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

"Hahaha!" Marquis Changning laughed loudly, his voice clear and bright. "My son has grown up. No wonder they say that only when a family is in a good position to rule the country can the world be brought to peace. It really is true."

Hearing the ridicule in his father's words, Zhou Jin's rebellious mentality came up again, "If what you say makes sense, I will listen. If it doesn't make sense, I will let it go in one ear and out the other."

Chang Ning Hou was stunned, and then he collected his thoughts. "What did I say that made no sense? You tell me, today is a great day, and your father allows you to commit crimes."

Zhou Jin rolled his eyes unconsciously, not realizing that his behavior was quite similar to Gu Xiling's. "Being an official to serve the country and bring peace to the world, maybe you have a point, but as for the family, forget it. If I listen to you, my wife may become cold, lonely and unhappy like my mother in the future."

"This..." Marquis Changning was speechless. "I only made a mistake once, and now I have corrected it. Why are you still nagging me? Are you going to say bad things about me in front of my grandson in the future?"

Zhou Jin disagreed, "Anyway, you made mother sad!"

"You little rascal, you are a man, don't you understand me?" Marquis Changning was annoyed. It felt really bad to be criticized by his son.

Zhou Jin raised his eyebrows, "I understand. You are over 31 years old, how can you still charm young girls? Don't you know that you are attracted to others' appearance, but they are attracted to your life and the entire Changning Marquis Mansion?"

Marquis Changning was in the wrong. He had no upper hand in front of his son. "Your mother has already forgiven me!"

Zhou Jin looked suspicious, "I don't believe it!"

I originally wanted to cool down, but now I’m so mad at my son!

"You bastard!" Marquis Changning stood up and left in a rage. He didn't want to go to work in the threshing floor, so he went to see how to make food with corn.

Seeing the yellow pancake with a faint fragrance, Marquis Changning washed his hands, ate a little, and his eyes lit up, "This is good! Xiling, you've worked hard."

Gu Xiling smiled and said, "It's not hard, father. Have you caught the mastermind behind the burning corn?"

Marquis Changning did not hide it from others and spoke directly in public. Anyway, many people knew about this matter, and His Majesty also reprimanded the envoy of Nanyi in public.

"We have confirmed that the group of people in the threshing ground are from the Southern Yi. They have been making small moves recently, and we have countermeasures. As for the group that went to the cornfield, we have not yet found out who the mastermind is."

Gu Xiling frowned, gritted her teeth, and her tone was quite angry.

"No matter who they are, they are evil people who have evil intentions and do not want the people to have enough food. Your Majesty attaches great importance to agriculture and sericulture, and corn has a high yield. Your Majesty will definitely promote it. In this way, Your Majesty's prestige will be even greater, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. Only those who want to stir up trouble are unwilling to see such a good situation."

Marquis Changning was surprised and laughed, "I didn't expect you to think of this!"

Gu Xiling smiled shyly, "It's not hard to think of this, father, please don't think I'm being outspoken."

The eunuch Wang beside him said with a smile: "The Crown Prince's wife is not outspoken at all. She is obviously a kind-hearted woman. She is worthy of being the model of women praised by His Majesty."

Marquis Changning nodded, "Eunuch Wang is right, Xiling, don't be so modest. Many court officials also think so. If such people fail once, they may have other tricks in the future, and their tails will always be exposed. Your Majesty is wise, and the court officials are conscientious. Those who have evil intentions will not succeed."

The young eunuch arrived at the threshing floor and invited Your Majesty and the court officials to come back for dinner.

Ice was placed in the dining room and the temperature gradually dropped.

There are many wooden basins filled with clean water on the basin rack at the door.

Your Majesty and the courtiers came over and washed their hands and faces.

The two-foot-diameter pancake was folded in half twice and placed in a shallow rattan basket covered with a clean basket cloth. On the table were stir-fried pork with beans, stir-fried pork with eggplant, fried river shrimp, stir-fried vegetables, and roasted lamb...

In order to entertain the distinguished guests, we did not dare to use only pig meat.

But all the dishes are very suitable for rolling pancakes.

The cornmeal paste should be cooked thinner because it has pancakes. If it is too thick, it will be bad.

As soon as we entered the dining room, we felt cool.

The work was tiring, so we first had a bowl of corn porridge. After tasting it carefully, everyone felt that it was edible and quite fragrant.

Emperor Kang Ping's eyes became brighter and brighter. "Corn porridge is good. What is this?"

Zhou Ze, the Marquis of Changning, explained, "Your Majesty, this is made by mixing corn flour with water to make a paste, then spreading it on a ceramic griddle into thin slices, and it becomes this corn pancake."

Whether it was His Majesty or the court officials, most of the food they ate was refined rice and flour. Even if they ate cakes, they were mostly sesame cakes or crispy cakes.

Few people have eaten the rice balls and pancakes made by farmers. Even Marquis Changning had only eaten them a few times.

The left prime minister asked, "Master Zhou, how do you eat now?"

Marquis Changning just saw Gu Xiling eating, picked up a pancake, folded it, and then put the food he wanted to eat in it, "Your Majesty, Left Prime Minister, I saw that the people eat like this."

The eunuch was about to roll the pancake for Emperor Kangping, but he refused, "Huang Bing, you don't have to do it, I will do it myself."

Your Majesty has done it himself, and so have the others.

"Left Prime Minister, your teeth are not in good condition. Eat this piece. It is drier, crisper and easier to chew." Eunuch Wang reminded him and stepped forward to get a drier pancake for Left Prime Minister to prevent him from biting the soft one and having to tear it with his teeth, making a fool of himself.

The left prime minister smiled and said, "Thank you for the reminder, Eunuch Wang."

The cool dining room, delicious dishes, fragrant corn burritos, and hunger made the meal very enjoyable.

He eats without making a sound, does not talk while eating, and does not speak while sleeping.

Emperor Kangping had eaten two pancakes and wanted to roll a third one, but Eunuch Wang couldn't help but remind him, "Your Majesty, you just ate two, which is already a lot. These are dry. If you drink some water, you will feel full."

When Emperor Kang Ping heard this, he smiled and put down the pancake, "Then give me another bowl of corn porridge."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Eunuch Wang responded and hurriedly served porridge to Emperor Kangping.

Others didn’t dare to eat more. They just wanted to eat until they were full and not overeat.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Emperor Kangping stood under the osmanthus tree to digest his food and said to Zhou Jin and Eunuch Xu, "Leave 100 kilograms of corn to the farm of Marquis Changning, and take the rest into the state treasury."

"Yes, Your Majesty, if we bask in the sun for a while longer, the corn will be stored in the warehouse for a long time." Zhou Jin agreed, "Tomorrow I will personally escort the corn to the national treasury."

"Good!" Emperor Kangping was overjoyed and turned back to reward Changning Marquis's Mansion with more gold. "Zhou Jin, you must bring your wife back to Beijing tomorrow."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Zhou Jin agreed, happy for Gu Xiling.

For many things, Gu Xiling claimed that it was all the credit of him and the Changning Marquisate, and never mentioned her own credit. However, he, his whole family, and His Majesty, who knew a lot about the Changning Marquisate, knew about Gu Xiling's credit.

Gu Xiling deserves this honor.

These court officials are so envious and jealous that they are almost turning into red-eyed rabbits!

Look how talented his son is, and how virtuous his wife is!

When respectfully seeing off His Majesty and the court officials from leaving Zhuangzi, Gu Xiling received smiling glances from a group of bigwigs and received endless praises from them.

Gu Xiling felt uneasy and didn't understand what was wrong with these court officials.