When Shen Zhan arrived at Xuande Palace, Song Mier was enjoying dinner.

On weekdays, the harem concubines all use the Shang Shi Bureau, and the emperor uses the imperial dining room and the Shang Shi Bureau, but the Queen Mother, the Empress, the Imperial Concubine and the four concubines all have their own small kitchens, and the rest of the concubines, unless the emperor speaks, can only use the meals of the Shang Shi Bureau according to the position of the concubines.

Song Mier's meal was the second meal she used in the small kitchen, and the first meal she cooked by herself, made a lot of pastries, and shared them with everyone, so she came to the interest of cooking.

Back at home, Song Mier often cooks. The Song family in her father's generation, no more than other families, how strict the requirements for their children are, often laissez-faire, when other young ladies have to write "Female Training" and "Female Commandments" silently, Song Mier often follows the eldest brother and second brother to climb the tree and go to the house, or follow the sisters to dress their clothes strangely, think of some unique ways to trick their parents, cooking is a common thing. At first, it was for fun, taking advantage of the fact that the kitchen directors did not pay attention, adding some spices to the dishes, often eating the father and mother and brother crying and laughing, either so spicy that the eldest brother almost vomited out, or the mother cried, once the younger brother ate a bowl of particularly delicious soup, after eating, only to know that they put the leftovers that had been stored for a long time in it, and began to have diarrhea after eating, and the five sisters were punished to serve as the younger brother's maids for three whole days, serving him until he recovered. Since then, the other daughters of the Song family have lost interest in the kitchen and have turned to play elsewhere, but Song Mier seems to be on the same page as the kitchen, and she goes to the kitchen when she has nothing to do, but she has practiced good cooking skills.

Since Song Mier figured it out, he was no longer depressed before, and the whole person became lively again, except for carrying the shelf outside, he went back to his dormitory, he did whatever he wanted, and he didn't care about the private entanglements of the concubines, nor did he ask Shen Zhan where he went to sleep at night, as soon as he returned to the dormitory for a short rest, he went into the kitchen, and followed the chef of the small kitchen to make pastries for an afternoon. I just thought of a few dishes that I hadn't cooked before, so I changed my clothes and went to the kitchen again. The head chef of the kitchen has been calm and calm from the beginning to now, even if Song Mier wants to pick up a knife and cut vegetables.

Today's table on Song Mier's table is only five dishes, two meats, two vegetables and one soup, accompanied by a few snacks. A meat dish is fish, the name is like honey, first the fish bones and fish bones are all shaved off, the fish meat is mashed, mixed with egg whites, poured plum wine, after marinating, the fish is stacked into uniform and neat slices, brushed with a layer of honey and steamed in the pot, steamed to ** cooked, poured with special sauce, sprinkled with green onions, and finally poured with boiling oil, this dish is almost done, the key is that the sauce is made of pork bones, black chicken, shrimp and shellfish respectively, the soup is condensed, squeezed the rice pepper of Shu tribute and added it, and finally poured a soaking oil, It looks like there is no color, but the essence of plum wine, honey, chili pepper and soup stock are all absorbed by the fish, the meat is delicious, and there are no fish bones, it is obviously spicy, but there is the sweetness of honey and the fragrance of plum wine in the end, when Song Mier is at home, he can eat two bowls of rice with this dish.

The second dish is called cherry meat, it was originally a favorite dish of a concubine in the previous dynasty, and a lot of changes have been made so far, to Song Mier, she replaced the original pork loin with pork loin, cut it into thin diced meat and blanched it, use the cherries that are still left in the ice cellar under the eyes to remove the pit, stuff the shrimp meat into the cherries, put it in the ceramic jar, enter the pre-soaked Ming Dynasty Longjing, just over the top of the cherries, simmer slowly over low heat, add a little rock sugar and refined salt on the way, stew until the cherries are crispy, the soup is golden red, and it looks delicious. The sweetness of the cherry overcomes the fat of the pork, a cherry is put into the mouth and bites, the juice is overflowing, the minced meat is chewy, the cherry is sweet, and it is mixed with the tea fragrance to go fishy, and it will not let the sweetness of the cherry cover the fragrance of the pork, the color and flavor are complete, which makes people's appetite move.

There are two vegetarian dishes left, one is made of egg skin in the shape of a purse, which is wrapped in fried shiitake mushrooms, magnolia and corn, and eaten with dipping sauce, and the other is cabbage in soup, and the clear water soup base is actually a broth made of pork bones, pheasant, abalone, and sea cucumber, and the other soup is tofu soup, winter melon candied fruit, pine nut lily crisp, lotus leaf jasmine glutinous rice cakes, and honey honey honeycomb cake.

