Ling Xiaoxiao took the palace people and presented not only bald butter, but also matching silver silk noodles. At this time, halfway through the banquet, the emperor asked why Ling Xiaoxiao was late? Ling Xiaoxiao felt that the emperor and General Gao were like bald butter and silver noodles.
General Gao had thought about this mouthful of bald butter for a long time, and the emperor knew his intentions, so he asked General Gao to eat it first. General Gao mixed the noodles with bald butter and ate it very satisfied. He also remembered the days when the emperor and the emperor were short of rations and went to the river to hunt for crabs.
Mr. He, who was transferred from Jiangnan, pointed out that the bald butter was not made by Jiangnan tribute crabs. General Gao didn't want to make a big deal about eating a meal, but someone in the hall wanted to do this, and even threatened Lord He. If the words before and after are not consistent, they have committed the crime of deceiving the king. Lord He was extremely frightened, so he knelt down and assured the emperor that the crab roe eaten today was definitely not a tribute crab. General Gao listened to Lord Li that Ling Xiaoxiao's move was clearly blasphemy and the relationship between him and the emperor, so he was also a little unhappy.
The emperor summoned everyone in the delicacy room to find out the matter. The fat palace maid Mingmei completely pushed the matter of bald butter onto Ling Xiaoxiao, and said that Ling Xiaoxiao did not let anyone participate in the whole process, and even the prince did not know about it.
The emperor didn't like that the prince actually acted like this, but fortunately, Ling Xiao took over the responsibility, saying that he did this entirely for the sake of the emperor, and only the egg yolk replaced the crab roe. When General Gao heard it, Ling Xiaoxiao actually made the egg yolk taste like crab roe, and he admired Ling Xiaoxiao's cooking skills.
It turned out that after the bald butter was lost, Ling Xiaoxiao went to the imperial kitchen to borrow blue crabs, but the blue crabs were also exhausted. Ling Xiaoxiao heard Guan Yuchu mentioned that the emperor liked to eat greasy food recently, and his body was already ill. The imperial doctor ordered people to add Chinese yam to the meal. Ling Xiaoxiao made her own decision and replaced the crab roe with egg yolk, which not only allowed the emperor to resolve the adversity and appetite with General Gao, but also did not harm the body.
General Gao was very moved when he heard that the emperor was ill to attend a banquet to entertain him. The emperor considers Ling Xiaoxiao to think about her own body. Although she is bold, she does not hold her accountable.
Seeing that Ling Xiaoxiao solved the situation, the prince looked at her and smiled. Mingmei trapped Ling Xiaoxiao in the hall with every sentence, which made the prince very angry, and specially summoned her to question her. Mingmei refused to admit it, the prince let Zheng Li hold Mingmei's mouth, but let Ling Xiaoxiao stop it. Ling Xiaoxiao thinks that even if Mingmei is suspected, but there is no evidence to prove that she did it, she will make people think about the prince.
Seeing that Ling Xiaoxiao insisted, the prince had to let Mingmei go. Ling Xiaoxiao thought about letting the thief stand up and confess his guilt. For this reason, she found the guard and the father-in-law in charge of access control successively, and learned that no outsiders have entered the delicacy room recently. Ling Xiaoxiao was worried that someone was playing tricks behind her back, so she went to inquire about Mr. He and Mr. Li who had mentioned the matter in the hall that day, and learned that one of them didn't know how to speak, and the other was watching the fun. Inner ghost.
On this day, Lu Yan was uncharacteristically, not only silent a lot, but also very sad. Mingmei lived in the same room with her, so she inquired about the reason, and learned that it was because the emperor asked the prince to send bald butter to General Gao tomorrow, but the person sent by the prince to Jiangnan would take ten days to arrive at the earliest, and I was afraid that they would be deceiving the prince. sin. When Mingmei heard it, she was very anxious. She didn't expect that a small bottle of bald butter would cause such a big mess, so she took advantage of the dark to return the bald butter to its original place.
As soon as Mingmei put down the bald butter, the door behind her was opened, and the prince led a group of people from the delicacy room to enter, and caught Mingmei. Seeing that this matter was undeniable, Mingmei admitted that she did it herself, and the motive was because Ling Xiaoxiao shattered her dream.
Mingmei was born in a family of officials. She grew up in brocade clothes and food. She didn't expect her father to be convicted of stealing food and salaries. At this point, the family was destroyed. She was imprisoned in the court.
One day, Mingmei was working when she saw someone throwing out the worm-eaten walnuts. It was a pity, so she picked them up and ate them together with the candied fruit, which just covered the bitterness of the walnuts and gave birth to a sweet and sour taste. The prince happened to pass by, and seeing that Mingmei knew how to eat, he transferred her to the delicacy room as an errand. Mingmei regards the prince as her hope of living, and Ling Xiaoxiao's appearance stole the prince's attention, making Mingmei particularly uncomfortable, so she came up with a bad idea to drive Ling Xiaoxiao away.
