[Qing wear] Harem promotion expert

Entering November, the capital has entered a day so cold that dripping water turns into ice.

Fortunately, the coldness in the north is very bold, it is the kind of very upright "I'm going to freeze you to death" big north wind whistling on people's faces like a big ear scraper, not the bone-like bones in the south The cold and damp penetrated into the cracks of the bones like cotton palms.

Jiang Heng wrapped himself up tightly when he went in and out.

Qiu Xue persuaded her several times: "Master, can we just wander around in our own palace? Why bother to go to the Zhongzheng Hall every day?" The main nobleman is not the pious person who kowtows to the Buddha regardless of the weather, but Qiu Xue knows that, When the nobleman went to the Zhongzheng Hall, most of his energy was spent walking and playing on the road.

Jiang Heng wrapped his head in a cloak and smiled back, "When it snows, don't I just wander around in our own palace?"

When you can guarantee exercise, you still have to ensure that you can’t live on your laurels and stop exercising no matter how healthy you are.

Besides, since she lived in the Yonghe Palace for more than half a year, she has walked like this almost every day. Many people in the palace know that the nobles like to go out to the Zhongzheng Hall to worship Buddha after dinner at sunset in summer, and they are used to the warmest afternoon in winter. Take a trip when you are in a hurry.

Not only people know, even the swans in the imperial garden have noticed the pattern.

Now they are already waiting on the road, and then gently stretch out a big wing to stop Jiang Heng, waiting to be fed delicious goose cakes.

The people in the rare bird house are very discerning: they found that the nobles liked to feed the swans every day, and at first they would leave sadly even after blowing the bamboo whistle, so they quickly adjusted the diet of the swans, and usually only fed ordinary swans. Goose food, and then send the goose's favorite goose cake to Yonghe Palace.

In just a few days, the swan knew the person who 'has delicious goose cake' very accurately.

With the expectations of the swans, it is also a kind of supervision for Jiang Heng.

As long as the weather is not bad, she will not be lazy and always go out for a walk.In addition to establishing your own living standards, there is another advantage, that is, if someone wants to talk to her, there are multiple ways.

For example Guo Shi.

Mrs. Guo likes to talk with Jiang Heng, but it's not easy to cross the East and West Palaces all the time, and Jian Tian'er goes to Yonghe Palace to look for her.Jiang Heng went to the Zhongzheng Hall regularly, and if Guo Shi wanted to chat with her, he could wait for her on the road and go to burn incense sticks to the Buddha together.

Another example is the approach bridge.

Jiang Heng 'met' on the road and crossed the approach bridge twice.Every time Yinqiao waited for Jiang Heng, his eyes were shining brightly.Like in "The Little Prince", the tamed little fox finally waited for the little prince under the apple tree.

When the approach bridge appeared, it was to report to Jiang Heng that he was safe and to report his work progress.

The first time I came over from the bridge, I couldn't hide the surprise on my face: "My lord, Mother Su of the Punishment Division has privately expressed her intention to accept me as a closed disciple!"

Jiang Heng smiled and said, "That's really a good thing!" With a master like Madam Su, it is equivalent to Yinqiao getting a job with good pay and promising prospects.

The second time Yinqiao came to see her, he told Jiang Heng that she had changed places and was not staying at the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do odd jobs.

The name of Madam Su has been changed: "Master did not directly send me to the Punishment Department, but arranged for me to go around the various departments and treasuries of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the past two years, so as to understand the various departments in the palace. The first place to go is the library. The master said that although I can read, I used to steal it before, so that the class was very complicated. In fact, there are many loopholes. , and entrusted the owner of the library, Haosheng, to teach me."

Jiang Heng was even more happy for Yinqiao: Not only has his career officially entered the right track, but he has also started to go out for further studies.

So he said to Yinqiao: "When Qiuxue goes to the library to ask for new books next time, I'll bring you some pens, ink, paper and inkstone. You need to practice more when you write and settle accounts."

