Yipin Tianxia

(Ah, let me apologize in advance. Guizi will go out tomorrow, and I have to go out to purchase some things anyway. The plan is to come back early to revise the article, and update it at 5 o'clock, but it's useless if I'm anxious, and there are miscellaneous delays outside. It was late when I came back. Hey, can you say that I was so busy at the bank that I even forgot to take the money and left? Fortunately, he was in charge, and after making a round of calls, I finally found me. The first thing I did when I came back was to edit and upload the article. If I didn’t eat, everyone forgive me, okay? Dear~~)

In front of the Empress Dowager, Kang Jierong seemed more gentle and amiable than usual, and said softly, "Uncle Cousin arranged us in a yard facing the lake, which is very quiet. The charcoal fire and food are good in all aspects, but it is too far away from the main house. It’s far away, I have to walk a stick of incense every day to pay my respects.”

Empress Dowager Mu's face sank, "It's outrageous! Don't you even send you a sedan chair?"

Kang Jierong muttered, "The princess did mention it, but..."

"Okay, needless to say." Empress Dowager Mu interrupted her with a wave of her hand, looked at the slim Kang Jierong again, smiled suddenly, and asked Kang's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, "Would you like to book a place for Jierong when you go to Beijing this time?" Marriage? She has also reached the age of marriage, so she should worry about it."

Second Aunt Kang was overjoyed when she heard the meaning of the words, "If the Empress Dowager is willing to reward this face, it will be her blessing."

Quickly winking at her mother-in-law, Aunt Kang understood, and hurriedly said, "We originally wanted to get closer and make Shoujing and the princess a pair, but we couldn't afford it..."

Empress Dowager Mu snorted coldly, "My relatives. What's so special about them? What's more, they are from the countryside, as long as they have a higher status, that's all."

Aunt Kang was overjoyed, and immediately lost herself and said, "Then why didn't the empress dowager just grant the marriage? Presumably Prince Ping will agree to it?"

Empress Dowager Mu choked up. In the past, she would have made this decision without even thinking about it. But after seeing her younger brother's protection of his wife and daughter, she lost this confidence.If by any chance she made a decree, she would be unable to count in the end.How embarrassing is that?

Just as she was thinking about how to find a way for herself to get down, Kang Jierong suddenly interjected timidly, "Grandmother, Uncle Cousin already said that she would not let the princess's cousin be the eldest daughter-in-law. She is now following Aunt Zhao You can learn well, but you may not be able to be a good eldest daughter-in-law."

Aunt Kang thought in her heart that this child is usually quite well-behaved.Why did you suddenly dismantle your desk?

But Second Aunt Kang glanced at her daughter with a hint of complacency in her eyes, and then looked at Empress Dowager Mu, and sure enough, she looked at Kang Jierong a little differently, "It would be a pity if such a smart child doesn't marry a good family. Come here, tell me Aijia, tell me, what has the princess learned these days?"

Kang Jierong began to confess honestly. "Actually, I hid something from my family. That day my elder brother was punished to kneel down. I went to beg the Princess's cousin for him, only to find out that my elder brother actually recognized a son named Ouyang Kang, and the cousin said that he was on good terms with him... ..."

Shanyin stood not far away, looking at this girl, she felt chills all over her body.

Although she doesn't say a single word, she is more powerful than others!Under such a gentle and amiable appearance.How can there be such a deep heart?Now, Prince Ping's Mansion will not be peaceful again, right?

But right now.The surface is still calm.

After receiving the oracle, Nianfu didn't need to endure in the palace like his father did. He giggled, "It turns out that my cousin is also a glutton!"

"It's not big or small!" Hui Niang glared at her daughter, "The emperor gave you face, why don't you cheer up and do a good job?"

Nianfu rolled into her arms and acted like a spoiled child, "Recently, I just don't have much energy, why don't my mother cook for me, I want to eat my mother's stewed dried tofu, as well as stewed eggs and spiced beans."

