Chapter 35 Merit
Before I knew it, three days passed like this, and in a blink of an eye, it was the day when the saint came to the mansion.
Today, the Holy Lord came to the General's Mansion in person, what a great honor it was at that time, on this day, the people of the Su family were dressed more solemnly than usual, and the people were even more energetic.
While waiting, Jin Zhao glanced around, today's women of the Su family are much more careful than usual in makeup, Jin Zhao specially glanced at Su Jinling in the crowd, wearing an embroidered makeup skirt, take a closer look, the fabric is not only high-quality, even the workmanship of a stitch and thread is very fine, and the jewelry on the head is also worn a few more than usual, like a noble appearance, so it seems that Su Jinling should have spent a lot of thought for this outfit.
On this occasion, for a person like Su Jinling who loves to be in the limelight, it is natural to behave well in order to attract attention.
Just this elaborate dress has already won the attention of others. Jin Zhao saw Su Jinling's smug look, and seemed to enjoy being noticed.
Fu Shi beside him seemed to have discovered something, followed her gaze, and said in a light tone: "What, regret that you didn't dress up well?"
Jin Zhao looked down, dressed in moon-white clothes embroidered with plum blossoms, and didn't think there was anything wrong, in her mother's opinion, she should have dressed herself well today.
The same was true last time.
Jin Zhao smiled and said half-jokingly: "Jin Zhao patronized and did what his mother explained, so he didn't have time to prepare."
Fu Shi glanced at her and said, "So, it's not my mother's."
Seeing his mother say this, Jin Zhao explained: "It's your fault mother, Jin Zhao was joking with you, don't be really angry."
On such an important occasion today, it is indeed time to dress up yourself, for Jinzhao, she is no longer the Su Jinzhao she was at the beginning, and now she prefers to be low-key, and it is better not to attract attention on such an occasion.
Seeing that his daughter was happy, Fu Shi looked slightly surprised, and the girl in front of her, she seemed to be more and more incomprehensible.
After a while, the current saint came to the house. Standing beside him is the current quite favored Concubine Ru Niangniang, who is also the mother of the second prince, they all say that the mother is expensive by the son, and now the second prince Yuwen can get the emperor's weight, most of which is because of the credit of the concubine.
Su Jiannan took his family to kneel to greet the saint, only to see the emperor raise his hand and say: "Get up, today is not as good as being in the court, everyone doesn't have to be formal, they are all casual."
Su Jiannan answered, and everyone got up.
Emperor Yu Wenming walked up to Old Madam Su first, and said in a polite tone: "How is Old Madam's body doing lately?"
The old lady replied respectfully: "Thank you for the relationship with the saints, the old woman is all right."
While talking, Concubine Ru came over, and I said with a smile: "I said goodbye to the palace last time, I haven't seen you for some days, and the old lady should take her family to the palace more often."
Concubine Ru said that on her birthday, she went to the families of many court ministers, and of course, the Su family.
The old lady nodded in response: "If the concubine is warmly invited, the old woman is naturally disrespectful."
Concubine Ru still had a smile on her face, glanced at the crowd, and turned to the emperor and said: "The general is not only brave and good at fighting, and has made many military exploits, but his children are also sensible and polite. In this way, it seems that they are all taught well by the generals in ordinary times. At the end, I didn't forget to compliment Su Jiannan a few words.
Jin Zhao at the bottom listened to it in his ears, others may not understand, he had dealt with her in the palace at the beginning, such as the concubine This is showing favor to her father, with her father's current status and prestige in the court, if you can help your son win over this important minister of the court, it will undoubtedly be a great help to the second prince Yu Wenxian, but it is a pity that the calculation of the concubine is afraid that she is going to hit the wrong place, and her father is loyal to the country, and he has always hated forming a party in private, how can he cooperate with him.
Sure enough, just as Jin Zhao thought, Su Jiannan said in a light tone: "If the concubine is laughing, there is not much time to accompany the children on weekdays."
Between the words, Su Jiannan didn't seem to buy it.
Concubine Ru's face froze, slightly embarrassed.
Jin Zhao secretly thought to himself that his father's upright temperament had not changed at all.
Seeing that the hour was almost up, Fu Shi came out at this time and said, "It's time for lunch, why don't you invite the saint and Concubine Runiang, as well as the princes and ministers, please sit down first."
After speaking, the emperor nodded: "It's okay."
Today's weather was exceptionally good, the banquet was set up in the front yard, the emperor sat at the top, the concubine sat next to him, and the prince and ministers sat down in turn.
The people in the house were already ready, and when everyone sat down, the people served the delicacies that had been prepared.
This is not only done by Jin Zhao, but also by the skills of the cooks, preparing a family banquet for so many people, Jin Zhao can't do it alone. She needs manpower, and the person with better cooking skills in the house naturally became the candidate in her heart to be her helper.
Looking at the novel dishes in front of him, Sheng Shang moved his chopsticks to taste it, and then nodded with satisfaction to Su Jiannan, and said: "I am used to eating the delicacies of the mountains and seas in the palace, but I didn't expect to be able to eat such a distinctive dish in the General's Mansion, it is really rare, this cooking skill is comparable to the imperial kitchen in the palace, and it is not as good as it."
Jin Zhao's craftsmanship came from the palace, but she made some changes on this basis. Unexpectedly, the emperor was very satisfied with this.
Hearing what the saint said, Su Jiannan was very relieved, and said loudly: "Thank you for the praise, but the ministers don't dare to take credit, these are the merits of the insiders."
Hearing this, everyone looked approvingly on Fu Shi, who knew that Fu Shi said with a smile on his face: "The general is wrong this time." She pointed to the delicacies in front of her, "These are all handled by Jin Zhao, and the concubine can't take this credit on herself." ”
After speaking, Fu Shi looked at Jin Zhao beside him.
Although Jin Zhao is wearing a moon-white dress today, his appearance is extremely good-looking, even better than the well-dressed girls present.
Jin Zhao sighed secretly, she wanted to hide in the corner in a low-key manner, and then leave quietly after a while while no one was paying attention, but who knew that her mother talked about her at this time, causing everyone to look at her.
Being stared at by so many pairs of eyes, Jin Zhao didn't feel awkward, but as if he was used to it, he was in the palace before, and he came here like this, once he got used to it, he didn't feel awkward.
It's just that she doesn't want to be so noticeable today.
Seeing that she was still sitting and had no intention of moving, Fu Shi glanced at her, and Jin Zhao turned around.
Seeing that she was just a child, the emperor could make such a delicacy, and seemed to be a little unconvinced, and said in a rather surprised tone: "You really made it?"
Jin Zhao replied respectfully: "Not exactly, there are also masters in the palace who help to work together, but how can Jin Zhao's stupid cooking skills be compared with the imperial chef in the palace, it is rare to be able to match the taste of the saint, Jin Zhao is already very happy in his heart."