Chapter 353 Conquer You with Food
The prince listened to his sister's voice, and for a moment, his heart was sour and painful. His sister had a hard time.
Such a young child should be playing carefree, but she is always worried about the country and the people.
Just when Xia Miaoyuan and the prince were thinking about it, they heard a few bangs, and seven or eight figures knelt in front of the hall.
This movement directly brought Xia Miaoyuan back to her thoughts.
[Woqu, what's going on? ]
She looked carefully and found that they were several ministers. Two of them were assistant ministers of the Ministry of Works, and they were usually valued by Niu Baijin.
The others were usually good friends with Niu Baijin.
Several people were pale and trembling, rushing to defend themselves to Emperor Mingxi.
Li Liang, the Minister of Works, cried, "Your Majesty, please understand! As the Minister of Works, I only have a superior-subordinate relationship with the clerk Niu Baijin, and only have official contact with him. I have not participated in his work at all!"
Chen Mei, the Minister of Revenue, said, "Your Majesty, I am the same. I only have official contact with Niu Baijin, and I know nothing else!"
Zhang Yushi, with a gray beard, cried, "Your Majesty, although Niu Baijin and I are in-laws, I don't know anything about him!"
At the same time, on both sides of the hall, there were several people with uncomfortable faces, who were all close to Liang Chaozong or Niu Baijin on weekdays.
Especially Jiang Taishi, who was sitting in an inconspicuous corner, had a dark face and was extremely ugly.
At this time, Emperor Mingxi smiled faintly: "You all go back and sit down and enjoy the lunch."
"You, I will investigate, but you can rest assured that I will handle it impartially."
"If you have not participated in those spies, I will not wrongly accuse you."
After hearing what Emperor Mingxi said, everyone's expression eased a little. The kneeling people also returned to their seats silently.
At this time, Prince Jin asked Emperor Mingxi, "Your Majesty, can those delicacies be served?"
After hearing this, Emperor Mingxi patted his thigh and said, "Oh, I almost forgot."
"I guess everyone didn't eat much at the lunch just now. I'm afraid you must be very hungry?"
"I have specially prepared special delicacies for you today. Please enjoy them!"
After saying this, Debao shouted with a tactful look, "Serve the dishes!"
When Xia Miaoyuan heard this, she excitedly shouted in her heart, [Roar, roar! The delicacies that this princess has prepared are about to be served! ]
The palace maids in light green palace costumes came forward gracefully and took away the dishes that had already gone cold.
Then, another group of graceful palace maids came in slowly, carrying steaming trays.
In fact, the lunch time had already passed. It was already the hour of Wei.
Because so many explosive things happened in a short hour, the guests were in a state of emotional excitement and had forgotten about lunch. As
soon as Emperor Mingxi mentioned lunch and eating, their attention returned to their stomachs, which were already growling with hunger.
At this time, when they saw the palace maids carrying the steaming trays, their eyes lit up and they couldn't help swallowing their saliva.
Plate after plate of delicious food was brought to the guests, but the guests were stunned after just one look.
Even the Queen, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince, and the others were all surprised when they saw the food in front of them.
[Haha! This is the surprise that this princess has brought to you!] Xia Miaoyuan was so happy that she couldn't suppress the corners of her mouth, and she looked at the Queen and the others with a smile.
At this time, Prince Jin walked to the table of Emperor Mingxi and introduced: "Everyone, these delicacies in front of you are all cooked by the chef using those exotic ingredients."
"This red and yellow dish is called tomato scrambled eggs, with a refreshing taste and rich soup. This beef dish is called tomato stewed beef brisket, which is soft and tasty, with the aroma of beef and tomato."
"These two dishes are very suitable for eating with rice."
"Just now, the palace maids brought everyone steaming hot rice, you may as well try it."
At this time, the prince and the queen looked at Xia Miaoyuan with a reproachful look.
A few days ago, Xia Miaoyuan said that he thought of some methods of cooking exotic ingredients and wanted to try them. The queen and the prince knew it.
But later, Xia Miaoyuan only asked Prince Jin to explain the specific production process, saying that he wanted to give everyone a surprise.
Therefore, even Emperor Mingxi, the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess and others had seen these dishes for the first time.
After listening to Prince Jin's introduction of the tomato dishes, the guests were a little hesitant and hesitated with their chopsticks.
Although they already knew that exotic ingredients were healthy and non-toxic, these dishes were something they had never eaten before.
At this time, Emperor Mingxi winked at the Empress, the Crown Prince, the Second Prince and others.
Several people understood and moved their chopsticks almost at the same time, eating scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stewed beef brisket with tomatoes with rice.
Before the Second Prince had swallowed all the food in his mouth, he raised his thumb impatiently.
"It's absolutely delicious! Everyone, hurry up and taste it, these two dishes are really delicious!"
At this time, Emperor Mingxi, the Empress, and the Crown Prince also followed suit and praised.
"This tomato is really a good thing. I didn't expect it to be so delicious when cooked!" The Empress praised sincerely.
Xia Miaoyuan picked up the spoon without any pretense, scooped a few spoonfuls of tomato scrambled eggs, and scooped some soup, poured it on the rice, stirred it casually, and ate it without caring about her image.
[Oh, wow, wow, wow, that's the taste! ]
[I haven't eaten this for many years! ]
[It's so delicious, this princess's magic weapon for rice! ]
After eating a few mouthfuls of tomato scrambled eggs with rice, she couldn't wait to pick up a few chopsticks of tomato stewed beef brisket.
[Ahhh! It smells so good!
Xia Miaoyuan ate with big mouthfuls, her eyes slightly narrowed. Xiao
Wanyin was sitting next to Xia Miaoyuan at this time, and she also followed her example, mixing rice with scrambled eggs and tomatoes. This taste instantly whetted her taste buds.
Before long, she ate a bowl of rice.
"Delicious! Delicious!" Xiao Wanyin said excitedly with rice grains on the corners of her mouth.
Seeing this, the guests were eager to try it, and after trying a bite, they all ate it with relish.
For a while, the hall was filled with the sound of eating.
The generals who ate quickly were the first to finish a bowl of rice with these two dishes, holding their empty bowls and saying loudly: "Quick, quick, bring more rice! This is really delicious!"
At this time, King Jin smiled calmly and said: "Don't worry, everyone, today's delicious food will be enough. However, the delicious food is not just these two dishes."
As he said, King Jin clapped his hands, and another team of palace maids walked into the hall with trays.