The Princess of Fortune in Qing Dynasty

This heavy snow made everyone tormented enough, even though Pomegranate was only busy in the inner court, he ran around without touching the ground.As the crown prince, Yinfeng set an example.

It took a month for the 'sequelae' brought about by the heavy snow to be settled.The loss in the capital was not large because of the preparation in advance. The worst was in Shanxi. Several villages were crushed by the heavy snow and many people died.

Upon receiving the news, Kangxi immediately sent people to support them with food, medicinal materials, imperial physicians and clothes to keep out the cold.It's cold and the roads are slippery, so it's not easy to walk. It's already the New Year's Eve when they arrive in Shanxi.The person who was sent this time was Yin De, who was Shi Liu's uncle, and her second brother Qing De was also serving as a guard in the troops delivering supplies.

Shanxi is a relatively serious province. Apart from Shanxi, there are other places affected by the disaster. Every day, documents from the disaster area are sent to the palace. Kangxi and the crown prince are so busy that they can only sleep for an hour or two every day, and they send out orders one after another.

Because of the disaster, the Empress Dowager took the lead in reducing the cost, and all the palaces followed suit. Not only did the pomegranate cut in half, but she also donated all the grain and medicinal materials in the dowry field.

"The concubine is in the palace, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs is in charge of food and clothing, so I don't need these things. Originally, these things were intended to be exchanged for money, and they belonged to the farmers on the village. The concubine saw that they all like to store food, so I said I was afraid that something might happen, so I also learned from them and saved some, and whoever thought about it would use it.”

Farm households all have the habit of storing grain like this. If the new grain does not come in, there are very few people who sell it. They wait for the new grain to come in, and then sell the old ones.In this way, although they sell less money, they feel at ease.

For example, this year, when the roads were blocked by heavy snow, it was difficult to buy food, so they would not panic if they had food in their hands.

Shiliu thinks that their sense of urgency is very good, and since Zhuangzi remembered her name, she also imitated the farmers on Zhuangzi to do so.Every year, a batch of grain will be stored in her village, and a village will be allocated to grow commonly used medicinal materials.After so many years, it was originally out of habit, but I didn't expect to use it this year.

As she said, she is a princess, no one dares to treat her badly, and Yuqing Palace has a small kitchen, so she doesn't have to go out of her way to curry favor with anyone.Whether it is food or medicinal materials in the dowry, it doesn't have much effect on her.

Now that the people of the Qing Dynasty are suffering from disasters, as a princess, she should lead by example.

The Empress Dowager sighed, "It's rare that you have a heart, you are a good boy, the prince has you as a good helper, the family and the emperor can rest assured." She is not the only one who has a Zhuangzi in the palace, and among these women in the harem, which one has no money in their hands? , but how many are willing to take it out?Let's just talk about Da Fujin, she never thought about taking these out.

Of course, she didn't say this to blame Da Fujin. Da Fujin's family background is not as good as that of the Crown Princess, and her education was different since she was a child. It's normal to think of it.

"My concubine is not as good as what the empress dowager said, but after marrying the prince, I always want to think more and do more, so as not to make people feel that I am not worthy of your highness." Shiliu said shyly with a slightly red face.

As a crown princess, no one knew how much pressure she was under, especially when the emperor said that again.She always thinks that it's okay for her to suffer a little bit, and she must do well, so that it is difficult to find fault.

The Empress Dowager took her hand and patted it, "You have done a good job, Aijia believes that even if someone else becomes the Crown Princess, they may not be able to do what you do."

"That's right, who dares to say that the Crown Princess is not good, this servant will be the first to help you beat him." Su Ma also followed suit.She smiled sincerely. In the past, when she got sick, she would always lie in bed for ten and a half months, and she would suffer even if she delayed things.This time it took only five days and she felt relaxed. She knew that everything was in the palace of the princess.

It's not just her, but no one in the palace now says that the crown princess is kind-hearted and bodhisattva-hearted.

The Crown Princess asked a medical officer to see them with a single sentence. Even though the concubines later made a remedy, the first thing everyone thought of was still the Crown Princess.