When the prince learned the truth and wanted to drive away Mingmei, Ling Xiaoxiao and everyone interceded for Mingmei, which made Mingmei stay.

Ling Xiaoxiao cut, fried, cooked, boiled, and quickly served the dishes. When the father-in-law came to pass the meal, the maid who Li Guifei had placed in the imperial kitchen hurriedly went to report to the noble that Ling Xiaoxiao had already cooked the dish with the bowl of fish oil. .
Concubine Li was snoring, but her noble spirit pushed her awake and told her that Ling Xiaoxiao had fallen into a trap, which made Concubine Li particularly excited and immediately went out to find the prince.
The prince was eating Ling Xiaoxiao's dishes with satisfaction, and Concubine Li accused him of violating the ban and stealing meat and fish. The prince didn't know anything about it, he only knew that all he ate was vegetarian, and he didn't understand why Concubine Li said this.
Concubine Li swears that fish oil is placed in the dishes that the prince eats. When the emperor was invited to preside over justice, he asked Concubine Li why she knew that the dish contained fish oil. Li Guifei said triumphantly that a palace maid told her secretly, but she did not bring her to testify in order to protect the palace maid. The emperor asked other royal chefs to identify and confirm that the oil in the dish was camellia oil, not fish oil at all. The emperor asked Concubine Li about the fish oil. Concubine Li heard that Ling Xiaoxiao had passed the nuances and learned that the bowl was fish oil and had been replaced with tea oil, so she put her suspicions that Ling Xiaoxiao saw that she was stealing elbows, and told the whole story. .
The emperor was really speechless to Concubine Li, so he told her that if Ling Xiaoxiao really used fish oil to cook for herself, it would be fatal, scaring Concubine Li and begging the emperor. The emperor wanted to make a big thing a little smaller, and fined Concubine Li Guifei for a month, but the queen just came back at this juncture.
The queen already knew what Concubine Li had done, and she did not agree with the emperor's understatement, so she repeatedly objected. The emperor went from one month to three months to six months, but the queen was always dissatisfied. The emperor simply decided for a year, and without waiting for the queen to object, he made the final decision. Li Guifei didn't know that the emperor was taking it lightly, but when she thought of how long it was for a year, she hugged the emperor's thigh and pleaded for mercy. The emperor was worried that if the trouble continued, it would be even more difficult for Concubine Li to get a good deal, so she was quickly taken away.
Ling Xiaoxiao did a good job in escorting her this time, and the emperor specially rewarded her with one hundred taels of gold. The prince thought that Ling Xiaoxiao was cooking for himself, and was deliberately trying to lure Concubine Li to the bait, so he was very unhappy. Ling Xiaoxiao explained to the prince that it was a foregone conclusion that she entered the imperial kitchen at first, so that the prince would not argue with the emperor and destroy his relationship, so he quickly responded. Seeing that Ling Xiaoxiao was concerned about herself, the prince felt happy when he knew that she was only going to the imperial dining room temporarily and would come back to the delicacy room one day.
Concubine Li was imprisoned for many days, and life was really boring. The emperor delivered dishes to Concubine Li, and he was delighted by Concubine Li, who ate the delicacies on the table. The emperor liked Concubine Li's brainless appearance and knew that she did not mean to harm him, so he specially sent food to Concubine Li. Now that she is happy to eat, he is also very happy.
Guanglu Temple recommended Lu Yuchu to work in the imperial kitchen. After Guan Yidao let him try the dishes, he found that his knife skills were good, but the heat was a little worse. After Guan Yidao left, the people in the imperial kitchen gathered around to try it, and they were all full of praise. Chef Lu Yu has been cooking for a few days, and has been praised several times by the emperor. Guan Yidao was worried that he would steal his position, so he deliberately suppressed Lu Yuchu.
Chef Lu Yu suggested to Guan Yidao that two taels of soybeans should be added to the recipe of braised beef. Guan Yidao refused on the surface, but secretly added soybeans. The emperor was very surprised and praised Guan Yidao well.
Guan Yidao became more and more apprehensive of Chef Lu Yu. As a supervisor, he placed the dishes prepared by Chef Lu Yu at the farthest place from the emperor. Lu Yuchu obeyed Guan Yidao on the surface, but found the little eunuch behind his back, and deliberately brought the emperor to the royal kitchen to watch him argue with Guan Yidao. The emperor was very hard to resist food, so he made up his mind that whoever made the best dishes at the spring banquet would be the head of the imperial kitchen.
Although Ling Xiaoxiao had the emperor's decree and participated in the spring banquet, Guan Yidao only arranged for her to make some desserts and vegetarian dishes. Lu Yuchu, with his excellent skills, became the new head of the imperial kitchen.
When the news reached the delicacy room, everyone was shocked. Soon, there was news from the palace maid: Lu Yuchu and Guan Yidao were in trouble. Ling Xiaoxiao hurriedly put down her work and went out with the palace maids to check the situation.