Chapter 66:

The prince took the top spot in the climbing relationship competition, but it was of no use. As the prince, it was impossible for him to pack up some soup leftovers and return to the palace.
It's regrettable, but seeing everyone looking at him resentfully, the prince is dark and cool.
"Where is the cousin, I'm going to leave alone, so I have to say hello to her." The prince said grandiosely, thinking that he should have a good relationship with Jiang Shuyao so that he can come to Cengfan next time. If possible, ask for more recipes. It couldn't be better to go to the East Palace.
Xie Xun's gaze swept across the group of eyes bright, and looked at his friends eagerly. Oh, they are thinking about her daughter-in-law's (food) thoughts are simply obvious.
He said: "Your Highness's remark is very bad, after all, the insider is a woman, it is difficult to see foreign guests." Xie Xun patted his sleeves, standing tall and indifferent.
Looking at the courtyard, he is the only one who maintains his demeanor.
He stood up and looked at the sky: "It's not early, your Highness should go back to the palace." Looking down at the mess of the table, then glanced at the colleagues, one by one, his cheeks flushed with spring breeze.
Eat enough, you can roll.
Anyone present here is not a human being, but the collective pretends to be stupid, pretending not to hear what he meant to see him off. At this moment, they were so tacitly as if they were half-twins, and they all depended on not leaving, and stopped by to listen to the news of the restaurant.
"By the way, Bo Yuan, when will Lin's shops open in the inner city? I can't just open those shops at the pier, right." They have been thinking about it since the last time they ate the Lin's shops at the pier. I was looking forward to it for a long time, but I only waited for the news that the Lin family's shop opened at the pier outside the city.
Jiang Shuyao would chat with Xie Xun before going to bed, so Xie Xun still knew the Lin family's plan.
"The Lin family shouldn't open a market in the inner city. The mother-in-law did this business to do something that would benefit the poor. Wouldn't it be against the original intention to open a restaurant in the inner city?" Xie Xun replied seriously.
Everyone was stunned when Xie Xun said that. They remembered the first-comer-first rule that Lin's market followed when selling meals. Whether it was poor people or small servants sent by high-ranking families, they all paid attention to first-come, first-come, and did not jump in. It's possible, that's why they haven't eaten it since that time, just because the little servants who need to hurry can't grab the guys who stay on the ground.
All of you present here are court officials, who are concerned about the people's livelihood. After hearing what the Lin family did, they were all touched.
Sure enough, the rumors were not credible, and they all said that Mrs. Xiangyang was pungent and jealous, and her body smelled of copper, and she did not look like a big lady. But seeing Wei Zhizhu, how can people with this heart be as unbearable as rumors.
Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but think of Jiang Shuyao who was also tired of rumors.
Except for the prince, everyone else has seen Jiang Shuyao who used to be. The impression in their minds is vague. They only remember the thick makeup on her face and the funny actions she made to pester beautiful men.
handsome man……
Thinking of this, everyone raised their heads and stared at Xie Xun.
I once thought of Jiang's daughter marrying Xie Boyuan. Their thoughts were: good risk, good risk. Fortunately, I am not as handsome as Boyuan.
But now when I look at him again, two lines of tears shed silently in my heart: so difficult, so difficult, why I was not good enough.
They comforted themselves that although Xie Boyuan has delicious food every day, his wife looks far inferior to him, and he is not so enviable... blame, oh oh, even if it is a salt-free girl, they have to compliment the country with this craftsmanship. what.
Xie Xun felt their eyes look weird, thinking that there was something dirty on his face, he raised his sleeve and wiped it.
This group of people just wanted to wait for the second round because they didn't leave. He was not polite, and simply sent off the guests: "Okay, let's go, I will send you out."
Well, everyone sighed regretfully, and walked out with their swollen belly.
Looking at the sky, the old lady wandered around the hall anxiously.
"Call someone to see if they let the big kitchen set up food." When she frowned, the vertical lines between her eyebrows were very obvious, and she looked very harsh and harsh.
The mother nodded respectfully, and quickly ordered the maid to do it.
After a while, the maid who went out to inquire about the news came back, timidly replied: "Old lady, Sanfang didn't let the big kitchen prepare food."