Su Ma thinks that the Crown Princess is smart, she doesn't compete with concubines for power, but starts from the bottom to win over the 'people's hearts'.

Shiliu is happy to see Su, and she is also happy, "I will remember what Auntie said, and I will come to Auntie when I have troubles in the future."

Today's affairs finally came to an end, she came to the Compassionate Ning Palace to chat about family affairs, and she came to talk to the Empress Dowager about the banquet and ask for advice.Originally, the banquet was relatively extravagant, with a lot of meat and vegetables, but now Shanxi has a disaster, and the emperor is having a headache, so she wondered if the banquet should be lighter.

All the palaces are reducing expenses, and batches of food and silver are being sent to Shanxi. It is time for the common people to praise the royal family.

As soon as the incident in Shanxi came out, there were many people who fished in troubled waters, and even the "God's Punishment" was spread, and she always felt that it was not good for people who cared to know about it.What's more, the emperor is now worried about Shanxi and has no appetite.

"You're thinking very well. If you don't come to me today, I'm going to let Su Ma look for you." The Empress Dowager understands the emperor, and he is now impatient about Shanxi affairs. If the banquet is held well, he will Not only will you not be happy, but you will also get angry, leaving a bad impression on the person who bought the banquet.

Among other things, extravagance and extravagance cannot escape.

It is not a good thing for these two words to fall on the crown princess.

How could the princess be unhappy if she could think of these things by herself.

The grand banquet was hosted by the Crown Princess, Concubine Niu Hulu and Concubine Yi together. With the approval of the Empress Dowager, she went to the palace of Concubine Niu Hulu.

Concubine Niu Hulu was free and was playing mahjong with the concubines in the side hall.

Mahjong was also invented by Brother Six. It became popular in the entire harem as soon as it came out. The concubines gathered together to play cards and kill time when they had nothing to do.

Concubine Niu Hulu waved at the pomegranate, "Come here, sit down and play for a while." The concubines always let her go, and Concubine Niu Hulu was not happy if she didn't say anything.The ones who play this picture are happy, it's very boring for them to deliberately let themselves win silver.

I have stayed in her palace for several years, so is it possible that I still don't know her temper?

She was already a little impatient, if she wasn't really bored, she would have wanted to leave.The pomegranate came just in time.

Pomegranate is the crown princess, she is older than her in terms of rank, so she doesn't have to worry that Pomegranate will deliberately lose to her.

"Greetings to the Crown Princess," they were already terrified of Concubine Niu Hulu, and when another Crown Princess came, the concubines were even more trembling.

Shiliu waved them to get up, and saw that they were actually playing mahjong, and was amused. "The imperial concubine is really in a good mood. Your empress is good. I'm lazy and playing mahjong. The Palace is too busy. Otherwise, the empress will also love me and share more palace affairs?"

She still refers to learning mahjong from others after marriage. No one in Fujian knows this, and only the noble ladies in the capital have nothing to do.

The mahjong set of Concubine Niu Hulu is made of high-quality jade, which is smooth and feels good in the hand.

Seeing Pomegranate approaching, a little concubine cleverly stepped aside.Shiliu glanced at her and did not sit down, "This time I came here to look for the imperial concubine because I have something to do, so I will delay the empress's husband."

Concubine Niu Hulu waved her hand to let the concubines go down, she ordered the mahjong to be withdrawn, and served pomegranate tea by the way.

"What's the matter, it's worth your special trip?" The princess can just find someone to summon her if she has something to do, and it's hard for her to come here by herself.

Shiliu tugged off her sleeves, and said seriously: "It's about the banquet, I happened to go to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager, I thought it was not far away, so I stopped by."

Hearing that it was about a banquet, Concubine Niu Hulu's face became serious. "I'll ask someone to call Concubine Yi over. If something happens, I should let her know."

Shiliu didn't object, the imperial concubine Niu Hulu's palace was closer to the Cining Palace, while Yifei's Yikun Palace was farther away, so she came to the imperial concubine first.

