Survival rules for restaurants: cooking and eating melons at the same time

Qi Ning'an agreed obediently. Looking at this happy scene, the others were not in the mood to listen.

Emperor: Have you finished talking? How long will it take? Can I eat now? It smells so good. I worked so hard all morning and I was not even allowed to eat. It’s so painful, so painful, so painful…

Princess Mingyue: Wow, Sister An An is amazing. She dared to talk so much to Grandma, and Grandma didn't get angry with her. They are all amazing. This dish smells so good. I usually don't order these dishes. I didn't expect it to smell so good. It smells so good. When can we eat? ...

An Yonghou: Today's dishes seem a bit light, but it's okay to be light, and they taste good. Besides, from today on, I can eat as much as I want, yeah yeah yeah!!!

Eunuch Wei: Which dish should I try first? If I try a lot of dishes, will it be too obvious? How can I eat more? Oh, I can only watch but not eat. Fortunately, I can taste the dishes. Look at Xiao Kangzi, his eyes are round, but he can't eat a single bite.

……

"Try the food."

Seeing that the Empress Dowager and Qi Ning'an had finally sat down, the Emperor did not hesitate for a second and immediately signaled to Eunuch Wei.

Eunuch Wei did not hesitate at all, as if he had already decided which dish he wanted to eat first, and walked over with his chopsticks.

Everyone looked at the ecstatic expression on his face when he took the pills, and couldn't help but swallow their saliva along with him.

But I don't know what's wrong with Eunuch Wei today. He always wants to taste the food slowly and chew it in his mouth for a while longer.

The emperor gritted his teeth at his deathly look and finally endured it. After all, they were together day and night, so this was not a big deal. Besides, he had no evidence to prove that Eunuch Wei was slow in tasting the dishes today.

After finally finishing the dish, the emperor immediately picked up his chopsticks and picked up a piece of fish fillet.

Although there is no rule in the Dayan Dynasty that things should not be done more than three times, the emperor's chopsticks are still very huge.

Princess Mingyue couldn't help crying as she watched her good father take away the silvery-white fish fillet that she had long coveted.

He also hurriedly picked up a piece of food with chopsticks. Since the meal had started, everyone started to add the dishes they wanted.

The room fell into an eerie silence. Everyone was stuffing food into their mouths one bite at a time. Even the Empress Dowager was silent.

She really liked the shepherd's purse dumplings and those desserts. She didn't know how Qi Ning'an made them. It was the same steamed fish, but today's fish was extra sweet.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but eat more.

After everyone was half full, they started talking.

"An An, you have worked in the imperial kitchen. Why hasn't the standard of this imperial kitchen changed?" The emperor had even more complaints about the imperial kitchen. Qi Ning'an could even make a bowl of braised noodles fragrant and chewy, and you wouldn't feel greasy when you eat it.

It's so much better than those sticky braised noodles.

Qi Ning'an smiled, and said in a slightly gentle tone, "In the past, I was just a little servant in the palace, how could I be the chef? Many dishes were taught to me by the chefs in the palace. Besides...it's better to eat light food on weekdays, which is also good for the health of the emperor."

The emperor took the bowl of mushroom chicken soup that the maid had just scooped for him with a fake smile, "I'll eat it. Today's dishes are also quite light. You don't have to make up for them. I know you have suffered a lot in this palace. It's all because of your conscienceless stepmother, the eunuchs and palace maids who abused you back then. I will definitely seek justice for you."

Qi Ning'an smiled and shook his head, "Your Majesty is too kind. I don't remember what happened back then. When I was in this palace, I also prepared food for many pregnant and sick ladies. It's just that I didn't show up very often, but I actually received a lot of rewards. And... apart from the eunuch who bought me, I don't blame anyone."

The room fell into silence again. I didn't know whether to say that she was pitiful or that she was sensible.

Princess Mingyue spoke up at the right time, "Sister An'an, your cooking is so delicious, you really shouldn't stay in the palace. More people can eat what you cook outside the palace, and we can buy it when we want to eat it, which is more convenient."

The emperor laughed out loud, "You little devil, you are so greedy. An An, do you know? Originally, I didn't invite this little devil to come, but when she heard that you were here, she ignored her mother's upbringing and insisted on coming to eat. I was wondering why she was so greedy? It turns out that it is so delicious. Everyone around me said that your cooking is delicious. Today, I really believe that seeing is believing."

This incident was over, and Qi Ning'an didn't want to cause any trouble.

The fact that she was the legitimate daughter of Marquis An Yong had probably spread throughout Kyoto Prefecture by now. If she had been beaten, scolded, killed, and punished in the palace on the first day, who knows how vicious the story would have been about her.

Besides, those things happened a long time ago, so long that she has forgotten many things, so there is no need to punish her again.

"An An, the soup you cook is as delicious as the one your mother cooks." The Queen Mother said this with some sadness.

Qi Ning'an comforted her, "Fortunately, I am A Niang's daughter. Since I went to the imperial kitchen, the aunts and eunuchs have liked me very much. They not only taught me how to cook, but also prevented me from being bullied. In this palace, I like the imperial kitchen the most. So when I left the palace, I immediately opened a restaurant, thinking that I could show everyone all the delicious food in this palace."

The Queen Mother's attention was diverted again, "Is An An's restaurant big? How many people are there? Are there any problems on weekdays? If it's too hard, you should stop working and find someone to do it. You can just be idle every day."

Qi Ning'an answered the Queen Mother's questions one by one. When Princess Mingyue heard that the restaurant had become bigger and even had a library, her eyes rolled around.

"Father, Sister An An's place has become so good. I haven't been there for a long time. Please let me go. Besides, I haven't seen Brother Ran for a long time."

The emperor doted on you and pinched her nose, "You little rascal, you were in such poor health when you were a child, I didn't expect you to be so naughty when you grow up."

It was also the first time that the Queen Mother discovered that Princess Mingyue could be so cute and naughty. She couldn't help but like her even more. She was her granddaughter, so it was no surprise that she liked her.

For a long time before, she felt that Princess Mingyue had been taught in a rather rigid way by her mother, and that she had the same way of eating and drinking tea every day.

I feel very unhappy, like a hollow puppet.

Today, when I put her together with Qi Ning'an, I found that she is also so active and full of vitality.