A Mouthful of Sky-high Fried Rice, Lao Tang Apprenticed on the Spot

As for the real cause of Yongzheng's death, there has been no conclusion yet, and Li Yi just glanced at it curiously, without investigating it carefully.

But this time being possessed by Zhang Xuanqing made him suddenly think of this.

Zhang Xuanqing's uncle was Zhang Taixu who personally experienced the sudden death of Yongzheng, and was also the person in charge of refining Jiji Dan.

If Yongzheng really died because he took too many pills, then he is the culprit.

But after he was expelled from the palace by Qianlong, he has been refining alchemy in Longhu Mountain without any disease or disaster, and Qianlong didn't touch him, which is a bit unpredictable.

The most important thing is that he actually sent his nephew into the palace to be Qianlong's imperial cook, which is even more strange.

Looking at Zhang Xuanqing in the mirror, Li Yi compared his memories.

He remembered that Zhang Xuanqing should have entered the imperial dining room in the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong, which was the year of Qianlong's fiftieth birthday, five years later than Li Kaile.

But after entering the imperial dining room, he stayed there for five years without cooking for Qianlong.

However, he also "punches to work" on time and on time every day, and "gets off work" on time.

On weekdays, he would not chat and joke with his colleagues, but just stay alone.

In the imperial dining room, each imperial chef is responsible for his own dishes, so except for the help chefs he brought in, basically no one else will be allowed to intervene.

So no one asked him for help, so he just stayed alone, either sitting and drinking tea, or staring blankly in the yard.

Until the autumn of the thirty-first year of Qianlong, Qianlong occasionally felt cold and couldn't eat.

So he suddenly ordered Zhang Xuanqing to cook a soup to sweat in the imperial dining room.

When the oral order was passed to the imperial dining room, everyone forgot that Zhang Xuanqing existed.

It wasn't until he came out to receive the order that everyone remembered that there was such a man as him.

Li Kaile was present that time and witnessed this betrayal with his own eyes.

After Zhang Xuanqing received the oral order, he went aside and said a few words with the eunuch.

Although I didn't hear what he said, everyone knew that it should be to ask about Qianlong's situation, so as to know what kind of soup to make.

After all, Qianlong only said to cook a soup, but he didn't say what kind of soup to cook.

After inquiring about the situation with the eunuch, Zhang Xuanqing went to the kitchen, and within half an hour, he cooked a radish and mutton soup.

The eunuch sent it to Qianlong, and after more than half an hour, an eunuch brought the food box back.

The soup bowls in the food box have been drunk, and only one empty bowl was sent back.

Seeing the empty bowl, the imperial dining room was in an uproar.

Qianlong couldn't eat, so more than a dozen imperial chefs in the imperial dining room tried their best to cook Qianlong's favorite dishes and sent them to Qianlong, but Qianlong couldn't eat a single bite.

Even before it was brought to the bed, Qianlong who smelled it drove him away.

But Zhang Xuanqing's soup was not only drunk by Qianlong, but also the soup with ingredients, so he drank it clean.

Ever since, the imperial cooks all asked Zhang Xuanqing how he made that soup and why Qianlong liked to drink it.

Zhang Xuanqing did not hide his secrets, saying that he only used white radish, scallions, and a few lamb chops to cook the soup, and sprinkled some pepper before serving.

The imperial chefs all expressed some doubts about this, because they could cook such a simple soup, but why would Qianlong be willing to drink it when Zhang Xuanqing cooked it?

At this time, Zhang Dongguan guessed the reason.

As the so-called medicine and food have the same origin, Zhang Xuanqing did not cook this soup according to the principle of cooking, but according to the principles of medicine.

White radish itself can reduce inflammation, reduce phlegm, relieve cough and regulate qi.

Scallion white also has the effect of sweating, relieving the exterior, dispelling cold and unblocking yang.

The combination of these two ingredients is a traditional soup.

