When Qianlong returned from Suzhou, he passed on an edict and asked the imperial dining room to cook a dish: red-billed green parrot brother, gold inlaid with white jade plates. At this point, it is sad that many famous chefs in the royal dining room, this red-billed green parrot brother, gold and white jade belt should do what to do? Whether it is meat or vegetarian, whether it is fried and fried, or steamed and boiled, the emperor did not say it explicitly, borrowing the eight guts of the imperial chefs, and did not dare to go to the Qianlong Emperor to ask him how this dish was made. The imperial cooks talked about it for half a day, and did not discuss a result, so they had to ask The QingGonggong who was in charge of the imperial dining room.
Qing Gonggong was also worried: "Oh, I can't help this." I only know that this red-billed green parrot gold and white jade plate was when the emperor went to Suzhou, and he didn't know where to eat it, he thought it was delicious, so he remembered the name of the dish, and when he came back, he ordered it to be made in the imperial dining room. I don't know how to make this dish! All the imperial cooks gathered around QingGonggong and asked him to give an idea. Qing Gonggong said: "Although I don't know how this Suzhou white jade card is made, but the tricks in the world are all different, they have their white jade cards in Suzhou, and our royal dining room in the capital has our red-billed green parrot brother, no matter what, first deal with the errands and then say." With The words of Qing Gonggong, the imperial cooks made a red-billed green parrot for the emperor according to their own understanding.
After a while, I could only hear a eunuch in front of the Qianqing Palace shouting: "The emperor has a will, pass on the meal!" The eunuchs in the imperial dining room had long been prepared, and when they heard the will, they immediately went out, and dozens of large and small eunuchs rushed forward and backward to send hundreds of dishes filled with gold and jade into the hall. Qianlong looked at the plates in front of him that were tightly covered with bowls and asked, "Is the red-billed green parrot ready?" The eunuch who was waiting for the meal hurriedly stooped down and replied, "Emperor Qi Yu, it has been done." Turning back to the little eunuch beside him, "Cover up! The little eunuch skillfully opened the lid bowl and presented the red-billed green parrot that the imperial cooks had studied for half a day to Qianlong.
Qianlong looked up and was almost startled, only to see two parrot brothers on the plate, one on the left and one on the right, with a small green, red-red pointed mouth, and a circle of white things around them, and people couldn't help but be a little frightened. Qianlong pointed and asked, "This is... What the? The eunuch who was waiting for the meal boldly replied, "Emperor Yu, this is the red-billed green parrot made by our Ouchi Imperial Dining Room." The masters said that Suzhou has a white jade card in Suzhou, and the Ouchi Imperial Dining Room has a red-billed green parrot in Ouchi. "Bullshit!" Qianlong slapped the table angrily, "Where is this red-billed green parrot, what kind of gold-encrusted white jade medal?" You mean the deer as a horse, to make a false truth. It's a deception! The more Qianlong spoke, the more angry he became, and he flipped the plate in front of him to the ground, and the red, white, and green rolled to the ground. Qianlong pointed his finger at the eunuch and said angrily, "Go and tell the people in the imperial dining room that what you want is the real red-billed green parrot brother, the real gold-encrusted white jade card!" With that, he stood up and walked away angrily.
The masters of the imperial dining room saw that they could not make a difference, and they came together to ask for Qing Gonggong, Qing Gonggong was helpless, and suddenly remembered that when the Qianlong Emperor went down to Jiangnan, he followed he yan all the way, presumably he must know the origin and practice of this red-billed green parrot, gold and white jade card, so he rushed out of the palace to find He yan for advice. He Yan listened and knew what he was saying, "I do know where Shengshang has eaten this red-billed green parrot, with gold and white jade belts, but I don't know much about this practice." But it doesn't matter, I can ask someone who can do it. After sending away the Duke of Qing, He Yan had a sneaking joy in his heart: he still had a budget earlier, and quietly placed the famous Suzhou prostitute Ruan San, who had served Qianlongye, in the capital. Immediately, a wave of anger arose in his heart: If it wasn't for Liu Yong Liu Luo, how could he have annoyed the Qianlong Emperor and made the Qianlong Emperor kneel outside for half a day?
