Chapter 443 - Chapter 443: Must Be a Coincidence
Chapter 443: Must Be a Coincidence
Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Just like that, that night, before Li Xiaoran could recover from the excitement of becoming the Seventh Prince’s concubine and the free gold medal, an imperial chef arrived.
When she heard that it was an imperial chef sent by the emperor, Li Xiaoran was immediately excited.
She had heard many stories about imperial chefs in her life, but this was the first time she had seen an imperial chef in person.
Speaking of which, the people in the royal family Li Xiaoran were most interested in weren’t the current emperor, the emperor’s concubines, or th princes and ministers. Instead, they were the imperial chefs and imperial physicians.
Imperial physicians were doctors with superb medical skills.
As for imperial chefs, they were carefully selected. Without some capabilities, they couldn’t be imperial chefs.
Therefore, when Fan Dechang arrived at the Seventh Prince’s residence, Li Xiaoran dragged Luo Cheng over excitedly to meet this imperial chef.
After knowing that this imperial chef was good at cooking Sichuan cuisine, Li Xiaoran became even more interested.
“Why don’t you make a few Sichuan dishes tonight?!” Li Xiaoran thought for a moment and said, “We want a combination of meat and vegetables, and there have to be both spicy and mild dishes. Five dishes are enough. You can do whatever you want with the rest!”
Fan Dechang had thought that the Seventh Prince’s wife would make things difficult for him, but he didn’t expect the requirements to be so simple.
After being stunned for a moment, Fan Dechang asked, “Seventh Prince, can you provide all the ingredients I want?”
“No need. Use whatever we have in the kitchen! If there’s really not enough, go buy more! However, don’t use any special ingredients. Just common ingredients will do! I’m not picky about ingredients!” Li Xiaoran understood what Fan Dechang meant and replied.
Fan Dechang knew what to do now. He immediately nodded and asked someone to bring him to the kitchen.
After sending Fan Dechang off, Luo Cheng, who had been silent the entire time, looked at Li Xiaoran’s excited expression and couldn’t help but ask, “You want to eat it that much? Didn’t I bring you out to eat it before?”
Li Xiaoran shook her head as she said seriously, “You’re not born in Sichuan, so you don’t understand how I feel. Although there are also many delicious types of food outside, our penchant for chili hasn’t been satisfied. Although the dishes we ate at the restaurant that day tasted very good, I keep feeling that they lack some flavor. They don’t taste like food from Sichuan!”
When Luo Cheng heard Li Xiaoran’s words, he immediately understood something.
Speaking of which, when she ate out that day, she felt that something was missing.
It tasted very delicious, but tasted felt a little different from Sichuan’s dishes.
At this moment, Luo Cheng understood something.
“Although chili can be planted everywhere, the chili nurtured in Sichuan’s unique climate tastes different from the chili nurtured elsewhere. Moreover, the quality of the ingredients used for cooking is also different! As the saying goes, each place nurtures its own inhabitants. Outside of Sichuan, even if the same cooking method is used, without the local vegetables and water quality, the taste of the dishes will always be different!”
Luo Cheng’s words immediately reminded Li Xiaoran.
“It’s just like how the quality of tofu is different everywhere. The water quality is different in some places, so the tofu tastes different!”
Luo Cheng nodded when he heard Li Xiaoran’s words. That was probably the case.
After understanding this, Li Xiaoran was immediately disappointed.
“In that case, the dishes cooked by the imperial chef today won’t have the taste of your hometown cuisine!”
“Not necessarily. At least, the dishes will be made by a chef from Sichuan and he’s an imperial chef, so he must have something extraordinary about him. Why don’t we look forward to it?!” Luo Cheng didn’t want to see Li Xiaoran disappointed and said.
Li Xiaoran nodded. Then, she waited to try the imperial chef’s cooking.
At the same time, the news that the emperor had rewarded the imperial chef to cook for the Seventh Prince quickly spread.
Many people gritted their teeth in hatred.
Although this was a small matter, many people saw through the emperor’s intentions from this small matter. In an instant, the Seventh Prince and his wife became big shots in the capital.
In the streets and alleys, the ident.i.ty of the Seventh Prince’s wife suddenly began to spread. The students who were waiting for the results of the general examination also heard the news.
Just as Li Yan was waiting for Young Master Qi in a restaurant, she suddenly heard the people outside discussing the Seventh Prince and his wife.
“You don’t know, right?! The Seventh Prince was removed from the royal family and went straight to Sichuan. As for the Seventh Prince’s wife, she’s just a girl from the countryside. She married the Seventh Prince by chance. That’s how she obtained what she has today! I have to say, this countrywoman is really lucky! If my family had met the Seventh Prince back then, my daughter might have been able to marry him. Now, she’s the Seventh Prince’s wife!” A man joked as he drank.
“Stop bragging! Even if the Seventh Prince appeared in front of you after he left the family, you wouldn’t have that sort of luck. Look at your daughter! How can the Seventh Prince like her?” Another man with a sore on his face said with disdain.
“The Seventh Prince’s wife is called Li Xiaoran. She’s just a peasant from Sichuan! What impressive abilities can a peasant have?” Mr.Yu slammed the wine bowl on the table as he shouted.
When Li Yan, who was sitting in the private room, heard Li Xiaoran’s name, her mind immediately buzzed and she became fl.u.s.tered. Impossible, impossible. She must have misheard!
Or perhaps they just had the same name!
How could there be such a coincidence?!
At this moment, Qi Fei and Ai Mingze walked in.
When he saw Li Yan sitting there in a daze, disgust flashed across Qi Fei’s eyes.
Now that the examination was over, they no longer needed Li Yan.
If not for the fact that he wanted to calm Li Yan down to prevent her from spouting nonsense at this juncture, Qi Fei wouldn’t have made this trip.
“Why are you looking for me?” Qi Fei asked Li Yan after sitting down.
When Li Yan heard Qi Fei’s voice, she suddenly thought of something.
“Young Master Qi, you’re quite well-informed. What’s the background of the Seventh Prince and his wife? I heard that they’re from Sichuan?”
Qi Fei glanced at Li Yan. Although he was a little puzzled about why Li Yan would ask this, after he thought about it, he felt that it was normal.
After all, everyone had been discussing this recently. It was normal for Li Yan to mention this.
Besides, the Seventh Prince’s wife was from Sichuan.
“I’m not sure about the details, but I received confirmation that the Seventh Prince’s wife’s name is indeed Li Xiaoran, and she came from a small village in Sichuan..”