Qing Dynasty: After Kangxi Kowloon heard my voice

Chapter 28: Eating Human Relationships

"Is there any difference? Why didn't I smell it?" Yinzhi reflexively responded. Although it was a direct response, he really didn't smell it.

Yinzhi and Yinqi looked at the plates being brought up one by one from the back, "What are those balls?"

Yinyou was also curious. Yinyou and Xiaoshisi had already gone to see it and asked the palace maids. Yinyou shouted, "It's meatballs! Made of meat!"

"There are pork balls, fish balls, shrimp balls and mushroom and chicken balls. You can't see the meat when you eat it. The balls are swimming in the water. The balls are crispy and fresh, and the taste is really delicious." Wen Yao replied with a smile.

Yin and the others were curious and wanted to try it, but they knew that it was all raw, so they quickly sat down and prepared.

As for the Crown Prince, Kangxi smiled and said, "It is indeed different. The clear soup pot has not changed. The soup base is mainly made of pork bones, but what should be put in the spicy pot?" Kangxi looked at Yinzhen and saw that Yinzhen was a little confused. "It seems that Xiaojiu doesn't know either."

Wen Yao withdrew her gaze from Yinzhen and looked at Kangxi, "In reply to Your Majesty, butter was added to it, so the aroma is very strong." She originally wanted to make a spicy hot pot base with butter, but unfortunately beef, horse meat and donkey meat are prohibited.

"Butter can be put into a hot pot?" Kangxi was a little surprised. "It really smells good. Generally speaking, butter is used in pastries and desserts, but no one uses it in cooking. You are really thoughtful."

He was also a hot pot lover and liked it very much, so the imperial kitchen developed hot pots of various flavors, including hot pots for various types of meals.

Yinzhi glanced at the prince and felt a little annoyed. It was just that he often had meals with the emperor and often heated the pot!

What are you so proud of? Old Eight was right about one thing: the Emperor is indeed partial!

Yinzhi looked at his eldest brother, then at the prince diagonally opposite him, and then at the fourth brother opposite him. He pouted his lips and glanced at Yinzhi on his right. Yinzhen opposite him raised his head and glanced, then pretended not to see anything.

Yinzhi: A taciturn person!

Small plates were brought up one after another, with one portion of each placed around each person. This was a family dinner, so the wives sat next to the masters. Kangxi sat in the north, and the princes and their wives sat at the two long tables in the east and west.

There are common ones such as venison slices, dragon breast, roe deer spine, mutton slices, pheasant slices, wild boar meat, wild duck breast, squid rolls, fresh fish, prickly dragon teeth, celery, Acanthopanax, fresh bean sprouts, etc., as well as the new bell rolls, fried eggs, wide noodles, and four kinds of meatballs that Wen Yao has created in her food rotation.

There are also ten common dipping sauces next to it: sesame paste, sesame oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, chili oil, sugar, chocolate sauce, sesame, and sesame oil. Among them, onion, ginger, garlic, and coriander are not included in the hot pot dipping sauces in the palace because they have a strong taste.

"Your Majesty, my daughter-in-law has added three extra dipping sauces this time: peanut butter and crushed peanuts, as well as sesame and peanut crushed, cumin, pepper powder, and salt mixed with peach powder to make a dry dipping sauce." Wen Yao carried her dipping sauce bowl and walked to the dipping sauce area on the side.

Kangxi also stood up and took his bowl of dipping sauce from Wei Zhu, "I'll make it myself," Kangxi also became interested, and then the other princes and wives also followed with their own bowls.

Wen Yao was the first to walk to the dipping sauce area, but did not move. Instead, she stepped aside to let Kangxi take the dipping sauce. "Father, those are the three new additions."

Kangxi chose some himself, then asked Wei Zhu to get another dipping sauce bowl and prepared one sweet and one spicy flavor.

Wen Yao took a look at the sweet ones and found that they contained chocolate sauce. She was surprised that there was chocolate sauce in the Qing Dynasty, but she didn't expect that it could be used as a dipping sauce.

"You don't like this Chuokola? It tastes very bitter, but compared to the bitterness of bitter melon or coptis root, its bitterness has a special fragrance, and the taste is very good when combined together." Kangxi liked the taste very much. "It can be made into a snack, and a lot of sugar and other sweets are added to it. Maybe the taste is what you like."

"Your Majesty, can you eat chocolate without any sugar... Chuocola?" Wen Yao almost called it by mistake. [Almost called it chocolate, my God! This is 100% pure chocolate, how can you eat this? Strong! It's too bitter, no! I'd rather eat bitter melon! ]

"Let my daughter-in-law give it a try," Wen Yao said with a smile on her face, but she did not go and waited for the prince to call.

"You go first," the prince did not move, but raised his eyelids slightly. He wanted to see if his ninth brother's wife would move. He felt a little... gloating.

Not only the crown prince thought so, but other princes such as Yinzhi and Yinlu who were able to hear Wen Yao's inner thoughts also thought so and were gloating!

Wen Yao glanced at the prince, who held out his hand as a gesture of invitation. [No one stopped him? Where's Yin? Where's the fat Xiao Shi? He probably doesn't like it, so why didn't he speak up to stop it?]

Yin祚 who was named blinked. His mouth was already covered by Yinzhi, and his figure was blocked by Yinzhen and Yinzhi. Yin祚 was on the side of the crown prince, and Shisi was on the side of Yinzhen, completely blocking Yin祚. This time the brothers cooperated very well.

"Haha, thank you for your modesty, Your Highness." Wen Yao smiled brightly. When she turned around, [Ahhhh... I like sour things, how can I put chocolate in it! Forget it, I have to use social conventions at this time! It's just 100% chocolate sauce! Just eat it! ]

Wen Yao added two tablespoons of sesame paste and peanut butter, as well as two tablespoons of crushed peanuts, along with vinegar, soy sauce and sesame oil. Wen Yao added a little bit of chocolate sauce and put it along the wall of the bowl. Most of it hung on the wall of the bowl and there was still a lot of it in the spoon.

Kangxi smiled and turned around. Was it because of the ways of the world? Even the dumbest women in the future would understand this?

Yinzhen quickly walked to his wife and said, "You are quite clever. It actually tastes very good. Why don't you try it?"

The Seventh Lady walked towards Wen Yao and asked, "Why does Ninth Sister-in-law like sesame paste so much? Is that ground peanuts?"

"The crushed peanuts are very fragrant, Seventh Sister-in-law. There is not only sesame paste but also peanut paste in it. The taste is very good. But Seventh Sister-in-law, you can also try the chocolate sauce that the emperor likes," Wen Yao looked at the Seventh Concubine Hada Nara, blinked and looked innocent.

"You, do you want to share the hardship?" The Seventh Lady smiled happily and understood Wen Yao's little thoughts at once. "You have a bad taste," she tapped Wen Yao's brow.

The Fifth Lady came over to take a look, thought about it, and decided to follow the Ninth Brother's wife and do the same.

The Third Lady stood beside Yinzhi and whispered, "My Lord caught a cold a few days ago, and his stomach has not been feeling well these days. It's better to use less spicy food. Don't you like sesame paste the most? Now my Ninth Sister-in-law has added peanut butter. Would you like to try it?"

"Okay, you help me prepare it," Yinzhi actually liked spicy food very much. He had no taboos. He also knew that his stomach was not feeling well in the past few days, and his wife was concerned about him. He had no objection and just let his wife take care of it.

Little Fourteen looked at the furious Yinzhen, then turned his gaze away from him and listened to the whispers between his third brother and his sister-in-law. When could he marry a wife?