Hearing this answer, the old lady sneered: "Oh, I thought the third child was a clever man, but I didn't expect that he was also indistinguishable. His Royal Highness and so many ministers were in the courtyard, so he really dared to let the Jiang family be responsible. Meals, is this a sturdy brace and not admit defeat?"
She cracked and talked a lot, and the maid did not dare to speak. When she was panting, she dared to continue replying: "Old lady, I went to Sanfang to see it. Your Royal Highness, they... seem to be eating. Very happy."
The old lady was stunned, her anger was still on her head, and she subconsciously thought she had heard it wrong.
"what did you say?"
The maid hurriedly lowered her head, and said more respectfully: "The three rooms are full of heat, and laughter can be heard across the courtyard wall. The slave and maid asked people to ask, saying that all the ingredients in the small kitchen are exhausted, and the large kitchen is even more uniform. In the past, it seemed that this was the case, and I didn’t eat enough to enjoy myself.
The voice fell, and the room fell into a strange silence.
The atmosphere was so overwhelming that the maids did not dare to pant loudly, for fear that they would annoy the old lady.
When everyone was frightened by the old lady’s reaction, she was about to shed a cold sweat, she suddenly spoke
The voice is still calm and calm on the surface, but in the dark there is a taste of gritted teeth: "But what you said is true?"
The maid answered yes, lowering her head.
The old lady forced herself to calm down, and denied for a while, "Impossible. If other officials like it, I will treat them as a fun, especially to cheer. But in the third room, the Prince is sitting in the room, so what kind of delicacies have not been eaten. , I’ve never seen any novel food. How could I like Jiang’s meals so much? It’s totally unreasonable-I know, His Royal Highness-must be for the face of the youngest." She found the reason and was extremely angry for this reason. , "No, no, I can't let the youngest be fooling around like this, and can't let them lose the face of Xie Guo Gong's mansion."
"Huh, where is it bad to have this face? It's ridiculous to let His Royal Highness and colleagues from the East Palace carry Jiang's sedan chair! It's ridiculous!"
She stood up, it was time for her to save the field.
When the prince came to the mansion, the old lady cleaned up. She adjusted the cuffs without wrinkles and said in a deep voice, "Go to Sanfang."
A group of people rushed to the third room with serious expressions. Before reaching the third room, they ran into the Donggong friends who were driven away by Xie Xun's food and drink.
They were able to eat, and they walked with their stomachs falling apart.
The hot pot smell is heavy, they wear good materials, breathable and absorb sweat while also absorbing the smell, so before they walked to them, a strong hot pot smell penetrated the old lady's nose.
She looked at the group of people in disbelief, suspecting that she was dreaming.
Where is the elegant and unparalleled Prince? Where is the energetic and handsome Lin family boy? There are also the talents of the Guan family from a family of poetry and calligraphy, and the grandchildren of the Li family raised by the literary family for generations...Who is this group of lazy people in front of them? !
When they were sweating, they raised their sleeves and rubbed their hair a little messy. In addition, each of them was flushed with food, and looked like dudes wandering in the street drunk, but one or two of them still reminiscent of just now. The delicious food does not look drunk at all.
"My favorite is the plate of lamb rolls."
"I am different. There are many side dishes on the table. I love duck intestines."
"Hey Lin Wen and Rao, you are ashamed to say that there are only two plates of duck intestines, and you only have a whole plate."
"Hmph, who is the blame for being slow to start?"
They were screaming, but Xie Jun first saw the old lady standing in the dark.
"Mother?" he shouted.
The quarreling Donggong friends immediately muffled their voices and looked here.
The old lady took a deep breath and walked out of the darkness to bow to the Prince's Palace.
The prince returned to his decent appearance in a second, and quickly gave her a hand.
As he gets closer, the smell of hot pot on his body becomes more intense.
The old lady looked up, and then actually saw oil spots on his collar!
She looked up stupidly, her eyes falling on the Prince's lips.
He had just eaten hot pot, his lips were red, bright and swollen, and they looked strangely delicate.
The old lady felt as if a sky of thunder descended and hit her by chance.
Looking at the other people, all of them have red lips and red cheeks, giving her the illusion that men in Beijing are beginning to spread mouth fat.
She was struck dizzy by lightning, forgot all the words she had prepared, and mechanically opened her mouth to say something like "Xie Guo Gong's poor hospitality".
