happy rebirth

There's no problem a meal of baked sweet potatoes can't solve.If there is, then two meals.

Ke Qi is a person who has eaten roasted sweet potatoes. He grew up in a mountain village before crossing over. His skills in roasting sweet potatoes are probably better than Xie San's.Therefore, although sweet potatoes are delicious, Ke Qi still remains calm. At most, he thinks that sweet potatoes remind him of his childhood and his grandma.

But Lord Hou and Xie Er are different!They have never eaten such ordinary food before!

In this time and space, sweet potatoes were introduced to this country at the end of the former dynasty.At the beginning, it was only planted in the coastal areas. The local magistrate was keenly aware of the role of sweet potatoes for the people. However, before he had time to submit the memorial, his official position was wiped out, and the person who replaced him had no knowledge of crops at all. However, the sweet potato has not been officially promoted.A few years later, due to abnormal climate, droughts in the north and floods in the south, a large number of ordinary people could not eat, and the sweet potatoes with strong vitality were quickly widely planted with the momentum of starting a prairie fire.

The common people rely on the sky to eat, so they dare not try to grow other food easily, because if the harvest of new varieties is not good, they will really not be able to eat this year, and they will really starve to death!Therefore, they would rather follow the rules than dare to innovate easily.Unless it was a last resort, they dared not plant all the fields with sweet potatoes.As a result, in the disaster year, the sweet potato saved countless lives, and the common people fell in love with it thoroughly.

But also because of this, people have formed a misunderstanding, as if only those who can't afford food will eat sweet potatoes.Sweet potatoes are no longer eligible to be the staple food of the noble family.Even if Hou Ye and Xie Er had eaten sweet potatoes before, they should have regarded sweet potatoes as a seasonal vegetable and eaten them fresh.

They had never eaten roasted sweet potatoes before, and they ate them while they were still steaming. Every mouthful they felt burned their mouths, but they still had to eat it!

Seeing Hou Ye and Xie Er's ignorant looks, Ke Qi also understood why the domineering president who is used to eating luxurious restaurants can be attracted by the pure Cinderella who eats spicy hot pot stalls on the roadside, and why he is used to drinking now. The prince who grinds coffee will feel that the two yuan instant coffee in the supermarket is very fragrant.

"By the way, where did this sweet potato come from?" Ke Qi asked.

This topic was simply sent to Xie San, Xie San held back his words and was about to say something!He said triumphantly: "Our team has recruited a new kid... Hey, I have to praise myself. I really have a vision. I walked on the street that day..."

Everyone waited and waited until Xie San excitedly finished his story about Bole's knowledge of horses before finally getting to the point.

Xie San said: "That kid has a lot of people in his family, but he doesn't have much land. He is very poor. Now he is with us, although he is only a substitute, but he has money, and the life of the family is much easier. His parents are excited. , insisted on killing the pig at home, and wanted to send half a fan of pork to our team. How could we want this, so I just said casually, I haven’t eaten sweet potatoes yet... His parents are honest, so he pulled a whole two Bring me the cart."

Ke Qi twitched the corner of his mouth.In fact, if the sweet potato was promoted properly by the court at that time, it would be very popular.When he just crossed over, he also thought that if there were no sweet potatoes on the table of the common people, maybe he could use sweet potatoes to make a great contribution.As a result, the sweet potatoes were spread to this country by themselves, and the imperial court was still so inactive. In the end, the common people spontaneously promoted the sweet potatoes.The former dynasty died unjustly!

With a full stomach and warm body, Master Hou yawned and said, "It's getting dark, everyone, go back and rest."

Who knows what happened in the palace!Even if there is no news at all until now, they can't just stop eating, drinking and sleeping because of the Li family's affairs, right?Hou Ye got up first and walked out of the house slowly.The sons looked at each other, come on, go to bed.

Weizheng Pavilion is a little quiet.Xie Jinhua was not there, and neither were Li Yang and Li Sang, who were on wedding leave.

The room was dark, and Ke Qi didn't ask anyone to light up the lamp, but only lit by the dim candlelight in the corridor, quickly took off his clothes, and climbed onto the bed in black.He was worried about Xie Jinhua in his heart, and wondered if Xie Jinhua would rush back today, if he was blocked at the city gate, it would be a waste of time to go.

I don't know how many days the capital will be under martial law.

"The situation shouldn't be too bad." Ke Qi said to himself.

