"If I can follow Third Sister-in-law's suggestion in the future and formulate a menu for each palace to suit everyone's taste, I think I can eat all the food."

Luo Qingge thought of herself. Although she could eat food that she didn't like as long as it filled her stomach, she would be unhappy if she ate food she didn't like!

Man is iron and food is steel. Eating is a daily necessity for everyone. Who doesn’t want to eat something that suits their taste and be happy?

Steward Liu spoke tremblingly, "This... Princess Ye's suggestion is good, but she is not from the palace after all. I'm afraid it is a bit against the rules, right?"

Luo Qingge put her hands on her hips, "What's against the rules? I'm afraid you don't know yet. My father has listened to the advice of my third sister-in-law and reduced the expenses of the palace's three meals a day from the original eight dishes and one soup to three dishes and one soup. They also have to be mainly vegetarian, with meat dishes as a supplement, and refuse to waste food."

"In the future, the imperial kitchen will follow my third sister-in-law's suggestion and formulate a recipe. Let the cooks cook according to the recipe every day. If anyone wants to add food, let her pay for it herself. Otherwise, she can only eat what is on the recipe."

Manager Liu opened his mouth but said nothing. He couldn't understand why this little ancestor started to interfere in the affairs of the imperial kitchen.

Although he was surprised that Emperor Jingyang would follow Ji Yuntang's advice, he did not completely believe Luo Qingge's one-sided words.

This matter still needs to be addressed by the higher-ups.

When Luo Qingge saw the frown on Manager Liu's brow, she knew what he was thinking. She smiled slightly with her red lips curled up as she looked at him.

"Manager Liu, I know what you are afraid of. Aren't you afraid that my father and mother will blame you?"

"Don't worry, I will take care of the recipe. After the palace banquet is over, I will discuss this matter with my mother. I will ask her to issue an imperial decree to you. Are you relieved now?"

Manager Liu's gloomy expression suddenly brightened up and he smiled happily.

"Ninth Princess, what are you talking about? Your words are as firm as gold. How dare I not trust you? Once the Queen's decree comes down, I will immediately have someone make a recipe. What do you think?"

Luo Qingge: "..."

The first sentence says how dare I not trust her, and the second sentence says I have to wait for her mother's decree.

After all, isn't Liu Yong still worried about her?

Luo Qingge curled her lips. It seemed that Ji Yuntang was right. She had offended many people in the palace with her mouth.

The prestige that has been established now is really not that good.

"Okay, okay, let's do this. Now ask the servants in the imperial kitchen to leave and make room. My third sister-in-law is going to cook."

Manager Liu was confused. "What? Princess Ye wants to cook in the imperial kitchen. How can this be allowed?"

"Leave the cooking to the chefs in the imperial kitchen. If Princess Ye is hungry, please wait outside for a while. I will arrange for someone to cook something for you."

"It's not that I'm hungry, but I want to cook for the guests at the palace banquet. May I ask Steward Liu, what fresh vegetables are there in the imperial kitchen?"

Although Manager Liu was surprised and suspicious, when he met Ji Yuntang's foxy eyes, he could not resist the scrutiny and confessed the truth.

"To answer Princess Ye's question, the vegetables purchased by the imperial kitchen are all in the small warehouse at the back. Princess Ye, Princess Nine and this servant will come and take a look."

Ji Yuntang and Luo Qingge followed Manager Liu out of the back door of the imperial kitchen and saw a room that was neither too big nor too small.

Without thinking, she knew that this place was specially used to store food.

Vegetables are neatly placed on the shelves, perishable meat and eggs are specially stored in ice, and many items are labeled accordingly.

"Since it's mainly vegetarian, I'll just pick a few vegetables."

Ji Yuntang always believed that as long as the cooking skills were good, vegetables could taste better than meat.

She scanned the shelves and picked up ten large potatoes, two pounds of okra, two pounds of mushrooms, one pound of beans, five carrots, six green onions and seven eggs.

Ji Yuntang was responsible for selecting, while Taozhi and Linglan were responsible for packing the fruits in the baskets.

Steward Liu looked at them and found it strange. Those who came to the palace banquet were all people of status and identity, not to mention that the emperor, empress, and princes were all present.

Who among these people has not eaten delicious food? They are probably tired of eating big fish, meat, bear paws and venison. Who would like to eat these ordinary vegetables?

Princess Ye deliberately avoids those expensive meats. I wonder what she is thinking?

Luo Qingge also had a basket in her hand, which contained seven eggs. She asked, "Third sister-in-law, there are more than fifty of us. Are these eggs enough?"

"Even if we give one to each of you, it still doesn't seem like enough. I'm afraid someone will accuse you of being stingy later."

Ji Yuntang curled her red lips slightly, she reached out and took a few red and green peppers from the shelf, then spoke nonchalantly.

"Qingge, have you forgotten that this is just a display of my talent?"

"The essence of eating is not to fill yourself up. I am not doing this to fill them up, but to let them know that even ordinary vegetables can taste better than meat. Doesn't this confirm the emperor's order just now?"

Luo Qingge suddenly realized, "I see, but are vegetables really better than meat?"

She didn't believe it.

Compared with vegetables and meat, the value difference is obvious. One pound of meat can buy more than ten pounds of vegetables.

Moreover, drinking and eating meat has become an indelible catchphrase in the minds of many people in Dongchen Country.

If I start drinking and eating vegetarian food, it will become boring and less fun.

Ji Yuntang smiled and nodded, "Yes, this will test the chef's skills."

She took a look at the things in the baskets of the three people and said, "Okay, everything is almost ready, let's go out."

When they arrived at the imperial kitchen, Taozhi was responsible for peeling the potatoes, Linglan was responsible for picking and washing the vegetables, Luo Qingge was responsible for beating the eggs, and Ji Yuntang was responsible for cutting the vegetables.

As for making fire, that was the job of Manager Liu.

Everything went so smoothly.

Ji Yuntang cut the potatoes into shreds, soaked them in water to remove the starch, poured oil into the pot, fried dried chili peppers and garlic until fragrant, then poured the shredded potatoes into the pot, added green peppers, vinegar, sugar, salt...

In ancient times, the seasonings were incomplete, so the taste of the food would be much worse. She took out oyster sauce, light soy sauce, chicken essence and other seasonings secretly from the space while others were not paying attention and put them into the pot.

After frying for a few minutes, it was served. The five potatoes were directly divided into ten dishes.

Ji Yuntang cut the other five potatoes into pieces and prepared to make potatoes and beans.

After pouring all the ingredients into the pot, she added seasoning and water and simmered it slowly, and then made a dish of stir-fried carrots and mushrooms in another pot.

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