Cheongbiden Hall.

Princess Yihe hurried over with a stack of papers. Seeing Wei Qian sitting on a chair eating crabs slowly, she couldn't help but be annoyed: "Sister-in-law is really a nobleman, after tossing a large group of us to be busy, you are hiding here by yourself." ”

Throwing aside the information ordered by Wei Qian, the eldest princess sat next to Wei Qian.

Wei Qian pushed the plate: "The fresh crab sent by your imperial brother from Taihu Lake, you can taste it." ”

Wei Qian broke the Nine Water Pan Dragon Formation, and Situ Yunshun went south. Because of the abundant aquatic products of Taihu Lake, Situ Yun directly packed it and sent it back to the palace.

"If you think it's good, go back and bring some back." Situ Yun sent too many back at once, and the water quality was different and gradually died, Wei Qian sent fresh crabs to the women outside every day these days to show his favor.

Princess Yihe swept slightly, and Wei Qian placed four crabs in front of her. The first is crab stuffed orange, orange digging meat, crab meat and crab paste are placed in the orange, mixed with wine, water and vinegar and steamed. The first is to wash the hand crab, chop the raw crab, take the material and marinate, and can be eaten raw. One is a steamed crab sprinkled with finely chopped basil leaves. The first is crab skewer meat, and the golden egg rolls are neatly arranged.

"Sister-in-law, it's not good for your health to eat these cold things all day long." Princess Yihe couldn't help frowning, Wei Qian has never been pregnant so far, maybe it has something to do with her eating habits.

Hearing this, Wei Qian smiled: "What dietary taboos do you know this little girl?" ”

"Why don't you understand? My sister ordered Mr. Du to write a recipe, who doesn't know the taboo of these women's families? ”

Du You, a female doctor from a family of Xinglin. was valued by Wei Qian as an official in the palace. Over the years, Wei Qian ordered her and Concubine Wen to compile a book on female doctors, which was designed to treat women's diseases, and set up a book on dietary taboos and sent them out. There is a special women's study in Beijing to explain, and over time to avoid some people's plans to use personal harm to others.

This is a merit that has been passed down to future generations, so Du Youcai was listed as one of the "four concubines", with the name of chrysanthemum and the way of medicine.

"Why, you've heard of all middle school girls?"

"I've heard it twice, and I've benefited a lot. I also bought a few books from my sister-in-law. "Mentioning this, Princess Yihe has to admire Wei Qian, this imperial sister-in-law's ability to make money is first-class.

Wei Qian doesn't like to dress up, doesn't like to use all kinds of luxury things, and the only habit like being born in a rich family is to eat.

Wei Qian is very picky about eating, and spends the most among the concubines. At the beginning, some people used this to scold her for extravagance and ridicule her like Yang Guifei. As a result, Wei Qian said lightly: "Then from now on, the palace will pay for the food and drink by yourself, and you don't need to prepare it in the Tingshang Food Bureau." ”

How much can Wei Qian eat in a month?

Wei Qian has a lot of commercial businesses under his name, and all kinds of food are completely self-sufficient, and they are purchased at cost price. Where is the windfall profit like Shang Shi Bureau?

The largest orchard in China, Meifuzi Garden, is Wei Qian's. Although Jinling is now occupied by the Tongyuan Sect, Wei Qian's orchard industry has been greatly hit, but the trade in the north can still make tens of thousands of net profits every year.

This lady is picky about eating, opening her own restaurant, cultivating her own orchard, vigorously promoting agriculture, and researching various ways to eat sweet potatoes and corn. From the palace to the people, eliminate the people's resistance.

Even the maidens in the palace eat these foods, which means that these foods are okay, and they should taste very good?

It is precisely because Wei Qian used herself as propaganda that mangoes, sweet potatoes, pineapples, coconuts and other things quickly became popular among the nobles, and then spread to the people's homes.

