Cui Ling has always been a doer who does what he says.

After discussing with the county lord of Yining, she asked Gorou to invite Ji Du to come to the house tomorrow as a guest.

On the way back to Shengjing from the northwest, when she was bored in her spare time, she also had an idle conversation with Jidu.

Once, Ji Du inadvertently mentioned that the concubine who was a former Rouran Khan had pretended to be sick with medicine in order to frame Queen Ji.

As a result, the former Great Khan really fell for the trick, scolded Queen Ji fiercely, and took away the phoenix seal of her harem.

Queen Ji was unwilling, and finally found out that Concubine Fang had used a strange pill, and after eating it, her pulse would be disturbed, and she looked like she was seriously ill.

Faced with conclusive evidence, the former Great Khan had no choice but to return the phoenix seal to Queen Ji, but because of his favoritism for the side concubine, he did not punish her.

Cui Ling remembered that at that time, she was also curious to ask, is this medicine harmful to the body.

Ji Du said that it was only temporarily called a weak pulse disorder, but in fact, he was still a healthy person inside, anyway, after the side concubine fell ill, she didn't leave any sequelae at all, and she was still tossing and turning.

She thought, it is a three-point poison, and when she gets the medicine from Ji Du, she still has to call the reliable Mrs. Wang to test it before it can be used.

But the premise is to get that kind of medicine, at least to know some information.

Therefore, she plans to cook a delicious meal tomorrow and feast Ji Du, and it is good to get the news from him.

Gorou was a little jealous, he still couldn't completely let go of Ji Du, the man who had kidnapped and coveted his wife, and always felt that it was best not to have anything to do with this person.

He pouted. "The covenant with Rouran has been signed. Lord Kito should be returning to China in the next few days. I'm afraid I'm packing up. ”

There is a lot of meaning in the words not to disturb people to pack and go home.

Cui Ling glared at him, "What kind of dry vinegar do you eat, I said that I had something to ask him!" ”

She said to Wulang again what she had discussed with the county lord of Yining during the day, "The county lord is not in good health, let's go to the palace and ask Yue'er to come back, isn't this an excuse that is no matter how good it is?" ”

Even the county lord of Yining thinks it is feasible, so this thing can still be done.

Gorou said. "You two also think about politics too simply, since Empress Jiang is determined to keep Yue'er, with her ability, how can she easily let you succeed?"

Over the years, the emperor has been hidden behind him, and Empress Jiang has done many angry things in front of her, and she has never missed.

Cui Ling also knows that it is a little difficult to get Yue'er back, but no matter how difficult it is, how can she know that it can't be done if she doesn't do it?

Her attitude is also very firm, "No matter what. Always give it a try. In this world, there is no such thing as a mother who is seriously ill and has to force her daughter to stay in the palace and not let her go home to serve the sick. ”

It seems to convince yourself. She nodded and said, "Yes, as long as you can get people out first, can you stay at home from now on, you can think again." ”

Even Empress Jiang has her own weaknesses.

She didn't care what her reputation was among the noblewomen, whether others thought she was cold-blooded, or whether they hated her troubles, these were not within her consideration.

But she cares what the people think of her, and what the history books will say about her in the future.

Therefore, Cui Ling thought that if the county lord's illness was to be made a big fuss, even if Queen Jiang was unwilling, she would have to let Yue'er out of the palace.

Gorou couldn't resist his wife, and after thinking about it again, he felt that it would be okay to give it a try, so he had no choice but to respond.

As soon as Ji Du heard that Cui Ling invited him to dinner, of course he raised his hands and feet and agreed.

These days, he has been living in the State Post House in the Sheng Dynasty, which specializes in entertaining distinguished guests and foreign guests, and the living conditions are good, but the food is not good.

Fortunately, there is Shi Xiaosi.

On the way to Shengjing from the northwest, he and Shi Xiaosi formed a deep friendship, and after arriving in Shengjing City, Shi Xiaosi did not abandon him.

He often followed Shi Xiaosi out to eat in the restaurant, and he almost ate the food of the entire Shengjing City.

Two days ago, a spicy restaurant on East Street opened, and he also went, and finally tasted the taste he had not seen for a long time.

It's just that this kind of delicacy is still far from what Cui Ling made.

As soon as Ji Du thought that he could be lucky enough to eat the side dishes made by Grandma Yuan Wu again, he felt very moved and happy, and naturally agreed to come down busily.

When he came, his hands were not empty, and he brought a heavy gift.

Among a large number of gifts, there is a pair of finely carved high-grade mutton fat jade pendants, which are the best goods of Bao Fang Zhai, and the value is very expensive.

Cui Ling said with a smile, "I'm just cooking a simple home-cooked meal, and you can pay a little too much for this meal." ”

Well, in fact, for the sake of convenience and simplicity, she didn't plan to stir-fry, and prepared a simple hot pot.