Niang Hui wanted to push her out, but she was unwilling.When I read my blessing to make the eighth pot of nine-layer cake, the little days came.Even Zhao Shanggong was considerate and immediately gave her a holiday, and the mother felt even more distressed, wishing to wrap her into cotton balls and warm her up.

Thinking about the need to see cold water when cooking, in the end Hui Niang went by herself.But tell her, "There is no five-spice beans. It's freezing in the cold weather. Why don't you conjure up some fresh broad beans for me to try? See if there are any chicken and duck offal in the kitchen. Let's marinate it for you. Anyway, you girl likes to eat it." bone."

"Then I want to eat stewed duck head, stewed duck feet, stewed chicken wings, um, stewed pig's feet and stewed fat intestines!"

Madam Hui laughed angrily, "You girl, you still have the nerve to say that people are greedy? I think you are the most greedy. What a big belly, you still want to eat this and that!"

But Mu Shaoqin said, "If my daughter wants to eat, let her make it. There are so many people in the family, so I'm sure she can eat it. The stewed vegetables you make are the best, and I like them too. By the way, don't forget there are -"

"Braised lotus root!" The father and daughter said at the same time, smiling at each other.

Seeing the father and daughter smiling exactly the same, Madam Hui curled her lips, "Yes! I'll go and serve your father and daughter right now, shall I?" The happiness in those eyes could not be hidden. living.

No matter how hard it is to wait for those 15 years, it is grateful to be able to have such a family reunion now.

Huiniang's brine is naturally good, but if you mix it with the spicy seasoning prepared by Nianfu, it will be the best in the world.There was nothing the whole family didn't like, especially Mu Shaoqin, who ate very happily.

Nianfu didn't expect that the father, who looks so gentle, can tolerate such heavy tastes.On the contrary, Hui Niang, who has always been hot and spicy, was so hot that her eyes were full of tears, she couldn't stop asking for soup and water, and she was envious and jealous when she saw the way the father and daughter were feasting.

"Hiss—don't do this again, suck—isn't this greedy for me on purpose? You Qi recite blessings, ho—you should eat less."

"Hurry up and drink the soup, it's not hot anymore." Mu Shaoqin touched the soup bowl and pushed it in front of Hui Niang, but smiled, "Nianfu didn't eat much, I looked at her. She has already prepared it A lot, if you don’t eat it, wouldn’t it be wasted?”

These words were too false, but Hui Niang, who was frugal by nature, was persuaded.Nianfu secretly laughed, thinking that she would definitely make the house always have more sauces!

But after the meal was over, the door was closed, and Mu Shaoqin held a family meeting seriously.

"I have already made a decision about Nianfu's marriage..."

Ding.The tea lid in Nianfu's hand suddenly knocked on the tea bowl with a crisp sound.But if Zhao Shanggong saw it, he would definitely praise her for her progress.At least the tea hasn't been spilled, the bowl hasn't been dropped, so great progress has been made.

Mu Shaoqin glanced at his daughter with a smile, and began to say the first sentence, "This matter was decided by the emperor and me together."

It's over!Once the heart of Nianfu sinks, there is no room for change.

What on earth do these nephews and uncles want to do?

■

Two days later, Princess Shouning became a monk by order.And Gao Xian also received four side dishes.

Coir raincoat dried tofu, pickled radish, tea eggs and assorted cold vegetables.

The four small dishes are not amazing in appearance. Even the palace servants who came to deliver the dishes have no confidence. They wonder if the princess has brought the wrong dishes from his servants, but when Gao Xian put down his chopsticks tentatively, he couldn't stop .

Dried tofu is Shi's secret recipe.Cut into coir raincoat shapes, fried in vegetable oil, charred on the outside and tender on the inside, then marinated, when the rich sauce wraps the bean fragrance in the mouth, it is so delicious that people want to swallow their tongues.

