The princess relies on the cat to ascend the throne

After Lu Wanzhen's inexplicable "husband and wife relationship", Le Ning no longer went to the side of His Highness the Crown Prince.

After all, she always felt that the prince's inner drama was too much for her to figure out. Le Ning, who had been dealing with food since she came to this world, either ignored or was too lazy to pay attention to other things, once again fell headlong into the In the kitchen, I went to delve into delicacies, and didn't appear in front of Lu Wanzhen all afternoon and night.

It's not her fault either—

Le Ning didn't know whether she was too lucky or too unlucky. The only thing that bothered her after she came to this world was the pair of parents. When she was sold, she was trying to fight back, but she didn't catch up with this opportunity.

I wanted to think of a way to make the couple be more honest after going back, at least not to make up my own mind in the future, with Le Ning's experience of seeing so many romance palaces and house fights, not to mention making the couple miserable Xixi, but at least there is a way for these two people not to bother him in the future.

result……

She had just been sent to Yao's mansion, and the two died in the back, and now the whereabouts of the eldest son were unknown, so that the countermeasures she had thought of before were useless.

In addition, she has been studying cooking and cooking for many years now, and when she sees a flying in the sky and running on the ground, she starts to think about what new tricks she can make.

Sometimes the taste of a dish is not right, she can stay in the kitchen for ten and a half months, and she will invite all the neighbors in the neighborhood to taste it, so as to improve the taste to the best.

As a result, Le Ning spent too much time in the kitchen at first, and then got used to cooking to relieve boredom when she was worried, which made her more and more willing to spend her time in the kitchen, even if it was just listening to The sound of porridge stewing in the earthenware pot rang all day long, but she didn't feel bored.

As for Lu Wanzhen's side.

In fact, after saying that sentence jokingly, she realized that her weird appearance would lower the other party's perception of her.

Strange to say, with her temperament, when she was in the palace, no matter whether it was the courtiers, or the emperor and empress, they all thought it was good.

Only when facing Le Ning...

She is very presumptuous.

However, Mao'er's identity is not easy to expose, and she and Le Ning have this ridiculous marriage unknowingly, Lu Wanzhen is also seeing in her heart:

A voice said to her, just find a way to keep her by her side, and acquiesce to this ridiculous marriage.

Another voice cursed angrily again, nonsense!If the sage finds out about such things in the same week, he will be extremely disappointed with you.

Maybe it was because she had suppressed it too much since she was a child, so that now she has a very tempting willful option in front of her, which made her hesitate to decide.

Lu Wanzhen was sitting alone on the wisteria swing in the courtyard. At first, she just tiptoed on the ground and slowly swayed back and forth. Later, the shaking became bigger and bigger. Pull down to make it shorter.

She supported her head with one hand, leaned on the armrest beside the swing, and swayed, maybe feeling a little dizzy, Lu Wanzhen simply closed her eyes, and ended up falling asleep like this for some reason.

In the end, I was awakened by the fragrance.

It was a smell of meat, coming from the direction of the kitchen room, it was strange to say that when he was in the palace, Lu Wanzhen didn't pass by the imperial dining room, the smell coming out of it was also overbearing.

But she never stopped once.

Either he felt inappropriate, or he happened to be caught up in something, so that he quickly forgot about being hungry.

Only when she is with Le Ning, can she be like this... thinking about food wholeheartedly, paying attention to her appetite.

Lu Wanzhen yawned, fell lightly from the swing to the ground, stood for a while, and walked towards the kitchen, saying as he walked:

"Pei Xiangfu, how is it now?"

It was clear that there were no servants around her following her, and after asking this question, it seemed that she was talking to the air, but a voice really came into her ears.

"It has been confiscated. It is said that [-] catties of pepper and countless gold and jewels were found in Pei Xiang's mansion."

The emotions in Lu Wanzhen's eyes were a little turbulent. She passed through Langyuan and the corridor, and cast her eyes on the many flowers, plants and stones in the mansion. After a long time, she said slowly:

"I have a good appetite."