Song Mier sat upright at the table, personally took the dish in the hand of the maid, and arranged it according to the color type, because it was his own cooking, from the selection of dishes to the preparation of his own participation, Xuande Palace can now access the kitchen and his own are his own people, so he doesn't have to worry about poisoning and other things, he retired from the palace, Song Mier locked himself in the side hall of the dormitory, picked up the ivory chopstick, Song Mier first sandwiched a piece of cherry meat, melted in the mouth, delicious! Song Mier's eyes narrowed when he ate.

"Zitong, this is eating alone." Song Mier was eating happily when Shen Zhanyin's voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Ahem, ahem...... Water. Song Mier, who had just put a piece of fish meat in his mouth, was directly frightened.

"Shen Zhan!" After drinking the water handed by Shen Zhan himself, Song Mi'er eased up for a while, and stared at him with raised eyebrows: "You don't know that I'm eating fish!" If a thorn gets stuck, you'll lose my life! ”

Shen Zhan, who was originally smiling, immediately sank his face when he heard this, and grabbed Song Mier's arm: "What nonsense!" ”

Song Mier pouted dissatisfiedly, "Obviously, you scared me first!" ”

Shen Zhan glanced at her relaxed look, and he felt a lot more relaxed, "Okay, okay, it's okay to count me wrong." Even the name and surname are called, not 'Brother Emperor'? Shen Zhan looked at Song Mier with a smile.

"Do you want to eat this, I made it myself! Emperor! Emperor! Elder brother! Elder brother! Song Mier smiled like a little fox, but deliberately gritted his teeth.

"Zitong made it himself?" Shen Zhan raised his eyebrows, "Then I have to try it." After saying that, the palace people guarding the door came up with a pair of chopsticks and put a piece of fish meat in his mouth, a trace of surprise flashed in Shen Zhan's eyes, and then he looked funny, "This is what you said about thorns?" “

Song Mier's eyes rolled: "What I said in case, I didn't say it now!" How's it going, is it delicious? ”

Song Mier stared at Shen Zhan's expression a little nervously, and when Shen Zhan turned his head, he pretended to look sideways inadvertently.

Shen Zhan deliberately paused for a while before slowly dipping the brocade pad into the corner of his mouth, "It's not bad, it's a little worse than the one in the imperial dining room." After speaking, he slowly took a purse, put it in his mouth and took a bite of it, frowned and looked at what was inside, half a sound echoed the taste, and smiled: "This is interesting, but the corn is too sweet and not spicy." ”

While talking and laughing, Shen Zhan and Song Mier unconsciously swept away all the four dishes, one soup and pastries, Song Mier was full of food and drink and spread out on the seat, touching his stomach and sighing: "It's delicious." ”

Shen Zhan looked at Song Mi'er lying on his stomach as if he had been pulled a bone, smiled, and said word by word: "Mi'er, you have also worked hard during this time. “

Song Mi'er's body trembled, and he tried his best to sit up straight in the chair, his eyes kept observing Shen Zhan's expression, and he recalled the tone of his speech just now, making sure that he was sighing seriously and sincerely, not hinting at something. Unconsciously relieved, he lowered his eyelashes: "Fortunately, the queen mother has taught me a lot, and His Majesty and the queen mother have given me help, and I can do things very smoothly." ”

Shen Zhan saw that she had become respectful again, resumed his honorifics, frowned almost invisibly, and slowed down his tone: "I have just ascended the throne, there are too many things in the court, is there a place in the harem that I can't take care of, if you have any problems, send someone to me, don't hold it alone, you know, you are my wife who sacrificed heaven and earth, worshiped the Taimiao, and performed the Zhou ceremony, and the big and small affairs in the palace must be handled by you, and you will do it, I can rest assured." ”

Song Mi'er was stunned when he heard this, and after half a sound, he raised his head and smiled at Shen Zhan, "Your Majesty, don't worry, Mi'er will take care of the harem, I have already sent the imperial doctor to see Rou Guiji, and the sisters and sisters in the harem are also very happy to get together today." As he spoke, he smiled sweetly at Shen Zhan.