If a certain empress poisoned a certain empress only happened in the palace, then no matter how strong the earthquake was, it was impossible for it to reach the Qingyang Hou Mansion.If there was a coup in the palace, the situation would be much more serious, but Emperor Karui has always kept a close eye on military power, whether it is the hundreds of thousands of troops guarding the border, or the city guards in Beijing and the imperial guards in the palace, these are always All are held in the hands of the emperor himself.The princes have no access to military power at all, and the scholar failed to rebel for ten years. Even if they want to attack the emperor, the emperor should be able to stabilize the situation quickly.

So, better sleep!

The next day, there was still no news from the palace.Prince De and the eldest son stayed in the palace for one night, but failed to leave the palace.Prince Rong couldn't sit still anymore, and ran to the palace to beg to see the emperor, but he didn't get the promise. After kneeling at the gate of the palace for a while, he went back to Prince Rong's mansion in despair.

The men of Qingyang Hou Mansion got together and had another meal of roasted sweet potatoes.

"I think it should taste good if you eat it steamed," Xie Er said.

"The steamed ones don't have the fragrance of roasting, but they have another flavor." Ke Qi said.

"Try it, it's a two-board cart!" Xie San said.

Master Hou guarded the majesty of his old father and did not easily participate in the discussion.

"You can also cut sweet potatoes into chunks to make porridge, sweet potato porridge is very delicious." Ke Qi, who has a lot of life experience, said, "By the way, you can also wash sweet potatoes into starch, which can be used as cold noodle and eggs. Cake... I remembered, if there is starch, we can still make jelly!"

It is not complicated to make jelly, as long as there is starch and sugar, it is winter now, and there is no need to take special care to refrigerate it.

"Wash the starch?" Lord Hou, Xie Er, and Xie San all looked at Ke Qi curiously.

Ke Qinian helped grandma wash the starch when she was in junior high school.Their family earns a little money every year by selling starch and cornmeal.The process of washing starch is not complicated at all. Cut sweet potatoes into pieces, add water, grind them with a stone mill, and filter through gauze to get an emulsion. Put this emulsion in a wooden barrel and let the starch slowly precipitate.Then pour out the water in the barrel, the thick layer at the bottom of the barrel is wet starch, and dry starch is dry starch.

Ke Qi got a little excited as he talked, and said, "Jelly is crystal clear. Mooncakes and Ruixue must be very fond of it. Not to mention the children, maybe the second sister-in-law and the third sister-in-law will also like it." As he said that, Ke Qi realized that Master Hou was also here, so he added: "Madam is too."

Xie Sanxin spoke bluntly, and said: "Okay, don't use mooncakes and Ruixue as a cover, it's obviously the fourth brother's favorite food, right?"

It's no secret at home that Xie Jinhua has a sweet tooth.

Ke Qi did not refute, and smiled frankly.

"If you can really make that kind of jelly, then the mooncake and Ruixue will be the fourth brother's favor." Xie Er also said.

"Anyway, we don't have much to do now. It's easy to think wildly while sitting like this. Why don't we try to do it." Xie San's ass seemed to have needles. He was never a person who could sit still. Man, he can't run outside these days, he's so busy growing mushrooms.

Ke Qi said: "I know how to wash the starch, but the ratio of raw materials in the jelly is not very clear. I have to ask the cooks to try it a few times."

"I can make it without even pointing at it once..." Xie San said and ran to the door to order the servants to bring the two carts of sweet potatoes over.

They are now staying in the yard where Master Hou lives.Hou Ye didn't understand what the third son was thinking, so he asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Wash the starch! It's so boring to ask the servants to wash it. It happens that there is a well in the yard. Let's wash it ourselves." Xie San said enthusiastically.

The imperial guards surrounded Jia's mansion, the imperial guards withdrew, the imperial guards arrested several people from Yuan's mansion, and the imperial guards withdrew again.Prince De and the eldest son did not leave the palace, they still did not leave the palace, they never left the palace.Prince Rong asked again to enter the palace, Prince Rong asked again to enter the palace, and Prince Rong asked again to enter the palace.An imperial decree was issued in the palace, one official was promoted, another official was promoted, and another official was promoted.

The situation is changing every day, but it is still confusing.