The inside of the palace is no better than the outside, there is sand everywhere, and you can use the sand table to practice calligraphy with broken branches.

Seeing Mr. Xingui's approval and smile on her face, Yinqiao felt very satisfied.

That day, in order to save her, Mrs. Xin did not hesitate to sue before the imperial court, and eventually sent Chen Debao down. Many people in the palace thought it was strange: Mrs. Xin really did such a stupid thing because she was too young to be spoiled.Regardless of the final outcome, it is really unnecessary to risk offending the steward of the respect room for the sake of the most ordinary little maid.

Even Yinqiao himself thought so.

She was treated like a blade of grass by her biological parents, sucked her blood and grew up. There was always some fear and inferiority in her intelligence, and she felt that she was not worthy of being treated like this by a nobleman.

However, the ever-growing Yinqiao has already given birth to a belief: she will definitely make a name for herself in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, what is Chen Debao, she will be far more outstanding and useful than Chen Debao in the future.She was determined to do it so that Jiang Heng would never regret reaching out to her in Jingqi Pavilion that day.

Even the emperor knew about Jiang Heng's daily visit.

When the emperor asked whether Jiang Heng was frightened by the locked palace raid that day, Su Peisheng replied: "Return to the master, I believe that there should be no problem with the nobleman - the nobleman will still go to the Zhongzheng Hall on time the next day." .”

Su Peisheng is very good at picking what the emperor likes and said: "Since the emperor has brought the nobleman to see the swan, the nobleman has not only dispelled the demons and is not afraid of the swan, but also fell in love with it! Every day on the way to the Zhongzheng Hall, the court lady will take it with her." Goose Bread fed the swans with her own hands. Yesterday, the harem was locked everywhere, and the nobleman was not able to come out. It is said that several swans have landed on the shore, flapping their wings back and forth in a hurry on the road that the nobleman often walks!"

Swan: Fanfan, hungry!

The emperor couldn't help smiling when he heard this, and felt that he was right to take her to see the swans on purpose.

He even sighed casually: "She goes out every day, which shows that she has a playful and lively temperament. But on the grassland, the Queen Mother wanted her to be by her side to accompany Li Buddha, and she was restrained every day, but she was always quiet. She was stunned, the Queen's mother said she was well-behaved and considerate. It can be seen that she is naturally filial and sensible."

Su Peisheng heard the words and thought: Ah, yes, yes, it is good to trust you.Whether it's lively and active, or being restrained by the queen mother, it's good anyway.

He carefully considered in his heart: Now it seems that the nobleman Xin is getting more and more into the emperor's heart.

He couldn't help but cursed Chang Qing in his heart for being slippery: When the imperial concubine had an accident, there was a lot of turmoil in the palace, so Chang Qing's vision was sure not to mention it, and he acted quickly, sending a letter to the nobleman as soon as possible to sell it.Hu Xiaoshun was not so clever, so one was in charge of the dining room and served in front of the imperial court, and the other could only take care of the fruit store.

Su Gonggong, who was slightly distracted, listened to the emperor's order: "One more thing: since she passes through the imperial garden every day, arrange more people to be on duty in the garden, especially by the jade belt pond, so that no one who cares about her will follow her. What kind of accident happened, after all, it’s by the water.” If you fall into the cold pool by accident in this weather, you may get seriously ill.

Su Peisheng hurriedly responded to make arrangements, and then replied: "Your servant has seen the passing of Jingqi Pavilion, and you should be more careful yourself. You never take more than one person with you when you go out, and you always take the main road, and avoid going to bridges and secluded places." went."

The emperor just nodded.

When Su Peisheng withdrew to make arrangements, he couldn't help feeling: This is the emperor's temperament.

As long as he sees the person in his eyes, he is good at everything, and he can't wait to tailor it for others. For example, to reward the Thirteenth Master with a steed horse, even the matching saddle and reins have to be selected by himself. Material and color matching—— —The emperor cannot trust the aesthetics of the officials of the Shangsi Academy.

