Chen Lin, who was standing next to him, was in a hurry, it would not be a good thing if the official family and the mother and son were not in harmony.

One is that the official family will be blamed by the courtiers, and the other is that the palace is afraid that it will not be stable, and it is easy to cause trouble.

Chen Lin hurriedly glanced at Fan Yu, intending to let Fan Yu hurry up and play the round, so as not to make the mother and son of the official family unhappy with each other, and the bell must be tied to the bell.

Fan Yu looked at his stepmother, then at Zhao Zhen, and then said: "Official, my mother sees that I am lonely and young, so she favors me. The words of the official's reprimand are reasonable, and when the minister first entered Bianliang, where did he understand these rules. I think that if you live in Beijing for a long time, you will also understand the painstaking efforts of the official family. ”

After saying these words to Zhao Zhen, he turned to his stepmother and said: "My mother doesn't have to blindly protect me, now that the official family has named me a marquis, there are a few people in this world who have such blessings and wealth." Because of my mother, the official family is my brother-in-law. But in the court, the official family is my lord again. Whether it was the righteous brother being reprimanded by the elder brother, or the subordinate being reprimanded by the king, the official family did nothing wrong. My mother didn't want to criticize the official family for me, but she cooled the kindness of the official family. ”

After listening to Fan Yu's words, the expressions of Empress Dowager Li and Zhao Zhen were better. This also made Chen Lin breathe a sigh of relief.

The one who is really relieved is actually Fan Yu, his stepmother is towards himself, and he is not worried. What he is worried about is Zhao Zhen, the official family, if the mother and son are really angry, they will be roast ducks in the smoldering oven if they are caught in the middle, and they can't run away.

Fan Yu's words were round, but they were not the original intention in his heart. If there is a choice, he will break the truth and crumple it, and teach Zhao Zhen a good lesson. It's a pity that it was an official family, and with a wave of his hand, he could fly himself to Hainan Island.

Zhao Zhen saw that Empress Dowager Li's face softened, and at this time he also took the initiative to speak: "Niangniang is my biological mother, and the child's temper also has the shadow of Niangniang." The child wants to come now, and the mother's words are also very reasonable. If I were to choose between the courtiers who did and the ones who did not, of course I would choose the courtiers who did things. It is because such people are willing to act that they make mistakes. In this way, An Lehou will be a person who can make a difference. ”

Empress Dowager Li stretched out her hands, Zhao Zhen shook her left hand, and Fan Yu also reached out to shake her right hand.

Empress Dowager Li held the hands of her righteous son and her parents one by one, and said slowly in a serious voice: "My mother is old, I hope the official family can take care of Yu'er more." I also hope that Yu'er can become a pillar of the official family. Although Yu'er is not my biological child, she is no different from my biological child. Official, don't think I'm protecting Yu'er and being partial to him. If you are an official, you will be responsible for the well-being of all the people in the world, so you have to bear more responsibilities. In ordinary people's homes, most of the parents take care of the child who has no interest. Actually, it's not a preference, it's just more worrying. ”

"Therefore, it's not that my mother doesn't love you, but I'm worried that Yu'er will suffer." Empress Dowager Li is telling the truth from her heart, she took the hands of the two of them, and continued: ". The official family is the meat that fell from my mother's body, how can I not love it? But also because you are an official family, you must have prestige and the bearing of the lord of the world, so my mother has to put away her thoughts of being close and loving. If it weren't for the emperor's family, how could our mother and son have been separated for so many years and couldn't recognize each other. My mother dreamed back at midnight, but she was often woken up by the pain of separation, and she suffered for decades and was painful. But now that I am reunited, my mother only hopes that the official family will come to see me occasionally, and she will be satisfied. After all, in this world, there is still an official family to govern, how can my mother delay you. ”

When Zhao Zhen listened to Empress Dowager Li's words, his heart suddenly felt comfortable, it turned out that Fan Yu was just the child who had no interest, which made him feel secretly refreshed.

But the latter words made him feel sour and blamed himself. Over the years, Niangniang thinks she has suffered a lot, but she rarely mentions it. And he only cares about his own feelings, but he doesn't know his mother's good intentions.

Although Fan Yu became the child who had no interest in the mouth of his stepmother, this good intention really moved Fan Yu. Having said that, in this world, there are few people who can compare, so there is no need to compare.

"Mother, I understand." Zhao Zhen patted the back of Empress Dowager Li's hand and said: "I'm just worried that my mother has been separated from me for many years, and when I see me, the relationship between mother and son has faded, so I am a little jealous of An Lehou." Now that I have listened to my mother's words, I know that my mother also loves me as much. In this way, my heart was calmed down. ”

Fan Yu grabbed his stepmother's other hand and said: "The official family is the flesh of the heart that fell from the mother's body, and the nature of mother and son is difficult to give up. With her mother's heart, she will not love the official family no matter what. ”

"Alright." Empress Dowager Li withdrew her hand, waved her hand at Zhao Zhen and Fan Yu and said, "It's rare for our mother and son to get together, so let's all eat here with me today." ”

"Niangniang, I have asked the imperial chef to make a banquet, and I will send it over later." Zhao Zhen hurriedly said.

Empress Dowager Li nodded and smiled: "The official family is also a filial piety, and Yu'er is the same as you, but my blessing is great." ”

Fan Yu and the official family glanced at each other, but when they saw Zhao Zhen glaring at him, they hurriedly lowered their heads. The heart is good, the official is domineering, what he says is good, but what he does is another set.

At this time, Mr. Ning came in, bowed down and said: "The official family, the queen mother, the imperial kitchen's banquet has also been delivered, please invite the official family, the mother, and An Lehou to eat." ”

Empress Dowager Li smiled: "Just use it here, pass on the meal." ”

Zhao Zhen nodded to Manager Ning and gave permission.

In the palace, Fan Yu basically has no right to speak, and it all depends on the official family and his stepmother.

After the three of them sat down, they saw dozens of palace maids coming in with food boxes and serving plates of delicacies to the table.

This is the first time Fan Yu has observed the imperial meal up close, and there are many dishes that he doesn't recognize, and he can't even see the ingredients used, which is also an eye-opener.

When the official Zhao Zhen saw that Fan Yu was staring at the dishes on the table, he remembered the last time Chen Lin reported to him, An Lehou personally cooked for his mother.

"Niangniang, this is the carp tartch handled by the imperial chef in the palace, which is much more delicate and delicious than the fish tart in the ordinary market." Zhao Zhen stretched out his chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of fish fillet that was as thin as paper and white as snow, and dipped it in the sauce made of fresh oranges, "Niangniang speaks, I'll feed Niangniang a piece." ”

This dish Fan Yu recognizes, sashimi. This kind of fish belly, before the Ming Dynasty, was still a very common banquet dish. There are even people who love to eat fish and chest, to the point of having no joy or happiness.

It's just that in the Southern Song Dynasty, there are health people who try their best to hide it, and eating fish is easy to malaria, so gradually not many people eat it.

In the cyan porcelain plate, under a piece of fish is a piece of white radish, which is cut into thin transparent slices with a knife, stacked on top of each other like waves. Around the fillet of fish on the plate, pour the sauce of fresh orange. Just smelling this smell makes people whet their appetite.

Fan Yu couldn't help but praise: "Official, this dish of fish is elegant and exquisite, with beautiful utensils, beautiful shapes, and beautiful colors, which can be called golden and jade." ”