It turned out that that day in Suzhou, he listened to people's reports, and Liu Yong went alone to meet Ruan San, who had served the Qianlong Emperor. He Yan was overjoyed in his heart, the Qianlong Emperor had something to do alone today, and ordered he and Liu Yong to do their own thing, but they did not expect that Liu Yong was actually bold, and even Xiao wanted the woman that the emperor had touched. He Yan then informed the prefect of Suzhou with an emissary to surround the three girls' residence, and sure enough, there were people in the three girls' rooms. He Yan was inconvenient to come forward, only to let the Suzhou prefect stand at the door of the room, and angrily scolded the prostitute in the room, scolding the prostitute for not being honest and ashamed, and wanted to arrest him and send him to the officials for justice. The man in the room was scolded dumbfounded, and when he thought of Liu Yong being scolded beyond distinction, his heart was extremely happy. Secretly signaling the prefect of Suzhou to rush in and arrest Liu Yong, but qianlong, who did not want to come out of it, was Qianlong, who was full of anger. He Yan and the suzhou prefect prostrated their heads and pleaded guilty, kneeling outside the house to the point that their legs were wooden, thirsty and hungry, but they did not dare to move, and baba listened to the three girls singing a small song to Qianlong inside, waiting for him to drink wine and eat vegetables, only to hear the Qianlong Emperor even praising the red-billed green parrot brother gold and white jade brand as delicious, but he had never even seen what it looked like.
Thinking about the past in Suzhou, I did not realize that I had come to the residence of Ruan San's girl. When He Yan returned from Suzhou, he had people quietly place her here, in case Qianlong Ye remembered her one day, it would not be a good opportunity to please the emperor. He Yan was not good enough to go to see the third girl alone, so he first asked the old mother who was serving the third girl. "There is something I want to ask you for a favor, the emperor wants to eat the red-billed green parrot, gold and white jade card, let me come to you..." The old mother looked at Hezhen in surprise: "This red-billed green parrot brother, gold-inlaid white jade card, the emperor has eaten here." As for how? He Yan straightened his ears and was listening carefully, when suddenly the curtain came together, and Ruan San walked in: "Yo, why do you want to eat this red-billed green parrot gold and white jade card with adults?" He Yanhuan turned his head and smiled: "Where is me, where can I afford to eat this red-billed green parrot, gold and white jade?" It's The Saint, the Saint wants to eat this dish, but the people in the imperial dining room can't do it, so let me ask for advice..." The third girl laughed and said, "That can be regarded as finding the right person, this red-billed green parrot brother, the practice of gold and white jade plates..." And Kan hurriedly took out a small book from his body: "You said, I slowly remember." ”
The third girl suppressed her smile and pulled her jade finger and said, "Is this material, first of all, fresh..." He Yan wrote down the small book while replying: "Of course, this is of course... Be sure to kill alive. The third girl was stunned: "Kill alive? Washu continued self-righteously: "Of course, you have to kill alive, of course, this kind of meat is eaten and taken now, in order to ensure freshness." The third girl smiled and pulled down a finger: "The second is to pick the whole green one..." He Yan wrote it down in the book and replied with understanding: "That is, to ensure that there is not a single stray hair." The third girl was stunned again: "Miscellaneous hairs? He Yan nodded and said, "Yeah, with stray hairs, you can't be all turquoise." You go on—"
He Yan remembered a lot more, and only then did he return satisfied, and let The Duke of Naqing order the masters of the imperial dining room to do so. The chefs had instructions, naturally did not dare to be sloppy, each in front of the kitchen a busy meal, each showed their skills, this time designated to be able to play a good color head for the Qianlong Emperor to praise.
