After saying this, Wang Shun's father-in-law stopped selling Guanzi and whispered to Gu Banqin:

"Now the three princes who are outside have returned two, one is King An, and the other is the fifth prince who returned to Beijing with King An. King Yu and King Ping are still on the road and have not yet arrived. ”

Gu Banqin nodded, indicating that she understood, and then asked:

"Are King An and the emperor brothers of the same mother?"

Wang Shun's father-in-law shook his head: "Hui Niangniang, no, His Royal Highness King An was born to the Queen Mother, and the emperor has no brothers and sisters, but there is an elder brother, who is King Yu, three younger brothers, King An, King Ping and the fifth prince." ”

"There are also two sisters, the eldest princess and the third princess, when the emperor was still there, the two princesses lived in the palace, but after the emperor ascended the throne, the two princesses moved out of the palace and did not return to the palace often, but next month's emperor's birthday, they will all enter the palace, and then they will be able to see the mother."

For the detailed introduction of Wang Shun's father-in-law, Gu Banqin felt that she benefited a lot, and asked the last question:

"Then among these princes and princesses, who does the emperor have the best relationship with, do you know?"

After thinking about it, Wang Shun's father-in-law replied to Gu Banqin: "It should be...... Five princes. As early as half a month ago, the emperor personally sent someone to Yangzhou to bring back the five princes. ”

Gu Banqin: ...... It's actually that little fat man? The style of painting is a bit mismatched!

Gu Banqin's syrup is ready-made, only need to be processed and cooled a little, and the flower sugar can be ready, and the next morning, I took three boxes of sugar syrup and a few sweets and pastries to the Taihe Palace.

Bi Geng was on duty today, and after seeing Gu Banqin, he stepped forward to salute.

In the past, Gu Banqin was Jieyu, and with Bi Geng's grade, he didn't have to pay Gu Banqin in his heart, so he was exempted from the number of courtesies, and now that Gu Banqin is rising, he naturally wants to come forward to see the salute, Gu Banqin hurriedly stepped forward to return the salute, and said happily:

"Commander Bi doesn't need to be polite."

Bi Geng's impression of Gu Banqin was very good, he nodded and smiled at her, and Wang Shun's father-in-law walked out of the hall and greeted Gu Banqin:

"Niangniang, the emperor invites you in."

Gu Banqin asked Rencao to hand over a few food boxes in his hand to Wang Shun's father-in-law, and Rencao had a lot of strength in his hands, and he didn't feel hard when he lifted several food boxes, and when he handed them to Wang Shun's father-in-law, Wang Shun's father-in-law couldn't take them away at once.

Bi Geng glanced at the tall Ninja Grass in surprise, and specially asked the two guards to help Wang Shun's father-in-law take the food box in. Then he said to Shinokusa:

"The little girl has a lot of strength."

Ninja grass was a little wooden, looked up at Bi Geng, who was tall and tall, Gu Banqin heard Bi Geng speak, and was just about to cross the threshold, so she stopped and looked back at Ninja grass, and saw that Ninja grass happened to be looking at her, Gu Banqin said with a smile:

"Ninjacao, what about Commander Bi asking you, don't be restrained, just listen to orders."

Ninja grass is a real character, different from the flexibility of catkins and color screens, if Gu Banqin doesn't know, she may really be like a wood and won't communicate with the outside world.

With Gu Banqin's instructions, Shinobu raised her eyes and looked at Bi Geng, who was staring at her with interest.

After Gu Banqin explained, he stepped into the threshold of the Taihe Hall with his skirt, Wang Shun's father-in-law led the way in front, and the two guards took the food box brought by Gu Banqin first.

In the Taihe Palace, Helian Hongyi sat behind the dragon case, and there were two people under him, not Liu Youcheng and them, but a tall, thin and elegant young man and ...... Little fat man.

That tall, thin and elegant young man should be Helian Liangfeng, the king of An, that is, the son of the Queen Mother Fang.

Gu Banqin's impression of him instantly cast a shadow on the Fang family, plus this King An looked polite.

After Gu Banqin entered the door, he saluted Helian Hongyi, Helian Hongyi glanced at her from behind the dragon case, put down the file he was reading, pointed to Helian Liangfeng, and introduced Gu Banqin: "This is King An, and that is the fifth prince." ”

Without waiting for Gu Banqin to act, Helian Liangfeng took the initiative to come forward to say hello, and his expression was so crooked that his scalp tingled: "I heard that there is a peerless beauty around the emperor, and I saw it today, and it really deserves its reputation." ”

Gu Banqin listened to these superficial praises that could no longer be superficial, and was a little embarrassed, glanced at Helian Hongyi, and found that he didn't seem to hear it, so he completely regarded himself as an introducer, and drank tea from the file.

Since Helian Hongyi ignored it, then Gu Banqin had nothing to be polite about, and raised a bright smile at Helian Liangfeng, and said in a delicate and shy voice:

"Where is it, His Royal Highness King An has won the award, and the concubine is just a little more beautiful than the average person, where is the peerless beauty."

An Wang: ...... didn't understand Gu Banqin's straightforwardness, and King An was instantly stunned.

"Ahem."

Helian Hongyi seemed to be a little choked when he drank water, Wang Shun's father-in-law hurriedly sent a handkerchief to wipe him, put down the file and teacup, wiped it, raised his eyes and looked at Gu Banqin, and exhaled helplessly to the side, and then stood up from behind the dragon case, came to King An and Gu Banqin, who was holding his face and looking shy, and said to King An:

"This is Concubine Xian."

