Shocking! The entire court was drooling with envy because of me.

Jin Ye leaned back lazily in his armchair, without saying anything in objection.

Seeing this, the host immediately said, "Now, please score the dishes in the 'spicy' group."

After saying that, Shen Qing and Gao Hongyuan each carried their dishes to the judges' table.

This time, Gao Hongyuan took the initiative and placed his dishes in front of Master Jin.

On a plain white porcelain plate, six kinds of chili peppers were piled up into a small mountain, each one glistening with oil.

Some are burnt, some are soft, some are crispy, and some are wrinkled.

Jin Ye picked up a piece of Erjingtiao pepper and put it in his mouth. A spicy, smoky flavor spread in his mouth, making him unable to resist slurping it up.

He quickly took two sips of tea before speaking, "Not bad, right on topic."

"Nine out of ten."

"Thank you, Mr. Jin." Gao Hongyuan said with a fawning expression.

Getting nine points from Kim is already quite good for him.

Moreover, judging from the previous situation, Master Jin should not like Shen Qing.

It's estimated that Shen Qing's score will be even lower.

"Eight points." Old Sun took a bite and put down his chopsticks.

It's just ordinary fried chili peppers.

"Eight points." Even the renowned gourmet Mr. He gave it eight points.

Chairman Wu and Chef Zhu, along with Master Jin, gave it a score of nine out of ten.

The remaining two people, Mr. Fang Shanren and Mr. Qingci, took a couple of bites and gave it an eight out of ten.

"After removing the lowest and highest scores, Gao Hongyuan's final score is 8.4 points."

"Now it's Shen Qing's turn!"

After the host finished making the announcement, Shen Qing placed the plate in front of Master Jin.

Jin Ye's eyes held a hint of disdain; he didn't think Shen Qing could produce anything of value.

However, it does smell quite fragrant.

He reluctantly took a bite.

Mr. Jin picked up a stick from the plate with a hint of disdain.

The moment he put it in his mouth, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Good heavens, this flavor is both numbing and spicy, and it also has an indescribable fragrance.

"This...this thing..."

Unable to resist, he picked up another one and put it in his mouth.

"Hiss~ Hiss~"

"So spicy and numbing!"

After saying that, he stuffed another one into his mouth.

The host next to him was stunned and quickly reminded him, "Master Jin, it's time to score."

"Rating? Hmm~"

"Rating: 10 out of 10!!"

After casually finishing his sentence, Jin took another one and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Mr. Jin, would you give Shen Qing's dishes a score of 10?" The host was stunned and couldn't help but ask again to confirm.

"Delicious, so delicious, so fragrant!!" Jin Ye didn't have time to think, he just wanted to eat one more.

Old Sun noticed something was wrong, so he took the plate to his side, picked up a piece of food, and put it in his mouth.

After chewing a few times, he suddenly stood up excitedly:

"What is this? What on earth is this thing?"

Shen Qing calmly replied, "You can call it spicy strips."

"Spicy strips??"

"Spicy noodles! What a great name!!"

Old Sun took another bite and said directly, "I give it a perfect 10!!"

He had been the head chef of the imperial kitchen for many years, and he had never tasted anything so delicious.

That's absolutely amazing!

No wonder Li Zhesheng asked to be eliminated yesterday; it turns out that this Lady Shen is really that amazing.

Putting everything else aside, just based on this dish of spicy strips alone, Madam Shen could win first place in the food competition.

"Mr. Sun? Are you sure?" The host was dumbfounded.

"OK, OK!"

Just as he finished speaking and was about to take another big bite, he saw Mr. Qingci and Mr. Fang rushing over.

"Let me try some first, you guys don't finish it all!"

The two rushed to Old Sun's side, and without even using chopsticks, grabbed a few pieces with their hands and stuffed them into their mouths.

"My God, how can something be so delicious?!"

"My God, a perfect 10/10!"

The two of them shouted, and whether it was from the spiciness or their excitement, tears welled up in their eyes.

Shen Qing slightly raised the corners of her mouth.

Just kidding, this is spicy strip, no one can resist it.

In particular, the chili powder and compound spices she used were provided by the system, which are modern products with who knows how much technology has been added to them.

Anyone who eats it will become addicted.

The remaining judges, seeing this, quickly stepped forward and grabbed a few sticks, eating them as they went and giving them high scores of ten.

Without exception.

Several judges even nearly got into a fight on stage over a spicy snack.

"mine!!"

"be mine!!"

"Don't steal it!"

"..."

Gao Hongyuan, who was standing next to him, turned green with rage.

No? What spicy strips? Are they really that delicious??

Are these judges crazy?

And that Chef Zhu, he took money but did nothing. He took so much money from him, yet he still gave Shen Qing a perfect score!

He lost a fortune!

"All the judges gave her a perfect score of 10! Madam Shen's score in the fourth stage is a perfect 10!!!" the host announced excitedly.

He managed to grab one while things were in chaos, and it was so delicious—numbing, spicy, and incredibly fragrant!

"That's not fair!!"

"Shen Qing advanced through underhanded means, that's unfair!!"

"Something's fishy!!"

Suddenly, someone in the audience shouted.

Gao Hongyuan raised an eyebrow. Fortunately, he had made several preparations in advance.

"This is too exaggerated. These judges are acting way too much."

"Shen Qing definitely used underhanded methods; this is so unfair to the other contestants!"

"Tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect Shen Qing to have even bribed Master Jin and Old Master Sun this time."

"..."

Originally, only a few people complained about the unfairness, but everyone had heard many rumors about Shen Qing, so they subconsciously felt that something was fishy.

As a result, more people began to cry foul.

The noise grew louder and louder, and the situation became somewhat out of control.

Jin Ye's face darkened. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in all the years that the food competition had been held.

"Master Jin... what should we do?" the host stammered.

Now, the entire audience is questioning the fairness of the competition.

If not handled properly, the reputation of the food competition will be ruined.

Just then, Shen Qing spoke up: "Since everyone feels it's unfair, how about this: we randomly select some people from the audience to taste these two dishes."

"Finally, everyone will vote, and the one with the most votes wins, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Jin Ye's eyes lit up instantly.

He squinted his small eyes and sized up Shen Qing: "You are quite clever."

Suddenly, he felt that there was no need to suppress this young lady; perhaps he could let her work as a cook in his family's restaurant.

As a businessman, Mr. Jin always puts profit first. After tasting this spicy snack today, he felt that it could definitely make him a lot of money.

Why not turn enemies into friends and help Shen Qing?

"Do as she says."

Upon receiving instructions, the host quickly announced loudly, "Everyone, please don't get excited. Our food competition is absolutely fair and just."

"Since everyone has doubts, we will randomly select one hundred people from the audience to come up and taste the food. Everyone will then vote based on the tasting results; those with the most votes will advance, and those with the fewest will be eliminated!"