Chapter 70: Preparation for the Banquet of the Exhausted Man
In the evening, Zhao Yan specially took Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang to the kitchen, and then commanded the nurse and several cooks to make a few dishes with wild boar, including the most famous braised pork, sweet and sour tenderloin, braised pork ribs, etc., in addition to several vegetarian dishes such as fish-flavored eggplant and shredded apples, which are prepared for the banquet the day after tomorrow. ()
The skills of the nurse and several cooks are good, although they only listen to Zhao Yan's explanation, but they also do a decent job, especially their knife work and grasp of the heat are much stronger than Zhao Yan, so although some dishes are not very good, but they are also very delicious, Princess Shoukang is also full of praise for these dishes, Cao Ying also likes those vegetarian dishes very much, and asked the nurse to add these dishes to her usual recipes.
It is not an easy task to prepare a banquet, especially Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang are both top nobles in Tokyo City, so naturally they can't snub each other, so from the next morning, the people in the entire palace courtyard began to be nervously busy.
The whole county king's mansion was noisy from early morning to midnight, and it was not easy to prepare for tomorrow's banquet, but Cao Ying was still not at ease, and dragged Zhao Yan to check it again, Zhao Yan was very complaining about this, because tomorrow's banquet is all women, he can't come forward at all, he can only be entertained by Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang, so this banquet has nothing to do with him, but unfortunately Cao Ying didn't listen at all, the reason was that Princess Shoukang was supposed to accompany her to check, but now Princess Shoukang is lazy to sleep by herself, and she can only pay her debts.
When he met a sister like Princess Shoukang, Zhao Yan could only admit that he was unlucky, and he accompanied Cao Ying around the mansion with a strong fighting spirit, and checked everything that could be used tomorrow, and finally even the main venue of the banquet, that is, the front hall of the other courtyard, was also checked.
Zhao Yan yawned a long time at this time, and then asked blindfoldedly: "Lady, everything has been checked, now I should be able to go back to sleep, right?" ”
"Wait a minute, there's one last thing!" Cao Ying said energetically, she knew that she was going to be busy very late today, so she took a nap during the day, and naturally did not feel sleepy at this time.
"And?" Zhao Yan sighed when he heard this, he was so sleepy now, what he wanted most was to go back to the room and take a big nap.
"Don't worry, husband, this is the last thing, and it's in my room, you can go to your room to sleep after the inspection!" Cao Ying couldn't help but say a little funny when she saw Zhao Yan's sleepy and reluctant appearance, and for some reason, she seemed to like to see Zhao Yan ugly now, of course, it could only be in front of herself, if it was in front of others, she would feel a little heartache.
"Okay." Zhao Yan muttered in a low voice, and then was pulled back to the inner house by Cao Ying, but as soon as he entered Cao Ying's room, he saw a bunch of familiar boxes piled up on the table in the living room, which made Zhao Yan ask a little strangely, "Lady, didn't you discuss giving soap to the ladies in the city before, why are there still a bunch here, do you plan to send it again after the banquet?" ”
There was soap piled up on the table, but Cao Ying replied with a smile when she heard Zhao Yan's words: "Last time, I originally wanted to give it to the ladies in the city, but it was delayed because of the matter of returning to the door, and then I discussed with the third sister to convene the ladies to hold a banquet, so I wanted to take the opportunity of the banquet to send the soap out. ”
Zhao Yan is no longer surprised by Cao Ying's business talent, in addition to talent, a big family woman like Cao Ying has to be educated in financial management since she was a child, after all, according to the habits of the ancients, especially in the house of the noble eunuchs, most of the business in the family is controlled by the hostess, so it is not surprising that Cao Ying has the ability to do so.
At that moment, Cao Ying opened the soap box one by one to check, after all, this thing is going to be given to all the ladies tomorrow, and there must be no mistakes, and even each soap must not be damaged in the slightest, otherwise it will be the people of their palace who will be lost. However, Zhao Yan complained a little: "Lady, just find a confidant to do this kind of trivial matter, why do you want us to check it in person?" ”
"The next person has already checked it, but the nurse and the other housekeepers are very busy, and Mixue has no time, so I can only explain to a few maids to check it, but I still don't worry, I have to check it myself!" Cao Ying said while checking the soap, this is the first banquet she has held since becoming the princess of the county, and she has invited the top lady in Tokyo City, so she must not go on any business trip, otherwise she, the princess of the county, will be ridiculed behind her back.
Zhao Yan was also very helpless when he heard this, so he had to help Cao Ying check it, in fact, checking the soap is also very simple, it is nothing more than opening the soap to see if the soap inside is damaged or something, there are more than 200 boxes of soap prepared here, Cao Ying, Zhao Yan and Mi Xue checked together, in fact, it didn't take long.
