The longan is smooth and tender, juicy and full of meat, and it must be very delicious. Su Qiang sighed in her heart and put it back on the plate before Shi Shiran stood up and saluted.

Emperor Xuancheng nodded approvingly and smiled: "The prince is frail and sickly, I have wronged you by entrusting him to you to take care of." ”

Su Qiang bent her knees and said: "The concubine has the honor to serve the prince, which is a blessing from the cultivation of three lives, and I dare not talk about grievances." "It's fun to talk about this kind of scene once in a while. Su Qiang secretly admired that she didn't have to hit the manuscript if she lied.

Emperor Xuancheng smiled and motioned for her to sit down, looked at the Queen Mother and said, "The queen mother has chosen a good daughter-in-law for her son, and the son has nothing to be picky about." ”

The Queen Mother looked at Su Qiang with a pleasant face and nodded: "Your Majesty knows people and makes good use of them, and Su Shangshu is Your Majesty's important minister." His daughter can't be wrong. ”

The crown princess, who silently ate longan, said a pity in her heart for the real Miss Shangshufu.

According to the girl's character and talent, she is really suitable to stay in the palace to be in charge of the six palaces and the mother of the world.

And the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor would never have imagined that Su Qiang had already been dropped, this one, just wanted to kill the prince.

Su Qiang raised her head in the warmth of the emperor and the queen mother, and her eyes fell on Emperor Xuancheng over the palace maid pouring wine.

He, is he the one who ordered Cui Wange to be killed?

It is said that the regent is now in charge of the country, and many things are set in the palace. But the emperor couldn't let it all go, after all, he advocated weakening the power of the state government in the first place.

The king wants his ministers to die, and the ministers have to die?

Innocent death, the wish of these people. So what about yourself, leaving behind your relatives and never having peace under the Nine Springs?

I don't!

Su Qiang lowered her head and drank, hiding the coldness in her eyes.

After thinking about it, I heard Emperor Xuancheng gently stroke his palm and say: "I haven't been with my family for a long time, so today I take this opportunity to see what 'spring flavor' you have found for me." After speaking, he looked at the queen and said, "I don't know if this first way starts with the queen." ”

After greeting the Queen Mother and everyone for a long time, I remembered the queen, and obviously had the meaning of being cold. However, the queen was not in a hurry or annoyed, pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't blame the concubines for their clumsy qualifications, they searched around the palace, found two taels of peach blossoms, and made spring cakes to offer." ”

While speaking, a palace maid got up behind the queen, holding a delicate food plate in her hand, and gracefully walked to the emperor's case, and the food plate was taken by the inner attendant.

The gauze cover was opened, and inside were five delicate spring cakes. Each piece is made to be the size of a peach blossom, also in the shape of a peach blossom, and a flower branch is placed in the center of the plate as a decoration between the spring cakes.

Emperor Xuancheng took the hot towel and cleaned his hands, carefully pinched a piece of spring cake, put it next to his lips and smelled it, and said softly: "'Spring is full of peach blossom water, and I don't know where to find the source of immortals. 'Peach blossoms are one of the flavors of spring, and the queen has a heart. ”

As he spoke, he motioned to the waiter to distribute the spring cakes to everyone to taste.

Su Qiang noticed that Emperor Xuancheng himself did not eat it. The queen didn't care, beckoned the concubines to taste, and she pinched one herself and put it in her mouth to taste.

After the queen was the concubine who came in with the emperor, it turned out that she was the biological mother of the third prince Li Lang, Lan Guifei. Su Qiang saw Concubine Lan for the first time, and saw that she was dignified, with a round face, and she was only thirty years old, but she was very calm.

The "spring flavor" she offered was wild vegetables mixed with rose. Compared to the queen, this dish is quite wild, but it does not look elegant enough. However, without waiting for Emperor Xuancheng's comment, the Queen Mother spoke: "A few years ago, I chatted with Concubine Lan, and the mourning family talked about accompanying my sisters to dig spring vegetables when I was young, and said that I missed the taste of the year. I didn't expect Concubine Lan to have a heart and remember this. As he spoke, tears flashed in his eyes, and he couldn't help himself.

Concubine Lan hurriedly got up and saluted: "It's a pity that the concubines can't go out of the palace, but they have searched for these in the palace." ”

In the palace, there has always been a sprinkler and a servant who specializes in pulling out weeds, and it is not easy to find wild vegetables.

Although the Queen Mother was born in the Qinghe County Lord's Mansion, she suffered from a three-year drought when she was young. Now when it comes to the past, everyone thinks of the queen mother's sister who died of a sudden illness due to lack of food. Several concubines approached the Queen Mother and whispered to comfort her, and the Queen Mother slowed down before saying: "The mourning family asked the emperor for this plate of 'spring flavor' to try, I don't know if the emperor is willing or not." ”

Emperor Xuancheng hurriedly stood up in person and brought the plate of wild vegetables that were decorated and arranged casually to the Queen Mother's side. On the way back, she passed Concubine Lan, and glanced at Concubine Lan with deep and appreciative eyes.

A few more concubines offered "spring flavor", and Emperor Xuancheng commented and praised them one by one, and then distributed them to everyone to taste. Emperor Xuancheng liked the elm money rice offered by the regent Li Zhang, took a bite and put it in his mouth, tasted it carefully, and nodded: "'It may not be that the eight treasures lose this taste, but you must know the scenery and the farmer.'" This elm money rice is the 'spring flavor' of ordinary farmers. Zhang'er understands the suffering of the people, and she is very happy. ”

Indeed, these royal nobles are looking for "spring flavor" for freshness and elegance, but for the common people, a bowl of Yuqian rice in spring is a rare delicacy to enjoy with an empty belly in winter.

If you can think of this, you also understand the life of the people.

The regent said respectfully: "My father knows that his sons often lead troops to fight in the north, and every time they return to Beijing, they do so more in the spring. When I entered Shannan Road, I sometimes stayed in the people's homes, and the people's families had nothing to entertain, so they often made a bowl of elm money rice with noodles for their sons. For Erchen, this bowl of rice is the taste of home, the taste of his homeland, and the taste of reunion of relatives. ”

After saying a few words, Emperor Xuancheng nodded again and again, and ate several more mouthfuls of food.

After finishing the meal, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a handkerchief, looked at the county lord Hewei who was sitting next to the regent and said, "I don't know what new things the county lord brought to me." ”

Zheng Shu stood up with a slight smile on his face, bowed deeply, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, don't you ask Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess first?" ”

Su Qiang, who was bowing her head to eat spring cakes, was slightly stunned and raised her head.

Originally, she didn't come according to the grade, but Zheng Shuwei asked like this, but it attracted everyone's attention to her. I'm afraid everyone here is looking at her, and they are all secretly thinking about why the princess is eating back? Isn't the prince marrying a foodie?

Su Qiang simply took a towel and cleaned her hands, looked at Zheng Shuwei and said, "Lord Hewei also said yesterday that the 'spring flavor' he prepared was brought from the south. It just so happens that all of the materials you brought before were made from local sources, so let's take a look at the taste of spring in the south. lest it be long and not fresh. ”

Emperor Xuancheng also bowed his head and agreed.

Zheng Shu whetted everyone's appetite slightly, and finally stroked his palm to let the palace maid who had been waiting behind him carry a case.

The case was not big, but there was a large vat with a wide mouth on it. There was a faint movement in the tank, which attracted everyone to look up.

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