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"Ma'am, how could that be?"

Cui Yu recalled Qiao Linxi's appearance and said, "Although Princess Dingguo is unmarried, I think she is a bit older than you."

Madam Meng also recalled Qiao Linxi's appearance and nodded: "Indeed, although she doesn't look old, she doesn't look like a sixteen-year-old girl either."

Mrs. Meng returned home worriedly. Seeing her husband practicing swordplay in the martial arts hall again, she couldn't help feeling a little jealous.

If she remembered correctly, this sword technique was taught by Meng Qingyu, and the sword manual came from Princess Dingguo's mansion.

"How could it not be?"

Meng Qingliang still couldn't cultivate the sword energy, and he couldn't help but mutter: "Could it be that only the princess husband can cultivate it?"

Military commanders like to practice sword skills, and Meng Qingliang is no exception. Recently, he has been practicing Qingyun sword skills like a possessed person, but he still can't get the essence of it.

In the countless days and nights that followed, Madam Meng could see her husband practicing sword in the martial arts hall, and she made a decision in her heart.

……

After Madam Meng left, someone came to the princess's mansion again.

Qiao Linxi wondered, her princess mansion was always very quiet, why were there so many visitors today?

Although Qiao Linxi was a princess, she was not popular in the aristocratic circles of Beijing. Those young ladies from aristocratic families looked down on a princess who rose from the countryside to become a rich family, so they didn't want to have anything to do with her.

"Who?" Qiao Linxi asked.

"She is the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Lu Xinghua."

"Lu Xinghua?"

Qiao Linxi was suspicious, but she still asked someone to make some tea again before asking someone to bring Lu Xinghua in.

"Your humble servant Lu Xinghua greets the princess and wishes her well."

Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, hey, I’m feeling sleepy, is there anyone who can hand me a pillow?

Qiao Linxi warmly took Lu Xinghua's hand and asked her to sit down. Without asking why, they started chatting.

Then, she asked Wang Ma to go to her yard and get the dried vegetables she had prepared earlier, and to brew them with hot water in front of Lu Xinghua. Soon, the originally gray dried vegetables gradually brewed and exuded bursts of fragrance, which made Lu Xinghua exclaim that it was magical.

“There’s something even more amazing.”

Qiao Linxi took out a piece of dough from a box, which made Lu Xinghua's eyes widen.

"Princess, this...is this noodles?"

Qiao Linxi nodded, then asked Nanny Wang to prepare a set of bowls and chopsticks. She soaked the noodles in hot water, then took out a small bag, tore it open, put the seasoning inside in, and covered the bowl.

"Wait a moment, the delicious food will be ready."

The moment Qiao Linxi mentioned was about three minutes. The moment she opened the lid, the aroma of noodles wafted into the room.

"It smells so good." Lu Xinghua couldn't help but sniff. She looked at the noodles in the bowl and had an urge to eat it.

"Miss Lu, would you like to try it?"

Seeing that Lu Xinghua was about to drool, Qiao Linxi asked her with a smile.

Lu Xinghua nodded. Qiao Linxi stirred it with chopsticks, then picked some out and put them in a small bowl, pushing it in front of Lu Xinghua.

Lu Xinghua didn't hesitate and started eating.

The noodles are chewy and smooth, and even though they are brewed with plain water, they taste like thigh bone soup.

“It’s delicious. I’ve never eaten noodles so delicious.”

Qiao Linxi nodded. She had eaten the noodles here before and they tasted light.

"Miss Lu's father works in the Ministry of Revenue."

Lu Xinghua nodded.

"The Ministry of Revenue is in charge of money and grain. If there is a war, will the Ministry of Revenue prepare the grain and fodder?"

Hearing what Qiao Linxi said, Lu Xinghua understood what Qiao Linxi meant. Her eyes lit up and she said, "If this kind of noodles is used in the army, it will be very convenient."

"Yes, and this noodle is easy to store. After it's made, it can be kept for a year, or even longer."

"I wonder if Miss Lu can recommend me to the Ministry of Revenue."

Lu Xinghua readily agreed and said she would take care of it, then took a bowl of noodles and left.

After leaving the princess's mansion, Lu Xinghua saw the noodles sealed with oil paper in his hand, and he cried out, forgetting the purpose of his visit to the princess's mansion.

She originally wanted to be friends with Qiao Linxi, but Qiao Linxi assigned her a task.

However, the most important thing for the moment was to focus on the important matters, so Lu Xinghua returned home.

Lu Xinghua is the daughter of the Lu family and has the right to enter Lord Lu's study. No, Minister Lu was handling government affairs at night, and she knocked on the door and went in.

"Xinghua, why are you here?"

Minister Lu was a little surprised.

"The daughter is bringing midnight snack to her father."

Although Minister Lu didn't like his daughter entering the study, he still felt comforted when he saw that his daughter was so sensible.

But when he saw the boiled water on the tray, Minister Lu frowned and said, "You just give boiled water to your father?"

Lu Xinghua smiled mischievously, "How could that be possible?"

Then, Lu Xinghua soaked the noodles according to Qiao Linxi's method in front of Minister Lu, and let him eat after a while.

When Minister Lu ate the noodles, his eyes widened just like Lu Xinghua had done earlier.

Although he didn't go into the kitchen, he knew that making noodles was troublesome and took a long time. But this noodle only took half a cup of tea to be eaten, and it tasted even better.

"Where did you get this?"

Minister Lu knew that his daughter only knew how to eat, drink and have fun all day long, so he would never believe that she came up with this idea herself.

"Princess Dingguo gave it to me. She asked me to recommend it to my father."

Princess Dingguo?

Minister Lu thought about it and roughly knew what she meant. Maybe she wanted to use this method to make friends with the Lu family?

"Father, don't you think that if this kind of noodles were used in the army, it would be very convenient? Wouldn't it be better than eating hard steamed buns?"

Minister Lu nodded: "It is indeed very convenient. I wonder if the princess has given you the recipe?"

Lu Xinghua shook her head: "No. If father wants, you can go and talk to the princess yourself. I am only responsible for the recommendation."

"Why are you going to look for the princess?" Minister Lu knew his daughter's personality. Like Princess Dingguo, she liked to look at handsome boys.

"Princess Dingguo is a princess, and you are just a servant. It is better to have less contact with her."

"Father!" Lu Xinghua stamped her feet: "Why can't I be friends with the princess?"

"She is a princess. Apart from her husband, no one dares to say a word even if she has ten or eight concubines to accompany her to study. What about you? Let alone ten, even if there are only two, people will poke your spine and spit at you. Do you believe it?"

"Superficial," Lu Xinghua rolled his eyes at his father, "As for the handsome young man, you can only admire him from afar and not touch him. Just like the literati love poetry and songs. Just like my father's painting of green pine, you also like it, do you want to marry it and let it sleep in the same bed with you?"

"Nonsense!" Minister Lu was so angry at Lu Xinghua's words that he blew his beard and glared.

"Hey, father, take your time. I'm going to look for my brother."

Lu Xinghua ran away in a flash, and Minister Lu was so angry that he called her an evil girl.

The little girl picked up her skirt and ran out of the study swiftly, ran to her brother's yard, found a corner and hid there, watching the young man who was reading by lamplight at night.