old queen

Chapter 23

Looking at this rose that will never bloom for three seconds, Long Rui raised his head and looked at Mu Mingchun coldly, with a touch of disgust on his so beautiful little face, he said coldly: "Mother, this is Is it made of radishes?"

"Yeah!" Mu Mingchun smiled, picked it up and brought it in front of him, and continued to coax her softly, "Look, the empress dowager is carved beautifully, right? Is it impossible to tell that its prototype is a carrot? ? Do you want to eat it in one bite?"

"But it is indeed a radish. Besides, I have a deep hatred for white radishes." The disgust on his face intensified, Long Rui leaned back, trying to distance himself from the food he hated.

Mu Mingchun regretted the decision to let this stinky boy stay in the kitchen to observe at first!If not, she can guarantee that this guy will never recognize that the prototype of this flower is a huge white radish! "You can take it as a rose." She still said softly with a slightly gloomy face.

"But this is a radish." Long Rui said solemnly.

She's not in the mood to wait on him all this time! "Whether it's a radish or a flower, you can eat it!" Taking advantage of his mouth opening wide while he was speaking, Mu Mingchun stretched out his chopsticks and threw the flower into his mouth accurately.

"Ahem..." Long Rui choked.

"Ah, Prince!" The faces of the maids around who were always ready to serve the master suddenly changed, and they were about to step forward, but Mu Mingchun was one step ahead of them, patted his son's back with one hand, covered his mouth with the other, and said in a deep voice Said, "Eat it, don't spit it out for me."

Facing the enemy, Long Rui had no choice but to chew and swallow a few mouthfuls.

Huh?The food passed through the throat, and the faint fragrance lingered between the lips and teeth, lingering for a long time.Long Rui's eyes widened suddenly, he looked at Mu Mingchun, and exclaimed, "This one doesn't taste like radish!"

"Nonsense! This radish, I first scalded it with plain water, then sprinkled it with flour, and seasoned it, then simmered it with bone broth, and finally steamed it in a steamer for a cup of tea. In this case, It not only retains most of the nutrients, but also tastes and tastes are hundreds of times better than before." Couldn't help pinching this prudish boy's face again, Mu Mingchun said angrily, "Stinky boy, do you think you Mother, will I just force you to eat something you don't like?"

Didn't you force it last time?Long Rui said in his heart, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

Cut, dare to be dissatisfied with her actions?She had never seen such a disobedient son like him!If she doesn't punish him, what face does she have as a mother?Moving his chopsticks, he put a few peach and plum blossoms into his bowl. Mu Mingchun said with a smile, "Son, these flowers are made of green peppers and carrots, eat them all!"

You are revenge!Lifting his eyelids and glancing at her, Long Rui's eyes conveyed such a message.

so what?I did this for your own good too!Mu Mingchun stuck out her tongue at him without any sense of shame, as if to see what you could do to me.

What can I do?She is his queen mother, so naturally what the mother says, a son can do what he wants!Lowering his eyes, Long Rui picked up the chopsticks and stuffed the lovely petals into his mouth silently.

"How does it taste?" When he was almost done eating, Mu Mingchun came over and asked expectantly.

"It's okay." Long Rui said with a straight face, desperate to die.Although the taste was good, and he didn't taste the taste he hates the most, but he was still sulking at being attacked by her just now, so he wouldn't tell her the truth!
This kid is still young, and his knowledge is shallow, and he can tell at a glance that he is a duplicity.Mu Mingchun smiled, too lazy to argue with him, so he patted his head and said softly: "Rui'er, you are an older child, you can pick what you want to eat yourself, and the queen mother has to take care of your younger sister, huh?"

"I know." Long Rui nodded coolly, and spontaneously put another rose into the bowl for himself.

puff!This boring child!Mu Mingchun couldn't help laughing, he liked this kid but felt helpless.He put a piece of spare ribs in his bowl, and said earnestly, "Don't just eat vegetables, you have to eat some meat, you know?" The nutritional intake should be balanced, my child!
Under her enthusiastic offensive, Long Rui's lovely face flushed slightly, as if he was a little embarrassed.Immediately, his face became tense, and he pushed her towards Long Jiu'er, pretending to be impatient and said: "I know, queen mother, go and take care of the imperial sister!"

Well, still play this set.Mu Mingchun felt like laughing again.She found out that her son is also a treasure!In him, she can always find supreme pleasure.

"Queen Mother, Rose, Jiu'er wants to eat roses too!" Still thinking about her son, someone pulled her arm several times, and the soft childish voice of the little girl rang in her ears.

"Understood, but, Jiu'er eats a piece of meat first, and then we eat roses, okay?" Mu Mingchun said in an amiable voice as she didn't pinch roses, but put a piece of beef to her daughter's mouth first.

