Peaceful Farm Life
Chapter 425 Making Dumplings_1

Chapter 425: Chapter 425 Making Dumplings_1

Upon returning to the palace and seeing that it was not yet dark, An Jing suddenly thought of dumplings. Imagining dipping them in vinegar and eating them, that taste... An Jing savored the thought, craving them unbearably. Then, she dragged Xiao Changyi to the Imperial Kitchen, planning to make dumplings.

The people in the Imperial Kitchen, upon seeing Xiao Changyi and An Jing, were so frightened that they all knelt down.

An Jing had everyone stand up and told them to go about their own business without minding them. But seeing that everyone still looked scared, she stopped worrying about it and instead found an empty spot in the Imperial Kitchen with Xiao Changyi. They cut up some meat and washed it, then she had Xiao Changyi stand there and chop the meat filling.

As for herself, she first prepared some spinach juice, laver juice, carrot juice, and pumpkin juice. Then she added these juices to the flour, making four separate doughs, plus one plain dough. She planned to make five-colored dumplings—green, purple, red, yellow, white, perfectly matching the five colors.

Seeing King of Eternal Victory, Xiao Changyi, expertly chopping meat filling, and An Jing, the princess, kneading dough, everyone in the Imperial Kitchen was stunned as if struck by lightning.

Were these two people in front of them fake prince and princess?

"Husband, I’ve kneaded quite a bit of dough here, enough for several people to eat. Let’s invite Father Emperor and Chengyu to join us," An Jing said as she kneaded the dough and spoke to Xiao Changyi.

"Hmm," Xiao Changyi had no objections.

Upon hearing Xiao Changyi’s assent, An Jing casually pointed at one of the Imperial Kitchen staff, "You, go and tell the Emperor and the Crown Prince that the prince and I are making dumplings, and to have their evening meal with us in Fenghua Palace."

The person pointed at was a bit dazed at first, but after realizing what was said, promptly nodded in agreement and then hurried out of the Imperial Kitchen.

That person first went to Jun Palace. When the Emperor of Xiyun heard that Xiao Changyi was inviting him to have dumplings, he was as happy as could be, repeating the word "reward" three times, and that person was rewarded with ten golden peanuts.

The person felt like fortune had fallen from the sky, and although very baffled, did not forget to continually thank for the imperial favor. When leaving Jun Palace, the person was still bewildered.

Then, going to the East Palace, when Crown Prince Su Chengyu heard that he could have dumplings made by his Brother Yi, he was also incredibly happy and repeated "reward" three times as well, and the person was then rewarded with a handful of gold seeds.

The person was even more bewildered, again giving thanks subconsciously. It was not until he was almost back to the Imperial Kitchen that the person finally came to his senses, touching the bulging money pouch. It seems, just maybe, he might have become rich?!

Once the dough was ready, An Jing sprinkled some flour on the cutting board, rolled the dough into long strips, cut them into evenly sized pieces, pressed them flat, and then used a rolling pin to roll the pieces into dumpling wrappers.

Xiao Changyi then wrapped the dumplings with the wrappers.

The two had made dumplings together at home several times before, and Xiao Changyi’s dumplings looked very professional.

Once the dumplings were wrapped, they could be boiled. By the time An Jing and Xiao Changyi had cooked the dumplings and brought them to Fenghua Palace in a food box, the Emperor of Xiyun and Su Chengyu were already waiting there.

"Royal Brother, today Father Emperor and I are in for a treat," Su Chengyu said, trying hard to maintain his composure, yet unable to hide his joy.

Xiao Changyi ignored Su Chengyu and, together with An Jing, took bowls, chopsticks, and dumplings out of the food box and placed them on the table, including vinegar. The vinegar was divided into four small dishes, placed in front of each of them.

Seeing the dumplings were in five different colors, both Su Chengyu and the Emperor of Xiyun were very surprised.

"Yi Er, how come these dumplings have five different colors?" the Emperor of Xiyun asked.

In the past, he had also eaten dumplings, but they were plain white dumplings with nothing added. But now, there were green, purple, red, and yellow dumplings as well.