Kimchi radishes are green and snow-white, and can be eaten after soaking in the sour water of the old altar for three days.Crisp and slightly spicy.

The tea eggs are made of quail eggs, mainly because of the snack food in Shouning.I was afraid that she would not be able to eat eggs properly, and her cholesterol intake was too high, so I specially used small and nutritious quail eggs, deliberately did not peel them, cooked them in the secret tea brine, and then smashed the shells , Slowly dipped into the taste.But give it to Gao Xian.It is boiled in white water, peeled off the shell and soaked in brine.Taste delicious and convenient.It's just that the palace people nearby were a little startled, even if it's delicious, you can't eat the whole big plate, your majesty?

As for the assorted salad dish, it uses fresh mung bean sprouts, plus blanched shredded mushrooms, shredded fungus, shredded carrots, shredded bamboo shoots, yellow flowers, and freshly dug by the children of the broken garden near the Furong Pool. More than ten kinds of side dishes, such as wild artemisia annua, are mixed with sauce, sprinkled with a layer of fried peanuts, and then blended with sesame oil.

Gao Xian ordered someone to bring the rice, and after eating two big bowls in a row, he said, "If there are such small dishes every day, I would like to become a monk."

All the palace people laughed, but Shou Ning, who was fighting against the quail egg skin, raised his head and said joyfully, "Father, let's become a monk together, and bring Luo Xiaoyan too. He is the best at eating. The emperor's tongue is very powerful."

Luo Xiaoyan obviously still doesn't quite understand what the concept of an emperor is, so he looked up at her, then at Gao Xian, and continued to calmly lower his head to peel quail eggs for Shouning.

Gao Xian had never paid attention to this child before, he just heard that his daughter had a good boy companion outside the palace, now when he heard Shouning mention the word "emperor's tongue", he took a second look.

The person was brought by Nianfu, of course she had to explain a few words, "Xiaoyan is indeed born with a good sense of taste. He often helps me try dishes, but unfortunately he can't speak. I asked many doctors to show him, and they all said that he has a vocal cord. It’s okay, but it’s just a pity that I can’t speak.”

Gao Xian nodded, knowing that this was the little beggar who the Queen Mother falsely accused Nian Fu of mutilating young children.But he didn't expect him to have the ability to recognize all kinds of flavors, which reminded him of a person.

After returning to the palace, Gao Xian's mood showed a trace of depression.

Except for Cheng Ping, who followed him the longest, the others didn't know what happened, so they could only wait on him more carefully, for fear of making mistakes.

After a long time, Gao Xiancai said, "Show me the ride."

But where?

No one dared to ask, Gao Xian didn't say anything, and he didn't want a sedan chair. He walked out of the palace with a few entourages, without even mentioning the lantern, and walked all the way through the huge palace in the dusk to a secluded Standing still in front of the small courtyard, it seems to be reminiscing about the long past.

In fact, the location of this small courtyard is not too remote. Originally, there was a large flower garden in front of the courtyard, but because there were no noble people living there, the flowers and trees were deserted, and it seemed deserted.

There is a new plaque hanging on the gate of the small courtyard with the words "Xiefangzhai" on it, while the word "Dongli" is engraved on a big stone in front of the courtyard.It's just that the handwriting is mottled and almost undetectable.

Gao Xian squinted his eyes for a moment, then suddenly said, "Tell me why Ju Tang changed the name?"

Others did not dare to answer, only Cheng Ping said calmly, "There is always something new in the new dynasty. Back then, the emperor personally decreed to change the names of several halls, and these small places would naturally have to be changed accordingly. There used to be a lot of plants planted here. Chrysanthemums, it is appropriate to call Dui Jutang, but there are no chrysanthemums now, so it is naturally not suitable to be called Dui Jutang."

Gao Xian didn't speak, but his eyes were a little lonely.

Suddenly, the courtyard door opened with a creak, and a graceful young court lady came out holding a flower hoe. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)