Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 795 Cold Food
Zhu Xiuyuan knew this civil servant, he seemed to be the Minister of the Ministry of Households or something.

The strategy of refined salt is such a big business, but it did not go through the Ministry of Accounts, but was directly operated by Chen Huang's internal treasury supervisor, and the income it earned went directly to Chen Huang's internal treasury.

He can't catch a hair in his household.

That's why the Minister of Household Affairs is so full of fighting power.

Zhu Xiuyuan secretly yawned again, glanced at this person, then lowered his head slightly and continued to doze off with his eyes closed.

It's noon.

It is estimated that Chen Huang became irritable when he heard the quarrel between civil and military officials, so he lost his temper and forced several small officials to fight to death.

"Retreat!"

Finally, Chen Huang stood up, said angrily, turned around and walked away.

Through this court meeting, Emperor Chen seemed to have suppressed the group of civil servants, but Zhu Xiuyuan knew that this matter was not that simple. The civil servants, led by Li Zhong, would definitely make trouble.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan didn't want to pay attention to these things.

Let Emperor Chen, Concubine You, and the civil servants have a headache.

Tomorrow is the Cold Food Festival, and Dong Shuyu is already preparing the delicacies for tomorrow in his mansion. He is already greedy.

Therefore, after going to court, Zhu Xiuyuan immediately rushed back to the Hou Mansion and forgot about the nonsense of the court.

Jinling Palace.

The refined salt incident was such a big deal that even King Jinling, who was under house arrest, heard about it.

King Jinling was put under house arrest, and he was no longer as violent as he was at the beginning, and he had calmed down.

After hearing about the refined salt, King Jinling thought silently for a long time. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.

King Jinling was secretly happy, and immediately called Chen Dongyi, the counselor in the palace, to tell him what he was thinking, and then asked Chen Dongyi how to implement it.

After hearing this, Chen Dongyi sneered in his heart. If he were a modern person, he would probably say: "Are you thinking about shit?"

That's right, King Jinling suddenly had a whim. Seeing that refined salt was so popular, he actually wanted to ask Emperor Chen to hand over the policy of refined salt to him!
First, he can get away with his crime and make meritorious service.

Secondly, once the matter is settled, Emperor Chen may be happy and he may be released from house arrest.

Although Chen Dongyi sneered in his heart, he remained calm on the surface. After thinking about it for a while, he finally gave up the false idea of ​​King Jinling.

"Eh!"

After hearing this, King Jinling sighed heavily, "I also know that this matter is extremely difficult. Since Sir, there is nothing you can do, then there really is nothing you can do!"

"It's just that...when I think of Zhu Xiuyuan, who is so famous for his fine salt, my heart is filled with panic..."

King Jinling covered his heart with his hands, a look of pain on his face.

Chen Dongyi twitched the corner of his mouth and complained wildly in his heart: "You are capable, why don't you also tinker with a new salt?"

Shen Leihou Mansion.

The entire Hou Mansion, all the servants and generals were mobilized and were cleaning the Hou Mansion carefully.

Tomorrow is the Cold Food Festival, and the next day, it will be the Qingming Festival!
Double knots connected together.

Besides, during the Tomb-Sweeping Festival last year... they seemed to be still fighting floods and plagues in Jiangzhou, and they didn't celebrate the Tomb-Sweeping Festival at all.

So Dong Shuyu and the others discussed that this year's Qingming Festival must be celebrated well to make up for last year's regrets.

Cold Food Festival, as the name suggests, means eating cold food on that day.

This is because on the day of the Cold Food Festival, cigarette ashes must be strictly prohibited, including fire in the stove. Naturally, cooking cannot be done without fire.

Therefore, you need to prepare the food for the Cold Food Festival the day before. Even the hot food will have cooled down tomorrow.

So it is called Cold Food Festival.

After Zhu Xiuyuan entered the mansion, he rushed straight to the main house and the open space in front of the flower hall.This is the place where Dong Shuyu makes special delicacies for the Cold Food Festival.

It's a nice day today and the sun is very nice.

In the open space in front of the flower hall, Dong Shuyu, Dong Shuzhen, the four maids of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and some rough servant girls, all wearing aprons, were busy there.

"My husband is back!"

From a distance, Dong Shuzhen saw him at a glance, dropped what she was holding, and rushed towards him.

Zhu Xiuyuan saw that she was petite and petite, with an apron tied around her waist. She looked like a little maid, and he couldn't help but grin.

Zhu Xiuyuan pulled her closer.

Dong Shuyu and the others all stopped what they were doing, and either called "Master Hou" or "Master Gu", and they were all dancing together.

Among them, Dong Shuyu naturally attracted the most attention.

She was dressed as usual today, wearing a simple and elegant long dress, showing her gentle and elegant temperament.

There is also an embroidered apron tied around the waist. Her movements are slow and neat... she looks like a gentle and beautiful "housewife".

When Zhu Xiuyuan saw her, he felt inexplicably satisfied and nodded to her.

Dong Shuyu stared at his sister Zhen'er next to him, then ignored Zhu Xiuyuan and only focused on his own business.

"What kind of porridge is this? It looks delicious?"

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't care about Dong Shuyu's performance, but pointed to a large wooden bucket on the chopping board, which was filled with porridge.

"Husband, husband, I know, I know!"

Dong Shuzhen immediately took a step forward and grabbed the "task" explained to him.

In fact, no one took a shot at her.

Her little expression of "eager and afraid that someone would snatch her away" made the four maids of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter cover their mouths and chuckle.

"This is boiled cheese! First grind the barley into mash, put it in a pot and cook it, then throw the mashed almonds into it. When it is cold, cut it into pieces. When you want to eat it tomorrow, just Just pour caramel on top!"

Dong Shuzhen coughed, pretended to be a little adult, and explained in a serious manner.

After finishing speaking, he looked back at Dong Shuyu and asked, "Isn't that right, sister, did I make a mistake?"

"Zhen'er said it very well, she was right!"

Dong Shuyu stopped what she was doing for a while, and looked up. Although she didn't smile, her eyes were full of joy in teaching her younger sister.

The younger sister Zhen'er, although still very naughty, is willing to calm down and learn things.

For example, Dong Shuzhen learned the food prepared today very well.

As the eldest sister and actually the eldest mother, Dong Shuyu was very pleased.

However, when Dong Shuyu looked at his sister, there was suddenly a very fiery look on his side.

Staring at her with a burning sensation.

Dong Shuyu glanced sideways subconsciously.

Sure enough, that was Zhu Xiuyuan's gaze.

The two people's eyes immediately met and collided.

Dong Shuyu was rational, and, like them, she always felt that she owed her sister Zhen'er, so she immediately withdrew and stopped looking around...

"What kind of cake is this? How do you string it together?" Zhu Xiuyuan smiled, pointed to the other side and asked.

"Husband, what is this called... Zitui Cake! Yes, it's Zitui Cake!" Dong Shuzhen's face was red and she looked very excited.

(End of this chapter)