Heard about coconut milk beauty? Buy, buy, buy! The wives and ladies of the major families have bought them at high prices. just wants to maintain Wei Qian's ageless appearance.

Heard that mango ice drink is a summer fashion? Do it, do it! The wives of each family ordered someone to buy mango ice cubes and learn how to make it at home.

Wei Qian alone used the convenience of the palace to promote the fashion atmosphere of the nobles. Combining fashion with his orchard fruits, the orchard business is booming.

In addition, now Wei Qian's people who are almost thirty years old do not look old at all. The ladies of each family deeply suspected that this was related to Wei Qian's diet. There have been many orders to enter the palace openly and secretly to inquire about Wei Qian's recipes.

Seeing this opportunity, Wei Qian wrote a book to compile "Concubine Mei's Recipe". And there are already several restaurants in Chang'an City that blatantly use "Concubine Mei" as a gimmick. Of course, behind these restaurants is Wei Qian.

If Gu Zhenzhen is famous for "industry", Concubine Wen is famous for her female education and reputation, and Du You has left a deep mark in Xinglin with her medical skills. So in addition to Concubine Mei's influence on politics, the other biggest influence is eating.

Wei Qian promoted agriculture, developed orchards, and established restaurants to greatly improve the living standards and quality of the people. Moreover, Su zhì was educated, and gradually introduced the taboo of food to the people, and made it into a song and ballad.

If you find a younger woman in Chang'an City, you can talk about a few dietary taboos.

"My sister-in-law is old, don't eat too much of these things from the cold palace. Concentrating on recuperating the body and giving birth to a dragon son is a serious matter. ”

"What are you afraid of?" Wei Qian doesn't care about the so-called "cold things", where can these things hurt her body?

"I specially let people steam the crab first, then cool it with ice, and then pour sesame oil and spices, which will not hurt the body too much. As for this steamed crab, I sprinkled perilla leaves to relieve the cold, you can rest assured. As for the amount, you can drink a bowl of ginger soup after a meal to suppress the cold. ”

Seeing this, Princess Yihe carefully picked up an orange cup and tasted it.

There is no doubt about the food at Wei Qian's place, and the chefs with the highest skills in the country are here. "Concubine Mei's Recipe" has been spread from the palace to the outside of the palace.

"Try my lottery again." Wei Qian smiled and gave the Yihe princess a cloth.

Signing a roll refers to signing a dish. It's not the kind of meat skewers that are skewered with bamboo skewers. Instead, a bamboo skewer is used as a curtain, and an egg is used as a cake to roll crab claw meat, celery, and ganxun ding, and slowly cut into an egg roll shape, similar to Toei sushi.

Princess Yihe slightly clamped two chopsticks, felt that it tasted good, and continued to eat a few pieces.

"If you feel good, I'll ask you to bring you a few boxes back, and you and Ying'er eat slowly."

At this time, Hongchun had already recorded the files sent by each family.

Wei Qian chose the crown princess with great fanfare, and asked the ladies and wives of each family to choose the right person.

"This is a state affair, this palace has lived in the deep palace for a long time and does not distinguish between right and wrong, and all the orders can be taken by the virtuous, and there is no limit to the number of people."

The people recommended by each wife let the red toon be listed together, and there are many duplicates among them.

Looking at Wei Qian's actions, Princess Yihe asked suspiciously: "In the early years, I watched the ladies in the palace pick up the papers, nothing more than from the perspective of net worth, face, and conduct. Sister-in-law, it's ......."

Wei Qian glanced at it and pointed to the name of one of the people: "You see, the daughter of the Liu scholar's family has been recommended by the twelve families separately, which shows the power and connections of the Liu family." ”

Let Hongchun write it down, and then Wei Qian continued to look through other people's recommendations. In addition to recommending the same person from multiple companies, it also clarifies the relationship network between different people recommended by each family.