In other words, he has to personally arrange and protect the people and things he cares about.

In short, Jiang Heng's road has formed a clear card, and those who want to see her can always come to meet her.

Just like the current Thirteen Fujins and Fourteen Fujins.

These two are familiar regulars in the palace, especially the fourteenth Fujin, who are often summoned by the Queen Mother to bring her son into the palace to entertain the Queen Mother.

When Jiang Heng was feeding the swans this day, he saw two Fujins walking here with their palace maids.

Fourteen Fujin has a familiar temper, and he speaks with Jiang Heng in a pure and natural way: "Hey, Mr. Xin is good with these swans? Why did I hear that you called the swans to beat them before?"

Jiang Heng: ...What do you mean by not going out for good deeds and traveling thousands of miles for evil deeds? That's it.I heard that there are many wives who came up with the loose-leaf book, but I heard that she was attacked by swans more often.

After seeing each other, Fourteen Fujin smiled again: "I'm here to explain to Thirteenth Sister-in-law, but it's a pity that these words are kept back and forth. Now that you have met Mrs. Xin, why don't you go with Thirteenth Sister-in-law and I will feed the swans for you? "

As he spoke, it was natural to leave the palace man and the goose cake together, leaving room for Jiang Heng and Thirteen Fujin.

Jiang Heng and the Thirteenth Fujin walked slowly beside the Yudai Pond, Jiang Heng asked, "Is there anything worrying about Fujin?"

Thirteen Fujin told Jiang Heng about the recent emperor's vigorous punishment and strict law to collect accounts, and gave several vivid examples.

Jiang Heng suddenly realized: No wonder the emperor came back to eat hot pot, he looked very tired, but he was radiant and tired.

It turned out that he started his favorite debt collection job.

That is definitely tired and happy, nothing wrong.

Thirteen Fujin continued: "Thanks to the great respect of the emperor, he asked our lord to do errands for the household department and the examination office. These days, it is our lord's job to calculate the deficits of various provinces."

Jiang Heng understood Thirteen Fujin's troubles a little bit: the emperor's actions were too strong, people outside dared not scold the emperor, they would scold Prince Yi, who is now the top leader of the Huikao government.

Sure enough, Thirteen Fujin frowned and said: "It's only been a few days, and our master's reputation outside is very bad. Those who can reach my ears must be scolded lightly: only say that our master is too harsh, and I can't wait to put the official Even the joints of my brother's bones were squeezed dry, and the oil was boiled and sent to the emperor, so that the emperor would praise him for saving money and running errands."

Thirteen Fujins were wronged and died for their husbands.

In her opinion, it was her grandfather who took out his heart and liver to suffer for the emperor.

"Long live God has treated us with great kindness, but the words of the villains outside are not pleasant. I can't help but panic when I hear it. Staying in the mansion, there are many people who go round and round to pass the post to beg for mercy, disturbing endlessly. This The fourteenth siblings took me to hide."

Thirteen Fujin was frightened out of courage.

The late emperor also showed his liking for Shisan for a while, but later he didn't just throw it away.

The Thirteen Fujin has no front and back eyes, and in the backyard of the palace, it is rare to see the emperor and the Thirteenth Lord getting along with each other in private, so he is always afraid.I'm afraid that there will be too many people scolding their family, and if the emperor believes it, their husband and wife, especially the children in the family, will fall into such a dark situation again one day.

Jiang Heng also couldn't say directly: You really worry too much, whoever is gone this time, the Thirteenth Master will not be gone.

So she tried her best to comfort Thirteen Fujin with the smile of a psychotherapist: "The emperor will not listen to the words of these villains, and I think they will be washed away by Lord Thirteen soon."

Thirteen Fujin thought that Jiang Heng was trying to figure out the sacred heart, but Jiang Heng was memorizing history.Emperor Yongzheng really issued a decree to the people of the world: You all come to scold me, my thirteenth brother is perfect No. 1 in the universe, you are not allowed to scold him.

