Chapter 82 The finishing touch
Today is the 40th birthday of Empress Mingde. Luo Li, who is always lazy and wants to sleep until she wakes up naturally, got up at five o'clock in the morning.
She took Ruhua and Siyu into the small kitchen in the east room. Tingting, Honggu, Yingchun Banxia, Wanqiu Yingxue have been busy for more than half an hour.
"Miss, there is only one more batch of cake dough left to be baked, and the cream is ready." Tingting, who was cutting the cake dough, reported.
Luo Li yawned and sat on the chair that Ruhua brought over. "I'll wake up first and wait until the last batch of cakes are baked before I start making them.
Alas! In order to please the Empress, who is the mother of the country, and find a big backer, I have to get up at five in the morning to work."
Tingting, who was sorting the cakes, smiled when she heard this, took a big piece of the cut scraps, spread some cream on it, and walked over to hand it to the lazy lady.
"Miss, eat some cream cake first to wake up."
Luo Li, who smelled the aroma of the freshly baked cake and the sweet cream, immediately became energetic, took a bite, the cake was soft, and the cream was sweet and fragrant, and she praised it.
: "Not bad! Tingting, you changed the cream and added orange juice?"
Tingting saw that the young lady liked it, and her little face flushed with joy, "The cream made with milk and butter is a bit greasy, so I added honey and sucrose, and asked Hong Gu to add some orange juice when whipping it."
Luo Li ate a piece in a few bites, "Another piece!"
Tingting smiled and picked a big piece for the young lady, spread it with cream and passed it to her.
Luo Li ate three pieces in a row, and then wiped her mouth with a handkerchief with satisfaction.
This kind of animal cream is made from fermented milk into milk residue, which is then placed in a bowl and stirred quickly and continuously in one direction with a wooden stick. The added honey and sucrose are all pure natural green foods, so it is okay to eat too much.
The synthetic vegetable hydrogenated cream made by the technological black materials of later generations has no nutrition but contains trans fatty acids that are harmful to the human body. She is absolutely afraid to eat it!
The last batch of cake bases was baked, and Tingting cut the cake bases into circles of different sizes.
Ruhua has added a few bowls of cream with various colorful juices and packed them in long cloth bags with iron mouths.
Yingchun Banxia and a few others gathered around to help, watching Tingting's extremely dexterous hands spread the clean white cream on layers of cake bases. Use the cloth-wrapped iron mouth to outline the lace around the round cake, squeezing out bright and eye-catching flower shapes.
On the last layer of cake base, white cream is used as the base, and bright flowers surround a pine tree and a fairy crane.
Yingchun couldn't help but praise, "How beautiful! Tingting, you have such a deft hand."
Tingting was a little embarrassed by the compliment, and looked up and smiled at the young lady, "Miss, the last important step is yours."
Yingchun, Banxia and others opened their eyes wide, wanting to see what other magical touches the princess would add to this extremely beautiful big cake?
Luo Li stood up and walked to the table, picked up a small cloth bag filled with red cream, and used the iron mouth to sprinkle it on the blank space in the middle of the cake!
Happy birthday to the Queen!
Luo Li put down the cloth bag in her hand and looked at her masterpiece with satisfaction.
"What do you think? Your young lady's extremely ugly handwriting, when written on this cake with cream, does it have a different kind of beautiful charm?"
The maids who were watching laughed!
Ruhua complimented, "Don't say! The young lady's handwriting is extremely ugly when written on paper, but it really has a different kind of beautiful charm when written on this cake with cream!"
Qin Wang Zhao Defang walked in with high spirits, "I have never seen the handwriting of the princess, I am here to appreciate it!"
The maids bowed quickly!
When Qin Wang Zhao Defang saw the eleven layers of beautifully made cream cake that was more than half a person tall, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "This birthday cake is really beautifully made!"
When he looked at the ten bright red words next to the pine and crane picture on the cake wishing the Queen a happy birthday, the corners of his lips curled up.
