Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Back in the mansion, Jiang Changning first went back to Rujing Courtyard, changed into his previous clothes, and then followed King Jin to Liuxuan Courtyard to greet the concubine.

Concubine Toffee's eyes were red, as if she had cried.

King Jin asked with concern: "Mother and Concubine, what happened?"

"The man who sang the ballad died of illness." The concubine replied.

The King of Jin saw Jiang Changning and asked, "Second Uncle's daughter."

Jiang Changning's eyebrows twitched slightly. Could this be the daughter of the Yan family whom the concubine wanted to ration the eldest son?

"Brother Yu, you can send someone to bring Yin Yao and her daughter to Beijing." The concubine said.

"Okay." King Jin agreed without hesitation.

When the husband died and returned to the clan, he should go back to his mother's house, and what happened when he was sent to his aunt's house?

Could it be that the second uncle is gone?

After leaving Liuxuanyuan and returning to Rujingyuan, the King of Jin explained her doubts, "The current second aunt is the third wife married by the second uncle, and the original wife divorced. The birth mother of the cousin Yinyao died of illness, and she She didn't get along very well with her stepmother. When she was eight years old, the mother concubine brought her, cousin Yin Chan, and cousin Yin Shi to live in the palace. They were raised until they were about to get married before they were sent back to Yan's house."

"It can be seen that the mother concubine has a deep relationship with her." Jiang Changning hesitated for a moment, but he didn't ask the concubine if she wanted to betroth Yan Yinyao to the eldest son.

"Before Yin Yao remarries, I'm afraid she will live in the mansion, and you will have to work hard to take care of her."

Remarrying a widow is easy to say, hard to say.

Moreover, Yan Yinyao had to observe filial piety for three years, so she definitely couldn't be like that in Prince Qing's Mansion, where she climbed into her cousin's bed and became his concubine just after the Hundred Days of Filial Piety.

Based on this calculation, Yan Yinyao will have to live in the palace for at least three years.

Jiang Changning twitched the corner of his mouth, and asked with a smirk, "Which yard did she live in before? I'll ask the servants to clean it up."

"Ouxiangzhai."

Jiang Changning's eyes flickered slightly, Ouxiangzhai was too close to Rujingyuan, before knowing how this cousin's temperament is, it's better to keep a distance first.

"I just heard what my concubine said. My cousin has a daughter. I'm afraid it would be so convenient to live in Ouxiangzhai. Why not let her mother and daughter live in Shuangqiu Courtyard, which is also close to concubine mother, so I can spend more time with concubine mother."

"You're right, then let them live in Shuangqiu Courtyard." King Jin made whatever arrangement she wanted.

Back at Rujing Courtyard, Jiang Changning asked the maid to prepare a meal. Most of the banquets were not enough to eat, not to mention that she practiced skating for so long in the afternoon, she exercised too much, and she was already hungry.

The King of Jin saw that the maid had brought an exquisite small stove, "Have hot pot today?"

"In this kind of weather, eating hot pot is the most suitable." Jiang Changning took off his shoes and got on the kang, "Yesterday, a few lambs were brought from the Zhuangzi, just in time to boil and eat."

"Lamb meat is tender and delicious, not greasy or greasy." King Jin also likes to eat it.

The soup base of the hot pot is old hen soup. Jiang Changning said yesterday that he wanted to eat hot pot. Mrs. Cui started to stew old hen soup in a casserole early this morning.

After several hours of stewing, the stewed chicken was crispy and the bones were separated.

There is no seasoning added to the soup, just salt and pepper, which is relatively light.

"Yongzhou, drink a bowl of soup first. It's old hen soup, with pepper in it to dispel dampness." Jiang Changning scooped up a small bowl of soup and handed it to King Jin.

King Jin took the bowl, took a spoonful, blew on it, and put it in his mouth.

"How?" Jiang Changning asked.

"The meat is crispy and delicious, and the soup is sweet and delicious." King Jin laughed.

The soup base is light and the seasoning is rich.

Seventeen or eighteen small bowls are filled with green and red chili rings, chili oil, white sesame seeds, sesame oil, bean paste, meat sauce, sesame paste, vinegar, etc.