In the atmosphere of turmoil in the whole city, the men of the Xie Mansion gathered together and finally discovered eighteen ways to eat sweet potatoes, and also discovered that the best filter cloth for filtering starch is that the Zhuang family intends to use it for the people in the mansion. Scattered cotton for shirts, mastered the skills of using a stone mill to grind juice, and also mastered the skill of spreading eggs with starch... When Ke Qi poured starch and sugar into a large bowl with water and stirred them according to the new ratio, he always felt something was wrong. What's wrong.

Not everyone has a big heart like a man from Xie's mansion, Prince Rong's request to enter the palace was ignored again, and he wanted to rush into the palace with the guards from the Prince's mansion.When there was a conflict at the gate of the palace, the gate of the palace opened wide, and an imperial decree stunned everyone like a thunderbolt.

The emperor abolished the positions of prince and grandson, and then quickly made Prince De the new prince!

Prince Rong expressed dissatisfaction on the spot.Not to mention how he jumped, when the news reached Qingyang Hou's mansion, Hou Ye thought he was hallucinating.He subconsciously looked at Ke Qi.Xie Er and Xie San also looked at Ke Qi.Ke Qi shook his head and said, "I'm just like you, I don't know anything."

Ke Qi once considered the possibility of Prince De taking over the position, but he never thought that the position of Prince De would come as soon as he said it!

In fact, Prince De himself was also at a loss.After he entered the palace, he was sent to the Prince's East Palace as soon as he saw the emperor's face.The prince's body has not been able to fully recover, and this time he fell ill again.Prince De accepted the emperor's oral order and was responsible for taking care of the sick prince.

As for Prince De's son, he was left in front of the emperor to perform his filial piety together with the emperor's grandson.

Prince De faintly felt that something was wrong.The prince is sick, there is an imperial doctor, there is a princess, where is he needed to take care of him as a prince?But since the emperor ordered so, he, as an older brother, should really take care of his younger brother, so Prince De lived in the East Palace with peace of mind.

The princess said that the emperor's words must be listened to, and the emperor's orders cannot be perfunctory at all.

Prince De set up a bed directly in front of the prince's bed, and took care of the prince all day and all night.When the prince was awake, he chatted with the prince.The prince was in better health, so he helped the prince to walk around the hall.The prince fell asleep, and Prince De felt bored, so he guarded the prince's bed and made wood carvings.

Of course, Prince De must not be the only one taking care of the prince, there are also several eunuchs who are also guarding him.

Prince De didn't know that these eunuchs were indeed taking care of the prince and monitoring him at the same time.When Prince De asked someone to find a carving knife, the eunuchs felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and they didn't even dare to blink their eyes.Prince De thought to himself, the prince is worthy of being a prince, he trained the servants really well, and each of them is so responsible.But in fact, the reason why these eunuchs are so vigilant is that they are afraid that Prince De will harm the prince!

In the mind of an artist like Prince de, the carving knife is his good partner; in the eyes of others, the carving knife can kill people!

Speaking of which, the reason why Prince De was able to carry a carving knife in the palace was because he specifically asked the emperor for his grace a few years ago.

The crown prince's illness is not serious, and he is getting better gradually.Prince De took a break from his busy schedule to carve a set of twelve zodiac signs.

When the emperor summoned Prince De and asked the chief minister of the cabinet to read the imperial decree, Prince De thought that he had done something to take care of the prince, and the emperor wanted to reward him with something.Prince De thought happily that his daughter's future dowry would be rich again.As a result, the position of prince suddenly fell on his head.

Now it is the annual vacation, the whole court is on vacation, although several ministers of the cabinet were called to the palace, but after all, they did not offer sacrifices to the Taimiao, and did not tell the world, so the process of conferring the crown prince is not complete.But you are not joking, since the imperial decree has been issued, the follow-up steps can be made up in the next year.

Prince De was stunned for a while, then climbed up in front of the emperor in a kneeling posture, hugged the emperor's leg and began to cry loudly: "Father, think twice! Father, please take back your life!" He doesn't want to be an emperor!When the emperor wants to be controlled by others every day, he will not be able to do woodcarving happily in the future!

Emperor Karui twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "It's late." Although there are many sons, there are seven in total, Emperor Kairui has no choice!

Ever since the crown prince was assassinated, everyone knew that the crown prince was only occupying the position of a crown prince, and he would not be able to hold this position for long.Except for Prince De, the remaining five sons are all about to move.Kai Ruidi originally wanted to observe carefully and choose the most suitable one.He thought he had enough time, but as soon as he closed his pen and took his annual leave, he fell ill.The disease was so severe that Karuidi was dizzy.