Concubine Yi came very quickly, and when she came, Pomegranate would not talk nonsense, and repeated what she said in the Palace of Compassion, "The emperor is not in a good mood this year due to the snow disaster. I wonder if the banquet should be simpler. After all, there are still There are people who are suffering, if we are too extravagant, I am afraid that the emperor will not be happy when he sees it. It happened that the empress dowager asked about the banquet, so I said this, and the empress dowager also agreed."

Speaking of which, she smiled embarrassedly, "It's my fault that I didn't discuss with the two of you in advance."

Concubine Niu Hulu shook her head, she broke out in a cold sweat when she was told by Pomegranate, "It's not your fault, if you don't say that we are almost going to cause disaster." She has been with the emperor for many years, and her sister told her Some of the temperament of the emperor, I think I still understand the emperor.

They are still suffering outside, but they are eating and drinking in the palace, and they can guess how the emperor will react without even thinking about it.These days, it's not just Pomegranate who is busy, but also Concubine Niu Hulu and others. It is true that Pomegranate is in charge of the harem, but there are some things that she is not suitable to take care of.

Compared with pomegranates, it was not easy for them during this time.

There are old rules for the big banquet, and they have drawn up a list according to the old rules, and put this matter behind them as soon as they are busy.It is now the end of November, if we don't adjust the menu, it may be too late.

The three of them took out the menu, racked their brains thinking about this big feast, and revised and revised several dishes, striving to make them perfect.

Among them, Pomegranate talked the most. She has been to Hangzhou and Fuzhou, and there are many famous dishes there. If you eat a lot, you will have more ideas.

"Is this dish really as delicious as you said?" Concubine Yi didn't believe it.

What pomegranate is talking about is a unique skill of a master chef she once saw. He used very simple flour to make chicken, duck and fish, and you can't taste the taste of flour. If you haven't seen it, you think it's real.

She found it novel at the time, and spent a lot of effort persuading the chef to teach her cook for three years. Now, although her cook is not as good as the chef's skills, he is still seven or eight percent up to the mark.She is confident that everyone has never eaten such a dish.

"If you don't believe me, why don't I ask the chef to cook a few dishes tomorrow. Well, how about putting them in the Compassion Palace like last time?" If there are good dishes, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager must taste them first. That was the case with Fu Shouquan last time.

It was inappropriate for Concubine Niu Hulu and Concubine Yi to appear in Yuqing Palace. She wanted to invite the two of them to go to Compassion Palace after much deliberation.At that time, not only the empress dowager, but also the emperor will be notified.

"That's a good idea. Is this dish easy to learn? If it's easy, I'll take a few cooks to help and learn a few skills." Concubine Yi was delighted when she heard this. The last time Fu Shouquan said she wanted a prescription, the Crown Princess not only gave it to her, but also asked her cook to teach it several times.It's just that her cooking talent is not good, and she is particular about the ingredients used in Fu Shou Quan, which she hasn't eaten yet.

These dishes should not be so difficult to learn, right?Yifei thought uncertainly.

"If the empress likes it, then feel free to take someone with you." It was just a few dishes, and Pomegranate didn't think it was a big deal, not to mention that the master didn't say anything about it.

Maybe it was because of Shiliu's words, both the noble concubine and Yifei brought their cooks with them on the second day, and when Shiliu arrived, they were talking with the empress dowager. "The concubine is late."

"It's not that you came late, it's that they came early." The Empress Dowager pointed at Concubine Niu Hulu and Concubine Yi.Concubine Yi is funny, and the Empress Dowager is also willing to give her this dignity, so she can talk more casually with her.

"It's not all the princesses. You don't know the empress dowager. When the prince concubine says there is fresh food, the glutton in my stomach can't stand it. I think it's better to come here a little earlier. If I can't eat, I'll smell the taste first to relieve my hunger." Ah." Concubine Yi is indeed Kangxi's favorite concubine, as long as she wants to, she can always make people laugh.

Shi Liu was sitting on the chair below, and Concubine Niu Hulu happened to be sitting opposite her. She took the tea from Su Ma and put it on the table and said, "It's my fault, Aunt Su, hurry up and give those cooks Send a message, tell them to go back quickly, lest they make food in a while and support our Yifei."

