Kaifeng House Small Dining Table

Zhao Hanyan fell silent.

Because the Empress Dowager had indeed told him that to be a woman is not only the most elegant, but also to sit in the highest position of power so as not to be offended.If there is a choice that can not only help Song Dynasty, but also meet the psychological expectations of the queen mother, the queen mother may indeed agree, and she will feel that doing so is good for herself.

Seeing that Zhao Hanyan was starting to worry, Zhao Chu raised his eyebrows helplessly.

"Look, I guessed it right. Even you think her old man might agree, so she might agree."

Zhao Hanyan glanced at Zhao Chu, "Why do you sound like you're talking sarcastic?"

"Of course, it's none of your business, let's hang on to it." Zhao Chu smiled, and then saw Zhao Hanyan staring at him with some annoyance, and then corrected his previous words, "I expected you to be clever and smart, and you will have a way, That's why I didn't worry about you."

"I think you are more happy when you see me in trouble, anxious like an ant on a hot pot." Zhao Hanyan looked at Zhao Chu with a serious expression, expressing that he would reconsider the relationship between them.

"We are cousins, is there any other relationship?" Zhao Chu asked Zhao Hanyan with a smile on his face.

"Of course, there is a friendly cousin relationship and a bad cousin relationship." Zhao Hanyan sighed helplessly, "Obviously I have already felt that our relationship has shifted from the former to the latter."

"Don't, I don't dare to offend you." Zhao Chu thought about it seriously, "Then let me give you an idea, don't let the sage persuade her, you should use other methods to make her change her mind, We can start with Eunuch Guo beside her."

Zhao Hanyan also thought of this, and continued to ask Zhao Chu: "Well, then how do you persuade Eunuch Guo?"

"I still need my suggestion? You have many ways. You have spent more time with Eunuch Guo than I have. I am not half as good as you." Zhao Chu smiled and said, "I came here to send you news with good intentions, but you don't Come and make things difficult for me, it's really hard to be a cousin these days."

"Other eunuchs are okay, so how can I persuade Eunuch Guo with just a word? He is the most shrewd and tactful person. In order to keep his favored position in front of the Queen Mother, he will naturally follow the Queen Mother's wishes in every possible way. .” Zhao Hanyan asked Zhao Chu if he had a better way to persuade Eunuch Guo that she owed him a favor.

"Then I will definitely keep this favor in mind, and you must pay it back later." After thinking about it, Zhao Chu said to Zhao Hanyan, "What do you think the Queen Mother dislikes most about men as a woman?"

Zhao Hanyan moved his eyeballs, and said to Zhao Chu: "Contradictory? Playful?"

Zhao Chu shook his head.

Zhao Hanyan felt the same way. The emperor was surrounded by concubines and beauties. If the queen mother was jealous, she might not live today.As for inconsistency, many men are like this, even her precious son Zhao Zhen has changed his mind a lot in front of her.Although she would be angry, this matter should not touch her bottom line.

"Dote on concubines and destroy wives." Zhao Chu said four simple words, but hit the point directly.

"Then I want Eunuch Guo to think that Duan Silian is the one who spoils his concubine and kills his wife, and lobby the queen mother through his mouth?" Zhao Hanyan thought for a while, and felt that she could indeed say this matter herself.

"Forgot your current identity? How do you say it?" Zhao Chu said to Zhao Hanyan, "The best candidate is Eunuch Guo. Originally, you had another cousin to lobby for convenience, but their mother and son have already interacted with each other. I don't like it. If she can't keep up with what your cousin said, she just turns the other way in a fit of anger."

Zhao Hanyan agreed, and then thanked Zhao Chu for his suggestion.

"I can do both in the future. On the one hand, let the hall brother persuade me to make peace, and on the other hand, let the eunuch Guo persuade me to divide."

Zhao Chu was stunned, and quickly agreed, and sighed with Zhao Hanyan that if she did this, she would be more sure.

"Look, in the end it's you who are so weird and full of ideas."

"It's a good idea, but I don't know if it can be done. I don't want to casually accuse people of unnecessary crimes. But I owe you a favor. This news is very important to me. Remember to remind me when I have a chance later. you."

Zhao Hanyan then brought a plate of dim sum to Zhao Chu, letting him taste his own cooking.

