Empress snatches dried fish

Soon it was New Year's Eve, the first year of Xinhui, and the palace was busy with tonight's banquet.

Every time Da Chong changed his emperor, he would change his year name, and the first year of his accession to the throne was counted as the first year.The year name of Shu Yonghe is "Xinhui", so this year is the first year of Xinhui.Especially when everyone is planning to carry out reforms recently, they can't help but feel that this year name may be right. It symbolizes that Da Chong will enter a new era, which means that it can continue to last for thousands of years.

In fact, tonight is mainly a royal family banquet. Although it is not as grand as the state banquet celebrated with officials on the first day of the new year, because it is a royal family banquet, everyone should not take it lightly.Previously, Geng Bai'an had already picked out all the details, so today he just needs to keep an eye on them so that they don't make mistakes.

The busiest one is the imperial dining room, because not only the order of serving dishes was changed by Geng Bai'an, but besides a few essential traditional dishes, many dishes that are changed every year are also changed by Geng Bai'an to dishes that he has never seen before. .

At the beginning, the imperial chefs followed the method she said because of their trust in Geng Bai'an. After all, Geng Bai'an had taught them to make a lot of small snacks before, but later taught them these big dishes because Geng Bai'an had never cooked them himself. As a result, she and the royal chefs were buried in the kitchen for several days before adjusting the taste of the dishes to the best.

Fortunately, although I have never done it, but because I have drawn comics with chefs as the main occupation, I have checked a lot of information, and I know what materials and ingredients are, so I just need to fine-tune repeatedly.In addition, the imperial dining room naturally gathers cooking experts from all over Dachong, and the dishes mentioned by Geng Bai'an are also selected from modern cuisines from all over the world, so every time they encounter similar types of dishes, many of the imperial chefs can understand them well. Just one click, save a lot of trouble.

The appetizer was served according to the tradition, and then the main course was changed a few times, and Geng Bai'an also added dessert, which was the first of its kind in a banquet.

Dessert was nothing new, but plain egg pudding.It's just that there are eggs everywhere in Dachongguo, but no one has started to drink milk, and there is no black and white cow as Geng Bai'an described, which is very worrying for Geng Bai'an.In fact, even if there is no milk, it's fine to change to another dessert. Geng Bai'an can't do it, but he has a lot of recipes in his mind.

But Geng Bai'an didn't know what stubbornness he committed, so he kept staring at the egg pudding.

Within a few days, she searched for milk from all kinds of cows near Chongjing. She used a simple method to remove the smell and then compared it. Finally, she found a milk that tasted the same as the milk she drank in the 21st century. It is infinitely close to milk that is not only light in fishy smell but also sweeter.

It's just that this kind of cow is not the black and white cow she knew, but a wild mountain cow with a black body and white belly and limbs.This kind of wild mountain cattle has a gentle temperament. As long as it does not feel threatened, it will never take the initiative to attack humans.The meat of this kind of cattle is delicious, small in number but very smart, and only woodcutters who chop firewood occasionally see them on the mountain, but it is difficult for hunters to find them.

So in addition to this, Geng Bai'an also ordered someone to find a few of them and bring them back in captivity. It would be good to have a pasture to raise cows to produce milk in the future.

At the family banquet, apart from the empress dowager and the empress, there are only ten seats for other concubines in the harem. In previous years, so many people in the harem would have had to fight for the seats, but when you come to Geng Bai'an, you don't have to think about these things at all—— After all, apart from the Queen Mother and Geng Bai'an, there are not even ten people in the harem, so even if everyone goes, there will still be a few vacant.

It's just that the emperor's concubines are not allowed to take the throne, and as for the concubines of other princes, they cannot even be brought along.

"Eh? Ai's family heard that Prince Anlin's son also came during the autumn hunting, why didn't King Anlin come?" The queen mother sat down, looking at relatives, large and small, and asked Geng Bai'an.