Last time she made Fushouquan, she also made some Hokkien dishes, which Yifei and the others had never eaten, and they were very fresh, but they accidentally got stuffed.During this period of contact between Shiliu and Yifei, they would occasionally joke a few words.

Concubine Yi has a bright personality, as long as she approves of someone, she doesn't care about a few teasing words.She has no conflict of interest with Shiliu. It is true that she has two sons. The fifth son was destined not to compete for the throne since he was a child. .

Having a good relationship with the princess is good for her and not bad for her.

Sometimes she is also fortunate that the fifth son of her family has a good relationship with the princess since she was a child, and even the prince takes good care of him. If there is anything he doesn't understand in knowledge, the prince will answer him if he sees it.There is also Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi have a good relationship, and the two often go to Yuqing Palace.

Because of Xiao Jiu and Xiao Shi, her relationship with Concubine Niu Hulu became closer.She is happy to see Xiao Jiu get close to Xiao Ten, it's better than getting close to Xiao Ba.It's not that she looks down on Wei Shi and Xiao Ba because of her high vision.It was because Xiao Ba gave her a bad feeling.

Xiaoba smiled at everyone at a young age and looked very gentle, but who is Yifei, that kind of smile looks fake.Concubine Yi herself is not that kind of person who likes to pretend, and she doesn't even like this kind of gentleness in disguise.

Her son is also a fool, no matter what she says, he just doesn't believe it.If Xiao Jiu is not her son, do you think Xiao Ba is still close to him?

Fortunately, Xiao Ba didn't follow her to Yuqing Palace because of her age, which invisibly opened the distance between the two of them.Just for this, she has to thank the princess.

So she also happily joked with the princess.

Concubine Niu Hulu also said: "I want someone to tell the cook to make more." Brother Shi loves to eat, so he can send more to them later.

Said that Cao Cao Cao Cao arrived, she just thought of Elder Brother Shi here, and Kangxi brought all the elder brothers over there.

Pomegranate must have informed Kangxi about this kind of incident, and it happened that he was discussing things with several grown sons, so he brought them here together.Walking to the gate of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, I ran into Lao Wu leading Lao Jiu, Lao Shi and Lao Twelve. After asking, I found out how many people came for the new dishes of the Crown Princess.

Well, what can he say, he can only walk inside with a few elder brothers. "Let someone go to Elder Brother's place and call Lao Qi, Lao Ba and Thirteen over." Fifth elder brother came with a few younger ones, and it would not look good to have the three of them left in the study, so Kangxi simply let people Called all the princes over.

The princes who can run like this stayed for fourteen, and the empress dowager simply asked people to go to the concubine's place for a while.

Please be safe, the tenth elder brother yelled, "Second sister-in-law is too mean, she didn't tell the tenth younger brother when she got something delicious, it's too bad that the tenth younger brother wanted to send it to the second sister-in-law." The tenth elder brother looked Shiliu looked sad, as if she had done something heinous.

The corners of Concubine Niu Hulu's mouth twitched, she wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, calmed down, and then said, "Xiao Shi, you are not afraid of hurting the heart of the Crown Princess, as long as Er Niang knows, the crown prince you have been in for a month The imperial concubine will send you four snacks in the study room. You are still not satisfied."

Elder Brother Shi fell in love with the dim sum at the Crown Princess's side, she taught others to always say that the taste was not right, and insisted on eating the dim sum made by Yuqing Palace.The princess also doted on him, and always made new snacks for him.

Because this noble concubine Niu Hulu feels embarrassed every time she sees the princess.

The tenth elder brother said dissatisfiedly: "Emiang, the son didn't eat those things alone, the ninth brother and the others also ate a lot. There is also fourteen." The fourteenth brother didn't know where to find out about this. Going to the study room for a walk, most of the snacks given by the second sister-in-law of the princess went into his stomach.

It's not that the tenth brother can't compete with the fourteenth brother, it's just that the fourteenth brother is young, and everyone is used to letting him go.In the end, this kid didn't know how to be polite, so he just ate it, but they didn't have enough.

Kangxi raised his eyebrows, and he said, why Shisi has been telling him about going to study in the study recently, he thought Shisi was making progress, but it turned out that he was thinking about the food given by the princess.

