Reborn as a bride, pretending to be virtuous, the prince held his waist and regretted

Prince Qi Heng smiled cheerfully, "Cousin, business is more important. When I go back tonight, I will talk to my father about Fanmai."

Li Mu could ignore Zhou Jin's face and could ignore Pei Xingren's advice, but he could not ignore the prince's.

After all, the crown prince is now the heir to the throne. Apart from Your Majesty, the next person is the crown prince.

Li Mu felt that Prince Qi Heng was very stupid and dumb. If he took part in the imperial examination, he could at best pass the examination as a scholar.

But such a person who is not as good-looking, not as talented, and not as mentally capable as him, can easily obtain the unique and supreme throne just because he is born into the royal family and is the only prince.

Li Mu was unwilling to accept this from the bottom of his heart. The longer he spent with the prince, the more rebellious he became and he felt that it was unfair.

But he didn't think about it. Was everything the Li family had now earned by the Li family themselves? Wasn't it because a daughter of the Li family gave birth to a son for His Majesty that she was promoted and given important positions?

If Emperor Kangping had more sons, would he have allowed his relatives by marriage to behave like this?

Isn't it because they are worried that the crown prince is too weak to compete with the ministers in the court, so they need relatives to support the crown prince.

In other words, it will become a knife in the future hand of the prince, capable of cutting wherever he points, and some dirty things that cannot be told to outsiders will be done by the relatives by marriage.

When things really go wrong, one person will be pushed out and beheaded to appease public anger and stabilize the court.

"Yes, Your Highness." Li Mu agreed and followed him to the wheat field.

When he arrived at the edge of the field, the prince looked at the wheat field with great shock. The plants were very tall, and there were two corns, one large and one small, in the middle of each plant.

"Although I have often seen pictures and have a general idea of ​​it, seeing it with my own eyes is a completely different experience." The prince carefully examined it and even reached out to touch it. "Master Zhou, is the wheat about to be harvested?"

Zhou Jin replied: "After two days, some of the wheat can actually be harvested, but in order to allow more wheat to mature, we have to wait two more days."

"There are those unripe corn cobs, small and sweet, and they taste good. Your Highness the Crown Prince will be able to taste them today."

Li Mu was shocked. According to what Zhou Jin had reported before, it was roughly estimated to be 500 kilograms. If this were to get out, it would be a blessing for Kang Chao.

If the common people can have enough food to eat, they will be more supportive of the Qi Dynasty. Who would be willing to rebel?

The wheat cannot be kept!

Li Mu did not want to see the promotion of high-yield crops, and only the chaos in Kangguo could give him an opportunity to take advantage of it.

"Sir Zhou, aren't you being too casual? Is this wheat edible? The prince is of noble status, he can't eat these messy things." Li Mu retorted habitually, just because he didn't want to see Zhou Jin so proud.

Zhou Jin smiled and said, "I broke some off and fed it to the pig long ago. The pig was fine. My wife and I cooked some and ate them. It was fine too. Fifty people on the farm ate them and they were fine too."

Pei Xingren stepped forward and said, "Your Highness is of noble status. After all, this is a foreign crop. This time, I will taste it for you. If I am fine, you can try it later."

The eunuch beside him quickly responded: "Master Pei is right!"

Zhou Jin also realized that he had just been reckless. "Master Li, Master Pei is right. It was I who didn't consider it fully."

The prince knew that he could not eat anything casually when he was outside. If he was poisoned, the consequences would be disastrous.

The eunuchs were afraid that the prince would come out. If there was any accident along the way, they would all be killed.

Lai Fu was carrying a basket with some corn in it. "Prince, we have picked the corn. The weather is too hot. Should we go back early?"

Zhou Jin nodded, "Prince, let's go back to the manor!"

After seeing it, the Crown Prince Qi Heng was also present in person. "Well, Lord Zhou has a disability, and I cannot be unkind."

So the group returned.

After Gu Xiling bought the meat, she and the eunuch watched the cooking in the kitchen.

This is the prince!

Du Miaomiao, if anything happens at the Changning Marquis's manor, you'll lose your head.

Under such a gaze, the lady in the kitchen's hands trembled and her legs shook.

Gu Xiling smiled and said, "Aunt Zhao, just cook as you normally would. Don't be nervous. Eunuch Yang and I are just watching over here to prevent anyone from tampering with the food."

"Now the kitchen and outside are full of people from our farm. They are not allowed to enter. No one with ulterior motives can sneak in. Just do your work without worrying."

After hearing what Gu Xiling said, Aunt Zhao wiped the sweat from her forehead and said, "Yes, Madam Crown Prince!"

There's no point thinking about anything else now.

No matter what, make sure to cook this meal.

Thinking of this, Aunt Zhao started cooking quickly.

Cut the pork belly into large pieces two fingers square, fry in oil, add onion, ginger, garlic, then pour in hot water to stew.

The pork belly is stewed with sugar color made from rock sugar. After half an hour, it becomes soft, glutinous and sweet.

The two elbows were made into braised pork elbows.

The ribs were divided into three portions, one was made into sweet and sour ribs, one was made into pepper and salt ribs, and the other was made into rib soup.

Lai Fu picked the corn, peeled and cleaned it, chopped it into pieces and put it into the pot.

Not only does the soup base become sweet and refreshing, but the cornmeal is also very delicious.

The new method of raising pigs and cooking pig meat were both invented by Gu Xiling based on a method widely spread by a folk chef in her previous life, so that ordinary people can also eat delicious meat.

I caught a chicken this morning and made a chicken stew.

Smash a few cucumbers, add vinegar, garlic, salt, and some sesame oil, and the cold cucumber salad is ready.

I had kelp at home. I soaked some in the morning, cut it into small slices or shreds, and made it into a cold dish.

Two more seasonal vegetables were fried and placed on plates.

Eunuch Yang watched Aunt Zhao cooking, his expression changed slightly, and he asked Gu Xiling, "Madam, is this what you're having for lunch?"

Gu Xiling nodded, "They are all seasonal vegetables. Today, the farm only slaughtered sheep, no other meat dishes."

"If we buy it from outside now, I'm worried about accidents. Let's eat these today. If I've been negligent, please forgive me, Eunuch Yang, and say a few good words for Changning Marquisate in front of the Crown Prince."

Eunuch Yang also knew that his sudden visit today was really rude.

He would rather eat safely than eat poorly.

"Then let me try it first." Even if Eunuch Yang wanted to say something nice, he couldn't lie with his eyes open.

Eunuch Yang tasted all the dishes. Although the preparations were not as complicated as those in the imperial kitchen, the vegetarian dishes were refreshing and the meat dishes had diverse flavors, which made Eunuch Yang's eyes light up.

He was in charge of the prince's meals, and he had to taste everything that came into the prince's mouth first.

“Madam, I have eaten pig meat before, but why doesn’t the pig meat on the farm of Marquis Changning have a fishy smell?” Eunuch Yang asked, especially the braised pork meat and sweet and sour spare ribs, which are sweet and taste great.

The prince must like it.

Gu Xiling chuckled and explained, "Since Eunuch Yang asked, I will answer directly, but Xiling has no intention of offending you. Before I speak, please forgive me."

Eunuch Yang was startled, his eyes filled with suspicion. He had nothing to do with these pigs, so why should he forgive him?

"What do you mean, Madam?" Eunuch Yang asked. After all, the prince would have to eat soon and report back, so he had to know the details as it was his duty.