Shen Zhan's heart trembled, and he raised his hand to stroke Song Mi'er's forehead: "Mi'er, I mean, the affairs of the harem, as long as it does not involve the court and outside the palace walls, you can follow your own wishes, you don't have to wronged yourself, you are the wife I asked to marry, I didn't marry you to make you unhappy." ”

Shen Zhan felt that there was nothing wrong with Song Mi'er's words, and she also smiled sweetly, but she just felt that something was wrong, which made her heart not very refreshing, as for what was wrong, Shen Zhan didn't calm down and think about it carefully, so she had to raise her hand and stroke Song Mi'er and say a call, and then looked at Song Mi'er quietly.

"I know," Song Mi'er raised his eyes after a moment's silence, the corners of his mouth rose, and his voice became more and more sweet: "I'm very powerful, don't you know that Brother Emperor, yesterday the concubine was cheated by me for a long time." ”

Shen Zhan looked at Song Mi'er's smile, obviously smiling brightly, but he always wanted her to stop laughing, and his heart was sour: "Mi'er, I ......" but didn't know what to say, Shen Zhan closed his eyes and sighed, "Mi'er, I always think of the things we made trouble in the palace when we were children, and I always remember it vividly, as if it happened yesterday." ”

Shen Zhan tried to use childhood memories to evoke happy things between the two. Although he said to Bo Yin that he should always let his queen be able to be alone, instead of living only by the love of his childhood, but he really wanted to force Song Mier to be a virtuous and virtuous queen, Shen Zhan couldn't bear to let the once smart, bold and lively Song Mier disappear in this harem like this, and forced her not to rely on herself a while ago, forcing her to recognize the fact of being a queen, but now seeing Song Mier dignified and respectful, he regrets it. But if you do it again, you'll probably still do that, after all, what you need is someone who can support your harem like your mother, not a childhood sweetheart's sister.

Song Mi'er folded her hands on her skirt, her eyes drooping and she didn't know what she was thinking, and Shen Zhan didn't speak, looking at her quietly.

Song Mier's heart also seemed to be at war between heaven and man, and what he had figured out in the morning was now chaotic again. In the morning, she was thinking, just be a queen and take care of the harem, she and her father can see what Shen Zhan, the new emperor, wants to do when he ascends the throne, she doesn't believe that other families and courtiers can't see clearly, but the power in her hands is not so easy to let go, her father has the intention of retreating bravely, but what is in the court is that it is not said that the resignation will be resigned, the disciples under the door, the ministers who are good friends, the factions of the Qingliu nobles, all kinds of chaos, must not be easily handed over and retreat.

So my father is waiting, waiting for an opportunity, during this period, my father will maneuver around, and he will protect his interests in order to "protect his interests", but there are some things that cannot be said between monarchs and ministers, Shen Zhan does not fully trust his father, even if he says it, Shen Zhan will not really believe it.

So I live in Xuande Palace well, I don't let go when I should add fuel to the fire, I don't let go when I should retreat from the back, the friendship of childhood is a very distant thing, so what I can guarantee is that the Song family must not have anything, my father, mother, brothers and sisters must not have anything, and Shen Zhan will pardon his life in the end with the short-lived friendship when he was a child.

But he didn't expect that Shen Zhan would be kind and intrusive when he thought he could think clearly, and mentioned that the two of them had a very happy life when they were young.

Song Mier felt like he was between two whirlpools, and it was not a good thing to decide which one to fall into.

So she thought and thought, thought for a moment, and then opened her mouth with a deep sense of concern.

"I know, I will be your queen well," Song Mi'er tilted his head and smiled at Shen Zhanwan'er, "Just because the emperor's brother still speaks to me now as 'you and me', I understand that the emperor's brother must have me in his heart." How we were in the past, how we are now. I won't hold myself back anymore, I'll be fine, but you also have to believe in me, if one day, I hurt someone else, that person will hurt me first. ”

Song Mier's last sentence was a little firm.

Shen Zhan must have understood the meaning of her words in his heart, and then breathed a long sigh of relief, as if he had solved a big problem.

Everyone else is easy to do, and the person in front of you ...... Shen Zhan shook Song Mier's hand, lowered his eyebrows and smiled: "Qingqing, I will believe you, you." Shen Zhan paused, and added in a difficult tone that Song Mier couldn't detect, "You also believe me." ”

Song Mi'er was shaken hands, and his cheeks were a little red for a while, Shen Zhan saw it, raised his eyebrows slightly, and for a while, many feelings came to his heart, but he didn't know what he was feeling, and he wanted to be sure of something, his heart jumped slightly, and he immediately leaned over and whispered in Song Mier's ear, "It's not too early, Zitong, let's settle it early." ”