"I heard you say in the temple before that you want to cook. At that time, I thought, what would it taste like if you made a move. Unfortunately, I have only a short time back to Beijing. It is not time for dinner, and I heard that you are busy. Looking at the case, I thought I might have no chance to taste it."

Zhao Chu picked up a piece, looked at it carefully, and looked for it from a long time ago.

"Is this crispy abalone?"

Not as good as Zhao Hanyan's promise, Zhao Chu had already stuffed a piece of dim sum into his mouth, chewed it, and the crunchy sound was very pleasant.After chewing two more bites, the dessert will melt in your mouth. The sweetness of honey is mixed with the aroma of milk, which is very delicious.After Zhao Chu ate a piece, he praised it endlessly, but he didn't need it anymore.

What did Zhao Hanyan realize? Zhao Chu often lives in a temple, and he is used to eating vegetarian like a monk.Milk and honey can be eaten normally, but judging by Zhao Chu's current appearance, it should be taboo.

Zhao Hanyan asked Zhao Chu: "Now you want to quit even this?"

"Eating is not wrong. If you don't eat it, the public will praise it with joy. However, several eminent monks I have followed have sympathized with sentient beings and stopped eating these things, so I have gradually learned not to eat them."

Zhao Hanyan said angrily, "Blame me, I shouldn't let you eat this. I know you generally don't want to refuse other people's kindness, but you don't have to force yourself with me."

Zhao Chu smiled and shook his head, telling Zhao Hanyan not to blame himself, he already knew why the crispy abalone was made, and wanted to eat it voluntarily.

"It's a rare opportunity to taste what you make, and it's a blessing for me."

Zhao Hanyan went to lift the lid of the pot, "Actually, there is brown sugar hair cake. I didn't give it to you because I thought I couldn't do it to you. I'll give you this in the morning, and it's cheap."

When Zhao Chu heard Zhao Hanyan say the word "cheap", he reached out and took another piece of crispy abalone and stuffed it into his mouth.

"I'll pack these brown sugar hair cakes for you. You can eat them when you are on your way tomorrow. There are raisins and bean paste in them, which taste good." Zhao Hanyan continued to introduce, "I guess the master you follow might like it too."

"Take some of this too. When you go back to the temple, distribute it to the young monks. They are growing their bodies, so it's suitable to eat this." Zhao Chu said.

Zhao Hanyan smiled and agreed, packed everything and handed it to Zhao Chu, and then sent Zhao Chu to leave in person.

After Xiuzhu watched Zhao Chuyuan go, she didn't regain her senses for a long time.It wasn't until Zhao Hanyan patted her on the shoulder that she was startled that she regained her original spirit.

"What a handsome and extraordinary person, the people who cultivated in the temple are really different. Look at this kind of people who are truly refined." Xiuzhu sighed.

Zhao Hanyan teased her: "Like it? Otherwise, I'll discuss it with him, how about letting you in?"

"Sir, don't be joking. He is a monk who wants to become a monk. I don't dare to have any random thoughts." Xiuzhu waved her hands quickly, very frightened.

Zhao Hanyan pursed his lips and smiled, then shook his head in denial, "He's too dusty to leave the house."

Xiuzhu asked Zhao Hanyan in surprise why he was so sure, but she felt that Mr. Zhao had achieved no worries, but Liugen was quiet.

"Just now he couldn't even stand the word 'cheap', how can he be quiet. Many people have the heart to let go of the world, but few can really let go. Don't care about state affairs and family affairs, don't care about relatives, let go of everything He can't do it if he only focuses on practicing Buddhism. Otherwise, he wouldn't need to hear about those things in the palace, and instead came to tell me." Zhao Hanyan explained, "It's even more unlikely that he will come back after wandering outside for a period of time. Visiting parents, entering the palace to face the saint."

Xiuzhu understood, "My lord is really amazing, I can see through all of this, but I'm so dazed that I don't understand."

"Don't tell me if you see through, he treats me too. Let him alone, our affairs will be troublesome." Zhao Hanyan sighed, then sat down and poured himself a sip of herbal tea, "I didn't care about that little prince Duan for a while, and thought At best, he was making trouble in front of his cousin, but he made trouble at the critical moment of the current case."