Even now that Le Ning has a booming restaurant business and he has contributed a lot of recipes in it, Zou Dequan gives his brothers a share, so relying on this small head, let alone live a life of great wealth, At least the seasonings needed for daily eating and drinking can be easily bought.

But this does not mean that the seasoning is not precious——

In Dali, the pepper alone is of high value. Before the scented tea from Luoyang was introduced, this pepper was one of the most important ingredients for rich people to make meat.

In addition, those rich and noble families treat guests and treat guests with tea, all of which are seasoned and rich to show their wealth.

Sometimes, the circulation strength of these spices is not much better than that of cloth.

The fact that so much pepper was found in Pei Xiang's home shows how much wealth he has amassed that does not belong to him in this official position.

Those pepper numbers, including the prime minister's salary, fields, etc., turned into numbers, flashed through Lu Wanzhen's mind, and she lowered her eyes and chuckled, and followed the same shadow:

"If someone from the palace asks, please reply for me, and I will return to the palace in three days."

The people in the dark did not show their figures, only a cluster of shadows swaying in the sunlight outside the courtyard, which responded to her words.

……

In the kitchen.

Le Ning slowly used two long bamboo chopsticks to pick up the meat that had been simmered in sauce for a long time in the pot.

It was a large piece of meat. At first glance, it only made people's hearts tremble. Those who had never tasted meat might be very excited when they saw it. It just feels greasy.

She frowned, thinking:

Can't it be that you hold grudges like this?

Isn't it just a few words of teasing, the dishes I made tonight are so unsuitable to my taste?

Le Ning didn't know what His Royal Highness was thinking about, she didn't even notice the figure coming in from the stove, Le Ning, who was immersed in her own world, was used to people coming and going around, after all, the stove where she was Most of the time, many cooks are busy in the room.

She carefully removed the grass around the Dongpo meat, and gently poked it from top to bottom with chopsticks——

The Dongpo meat, which was as square as a ruby ​​brick, trembled on the plate, but she easily penetrated the skin from the top all the way to the bottom of the plate.

Soft but not rotten.

It seems that the steaming heat is about the same.

Le Ning breathed a sigh of relief, thanks to the precise command of the seasoning and heat by the magic chef system, otherwise she would have spent more than half a year studying this Dongpo pork.

Now even if it is not amazing, it should be a taste that can be eaten.

Le Ning carefully took a piece from the corner with a knife, and put the stewed and steamed braised pork into his mouth with his own chopsticks. Thoughtful——

The unique gelatinous taste of pigskin is very elastic after being processed, and the fat in the middle is almost non-existent, like clouds are sent into the mouth, and it seems that what you eat is directly air, but the little bit of taste is negligible It neutralizes the firm, lean flavors of the slow-dipping sauce.

Fat and not greasy.

well.

The expression on Le Ning's face became more relaxed, and he squatted down to look at the color of the piece of meat in front of him. It was as bright red as agate, like a square crimson jade brick, and the top layer of skin was almost translucent. It makes your index finger move.

The color, aroma, and taste are all complete, Le Ning thought about it, now this place is Yao Mansion, these people may be tired of big fish and meat, so even if the braised pork looks very good, but serving it in such a large piece, it will always be delicious. It can make people suspicious.

Le Ning picked up a knife specially designed for handling cooked meat, washed it and dried it, followed the hidden knife marks cut in the meat before stewing the braised pork, and divided this square big red agate into countless small pieces. The thin chopsticks even took the new slender bamboo shoots with great interest, and tied up those square little Dongpo meat again.

Bamboo buds naturally have gradient colors such as light white, light green, and emerald green. It is perfect for matching with sauce-red Dongpo meat from the perspective of color matching.

Le Ning even subconsciously hummed while piercing the meat. She spread the sauce of the previous stew on the bottom of the plate without pouring it out, and put the small piece of Dongpo meat on it again, and it was cooked piece by piece. They all look small and exquisite, and they are extraordinarily unique.

