The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 180 The Princess and the Young Master
Princess Huarong is about to get engaged.

As soon as the news came out from the palace, it flew into all the rich and powerful families in the capital as if they had grown wings.

Everyone was surprised by the news, some were excited, some were curious, some frowned, and some immediately went to verify the authenticity of the news.

During this day, no matter what happens, it is more important than Princess Huarong's wedding news.

Princess Huarong is about to turn 13, and she is indeed at the age for engagement.

In Daqing, for ordinary noble girls, their parents would start looking for husbands and husbands for them from the age of eleven or twelve, and the marriage was almost settled at the age of thirteen or fourteen.It takes two to three years to prepare for the wedding. The man completes the engagement ceremony one by one, and the woman's family prepares the dowry well. They should officially get married around the age of 16.

Therefore, Princess Huarong's engagement was logically reasonable, but it was really too sudden!Everyone didn't hear any news beforehand!
Shortly after she was canonized as a princess last year, some people began to pay attention to Princess Huarong's marriage.Of course, everyone's purpose is not the same.

Some wanted to curry favor with the princess, some wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to suppress her, and some simply watched the show... But given how much the emperor loved the princess, everyone thought he was going to choose a good consort for the princess.

Could it be that the rumors some time ago were true?The son-in-law chosen by the emperor for the princess is a poor family who has failed in this class?That's right, those candidates who failed the exams repeatedly and came from poor backgrounds, knowing that the imperial examinations were difficult, might voluntarily give up their official careers and become consorts to enjoy a rich life.

But... Most of the candidates are in their 30s and [-]s.Those who fail the Jinshi exam for the first time, maybe they won't be so discouraged, right?Those who have failed the imperial examination several times... should be around forty!Must be married and have children?Without a wife, how poor is this family?Or a widower?

Although the husband should be older than the wife, Princess Huarong is only thirteen.Find her an old widower, the emperor will never agree anyway.

Everyone speculated for a long time, and after a day or two, another news came that the emperor's imperial concubine was actually a small vegetable vendor selling bean curd skin in the West Market.

How many people's enthusiasm for gossip has been aroused by such a explosive turn of events!

Especially the women in the back house are no longer in a hurry to buy jewelry and clothes to compete for the limelight at various parties, and they are not too busy to fight in the backyard. Big news, exchanging the gossip that they each inquired about, and got great psychological satisfaction.

Whether it is the housewife or the favored concubine, whether it is the headed sister-in-law or the unmarried sister-in-law, when discussing royal gossip, they have achieved unprecedented harmony.

If Yun Ruochen knew that he had made such an outstanding contribution to the stability and unity of the back houses of the rich and powerful in the capital, he would definitely praise himself in the mirror.

Sacrifice me alone, and the whole capital will be happy.

What a lofty state this is!

Gossip is the most difficult thing to withstand adding oil and vinegar, and it will definitely change from one person to another.Within a few days, when the news spread to the market, Princess Huarong's marriage was rendered into many exaggerated versions.

What kind of peddler saw the princess driving by in the street market, and occasionally caught a glimpse of the princess's beauty, and was amazed. He frantically chased the car and was kicked by a galloping horse and was seriously injured. The princess sympathetically helped him up, and fell in love with the peddler...

No no no, it is said that the opposite is true!It is said that the princess's own car frightened the horse. At the very moment, the seven-foot-long peddler stepped forward and subdued the horse.

You are all nonsense!How can there be such a twists and turns!I heard that the matter is actually very simple. It seems that the princess asked someone to send up the list of good families in the capital, and she chose the consort with one finger!A princess would not do such a thing as a private decision for life - this must be a die-hard fan of Princess Huarong.

Fortunately, Princess Huarong is not very old, otherwise there may be several versions where the princess has already secretly married a peddler.

Of course, there are many real small traders and small bosses beating their chests—in fact, I really want to marry a princess!

In the past, the selection of husbands and sons-in-law for princesses was still a matter of selection by the clan mansion. Many ordinary people wanted to sign up at that time. After all, Princess Huarong was famous for her beauty and favor.

This is what the royal family marrying a princess is like--wealthy families cannot marry, scholars are unwilling to marry, and common people in the market are vying to marry. Of course, the last option is actually the choice of most princesses.

The dignitaries thought that Princess Huarong's marriage would be different from that of her aunts, but they still went the old way.

After confirmation, they finally gave up. The prospective son-in-law was actually a small businessman.

The dignitaries and ministers who really paid attention to this matter, of course, would not pursue novelty like the housewives and ordinary people, and seriously inquired about the process of this matter.

It turned out that a few days ago, the emperor, who had not been out of the palace for a long time, brought Dowager Duan, Princess Huarong, the eldest prince and several concubines to the Jade Buddha Temple outside the city to worship and offer incense.

Unlike the former emperor who loved to practice Taoism, the emperor did not value Buddhism and Taoism, and there were no alchemists, eminent monks, or lamas enshrined in the palace.The reason for going out of the palace is said to be Princess Huarong's idea, and it is said that the Jade Buddha Temple's April vegetarian food is a must, and the father and the concubine were invited to taste it together.

