Baicai and Lingdang have always been sharp-tongued. Hearing the teasing of the two girls, Li Tangyi gave them a thumbs up in a happy mood.
"You two can say whatever you want in front of me, but don't let Li Tangru hear it. She is a petty person. Be careful not to let her hear it and lose your life."
The two girls also knew that Li Tangyi was specifically reminding them to be careful with their words and actions.
"Miss, let's just talk about it at home."
As they spoke, the two little girls stuck out their tongues.
Li Tangyi prepared the medicinal materials on hand and stretched lazily feeling a little tired.
"How is the Sixth Prince doing? Is there any news coming back?"
The two girls shook their heads
"Miss, there is no news from the Sixth Prince, but the Queen Mother has sent you a message."
"The Queen Mother asked you to come to the palace tomorrow to help arrange the birthday banquet. She also asked you to think of making some dishes that she has never seen before."
After hearing what Lingling said, Li Tangyi slapped his forehead.
There have been so many trivial things to do these days. The Empress Dowager's birthday celebration has been postponed for so long, and this time it has to be celebrated in a grand manner.
The Queen Mother relies on her, so she cannot make any mistakes in this regard.
The next morning, she changed into a palace dress and followed the carriage into the palace in a low-key manner.
The Queen Mother's birthday banquet was the top priority in the palace, and everyone was busy preparing for it.
Li Tangyi arranged all the arrangements for the banquet, and she didn't even meet the Queen Mother.
Go straight to the imperial kitchen.
The most important thing about this palace banquet is the innovation of dishes.
She has already thought of some dishes that are not common nowadays but have very good meanings.
In the huge imperial kitchen, everyone was in order and busy with their tasks. They saw Princess Xiao coming, but no one even came to greet her.
"What's going on? Where is the kitchen steward? Why didn't he recognize me and answer my call?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a fat and big-eared man walking slowly towards her from not far away, holding a kitchen knife in his hand.
The man exerted force and the tip of the knife got stuck on the chopping board.
"Forgive my poor eyesight. I didn't notice that there was a woman in the imperial kitchen. What's going on..."
Lingling stood aside with her eyes wide open.
"Bold servant, this is Princess Xiao."
The kitchen manager narrowed his eyes, looking fearless.
"I, Gong Dazhuang, have worked in this kitchen for my entire life, but I've never heard of any princess willing to go there. You should be a new maid assigned to the imperial kitchen? What kind of abilities can a woman have!"
Li Tangyi was not angry when she saw his arrogant look.
She picked up the kitchen knife that had just been stuck on the chopping board with a smile on her face.
"There are many things women are capable of that you haven't seen yet. I'll open your eyes today."
As she spoke, she picked out a cucumber.
He placed it on the chopping board and cut it a few times with such rapid cuts that afterimages were left.
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Tang Yi clapped her hands.
The eyes of the chefs present widened immediately.
"Oh my god, how is this possible?"
It would be impossible to cut the cucumber so finely without more than ten years of knife skills!
Li Tangyi was just trying out her skills.
Neatly-cooked cucumbers are placed on the chopping board.
Modern cooking techniques.
However, such knife skills seemed magical to them. After all, they had never seen it before and could not figure out the mystery behind it for a while.
Gong Dazhuang did not expect to meet a worthy opponent. He frowned and stared at Li Tangyi.
"The young lady has some skills, but she has to work in my kitchen through the back door."
Li Tangyi burst out laughing. This cook looked ferocious with a face full of flesh, but unexpectedly his words were so funny.
The young apprentice at the side was always smart. He knew that his master only cared about cooking and didn't care about other things at all. He pulled Gong Dazhuang's sleeve.
"Master, how could this noble lady, dressed in luxurious clothes, be a newly hired cook? You must be careful with your words and actions, and don't offend the master."
Lingling shrugged her nose and said, "I told you this is our Princess Xiao!"
Gong Dazhuang was stunned. Is the princess such a good cook?
He said respectfully, "Princess, please forgive me. I was blind and did not recognize the real master. Your Majesty is really good at knife skills. I just don't know what advice you can give me by coming to my kitchen."
Li Tangyi has never bullied others.
This show-off is just to show off one's skills to scare these chefs so as to avoid many troubles in the future.
Seeing Gong Dazhuang's current attitude, Qianhe also walked forward with a smile.
"I am here on the orders of the Queen Mother to develop some new dishes for the birthday banquet. Bring me the birthday banquet menu and I will make some adjustments."
After a while, the menu was brought to Li Tangyi.
She simply flipped through the menu and saw nothing but traditional dishes like Xie Babao braised duck and crystal steamed pork elbow.
It's too outdated. Li Tangyi thought about it and added a few more dishes to it. May you have a long and happy life and may you be blessed as vast as the East Sea...
"Sir, we haven't seen these dishes before. Can you make some for us to try?"
Every profession has its own expertise, and chefs want to try such novel dishes. For the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, Li Tangyi did not hide it.
He immediately instructed Gong Dazhuang to cook it, telling him what side dishes to use and what cooking methods to use.
Gong Dazhuang and several imperial chefs praised the dish highly after eating it.
After this operation, Li Tangyi's status in the imperial kitchen became unmatched, and the chefs were all convinced that she took over the empress dowager's birthday banquet.
For a moment, everyone in the imperial kitchen listened to Li Tangyi's command.
After Li Tangyi finished her work, she took Lingling out of the imperial kitchen, made an excuse to stroll around the imperial garden, and then quietly went to the Sixth Prince's courtyard.
This time, except
In addition to preparing a birthday banquet for the Queen Mother, they also had to treat the leprosy of the Sixth Prince.
The Sixth Prince had already married and established a palace, but this time when he was seriously ill, it was the Empress Consort Xian who went against everyone's opinion and brought him to the palace to recuperate.
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The atmosphere in Concubine Xian's palace was still very low.
Li Tangyi asked in a low voice after entering the room.
"My Lady, how is the Sixth Prince?"
The virtuous concubine had a gloomy look on her face, and only when she saw Li Tangyi did she smile a little.
"Princess Xiao, you are here. Ming'er is still the same. You also know that his wife is pregnant. I dare not reveal this news to anyone, for fear that she will be anxious and have a miscarriage."
As Concubine Xian spoke, her eyes turned red and she was about to cry.
Li Tangyi walked over, took her hand and patted it.
"My queen, please don't be anxious. It is the right decision to let the Sixth Prince rest in the palace. We can't let the disease pass to a pregnant woman."
The virtuous concubine nodded, and Li Tangyi realized that the virtuous concubine's palace was much quieter than before.
The Sixth Prince was seriously ill, and there wasn't even an imperial physician to serve him.
"Your Majesty, although the Sixth Prince's illness is contagious, why is the Imperial Hospital so indifferent?"
This question seemed to touch Concubine Xian's nerves at once, and her tears fell uncontrollably.
"The Imperial Hospital has made the final diagnosis, saying that Ming'er cannot be cured. They are now discussing countermeasures with the concubines. I, I don't know what to do."