled back, and was seen by Eunuch Shun who happened to be standing by. He then started chatting with Su Guoer: "Is that Lord Lu from the Dali Temple?"
Su Guoer asked in surprise: "How come you know him too?"
Eunuch Shun: "This guy? I'm honored to have heard of him. He comes from a poor family and was originally a small jailer in the Dali Temple. However, he was recently appreciated by Lord An and was recently promoted. He is now an eighth-rank judge in the Dali Temple!"
An eighth-rank judge in the Dali Temple?
How could a small jailer be promoted so quickly? Su Guoer was a little suspicious, so she asked, "What about Lord An?"
"Master An is the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, the ancestor of the An family. Master An has no children, only a nephew who was adopted into the family. However, he likes Master Lu very much. If he can adopt him as his adopted son, Master Lu's future will be limitless!"
Su Guoer was shocked.
Adopting a son? It seems that Lu Ping'an is indeed very powerful. If so, she is afraid that she will have to... have other ideas.
Eunuch Shun, who was enjoying the fun, simply came up to the sedan chair and said to Su Guoer, "I'll tell you in secret, Lord An and the Imperial Concubine have a very close relationship!"
This sentence was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue.
Su Guoer was so frightened that her eyes widened. She gave a dry laugh and then lowered the curtain so that no one could see her expression.
She had always felt that something was wrong, and now the eunuch's words woke her up.
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