Thirteen Fujin is a sensible person, and he came to complain to Jiang Heng not to ask her to help out: there is no reason for a concubine to help a prince outside the palace.She just wants to hear more from people who are closer to the emperor and who wins the emperor's heart, so that her aggrieved and worried heart can gain a short period of peace.

Sure enough, seeing what the nobleman said was true, Thirteen Fujin felt much better.

If Jiang Heng had the ability to read minds, he would feel that the Thirteenth Fortune was looking far away: If you want to hear someone who is closer to the emperor and more trusted by the emperor, you really shouldn't come to me, just go back and chat with your thirteenth master.

When burning incense in front of the Buddha that day, Jiang Heng thought of Thirteen Fujin's troubles, so he couldn't help but want to light the candles for those who slandered Thirteen Lords.

What kind of temper does the emperor have? He ordered the thirteenth master to do it. If the thirteenth master was scolded and his reputation was damaged because of this, the emperor would feel more uncomfortable than being scolded himself, and would be even more angry.

Sure enough, the emperor soon became furious at the court, only saying that Prince Yi worked hard all day and night, worked hard on the state's money, and was extremely aggrieved.An ignorant, ignorant, jealous, vicious villain would speak harshly to Prince Yi, and only a heartless person can say such things!He is also very clear about threatening everyone: I have already told Prince Yi, just check the accounts and don't need to be sophisticated, if Prince Yi is in trouble, I will check it myself!

The gossip outside immediately disappeared: it is still Prince Yi.

Although they didn't dare to slander him any more, the courtiers always wanted to try harder for their own lives and large fortunes.

Ba Ye thought of an idea for them: get dismissed and stay in office.

It means that there are not enough officials in the DPRK who are capable of governing a place. Even if an official commits a crime of corruption, he is only temporarily dismissed from his post and still works in his original post. As long as he pays off the debt within a few years, it will be considered as compensation. If you commit a crime, you will still be an official and return to your original post.

After all, it is not easy for the court to train officials.

This kind of idea spread to Emperor Yongzheng's ears, and he almost sneered: It's a dream of Spring and Autumn!Dismissed to stay?Does staying in office give them time to blackmail people to make up their debts?

This is the imperial court of a country, and it's not that the family is too poor to open the pot, and all broken pots and pans must be kept, even if there is a leak, they will continue to use them.Still leave them to check?It's like there are countless feather dusters in the warehouse at home, but you have to use a few bald dusters. Not only do you have few hairs to sweep the dust, but the chicken feathers flutter away, so what's the use of them.

On such a vast land, is there still a shortage of smart people who can be officials?

On the contrary, there are enough people, and the only thing missing is the position of an official!

Perhaps those scholars who have studied hard in the imperial examination are not from a famous family, and some official positions are difficult to get started, but it is related to people's livelihood, and they may do better than the family who said 'Why don't you eat minced meat'.

For example, Tian Wenjing, who was personally promoted by the emperor.

The emperor's attitude towards this crooked idea is: I will not dismiss the officials involved, and now I can get out.

Besides, although this idea was thought up by Ba Ye, but Ba Ye has also learned to be smart and has a sensitive intuition. He felt that it would be easy to die young if he just confronted the emperor head-on with this idea, so this time he persuaded Long Ke Stand with him more.

Longko's family has many relatives and involvements, and he always likes to make friends with people and save face, so he thinks this is a compromise.

Not only that, Ba Ye also told Hongshi about this matter, and encouraged Hongshi to put forward this plan in front of the emperor, so as to 'share the worries' for his emperor Ama.

Hongshi is young and trusts Prince Lian again. Seeing that Huang Ama's good uncle Long Kedo also agrees with this matter, he is overjoyed.

Hong Shi earnestly persuaded: "Huang Ama, there are not many capable ministers in this dynasty, even if there are some flaws, they can still be retained."

The emperor coldly threatened: "I have no shortage of courtiers." Then he stared at Hongshi: "Not only do I have no shortage of courtiers, but also sons!"