"The crown princess is the future queen and affects the interests of all families. Each family picks people, so naturally they look for it from their own family first. If there is no one at home, choose the home of relatives and relatives, and then choose the home of allies. Wei Qian said leisurely: "Now just from the list sent by these people, you can see the various forces. ”

Watching the leopard in the tube, sister-in-law is sorting out the relationship between the interests of the DPRK and China?

Princess Yihe was secretly awe-inspiring when she saw the woman's calculating network. Now that the crown prince is getting older, and Situ Yun is not in the palace, it is not good for Wei Qian to come forward to inquire about the government. However, with the information on these candidates for the crown princess sent by the edicts, Wei Qian can grasp the tendencies of various housekeepers and the network of contacts.

"In the end, the person who came down from the situation with the imperial brother." Princess Yihe had mixed feelings. While their father was still alive, Situ Yun and Wei Qian lowered their heads and lowered their eyebrows and carefully served by the emperor's side.

From this, both of them learned a lot of statecraft. Wei Qian and Situ Yun are from the same source, and they are also very similar in style.

"This style of gathering intelligence under other pretenses is exactly the same as that of the imperial brother. The next step is to eradicate dissidents from these people? ”

This is what Situ Yun does most often.

Wei Qian picked a few sketches on the copy: "Yihe, go back and check what these families have done recently." ”

Yihe took the copywriting and saw that almost all of them were families that had risen in recent years, and there was a tendency to break the balance of Chang'an City.

"Sister-in-law wants to press it?"

"At present, it is better to be quiet than to move."

Wei Qian then opened the case file of Princess Yihe, who collected the information of each daughter, compared it with other women, and selected a suitable candidate for the crown princess.

In just one hour, the first round of screening was completed, and only thirty portraits remained.

"It's done, these are slowly being studied."

Choosing the crown princess is not an easy job, in addition to the preparation of the dowry, ceremonies, etc., at present, Wei Qian Liping summoned Zhu Zhiming, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to personally inquire about the preparations for the princess's ceremony.

It took half a month, but before it was tossed here, the north began to make trouble again. The army went south to fight the autumn wind, and the Great Khan personally led the troops, claiming to bring Wei Qian back to be a footwasher.

Suddenly, the court was in an uproar.

Even the old scholars who were hostile to Wei Qian were angry: "The northern barbarians are not the sons of man!" ”

A few years ago, the situation of peace talks was just set, and now he openly tore up the agreement, not to mention, he still wants to bring the lady in the palace back to be a cheap slave? This is a slap in the face!

"Fight! You're going to fight, that's going to be the battle! The prince's face was flushed with anger, and he stood in front of the dragon throne and gave the order to prepare for battle.

This time, the imperial court had already prepared and quickly organized a large army to meet the battle.

Wei Qian secretly recruited Wei Ying: "You are worried at home, I shouldn't have looked for you." But your brother-in-law and I have anticipated what is happening today, and we want to teach the north a lesson by your hand. ”

"Before your brother-in-law went south, he left 3,000 elite soldiers near Lishan."

"Three thousand elite soldiers? Could it be my brother-in-law's three thousand yellow light horses? Wei Ying was shocked: "Didn't those people follow their brother-in-law south early?" ”

"Nominally, he went south, and secretly stayed near Lishan and waited for the opportunity. I am responsible for the supply of grain and grass in the name of the firm. That's what happened today. When your mother died, you are worried at home, and you are not an official in the court, so it will not attract people's eyes. You take three thousand light cavalry to bypass the northern army and attack from behind the steppe. ”

"This matter is difficult, and your brother-in-law and I can only rely on you."

Wei Ying was already holding back his anger when he heard that the Great Khan wanted to kidnap his sister, but he had no military power and could not participate in the war to take revenge, so how could he give up now that he had the opportunity?

Go down and prepare.

And when Princess Yihe heard this, she also followed closely. pestered Wei Ying to join the army in disguised as a man, and the husband and wife led the troops quietly north.