Xiuzhu nodded, complained that Duan Silian was a big trouble, and asked Zhao Hanyan how to deal with it.Just now, she understood the discussion between Mr. Zhao and her princess, but she didn't know how to make eunuch Guo think that Prince Duan was "doting his concubine and destroying his wife" to report to the Queen Mother.

"This matter has to be measured. It's not good to frame people, but I can't sit still." Zhao Hanyan rubbed his head, "Let me think of a better way."

Zhao Hanyan then wrote a letter and asked Xiuzhu to pass it to Chunlai so that she could send it to Zhao Zhen in the palace.No matter what, she had to meet Zhao Zhen.

After arranging his private affairs, Zhao Hanyan was full of thoughts about the case. After asking the painter to help draw a portrait of Qu Changle, he asked Ma Han to help him find a clever and strict yamen messenger to go to Songzhou, Qu Rongfa's hometown. go for a trip.Also found someone to draw Su Yuerong's face, and went to Chenzhou, Su Yuerong's hometown.

Zhao Hanyan then went to ask Bao Zheng for permission to temporarily release Su Yuerong from the prison and allow her to carry out small-scale activities in Kaifeng Mansion.

After Bao Zheng listened to Zhao Hanyan's detailed explanation of her reasons, he discussed with Gongsun Ce and agreed to Zhao Hanyan's proposal.

After Su Yuerong was released, she heard that it was Zhao Hanyan who took the initiative to intercede for her, so she hurriedly came to Zhao Hanyan's room to thank her.

Zhao Hanyan asked Su Yuerong not to be polite, "We have been together for so long, and you have always treated us sincerely, so I naturally treat you as my own sister."

Su Yuerong blushed and bowed to Zhao Hanyan moved.

"That's not the reason. You treat me better than many brothers treat their own sisters."

Zhao Hanyan sized up Su Yuerong, called Xiuzhu and said, "The prison is dirty, go and boil some water for Miss Su to take a bath."

Xiuzhu promised to do it now.

Su Yuerong hurriedly waved her hands and said no, "I'm a rough and thick warrior, so I can do it myself, so I don't bother you anymore."

"It's what it should be, don't be polite." Xiuzhu immediately dragged Su Yuerong away.

Su Yuerong: "No, no, I'm really embarrassed. If this is the case, I will never be able to repay your kindness, so just let me do it alone. Then you all go to work first, and I will resign."

After Su Yuerong finished speaking, she hurriedly thanked Zhao Hanyan and Xiuzhu, and then left in a hurry.

"She's so polite!" Xiuzhu liked Su Yuerong's personality quite a bit, and she sat down opposite Zhao Hanyan with a smile, "It'll save me trouble."

Zhao Hanyan looked at Xiuzhu seriously.

Xiuzhu didn't dare to laugh immediately, she stood up and looked at Zhao Hanyan nervously, and immediately asked: "Then shall I go and have a look?"

Zhao Hanyan nodded.

Xiuzhu rushed over in a hurry, and Xiuzhu came back not long after, and told Zhao Hanyan in embarrassment that Su Yuerong really didn't want her to help.

"She's not used to having people around her when she's taking a bath, let alone serving her." Xiuzhu explained.

"Before you lived in the same room, and you helped her take care of the child, why are you still a layman now?" Zhao Hanyan sighed puzzled.

"At that time, she was also embarrassed. She took a bath by herself, and I took care of the breastfeeding." Xiuzhu said with a smile, "It's hard for her to raise a child by herself, and she has to go so far. Seriously raised the child very well, I really don't know how she would do it." I got it. She doesn’t produce milk herself, so she has to look for goat’s milk everywhere or temporarily find a wet nurse.”

"It's not easy." Zhao Hanyan said, "Just looking at the child being raised fat and white by her, I don't know that her journey has been more difficult than I thought."

"Very hard! When we were in the same room, she told me a lot. And giving birth is very painful. I heard her describe that I don't even want to be a woman, and it's better to be a man." Xiuzhu sighed sadly, Zhao Hanyan was asked again, if she could choose, would she choose to be a man or a woman.

"It's okay." Zhao Hanyan, who was frowning and thinking, was amused by Xiuzhu's question, and looked up at her, "What I see is that men and women have their own advantages, whichever is better."