Suddenly, a sentence came from the side:

"You like cooking so much?"

Le Ning was distracted by the sudden sound, the movements of his hands paused, and he couldn't help looking up.

Lu Wanzhen entered the stove again at some point, and stood in front of her stove.

Le Ning was a little puzzled, didn't all the sage books promote "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen"?Why does this His Highness always take an unusual path and show up in the kitchen whenever there is a disagreement?

She froze for a moment before remembering Lu Wanzhen's question: "Yes."

Le Ning is actually not a person who holds grudges too much, especially in this world, except when she is petting cats, she will truly feel happy. At other times, if she is not forced to be anxious, she will rarely have any mood swings.

This also means that after experiencing the time of studying cooking alone from the afternoon to the evening, she has long since forgiven Lu Wanzhen for talking nonsense before.

As a result, Lu Wanzhen suddenly asked again:

"Do you like today's life more, or do you like something richer?"

Le Ning frowned.

What is this weird question?

Who wouldn't love to be born carefree on top of a pile of money?

However, the reality is that most people are constantly eating and waiting to die, intermittently soaring their ambitions, and a small number of players born at the finish line of life feel that life has no pursuit, so they can't help looking for excitement.

So her complexion changed again and again, and finally she could only reply to Lu Wanzhen: "I don't understand what Your Highness means."

Lu Wanzhen simply changed to a straightforward question: "If you could choose, what kind of house would you like to grow up in?"

Le Ning understood.

Isn't this just that some people on Zhihu have nothing to do and ask what kind of life they want to live.

She has her own preferred standard answer at hand:

"You don't need to be very rich, you have both parents, you are in harmony with your relatives, it is best to have a brother or sister who can take care of each other with me, no one in the family will be seriously ill, you don't have to borrow money, and you won't be trapped by money."

"I don't have to be top-notch, I just need to be mediocre. I have one or two hobbies, and I can enjoy myself. It's great to be lucky enough to have a love. If I don't meet it, it's okay. I can raise a raccoon slave as a pet, or I can find another one." With a dog as a companion, food and clothing do not need to be expensive on weekdays, you can cook by yourself in your spare time, and you can go to nearby restaurants when you are busy, that’s enough.”

The most commendable thing in the world is the ordinary.

But the mediocrity that can avoid most disasters is the most difficult.

Lu Wanzhen heard such remarks for the first time.

The people she saw since she was a child, no one is superior, and no one wants to be top-notch. In the officialdom, everyone broke their necks for high positions, and in the court, everyone broke their heads in order to serve better masters.

Even if it is a government school, the scholars are still stabbing their butts for the hard-won Enke.

Rather...

Some people have no interest in these things.

Lu Wanzhen felt that it was novel, but also a little helpless. She expected a hundred or a thousand answers, but it was a pity that she couldn't match the brains of modern people.

"It's just that?" Lu Wanzhen asked again, although she had already found the answer from Le Ning's expression.

Le Ning knew that the future Ninth Five-Year Lord would probably look down on her being so unmotivated, so she just shrugged and replied:

"Don't tell me this is so common. How many people in the world have lost their parents at birth? And suffered disasters after they grow up?"

Especially in ancient times, Dali was surrounded by foreign tribes, and the wars with foreign tribes from time to time were very different from the modern peaceful environment, not to mention that the country was helpless against natural disasters such as floods and earthquakes.

The backward level of medical care and education means that once many people get sick, the probability of being cured is very low, and the low level of education makes many people spend their whole lives in a daze, and they don’t even have the idea of ​​​​what to do. .

The life that Le Ning said can still make a bunch of social animals envious in modern times, let alone this Dali?

Lu Wanzhen was surprised at first, but after tasting it carefully, he realized how unusual it was.

