Chapter 108: Meat Dumplings
When Concubine Lan was busy, an attendant sent a reward from Emperor Tianshui.
Medicinal supplements are not counted, and even pearls and jadeite jewelry have been rewarded a lot, and Concubine Lan is so happy that she waved her hand and rewarded Yulan Hall with a month's worth of money.
As for how the two of them lingered after Emperor Tianshui came to Yulan Hall at night, that is a later story.
Now, Situ Jingshuo, who rushed to the Guozhang Mansion, had no mind to think about whether the emperor would come to Yulan Hall tonight to congratulate his mother.
When Zhou Zichuan, who received the report, came to the study, he saw Situ Jingxuan sweating and walking around the study uneasily.
"What is it that makes you so impatient?"
Seeing Situ Jingxuan's appearance, Zhou Zichuan was also taken aback.
"Grandpa, can you help me analyze this matter......"
As soon as he saw Zhou Zichuan's figure, Situ Jingshuo hurriedly pulled him over, and then told him what had happened.
"Grandpa, you see what the emperor means, does this mean that he knows what we are doing, so how is it good to write it?"
"Well, don't be in a hurry, just sit down and talk."
Stroking his beard, Zhou Zichuan glanced at Situ Jingxuan, then shook his head slightly, and sat down in the chair with a calm face.
"Grandpa?"
Looking at Zhou Zichuan, who was not in a hurry at all, Situ Jingshuo was stunned for a moment, and then put away the impatient expression on his face and sat down with him.
"I've long taught you not to be surprised, but you can't always remember."
Looking at Situ Jingxuan, who had finally calmed down, Zhou Zichuan nodded.
"I don't think you need to be too nervous about the emperor's words, his words today should just remind you not to cross the boundary."
"I think it should be Sun Huairen's matter that involves you, but the emperor shouldn't know that you are the mastermind behind it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have said these things to you today, but would have dealt with you directly. ”
After thinking for a while, Zhou Zichuan analyzed softly.
After listening to Zhou Zichuan's words, Situ Jingxuan, who had calmed down, also thought about it himself, and then nodded in approval.
"What my grandfather said is reasonable, according to his father's temperament, he hates the prince the most for abusing power and co-opting officials, forming parties for personal gain, if he really knows what I do, even if I am the prince, he should not miss family affection."
"Humph! In fact, my father can't blame me, I don't think about family affection and calculate his country, this is also learned from him! Is it the most ruthless emperor's family! ”
With a cold smile, Situ Jingxuan's face was full of fanaticism for power.
"So, my father doesn't know about the things I did, so I'm relieved."
"I think you still have to pay more attention recently, and the rest of the things will be put aside for the time being, and when this time has passed, Emperor Tianshui's attention to you has weakened."
signaling Situ Jingshuo not to take it lightly, Zhou Zichuan reminded him again.
"Since you are already slightly involved in the matter of Sun Huairen now, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not investigate you.
In this way, since the emperor believes in Zixia Daoist so much, then let's have a good relationship with Zixia Daoist. The promise that should be given remains unchanged, and from the side of the Zixia Dao Chief, break through the emperor's defense. ”
After a little hesitation, Zhou Zichuan proposed.
"It's still my grandfather who is powerful, okay, I'll send someone to secretly go out of Anjing and have a good chat with Daoist Zixia."
Knowing that the matter was not as serious as he imagined, Situ Jingshuo finally put his mind at ease.
The two talked secretly together for a long time, and it was not until dinner time that they came out for dinner, and then Situ Jingxuan left the Guozhang Mansion and returned to his prince's mansion, and began to secretly arrange people to prepare for Anjing.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is May.
By this time, the weather had begun to warm up, and a lot of new leaves had grown on the treetops, and the ground was beginning to glow green.
The earth rejuvenates and everything recovers.
People also changed into spring shirts early, and Wu Tianrou was also wearing a goose-yellow spring shirt at this time, directing Cuiqin and the little maids to be busy making zongzi in the small kitchen.
In a few days, it will be the Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, although the Wu family's big kitchen will also prepare a lot of delicious zongzi, but Wu Tianrou still wants her family to taste her zongzi.
She is now directing the maids to wrap the rice dumplings, which are the meat dumplings she had eaten in her previous life, and it is said that they are a practice that has been passed down from Otogi Province.
The fat and thin pork belly is marinated with seasoning, and then wrapped in glutinous rice and wrapped in boiled dumpling leaves.
When the rice dumplings are cooked, the gravy and lard flow into the glutinous rice, making the glutinous rice oily and full, and it tastes even more fragrant, which is more refreshing than the traditional sweet rice dumplings made of various preserved fruits.
After directing in the kitchen for a long time, it was not until Cuiqin and the others began to become proficient that Wu Tianrou withdrew from the kitchen and returned to the room.
"Miss is tired, it's been more than an hour in the kitchen, hurry up and drink tea to moisten your throat."
Helping Wu Tianrou to sit on the chair, Wu's mother hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for her.
"It's okay, but I didn't expect the kitchen to be so hot, but it made me sweat all over. Cuizhi, arrange a bath for me. ”
After taking a sip of tea, Wu Tianrou smiled at Mother Wu, and hurriedly instructed Cuizhi.
"Okay, miss, the slave will arrange it immediately."
After being instructed, Cuizhi hurriedly went out to prepare hot water.
"Mother Wu, what has happened to Cuixue in the past few months?"
After a break, Wu Tianrou suddenly asked Cui Xue, who didn't pay attention.
"Again, nothing useful about the young lady has been touched by her. She can be regarded as honest, she has only run to Miss Cousin's side twice in the past few months. ”
Although Wu Tianrou hadn't asked Cuixue for a long time, Wu's mother did not relax her surveillance of Cuixue.
"Now that our Yunxiang Courtyard is impregnable, what are we doing with Cui Xue, a slave who is a traitor?
According to the old slave's wishes, simply find a reason for her and sell her. ”
"Mother Wu, Cui Xue is still useful in keeping it. I'm prepared to keep her and let her do what works when it's most useful. ”
With a faint smile, Wu Tianrou didn't explain much.
It happened that Cuizhi also took the rough maid to prepare the bath water, so Wu Tianrou entered the bath room and began to bathe under the service of Cuiping and Cuizhi.
Soaking in the hot water at the right temperature, Wu Tianrou sighed comfortably, and then closed her eyes.
The last month can be said to be the most comfortable day for Wu Tianrou, first of all, there is no harassment from Situ Jingxuan, which makes Wu Tianrou a lot easier.
Then Prince Jin Mingchi returned to China, and the two countries also officially submitted a letter of peace, and before he returned to China, he also made a special effort to apologize to Wu Tianrou.
Although their affairs have not been made public, there are still a few people who know about them, so Jin Mingchi still feels that he has hurt Wu Tianrou.
Wu Tianrou, who didn't feel hurt, forgave Jin Mingchi very generously, and now he received a friendship from the gilded country.
In the end, Wu Tingcheng is Wu Tingcheng, I don't know for what purpose, in short, she has been very honest recently, which also makes Wu Tingrou a lot easier.
There are not so many troubles, Wu Tianrou is also in a good mood, this is the reason why she remembered the meat dumplings she had eaten in her previous life, so there was the scene before, where she commanded everyone to make meat dumplings in the kitchen. (To be continued.) )