Chapter 31: Eating

Because Cheng Puyu has been chubby since he was a child. So, when he called Wang Xiaoba from Guangwang Jibao, Wang Jibao gave him the nickname of 'Little Fat Fish'.

How? Don't want to? You are only allowed to call me Wang Xiaoba, and I am not allowed to call you Little Fat Fish?

Seeing Cheng Puyu's big eyes and posing as a cannibal, Wang Jibao simply returned an eye for an eye.

When both of their eyes were sore, the two immediately did the same action, that is, rubbing their eyes desperately.

"Hmph, Wang Xiaoba. This is not in the palace, you had better not provoke me in the future, otherwise you will have a good look! The little fat man said as he threatened with his right fist, clenched into a fist.

Wang Jibao didn't show weakness either, and shot back: "Then tell me, who rushed to the door of the canteen to block me today?" Get up, you're so fat, you are blocking the door, do you know? After speaking, he turned around and pulled Zheng Xiangjun straight to the dining hall.

When going through Puyu, Wang Jibao also turned in disgust with his elbow in the direction of Cheng Puyu.

"Get out of the way."

"Humph! If you have the ability, don't go! Watching Wang Xibao leave, Xiao Sao Nian did not forget to speak quickly behind his back.

Wang Jibao was not annoyed when she heard this, turned her head, looked at Cheng Puyu and demonstrated: "Even if I don't leave, what can you do to me?" Don't forget, even though this is not the Imperial Palace, my third brother and several cousins, as well as my two cousins, are all studying at the Royal Academy. Do you dare to yell at me like this? To say that you have a bad brain is to praise you. ”

Your family is just your eldest brother, and you dare to shout with me, who is not a cousin, and there are seven brothers who protect you? Have you eaten the gall of the ambitious leopard?

To say that Wang Jibao rarely argues with others. But for so many years, this is the only one who Wang Jibao has to fight for and crush.

As for the grievances between Wang Jibao and Cheng Puyu, it has to start with the grievances between Cheng Puyu's mother-in-law Ning and the eldest princess and Wang Jibao's mother-in-law Jiang.

To put it bluntly, this is actually just a rather bloody romance drama.

The male protagonist is none other than Wang Jibao's fairy-like beauty father.

The current Wang Ziyi's appearance is so handsome and extraordinary, like an immortal in a painting. Not to mention back then?

It is precisely because of this that Xia Wanyao, the eldest princess of Ning He, secretly promised when she first saw Wang Ziyi. However, Wang Ziyi doesn't appreciate it, and he is used to hiding his true talent and hard work, disguising himself as an incompetent person with an empty appearance and an empty belly.

When Wang Ziyi was studying in the academy, almost every time he passed the test at a low altitude and rose to the next level. Everyone else was admitted to the Guozijian, and he also failed the list with honor.

The eldest princess of Ning He was born noble. She is the only concubine of the first emperor, that is, the only daughter born to the former empress, and the sister-in-law of the abolished prince.

Back then, in order to increase the help of the abolished prince, how could the first queen let her daughter marry such a showy person as Wang Ziyi. So he took the initiative to marry Ning and the eldest princess to Cheng Kang, who was better than Wang Ziyi in all aspects, and was still the son of the Marquis of Jinxiang at that time.

In order to prevent people from refusing to marry in the Jinxiang Marquis Mansion, the first emperor let Ning and the eldest princess live in the Jinxiang Marquis Mansion, and no longer set up a separate princess mansion.

This is also because there has never been a good family of princes who should not be appropriate, and they should be the masters of the horses. Therefore, the first emperor gave such a great grace to the Marquis of Jinxiang.

Later, the abolished prince was involved in the witch Gu case, was deprived of the prince's position, demoted to a concubine, and expelled from Yongdu. The Marquis of Jinxiang's Mansion was also somewhat implicated because of the identity of the eldest princess.

But no matter how you say it, Ren Ning and the eldest princess are the only concubines of the first emperor. And when the princes seized the throne later, the eldest princess Ning He and the Marquis of Jinxiang Mansion chose Mingzhe to protect themselves, so that she and the Marquis of Jinxiang Mansion escaped a catastrophe.

Looking back, the Jiang family and the eldest princess had a bad relationship. That's not because of the adage that 'what you don't get is always the best'.

Although Cheng Kangcheng is outstanding in everything, the princess has always been thinking about Wang Ziyi.

When Wang Ziyi married the Jiang family, naturally Ning and the eldest princess began to envy and hate the Jiang family. has come and gone and ridiculed the Jiang family on various occasions.

After all, the Jiang family was only the Sanpinbo Mansion back then.

At that time, it was completely Ning and the eldest princess who were fighting alone. Jiang could only choose to avoid its edge, and even swallow his anger.

Until today's saint, Jiang's cousin ascended the throne, Jiang's aunt became the queen mother, and Jiang's maiden family became the national mansion. Jiang's identity naturally rose with the tide.

At this time, although the identity of the Jiang family was still not more noble than that of the eldest princess Ning He, it was no longer a person that the eldest princess Ning He could handle casually.

After all, the backstage, the eldest princess Ning and the eldest princess are all gone, and the backstage of the Jiang family is currently the supreme existence.

In this way, although the eldest princess Ning and the eldest princess looked at the Jiang family more unpleasantly, she could only hold it secretly, and she almost held back her internal injuries.

Jiang Shi can also be regarded as raising his eyebrows.

It is precisely because of the bad relationship between the two mothers that even Cheng Puyu is not pleasing to Wang Jibao, and he always thinks of bullying Wang Jibao.