She was born as a nobleman, so she naturally knows what it means to be rich beyond ordinary people. Now that she is a prince, she will face the disaster of killing her body constantly. In the future, she will bear the responsibility of this society, not only worrying about her own safety, but also caring for the people of the world safety.

If she were a princess, she might be born equally wealthy, but she might be used as a marriage partner in the future to strengthen the relationship between Dali and foreign races, and she would wander in a foreign land all her life and never return.

If she is an ordinary person...

Maybe even growing up safely is a luxury, either like Le Ning, he will be handed over by his parents, or if there is a possibility of a flood, let her bury him directly.

Lu Wanzhen smiled softly, and said to her:

"You are... enviable."

The emotions in those words were a bit complicated, and Le Ning didn't understand at first.

Envy is serious?

I am a student who happily cultivates immortals every day in modern times and stays up late to play with mobile phones. When I came to ancient times and met parents without conscience, I was forced to learn to cook first, and then forced to marry. How can I be enviable?

Seeing that her expression was different, Lu Wanzhen paused, then changed his words again:

"I'm not saying you're living right now."

"I mean your idea is commendable."

Of course, her envy is really envy.

Lu Wanzhen thought, if Le Ning had never been lost from Duke Lu's mansion, she might be able to enjoy all the favors that Duke Lu's mansion gave her, even now...

She has been lost for so many years, and if Duke Lu's mansion really finds her back, I'm afraid she will only hold her in the palm of her hand, so she can have whatever she wants.

In Lu Guogong's mansion, Le Ning's biological parents are all present, the family is harmonious, and there are brothers and sisters. Now she also has one or two hobbies. If she likes to cook, with the Lu family's ability, maybe she can make the best of Wang'an Street The bustling storefront was given to her, and she was left to toss about it.

When she thinks of women's clothing, she can be a pretty lady, and when she thinks of men's clothing, she doesn't have to be restrained by anyone.

Lu Wanzhen was a little envious, and felt that this person really deserved to live like this.

So, Lu Wanzhen thought about it, and said to her seriously:

"You will get what you want."

This is one of the few words that Lu Wanzhen rarely said that sounded very friendly during the past few days when the two of them got along. Thinking of the bad parents, Le Ning was noncommittal, and only said to Lu Wanzhen:

"Your Highness doesn't need to comfort me, I am quite satisfied with my life now."

No more annoying parents, no one can interfere with her life anymore, that's all.

Lu Wanzhen looked at her carefully again. For some reason, she thought that if Le Ning was really in her position one day, she might show a "troublesome" look, thinking of ways to stay away from the court all day long.

I really don't know whether this childhood experience is a blessing or a curse for Le Ning.

She shook off the thoughts in her mind, and raised her chin to Le Ning:

"Is this the dish you have been tossing about all afternoon?"

Finally, when he mentioned what he was good at, Le Ning's expression became much more relaxed, and he even said to her happily: "Yes, Your Highness, don't look at it with so much fat, you will definitely like it if you taste it."

Lu Wanzhen frowned, and didn't bother to reach for the chopsticks, so he only slightly opened his lips to her.

Perhaps it was because of the good atmosphere at the moment, Le Ning was holding the chopsticks in his hand, seeing her hint, he moved his wrist accordingly, took a small piece of braised pork and passed it to Lu Wanzhen's lips.

Lu Wanzhen resisted the urge to frown at the sight of fat, and calmly took the piece of meat into his mouth.

She hesitated whether to swallow it directly, or take two bites deliberately.

But seeing Le Ning looking at her expectantly, she still managed to save face, moved her cheeks, and when her teeth bit down on the first bite, her expression relaxed a bit.

Well, not bad.

Le Ning knows that she has been in the palace all day long, not to mention chicken, duck, cattle and sheep, even venison and tiger meat. Rare birds and beasts are undoubtedly eaten by these princes and nobles. I heard that they sometimes eat goose in pursuit of excessive freshness. The geese are carefully fed for some time, and then find an iron plate to heat the bottom, let the geese run on it and die, and taste it as the freshest goose meat.

