Speaking of this,
"Wanru, are you aware that a few days ago, the Prince lifted Song Gege's confinement?"
Wanru snorted.
“My sister naturally knows about this. I heard that after she was released from confinement, she first paid her respects to the Fujin (principal wife), and then went to Consort Li’s (principal wife’s) courtyard.”
Geng Youran also knew about this, especially recently, when Xiao Anzi told her that Song Gege was going to Li Gege's place more often, and she wondered what her intentions were.
Wanru disagreed.
"Who cares what she's thinking? Being with that fickle woman, Consort Li, will never end well."
Geng Youran thought so too. She believed that Consort Li was probably still up to no good and wanted to win over a few people to strengthen her position in the mansion.
Geng Youran suddenly felt that Consort Li was showing signs of becoming more and more senile as she got older.
To this day, no Han woman has ever been known to have been able to climb over the head of the Fujin (a high-ranking official).
"Alright, you've almost finished the soup. Wait here for me, I'll go make some osmanthus and ginkgo nuts."
This dessert is very simple; the roasted ginkgo nuts are readily available.
Add water and ginkgo nuts to a pot. Once the water boils, add sugar and cornstarch to thicken the sauce. Finally, sprinkle with osmanthus flowers.
"It's done, little sister, come and try it."
Wanru took a bite; it was fragrant, soft, sweet, and refreshing, with the sweet taste of osmanthus filling her mouth.
"Sister, do you have any osmanthus sugar left? If so, could you share some with me? I'd like to try making milk tea with it when we get back."
Geng Youran became interested upon hearing this.
"No problem, I have plenty here. I'll have Xiao Anzi deliver them to you in a bit."
In her previous life, Geng Youran loved all kinds of desserts, including milk tea, which she always made with full sugar. However, Manchu milk tea is salty, so she never made it.
Today, when I heard Wanru was going to make milk tea with osmanthus sugar, I thought it would taste amazing, so I gave her all the remaining osmanthus sugar.
After finishing their meal, Wanru led her people back home.
Feeling bored, Geng Youran picked up the "Compendium of Materia Medica" on the table and began to read it.
Once I started reading, I forgot the time.
When Yinzhen arrived, Geng Youran was already asleep on the table.
Instead of waking the sleeping Geng Youran, he had Gao Wuyong bring over the pile of texts from the study.
When Geng Youran woke up, it was already night.
"woke up?"
"Your Highness!"
Geng Youran shouted, thinking to herself, "How come this person doesn't make a sound at all?"
For once, Yinzhen felt like teasing her. He first stared intently at Geng Youran, then curved his lips into a smile and said:
"Wipe the drool from the corner of your mouth first."
Geng Youran quickly took out a handkerchief and wiped it, but there was nothing on it.
"Your Highness~"
"Alright, I've been here for several hours and haven't eaten anything yet."
"Oh, didn't Xinyi bring you any snacks?"
The Fourth Prince looked at her, then lowered his head and said:
"I don't know who said it, but please come and try some new snacks, sir."
"Forehead..."
Geng Youran thought to herself, "Oh no, I had such a good time chatting with Wanru today, and I fell asleep this afternoon. I completely forgot about this."
Fortunately, Xinyi is reliable and prepared all the materials in advance.
After receiving a look from Xin Yi, Geng Youran quickly stood up:
"Your Highness, I will go and prepare immediately."
After saying that, he immediately ran away.
Yinzhen shook his head; this woman was becoming increasingly unruly in front of him.
Geng Youran took a deep breath as she entered the small kitchen.
"Xinyi, thank goodness I have you."
Xin Yi was speechless. She had thought that coming to the Prince's mansion with her would save her some trouble, at least she wouldn't have to worry about her life.
But who knew that after she arrived, she would act like a busybody.
She felt that she had only been in the Prince's mansion for a few years, but she already had several wrinkles.
"Princess, you just told me this morning that the Prince was coming over tonight, how could you forget so quickly?"
Geng Youran felt a little guilty.
"Hehe, Xinyi is the best. How about this, the dessert recipes will be distributed in a few days, I'll give you a third of it, how about that?"
Xinyi was taken aback; that was a huge sum of money!
"Then it's settled."
There's a willing buyer and a willing seller; there's nothing more to say.
The dessert that Geng Youran is going to make tonight isn't really anything new. Although there are many modern desserts, she always feels that ancient desserts are no worse than modern ones.
Some time ago, she read a book on dietary therapy from the Song Dynasty called "Shan Jia Qing Gong".
It contains a description of a type of pastry called "Su Huang Du".
The main ingredient of this dessert is taro.
Wash the taro and boil it in a pot with the skin on. Geng Youran specifically chose Lipu taro, which needs to be steamed for about half an hour. After boiling, let it cool naturally while preparing the other ingredients.
First, prepare the nut powder by shelling nuts such as torreya nuts and almonds and grinding them into a fine powder.
Next, take an appropriate amount of flour, add nut powder, salt and soybean paste, and slowly add water while stirring to form a batter.
Next, place the sliced taro into the batter one by one, making sure that each slice of taro is evenly coated with batter.
Pour an appropriate amount of oil into the pot, enough to cover the bottom of the pot and slightly more.
Once the oil is hot, place the taro slices coated with batter into the pan and fry over medium-low heat.
When the taro slices are fried until golden brown on both sides and the outer shell is crispy, they can be removed with a spatula, removing as much excess oil as possible.
Before this, Geng Youran had only done it twice, but neither time was as successful as this time.
After finishing, Geng Youran asked Xinyi to prepare a bottle of wine.
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