Food for the people

Lu Jincheng's carriage had already turned around and ran towards West Street quickly.

Sanqi was sitting in front of the carriage, and when turning a corner, she glanced at the back, and saw Miss Wenfu's carriage stopped by the side of the road, and then slowly headed for the palace.

Sanqi sighed for Miss Wen in his heart, and thought: It's not good to like anyone, but he just likes his prince. Unfortunately, his prince has his own heart, and it's useless to like him no matter how much he likes.

"My lord, Miss Wen has already left, should we go to West Street?"

Lu Jincheng didn't want to see Wen Wanjun, so he ordered the driver to detour and let them go first. Now that they have left, they should turn the car back. Jin Cheng hooked his heart, his mind was moved, and his emotions had already taken a step ahead of his rationality and said: "Go."

Sanqi moved his mouth, wanting to remind him that time is running out, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything. His prince has a clear heart and never needs him to talk too much, so he said it now, and Lu Jincheng might not listen.

So Sanqi glanced at the coachman and said, "Let's go, you've been there several times, don't need me to guide you."

The coachman nodded obediently, and didn't dare to ask more about the master's affairs. With a swipe of his whip, he turned a corner and went to West Street.

Qiao Yu also didn't sleep well all night, and the amount of information was overloaded the first day. He was dreaming all night, and woke up several times in one night. He didn't remember any dreams, but he seemed to remember Lu Jincheng.

Qiao Yu didn't have much energy to get up and take a shower, only feeling dizzy.

Qiao Ling woke up earlier than him, and cooked the porridge according to the method he taught.

Seeing his listless look, he immediately ran over and reached out to touch his forehead.

No fever, normal body temperature.

Then he breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Brother, what's the matter? Why are you listless? You scared me, I thought you were sick."

Qiao Yu said: "Don't worry, I'm not sick, I'm much better now, haven't you noticed?"

This is the truth. Qiao Sheng was like a walking medicine pot in the winter, his whole body was almost soaked in the medicine juice, and there was a lingering smell of medicine everywhere, but it didn't work. I get fever, and when I get hot, I feel exhausted, and I can't even get out of bed.And now that the whole winter has passed, Qiao Yu has never been sick again, and he has already performed exceptionally well.

"I just see that your complexion is a little bad." Qiao Ling said.

Qiao Yu couldn't help being a little embarrassed when he heard this, he couldn't just say that the reason for his poor complexion was that he didn't sleep well, and that he didn't sleep well because he was dreaming all night, and the dream was because... Lu Jincheng yesterday...

Qiao Yu couldn't say it, so he could only say concisely: "It's nothing, it's just that I had a dream last night and didn't sleep well."

The little angel Qiao Ling didn't ask him what the dream was, and continued to help with the work with a hum.

Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

Qiao Yu happened to be standing by the side of the woodshed, so he went up and opened the door, only to see the person who had repeatedly appeared in his dreams last night appeared in front of him again, and asked with a smile, "But did you dream about me?"

Qiao Yu: ...

Where did this person come from? Didn't he say he won't be here today?

"Well, I don't count what I say, and I want to see you today."

Prince Yan seemed to know what Qiao Yu wanted to say, so he flirted flirtatiously, and blocked what Qiao Yu wanted to say with one sentence.

Qiao Yu opened his mouth and said, "So...do you want breakfast?"

Lu Jincheng: ...

The ambiguous atmosphere disappeared in an instant, and the smile on Lu Jincheng's face froze for a few seconds, then he smiled deeper and said, "No, I just stopped by to have a look at you, and I'm leaving now."

After finishing speaking, before Qiao Yu could react, he stretched out his hand to touch the base of his ear. Seeing that Qiao Yu's ears seemed to be turning red with color, he gave Qiao Yu a satisfied look and got into the carriage.

Then Sanqi jumped out of the car, holding an oiled paper bag in his hand, ran to Qiao Yu with an unconcealable smile on his face, handed the oiled paper bag to Qiao Yu, and said, "When the master passed by the shop on the street, I was asked to go down and buy it, and I didn't say who it was for, but when I thought about it, I knew it must be for Mr. Qiao."

After finishing speaking, he also imitated his master and ran into the carriage. The coachman looked at his words carefully, waved his whip, and drove the carriage away.

Qiao Yu stood there for a long while without reacting, and couldn't believe that this person really came here to tease him.

After a long while, he blushed, rubbed his ears, closed the courtyard door and went back to the kitchen with a tangled expression.

Qiao Ling was cracking eggs into a bowl when he saw him coming back alone and asked, "Brother, who's here?"

Qiao Yu still couldn't speak, he hesitated and said, "That Mr. Yan."

Qiao Ling was a little strange: "Come here so early? Brother, do you want to make his breakfast?"

Qiao Yu: ...

The brainwave frequencies of the two brothers were surprisingly the same, Qiao Yu couldn't laugh or cry, waved his hands and said: "No, we don't need to make our own breakfast, he even brought something."

Qiao Ling was even more puzzled, then why did Mr. Yan come here so early in the morning?Are you here to deliver something to your brother?

This Mr. Yan has a good relationship with his brother.

Qiao Ling couldn't help but think of Qiao Sheng. Qiao Sheng was in poor health and was too rigid. Although he liked his brother very much, in fact Qiao Sheng didn't have any friends.

So Qiao Ling was very happy to see Qiao Yu so likable, and he didn't feel that his brother was actually too close to that Mr. Yan.

Qiao Ling had already cracked the egg into the bowl, and asked, "Then what about the egg?"

Qiao Yu rolled up his sleeves and washed his hands again, and said, "It's okay, let's fry an omelette, it's just right to eat with porridge."