The prince quickly blocked her words: "Why did the old lady say this? If today's dinner is still called a poor reception, then I am afraid that few banquets can be regarded as appropriate." Xie Boyuan was still standing behind! In case he hears the transmission to his daughter-in-law, will he still want to eat food in the future!
The rest of the East Palace also thought of this, and hurriedly followed the Prince's footsteps to praise the dinner, holding high the banner of "Jiang's craftsmanship is awesome."
The old lady's head became even more dizzy, and she was a little unstable for a while.
Impossible, how is it possible? The third child must have made them do this! That's right, the third child actually begged them to give Jiang Zhou a face... She persuaded herself, but at this point, she could no longer convince herself.
"Mother, what's the matter with you? Why is your complexion so bad?" Xie Xun found that something was wrong with her and helped her.
The old lady returned to her senses, and said uneasyly: "It's okay, it's okay."
Her face was so bad, Xie Xun quickly asked the maid to help her back.
The old lady walked unsteadily, and as soon as she left, everyone returned to the sluggish look of a satiated and satiated sluggish man, all of them smeared with oil on their bodies without noticing them, boasting and poems.
"Bo Yuan!" A woman's shout came from behind, and the Donggong friends who hooked up their shoulders immediately straightened their posture.
They turned their heads in the direction where the shout came, and saw Jiang Shuyao, who was dressed simply but hardly concealed, trotting towards this side.
Jiang Shuyao has always been the mind of a modern woman in her bones. She didn't think that a woman could not see a foreigner, and that her husband's colleagues had to leave after a dinner party, and her wife who managed dinner would always come and see off the guests.
Because it was summer night, she was wearing a thin shirt with cool colors, her skin cheering and snowing, her black hair piled up high, revealing her white and slender neck, bright and beautiful, and she came trotting on the moonlight, as if she was The person in the painting strayed into the world.
The Donggong friends are stupid.
Fairy, who are you?
"Bo Yuan." Jiang Shuyao stopped beside Xie Xun, panting slightly, "Don't tell me why the guest is leaving."
Everyone:? ? ! !
So this fairy is Jiang? !
Words cannot describe the impact of the people in the East Palace. What about the good gaudy women? Is it vulgar? The make-up is said to be thick and funny?
The beauty alone is not enough to shock them, but thinking of her cooking skills, everyone can't wait to go back to the day when she deliberately fell into the water and entangled Xie Xun, and dived into the water to rescue her.
Who said she was not worthy of Xie Boyuan? If she is not good enough, Xie Boyuan will die alone alone!
Stupid people are still in shock, smart people have begun to seize the opportunity.
"Sister-in-law!"
Hiss, who is this skinless and faceless person?
Everyone turned their heads to see-Lin Cheng smiled so brilliantly.
Jiang Shuyao didn’t know Lin Cheng, but he guessed who he was. He nodded and smiled at him, then turned to Xie Xun and said strangely:
Why don’t I say a word when I leave? I also told them to bring some desserts, hot pot after all It's a bit greasy and gets angry."
After saying this, she smiled embarrassedly, and said politely to Lin Cheng: "I have prepared some cool drinks to go to the fire, but I don't know if it suits the taste."
Before he finished speaking, Lin Cheng nodded frantically: "He! He! Of course he! Thank you sister-in-law!"
It's so boring, it's really boring!
Everyone expressed serious condemnation, and rushed to speak: "Hello sister-in-law!" "Hello brother and sister!"
This group of people suddenly opened up to greet each other, as loud and vigorous as they shouted military training slogans, and shocked Jiang Shuyao.
Jiang Shuyao: Am I familiar with these people?
The prince took a step: "Cousin!"
The sound was extraordinarily protruding, which attracted Jiang Shuyao to look.
After seeing the face of the prince, she was very puzzled: Who is this? If you remember correctly, how old is Lin Guifei's son?
Xie Xun's facial paralyzed face faintly twitched, which was too embarrassing. He hurriedly led Jiang Shuyao's attention away: "Cough, cough, you don't need sweets, they can eat well."
Jiang Shuyao hadn't spoken yet, and everyone had formed an alliance and furiously opposed Xie Xun: "If you don't support it, your sister-in-law is interested." "My sister-in-law has worked hard." "I love desserts the most."
Xie Xun: ...Forget it, I give up.
So Jiang Shuyao ordered the maids to bring them to burn immortal grass.
