Mighty and Majestic Concubine Wan Gui

Jia Gui has been busy with business for three days in a row, asking the in-house shopkeeper of the big car shop to take care of Wan Zhener, while he is busy selling goods.

Remembering that she misses her hometown, she took a braised chicken and gave half to the shopkeeper and half to Wan Zhen'er. It was the taste of hometown after all.

Is the hometown water beautiful... Is the hometown chicken fragrant?

The goods from Shandong were indeed sold at a high price. The shopkeeper who bought them heard that his accent was indeed from Shandong, and saw that the goods were indeed good, so they bought these donkey-hide gelatin, jujubes, and roses at a high price without hesitation.

"Brother, I will tell you that among your goods, only these women's and beauty products can be bought at a high price. Tea, it's okay, but it's hard to say. Come on, you go back to pick up the goods, I'm going to buy them." silver."

Jia Gui took people to deliver the money and brought him two gifts, one was tea and the other was grilled chicken. "Dude, you're such a sweetheart. I gave you these."

The shopkeeper immediately brewed a cup of Rizhao green tea: "Dude, go and slide this braised chicken on the pot to heat it through." Great, I saved a lunch!It smelled pretty good, but it was also because the road was cold.

"Brother, sit, sit, you're welcome. Thank you so much! This Dezhou grilled chicken is a tribute, and it's not cheap in the capital. There was a grilled chicken shop in Dongcheng before, and I went to taste one. It’s not old and authentic, and it’s far worse than the grilled chicken I ate when I went to Shandong to buy goods! It may be that the chicken in the two places is different, or the water is different, hey, you also have good peppercorns in Shandong!”

"Yes." Jia Gui said: "Actually, this taste is not as good as the local one in Dezhou. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to carry it on the road. I asked the store to make it a little salty. Thanks to the cold weather, I was able to bring it to the capital."

"Isn't that right? Although the weather is cold and bitter, sometimes you can see lying down when you go out, but this is at the feet of the emperor. The poor are really poor, and the rich are also really rich. Around the Chinese New Year, merchants from all over the place gather, and there are cars and cars on the beach. The fish are piled up in the open air, and they are pulled down to the capital like this. When the snow falls on the road, they are not swept away, but buried in snow. The jelly fish is hard, but it is fresh. I heard it is better than the one sent urgently at eight hundred li. Your Majesty the Emperor The braised chicken that we eat is only paid for in autumn and winter, and people gallop along the way, and it’s sent over like flying, and then it’s frozen in the harsh winter, not to mention how fresh it is when it’s delivered to the capital!”

Jia Gui was dazzled when he heard this: "Then what if you want to eat in summer? Will the Imperial Dining Room make it?"

"Hey, what you said, the Imperial Dining Room knows how to cook one or two hundred kinds of chickens. Can you make braised chicken? But this cooking is authentic, and the local chickens are fed with local millet and stewed with local water. Come out, that tastes good, not even a little bit. But don't worry, the emperor's wife is always paying sky-high prices for beasts in the mountains, swallows in the clouds, cattle and sheep on land, and seafood from the sea, so you won't be greedy for a chicken." The shopkeeper subconsciously Belittle the things from other places: "This grilled chicken is delicious, but it is actually a fresh taste. How can it be as precious as bird's nest, shark's fin, bear's paw, bear's deer kernel, don't you think so?"

Jia Gui thinks what he said is right, the people in the capital are really well-informed: "That's right. This is really a lot of knowledge. Shopkeeper, let me ask you something, the lady in the palace is also from Shandong. , Tsk, how handsome she must be to be a queen."

The shopkeeper continued to boast: "It's a sign! I took a look at it from a distance a few years ago. At that time, Empress Sun was a noble concubine, and Empress Hu was a queen. That's really... really like a fairy empress. Chang'e is nothing more than that!"

Jia Gui was in awe of him, wow, he has seen the empress in the palace, so amazing! "That's right, shopkeeper, please tell me the details."

The shopkeeper took a sip of tea, smelled the smell of chicken wafting from the stove in the backyard, and said flatteringly, half-truthfully: "Back then, the empress who established the main palace was Empress Hu, who was dignified and kind. Generous and frugal, I have seen her before, she looks just like the goddess Guanyin in the temple, not to mention how merciful she is. But Miss Hu is not favored, Xuande was forced to abdicate by Emperor Xuande in three years, and made a Jingci fairy Master, I am really wronged. The queen who will be established again is Sun Niangniang. The current crown prince is also the eldest son of the emperor, and he comes from Sun Niangniang. But this should not be the case. Hu Niangniang gave birth to two daughters! Youdao is a one-night husband and wife Bai Yeen, tsk, the imperial concubine is already honorable enough, the emperor still thinks it is not enough, so he insisted on making Empress Sun the empress, Empress Dowager Zhang, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, and even the people in the capital are all aggrieved for Mistress Hu."