Qiao Yu chopped up diced green onion and fried an omelet, put it on a plate to serve the porridge, and opened the oiled paper bag Sanqi gave him. It was a small oiled paper bag, but it contained quite a lot of things.

They were all early varieties that Qiao Yu was fairly familiar with.

There are two white and fat rice buns, two cakes, and four cylindrical rice balls. I don't know what is inside, but there is a smell of meat.

Qiao Yu took out the things one by one, put them on a plate and brought them to the table.

As soon as Qiao Ling saw the rice ball, his eyes lit up, and he said, "I have eaten this before. Xiangmanyuan's rice balls are filled with smoked rabbit meat. Dad bought them for me before. They are delicious, but there are a lot of them. People, it’s not very easy to buy.”

Qiao Yu became interested when he heard this, isn't this a mutant sushi?I don't know how it tastes.

Qiao Yu took one for Qiao Ling, and took a taste of another for himself. The rice on the outside was soft and chewy, and the aroma of the meat inside overflowed after one bite. Sure enough, it was wrapped with a large piece of bacon, and the meat was smoked just right. , not dry or firewood, but also with a scent of pines and cypresses that seem to be absent.

Qiao Yu was much more amazed than last time when Qiao Ling said it was delicious and laughed.

"Not bad, delicious." Qiao Yu nodded and said.

Qiao Ling opened his eyes and looked at him while eating: "Can brother do it?"

Qiao Yu thought for a while: "I know how to bacon, but everyone's bacon recipe is not the same, I may not be able to make exactly the same taste, but it should be no problem to make rice balls, if you want to eat, Next time, brother will make it for you at home."

Qiao Ling narrowed his eyes happily when he heard this, puffed his cheeks and said, "Brother, you are so kind."

Qiao Yu rubbed his head: "That's right, I'm your brother."

Lu Jincheng's carriage slowly drove out of the alley where Qiao Yu's house was located. The sun had slowly risen. Sanqi looked at it, feeling a little anxious.

"Master, the sun is about to rise. The Empress Dowager's breakfast banquet must have already begun. It must be too late for us to go there now."

The Empress Dowager made up her mind to find a concubine for Lu Jincheng, so this banquet was set up as a full-day banquet, and she had to stay in the palace from morning till night.

However, Lu Jincheng will definitely not be with you all day long. After all, the queen mother invites daughters who have not left the cabinet. He will let Lu Jincheng take a look at it from a distance, and then choose the one he likes before making the next step.

Therefore, Lu Jincheng was not in a hurry or nervous at all, and said, "If it's late, it will be late. I'm not in a hurry. What are you in a hurry for?"

Sanqi thought: You must not be in a hurry.The prince of his family is like a mirror in his heart, maybe he deliberately took this opportunity to let the empress dowager dote on him, but his master is the prince, and the empress dowager dotes on him, the queen mother will not say a word about him, he is different, If the empress dowager is annoyed, nothing will happen to his prince, but he will be in trouble.

Sanqi was thinking about crying again, but he heard his prince say in a heavenly voice: "Let's go, go earlier and settle things earlier, I have other things to do."

As if Sanchi had received an amnesty, he hurriedly let the coachman go on his way.

The banquet in the main hall of the Duanyang Palace in the inner courtyard of the palace was already held. The Empress Dowager placed a piece of limp sheet in the hall, and the two aunts Guan Qiusuihe stood beside her to serve her. If it weren't for the fine lines at the corners of the eyes that couldn't be concealed, the face would hardly show much aging.

In front of her, the daughters of all the prefectures sat in a hall, and there was a small table in front of each of them, on which there were all kinds of melons, fruits and pastries, but they were all very light, and there was not a single heavy one.

The daughters of each government sat in front of the Queen Mother according to the lintels of the households from front to back, and the one closest to the Queen Mother seemed to be Wen Wanjun, the daughter of Wen Shangshu.

Looking around these beauties, there are not many who are more beautiful than her, and the few who are more beautiful than her are far inferior to her in terms of family background and talent.

The Empress Dowager glanced from front to back a few times, and she was still most satisfied with Miss Wen Jia in her heart.

"Suihe."

The queen mother glanced at Suihe, then at Wen Wanjun, Suihe nodded, put a plate of lily cakes in front of the queen mother, put it in front of Wen Wanjun, and said: "Miss Wen, try the lily cakes made by the imperial chef. , see if it suits the lady's appetite."

Wen Wanjun smiled lightly, leaned over and bowed to the Queen Mother, and said, "Write the Queen Mother's reward."

Then I wrapped a piece of pastry with a handkerchief, tasted it a little, and said with a happy face: "This lily cake is indeed much more delicious than the ones made at the court lady's house. The court lady dared to ask the queen mother for more. Some, so that I can take it home and give my parents a taste."

Wen Wanjun advances and retreats well, speaks impeccably, without arrogance or impetuosity, and this temperament is also very popular with the Queen Mother.

The queen mother smiled and agreed to her request, then turned her head and asked Guanqiu in a low voice, "Has Yan'er not come yet?"

Guan Qiu replied: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, let the slaves go and have a look."

After a while, she returned to the Empress Dowager and said: "Go back to Madam, the Fourteenth Prince has arrived, but he was called by the emperor just after he arrived, and now he is drinking tea with the emperor in Guangyu Palace."

The queen mother was taken aback when she heard the words, and grabbed a handful of the table with her hand, but she didn't catch anything, and then said: "Okay, I understand, let's go down."

Wen Wanjun was very close, and only heard Guanqiu say that the Fourteenth Prince had arrived, but didn't hear the rest, she was overjoyed, and her fingers subconsciously stirred up the veil tightly.