Cao Ying checked very seriously, every time she had to take the soap out of the box and look at it carefully to confirm that it was correct before putting it back as it was, and after Cao Ying and Mi Xue checked the last few boxes of soap, the two women rubbed their eyes, although it was not difficult to check the soap, but it was very eye-consuming, especially in the candlelight at night, which made people feel more uncomfortable with their eyes.
"Huh? Why is the county king missing? Mi Xue suddenly exclaimed in surprise at this time, just now the three of them sat around the table to check, and Zhao Yan was sitting next to Cao Ying, but now there were only the two of them at the table, and Zhao Yan had disappeared.
Cao Ying was too attentive just now, and she didn't know when Zhao Yan disappeared, and she stood up in surprise and looked for it in the living room, but there was no trace of Zhao Yan, and then Mi Xue said again: "Princess, is it that the king of the county is too sleepy, so go back to the room to rest first?" ”
"Possibly, let's go and see!" Cao Ying walked out of the room as she spoke, Zhao Yan's room and his room were originally next to each other, so Cao Ying quickly entered Zhao Yan's room, but she only saw the little bean sprouts sleeping soundly in the outer room, but as for Zhao Yan's bed inside, it was still empty.
"It's strange, I was still in the room just now, and I didn't go back to my room, where did my husband go?" Cao Ying's face was also full of doubts at this time, and Mi Xue also couldn't figure it out, but then the two of them thought of something almost at the same time, and exclaimed at the moment, "I see!" ”
I saw Cao Ying and Mi Xue finish speaking, and hurriedly ran out of Zhao Yan's room to return to their room, when they came to Cao Ying's bedroom, sure enough, Zhao Yan was lying on Cao Ying's brocade couch and sleeping soundly, and even snoring slightly, it turned out that Zhao Yan was too sleepy when he checked the soap just now, and he went directly to the bedroom next to the living room to sleep on Cao Ying's bed.
Seeing Zhao Yan on the bed, Cao Ying and Mi Xue were relieved, after all, in the middle of the night, they were really worried that Zhao Yan would suddenly disappear, but then they saw Mi Xue step forward and say, "Princess, I'll send the county king next door to rest." ”
Mi Xue said, bending down to help Zhao Yan up, after all, she knew that Cao Ying liked to be clean, and what she hated the most was that others would touch her bed, let alone a man like Zhao Yan. However, to Mi Xue's great surprise, when she met Zhao Yan, Cao Ying stopped her and said: "Forget it, my husband is also tired, don't wake him up again, let him sleep here, I'll just sleep outside, you go and squeeze with the little bean sprouts!" ”
Mi Xue was stunned when she heard Cao Ying's words, and then showed a ** smile and said, "Yes!" The slave maid helped the king of the county to loosen his clothes, and then went to the princess to clean up the bed! ”
Seeing Mi Xue's strange expression, Cao Ying couldn't help but glance at her angrily and said, "What does the stinky girl think?" If you don't learn well at a young age, see how you will marry in the future? ”
"Hehe, the slave maid and the little bean sprouts are all people who have accompanied the princess and the county king to worship the church, and they will definitely be the people of the county king in the future, and they don't need to marry again at all, but I don't know when the princess will have a round house with the county king, so that I and the little bean sprouts can also help the princess serve the county king!" Mi Xue, this girl is usually used to joking with Cao Ying, and she is bold and dares to say anything.
"Dead Nizi, see if I don't tear your mouth apart!" As soon as Cao Ying heard the word "round house", her face immediately flushed with shame, and she stepped forward to fight with Mi Xue, but Mi Xue screamed in fright and ran out of the room in a few steps to hide. On the bed, Zhao Yan was startled by Mi Xue's scream, but he didn't wake up, but turned over and smacked his lips, and then fell asleep again.
Zhao Yan woke up, but now it was already three poles in the sun, and Cao Ying and Mi Xue were gone, and it was not until he came to the next room to find the little bean sprouts that he knew that Cao Ying and Princess Shoukang got up early this morning to go to the front hall to prepare for the banquet, and even the nurse and the people of the inner house went to the front yard to help, and there were only two people left in the entire inner house, Zhao Yan and Xiao Dou Sprouts, and there was also a dog in the little meat ding, and there was no living thing else.
But there was no one else, it just happened that Zhao Yan hadn't eaten breakfast yet, and the breakfast prepared for him in the kitchen was already cold, so Zhao Yan came to the kitchen with the little bean sprouts, and personally cooked two breakfasts, one for himself, and one for himself The little bean sprouts were usually not allowed to get close to here at all when the nurse was in the kitchen, so as not to lose the identity of the county king.
Just when Zhao Yan had just finished breakfast and was about to take a turn in the front yard before the people invited to the banquet, he didn't expect two acquaintances to come to visit.
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