He complimented unintentionally, "The princess's words are like the finishing touch of a dragon painting, turning this beautiful cake into a precious and beautiful painting."
Luo Li, who was extremely satisfied with her masterpiece, waved her hand, "The birthday cake is ready, let's seal it up!"
Tingting directed everyone to stand up the red lacquered carved wooden boards on all four sides of the big cake. It was sealed with a large piece of colored paper, carefully tied with bright red and green silk, and finally tied with a big red flower.
Luo Li ordered, "Hurry up and eat the cake crumbs and cream, and carry the birthday cake to the carriage."
Mo Wen, Mo Yan and a few maids ate a few pieces of cake scraps, and then carefully carried the red lacquered carved wooden box containing the big cream cake to the carriage at the gate.
Ruhua and Yingchun followed into the palace and sat in the carriage with the cake at the back, guarding the big birthday cake in the wooden box.
Luo Li and King Qin got on the carriage in front and drove to the palace.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang was not studying his military book. He looked at Luo Li with a smile and asked, "Princess, today is Empress Mingde's birthday. In addition to that big cream cake, have you prepared any other birthday gifts?"
Luo Li lied without blinking, "No! I have nothing to ask her for. Isn't it enough to give her a birthday cake that I made carefully by hand?"
Qin Wang smiled faintly and thought to himself: "I know even if you don't tell me that there is also a set of precious and rare mahjong tiles made of Hetian jade. 】
The King of Qin continued to tease his princess, "Empress Mingde is the most powerful woman in the Song Dynasty, in charge of the six palaces.
The women of the powerful and wealthy families all take this opportunity to curry favor with the Empress, and they spend a lot of time searching for and purchasing all kinds of rare treasures for her birthday gifts.
If you are reluctant to spend money, I can give you a precious treasure as a birthday gift to please the Empress, how about it?"
"No! I never like to take advantage of others, and I don't want to take advantage of you even more!" Luo Li refused decisively.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang was still trying to seduce his silly princess: "The precious treasure I'm talking about is the priceless Jiaowei Fengqin!
You should treat it as a birthday gift for us as a token of our love. The Empress will definitely be happy and treat you differently."
Luo Li kicked him in anger!
"Don't try to get close to me! I've said this many times.
I am an ambitious young man who would rather die than eat charity! I am self-reliant and stand tall! I don’t want your broken Miss Qinben! "
Qin Wang Zhao Defang touched his kicked leg with a wicked smile, "Princess, this eight-inch natural foot is really powerful when kicking people!"
Luo Li had enough of this black-bellied man's shamelessness! She turned her pretty face to the car window in anger, and was too lazy to pay attention to him.
The King of Qin recalled the princess's exquisite bare feet in his mind, and a satisfied smile appeared on his handsome face, with a hint of sweetness in the arc of his lips. He
was not satisfied yet and teased again!
"The princess's extremely beautiful bare feet are so enchanting that I have been dreaming about them every day, and they are endless! ”
: "You dog Qin Wang! Are you done yet?
A pair of stinky feet makes you have endless fantasies. If you saw my naked body, would your nose bleed? ! "Luo Li cursed angrily.
Qin Wang Zhao Defang covered his eyes with joy, thinking: [You are right! When I saw you bathing naked, my nose bled.] Mo
Wen, who was hurrying for the carriage, couldn't help laughing and squealed like a pig! Just then he raised his hand, and Hong Gu, who was sitting next to him, quickly pointed at his mute point and looked at him fiercely.
Mo Wen entered a state of thunderstruck, laughing so hard that his shoulders shook and his whole body twitched!
Yun Yi, who was riding a horse and guarding the carriage, couldn't help but laugh and his face turned red.
[The prince goes to Ningxinyuan through the tunnel every night. Maybe the princess has been peeped at countless times while bathing. I just don't know if she has a nosebleed?]