Although Wang Jibao disdains to fight with this kind of child, for the sake of the Jiang family, her closest relative, she has to stand up and crush her opponent with intelligence in the literary fight. As for martial arts, as long as Wang Jibao is given a chance, Wang Jibao will make this bear child regret being born by her mother.

Ignoring Cheng Puyu, who gritted his teeth behind him, Wang Jibao and Zheng Xiangjun began to visit the dining hall.

The whole dining hall is about three or four hundred square meters, and there are long rows of tables and chairs in it. In the innermost part, there are several windows open to the public where you can eat. The whole style is very close to the modern canteen.

"Bao Mei, the window on the right has the cheapest food, only two taels of silver per month. But there are only two dishes for each meal: one meat and one vegetarian. And the food is called unpalatable, don't believe it, it's really hard to swallow. Entering the dining hall, Zheng Xiangjun pulled Wang Jibao forward. As she walked inside, she introduced herself to Wang Jibao.

"The window in the middle needs five taels of silver a month, and there will be two meat and two vegetables for each meal. The taste is okay, so I can only say that it's okay. ”

"The window on the left is similar to the restaurant we usually go to. The taste of the food is similar to that in those big restaurants, after all, the celebrity chef hired here is also in charge of the cooking. There, you can order whatever you want according to the menu. It's just more expensive, even more expensive than the big restaurants outside. When paying the bill, you can pay the money on the spot after ordering, or you can keep the account and pay the bill at the end of the month. The meals at those two windows have been prepared in advance, so just go and take them away. Well, we'll have to wait a while. ”

Zheng Xiangjun led Wang Jibao directly to the leftmost window. She ordered her favorite braised elbow and a bowl of rice for herself, while Wang Jibao only ordered a stir-fried greens.

As soon as Wang Jibao and Zheng Xiangjun sat down, Xiangwu came over with a food box. After giving a gift to his master, Xiangwu arranged the meals brought by Wang Jibao one by one.

There are Wang Jibao's favorite braised lion's head, braised pork ribs and steamed fish, as well as the rice fragrant tribute rice that Wang Jibao usually eats.

This kind of rice fragrant tribute rice is from the fiefdom of Wang Jibao in southern Hunan. And the annual production of tribute rice is very scarce. After being enshrined in the palace, only the Empress Dowager Jiang, the emperor, the empress and a few high-grade concubines can eat meals.

Since Wang Jibao can enjoy thirty percent of the tax in his fiefdom, naturally the special products can also enjoy one or two. Therefore, every year, the palace will specially allocate a hundred percent of this tribute rice to Wang Jibao for her to eat.

Wang Jibao naturally couldn't eat so much rice at a young age. But it is impossible for the whole house to follow her to eat.

After all, there are still a lot of nobles in the palace who can't eat them at once, how can they go past this group of nobles in a marquis's mansion. Therefore, in the name of Wang Jibao's filial piety to his own parents, the old marquis Wang, Mrs. Li and Wang Ziyi and his wife can borrow light suddenly, and others can only do it occasionally.

I am used to eating this kind of tribute rice, and then I eat the rice next to it, it is really tasteless. Therefore, Wang Jibao didn't order the rice here just now.

She gave more than half of the rice to Zheng Xiangjun, and set aside a small bowl for herself.

Before he could eat it, Zheng Xiangjun was attracted by this rice fragrance.

"Is this Daoxiang tribute rice? Speaking of which, I ate it once when I entered the palace last year. For a long time after that, it was very unpleasant to eat the rice produced in the Zhuangzi in the house. You say, after eating it this time, will you also find it difficult to swallow the rice in Fuli for a long time? Zheng Xiangjun hesitated while poking the rice in the bowl with chopsticks.

To eat or not to eat is also a question.

There was once a precious piece of rice in front of her, and if she ate it, she would find it difficult to swallow other rice for a long time to come. But if you don't eat it, it's simply sorry for your stomach, and even more sorry for this grain of tribute rice, which is comparable to the value of gold.

So Zheng Xiangjun resolutely chose to eat, and he had to chew slowly and enjoy it.

Coupled with the special dishes developed by the chefs under the guidance of Wang Jibao of Heshun Houfu: braised lion's head, braised pork ribs, and steamed fresh and tender steamed fish, a bowl of rice was soon wiped out by Zheng Xiangjun.

Zheng Xiangjun looked at the empty bowl in his hand, looked at Wang Jibao's bowl and sighed at the bowl.

Heck, if only there were more of this kind of rice.

Waiting for the braised elbow to come up, Zheng Xiangjun picked up the bowl of rice he ordered and began to continue to attack.

This also fully demonstrates her foodie nature. One elbow, she actually ate more than half.

But to be honest, Wang Jibao also thinks that this braised elbow is really good.

Famous ladies like them have received an excellent etiquette education since childhood, especially in food. Therefore, even if Zheng Xiangjun eats a lot, her appearance will definitely not be ugly.

Coupled with the dishes brought by Wang Jibao, Zheng Xiangjun finally ate with a round belly.

Although Wang Jibao eats a lot at every meal, she never overeats. Even if you come across your favorite meal, you can only taste it. Especially the food outside the Hou Mansion, she eats more carefully, and will only move one or two bites of each dish at most, and definitely not more than the third bite.

This is also a kind of self-protection formed by people like them. After all, if someone really encounters poisoning, it is impossible to serve every dish. In addition, she eats the expensive food in the house all year round, and the things outside naturally don't arouse her much interest.