Antique food: The general dotes on his lucky wife

Chen Xi was suddenly called to the front of the hall by the emperor, which surprised many people and kept staring at her.

I saw Chen Xi maintaining his posture all the way, standing calmly and saluting.

"Chen Xi pays homage to the emperor and pays homage to the empress."

"Get up."

The emperor spoke to everyone in the hall: "President Huaishan, you must be familiar with it. The compressed biscuits I mentioned in the court some time ago were invented by County Master Huaishan, which solved the food problem of our soldiers in the northwest and northeast." , so you are curious why I made her the county head, this is the reason!"

Chen Xi lowered his head and moved his eyebrows slightly.

She didn't know what the emperor meant when he suddenly said these words in the main hall, but it couldn't possibly be to explain to everyone the reason for making her the county head!

He was the emperor, and every move he made had profound meanings. What's more, with his status, who could be so shameless as to ask him to explain?

It's a pity that Chen Xi doesn't understand the forces in the capital, and Lin Changqing is not here, so no one can help her analyze the true meaning of the emperor's move.

She lowered her head and remained silent. This was not the time for her to be humble. She just needed to listen.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor finished speaking, a minister immediately stood up and thanked Chen Xi: "Lin Yao, on behalf of my father and Hu Xiaojun, would like to express his gratitude to the Lord of Huaishan County. I will definitely send a big gift to the Lord of Huaishan County later!"

At this time, Chen Xi turned around, bowed slightly, and said with a smile: "Mr. Lin, you're welcome. I didn't mean to do anything. If I can help the soldiers a little bit, that's what makes me happiest!"

Then two more people stood up to thank Chen Xi and said they wanted to give gifts. Chen Xi also looked normal and polite, and then said nothing more.

上

The emperor who was the leader couldn't help but nodded with satisfaction when he saw Chen Xi's generous look.

What happened when Yunling went to find Chen Xi? The spies had already sent a message back to the palace, and the emperor was quite satisfied with Chen Xi's handling of the matter.

This is Changqing's favorite woman, and her performance did not disappoint him!

"Since several of my dear friends have given gifts to County Lord Huaishan, I cannot but reward him. I will reward County Lord Huaishan with a pair of gold Ruyi, four sets of gold and jade heads and faces, eight pieces of brocade, and a pair of porcelain vases."

Chen Xi immediately saluted: "My lord, I would like to thank the emperor for the reward."

Then Chen Xi returned to his seat under the envious eyes of everyone!

Everyone could clearly see that the emperor was adding luster to Chen Xi's appearance today!

Chen Xi is also very satisfied with today's "self-introduction". I believe that after today, those who say that she, a commoner, has any qualifications to be named the county head will disappear.

The emperor has said that he made her the county chief because she designed the compressed biscuits that served as food for the soldiers. If you don't agree, does it mean that you don't agree with the emperor, or that you don't agree with the many soldiers and generals of the Yue Dynasty?

After that, the emperor never asked anyone to come and talk. When everyone left the palace after the palace banquet, Chen Xi was surrounded by many people who greeted her.

Chen Xi's smiling face froze. It was dark at night, and he didn't know how many people's faces and names he had remembered wrongly. But it didn't matter. If these people really wanted to get along with her, they would contact her again later. It’s not too late to get to know each other.

Returning to the county lord's palace, Chen Xi quickly took off his heavy crown clothes, looked at the emperor's reward, then left a pair of gold Ruyi, and put the others into the warehouse.

I want to talk about the emperor

Reward, this pair of gold Ruyi is the real good thing. First of all, these two large pieces of gold, plus the meaning of Ruyi is different from ordinary rewards. In a sense, it represents the emperor's recognition and protection, so today the emperor is Protecting her in front of all the powerful people in the capital gave Chen Xi a lot of peace of mind.

In this society where imperial power is supreme, it would be good to get a little more attention from the emperor.

Moreover, today the emperor only ordered compressed biscuits and did not say that she had provided "work in lieu of charity" to Magistrate Xu in Hangzhou City. This was not because he had forgotten her contribution, but probably out of protection for her.

But judging from these two things, she was able to get the title of county head. The emperor at that time was a wise emperor who paid attention to people's livelihood. Chen Xi rolled his eyes and had already curried favor with the emperor's gift!

In the afternoon of the next day, Ji Siyuan received Chen Xi's invitation and came to the County Lord's Mansion again.

"I thought you were going to have a day off today, so you didn't come here. I didn't expect you to send someone to the Marquis Mansion to call me. If I had known, I would have come here in the morning."

"Tomorrow is the day when Princess Changrong invites me to the banquet. I want to ask my sister what kind of woman Princess Changrong is?"

Ji Siyuan's eyes dodge, and Chen Xi immediately realizes that Princess Changrong's invitation may come from a bad person!

But yesterday she only saw Princess Changrong from a distance. She was a young girl with outstanding appearance. She smiled brightly when talking to others, and she seemed not to be a difficult person to get along with.

What Ji Siyuan means is that he knows that Princess Changrong is harmonious to others but not to her, so it must be related to Lin Changqing?

Chen Xi asked: "Princess Changrong likes Lin Changqing

? ”

Ji Siyuan smiled awkwardly: "Actually, Princess Changrong is still our cousin. She and Changqing grew up together, and they didn't separate until Changqing left the capital to join the army. But I don't know why there were rumors suddenly two years ago. It was rumored that Changrong was attracted to Changqing. I thought this news was false and someone must have misinformed it. But not long ago, Changrong came to me and asked me if I knew about you and Changqing. That’s when I found out about the rumor. It’s true, so I’m afraid you may be targeted by Changrong at tomorrow’s banquet, do you still want to go to the banquet?”

Chen Xi nodded: "I still have to go. Can my sister go with me tomorrow?"

"I didn't receive an invitation from Changrong."

"Then if I take my sister there, won't it be convenient for her to go too?"

Ji Siyuan thought for a while: "Changrong is not married, and the ladies he usually invites are all unmarried ladies, so he didn't send me any posts. However, some ladies from aristocratic families did not dare to be single, so they brought their married sisters or It’s common for my sister-in-law to attend banquets together.”

Chen Xi held Ji Siyuan's hand: "Then sister, don't hesitate. Come with me tomorrow. Now tell me what Princess Changrong has taboos on, so that I won't accidentally offend you tomorrow. It would be fine but Get yourself into trouble!"

"Well, Princess Changrong's parents both died of illness when she was a child. She is the only one in the family. If it weren't for the emperor's protection, she would have been bullied by others. However, Changrong can grow up smoothly, and so can she herself. She is capable, and the Queen loves Changrong very much. If Changrong had not been in love with Changrong, she would have been engaged to the prince long ago."

Chen Xi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he heard this.

"How old is the prince? Haven't you gotten married yet?"

"The prince is 22 this year and got married last year. However, the princess has been in poor health after giving birth this year. Otherwise, you would have met the prince at yesterday's palace banquet!"

Chen Xi blinked.

Darling, why do you feel that the more you know, the more complicated things will become!