Qianlong was waiting in the palace and was troubled, when he finally saw Gonggong Qing accompanying Hezhen, as well as several officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, leading dozens of small eunuchs to fish and placing large and small plates and bowls on the table in front of the hall. Qing Gonggong gave an order: "Raise the bowl lid!" Immediately, a little eunuch opened the lid of the bowl, Qianlong looked at it, his eyes widened a lot, only to see how high the green, red, and white piles on the plate in front of him were, but he couldn't tell what material was made, Qianlong strangely stood up, and sniffed closely, but he couldn't smell anything. Qianlong sat down slowly, raised his head and stared at He yan, and asked hesitantly, "This... What's the mess? ”
He Yan stepped forward and replied triumphantly, "This is the real red-billed green parrot, gold-encrusted with white jade." He Yan took a step forward and pointed to the plate to explain for Qianlong: "The king of the parrots who have been selected by thousands of people here is a green shining and glowing body, green over the mother's green, green over emerald green, and there is no stray hair at all." Qianlong was confused in his heart, and picked it up with chopsticks to look at it carefully. Just turning out the red mouth of the parrot brother below, He Yan said, "You see this little red mouth, red over the red leaves of the Fragrant Mountain, red over the durian flowers in May, red over the crane top, red over the coral." What a little red in the evergreen bush! Washu spoke incessantly and triumphantly. Qianlong stretched out his chopsticks and flipped them down and asked, "What condiments are these made of?" The imperial chef who was standing next to him rushed over and replied, "Emperor Qi Yu, this is all made of cloud-legged bear paws and mountain treasures and seafood." He Yan continued: "The gold inlaid white jade medal is made of eggs, goose eggs, quail eggs, white phoenix peacock eggs, millennium turtle eggs, remove the egg yolk and leave only the egg white, plus fresh lotus fresh lotus fresh diamond horn, almond hazelnut walnut kernel, shark fin bird's nest white fungus, confluence processing." ”
Qianlong looked at He Yan, who was dancing with his hands, and coldly asked, "How much silver did you spend from the big library for this dish?" He Yanyi waved his hand and replied, "Not much, not much, a total of two hundred and fifty-six pieces of gold were used, plus a little bit." Qianlong stood up: "Two hundred and fifty-six pieces of gold, plus a little bit, this is not much?" This is all the people's fat and the people's anointing, and you dare to squander it so much! "He Yan stood in front of Qianlong and did not dare to answer, but Qianlong raised two more fingers and said angrily: 'I will tell you that the red-billed green parrot brother I ate, the gold and white jade plates only cost less than two hanging dollars in total.'" Washu could hardly believe his ears: "Ah, two hanging coins?! Qianlong said, "Yes, there are only two hanging coins, but what about you, you spent two hundred and fifty-six taels of gold, and added a little bit, but I'm afraid that these fractions are more than two hanging coins, right?" Qianlong pointed to the Hezhen Qi in front of him without hitting a single place: "You eat fat heads, big ears, big ears, and intestines, all of which are a hundred pounds of big birthday peaches - waste snacks." Frightened, He Yan and all the cooks fell to their knees in unison: "Wait for the minister to be damned!" Qianlong turned his head and ordered the little eunuch beside him: "Go, summon Liu Luoguo!" ”
Soon, Liu Yong followed the summoned eunuch in a hurry. He Yan hurriedly greeted Liu Yong and said, "You can help more with this matter today!" Liu Yong already knew what had happened, and he was happy in his heart: "And lord, of course, don't forget in Suzhou, you have also helped me." He Yanyi listened to the secret pain in his heart. It turned out that that day in Suzhou, Liu Yong went to find Ruan San girl to inquire about some secrets in the Suzhou officialdom, but he saw He Yan and the suzhou prefect from a distance leading people into the streets and alleys, and hurriedly withdrew to hide in Ruan San's boudoir. Only to hear the suzhou prefect outside a good scolding, scolding this man in the house for not being honest and loyal, and wanting to send him to the officials to be brought to justice, seeing that he was about to be rushed in and taken away, Liu Yong was at a loss, and the Qianlong Emperor and Ruan San's girl walked out together. Liu Yong couldn't help but secretly lament that the Jiren had their own heavenly appearance, and Qianlong entered the courtyard of the three girls before He Yan and the others. Qianlong was scolded by the prefect of Suzhou for half a day, and severely punished the two of them to kneel outside until dark. But he went to the boudoir of the three girls to listen to the little song, eating this red-billed green parrot, gold and white jade cards, poor Liu Yong had nowhere to hide, and even lay down under the bed of the three girls for half the night, and the atmosphere did not dare to take a breath. However, it was precisely because of this opportunity that he saw the true face of the red-billed green parrot with gold and white jade.
