Empress Cao smiled and asked, "Is the palace fun?" ”

Liu Yan wrenched his hand and indexed: "The flowers are beautiful, the fish are delicious, and the soup spring is comfortable to soak." Let's go back to the queen mother next time and have a good time for a few days. It's been raining in the palace for the past few days, so I don't have to go out. "In fact, whether it is flowers or fish, there is no shortage of palaces in the palace, but there is no such thing in the capital.

Empress Cao didn't know when she would be free, but if her daughter said so, of course she wouldn't be disappointed.

"Okay, let's go together next time. The dining room has made two new dishes these days, and you will try them later, and I don't know if they are to your taste. ”

That's certainly to taste.

One is braised pig's trotters.

It is said that there will be no such dishes in the palace, after all, pig's trotters, pig's tail, pig's water or something, these bits and pieces cannot be put on the imperial meal list, nor can they be presented to the masters. But the old Liu family is not so particular, what is noble and cheap to eat? Where is the comparison between bear's paw and pig's trotters?

It's delicious.

This pig's trotters are so marinated that it's called a fragrant! As soon as the lid was lifted, the rich aroma of meat immediately came out, and there was no need to bite into it, and when it was put into the mouth, the pork skin, meat and tendons seemed to melt, and the thick and thick soup was so sticky that the upper and lower lips were going to stick together.

Empress Cao smiled and looked at Liu Yan holding a pig's trotter and gnawing there.

Of course, this food is not good-looking, but Queen Cao is full of joy when she sees it, and she feeds her vegetables from time to time.

"Try this, this too."

"Take a sip of soup and don't choke."

Another dish is stewed bamboo shoots with shiitake mushrooms.

This dish is not unusual, you can order this dish in any restaurant, but this time the food is different from before.

It is very fresh and fragrant. The mushrooms are particularly smooth and tender, the bamboo shoots are so crispy, and the mouth is full of fragrant when you chew it, which is delicious and refreshing.

"How? It tastes so good. ”

Empress Cao also had to take care of housework in her early years, but cooking in the countryside was not so particular, as long as she could eat enough, as for how to make exquisite dishes, she really didn't have the leisure to ponder.

However, although Empress Cao didn't know how to make this dish, she could guess it.

It must be in the ingredients and process to work hard, just listen to the name of the dish is an ordinary vegetarian dish, but the ingredients must not be shabby, what hen soup, ham, scallops do not know how much to put. Empress Cao also heard that the people in the dining room thought of a lot of ideas to improve the freshness, using minced fish, shrimp powder, sea vegetables and so on to add flavor to ordinary dishes.

To say...... This dish is indeed extravagant, which is inconsistent with Empress Cao's usual simple style.

But as long as the child likes to eat, be extravagant.

When Liu Yan was about to return to Dongyuan, the emperor came, and looked at his wife and daughter who greeted him outside the Yilan Palace, and the emperor also showed a smile on his face.

"Don't stand outside, get inside."

Although the sun has gone down, the heat on the ground is not full, and the emperor came from the Qinzheng Palace, and he was sweating while sitting on his chariot.

As soon as the emperor came, Liu Yan was not busy going back, and the mother and daughter who had already eaten would accompany the emperor to eat together.

The emperor also grabbed the pig's trotters with his hands and gnawed them with his hands, and in the blink of an eye, he finished gnawing one, sucking the bones and saying, "This is well done," and ordered people to pour wine.

The size of the pig's trotters is uniform, a small pottery bowl is filled with five or six, the emperor gnaws a pig's trotters on a mouthful of wine, it doesn't take much effort to gnaw the pig's trotters, the palace people bring water to wash their hands, and then serve the meal to eat.

Liu Yan is really breathtaking.

She felt almost half full after eating a pig's trotter, her father's appetite and appetite were really unconvinced, is this also the place where the Son of Heaven is different from ordinary people? What a capable person can't...... I can eat it.

The mushroom shoot slices were also presented again, but the emperor didn't like this very much, so he ate a few bites, but poured the duck soup into the bowl, and stopped the whole mouth of the rice from snoring.

After dinner, the emperor and Empress Cao usually had to walk around the garden behind the Yilan Palace, and Liu Yan didn't follow to get in the way.

The father is busy, and the queen mother can't be idle day by day, and the time for the two of them to talk heart-to-heart is only the short time before falling asleep after dinner.

Liu Yan doesn't think she's too smart, but she's not stupid enough to be that.

The next day, Liu Yan sent out the things he brought back from the palace.

In the past, when I was young, others didn't count the number of courtesies, but now I can't use my young age as an excuse. Wang Concubine and Chen Meiren both sent a copy, and although the brothers were no longer in the palace, they couldn't miss it. There is also a gift for Liu Wen and their sister and brother, and the things are not expensive, but they are just a little expression.

As a result, I heard that Liu Wen beat Liu Qi in the second half of the day.

The reason is because of what Liu Yan sent.

What Liu Yan brought back from the palace were some lotus seed mushrooms, bamboo root carving ornaments and knick-knacks.

Among them, there is a small wave drum made of bamboo, the sound is crisp, only half a palm's size, and it is very exquisitely made.

Liu Qi seems to like this wave drum very much, carries it in his arms, and touches it from time to time when he writes, and takes it out to play with it.

As a result, Liu Wen saw it outside the window, went in and grabbed the wave drum and threw it on the ground, and took a ring ruler to hit Liu Qi's palm.

If Liu Qi obediently let him fight, things may be simpler.

The bean soup said, "...... After all, it's not once or twice, I heard that the county lord can be strict with his younger brother, and he is ordered to make him energetic, but how can a child not be playful? I sat in the study for most of the day, but I was afraid that the adults would not be able to sit still. The county master is fighting, and Young Master Qi is also in a hurry, so he hides. As a result, the county lord of Naqi chased after him and beat him, and the head of the ring ruler may be pumped on his face, and his eyes are so swollen that he can't open them. ”

Liu Fang asked on the side: "Are your eyes okay?" ”

"The doctor went to see it, and said that the eye injury was not serious, there was no major problem, and it was just to recuperate, although the face was swollen, fortunately there was no broken skin, and there should be no scars."

Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good." ”

When the bean soup retreated, Liu Fang frowned and said, "Liu Wen's temper is too short-tempered, but she is more like her mother." ”

Speaking of the Zhu family, she is no longer there, and it is not appropriate to say that her rights and wrongs are not appropriate, but there are no outsiders at the moment, and Liu Fang has no scruples.

There were not many people who liked her when the Zhu family was alive, her temper was pungent and tricky, and she had done it with the eldest prince, Liu Fang had seen a scratch on the eldest prince's neck before, although she tried her best to cover it up, she could still see the clues, but it wasn't Zhu's doing.

Looking at Liu Wen's style now, he beats and scolds his younger brother at every turn, and his temper is anxious and bad, which is really exactly the same as the Zhu family.

"Let's go back and see."

They are aunts, and they live together in Dongyuan, so it is more convenient for them to visit than others.

But Liu Fang said: "When you visit, you really have to be careful about what you send." Liu Wen injured his younger brother, maybe it's the wave drum you sent that is not good. ”