Ji Du laughed, "The money for the meal is over there, and this jade pendant is what I want to give to the baby who is about to be born." ”

He pinched his fingers and counted, "When the babies were born, I had already returned to Rouran, but anyway, I watched them grow up in your belly day by day, this congratulatory gift, you can't be stingy." ”

This was said ambiguously, and sure enough, Gorou listened to it and was very useless.

He snorted coldly, "Master Ji, I am a state of etiquette, and I don't speak as casually as Rouran. It is better not to say such things in the future, lest it be disturbed by others. ”

Kidu is used to Gorou's distreatment of him, and he even enjoys blowing Gorou's beard and glaring at him angrily.

Therefore, after hearing Gorou's words, he didn't care at all, but raised his eyebrows at Gorou happily.

Gorou was very angry, but this person was personally invited to the door, and everyone came, so he couldn't drive people away anymore.

Besides, I haven't heard about the medicine yet.

He had no choice but to endure it, and put aside his face to look at Ji Du's annoying old face.

Cui Ling saw that the two of them seemed to be wrong, so she didn't deal with them from beginning to end, and she wasn't annoyed.

Anyway, Ji Du is about to leave, and these two people will not be able to fight together in the future, and there will be no other intersection.

She smiled and said, "Today, I am greedy for convenience, and I asked Master Liu to make hot pot." ”

She stuck out her tongue, "Actually, I suddenly wanted to eat this recently, it just so happens that the weather is not hot today, and I can't eat it when it's too hot in a few days." ”

In her previous life, because of heating and air conditioning, Cui Ling often ate hot pot in the summer and ice cream in the winter.

But not now, ice cubes are expensive, even if the Yuan family has money, they can't use ice extravagantly, so it's better to forget about eating hot pot on a hot day.

Ji Du's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Hot pot? ”

Cui Ling hurriedly said, "Lord Jidu, don't think this is a new thing, as soon as I say it, you will understand, that is, throw all the dishes into the hot pot, and then take them out and eat them." ”

As a senior foodie, you must always have some understanding of the history of food.

She knows that hot pot is not exclusive to modern talents, as early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, people made a special tripod, put the food into it layer by layer to cook, called Wen Ding, and later dynasties, there are new changes.

Although the Dasheng Dynasty is not the era in her memory, since the customs and culture are so the same, there are already people who want to come to this hot pot.

Sure enough, as soon as she explained so simply, Ji Du understood.

"Oh, it's a warm furnace," he said. ”

Rouran is located in the northwest, the winter is long and cold, the people often use a big ding to boil the soup, and then pour the food into it, so that not only can keep the food warm, but also everyone eats together.

However, Ji Du is still looking forward to Cui Ling's craftsmanship.

After a period of time together, he felt that this woman's hand had the magic power to turn decay into magic, even if it was a bowl of noodles through her guidance, it could make a different flavor, let alone a warm furnace?

Cui Ling smiled, and asked Master Liu to send the pot first.

The pot is made in order to conform to the habit of sharing food among the people of the Sheng Dynasty, and is made according to the small pot used in the previous life, but the size is slightly larger, because there is no gas and no alcohol to burn cotton in modern times, so it can only be burned with charcoal.

At the bottom is the charcoal burning place, each with eight vents, and at the top is a frying pan, which is of the right depth.

In the small pot sent by Master Liu, the base soup was already contained.

The soup stewed for half a day with codonopsis, yellow essence, red dates, wolfberries and ginger slices with pork knuckle, plus green onion and pepper, with freshly cut beef and mutton slices and all kinds of fresh vegetables, has achieved a fragrant and delicious small hot pot.

The dipping sauce is made in three servings, spicy, spicy, and oil-guzzling.

Cui Ling explained while demonstrating, "Because I have been conditioning my body recently, I often eat medicinal food, and this Codonopsis pork knuckle pot is actually a kind of medicinal diet, which can nourish the spleen and kidneys, nourish blood and qi." ”

She is pregnant with twins, and although she is greedy, for the sake of the child, many foods must be studied before eating.

Therefore, whether it is a plain list of medicinal food, as well as the recipe of today's small hot pot, they are all used by the experienced old lady Wang first, and his old man said that there is no problem, so she dares to eat it boldly with confidence.

Ji is a rough man, he doesn't care about what to nourish the spleen and kidneys, blood and qi, and he doesn't understand.

All he cared about was that the soup was too delicious, the pork shabu was so tender that it melted in the mouth, and each of these dipping sauces had a special flavor, jumping on the tip of his tongue, and the taste was so good that he wanted to cry.

And these leafy greens, with a sweet taste, it's amazing!

You must know that the northwest is dry and cold, and there are very few green leafy vegetables, and the season that can be eaten is very short, and there are not many types.

So at this moment, Ji Du felt that he was going to be intoxicated, he was really drunk and drunk!

Cui Ling saw that he was eating very happily, and felt that the heat was about the same, so he asked with a smile, "Actually, I invited Lord Ji Du to come here today, not because I coveted your generous gift, but because I wanted to ask for something." (To be continued......)