"All of you, is it possible that I'm still starving you?" There are many cases for his sons, and he knows that when the children are growing up, the masters leave a lot of homework, and the meals in the imperial dining room are all the same. I told you specifically, no one will lose these elder brothers if they lose money.

Elder Brother Shi was not afraid of the emperor at all, so he answered subconsciously, "It's true, but the cooking made by the imperial chef is not as delicious as the second sister-in-law's."

Pomegranate has stayed in Hangzhou and Fuzhou. These two places have their own cuisines. The palace still mainly uses Manchurian dishes, most of which are stews.Brother Shi has been eating for so many years, so of course he thinks other dishes are fresh.

In the past, Kangxi would have definitely said that he did not know how to be blessed while he was in the midst of blessings, but since he had eaten a few banquets in Yuqing Palace, he really couldn't say this out of conscience.

"Xiao Shi," Concubine Niu Hulu tried her best to wink at her son, this silly son, why would he say everything out of the mouth.

Kangxi sat on the top and saw the things below clearly, "The imperial concubine is just too nervous, I think Xiao Shi is very good like this, you, don't always rely on him. He is the emperor, my son, Say what you want to say."

He has seen a lot of people who follow the wind, but it is the genuine temperament of Elder Brother Shi that makes people like him.

Concubine Niu Hulu looked uncomfortable, but she didn't say much.

Elder Brother Shi is not ignorant, he knows that Er Niang is doing it for his own good, and seeing Er Niang like this, he quickly changed the subject, "Second sister-in-law, I don't know what we are going to eat today?" He went to greet Er Niang yesterday, listen to Er Niang After talking, Niang realized that the second sister-in-law made delicious food again, so she encouraged Ninth Brother and the others to come to the Palace of Compassion.

Shiliu smiled mysteriously, "Second Sister-in-law Rong will hold you back first, and you can guess when the dishes are served." Looking at the time, the dishes should be ready soon.

When the dishes came, Elder Ten was a little disappointed. He thought it was some kind of dish, but it was the most common fish with pickled cabbage and stewed chicken with mushrooms.

The Empress Dowager loves to eat fish, so Ma Su picked up chopsticks for her. She picked up the belly of the fish specially, and this place has fewer thorns.Su Ma put the meat on a plate and picked it up, there wasn't a single thorn in it.She looked up at Pomegranate, only to see that Pomegranate was still smiling.

After picking the thorns, the Empress Dowager put the fish into her mouth, and she only felt the fragrance on her lips and teeth.Because Pomegranate said in advance that flour should be used for cooking, she felt it with her heart, then shook her head. "It smells like fish."

Concubine Yi likes to eat chicken legs, she specially married a chicken leg to eat, seeing that she wanted to pick out the bones, Pomegranate said: "Mother, this is made of flour, and the bones are also edible."

Concubine Yi was skeptical, and finally put the bone in her mouth.The bones are crispy and rotten when bitten. She has never eaten chicken bones and doesn't know what it tastes like, but this one really doesn't taste like flour.

"Hey, this really smells like flour." No one expected that the first one to smell like flour would be Big Brother.He also ate fish, but the elder brother was not as nervous as the empress dowager and needed to remove the fish bones. He chewed the fish bones together, which made him taste like flour.

Kangxi also nodded, he didn't like to talk when eating, and this time he couldn't hold back, "Yes, it is indeed flour. This should be the corn, right?" Kangxi ate stewed pork ribs, and the bone was white in appearance Yes, the inside is golden, and the golden color is the cornmeal used.

"That's why it is said that he is not good at cooking. What a real master cooks is pure meat, and he will not taste the taste of flour."

Kangxi shook his head, cooking is difficult to learn and it takes a lot of time to master it.His tongue is tricky, and he was mentally prepared before eating it.Looking at the other people on the table, some of them tasted like flour, and everyone thought it was a table of meat.

The author has something to say: ah, ah, I was so angry, I finally wrote more than 4000 words and asked my son to turn off the computer at once, but I didn't save all of them.Bear boy is very angry.

Fushouquan is also known as Buddha jumping over the wall. This is a famous dish during the Daoguang period.