Long Jiu'er flattened her mouth.The nostalgic eyes lingered on the only rose left on the plate for a while, and said softly: "But, Jiu'er wants to eat the rose first."

"Sister Huang, don't worry, Brother Huang won't eat this rose, I'll leave it to you." Immediately seeing her little thought, Long Rui quickly patted his chest to promise, "Look, Brother Huang already ate two, I'm full! No more!"

"Oh", Long Jiu'er looked away after getting the guarantee, and said sullenly, "Okay! Jiu'er eats meat first."

Her sons and daughters!It's so cute it's speechless!It really hurt her heart.Mu Mingchun really wanted to hold them both in her arms and kiss them hard!However, now is not the time to do this, she is afraid that her violent behavior will scare Jiu'er into tears again.

After feeding her daughter a piece of beef, and poking the last rose carved from a white radish in her small bowl, Mu Mingchun finally had time to care about Long Yu who had been sitting opposite him for a long time. Said: "Liu Huangdi, you don't have to be restrained here, please do whatever you want, I don't have time to serve you, you can eat whatever you like!"

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, my younger brother will definitely not be restrained." Long Yu said with a smile, he didn't expect to be served by her like these two little nephews, although he did have some similar small desires in his heart.However, there are really only a few!Without thinking too much, I opened my chopsticks and picked up a lot of dishes in my own bowl, and ate them with my head down.Sure enough, he is an unrestrained person.

"Wow, my stomach is so full! Queen Mother, Jiu'er can't eat anymore." After finishing one bowl of rice, another bowl was added.After eating more than half of the second bowl, with rice in his mouth, and patting his round belly with his little hands, Long Jiu'er vaguely announced the suspension of work.

"Jiu'er, there are only a few mouthfuls of rice in the bowl. Be good, if you work harder, you'll eat it." Mu Mingchun said softly, stroking her daughter's head and wiping off the rice grains on her cheeks.

"But... But Jiu'er really can't eat anymore." Looking at the white rice in the small bowl, her mouth was flattened, Long Jiu'er said with a painful expression, and there was a hint of crying in her voice.

On the side, Long Rui, who was eager to love his sister, couldn't see it again, put down his chopsticks and said coldly: "Queen, sister, she has already eaten one more bowl than usual, so don't force her anymore."

"Well, since you can't eat it, then don't eat it." The son said, trying to save him.Helping her daughter take off the chopsticks and put them back on the table, she turned her head and said to Qian'er, "Go, put four bowls of tremella osmanthus flower soup on the stove, so that everyone can relieve their flatulence."

"Yes." Qian'er said, and walked away with Feng'er.

"Sister-in-law, so there is sweet soup after dinner?" Hearing these words, Long Yu, who was still sweeping the table like a storm, suddenly stopped and looked at Mu Mingchun with bright eyes.

"That's right!" Mu Mingchun looked at him and said, "Of course you have to drink some sweet soup after meals, it's good for digestion! Don't you have this process every time you eat in the palace?"

"Yes, of course." Long Yu nodded, smiling happily.

After the work of a cup of tea.

Sitting on the chair with a belly full, mouthful of the delicious tremella osmanthus soup, Long Yu's face was full of satisfaction, and he couldn't help asking: "Sister-in-law, can you tell me where you learned this good craft?" Is it? It seems to be better than the royal chef in the palace!"

"I'm very talented, I can teach myself without a teacher, can I?" Mu Mingchun thought for a while, and said solemnly.You can't tell him that her culinary skills are based on the inheritance of Chinese culinary skills for hundreds of years, taking the essence and discarding the dross, and then how many years of intensive training to perfect it?
puff!The sweet soup in Long Yu's mouth almost spat out.He thought he was already arrogant enough, but he didn't expect that there was someone even more arrogant than him!Sure enough, there are heaven and man outside the sky and there are people outside the sky.

Cut, didn't you just say something half-joking?Too lazy to care about his stupid behavior, Mu Mingchun turned to the children beside him and asked softly: "Ruier, Jiuer, are you full?"

"I'm full." The two children nodded together, picked up the handkerchief and wiped their mouths gracefully.This image is so much stronger than their uncle's.

"Well, I'm full, then come down and take a walk to digest it." Mu Mingchun nodded and took the lead to lift her daughter off the chair.

Long Rui also jumped down from the chair right after him, bringing up the old story again: "Mother, after lunch, it's time for Erchen and Huangmei to go back to the palace for a nap. In the afternoon, Erchen has to go to study at the Imperial Academy, and the emperor also has to Learn piano."

"Alright then!" Seeing that the time is almost up.After lunch, her energy and patience were exhausted. If the two children stayed, she might not have the patience to deal with them.Mu Mingchun turned to Long Yu who was drinking the second bowl of sweet soup, "Liu Huangdi, thank you for bringing them here. Now, you can take them back the same way!" Food that goes into the stomach.

(End of this chapter)