The wives of the concubines are empresses

After eating the last of the fermented glutinous rice dumplings, Shangguan Wanjun thought that the concubines had entered the palace and had never met each other, so she decided to get together tonight.

"Ask the imperial kitchen to prepare some raw vegetables and raw meat, and invite all the concubines to dine together tonight."

Eunuch Lin had gone to rest, and Liu Cheng stepped forward.

"Your Majesty, what kind of raw vegetables and raw meats are you preparing?"

"How about you ask them to make a list and really look at it first?"

Shangguan Wanjun saw Mu Xiang out of the corner of her eye and thought that the imperial kitchen was also one of the areas she was responsible for.

"Forget it, let Mu Xiang go. I'll write you a recipe for the hot pot base and bring it along so the chefs can study it."

Hot pot base ingredients and preparation method:

1. Prepare oil, peppercorns, chili segments, rice wine, fermented black beans, ginger, broad bean paste, scallion knots, and chili powder.

2. Heat oil in a pan, add peppercorns and sauté until fragrant.

3. Add the bean paste (on low heat) and stir-fry until the oil turns red.

4. Add chili powder (low heat) and stir-fry until spicy.

5. Add fermented black beans puree and ginger and stir-fry until fragrant.

6. Pour in pork bone soup (clear water).

7. Add salt, dried chili segments and rice wine to adjust the taste.

8. Simmer over medium-low heat for about half a quarter of an hour.

9. Pour it into the hot pot, add scallion knots, and you can also add some tomatoes to make it more flavorful. Bring it to a boil and then add the vegetables.

10. Prepare a separate dish.

1. Prepare sesame oil, minced garlic, chopped green onion, coriander, MSG, watercress, seasoning salt, oyster sauce, fried soybeans, and crushed peanuts.

2. Take a small bowl and add dipping sauce according to personal taste to make it more flavorful. Generally, people choose minced garlic, chopped green onion, coriander, watercress, fried soybeans, chili and oyster sauce. Other ingredients can be added according to your taste.

After writing down the recipe and production process, Shangguan Wanjun blew away the ink.

"Go."

"Yes, I will take my leave."

Not long after the palaces had finished eating the agar-agar cake, they received the emperor's oral instructions brought by the eunuchs.

The emperor's dining room is very large. It was originally a dining table. Shangguan Wanjun and Defei Mu Wennian had the large round table made more than half a month ago.

The concubines came to the dining hall and were stunned by the large round table, which was big enough to seat all seventeen of them.

The side lords sat down in turn, leaving the main seat.

Shangguan Wanjun, surrounded by palace servants, appeared in front of the concubines in a sky-blue dress, a sky-blue gauze coat, and a sky-blue belt around her waist.

"Your Majesty, your humble servant."

Shangguan Wanjun raised her right hand slightly and said, "My beloved concubines, please don't bow."

With the support of Lianhua Muxiang, Shangguan Wanjun stroked her dress and sat down.

"let's start."

The other concubines still did not pick up their chopsticks, after all, the emperor had not started eating yet.

Shangguan Wanjun also understood and looked at Lianhua.

"Lianhua, please make me a side dish. I want onions, garlic, cilantro, watercress, fried soybeans, and sesame oil. Please give me some extra. Muxiang, please get me another empty bowl. Thank you."

When the concubines heard the emperor's thank you, they were stunned: The emperor actually said thank you to his servants?

Incredible.

After Lianhua came over and put down the condiment bowl, Shangguan Wanjun couldn't wait to stir it evenly and started picking up the dishes.

"Eat, don't starve yourself."

Liu Cheng was shocked. "Hey, Your Majesty, how can I let you do it yourself?"

He signaled the eunuch serving the dishes to come forward, but Shangguan Wanjun waved his hand.

“Hot pot is best enjoyed by making it yourself.”

The officials looked at each other in bewilderment.

Liu Cheng had no choice but to retreat.

The meat dishes include tender beef, spicy beef, pork belly, pork loin, chicken offal, pork intestines, quail eggs, meatballs, chicken breast, chicken wing tips, chicken intestines, small fish, and blood sausage.