"A young master is a young master," Xiuzhu thought for a while, "Because the young master is powerful, even a woman can live a more interesting life than other women. For example, the cooking thing, the young master can do as he pleases, but ordinary people do it. No. For the servant girl, it is more comfortable to be a man, and she can do whatever she wants."

"Okay, okay, then pray that God will let you be a man in your next life." Zhao Hanyan clasped his hands together, "I will pray for you."

Xiuzhu laughed and thanked her, and then heard footsteps in the courtyard, Xiuzhu went to see, it was a big brother from the yamen who she had asked to help before.

Xiuzhu hurried to see him, and after hearing him say a few words, she quickly turned around and sent a message to Zhao Hanyan.

"My lord, Duan Silian is back."

Zhao Hanyan was writing a note on her character relationship form, and immediately lost her thoughts after hearing the words, got up and left.

Anyway, we have to wait for the news of the case now, and I don't have any clues for the time being, so I went to meet Duan Silian for a while.

Duan Silian returned to the hospital in a good mood and was about to rest when he heard a report that the cook and yamen came to him.

Duan Silian's face immediately overflowed with displeasure, thinking about the embarrassment that the little cook had given him before, his tone became even more hostile: "No see!"

"He said he made dim sum to honor the prince." The boy replied.

Duan Silian moved his eyeballs, sneered, and sent his followers to bring Zhao Hanyan in.

After Zhao Hanyan brought a plate of brown sugar hair cakes to Duan Silian, he smiled and invited him to taste, and then left.

"Leave now?" Duan Silian looked at the steamed bun-like 'pastry' on the plate, and always felt that Zhao Hanyan was here to fool him, "If you have anything to say, just say it."

"I heard that the little prince became the prince of Dali as he wished, so the villain came here to congratulate him with something." Zhao Hanyan smiled apologetically.

"I was elected as the crown prince, so you congratulate me with this?"

"Etiquette is light but affection is heavy. Besides, as a little cook, I don't have any precious things. I can only honor the little prince with the things I think are best at making." Zhao Hanyan replied.

Duan Silian sneered, "But how did I hear that you pawned the gemstone ring I gave you earlier, and you used that money to secretly improve the food for yourself and the people in the kitchen. Every day you eat and eat, so happy! Come to me , just use two pieces of red dough?"

Duan Silian had a bad attitude, and Zhao Hanyan was not a vegetarian, so he sneered with a bad attitude, and 'reasoned' with Duan Silian.

"The reward that the little prince gave me back then was voluntary, so I can use it as I like. I still care about it now, isn't it too stingy. And I really make the best brown sugar cake, the little prince doesn't like it That's all, I'll just take it away, sorry for bothering the prince."

Duan Silian glared at Zhao Hanyan, "How dare you contradict me like this?"

"Boldness?" Zhao Hanyan asked back.

He is the majestic prince of the Dali Kingdom, yet he is despised by a pariah like you! "Your status as a cook is not worth mentioning. You are just a mere policeman. Do you think you are so great? I think you are really impatient."

"Eating on my own ability, not relying on the shade of my parents, the villain thinks that he is very great. At least Duan Xiaowang didn't do this, did he?" Zhao Hanyan asked back.

Duan Silian was stunned, "People are born with high and low, and those who come from lowly backgrounds have to work hard to make a living. Just like you, no matter how hard you struggle, pretend to be arrogant, and rely on your talents, it can't stop you from revealing your talents. Out of humbleness."

"Then the prince is noble, so he asks for the equally noble Princess Pingkang?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"What does this have to do with you? How can you, a low-level policeman, be qualified to ask such a question? Get out of here as soon as possible." Duan Silian picked up the brown sugar hair cake that Zhao Hanyan brought, and fell to the ground, dismissing Zhao Hanyan in disgust. "Take your ghost hair cake and go away, and don't bring these things to see me in the future. Because I am in Kaifeng Mansion, I want to take care of your Lord Bao's face, otherwise I am like you, and I should have given you a meal." board."

"It's fine if you don't eat it, why waste food like this. The princess hates others not cherishing food, and even more domineering men, who are either smart and quick-witted, or well-behaved and gentle. I advise the little prince not to bother, she will definitely not appreciate it You have such a temper." Zhao Hanyan said.

