Chapter 1200 - 869: Cooking Personally

Chapter 1200: Chapter 869: Cooking Personally

"Your Majesty, take a look, this is the Star Patterned Grouper sent by the Mermaid Clan guarding the Extreme North Sea Abyss. The fish body is covered with star-like silver spots, the fish meat is as tender and white as snow, its texture is as delicate as silk, most suitable for steaming!"

"This box of food tribute is Jade Snails offered by the Dragon Whale Clan. The shells are like jade under the moonlight, and the snail meat is delicate and springy! This snail only surfaces on the shallows to lay eggs during the full moon each month, but it is a rare delicacy! It is said that females who eat it can maintain their beauty, highly pursued by female nobles from various cities."

"These are Mystic Jade Oysters offered by the Swordfin Clan, all of them are top-quality goods, and the whole clan has selected only ten this year... The oyster meat is plump and luscious, with a texture as smooth as fat. It is said that males who eat it can greatly replenish their energy..."

Servants lifted boxes of various sizes, entering and exiting the imperial palace kitchen in an orderly manner.

These are all rare delicacies offered from various places, exclusively for the Royal Family, they cannot be bought outside.

"Alright, just leave them here. If there’s nothing else, you may leave."

Jia Lan rolled up his sleeves and personally began cooking in the kitchen.

He took off the Sea Emperor’s elaborate ceremonial robe and changed into casual clothes, his white shirt sleeve rolled to the middle of his forearm, exposing a segment of a cold-white, taut wrist. An apron strap was tied loosely behind his waist, accentuating the slender narrowness of his frame.

Obviously a simple outfit, yet it accentuated the mermaid youth’s upright posture, with an elegant and radiant aura, as if everything around him faded into insignificance.

Several young female servants were clinging to the doorway, looking inside, hearts fluttering.

The Sea Emperor is indeed exceptionally handsome...

To even dream of becoming his female would be a great fortune, let alone being able to serve him once close-up.

"Your Majesty does not usually prefer females near him, what are you doing here? Hurry up and leave." An elder servant urged them to disperse.

They were reluctant to leave, only wishing to catch another glimpse of the Sea Emperor.

Jia Lan did not mind the whispers outside. He lowered his head, with strands of pale gold hair falling over his forehead, obscuring his brow, revealing only a clean, perfectly contoured profile. His slender fingers pinched a thin blade, efficiently slicing open a cod fish — the blade glided along the fish bone without a pause, even peeling the fish skin entirely intact.

He deftly cleaned the ingredients, whether steaming, cooking, or frying... The kitchen was enveloped in steam, with the spicy scent of sea salt and ginger mingling together, his blonde hair slightly dampened, his jade-white cheeks tinged with a faint blush, adding a touch of earthly warmth.

Not to mention the females whose hearts were stirred, even nearby male Beastman found themselves mesmerized, their hearts occasionally skipping a beat.

Sea Beastman are quite afraid of heat, usually eating raw after gutting the ingredients. Rarely do they cook as Land Beastman do. Only those Beastman with land Beastman partners or children would specially learn culinary skills, but most handle it rather roughly, seldom as meticulously and conscientiously as Jia Lan.

"Your Majesty, the kitchen smoke is intense, it’s better to let the servants handle these menial tasks, you should take a rest."

The servants wanted to assist, but were all refused by him.

"Tangtang hardly comes by, I must cook a meal for her personally. She loves my fish broth the most." Jia Lan said with a reminiscent smile, then murmured softly, "I haven’t cooked for a while, a bit out of practice, I wonder if the taste will be the same as before..."

The Beastman couldn’t help swallowing as they smelled the aroma wafting from the pot.

They initially thought the Sea Emperor was merely trying to woo his partner, but didn’t expect His Majesty to be truly skilled in the culinary arts!

Oh my God, these Sea Beastman have lived so long and have never smelled such delicious food before, perhaps it is no less than the chefs on land!

The females were even more envious, thinking how blissful it would be to become the Sea Emperor’s female.

Royal males do not need to serve only one female master in their lifetime; many strong individuals, like females, have multiple partners, and young, beautiful females entering the palace originally had a chance to serve the Sea Emperor.

Unfortunately, a few years ago, the Sea Emperor seemed to have changed, avoiding females altogether, even dispersing all the beauties and concubines in the harem.

They couldn’t even get close, let alone entice the Sea Emperor. It’s said that a daring female tried to climb into bed and was immediately thrown out, her entire family punished to the Arctic Cold Sea!

The Sea Emperor further decreed that no one was allowed to step into the sleeping quarters, violators would be executed.

Since then, no female in the palace dared to flaunt little tricks, at most, they could only dream about it in their hearts.