She didn't mean to care about this King Anlin, after all, no matter whether it was Shu Yonghe or the first emperor's brothers, there were too many brothers to count, and there were very few brothers in Chongjing.Every year, the staff of the family banquet will always change depending on where they are located. After all, it is only a family banquet, so people who are nearby usually come.And if the nearby people exceed the quota, they will be invited to the palace in the order of important to unimportant, and King Anlin will occasionally appear in the family banquet.

Originally, the queen mother would not have noticed this at all, but Shu Hongyu mentioned the accident in Qiu Lie in front of her before, and unintentionally revealed that it was the accident caused by Prince Anling's son and his wife. Although the queen mother didn't care much, she inevitably remembered down.Now, it's just a random question.

"Sister-in-law..."

Just as Shu Hongyu was about to speak, Geng Bai'an immediately answered: "After returning to mother, King Anlin did not go to Beijing this year, and the previous sons and daughters of Prince Anlin also returned to the fief after the autumn hunting. The concubine ordered someone to send I posted the post, but King Anlin said that he was not feeling well recently, so the concubine did not force it. If the queen mother wants to see him, let King Xuan Anlin come to Beijing tomorrow, okay?"

"No need." The Empress Dowager smiled and patted Geng Bai'an's hand: "The Ai family just asked casually. It's just that Hong Yu mentioned that Prince Anlin's son and his wife went to the autumn hunting with him, and the Ai family thought of such a person."

The voice of the conversation between the two is not loud, others may not hear it clearly, but Shu Yonghe who is beside the two can hear it clearly.He frowned slightly and didn't speak, but waited until Geng Bai'an sat on the other side of him, then turned his head and asked him softly: "What the hell is Shu Hongyu doing now? What does it have to do with King Anlin and his family?" ? And I seem to feel that he is targeting you."

Geng Bai'an calmly smiled at the relatives at the same table, and responded in a low voice: "I don't know either. Let's talk about it after the dinner is over. Now let's wait and see what happens."

How is this targeting her?It was clearly aimed at the dried fish!

"Okay, pay attention to yourself. If he makes things difficult for you again, just pat me when he needs my help to speak."

Shu Yonghe didn't know what happened to Yu Gan and Lian Caisu, and Geng Bai'an didn't intend to tell him for the time being.Not to mention that Yu Gan might be moved by Soy Milk's kindness to her in the end, even if he wasn't, then he shouldn't have said this kind of thing out of his own mouth.What I can do is probably to watch from the side, lest Soy Milk get depressed or lose control and hurt Yu Gan.

Although it is impossible to hurt Yu Gan with Soybean Milk's personality, but there is always an emergency.

Having said that, now that Shu Hongyu has gone to Yu Gan so clearly, Geng Bai'an would be a fool if he didn't know.If Shu Hongyu was the man in black that day, no matter whether he instigated Prince Anlin and Lian Caisu or not, he would know the relationship between Yu Gan and Lian Caisu, and he would even know that he had also discovered this secret.

So it is not unreasonable for Shu Yonghe to say that he targets himself, but in the eyes of Geng Bai'an who knows everything, Shu Hongyu seems to target Yu Gan even more... Wait!If Shu Hongyu was really the man in black at that time, then it would not seem like a lie to say that he wanted to be a queen, so...

Geng Bai'an's whole body trembled - the water is very deep!Not to mention Soy Milk, Soy Milk's current identity is his own nephew, what the hell is Shu Hongyu thinking!

In this way, Geng Bai'an was worried in his heart, he couldn't even taste the family banquet he had carefully prepared, and he had a skilled smiling face to deal with the compliments from all directions, and his mind was not on it at all.

After Shu Hongyu was interrupted before, he never attacked Geng Bai'an again, but made Shu Yonghe and Geng Bai'an more vigilant.Shu Hongyu has never been a simple person. They have known this for a long time. What Geng Bai'an is afraid of now is that if Shu Hongyu is really the man in black, then his target may not only be aimed at himself, but at the current harem. Everyone just wants to get rid of them one by one according to the degree of importance they receive from soybean milk.

