Chapter 265 is indeed worth the price.
Lin Dayou was in charge of cooking, while Lin Luoxi stood by and directed. It was the first time the father and daughter had worked together, and they had a fairly good understanding of each other.
One hour later—
"Your Highness, your meal is ready." Lin Luoxi carried the prepared food to the next room and asked Ji Feng to bring over the remaining food.
"Considering that Your Highness has ordered so many dishes, I'll give you a free medicinal meal tailored to your health condition." She placed the medicinal meal she had painstakingly prepared in front of Xiao Jingchen.
"I don't eat medicinal food. I've been taking medicine for so many years, and now I don't want to eat anything that contains medicine." Xiao Jingchen hadn't even tasted it yet, but he pushed the medicinal food in front of him aside with a look of resistance.
"Don't worry, old man. Although this dish is called medicinal cuisine, you definitely won't be able to smell any medicine in it." Lin Luoxi was speechless when she saw Xiao Jingchen's resistant expression. He was really a bit childish.
"Miss Lin, what kind of medicinal cuisine is it?" Old Man Li, who had just returned from outside, couldn't help but become interested when he heard the words "medicinal cuisine".
He had previously prepared medicinal meals for Xiao Jingchen, but Xiao Jingchen had secretly poured them all away. Don't think he didn't know.
"This is it!" Seeing Xiao Jingchen's resistant expression, Lin Luoxi directly opened the lid of the medicinal food.
As soon as the lid was opened, a rich, sweet aroma instantly filled the pot.
"This smells so good." But the smell alone makes one's mouth water.
Xiao Jingchen changed his previous resistant expression and shoved the stew pot in front of him before Old Man Li could reach out. He quickly put the lid on, as if afraid that Old Man Li would steal the good stuff inside.
If he had told me earlier that the medicinal cuisine smelled so good, he wouldn't have been so resistant. He had thought that the medicinal cuisine Lin Luoxi made would smell and taste as bad as the one Old Man Li cooked.
"Miss Lin, you said this is medicinal cuisine, so why doesn't it taste like Chinese medicine at all?"
Old Man Lin smelled the fragrance in the air; it carried a faint medicinal aroma, which smelled very pleasant, unlike the strong medicinal smell he had previously brewed for Xiao Jingchen, which completely masked the taste of the food itself.
"Hehe, this is a unique recipe from my Lin family, and it can't be easily passed on to outsiders!" Lin Luoxi used this excuse to get away with it.
As for whether it's an exclusive formula, that depends on whether Xiao Jingchen is capable or not.
She added a lot of spiritual dew to this medicinal dish. Even if Old Man Li discovered the medicinal ingredients, he still couldn't make it taste as delicious as hers.
"Your Highness, would you like me to have a couple of bites?" Seeing that he couldn't get any information out of Lin Luoxi, Old Man Li immediately turned his attention to Xiao Jingchen.
He stared longingly at the potted plant that Xiao Jingchen was protecting like a cub in his arms. Anyone with eyes could tell that Lin Luoxi's medicinal meal had truly caught his eye.
"No, this is for me." Xiao Jingchen refused to share such a delicious treat.
"Your Highness..." Seeing that Xiao Jingchen was ignoring him, Old Man Li could only whisper a few words in Xiao Jingchen's ear.
"Alright, then I'll just give you a few drops." No one knows how Old Man Li persuaded him, but Xiao Jingchen finally relented.
Seeing the subtle actions between the master and servant, Lin Luoxi curled her lips into a confident smile.
Just kidding, if it were actually copied, it wouldn't be her exclusive recipe anymore.
Old Li got to taste the delicious medicinal food as he wished, and even smacked his lips, trying to figure out which medicinal ingredients were used in the dish.
"Can you taste it?" Ji Feng and the others had brought over all the dishes, but Old Man Li remained silent, his brows furrowed.
Seeing that his master had asked, Old Man Li could only shake his head bitterly.
"What a waste of my soup." Xiao Jingchen saw the confident smile on Lin Luoxi's lips and knew that this matter was not so simple.
"Your Highness, all the dishes have been served. Please settle the bill."
"My parents are so old, only money can give them a sense of security."
"It's hard work cooking for you every day, and only seeing money can relieve their fatigue. So let's keep the daily wage."
Lin Luoxi didn't know how long this group of people would stay here. If they stayed together for a while, and then suddenly left, where would he go to ask for money?
"Okay, okay, okay, here you go, here you go." Xiao Jingchen's stomach was already rumbling with the aroma of the food filling the room. Now that Lin Luoxi said she wanted to pay the bill, he readily told Ji Feng to get the money, not wanting Lin Luoxi to delay his meal.
"Your Highness, please enjoy your meal." With the money in hand, Lin Luoxi left gracefully.
"Mmm, Your Highness, it's really delicious!" Ji Feng praised the Lin family's culinary skills while gnawing on a braised pork knuckle.
"Hmm, Your Highness, so many dishes, such large portions, and so delicious. In the capital, they would cost over a thousand taels." Old Man Li also saw the prices on Lin Luoxi's menu, which were only seven or eight hundred taels, not very expensive.
Two large tables were laden with food, served in large bowls. Miss Lin was incredibly generous; they no longer had to worry about not having enough to eat.
"Yes, indeed!" Xiao Jingchen nodded in agreement. He had thought Lin Luoxi would try to fool him with simple home-cooked dishes, but now it seemed he had come out on top.
Xiao Jingchen's personal chef, who was eating at another table, was initially resentful that Lin Ruoxi charged such a high price, but now he was completely convinced.
It's made with some incredibly simple ingredients, yet it tastes so delicious.
If it were him, he wouldn't be able to make such delicious ingredients. No wonder the prince likes to eat it. Even he thinks it's delicious, so delicious that he wants to swallow his tongue.
Now everyone eats together as family, completely letting go of any pretense of image and eating with gusto.
"Tsk tsk..." Lin Wenqian and his three friends, who had just finished class, couldn't help but shake their heads as they watched Xiao Jingchen and his group wolfing down their food.
"Sir, this is what my second younger sister prepared for you." Lin Wenqian pushed the food box towards their husband, Yan Zhou.
At first, Lin Wenqian and Lin Ruoxi thought that Dean Tian of the Hanlin Academy was a learned and erudite man in his fifties or sixties.
But reality proved them wrong. When Lin Dayou and Lin Zhousheng brought four boys to become his apprentices, they mistook him for the son of their master.
When they learned from Xiao Jingchen that the master they were to worship was the beautiful man in front of them, they were shocked beyond words.
But Lin Dayou and Lin Zhousheng quickly realized that if Lin Luoxi was so successful, then naturally there must be outstanding individuals among the scions of prominent families.
Concealing their inner shock, they pulled Lin Wenqian, Lin Wentao, Xie Hanchuan, and Lin Wenjin to obediently perform the apprenticeship ceremony for Yan Zhou.
The reason Yan Zhou readily agreed to take these four as his apprentices was because he admired the Lin family's culinary skills.
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