If it was another prince, such as any prince in the era when Lord Kangxi Jiulong seized the throne, he must have a sensitive political sense, knowing that Huang Ama was angry.

However, Hiroshi did not.

He was very moved when he heard the words: Huang Ama really values ​​me, the eldest son, most in her heart.Among the princes at this moment, I am the only one who has grown up and can share the worries of Ama. The two younger brothers are so young that they are useless at all. Ama Huang feels that there is no shortage of sons... This means, as long as I am Ama Huang To share the worries, Huang Ama felt that enough was enough!

He only needs me as a son.

Thinking of this, Hongshi couldn't help being happy, and said to the emperor: "Yes, Ama Huang has no shortage of sons, and my ministers are willing to share the worries of Ama Huang and be Ama Huang's right-hand man!"

Your Majesty: ... Cerebral thrombosis, I am about to suffer from cerebral thrombosis.

He didn't even want to reprimand Hongshi anymore, Su Peisheng saw that the emperor was so weak that he waved his hand so that the third elder brother retreated.

With such a stupid brain like Hongshi, how did he come to talk to him, the emperor knew without thinking, who was behind the scenes.

So the emperor stretched out his hand, and sent Lao Ba to the emperor's mausoleum to perform New Year's Eve sacrifices on behalf of the emperor, and by the way, he went to the first emperor of Changmin - in other words, he was temporarily sent to Jingshan, and honestly looked at the grave to celebrate the New Year.

The emperor's subordinates were knocking out a brochure handed over by Yunnan.

Wait a little longer, Lao Ba will have a place to go.

Upward winds are jittery and even bloody.

The Yonghe Palace was full of joy and harmony.

November is just after the Gold Awarding Festival, and it is also the month before the twelfth lunar month. It is a rare time at the end of the year when you can sneak away.

Jiang Heng's small kitchen was officially put into use.

Not only that, but she heard the reminder from Concubine Yu before that the duo Xiaoluzi and Qiulu sent to the dining room for further study had also successfully completed their mission and came back to report.

Because the emperor sent a young eunuch who was good at cooking soup, Xiao Luzi and Qiulu learned some other skills.

"The servant has learned some simple pasta. If the master wants to eat wontons, dumplings, and mixed noodles in various soups, he can just order the servant." Qiulu reported the work of further study in this way.

Xiao Luzi said: "My servant has learned some frying skills. If my mother wants to eat a small dish by chance, and thinks that the big kitchen is full of miscellaneous people, we can fry it in the palace. And those small fried things, eggplant boxes The lotus root box and the fried rice cakes eaten during the New Year’s Eve, the servants also learned.”

When Jiang Heng heard that he had learned frying skills, his heart moved.

Among the foods in this world, frying has its own irreplaceable flavor.

Before Jiang Hengchuan came here, in order to be energetic, he had a card in the gym downstairs of the company to exercise.When she got here, she could only use the excuse of paying homage to the Buddha every day, and walked a short distance to see the Bodhisattva for exercise.

Fried food had to be strictly controlled.

But when the weather is getting colder, eating a piece of hot, crispy fried chicken just out of the pan is an irreplaceable happiness.

It’s not that you can’t ask the dining room for it, but fried food, especially fried chicken and French fries, must be fried right out of the pan to taste the best.

Jiang Heng thought, it's time to eat fried chicken!

She is not very good at cooking, but she likes to watch food videos, especially what is eaten by one person. One needs to live a delicate daily life, watching others make a small hot pot, small claypot rice, or even three dishes and one soup.

Every time Jiang Heng would sigh with emotion: It's good to take my life so seriously.

While sighing, he took out his mobile phone and ordered a takeaway.

Although there is almost zero practice, she has a lot of theoretical experience.

"Steamed buns? The chicken should be wrapped with steamed buns?" Hearing that the master wanted to eat fried food, Xiao Luzi quickly set up a frying pan in the small kitchen.It was just that there was still no fire, so Jiang Heng called him in.