Jia Gui nodded hurriedly: "There is such a thing." He thought to himself, if I were the emperor, I would also want Chang'e, not Guanyin.sin sin!The Great Merciful and Great Compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva of the South China Sea beat up his disciples for their sins.

The shopkeeper gnawed at the chicken: "The Empress Dowager Zhang is angry. Madam Hu is her chosen daughter-in-law. She is gentle and virtuous, and accepts gifts upright. She has never behaved like 'Yan Shi Mei Xing'. Maybe it is because of this, Your Majesty. Cai, cough, cough, but Empress Dowager Zhang is upset, and when hosting banquets, she often puts Hu Niangniang above Sun Niangniang."

Jia Gui was puzzled when he heard this: "Shopkeeper, you know so much, how do you know so clearly?"

It took me a long time to hear about the fight between the grandma and aunt of our county grandpa's family.

"Uh..." The shopkeeper hesitated for half a breath with the chicken leg in his mouth: "I don't want to hide it from you, Master Li, the imperial food supervisor in the twelve prisons, is our boss's godfather! Stuff, those good things that the emperor ate, I have never eaten them, but I have seen them all. Have you seen this ~ big bastard? It is used to make soup! The imperial dining room uses bastard soup to stew radishes. Cut into such a big ball, the stew is soft and glutinous, and the fresh radish in the soup is soft and glutinous, and it tastes nourishing and not too hot." He gestured to the size of a basin.

Jia Gui stroked this complicated interpersonal relationship, and continued to listen to him talk about the delicious dishes in the imperial dining room.

……

It is said that Master Zhang rested on the fourth day after three days, but in fact, on the third night, the empress allowed him to go out of the palace to rest.

Zhang Fu was waiting in the gatehouse early, and sent the doorman to watch outside.

Seeing the sedan chair carried by four people approaching: "Here, come, butler, the master is back."

Zhang Fu rushed out, twisting the shiny black bracelet in his hand, waiting eagerly: "Master came back early enough."

As a result, the sedan chair stopped at the Guo Mansion 200 meters away. Guo Shou happily opened the corner door to take his master back. Zhang Fu turned around, but suddenly saw another one appear after the sedan chair was carried into the Guo Mansion The sedan chair is the same coloring as the previous one.

"This is our master coming back, open the door." Zhang Fu rubbed his hands, it was a bit cold.He hurried forward, the sedan chair didn't stop, he followed the small window of the sedan chair, and also opened the corner door to go in: "Master, you are back. The fragrant soup is ready, the rice porridge, various side dishes, the chicken soup below, and Roast duck is also on the table. What would you like to eat, sir?"

The voice of an eunuch in the sedan chair said: "Our family wants to eat green onions today. Let the boys slice roast duck, make the slices thicker, cut more green onions, no radishes, and adjust the sauce. Let the kitchen make rolls, not lotus leaf cakes." "It's delicious to serve roast duck with green onions.

"Yes, sir."

Zhang Fu asked the boy next to him, "Did you hear clearly?"

The servant quickly repeated: "Chop the roast duck thickly, cut more green onions, don't use radishes, but ask for burritos."

Seeing the butler nod, he ran to the kitchen to inform.

Zhang Fu followed in again to wait for the master to take a bath. The big eunuch is served by a young eunuch in the palace, and it will be difficult when he comes out of the palace. Let the maid serve, let the boy serve, whoever the eunuch sees will let him Mom was angry, only Zhang Fu, who was old and a widower, was eating vegetarian food, praying to Buddha, cultivating his body and cultivating his character, and cut off his female sex, which made Eunuch Zhang feel a little more at ease.

A fragrant soup made of several kinds of spices and herbs, soaked in the soup to relax the tendons, activate the blood and relieve fatigue, is most suitable for eunuchs who have to stop for a whole day.

Zhang Shouyi was soaking in the bathtub, which was not very tall, but an oblong wooden basin, covered with this piece of cloth, and his feet were raised up to rest on the wooden board with a soft cloth beside the barrel.

