Su Xiaoman got up and arched his hand and continued: "There are three gentlemen!" ”

This move made Yuan Qihua a little stunned, a princess in a dignified manner, it was the first time to salute the three courtiers, but it was really rare, Lu Wangshu's words had already surprised Yuan Qihua a little, I thought it was Lu Wangshu's nature, and each layer thought that it was because of a mother who respected teachers.

"The princess doesn't have to be polite, this is what we should do as courtiers!"

The general's deep and magnetic voice rang out, and the entire hall seemed to be filled with Yan Hua's voice, so frightened that Yong'er hurriedly retreated behind Zheng Rongying.

Seeing Wei Xuanyong's actions, the elderly Han Zheming immediately said: "Yan Hua's voice is rough, scaring the prince!" Please forgive the queen! ”

"It's okay, let's do it today!"

Zheng Rongying left Lu Wangshu and Wei Xuanyong in the Xuanshu Hall and left.

Su Xiaoman held Zheng Rongying's arm, the two of them chatted about planting tea along the way, a little happy, the location of the imperial garden is relatively large, when they came to the imperial garden, Su Xiaoman looked around carefully, all kinds of flowers and trees can be seen in this imperial garden, and they are carefully taken care of, very wonderful.

Zheng Rongying didn't understand the soil, so she asked Su Xiaoman: "I don't know what kind of soil the imperial sister needs to be suitable for planting tea, there should be some places in this imperial garden that are ready to be planted!" ”

Planting tea is not like planting flowers, Su Xiaoman only knows that of course the soil should be fertile, patrolling in the imperial garden, and replied: "Of course the soil should be fertile, and the soil in the imperial garden must be no problem, but it depends on which locations are better!" ”

Some plants in the Imperial Garden are meant to be exposed to sunlight every day, while others are not, so many large trees are planted under some plants that do not use sunlight, but tea leaves are different.

Just as the two of them were walking and discussing, the florists who were working hard in the Imperial Garden were just sorting out the flower seeds that needed to be planted, and Su Xiaoman immediately stepped forward and asked, "This old man, is there any vacant land now?" ”

The old gardener turned around and looked at the group of people behind him in surprise, and was stunned for a while before he reacted, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and said: "The slave knocks on the queen's mother, the old slave is old and weak, it's not the queen's mother who arrives, and the old slave should die!" ”

Zheng Rongying felt a little strange, according to age, if it wasn't a courtier, the servants in the palace should have been exempted from the palace when they reached the age of honor, why did such an old florist stay in the palace, and then said: "Excuse me, what's your name?" How long have you been working in the Imperial Garden? ”

The gardener got up slowly on crutches and said, "Xie Niangniang, back to Niangniang, the old slave's name is Yang Fu has been in this palace for forty years, and this year is exactly the fortieth year!" ”

Zheng Rongying looked at him in surprise: "Why didn't you get amnesty to leave the palace, most of the maids can get out of the palace at the age of twenty-five, and most of the male servants are thirty-five, you should be more than seventy years old, why is there no pardon, is it because the official didn't declare it to you?" ”

"No, no, no, it was the old slave who voluntarily stayed in this imperial garden, and most of the flowers and plants that the queen mother saw were cultivated by the old slave, reluctantly, reluctantly!"

Yang Fu hurriedly shook his hand and laughed twice, and replied respectfully to Zheng Rongying's words.

Looking at the wrinkles and dark skin on Yang Fu's face, thinking that it was also caused by the wind and sun in this imperial garden, Su Xiaoman hurriedly stepped forward and asked: "Today, the queen mother and I plan to choose a piece of fertile soil in the imperial garden as a place to plant tea, I don't know if you have studied tea seeds?" ”

Yang Fu turned around and pointed to an empty piece of soil and said: "Of course, you must choose the soil with good ventilation and water permeability for planting tea, that soil is the land that the old slave only turned over this morning, I don't know if it is suitable for the tea planting that the princess said!" ”

Su Xiaoman walked in the direction that Yang Fu pointed to, squatted down and grabbed a little soil and rubbed it in his hands, nodded and said: "Well, the humidity is just right, sister-in-law, we can go to find tea seeds, this soil is very good, the old man has made the soil very good, very vibrant!" ”

Hearing Su Xiaoman say this, Zheng Rongying raised the corners of her mouth and smiled: "Since this is the case, how much tea can be won in this place?" ”

"I guess I think I can plant 4,000 plants!"