"you……"

Duan Silian frowned and stared at Zhao Hanyan in surprise. He planned to send his entourage to beat Zhao Hanyan if the other party talked nonsense again, but then she heard Zhao Hanyan detailing the temperament and preferences of Princess Pingkang in detail, and Duan Silian suddenly realized that something was wrong.

"How do you know about Princess Pingkang?"

"What does Little Prince Duan think?" Zhao Hanyan asked back.

Duan Silian's eyes widened, he looked Zhao Hanyan up and down, carefully thinking about what he thought was strange about this little cook.Although his status is humble, his conversation is very good, and he looks good, as if he has seen the big world before.

Is it—

Duan Silian and Zhao Hanyan met each other's eyes, "Could it be that you are someone close to Princess Pingkang? You and Bai Yutang are on good terms, and Bai Yutang came out of the princess' mansion at random before, claiming to be the guard of the princess' mansion... Could it be that the two of you are actually from the princess' mansion? What is the relationship between the two of you and Princess Pingkang?"

Duan Silian actually suspected that kind of thing.Zhao Hanyan straightened her sideburns, looked at Duan Silian, and said to Duan Siliang in a sour tone: "In terms of appearance, I am far inferior to Bai Yutang, and he practices martial arts, and my figure is not as good as him. The princess really prefers him."

Instead of accusing others of unwarranted crimes, Zhao Hanyan felt that it was better to choose to 'self-desecrate' himself.Anyway, she didn't speak clearly, so there was room for explanation.

Duan Silian was startled and stared at Zhao Hanyan. He opened his mouth and didn't speak for a while.

"Have you heard the story of Princess Shanyin?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

Duan Silian opened his mouth just now, "You...you..."

"Building the mansion alone, the gates of the mansion are closed, and you don't go out." Zhao Hanyan ambiguously marked the "key point", which once again raised the imagination in Duan Silian's mind.

Duan Silian no longer knows what to say.

Zhao Hanyan left immediately, and hastily sent Chunlai to inform Bai Yutang, telling him that 'no matter what the little Prince Duan asks him, he will neither admit nor deny it'.

Before dusk, Zhao Hanyan came to the kitchen.

Su Yuerong was already very busy in the kitchen, turned around and saw Zhao Hanyan, and greeted her with a smile.Zhao Hanyan lamented her hard work and asked Su Yuerong to rest.

Su Yuerong wiped the sweat from her head with her sleeve, "It's not hard work at all. I can't help you solve the case. I'll be satisfied if I can do something to make you eat well. I really hope that the case will be solved soon, then I can completely solve the case." Clear."

Zhao Hanyan also came to help, and while putting the soaked dried beans into the pot, stir-fried them with the bacon, and asked Su Yuerong if he wanted to have a child.

"Think about it, when it's late at night, I can't sleep and think about it." After Su Yuerong said, she rolled the dough in her hand into a round cake, and her movements were very quick.

"Then when the case is solved, I will accompany you to Feng's house to look after the child." Zhao Hanyan said.

Su Yuerong agreed with a smile, and quickly thanked Zhao Hanyan.

Zhao Hanyan hesitated for a while, and looked back and forth at Su Yuerong several times. She didn't hesitate to speak until Su Yuerong asked herself.

"Does what you said to me last time count?" Zhao Hanyan asked.

"What are you talking about? I've said a lot." Su Yuerong replied casually, and found that Zhao Hanyan was looking at herself very seriously, and was stunned for a while, "Could it be that one?"

"I suddenly felt that we had a good time together." Zhao Hanyan stared closely at Su Yuerong's eyes, "Since you were falsely imprisoned, I suddenly panicked. Worried about you, thinking about you, even I don’t know why. It was only after someone reminded me that it might have something to do with you, so I tried my best to beg Mr. Bao, even if I risked my life, I still wanted to get you out of my life. Get out of jail."

After listening to Zhao Hanyan's words, Su Yuerong leaned back slightly, and looked at Zhao Hanyan in great fear: "What... do you mean?"

"It's very simple, I want to live with you now." Zhao Hanyan smiled, "I've made it so clear, do you agree?"