The servant led the master who pinches and pedicures in, "Greetings to Mr. Zhang."

"No. Our family has a pain in the left leg and calf recently, please squeeze it carefully."

"Serving Mr. Zhang is the blessing of a villain." After saying this, the pedicure master stopped talking and concentrated on pinching his feet.

Zhang Shouyi enjoyed it comfortably, well, although the little eunuchs in the palace who can pinch their feet are good at their craft, they are not as good as this old man. "Zhang Fu, it's rare for our family to come out for a day. What delicious and fun things are there in this city for our family to entertain?"

"My lord, there is a new Nanqu troupe in the Tianqiao Opera Garden, and they can sing "The Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Companion to the Fragrance" very well."

"It's boring, what's the matter, I can't finish singing a sentence of babbling."

"Then, Mr. Wang, who talked about Journey to the West, talked about the Flame Mountain. Tomorrow Monkey King will fight Princess Iron Fan."

"Hmm." He was a little interested.

"Mr. Zhang, who talked about the Three Kingdoms, is going to talk about the Autumn Wind Wuzhangyuan."

"Oh, I don't dare to listen to this, don't mention Wuzhangyuan, it hurts my heart to mention Wuzhangyuan."

Zhang Fu hurriedly coaxed: "A group of acrobats came to Tianqiao the other day. I heard that the performance was really good. Unfortunately, a guy fell in love with a girl who sang drums, but he was beaten up by dudes and chased away. After leaving the capital, they all went back to their hometowns."

"Hmph, yes!"

"A theater troupe rehearsed "The Injustice of Dou E", and at the end, a black old bag appeared on stage, beheading the foolish official."

"Haha, interesting."

"Wang Ruilan's Boudoir Worshiping the Moon Pavilion has just performed two performances, but it's also interesting, 'I, a man in purple robes under the hailstorm, don't know you, a white-clothed figure who hasn't arrived before the cloud and thunder'."

Zhang Shouyi couldn't help laughing: "The two brothers were the champions in Chinese and martial arts in high school. They beat their father-in-law snobbish and snatched their daughter-in-law back. This is pure nonsense. How many champions have we met in our family? 30 years old is considered young. Ordinary people do it quickly when they reach 30 years old." Grandfather!"

"Isn't that right, a scholar who writes operas can be a champion." Zhang Fu continued to put water on his shoulders: "I had a quarrel with Guo Shou yesterday, and there are so many guests at their door. It’s a rare visitor. A couple of uncles and nephews came here a few days ago and gave some gifts. They don’t look rich. They gave six taels of donkey-hide gelatin. I think it’s not bad. Guo Shou said that this donkey-hide gelatin is for women to eat Yes, men can’t eat it. I refused to accept it, and asked the old doctor for advice, and the old doctor said, "

Zhang Shouyi closed his eyes and shook his head: "Blood deficiency, chlorosis, dizziness, palpitations, restlessness, dryness and cough. I want to eat donkey-hide gelatin stewed red dates, hmph, what does Guo Shou know! What does it mean that uncle and nephew came to our house?"

"Master, let me tell you. They are from Qingzhou Prefecture, Shandong Province. The father committed a crime. He was afraid that his daughter would be implicated. He begged his fellow countrymen to send his daughter to the palace as a maid, so as not to be seized and sold by the government."

Zhang Shouyi became angry: "Damn things, there are a lot of thieves. There are too many people who want to send their daughters to the palace! They are looking at it. Our mother is not born high, so let them see the money? Don't you give birth to a boy and a girl? "

"it is good!"

"What is it? Where is it?"

"My lord, you are knowledgeable and talented. This allusion to the Song of Everlasting Regret is so well used, it's so wonderful!"

Zhang Shouyi nodded happily: "Of course, when Mr. Wang was studying with the prince, our family happened to deliver things, so I heard these few words." Just remember this sentence.

That's the end of the topic. He ate two rolls of green onions happily. He didn't dare to eat onions when he was serving the queen in the palace. He had a bad breath after eating it. He took advantage of it now. He would eat three meals tomorrow morning, noon and evening to clean his stomach, burp and fart. It will not bring out the smell.

At dawn the next day, Jia Gui brought Wan Zhen'er to the door early to wait.

The door had already received the order, let them enter the gate room and wait, and went in to report to the housekeeper.

The butler reported to the master again.

Zhang Shouyi groaned, "Let them wait."

Wait, it's time for lunch.