……

After the dinner, the palace people sent away the princes and concubines. Shu Yunlan and Shu Yunruo still wanted to pester Geng Bai'an, but they were all taken back to Yongning Hall by the Queen Mother.After all, the twins have been studying in women's colleges since they were young, and they are the queen mother's beloved daughters. It is expected that they will come back for a whole year, so the queen mother also wants to spend more time with the two daughters.

Moreover, she also saw that her son and daughter-in-law were not very relaxed during the dinner, and guessed that something happened that she didn't know, so she had to take away the twins who would get in the way.

No one knew what the three of them were thinking, during the whole dinner, Yu Gan's eyes would glance at Geng Bai'an at the main seat from time to time, feeling bitter in his heart.Especially looking at the happy and harmonious appearance of their family, I am even more jealous.If it wasn't for Wang Leshui who saw her emotions and talked to her after a while, and rubbed her palm to distract her, Yu Gan might have broken the chopsticks in his hand with his bare hands, and left the table angrily.

On the way, Ji Yinian felt unhappy seeing the two holding hands, and wanted to pull Wang Leshui, but was slapped away by Wang Leshui in disgust, and gave himself a ignorant look.He wanted to hold Yu Gan's hand, but there was a Ji Yinian in between.So classmate Ji Yinian, who was disliked by everyone, knew sullenly that the dinner was over, and neither Wang Leshui nor Yu Gan was held in hand.

Again!Don't take her to play!

Ji Yinian expressed his frustration.

Finally, when the crowd dispersed, the queen mother and princess also went back to the palace, Yu Gan had already made up his mind to hold Geng Bai'an to chat till late, just as he was about to go up to talk to her, he saw Geng Bai'an suddenly grabbed Shu Yonghe His arms carried him out of the hall.While leaning close to his ear and whispering something, on the other hand, he just waved to them and left without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Yu Gan staring blankly at the direction Geng Bai'an and Shu Yonghe left without saying a word, Wang Leshui felt sorry for her, and gently patted her back.

"She left with the emperor."

After Yu Gan finished speaking, Wang Leshui couldn't help being stunned—although she and Yu Gan had reached a tacit understanding in some aspects, they always just gave each other a clear look and never said anything more.Because they are rational people, they can see their current situation clearly, and some things can only be kept in their hearts and cannot be exposed.Under such circumstances, you can only be a person who gives silently, because what you want is extravagant.

In the end, the only one who suffers is really himself.But as long as the other party treats them well, this pain will be happy occasionally, and what they can cherish is only this "occasionally".

Wang Leshui felt that she was much luckier than Yu Gan, at least Ji Yinian did not belong to anyone, so she could treat everything calmly.Except that this person sometimes got angry with her, Wang Leshui had no choice but to let her go for a few days, and they would reconcile as before.

But Yu Gan is different.

Geng Bai'an has a good relationship with Shu Yonghe and his wife, this is something that the entire palace, even the whole Da Chong knows, and Geng Bai'an is still the queen, Yu Gan can't control her at all, and has no qualifications to control her.

Yu Gan was feeling sad, Wang Leshui was feeling sad for Yu Gan, but Ji Yinian who was on the side came over: "It is obvious that Bai An led the emperor away, why did she follow the emperor?"

"laugh!"

Yu Gan felt as if an arrow had been shot in his heart, the sound of the arrow piercing through the air and piercing into the flesh seemed to be clearly audible.What she didn't want to admit at all was just revealed by Ji Yinian.Gradually, her eyes looking in that direction gradually became dull.

Seeing this, Wang Leshui immediately stretched out his hand to hold Ji Yinian's mouth, and said in a low voice, "Ji Yinian, shut up! At this time, don't say a word and no one will think you are dumb."

