Recently, a magical food has become popular in Xianyang City.
This thing is brightly colored and has a pungent smell. It looks like a poisonous wild fruit. When you bite it, your tongue will feel hot and painful, as if it was burned by fire.
But after swallowing it, after a while, every part of my body felt warm from the inside out. Wrapping myself in a thick military coat, the freezing cold wind and snow were no longer scary to me.
For a time, this food called "chili" became popular throughout the city of Xianyang.
Some people use it as a seasoning to add flavor to their meals, while those who love spicy food cut it into strips and stir-fry it to make it a delicious dish on the table.
Some people even chew a raw chili pepper to keep warm before going to work.
Some smart people also saved the pepper seeds and planned to plant some peppers in their own vegetable gardens next spring.
Jiuyuan County, the general's mansion.
Meng Tian stared at the overly brightly colored food and hesitated to pick up his chopsticks.
The reward that Your Majesty specially sent should be non-toxic, right?
"Brother, why don't you eat?"
Meng Yi noticed his brother's hesitation and felt a little strange, but when he smelled the unique spicy smell accompanied by the aroma of meat, for some reason, his saliva began to secrete crazily.
So, without waiting for his brother's answer, he picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it in his mouth. After chewing it, the wonderful taste burst between his lips and teeth.
Although his mouth was burning with pain, the merits outweighed the flaws, so Meng Yi quickly shared it with his brother.
"Brother, this stir-fried pork with chili peppers is delicious! Come and try it!"
"Okay, don't lie to me."
Meng Tian picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into his mouth half-believingly. The next moment, a cry of pain resounded throughout the general's mansion.
"Hiss! Water, water!"
The originally handsome face was now flushed red by the spiciness. Seeing this, the servant beside him hurriedly brought a glass of water.
Meng Tian grabbed the drink and drank it in big gulps, and the pain on his tongue was slightly relieved.
Seeing this funny scene as he wished, Meng Yi tried his best to keep his lips straight to prevent the laughter from leaking out.
"Meng, Yi! Did you do this on purpose?"
After drinking several glasses of ice water, Meng Tian finally calmed down. He gritted his teeth and said to his younger brother who had betrayed him.
When questioned, Meng Yi of course shook his head to deny it, looking innocent.
But he was afraid that his brother would get angry and drag him to the martial arts field, so he quickly changed the subject.
"Brother, don't you feel the warmth in your body after eating this chili pepper? If all the soldiers in the army can eat this, it will help keep the cold away in winter."
Hearing this, Meng Tian calmed down instantly and began to think with a frown.
Today, His Majesty not only sent a large number of cotton-padded clothes, but also specially sent this magical pepper. It seems that there is a deep meaning behind this.
"Plant more chili peppers during the spring plowing next year, and have the cook add them to your dishes in winter."
"Brother, we must also distribute some seeds to the people."
"Well, then you can arrange this matter."
"ah?"
"Humph! Who told you to tease me just now?"
"All right..."
In the Xianyang Imperial Palace, inside the Shangshi Bureau.
Chu Yuening is preparing the first hot pot of the year.
She loves spicy food very much. In the past, when she cooked, she would even put a few spices in the vegetables for seasoning. But since she was diagnosed with stomach problems, she rarely eats spicy food.
However, now she is no longer Chu Yuening who can only eat plain noodles in soup, but Chu Yuening who can kill a wild boar with one punch. She is in great health and enjoys everything she eats.
A mere chili pepper is no problem.
Taking into consideration the greedy little cat Zizi, she asked a craftsman to customize a double-flavored pot, so that one side has a spicy beef hot pot base, and the other side has a mushroom and three-fresh hot pot base, perfect!
Now that she had the chili peppers, Chu Yuening didn't plan to spend her merits to buy them, but to stir-fry them herself.
First soak and crush the dried chilies, heat cold oil in a pan, add butter, green onion, ginger and garlic and fry until fragrant, remove from the pan and set aside, then pour in the chili sauce and simmer on low heat for a quarter of an hour.
Finally, add the fried onion, ginger, garlic, spices and sake and continue to simmer on low heat for about a quarter of an hour.
Gradually, the rich and unique aroma filled the entire kitchen, and the chefs who were preparing other ingredients swallowed their saliva.
The meals prepared by Her Majesty are novel and delicious. When I think back to the meals I made in the past, I feel really ashamed of Your Majesty.
By the time the hot pot base and various ingredients were prepared, it was already noon.
"I'll give one portion to Dr. Xiao He later, and you can share the rest. It's warm in the winter."
"Thank you, my lady!"
"Thank you, my lady!"
“…”
The palace maids were all moved to tears of gratitude, but not just for the hot pot.
Everyone in the palace knew that the Queen was the kindest person.
He never beat or scolded them, and not only gave them rewards from time to time, but also remembered to give them cotton clothes to keep them warm in winter.
How could they not admire and be grateful to such a kind and generous lady?
Chu Yuening responded with a smile and immediately returned to Qinian Palace. Several palace servants followed closely behind her, carrying hot pot and ingredients.
"Mother! Zhao Zhao has been waiting for you for a long time~"
As soon as she stepped into the hall, a sweet baby voice was heard. Chu Yuening responded while taking off her fox fur coat.
"Because mother went to prepare delicious food for Zhao Zhao!"
"Delicious? What is it? Zhao Zhao wants to eat it!"
When he heard that there was delicious food, Ying Zhao immediately started dancing with joy, and a suspicious crystal liquid flowed from the corner of his mouth.
Ying Zheng looked at the useless boy, pinched his brows, and his phoenix eyes were full of helplessness.
This kid is good in every way except that he is a bit greedy. Could it be that Yue Ning has increased his appetite?
Chu Yuening ordered the palace maids to prepare the hot pot and then let them go down.
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