Concubine Liang suddenly jumped out and presented evidence that the eunuch Chang De'er next to the emperor belonged to the queen, and that Chang De'er had poisoned the emperor.

This Chang De'er is a young eunuch who was reused after the prince was assassinated.At that time, although the prince protected him in time, the emperor was still scratched a little by the poisonous arrow. Chang De'er quickly stood up and helped the emperor suck the poisonous blood from the wound.Feeling his loyalty, the emperor transferred him to serve by his side.And this is often worthy of the emperor's attention, because of his cautious personality and quick workmanship, he is more and more liked by the emperor.

Why did the queen poison the emperor?Because if the emperor is dead now, regardless of whether the prince is weak or not, the prince will still succeed, and there will be a grandson after the prince.In this way, the people of the Queen's faction can get the greatest benefit.This reason seems to make sense?

But the emperor trusted the queen very much, he didn't think she would do this, but felt that Concubine Liang had ulterior motives.

This is the truth that the emperor sent people to surround Jia's mansion.

But no matter how much the emperor trusts the queen, he still needs to investigate the matter related to his own body.Although Concubine Liang was restrained, the emperor still looked at the evidence she handed over, and asked people to check along with the untrue evidence. This investigation really found something. His natal family was somewhat involved.Speaking of which, Concubine Liang seems to be right. Could it be that Chang De'er is really from the queen's faction?

The imperial physician also found out the cause of the emperor's illness. He was not sick, but poisoned.

At this moment, the birth mother of the Seventh Prince also jumped out. It turned out that there were also doubts about the fall of the Seventh Prince two months ago.The feed that the horse ate was originally intended to be sent to the Fifth Prince.He got a new good horse, the most precious thing, and he has to feed that horse himself every day.

The power of the palace has always been in the hands of the queen, and the matter of the horse feed is also directed at the queen.

Is the queen trying to kill or maim the other princes one by one, so as to ensure the status of the prince?

Ji Da is very good at playing with people's hearts.As a person who took refuge in Chunyang Sect halfway, he failed to control the entire Chunyang Sect. He didn't have a lot of power in his hands, and he lost more than half of it in one assassination.That assassination didn't do much to Kai Ruidi, but it made the guards around Kai Ruidi even stricter, which meant that it was impossible for Jida to organize a second assassination.He only has sporadic nails in his hands, and if he can't kill, he can only attack his heart.

Chang De'er is not from Jida, but a young eunuch next to Chang De'er is.

What can a little eunuch do?He can't accomplish great things, but he can cast doubts on his own.

Jida calculated the ambitions of the empresses and princes, and calculated the suspicion of Kairui Emperor.

If Emperor Karui was more selfish and fearful of death, he would definitely confront the queen directly in such a situation.After all, his own life was endangered, and most of the superiors would rather kill by mistake than let it go.In order to protect the crown prince, the queen must not just be captured like this.If the others took the opportunity to fish in troubled waters again, the emperor would probably be able to taste the evil consequences of betrayal.However, Karuidi remained sober at this time.

The emperor did not confront the queen directly, but sent someone to investigate how he was poisoned.

The emperor's diet was inspected daily by special personnel, so those who poisoned the emperor could not use the heavy poison that could seal the throat with blood, but only the mild poison that could not be easily detected.This investigation led to the Queen Mother.It turned out that the emperor had to pay his respects to the queen mother every day, and sometimes he would accompany the queen mother with some snacks.And the queen mother got a new maid who is good at making cakes, which was presented by the empress xian.After careful investigation, the reason why Concubine Xian thought of presenting a palace maid was because the queen first presented a court lady who was good at massage to the Queen Mother. Concubine Xian wanted to fight in the ring!

If the emperor has already begun to doubt the queen, after finding out this kind of result, he will definitely feel that Concubine Xian was actually designed by the queen.

This poison is not fatal. If the emperor hadn't drank too much wine the day he sealed the pen, the poison probably wouldn't be released.However, once the attack happened once, the emperor's body became like a prince's, and he could no longer bear excessive pressure, be emotionally agitated, and be physically exhausted.

If you are a modern person, you can know that the emperor suffered from cerebral hemorrhage caused by poisoning.Cerebral hemorrhage can be fatal in severe cases.After a cerebral hemorrhage, if you do not pay attention to maintenance, there will be a high chance of recurrence.Making the emperor the same as the prince made the empress even more suspicious.