Le Ning didn't like this approach.

She felt so cruel.

Just like some people in the later generations deliberately looking for strange ways to eat, like to taste monkey brains, cat meat and so on, it was difficult for her to accept.

She had already noticed that Lu Wanzhen seemed to be a little resistant to this meat, so she was not sure whether he liked it or not.

Now seeing the other party's micro-expression relaxed a little, he then breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Wanzhen swallowed the food in his mouth, raised his eyes and saw her looking at him carefully without blinking, and couldn't help smiling:

"Am I good-looking?"

Longman:"……"

Here we go again, the three sentences are not correct.

But there is really no other answer to this question, Le Ning answered honestly: "It looks good."

Hearing her praise, Lu Wanzhen bent her lips in satisfaction, and hinted: "Don't you want to praise me carefully?"

Longman:"……"

See a doctor, please.

Le Ning didn't dare to use any misleading poems to belittle the prince's appearance, so he held back for a long time before replying: "His Royal Highness is so radiant that others will feel ashamed of himself."

After Lu Wanzhen tasted it, he barely felt it was okay, so his mood became a little brighter.

She nodded slightly to Le Ning, and exchanged courtesy with her: "You are not bad, too."

Le Ning murmured: "...Thank Your Highness for the compliment."

Lu Wanzhen listened to her talking one after another, and suddenly felt a little unfamiliar. Thinking of the time when the other party ignored his own thoughts and insisted on naming him Zhima a long time ago, he suddenly felt that it was necessary to introduce his name seriously, no matter from the perspective of acquaintance, or Or, from the perspective of husband and wife——

"My name is Lu Wanzhen."

Le Ning didn't expect that she would introduce her name suddenly, but as a commoner, he didn't know the prince's name, so although he nodded in surprise, he still called him "His Royal Highness".

Lu Wanzhen didn't say anything after hearing this.

……

night.

Le Ning still stayed in her courtyard with Lu Wanzhen, it was still a day before seeing Mrs. Yao, but there was a little difference.

Lu Wanzhen ordered someone to send a copy of Le Ning's Dongpo meat to his wife. Similarly, the dishes prepared by the family for Mrs. Yao were also sent to Lu Wanzhen's courtyard.

Therefore, although Le Ning only made some simple cold dishes, and the accompanying vegetable dishes and soup, she didn't have to worry about it anymore, Le Ning was very satisfied.

After eating, Lu Wanzhen seemed to have something to deal with, and she disappeared in the courtyard. Le Ning wandered in the backyard and disappeared, and then swayed on the small swing. Seeing the vine flowers on it, she thought for a long time, she thought :

If only this kind of grapes would be great.

It can not only shade and avoid the heat, but also pick and taste when it is ripe and fruitful. It is simply killing two birds with one stone.

She swayed on the swing, then looked at the floor and wanted to play a grid, but couldn't find anything like chalk for a long time, so she had to give up and simply changed her digestion activity to scrubbing the cat.

The poor sesame immediately fell into Le Ning's devil's palm, and she carefully wiped every corner of her hair with a cloth. The appearance of the cat dropped sharply.

Le Ning laughed straight, and Sesame, who understood the meaning, slapped his face with water, so that Le Ning could only find someone to ask if there was any place to take a bath here.

The servant thought for a while, and asked her a special question: "There is a secluded hot spring in the back mountain, Mr. Le Lang, would you like to take a dip?"

This Yao Mansion is located in a slightly remote place in Wang'an, in a corner of the capital, with mountains outside, and there is a hot spring behind the horse farm, which is an excellent place to relax.

When Le Ning heard that there was a hot spring, he couldn't help but his eyes lit up.

She asked for confirmation: "Can someone go usually?"

The servant shook his head and said: "Your Majesty doesn't go back to the mansion, and Madam doesn't go there very often, only invite guests there occasionally."

Le Ning nodded, happily packed his clothes and went to the place pointed by the servant.