"What is this?" King Jin asked, pointing at the green and red peppers.

Jiang Changning smiled, "This is chili."

At the beginning of the year, chili seeds were among the goods smuggled by sea ships, and Boss Zheng, who was in charge of the farm, asked him to plant some.

When it bears fruit, it looks like the chili pepper Jiang Changning described before, and if so, send it into the house in a basket.

Jiang Changning was delighted when she saw chili peppers. Although she likes to eat light ones, she occasionally wants to eat strong ones.

The spiciness of pepper, pepper, mustard, cornel, etc. is really not enough.

King Jin dipped some chili sauce with his chopsticks and ate it, "Hiss, this chili tastes so good!"

"This chili is quite spicy, you'd better leave it alone and use other seasonings." Jiang Changning only took a spoonful.

"It's okay, you can try it." King Jin was willing to try something new.

After adjusting the sauce, Jiang Changning put a plate of mutton into the hot pot.

The mutton is sliced ​​very thin, and Mrs. Cui's knife skills are quite good.

After cooking for a while, the mutton was cooked. Take it out, dip it in the sauce, and Jiang Changning ate it with big mouthfuls.

The mutton dipped in sauce is a bit spicy, but the mutton is tender, fragrant, smooth, and refreshing, so delicious that it cannot be described in words.

If you have to describe it, it is so delicious that you can swallow your tongue.

After eating the steaming hot food, the whole person warmed up.

King Jin even broke out in sweat after eating, and said with a smile: "Eating like this is really refreshing, and the cold is gone."

When the food was almost finished, Jiang Changning poured another dish of sweet potato powder into the hot pot.

"What is this?" King Jin asked.

"Sweet potato flour." Jiang Changning smiled.

Not only pepper seeds but also sweet potato seeds were smuggled by sea boats.

Boss Zheng strictly followed Jiang Changning's instructions, but he had to plant any seeds he hadn't seen before, and only when something was planted would he know whether it was useful.

"What is a sweet potato?" King Jin asked.

Jiang Changning lowered his voice and said, "I asked my Zhuangzi's village head to plant an acre of things from overseas. I didn't expect to grow them. I saw that the skin was red, so I named it sweet potato."

She is still in the sea ban, and if people know that she buys things from sea ships, she will be in trouble.

"What if the skin is black?" King Jin asked curiously.

"Then black potatoes, the purple ones are purple potatoes, and the yellow ones are yellow potatoes." Jiang Changning named it simply and rudely.

But she looked at King Jin with moist eyes, with an air of arrogance for such a name.

King Jin laughed, "That's a good name."

"That must be." Jiang Changning's eyebrows were beaming with joy, and he was full of smiles.

The sweet potato flour is cooked, put it in a hot pot, and then you can pick it up and eat it.

"Try it quickly, is it more delicious than noodles?" Jiang Changning picked up a chopstick of vermicelli with his serving chopsticks, "Add more vinegar."

King Jin handed over the bowl to catch it, and mixed it with the sauce.

After taking a bite, I feel that this sweet potato flour is smoother than noodles and has a different flavor.

After King Jin ate a bowl, "This sweet potato flour tastes good, I can cook it often in the future."

Jiang Changning put down the bowl, wiped off the oil stains around his mouth with a handkerchief, took a few sips of tea from the cup, and then said casually: "This sweet potato is more resistant to drought, and you don't need to spend too much time on it. If it is planted on a good ground, it will grow dozens of catties, and the sweet potato will be as big as this."

King Jin looked thoughtfully at the size she drew.

Jiang Changning continued: "This sweet potato can be made into sweet potato vermicelli, French fries, and potato chips. It can also be steamed, dried, and ground into powder. When you want to eat it, you can wash it with hot water. It tastes better than lotus root flour."

"Why did Ningning think of planting sweet potatoes?" King Jin asked.

"As long as the seeds are smuggled by sea ships, I will let Zhuangtou buy them and plant them. I want to find a large amount of food that can fill my stomach, and fulfill my father's last wish." Jiang Changning said solemnly.