She didn't cook much, mainly for her own food, and she also pretended to them just now. A small bamboo cup per person, with spoon and reed pipe.
The burnt grass is made from grass. The soup is filtered and then added with rice milk and wheat starch. After cooling, it condenses into a black and clear jelly shape. Dice into a bowl, add crushed peanuts and taro Rounds, candied dates, raisins, and red beans boiled with brown sugar are finally poured into a tablespoon of milk tea to cool down the heat and quench thirst.
The maids handed the bamboo cups, and everyone looked inside curiously.
The milk tea is full of sweet tea and milk fragrance, burns the grass and cuts into pieces, the black is bright and shiny, and it sinks and floats in the milk brown milk tea, surrounded by red beans, raisins, mung beans, etc., the color is rich, and it looks sweet tasty.
After Jiang Shuyao delivered the burning grass, he nodded to Xie Xun, then turned and left.
Everyone held the bamboo cup and said goodbye to Jiang Shuya doglegally, frightening her to quicken her pace.
As soon as she left everyone's sight, everyone was relieved, and quickly picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of burning fairy grass that was so curious and tickle.
The burning grass was slippery, and the spoon almost couldn't be scooped. The jelly-like burnt grass is full of elasticity and trembles with the shaking spoon. When put in the mouth, a slightly bitter fresh taste immediately scrapes away the heavy spicy aftertaste.
The burnt grass has a delicate taste. In order to extinguish the fire, Jiang Shuya deliberately added fire-clearing Chinese medicinal materials, such as the tortoise shell of the eagle-billed tortoise, stilbene, dandelion, etc., so it tastes a deep and mellow bitterness, which is not unpalatable. On the contrary, the greasy and hot intestines were refreshed. Before chewing, the burning grass slipped all the way down the throat and into the stomach, making people feel refreshed.
The milk is sweet and the tea is fresh, the red bean honey boiled with brown sugar is rich in flavor, the raisins are sour and sweet and chewy...The rich sweetness blends with the cool and bitterness of the tortoise shell paste, mixed with bitterness, a spoonful of it. The sultry summer night immediately became refreshing and pleasant.
The peanuts are crisp and crisp, the beans and raisins are chewy, the burnt grass is smooth and tender, and the spoonful of the rich ingredients is scooped into the mouth. While feeling the chewing ingredients, the sweet milk tea slowly sways in the mouth. This taste is really wonderful.
The Donggong Cengfan team stretched their eyebrows and raised their mouths one by one. After being sent out mercilessly from Xie Guogong Mansion by Xie Xun, they suddenly realized that such a small cup is enough.
sister in law! Can I refill it!
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When the old lady returned to the yard, she always felt tight in her chest. She couldn't figure out which joint she was thinking about.
The mother rubbed her temples, not daring to say anything.
Thinking of the scene just now, she felt a fierce pain on her face, and when she remembered the words that looked down on Jiang Shuyao that she said in front of Xie Xun that day, her chest was tight and short of breath.
She didn't want to believe it, let alone admit this fact.
She found countless reasons for comfort: Even if the prince is having a good meal, is it possible that she is really all due to it? They must have given the third child face; even if she showed off her cooking skills, she still couldn't change her unpleasant reputation. She was still the object of the noble mistress in Beijing after dinner; it was just a meal. What's the big deal, what big impact can this meal have?
She said these reasons and barely fell asleep.
After tossing and turning all night, I slept extremely unsteadily, but barely fell asleep, and finally woke up in a lot of comfort the next day.
She regained her energy a bit, and she had just been waiting for someone to freshen up and wake up, and she saw Xu coming in from outside with joy.
After the salute, Xu asked: "My mother is unwell, why is she up so late today?"
The old lady waved her hand, unwilling to say more: "In a hurry, what's the matter?"
The Xu family has been married for many years, and rarely shows such a happy appearance in front of the old lady.
"Of course it's a good thing." There was joy in her voice, "The Empress Empress gave us a lot of things just now. She said that the sweet drinks made by the three younger siblings were in line with her heart. She praised her for her ingenuity and virtuousness- "
Seeing the old lady standing in a daze, with a stiff expression, Xu clan hurriedly stopped.
"Mother?" She asked cautiously, "The reward has been sent to the third room. You are going to join in the fun and be happy--"
Before she finished speaking, the old lady suddenly got out of her body and fell softly on the collapse.