Chapter 425 Fried Rice Balls (7)

A plate of round "golden balls" was still steaming a little, obviously it had just come out of the pot. When put into the mouth, the fried glutinous rice balls have a crispy skin, but the crispy texture is only a thin layer of the skin. The teeth break through the crispy surface layer, and the inside is filled with the unique soft and glutinous texture of the glutinous rice balls. Chew It looks soft and waxy with a little toughness. Before he could take more than two bites, the sweet and fragrant black sesame filling flowed out from the thin layer of soft and waxy inner core.

Well, I tasted it. It was indeed the work of the chefs in the imperial kitchen. It's just that on weekdays, all the food is boiled. Now when eating this fried glutinous rice dumpling, Xintei feels that it is not only novel, but also has a unique flavor. Compared with the boiled dumpling, it is not as mixed and tastes better. Not only is it rich, it also smells much better.

After eating two in a row, he picked up a third one. This time, Xindi did not put it into his mouth immediately, but looked at the glutinous rice balls on the chopsticks and said puzzledly: "One is boiled, and the other is fried. It seems that it’s not difficult to make. Why haven’t I seen the group of chefs in the imperial kitchen who like to delve into cooking techniques do it like this before?”

"How can it be such a simple thing?" The queen said with a smile when she heard this, "How can ordinary glutinous rice balls be put into the oil pan? They had exploded long ago. Master Wen made steamed buns with steamed buns and wrapped them in a layer before calling them So intact.”

The new emperor was suddenly enlightened. He put the fried glutinous rice balls into his mouth and nodded: "What A Fei likes is a Hui Zhi Lan Xin." After saying that, he continued without asking the Queen to say anything, "Today I was almost let out by Zhang." I led him away by the nose, but fortunately he was still smart and knew how to pretend to be stupid, so he came back." After telling Zhang Rang about how he used his father's hatred and filial piety to manipulate Wen Mingtang, he sighed, "Some things that cannot be controlled are the worst. The best thing is to stay out of it."

The queen listened patiently to the new emperor's words, and also laughed twice. Then, while ladling soup for the new emperor, she said: "She came to see me as soon as she came back. I think it was probably Concubine Jing who did it. She is a smart person." , he naturally followed my words."

Hearing this, the new emperor looked up at the queen and said, "Awan, the murder case in Qianyuan Palace was not arranged by me." After speaking, he stretched out his hand to cover the queen's hand and sighed softly. The rest of his words were nothing. Not said.

The queen nodded and said, "How could I not know you?" Then she lowered her eyes and took a chopstick of the new emperor's favorite dish.

He did not arrange the murder, but some of the inside information may not be unknown to the people around him. Duke Jing Guo, who was implicated in the Qianyuan Palace murder case, nodded and admitted all the unfavorable evidence, and only denied it completely as to whether he had killed anyone. This reaction Just like...

Just like Wen Xuance back then.

It wasn't just the emperor and empress who discovered this, there were many others.

Duke Jing is now just like Wen Xuance back then, refusing to say anything.

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On the second day, Wen Mingtang taught the two palace maids in the small kitchen how to make some snacks and snacks. Another day passed peacefully, and in a blink of an eye, it was the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.

Wen Mingtang originally thought that he would not be able to leave the palace on the day of the Lantern Festival, but he did not expect that the imperial food was just eaten on the Shangyuan Festival, and someone came from the empress. After Wen Mingtang passed, the empress Without talking nonsense, he put his mouth towards the tea cup at hand and said: "Girl Wen, I won't keep you much longer in this palace. You can go to the Qianyuan Hall and then leave the palace!" After saying that, he paused and looked at the palace. A trace of nervousness flashed in his mind, "The city is very lively tonight, you might as well go out and have a good Lantern Festival with Zhao Sihan or something."

The Shangyuan Festival not only eats glutinous rice balls, but also has lantern festivals. Compared with the lantern festivals held during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Lantern Festival is a serious lantern festival. Pedestrians on the street each carry a lantern. There are various rabbit lanterns for this Year of the Rabbit, as well as beautiful octagonal palace lanterns with painted faces of beauties and beautiful scenery.

The orange-yellow light shines from the lampshade, giving it a faintly charming and hazy color. Yes, this Lantern Festival is not only a day for watching lanterns and shopping, but also a day for many lovers to meet.

Wen Mingtang remembered the words written by a certain poet in the time and space he lived in - "The sound of the phoenix flute, the light of the jade pot, the dance of fish and dragons all night..." The scene was quite beautiful, but the two most beautiful and widely sung ones were The sentence has nothing to do with the scenery, but the person - looking for her thousands of times in the crowd, suddenly looking back, the person is in the dim light.

Now that the queen specifically mentioned it, looking at the narrowing in her eyes, Wen Mingtang's heart moved slightly, and he vaguely guessed something. Is it possible that Lin Fei mentioned not only things to the emperor but also people?

After thinking about this, Wen Mingtang not only lamented that the character of Lin Shaoqing in their Dali Temple was as good as his skin, but he was also surprised by Lin Fei's boldness.

She comes from modern times, and she does not recognize Darong's system of distinction between superiority and inferiority. But it's one thing not to admit it. Wen Mingtang also knows that it is not easy to break through this set of distinctions between superiority and inferiority in Da Rong. Although Mrs. Hou and others seem kind to her, but... when Marquis Jingyun selects a concubine for the Crown Prince, he pays attention to a well-matched family, and people outside the family will not consider him at all. Lin Fei knew that this matter was not easy, which was why Wen Mingtang didn't think much about it after hearing his cryptic confession. There were so many obstacles that Wen Mingtang felt that this matter was very difficult to handle just by thinking about it.

When I was listening to the small officials chatting in Dali Temple, I once talked about the story of an adult who lost his wife and fell in love with the daughter of an ordinary people who sold tofu. Finally, he broke through the obstacles and took the daughter as his wife. You know, if this kind of thing is not really rare, how can it be talked about so much?

Listening to the Queen's joke, Wen Mingtang suddenly realized that Lin Fei had the idea of ​​​​a marriage granted by His Majesty's decree.

This...can really work! It's just that what happens after success is... Wen Mingtang frowned and was still thinking about this on the way to Qianyuan Hall with tea.

When he walked to the Qianyuan Hall with tea, Wen Mingtang calmed down and spoke to the guards on the left and right. The guards who had been instructed long ago did not stop him, and Wen Mingtang walked in with tea.

When she entered the palace, Duke Jing was not facing the outside of the palace as he was the day before. He was now facing away from the palace door, sitting quietly at the desk, looking up at the dragon pattern hovering on the top of the palace in trance.

Hearing the sound of movement, Duke Jingguo turned his head and looked over. When he saw it was her, he paused and said, "Are you here to deliver tea again?"

Although it was a question, there was not much surprise in his tone, as if he already knew everything.

Wen Mingtang said "yes" and walked over with tea.

Duke Jingguo raised his eyes to look at her. After looking at her carefully, his eyes stayed on her face. After a moment of pause, he suddenly said: "Girl named Wen, if you allow me to do something, I will allow you to do it." You and A Fei will definitely not be stopped by his parents."