In terms of calculating people's hearts, Jida is simply a master-level figure.The layout of the Chunyang Gate in the palace was almost cleaned up when the crown prince was not designed for the Qianqiu Festival that year. This time, Jida only moved one court lady and two eunuchs, a total of three unremarkable dark chess pieces, but they were in the palace. Toss out one big drama after another.If Kai Ruidi fell into his heart-attacking trap, he would just have to wait for Kai Ruidi to die himself.

But Karedi didn't fall into an angry, frenzied mood.At this moment, he first considered how to ensure the stability of the court.

As long as he doesn't want to die, Emperor Kairui can't continue to work hard, and he can't continue to hold the throne.He has to consider who to pass the throne to.

Prince Rong?The emperor knew that his eldest son was narrow-minded.Moreover, no matter what, the maid who poisoned the emperor in the Empress Dowager's palace was recruited by Concubine Xian, even if Concubine Xian did not do it on purpose, the emperor would definitely take his anger out on her at this time.Therefore, Prince Rong was excluded.

Fourth prince?The Jia family's ambitions are too big, and the fourth prince's ears are too soft. Will the world be surnamed Jia or Li in the future?

Fifth Prince, Sixth Prince and Seventh Prince?If the emperor still has enough time, then he may not be unable to choose an heir from among these princes.But what the emperor lacks now is time.If he established these small ones now, they would not be able to convince the crowd at all.

The emperor didn't think about it for long, so he set his sights on Prince De.

But the emperor also knew that Prince De's son could not be reused, so he sent Prince De to the East Palace after he entered the palace, but instead kept Prince De's son.The eldest son is actually a few years older than the fourth prince.The person the emperor is really optimistic about is actually this grandson.

Prince De is serving the prince sick, and what the emperor wants to examine is his character.

And the son of Prince De and the grandson of the emperor served the emperor together, and the emperor was just observing the son's ability with cold eyes.

Thinking about it carefully, it is true that only Prince De is the most suitable to be the emperor's successor.Because, the emperor had to start delegating power because his health collapsed.But in the case of the emperor, he is not about to die immediately. If he is well maintained, he may live another 30 to 30 years!If the emperor finds an ambitious heir, they will definitely have various conflicts in the next two or thirty years.

Therefore, the iron-blooded Emperor Kairui, the unambitious Prince De, and the capable son of Prince De, these three formed a relatively good inheritance.After Emperor Karui figured it out, his series of actions, such as dismissing certain officials, were actually paving the way for Prince De.

Are you willing to say that Kai Ruidi is willing?He must not be reconciled!But in order to avoid turmoil in the entire country as much as possible, he can only do so.

If Emperor Karui's sons didn't have anyone like Prince De, then even if Emperor Kairui thought clearly, Jida's calculation would not necessarily fail.Because, even if Emperor Karui is willing to delegate power now, as long as he is not dead, there is still an opportunity for the villain to take advantage of it.

And now, the Prince De, who is most suitable to be the heir, is crying while hugging Emperor Karui's thigh.

Karuidi's head hurts from the son's crying.How did he not know that the Prince of Virtue was so capable?Princess Deqin and the prince must have worked very hard at ordinary times, right?The imperial physician standing by the side immediately waited for the emperor to lie down.Patients with cerebral hemorrhage must remain flat for a long time.

Kai Ruidi closed his eyes and said, "Okay, don't cry."

Prince De didn't dare to cry anymore, he was stunned for a while, and said, "Father..."

"My head hurts from your crying. If you are filial, you will sit on the side and don't speak." Emperor Kairui said.

Prince De immediately closed his mouth, even breathing lightly.He sat at a position away from the emperor, took out a small carving knife from his sleeve, and wanted to carve something.However, the lumber he carried with him was exhausted.Prince De thought for a while, and removed the legs of the chair he was sitting on now.

Karidi didn't actually want to sleep, and he didn't really feel bad.

The room is very quiet, only the slight sound of sawdust falling on the ground.Kai Ruidi opened his eyes secretly, and saw his new crown prince sitting on a three-legged chair, holding the removed leg, wondering what to carve.Kai Ruidi suddenly felt extremely tired.

What's the use of having so many sons!What is the use!

At this moment, Kairui Emperor was extremely grateful to Qingyanghou.Thanks to Hou Ye who gave birth to a good daughter, he can have a good grandson!