Listening to the number, Zheng Rongying's face was a little surprised, thinking that four thousand plants should be a lot, and stepped forward and asked, "Is four thousand plants too much?" ”

Su Xiaoman shook his head and said, "It's not much, let's see what varieties of seeds are available when the time comes, but there shouldn't be tea seeds in this palace, right?" ”

Yang Fu heard that he needed seeds, so he stepped forward slowly with a cane and said: "Yes, yes, but not much, last year the old slave asked someone to buy some, about a hundred or so, thinking of planting it himself to try, but the imperial garden is all the soil of the official family, and the old slave really doesn't dare to start, so it will be delayed!" If the queen needs it, the old slave will go and get it! ”

Su Xiaoman just said that he wanted to plant 4,000 plants, and a hundred or so seeds could only be planted at most a hundred, since he wanted to get more varieties, he simply said: "No need, there are not many plants in a hundred or so seeds, you still have to keep it to yourself, this palace allows you to plant your own tea in the imperial garden!" ”

With Zheng Rongying's permission, Yang Fu was ecstatic, he had worked hard all his life in this imperial garden, and he must still have his own planting when he was old, so he quickly knelt on the ground and said: "The old slave thanked the queen for her gift!" ”

"Get up! Sister Huang, where are we going to find the seeds of tea? ”

After speaking, he turned his head and asked Su Xiaoman, but Su Xiaoman was not very familiar with Sulfur Yuan, if he said that he was looking for seeds, of course he was looking for a tea firm, and Su Xiaoman had not looked at it carefully in Beijing, so he immediately said: "That's it, I'll go and ask the imperial brother for advice, and I'll go out of the palace tomorrow to ask the tea dealer!" ”

Tea tasting is a common thing for the nobles of the palace, even if it is an official family or an official family must be familiar with the way of tea art, although I don't know what the source of tea is, but basically every family has tea, but the quality of tea is different, the two chatted for a long time in the imperial garden, and saw that the hour was already unitary.

After discussing the affairs of the court, Wei Yuqin dragged Lu Li straight to Huafu Palace, and Lu Li was curious all the way why Wei Yuqin pulled him without saying a word, thinking about whether there was something urgent.

As soon as he arrived at Huafu Palace, he happened to meet Zheng Rongying, who was coming back with Su Xiaoman, and before entering Huafu Palace, Wei Yuqin let go of Lu Li's arm and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Oh, why are you only coming back now!" I have sent people to inquire many times, not that you are in the Xuanshu Palace, but that you are in the Imperial Garden, and this day is very fulfilling! ”

Su Xiaoman stepped forward and squatted down and said, "Brother Huang is fine, I don't know what happened to Brother Huang so flustered?" ”

Wei Yuqin raised his eyebrows lightly and touched his belly and said: "I have been discussing state affairs with the minister all day long, and this belly is drumming, imperial sister, I heard Wei Yuan say that your cooking skills are so good today, as soon as I say that you are in the palace, his eyes are greedy, you can't favor one over the other!" ”

This gluttonous energy is like a child, and the attendants and palace maids who accompanied them stood at the door of Huafu Palace in their dresses, Wei Yuqin didn't care about entering Huafu Palace to speak, and shouted at Su Xiaoman to cook at the door.

Zheng Rongying pulled his sleeve robe and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, everyone in this palace is watching, let's go in first and talk about it, otherwise it will not be good to spread the word that the saint is a delicious ghost today!" ”

Immediately, the four of them entered Huafu Palace together, and it happened that the palace maid also sent Lu Wangshu and Wei Xuanyong back, and Lu Wangshu, who had finished school, was still tirelessly chanting poems on the road.

What Su Xiaoman didn't expect, such a trivial matter Wei Yuan could openly mention it in front of the courtiers, and he inevitably felt a little embarrassed, after all, his cooking skills were probably a little different from the imperial chef in the palace, so he said: "That's him who promoted me, how can I compare with the imperial chef in the palace!" ”

Wei Yuqin shook the fan in his hand and threatened: "I don't care, you must cook a meal today, otherwise you will look down on me, and if you refuse my request, you will be killed, little sister, you have to think twice!" ”

It's not that Su Xiaoman doesn't want to do it, it's just that this imperial dining room is also a distance from Huafu Palace, if you go to the imperial dining room to cook a meal, and then send it to Huafu Palace, it is estimated that the taste will not be so good, taking into account this problem, Su Xiaoman still feels that his house is better, and it is inconvenient to do anything if the palace is too big.

But Zheng Rongying seemed to see through Su Xiaoman's doubts, and hurriedly asked, "The imperial sister is worried about the problem of how far away the imperial dining room is?" ”

Su Xiaoman nodded in surprise and responded: "If it takes too long, I am afraid that the original taste of the dish will be lost!" ”

"Hahaha, it turns out that you are worried about this, don't worry about the imperial sister, we have a small kitchen here, you just say what you need, I will let Xiaoyuanzi go to the imperial dining room to get it!"

Wei Yuqin laughed loudly, and immediately spoke, and the small garden standing next to him also walked up to Su Xiaoman and asked, "Princess, what do you want to eat today, you just say it, and the slave will go and prepare what you need!" ”

This question made Su Xiaoman embarrassed, and he didn't plan to cook in the palace, but he didn't know that this sudden rise made Su Xiaoman still a little stunned, and he turned his eyes back and said: "Then the bothered father-in-law went to prepare the local chicken, some greens and mushrooms, and some Huaishan and radish!" ”

"Yes, the minion is going to prepare!"

Xiao Yuanzi bent over with a big belly and a round waist, and walked out of Huafu Palace in a round way.

The four of them chatted for a long time, and Xiaoyuanzi quickly prepared the things, and the four palace maids came in from the door with things, Su Xiaoman saw that the dinner table was almost ready, and got up and followed the palace maids in Huafu Palace into the small kitchen.