As soon as the words finished, Yu Gan frowned suddenly and left.Wang Leshui was worried, and was about to follow, but was pulled back by Ji Yinian.

"Why pull me?"

"You can't see that Yu Gan is angry because of Bai An?"

Wang Leshui was startled, then suddenly raised his head to stare at Ji Yinian, looking at her usual silly face, he realized that his brain was not enough.

I saw Ji Yinian shook his head speechlessly, rolled his eyes by the way, lowered his head and leaned closer to Wang Leshui's ear, and said in a voice that could only be heard by two people: "Although it's a bit unbelievable, I found that Yu Gan's every move is a bit strange. It's strange, I think she has different thoughts about Bai An. During this period of time, I stopped her and warned her with my eyes, but it seemed to have little effect. "

"You, what did you say?"

"Wang Leshui, you are usually very smart, why are you stupid at a critical moment?" Ji Yinian sighed: "But I don't blame you, I also found it a little hard to understand when I first found out, how can women like women? But after so many days of observation, I think I should be right, Yu Gan must be happy with Bai An, so she doesn't like others getting close to Bai An, especially the emperor."

"Didn't you find out that Yu Gan stayed with Bai An until very late before returning, so the emperor didn't stay at Bai An's? She must have found out and did this on purpose. I saw her She's too sleepy, but she must wait until the emperor leaves, she just doesn't want the emperor to have sex with Bai An."

Wang Leshui opened her mouth, not knowing what to say, but she discovered such details!

Seeing Wang Leshui's shocked look, Ji Yinian couldn't help but feel a little proud that he found out earlier than her: "You see, Yu Gan just saw Bai An leaving with the emperor, and he became so angry. He might scratch the wall when he goes back! If we follow the past Well, because of our presence, she was holding back her anger and couldn't let it out. That's sad. Why don't we just pretend that we don't know, and when she goes back to scratch the wall and throw things, the anger will almost dissipate."

Then, Wang Leshui was dragged back by Ji Yinian in a daze, and it took him a while to come to his senses.She withdrew her hand abruptly, glared fiercely at Ji Yinian who was casting a puzzled look at her, and walked towards the bedroom on her own.

Everyone thought she didn't know anything about this stupid head, who knew that she could even tell that Yu Gan liked Bai An quietly, but why couldn't she see what she thought about her?

Ji Yinian rubbed his head, his facial features were wrinkled with worry—why is this man angry again?

……

"Impossible! Does that guy have such a strong taste?" Shu Yonghe was shocked after hearing what Geng Bai'an said: "I... No, Shu Yonghe is his own nephew!"

"That's why I said whether he has been stimulated in any way?" Geng Bai'an herself was also puzzled by Monk Zhang Er, falling in love with her relatives or something, she had never encountered such a thing before, and she also found it quite unbelievable.She has never thought about the relationship between relatives other than family affection. After all, Shu Yonghe can be regarded as Shu Hongyu who grew up watching him grow up, and the relationship between the two of them has always been very clear, so there will be no misunderstanding.

How did Yishu Hongyu fall in love with Shu Yonghe?

The two sat on both sides of the desk, with the same posture of touching their chins with one hand.

"But..." Shu Yonghe looked aggrieved: "He has so many concubines, can't he?"

"He has many concubines, but have you ever seen him have children?"

"...No!" Shu Yonghe was startled, thinking of Shu Hongyu who suddenly felt a little scared, reached out and grabbed Geng Bai'an's sleeve and shook it back and forth: "An'an, think of a way quickly, that person Shu Hongyu has a black belly Die, if you really want to do something to me, I can't beat him at all."

Geng Bai'an glanced at Shu Yonghe with contempt: "You have grown up so much that you always come to me to solve problems. You are the emperor now, soymilk. Besides, before he completely blackens and forces you, he will probably deal with your harem one by one. The first to bear the brunt is me as the empress and the most favored Yu Gan, so don't worry too much for the time being."