Since no one is in this hot spring, and she happens to be able to enjoy this treatment, then she is not welcome!

Holding the clothes and walking to the back hill, Le Ning could feel the humidity in the air rushing towards her face, and even the temperature around her had risen a little, she suddenly regretted——

Why soak in hot springs on a hot day?

Wouldn't this add fuel to the fire? !

Le Ning hesitated for a while, and decided to go in and have a look. If there is no one inside and the environment is not bad, then he can think about it by himself.

Half an hour later, she saw the small pool in the center surrounded by layers of rockery. The pool was billowing with mist, giving a faint feeling of being in a fairyland. There was a primitive water drop timer on the side, and countless bamboo tubes interlocked up and down. , Whenever the water storage capacity of a bamboo tube is full, it will be automatically buckled to the next bamboo tube, making a "da" sound.

Around the edge of the pool were trees with long vines in the distance, and a circle of unknown small flowers swayed nearby, and Le Ning's heart began to waver.

Especially after the petals of the little white flower went up and down in the pool, Le Ning decided:

There are hot springs everywhere, but hot spring petal baths are different!

Seeing no one around, she put her clothes on a clean stone somewhere in the fog, and went to the pool to try the water. After getting used to the heat, she stretched her legs first, and then slowly soaked herself go in.

The warmth spread into every pore of her, Le Ning was soon sweated, she said to herself:

Just soak for half an hour!

It's like a sauna when it's hot!

Le Ning soaked a towel in cold water and stuck it on his forehead, and sat down comfortably on a stone that was not too hot, and hummed in the pool with his eyes closed.

I don't know how long after-

There was a slight movement of water waves being brushed away.

Le Ning woke up from that extremely comfortable state, and suddenly felt that someone was approaching, but she was a little weak from soaking, and she wanted to stand up but didn't.

She opened her eyes and was about to get up, but her feet stepped on the gap between two stones, and she twisted just right, she let out a cry of surprise, and sank into the water.

The moment she fell into the water, a pair of hands passed under her armpits and lifted her up. The visitor said helplessly:

"Can this scare too?"

It was Lu Wanzhen's voice.

After finishing the matter, she wanted to come to the back mountain to relax, but when she got closer, she realized that there was someone inside. She easily guessed who the person was inside, and wanted to wait for the person to go in before going in, but she immediately heard the panicked sound of the person falling into the water.

As a result, she could only move quickly with light work, so as not to let people drink too much water.

Le Ning had just been lifted out of the water, his mouth was full of choked sulfur-flavored hot water, he was coughing badly, his face was flushed, his hands and feet were dancing uncontrollably, and he grabbed wherever he could.

As a result, this catch——

Lu Wanzhen couldn't help but gasped.

Le Ning still didn't notice it, five fingers slid down from Lu Wanzhen's neck, from her chest to her waist, and then closed her claws to grab her belt. Lu Wanzhen's neck was flushed, but she let her scratch it. He patted the person on the back lightly, helped her calm down, and cursed in a low voice:

"It's a cat, it has such sharp claws."

He was clearly swearing, but his voice was softer than ever.

Le Ning finally woke up from the earth-shattering cough, and stared at Lu Wanzhen shyly and angrily, as if telling her, if you hadn't made a sudden movement, I wouldn't have fallen into the water in fright.

Lu Wanzhen seemed to not understand her eyes, and said to her with a smile:

"Okay? Do you remember what you just did?"

Le Ning's face was blank.

Lu Wanzhen kindly showed her his neck.

Le Ning saw the four vertical red paw prints on the top, and immediately blushed, and began to apologize: "Your Highness, Your Highness, forgive me—"

"Forget about this injury."

Lu Wanzhen shook her head, helped her stand firmly, and said, "But you not only scratched my neck, you also touched my chest and my waist."

Le Ning: "..." That action just now can't be called touching, can it?

Lu Wanzhen turned around and asked her with a smile:

"If you let me touch it back, I will spare you, how about it?"