Chapter 420 Fried Glutinous Rice Balls (2)

It was still at the stone pavilion two days ago. Xinyue was already standing there waiting. Seeing Wen Mingtang passing by, he rolled his eyes angrily and said, "Why are you so lazy?"

Wen Mingtang looked at Xinyue, who was looking for nothing, and said calmly: "As soon as I received the news, I immediately put down what I was doing and came over without any delay."

What she responded to was a cold snort from Xinyue, and she said, "In half an hour, you will deliver tea to the Qianyuan Palace on behalf of the tea-delivery maid from the imperial kitchen."

Wen Mingtang looked at her and asked, "There's no medicine in the tea, right?"

The question was so straightforward... Xinyue's face darkened, and she moved her lips, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she still didn't say anything. Probably because she didn't want to waste more words with her, she just said with a cold face. He said: "No." Then he glanced at her sideways and said, "After you deliver the tea, I will let Zhao Sishan leave the palace today."

After Wen Mingtang stared at the expression on her face for a moment, he smiled and said "Okay".

After Tong Xinyue finished meeting, Wen Mingtang returned to the messy little kitchen. Tong Xinyue could only talk for a cup of tea. The two maids who had just been cowered in the corner by the exploding glutinous rice balls had already wiped the oil stains on the table. Clean, obviously he is a diligent person on weekdays.

Seeing Wen Mingtang coming back at this time, he quickly asked Wen Mingtang: "Master Wen is going to work?"

"There's still half an hour." Wen Mingtang said, looking at the table that had been cleaned up by the two of them, thinking for a while, and said, "There is still time, but we can make the most important wrapping of the fried glutinous rice balls first."

"What is a wrapping?" After hearing this, the two palace maids cleared their hands in the kitchen, their faces full of confusion. .

Wen Mingtang smiled and took over the dry steamed buns brought from the imperial kitchen in the morning. While peeling off the skin of the buns, he said: "Before frying in the oil pan, the surface of the glutinous rice balls must be coated with a layer of egg liquid and steamed bun crumbs. Then put it into the oil pan. The temperature of the oil should not be too high. Once fried to the final shape, it needs to be taken out immediately. Only in this way... can the fried glutinous rice balls not fall apart and splash out. "

Hearing the words "fall apart and splash out", the two palace maids laughed innocently. It was not difficult to imagine the egg liquid coating, but this was the first time they heard about the wrapping made of steamed bun crumbs, so they looked at each other. , put down what he was doing, and watched Wen Mingtang carefully as he made this so-called wrapping.

In modern times, fried glutinous rice balls need to be coated with a layer of bread crumbs. Of course, there is no such thing as bread crumbs in Dairong. So Wen Mingtang planned to use steamed bun crumbs to make bread crumbs. Cut the skinned steamed buns into small dices and put them into the pot. Stir-fry quickly without adding oil. After the moisture in the diced steamed buns is dried, take them out again and pour in the gauze that has been spread out. , then wrap it in gauze, crush it with a rolling pin through the gauze, and you will get a homemade "bread crumb".

"The name of this thing is bread... oh no, steamed buns bran," Wen Mingtang poured the prepared steamed buns bran into the jar and said to the two palace maids, "All rolled things are wrapped in egg liquid and then put in this steamed buns bran. Roll it in a circle and then put it in the oil pan to make the skin extra crispy, fragrant and unique in texture.”

The two maids firmly remembered this most important step and nodded.

At this moment, the Queen's confidants came over.

After Wen Mingtang washed his hands, he followed the palace servants to see the queen.

After some greetings, the Queen spoke: "Master Wen, someone came from the Qianyuan Hall just now and asked for a special Osmanthus Longjing tea. It takes some effort to brew this tea, so I didn't give it to you just now. The tea is ready now." Okay, I wonder if Master Wen can go on my behalf and deliver tea to the guests of Qianyuan Hall?"

Hearing this, Wen Mingtang couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Seeing that she didn't respond immediately, the Queen was also a little surprised. She pondered for a moment, and when she was about to speak, she heard Wen Mingtang say: "I don't dare to hide it from the Queen. Just now, the popular lady in front of Concubine Jing came to visit. I gave some tea to the guests of Qianyuan Palace. After delivering the tea, I allowed Zhao Sishan to leave the palace. I didn’t even have time to mention this to the empress, but I didn’t expect that the empress would also ask me to go to Qianyuan Palace... …”

She did not hide anything from the Queen. When she was in the Queen's Palace, Xinyue came to report the letter from the Queen's people. Even though the guards in the Queen's Palace were far away when she spoke to Xinyue,... Wen Mingtang didn't feel that this was the time to hide anything. , it is better to tell the whole story and highlight the word "sincerity".

People are most afraid of being wavering, being dishonest when they should be honest, and hiding things when they should be concealed.

Concubine Jing and Xinyue wanted to attack her, so they should obviously hide it, so... the queen should naturally be sincere. This was not only because she trusted Lin Fei, but also because Wen Mingtang didn't think that this clever queen would willingly let Concubine Jing reach out to her.

Seeing Wen Mingtang say this, the Queen understood. After pondering for a moment, she pushed forward the tea she had prepared and said, "In this case... just bring tea and snacks and go see Qianyuan." Of the palace… Duke Jingguo.”

Now that Wen Mingtang had come clean, the Queen did not hide anything anymore. After raising her hand and waving away the left and right, she said to Wen Mingtang: "I and Your Majesty have some inside information about Wen Xuance's case that is not clear yet. However, when people are fighting, they are often the same." When you are least defensive.”

Originally, she wanted to go around the bush, but now that she was a cheerful person, the Queen also explained her intention.

Wen Mingtang understood: It turned out that the purpose of delivering tea was to provoke Duke Jing.

This is the Queen's intention, but I don't know what Xinyue's intention is? Although Xinyue said that the tea cake was not poisonous, Wen Mingtang kept an eye on it and took the tea cake on a detour. He asked the Queen's confidant who was knowledgeable about medicine to check it. After confirming that it was indeed non-toxic, he Went to Qianyuan Hall with tea and snacks.

…

Since the Queen and Concubine Jing had sent things at the same time, the Qianyuan Hall had naturally been arranged so that not a single guard could be seen. This situation... Wen Mingtang, who walked to the Qianyuan Hall, felt a little inexplicably funny and calmed down. Carrying tea and snacks, she pushed open the ajar door.

When the scene in the palace appeared in front of him, Wen Mingtang, who always prided himself on being calm, trembled in his hand, and the tea and snacks that came from different directions fell to the ground at the same time.

The sound of shattering teacups and porcelain plates falling to the ground woke up Duke Jingguo, who was sitting on the couch and dozing off with his chin propped up. He raised his eyes and looked towards the source of the sound. When he saw Wen Mingtang appearing outside the palace, He frowned and was about to speak, when he saw Wen Mingtang, who seemed to be stunned, stretched out his hand and pointed tremblingly behind him, covered his lips and let out a scream.

This scream made Duke Jingguo instinctively turn around and look in the direction she was pointing. When he saw a purple face with tongue sticking out, his expression suddenly changed and he exclaimed: "Routine!"