Many people know that Princess Huarong likes delicious food.

Then, at this feast, the princess tasted several unique dishes of vegetarian chicken and duck, and repeatedly praised them.The emperor didn't have much appetite at first, so he gave a rare compliment and donated a lot of sesame oil money.

The temple monk was very happy to win the lottery, and agreed to Princess Huarong's request that the Huotou monk in the temple teach her cook to cook vegetarian dishes.

But the monk said that these most special vegetarian dishes were not made by the Huotou monk in the temple, but Shaodong, a tofu shop that specializes in providing tofu skin to the temple, cooks them himself.

One of the most important ingredients in vegetarian dishes is tofu skin, which cannot be separated from vegetarian chicken, vegetarian duck and vegetarian ham.

I heard that this tofu shop Shaodong's cooking skills are excellent, many times better than that of Huotou monk who specializes in vegetarian dishes.It just so happened that he brought someone over to deliver the goods today, and Jade Buddha Temple specially invited him to cook some big dishes in order to please the royal family.

After hearing this, Princess Huarong asked the emperor to call someone over to see what kind of chef can make such a vegetarian dish without a trace of smoke.

This Shaodong, surnamed Ye, was actually a young man of the same age as Princess Huarong. Not only could he cook, but he also had a clever mouth.

Then, within a few days after the emperor's family returned to the palace, officials from the clan's mansion showed up at Ye's tofu shop.And then, the Ye family Shaodong became the quasi-consort...

Is there any mistake, isn't Princess Huarong a delicate girl with eyes above her head?
Didn't it mean that she likes Chu Qingbo's kind of handsome man?

It's so easy to be fascinated by a tofu skin seller - even a young owner?
Could it be that the young man surnamed Ye is more handsome than Chu Qingbo?

People who thought this way were quickly disappointed, because according to reliable information from the clan's mansion, the young master surnamed Ye Mingshenyan was only of average appearance, and his body was also of average height, far away from the word "handsome".

No, it's actually pretty far away...

No matter how the outside world discusses, in short, with Yun Ruochen's secret promotion, Ye Shenyan is moving towards the goal of "Princess Huarong's son-in-law" step by step.

Of course, it is passively moving forward.

He can't go back to Tingyu Tower now, so he can only sit silently in the hall of Yejia Tofu Shop in a daze, watching some guys grind soybeans and sell tofu.These guys are actually all pretending to be Ting Yulou's companions.

Plus, he had to meet wave after wave of curious onlookers, and inevitably be judged.

"That's the future son-in-law? He looks very ordinary!" He said in a disgusted tone.

"Is he really good at cooking? That's not enough to make the princess fall in love with just a few dishes? What good food hasn't the princess eaten in the palace? Is it a lie?" With a suspicious tone.

"That's why my ancestors are smoking..." mockingly.

"That's not true! We can't learn it even if we want to. Whoever calls Daqing is a princess?" In a jealous tone.

"But it looks very ordinary!"

Still disgusted to the extreme but added a little bit of envy and jealousy...

"You guys are enough!"

Ye Shenyan really wanted to jump up and kick each of them, no, each of them stuffed a handful of soybeans into his mouth, choking them to death.So much nonsense from both men and women!
Don't watch him like this, he is just a simple boy, and it's not his fault that he looks ordinary!
"Be careful."

Who is calling my name indiscriminately? Can you guys call my name indiscriminately? Drag it out and hit twenty big boards!Also, why are you so affectionate? Do you know me very well?
Ye Shenyan, who was lying on the table staring blankly at the abacus, didn't even bother to raise his head, and kept complaining in his heart.

"Ye Shenyan."

I told you not to bark, but still bark!
"Ye Shenyan!"

The voice of the visitor changed from hoarse to roaring, Ye Shenyan shuddered, and finally realized that the voice of this person was very familiar.

Before he could raise his head, someone grabbed the front of his front and forced him to stand up straight.

"Uh... Gu, Gu Che."

Ye Shenyan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and the anger that had just sprung up was extinguished in an instant, and was replaced by a deep guilt.

Ignoring the hundred or so curious eyes outside, Gu Che dragged Ye Shenyan to the backyard.Ye Shenyan could actually resist, but somehow he didn't dare.

He said to himself, well, it must be because I want to play the role of the thin and weak young master.

Didn't she feel guilty, guilty, or something inexplicable towards Gu Che?no!

"Hey... Gu Che, you, you're not going to hit me, are you?"

In the backyard, Ye Shenyan broke free from Gu Che's "demon clutches", staggered and stood up straight, deliberately walked around behind a stone mill for grinding soybeans before speaking.

"It's none of my business. It's the princess who wants to do this. You know, I can only listen to the princess's arrangement..."

"Hey, don't stare at me and say nothing, are your eyes so big?"

Ye Shenyan smiled dryly, not daring to meet Gu Che's gaze.

Gu Che stared at Ye Shenyan for a long time, and suddenly he let out a long sigh.

"I know it was her idea."

(End of this chapter)