King An nodded dumbfounded: "Oh, oh! Yes, yes. ”

After bowing to Gu Banqin, King An's eyes began to be suspicious, he heard that the emperor favored a concubine when he was in the fief, according to King An's understanding of the emperor, the woman who can make the emperor like should be an extremely smart woman.

And I have heard of this from the secret report given to him by the Queen Mother, but now it seems that how do you feel......

It's not like that......

"Third brother, what are you doing in a daze, this adulterous concubine was rude to me yesterday."

The little fat man held a piece of white sugar cake in his mouth and said inarticulately. The appearance of a dwarf winter melon is funny to say.

King An and Helian Hongyi were speechless for a while, but Gu Banqin didn't react in particular, and said bluntly:

"The concubine didn't disrespect His Highness, she just saw that His Highness was well-behaved and cute, and her fleshy face was soft, and she liked it in her heart."

For this shameless adulterous concubine, blatantly saying that she likes herself, the little fat man's face turned red all of a sudden, snorted, twisted his ass and climbed onto the Taishi chair, the two little fat feet swayed, and gave two pieces of white sugar cake to the entrance in anger.

King An was also wondering in his heart, not understanding why such a woman would make the queen mother uneasy.

Liu Youcheng and Tong walked out of the inner hall, holding two stacks of paper in their hands, and handed them to Helian Hongyi, Helian Hongyi pointed to the food box on the side, and said to Liu Youcheng:

"I saw that Liu Youcheng liked to eat the kind of sugar made by Concubine De last time, so I asked Concubine De to make a few more boxes for Liu Youcheng, and when Liu Youcheng went back later, don't forget to take them away."

Liu Youcheng's eyes lit up, looked at Gu Banqin, and hurriedly thanked him: "Emperor Xie is worried about it, there is Concubine Lao Xian." ”

It can be seen that he really likes it, and after thanking Gu Banqin and Helian Hongyi, he walked over to the food boxes pointed by Wang Shun's father-in-law.

Although the little fat man was bold and dared to choke Gu Banqin, he still had a lot of respect for Liu Youcheng, and when he saw him coming, he hurriedly jumped down from the Taishi chair, wiped his hand on his waist, and saluted Liu Youcheng in a strange way, and shouted: Teacher.

Liu Youcheng raised his hand to him and accepted the gift of the little fat man, Wang Shun's father-in-law opened one of the food boxes for Liu Youcheng, and there were really a few ceramic boxes in it, which were specially customized by Gu Banqin and the Inner Ting Division, and were specially used to put the candy she made.

The sugar she made this time was different from the first time, the first time she didn't have much experience, the sugar syrup was not wrapped in a thin layer of rice milk, and the second time she had experience.

Piece by piece of candied syrup lined up, looking at the amber halo in the orange and yellow, Liu Youcheng picked up a box and put it in front of his eyes, as if with a kind of awe of beautiful things, as if what he was holding in his hand at the moment was not an ordinary box of candied syrup, but a box of peerless treasures that he had longed for for a long time.

"The minister eats countless sugars, but I don't know that Niangniang still has such a craft, which is really breathtaking, breathtaking."

Liu Youcheng took a box and praised Gu Banqin like this.

Gu Banqin was a little embarrassed and said with a smile: "Liu Youcheng is too much of a compliment, I'm embarrassed." It's just a very ordinary flower candy, and there's really nothing to praise about. In addition to flower candy, this time I also made a box of watermelon candy by the way, the watermelons in my field have a particularly good harvest this year, some can't be eaten, I simply use it to make boiled sugar, Liu Youcheng can try to eat it. ”

Liu Youcheng listened to Gu Banqin's words, and his eyes lit up again: "Oh? Did the lady make a new breed again? ”

I couldn't wait to walk to the food box, and when Lord Tong saw that Liu Youcheng was so interested, he also leaned over and asked, "Can you give Lao Chen a taste too, is the sugar cake made by Concubine De really so delicious?" ”

Liu Youcheng and Master Tong are frequent visitors to the Taihe Palace, and they have lived together in the army in the past, and they have never been too restrained.

Liu Youcheng glanced down at the sugar box in his hand, hesitated for a moment, handed it to Master Tong, and said:

"Lao Li, you also try it, give it to the emperor, His Royal Highness King An and His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness also try it, it's not that I brag, this kind of sugar made by Concubine Xian Niangniang is much more delicious than what is sold on the market, although it looks hard, but after entering the mouth, it has its own softness, as well as milky fragrance, lotus fragrance, etc., in short, the taste is excellent."

After listening to Liu Youcheng's strong recommendation, Master Tong took a few steps with the porcelain box and handed it to Helian Hongyi.

Helian Hongyi doesn't like sweets, so he waved his hand and said no, and then pointed in the direction of King An, and Lord Tong brought the sugar box to King An again, the corners of King An's mouth twitched slightly, and there seemed to be an embarrassment of going to the wrong set.

However, looking at the orange-yellow sugar syrup in the porcelain box, King An still decided to give the emperor face and try a piece.

Seeing that he was about to peel off the wrapped paper on the surface of the sugar syrup, Gu Banqin hurriedly stopped him and said, "Your Highness, you don't need to peel it, this is rice milk, you can eat it." ”

King An glanced at her, he didn't expect her to be so enthusiastic and active, and after seeing that Lord Tong handed the sugar to His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness two pieces, he put the sugar into his mouth like that, and Wang An did the same, trying to put the sugar in his hand into his mouth.