The vegetarian dishes are potato chips, lotus root, black fungus, long beans, lentils, white radish slices, carrot slices, white tofu, dried tofu, wet tofu skin, dry tofu skin, bean sprouts, oyster mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, and raw day lily.

Seafood vegetarian dishes include kelp.

Shangguan Wanjun picked up a potato chip and tasted it. "This is the taste. Come and try it."

Some people cannot eat spicy food, so they also have clear soup base, which tastes completely different from the red soup base.

Concubine De Mu Wennian picked up a piece of tender beef and tasted it. It felt tender, smooth and refreshing, and her eyes lit up.

"Your Majesty, you call this hot pot?"

Shangguan Wanjun finished the bean sprouts in her mouth before responding to him.

“Yes, it can also be called a hodgepodge, but it is a little different from a hodgepodge. Hodgepodge is usually lighter.

Hot pot is mainly named for its spicy taste, and the clear soup base next to it is called the "Yuanyang Hotpot".

Shu Fei was stunned: It turns out that the combination is called Yuanyang Hotpot Base.

After saying that, Shangguan Wanjun ate another piece of tofu, but it was a little hot, so she could only eat it in small bites.

The wide sleeves made Shangguan Wanjun feel troubled.

"Ouhe, help me get some hairbands. Forget it, just bring some more."

Ouhe was stunned: what did the emperor need the hairband for? But she still obediently went to get it.

Shangguan Wanjun took out two hairbands from Ouhe's hands.

"Noble Concubine Wen and Noble Concubine Wu, please help me wrap my arms so that I can eat delicious food more conveniently."

The wide sleeves really affected her performance and she couldn't enjoy the hotpot to her heart's content.

The two took the headband and carefully wrapped it around the emperor's thin arm.

"Your Majesty, it's done."

"Your Majesty, is your strength good?"

"Very good, I'm going to eat it."

Concubine Lu Liu Haiming saw that the emperor liked potato chips, so she reached out and picked up a piece and put it in her bowl.

Shangguan Wanjun sighed that although this man was self-disciplined, he was still very careful.

"Thank you!" She ate the potato chips happily.

Concubine Hui Fengjinghan tasted the clear soup base and was shocked to see that the emperor found it somewhat spicy.

How can the emperor, a young girl, eat such spicy food?

The next moment, his eyes widened even more, and he saw the emperor put some chili peppers into the bowl. He was so shocked that he was dumbfounded and kept swallowing his saliva.

"Um... Your Majesty, isn't this too..." Alas, he was so scared that he stuttered.

Shangguan Wanjun disagreed.

"It's okay. There are different ways to enjoy spicy food, and the taste is different. But you'd better not try it lightly, otherwise you will get diarrhea."

Liu Cheng was shocked. "You're also having diarrhea?"

"It's normal. This is spicy food. Sometimes people with weak stomachs will feel spicy. But not everyone can tolerate spicy food." Anyway, she was not afraid and just enjoyed the food first.

The beautiful concubine Hu Siyang sneered, picked up a quail egg and was about to taste it.

"I advise you to eat slowly, Meifei, it's very hot."

Meifei Hu Siyang did as she was told and was very satisfied after eating.

"Your Majesty, how did you know about this delicacy?"

"I dreamt about it."

Everyone was petrified: Is this possible?

Shangguan Wanjun disagreed. This was the only explanation she could give. She couldn't say it was a product of the modern 21st century. That would be terrifying.

No matter what, just eat it.

Shangguan Wanjun picked up a piece of lotus root and ate it with great crunch.

It's comfortable. The lotus root is crispy and tasty.

Lianhua, Muxiang, Ouhe and others were swallowing their saliva as they watched. Shangguan Wanjun spotted Lin with her sharp eyes and picked up a piece of tender beef and handed it to Lianhua.

"Come on, try it?"

Lianhua was flattered. Under the gaze of her master, she opened her mouth slightly and took the food. The moment she chewed it, her eyes lit up. This food was really delicious.

Seeing how happy she was eating, Shangguan Wanjun smiled slightly, and picked up some pork intestines and meatballs to feed Muxiang and Ouhe. Both of them ate happily.