Liu Yong remembered the matter of Suzhou, of course, he would not let go of Hezhen, insisting that Hezhen make this red-billed green parrot gold and white jade plate for the emperor. He Yan cried and said, "Emperor, you might as well kill the villain, I really won't do it!" Liu Yong said, "It doesn't matter with adults, people don't learn and don't know, wood doesn't chisel, and casseroles don't leak for a lifetime." You can learn it. He Yan spread his hands and said, "But there is no master!" Liu Yong said unhurriedly: "I wouldn't say that this full table of Han is full, but this dish of red-billed green parrot brother gold and white jade plate is often eaten by our family, and I have come to catch it." He Yan's eyes lit up and he said busily, "Lord Liu, then you will give it to you." Liu Yong looked at Hezhen and said, "Come? And adults, you said it simply, you just have to ask a Dao'er to make a half-cut? Come on? To put it mildly, the worshipper must have the etiquette of worshiping the master! Qianlong also helped next to him: "Yes, there must be a courtesy for the worshipper," and He Yan was helpless, looking at Liu Yong, looking at Qianlong, he had to go to Liu Yong and swing to the ground: "Master, you will raise your hand high!" ”
Like the stars and the imperial chefs, he hugged Liu Yong to the imperial dining room. He Yan helped Liu Yong put on an apron and sleeves, and then pointed to the various ingredients in the imperial dining room: "You see what materials you want to prepare, here are all available." Liu Yong was not happy: "Who to talk to, no big or small." The Washu people had to wait carefully under the low eaves: "Yes, yes, master, what materials do you want to prepare?" "Don't worry, just watch." Liu Yong turned around the imperial dining room with his hands behind his back. A group of imperial chefs also carefully followed, red-billed green parrots, gold-encrusted white jade cards, such a valuable dish who did not want to learn ah.
There was indeed everything in the imperial dining room, the geese in the clouds in the mountains, the cattle and sheep on the land, but Liu Yong didn't seem to look at anything, and after half a day, Liu Yong grabbed a handful of spinach in a corner and handed it to Hezhen: "Spinach, take it and wash it!" He Yan was stunned for half a day, thinking that he had heard wrongly, but Liu Yong was impatient, and stuffed spinach into He Yan's hand: "Go wash it!" A few parrots in the cage next to them chirped and seemed to be laughing at Washun as well, and Washun looked at The parrot and held up a spinach again, looking at it carefully, thoughtfully.
A large group of imperial chefs over there were watching Liu Yong in front of the stove to show them: "Tofu is white, put it in a pot and fry it in oil, it is brown on the outside, and snow white on the inside, just like gold inlaid with white jade, so it is called gold inlaid white jade brand." As he spoke, He yan had already washed the spinach: "Master, the dish is coming." ”......
Su Zhen, a real red-billed green parrot, gold-encrusted white jade plate presented to Qianlong Ye in front of him - Qianlong looked at the dish in front of him, his heart was rolling with blood, and tears almost flowed out - Grandma's, Lao Tzu wants to eat a spinach stewed tofu, why is it so difficult?!