Although mutton is a hair product, it also has the effect of warming and tonifying.

Qianlong's physique has a high degree of acceptance of mutton, and there will be no problem in eating it in moderation.

Coupled with the pepper sprinkled at the end of the pot, it also has the effect of eliminating phlegm and detoxification, relieving diarrhea, and increasing appetite.

Putting this soup in front of Qianlong will naturally arouse his appetite.

After hearing Zhang Dongguan's explanation, the imperial chefs realized that Zhang Xuanqing was a master of medicinal cuisine.

Therefore, all the imperial chefs present congratulated him, thinking that Qianlong would be rewarded heavily for drinking his soup to his satisfaction.

But the strange thing is that since then, Qianlong seems to have forgotten him, and has not ordered his food for more than a year.

And he didn't care, and returned to the previous state of fishing.

It was not until more than a year later that Qianlong fell ill again, and he was asked to cook another bowl of porridge.

And after Zhang Xuanqing cooked Qianlong a bowl of barley and brown sugar porridge, Qianlong hung him up again after drinking it.

Since then, every time Qianlong fell ill, he would ask Zhang Xuanqing to make a medicinal meal.

It was not until fifty years later that Qianlong summoned him to cook more times.

From the fifty years of Qianlong to the death of Qianlong, Zhang Xuanqing would be asked to cook a medicated diet every now and then.

Especially in the few years before his death, Qianlong had to drink a bowl of soup made by Henry Zhang every night.

There are also rumors among the people that the reason why Qianlong lived so long was because he ate the medicated diet made by Zhang Xuanqing.

Looking at the still young Zhang Xuanqing in the mirror, Li Yi was thoughtful.

Just looking at the appearance, this should be the few years when Zhang Xuanqing first came to Beijing.

And his possession this time must be to master Zhang Xuanqing's medicinal food skills.

Although he can also make a few medicated soups, he is still incomparable to a professional medicated chef like Zhang Xuanqing.

Putting down the bronze mirror, he cleaned up the room and his belongings.

Zhang Xuanqing's family has a lot of money, and there are thousands of taels of silver bills in the box, and there are dozens of taels of scattered silver.

But Li Yi searched through boxes and cabinets, but he couldn't find Du Di.

Looking down at the Taoist robe on his body, Li Yi was somewhat puzzled.

Not having a ultimatum means not being a formal Taoist priest and not being converted.

Why is Zhang Xuanqing wearing a Taoist robe?

And he remembered that on weekdays, Zhang Xuanqing also entered the palace in casual clothes, never wearing Taoist robes.

After thinking for a while, he changed out of his Taoist robe, put on a casual suit, and walked out of the room.

He had plenty of time to unravel these doubts.

If you come here, you will be at ease. He is already familiar with this kind of experience.

After stepping out of the courtyard, he walked onto Qianmen Street.

Strolling through the familiar streets, he hummed: "Tong Ren Tang, originally opened as an old drug store, sir, is like this king of hands-free..."

It's better to take the initiative than to sit in the house and survive.

He planned to go to the pharmacy to get familiar with the properties of the medicine.

...

Twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye.

In the space of the wooden monument, Li Yi's figure emerged.

Looking at the inscription on the wooden tablet in front of him, Li Yi quietly waited for the memory to fade away.

Zhang Xuanqing (from the eighth day of August in the ninth year of Yongzheng to the sixteenth day of May in the eleventh year of Jiaqing)

Male, from Raozhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. He practiced Taoism since he was a child. Since Kangxi ascended the throne in the 18th year of Shunzhi, the issuance of degree certificates was stopped nationwide, so he entered Longhu Mountain as a lay disciple to practice Taoism and study pharmacology.

In the twenty-sixth year of Qianlong's reign, he was recommended by his uncle Zhang Taixu and entered the palace as the royal chef of medicinal food.

In the tenth year of Jiaqing, he returned to Longhu Mountain to take refuge, and the next year he was enthroned.

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