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Chapter 255 Falling Snow
Xiaodong has always been restless, Qin Lie came back at night, and said excitedly: "I learned a hand from the new cook today, and I will cook roast pork for you and your son tonight."

Xiaodong cheered up: "Really? Then I'll ask someone to invite my father and elder brother too."

Qin Lie laughed: "Please, please, I will go to the kitchen to prepare the ingredients."

Xiaodong warned him: "Don't offer treasures or you will become ugly, the stinky tofu last time..." The moment the lid was lifted, even Wang An, who had not changed his face before the collapse of Mount Tai, changed his face.

Qin Lie hurriedly waved his hands: "No, no, don't worry."

Xiaodong sent someone to invite King An and Zhao Lu, but King An hadn't come back yet, but Zhao Lu came soon.

"There are a lot of things to do in the household department near the new year. It seems that father will not be able to catch up today. Let's eat first." Zhao Lu stretched out his hand to tease Ada, and Ada struggled to grab Zhao Lu's lapel and climbed onto his uncle's lap.Zhao Lu looked at him indulgently, but did not reach out to help.

Qin Lie came in with a large casserole in his hands, followed by a servant under the kitchen carrying a small stove.

"Come, come, I'll cook meat for you."

Zhao Lu also became interested, and rolled up his sleeves: "I'll help you."

Xiaodong knows that Qin Lie knows how to cook, after all, Qin Lie's previous life forced him to be full-time and omnipotent.But Zhao Lu... He was well-clothed and well-fed since he was a child, and he didn't have to pour a glass of water by himself, and he still wanted to help Qin Lie?Just don't be a hindrance.

But Xiaodong made a mistake, Zhao Lu was not only helpful, but also very skilled.

As if guessing what Xiaodong was thinking, Zhao Lu raised his head and said, "I learned a lot during those days at the border."

ah yes.

Spread a thin layer of oil on the hot casserole, and Qin Lie put the meat on it piece by piece, the sound of sizzling and the aroma rose together.

Ah Da was very interested, and kept wanting to move forward, but Hu was afraid that he would burn him, so she kept coaxing him and didn't let go.

"It smells so good, what are you doing?"

When the curtain was lifted, King An walked in, bringing in a gust of north wind.His cloak was covered with fine snowdrops, and Xiaodong rushed to greet him: "Father is back? Qin Lie said that he learned a new dish of roasted pork."

King An took off his cloak and sat down at the table.

Qin Lie took the long chopsticks and turned the meat one by one, and a smell of cooking went straight into his nose.

Seeing that the heat was almost ready, Qin Lie poured down the soup on one side, and spread the fried tofu on top one by one.

"Come, come, try them all."

The meat is cut into cubes that can be eaten in one bite. It is delicious, smooth and tender, and the gravy is rich and fragrant.Even Ah Da said it was delicious. After eating the meat and then eating tofu that has been cooked in the gravy in the casserole, it still feels like eating meat, but it has the chewy texture unique to dried tofu, and the aftertaste is also like beans. Plain, delicious and not greasy.In the end, they cooked cabbage, rice cakes and dried beans in the soup, and all of them had round belly.

"Let's eat hot pot next time." Xiaodong said with a smile, "It happens to be cold, so it's warm to eat, and it's delicious to eat by yourself. It happens to be Chinese New Year, so eating is also lively."

They also drank wine, Zhao Lu and Qin Lie were rivals at chess, An Wang and Xiao Dong only had a drink.The other dishes on the table have not been touched much.

King An hugged Ah Da to tease him, and asked how he entered the palace today.Xiaodong smiled and said and gestured: "The three cotton balls rolled into a pile, which frightened the people next to them. In fact, the three of them have nothing to do."

Wang An was obviously tired, he was about to leave after joking for a while, and told Qin Lie and Zhao Lu not to drink too much.

Xiaodong thought for a while, and asked someone to bring a cloak: "I'll accompany my father for a walk to digest food."

The snow outside is getting heavier and heavier, covering the sky and the earth.

Xiaodong took the lantern from the maid, and Wang An took the umbrella.

"Father, today I overheard Concubine Ming and the Fifth Princess' mother-daughter quarrel." Xiaodong said softly, "The Fifth Princess seems to be very hostile to Concubine Ming... and Concubine Ming doesn't seem to be seriously ill.

"She has a big heart." Wang An adjusted Xiaodong's hood: "Her hometown is in Xuanzhou, and she already had the title of the most beautiful woman in Xuanzhou when she was 13 years old. She's in the palace."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Xiaodong listened to these old gossip with relish.

This is probably human nature, especially the gossip in the palace, who doesn't like to hear it?
Concubine Ming's younger sister is the former Mrs. Ming in their mansion, who disappeared during the turmoil in the capital a few years ago.

She is also a beauty.

Xiaodong still vaguely remembered her appearance, somewhat similar to Concubine Ming, but Concubine Ming was more gentle.

Of course, it just looks gentle.In fact, Ming Guifei's personality probably had nothing to do with gentleness.

"Then, why did the Fifth Princess and Concubine Ming become what they are today? Is it just because Concubine Ming didn't take care of the Fifth Princess when she fell ill?"

"Frozen three feet, it is not a day's cold. The imperial concubine Ming has never given birth to the fifth princess. Talented people come out from generation to generation, and the beauties in the palace follow one after another..."

Xiaodong laughed out loud.

One after another... King An's use of this word is really incisive.

Doesn't it mean that there are queens in front of imperial concubine Ming, and a large number of beauties chasing after her, so the sixth princess's mother is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

The shelf life of a confidante is very short, what's more, even if a confidante is not old, the emperor's freshness towards her is gone.

"If imperial concubine Ming wants to invite pets, she can't rely on her own beauty and talent alone. So she worked hard on the fifth princess, and taught her carefully since she could speak. Hard work, the emperor dotes on her the most among the princesses..."

"The fifth princess..."

Thinking this way, the fifth princess is a little pitiful.

Learn those things from the moment you can speak.

With such a comparison, Xiaodong felt that he was so happy that he was so happy.An Wang never forced her to learn anything, as long as she was happy, even if she couldn't read big characters, An Wang would not care about her.After spending a few years in Jiyutang, learning those poems, calligraphy and painting is simply perfunctory, and I can do whatever I like.

Even though she was on good terms with Zhao Zhi, King An didn't interfere with her.

This kind of tolerance, understanding and love, the five princesses and the six princesses have never received it.

In the palace, everything has to be fought and robbed.There is only one emperor, and there are too many people vying for favor, there is simply not enough points.

"Concubine Ming seems to know about the fifth princess and Shen Jing." Xiaodong said softly, snowflakes fell on her forehead and stuck in her hair, she raised her hand to brush it away.

"She probably knew about it a long time ago, and she must have blocked it. Even if she is her own mother, the fifth princess would not be willing to be a string puppet in the hands of Ming imperial concubine for the rest of her life. She has her own love and wants to live by herself."

"Yes."

But the words of the Fifth Princess and Concubine Ming should have more meaning.

The fifth princess explained that the noble concubine wanted to be the empress dowager—but firstly, the noble concubine Ming was not a queen, and secondly, she had no son, so how could she be the empress dowager?

What did she do?
That year King Jing and the second prince launched a palace change, and Concubine Ming was involved in it—did she play any role?

(End of this chapter)