"Then I'm even more worried! When he deals with me, at least he just wants me, but when he deals with you, he wants to kill you!"

Geng Bai'an nodded thoughtfully: "I know all of this, so you don't need to talk about it. Apart from implementing reforms, the most important thing now is to find out how powerful Shu Hongyu's subordinates are, otherwise we will have no way to deal with him. See before There are more than [-] dead soldiers following him casually, I am afraid that the power in his hands is not small."

"And only the two of us know about this matter for the time being, not even Tang Shuo and Geng Yi. Not to mention that Tang Shuo seems to appreciate Shu Hongyu's ability, but Shu Hongyu frequently went in and out of the prime minister's mansion before, we don't know What kind of agreement is there between them? We are cooperating to implement reforms, but we can only trust him when it comes to reforms. As for Geng Yi, his thoughts are too rough, I am afraid that he will accidentally say something, Adding to the trouble. But Geng Baiping, you can reveal a little bit so that you won’t be unprepared when the time comes.”

"Is he trustworthy?"

Geng Bai'an said firmly: "Very credible, and strict-spoken."

"Well, now we can only take one step at a time. If we are fine, we should try our best to avoid going out of the palace as much as possible."

"Who said it wasn't."

……

The first day of the second year of Xinhui is the first day of the year.On the first day of every year, Da Chong will hold a grand ceremony to worship the heavens. The emperor and empress will lead civil and military officials to perform the ceremony of worshiping the heavens, begging for the good weather of the year for Da Chong.

When Shu Yonghe walked up to the altar holding Geng Bai'an's hand, Yu Gan could only kneel under the altar and look up at the backs of the two silently.The hands in her sleeves were tightly clenched into fists, and she lowered her head, realizing that she was really powerless.

Previously, I thought that I was in the same situation as Wang Leshui, but later I realized that they were different.First of all, Geng Bai'an doesn't care that she likes women, it doesn't mean that Geng Bai'an also likes women, and secondly, she has such a good relationship with the emperor, it can be said that they have a deep relationship between husband and wife, but what about himself?On one side is the emperor's concubine, and on the other side he secretly likes the queen. Not to mention, it's because of his pain, but if he says it, he's destroying the relationship between husband and wife...

When she was a child, her mother was mad at her because her father married her stepmother, Yu Gan would never do such a thing.It's just that every time I see such a situation, I can't help the misery and anger in my heart.

She seems to have become a bad woman like a stepmother. If my mother finds out about it, she will be angry.

The preparation, progress and ending of the ceremony made everyone busy for a long time, and then Geng Bai'an was going to focus on the state banquet at night. He was so busy all day, Yu Gan had no chance to talk to her at all.

The state banquet is a dinner for the royal family and courtiers, and they, concubines, are not qualified to go.Feeling lost in his heart, Yu Gan wandered around the palace aimlessly, and walked outside the state banquet venue by accident.Across a palace wall, she could clearly hear the singing and dancing outside, as well as the liveliness of everyone laughing.Although she didn't hear Geng Bai'an's voice, she imagined that Geng Bai'an must be smiling at this time.

"Ma'am, it's cold outside, shall we go back to Feiqiong Hall?" Cui Xin followed Yu Gan for half the palace, and finally saw her stop here expressionless, thinking that she was disappointed because she wanted to attend the state banquet but couldn't.It's just that a state banquet is not a family banquet. Except for the queen mother and empress, concubines in the harem are not eligible to participate, even the highest-ranking Mrs. Tang Xiaohan is the same.

"I don't want to go back to Feiqiong Palace." Yu Gan shook his head, and after a long silence, he said, "Cuixin, let's go to Yong'an Palace."

"Go to Yong'an Hall? The empress is attending a state banquet."

"It's okay. I'm depressed, and I want to wait for her to come back in Yong'an Hall and talk to her." Yu Gan walked towards Yong'an Hall on his own.