After listening to the order, I was a little confused.

"The steamed buns are baked on the fire first, and after they are dry, they are crushed into shredded steamed buns." Jiang Heng remembered that if there is no bread crumbs, steamed buns can be used instead.

Jiang Heng continued: "Choose chicken thighs, which are the most tender, cut into pieces of this size and marinate..." Jiang Heng no longer remembered the list of marinade listed by others, so he just skipped it. their level of seasoning.

"On the outside of the marinated chicken, first coat it with egg liquid, then coat it with shredded steamed buns, and then deep fry it in a frying pan. You want the kind that is crispy on the outside and juicy and tender inside."

The palace people have never heard of this way of eating, but they have a natural trust in Jiang Heng.

It must be the private dish that the master has eaten at home before, so it should be cooked in their small kitchen, and it is better not to leak out.

Qiu Lu memorized the process in her heart, it didn't sound complicated.He asked again: "Dare to ask the master, what kind of oil do you use?"

This question stopped Jiang Heng.

In my memory, I seem to have heard someone mention that the fried goods shop does not use ordinary peanut oil, but shortening or palm oil.

However, Jiang Heng has never figured out what kind of oil these two are.

"What kind of oil is there in our palace?"

After Qiu Lu asked, she felt annoyed. Before the master entered the palace, she was also a young lady who did not leave the gate. Even if she followed the women's example of 'washing hands and making soup', she would never touch hot oil or hot pot. How could she tell the difference? what oil.

So he hurriedly said: "We have boiled meat oil in our palace. There are also flax oil and soybean oil that we use more in the north, or peanut oil that we use more in the south."

Jiang Heng became uncertain: "Why don't you try them all."

As for how to blow it up, I don't need her layman to guide the experts.The dining room in the palace has all kinds of fried meat slices, fried meat balls and other fried foods all year round.After all, fried goods are easy to make, and they can be heated up and served in a pan quickly.

According to Jiang Heng's request, Xiao Luzi and Qiu Lu tried their best to use different chicken marinade recipes, different oils, and different frying times to try. Finally, Jiang Heng received several kinds of fried chicken.

Fortunately, this fried chicken is the same as other dim sum food in the palace, it is basically a bite size, at best it can be regarded as a larger chicken popcorn.

Jiang Heng tried them one by one, pointed out that the two dishes most resembled the Golden Arch fried chicken, and gave his opinion.

Xiaoluzi and Qiulu both wore small gray aprons. Hearing what she said, they wanted to try again immediately.

Jiang Heng waved: "What's the rush? Call everyone over to eat fried chicken first. It won't taste good when it's cold."

The palace man has little oil and water in his stomach, so he really likes fried chicken.

The oily aroma of crispy fried chicken falls on the tip of the tongue, and everyone feels that life is very hopeful.

"Actually, I'm satisfied if I can eat lard every day with my master. I didn't expect to be able to eat all kinds of good things often."

In the small kitchen of the Yonghe Palace, crock pots of oil boiled from fat meat are placed there.The palace people can take every meal by themselves. The snow-white ointment is very fragrant when you put a spoonful on hot steamed buns or hot noodles.

Ordinary palace people only have dried bacon in their rations, Jiang Heng thought about their workload, and felt that it was not enough: people can only live and work better if they eat well.She still remembers what her father said, when they were in school, there was no oil and water in the canteen dishes, not only their brains turned slowly, but their eyeballs seemed to be astringent.

To make people willing to work hard all the time, in addition to strict rules, they must also be able to implement appropriate and generous salaries.

Jiang Heng mentioned to Qiu Xue that every month, he spends money to buy meat from the dining room, and buys pork belly that is fatter and thinner.

Lean meat can be used as an occasional extra meal to supplement protein, but fat meat is all refined into oil, so that the palace people can see meat every day and have enough fatty acids in the body.

Jiang Heng had just eaten fried chicken for two days, but he unexpectedly attracted two special diners, and an incident that left her speechless.