Dajin picked up a god of war

Chapter 1072

Although he always knew that Huan Xuan was outrageous, but he never expected that it would be so outrageous.

Isn't this just bullying?
Moreover, it seems that it is not Xu Xianzhi who is jealous of Huan Xuan, but the other way around, Huan Xuan can't tolerate Xu Xianzhi.

"Xianzhi, I wasn't in Jingzhou, so I couldn't tell right from wrong. However, now that the Northern Expedition is imminent, it is impossible to win by relying solely on the strength of Beifu's soldiers. Therefore, the cooperation between Beifu and Jingzhou is a top priority."

"Huan Lingbao is very brave, this battle cannot be done without him."

"Your Majesty's subordinate understands what the king means. As long as he doesn't take the initiative to provoke his subordinate, his subordinate will definitely cooperate with him."

"If he makes things difficult for me, as long as he can bear it, the subordinates will try their best to bear it."

Before Wang Mi issued an order, Xu Xianzhi took the initiative to express his opinion, and the quick response made Liu Muzhi on the side speechless.

This is really a positive upward climb!
From now on, there must be him at both ends of the first mouse!

"It's best for you to think like this. I don't mean to wrong you. In the future, if there is any conflict between the two of you, I will deal with it fairly."

"However, for now, bear with it for a while!"

King Langya said so, Xu Xianzhi naturally has no reason not to agree, but strictly speaking, Wang Mi is not the only one who has the right to manage this matter.

how?

Have you forgotten Mr. Huan?
Fundamentally speaking, the two of them are still under the jurisdiction of Jingzhou, and Huan Chong can mediate their disputes.

However, regarding what Xu Xianzhi just said, it is obviously not appropriate to find Huan Chong.

Xu Xianzhi's enemy is Huan Xuan, and both Huan Xuan and Huan Chong are from the same family. At the same time, Huan Xuan is Huan Chong's very promising junior.

How could he act impartially?

It's no wonder that Xu Xianzhi used various methods to defect to Wang Mi.

Only Wang Mi can restrain Huan Xuan's strength, and this conversation also verified that Xu Xianzhi's choice was correct.

Although, at this stage, it is impossible to change the relationship between the two of them, but as long as the Northern Expedition goes smoothly, everything is possible!
On the other side, in Jiankang Palace, changes are also happening quietly...

Guanglu Temple.

The so-called Guanglu Temple is an official name handed down from ancient times, and its history is long.

Since the beginning of the Great Qin Dynasty, there has been a Guanglu Temple. At that time, the main task was to prepare tributes for sacrifices. Later, the rare and shameful matters of banquets were also within their jurisdiction.

Therefore, although the status of Guanglu Temple has risen later, and since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it has also been promoted to one of the nine temples, but generally speaking, the Qing and Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple are still relatively marginalized in the entire system. of.

In fact, they are the department in charge of the court's catering.

Of course, those big chefs are responsible for the specific matters of cooking, and those high-ranking officials who are young ministers can at best make arrangements and make arrangements, and they will not participate in specific matters.

Could it be that Guanglu Siqing is still expected to cook for the ladies in the harem?
Nothing.

Today is a banquet for the generals of Jingzhou. Logically speaking, for such a large banquet, the Minister of Guanglu Temple should also start to manage it.

However, the current Lord Si Qing was lying in a corner of the yard, sipping tea leisurely, and when Dianshi came over to ask for instructions, he still looked impatient.

"Go, go, don't hinder me, I'm still thinking about the recipe!"

, "However, Liu Siqing, something important has happened, please make a final decision."

Hearing that it was a big deal, Liu Youde barely raised his eyelids: "Say it quickly."

"Ms. Chen is here. I heard that there is a banquet today. She wants to cook a few dishes herself."

"Miss Chen?"

"What is she here for?" Liu Youde looked puzzled: Liu Youde also knew this Mrs. Chen.Back then, before Sima Yao took a fancy to Chen Guinu, she was a Lucai girl in the harem. Her name sounded nice, but in fact, she was equivalent to a high-ranking female official in the inner court.

Or it is a bit far-fetched to say that it is a female official, it should be called a senior court lady.

These Lucai girls can also be regarded as the reserve team of the emperor's concubines. They have a different organization from the court ladies, but they have no status in the inner palace.

Although it is different from a palace lady, she often has to do the errands of a palace lady.

Whether it's palace decoration or cleaning work, they almost have to participate in it, but the errands assigned to them are not so hard.

At that time, I heard that Chen Guinu had a good cooking skill and was very good at cooking.However, later, when she became a concubine, although it was rumored that the treatment was not very good, she would no longer do these rough jobs.

Dian Shi hurriedly struck while the iron was hot: "What I'm talking about is, Si Qing, how can Chen Niangniang do such a rough job?"

"But, she's already here, and we can't persuade her, why don't you keep trying?"

Liu Youde glanced at him sideways: "You can't persuade me, so it's fine for me to go?"

"Chen Niangniang is His Majesty's biological mother, and now she has a high status, how can she listen to the persuasion of us officials?"

"forget it."

"What are you doing with that heart?"

"Chen Niangniang is very good at cooking, if she is willing to show her skills, let her go."

The classics are speechless, so forget it?

He is relieved.

That's it!

Sir Si Qing doesn't care, he is a small official, an eighth-rank official, almost not in the top class, where is it his turn to do this kind of thing?

So, in the kitchen of Guanglu Temple, Chen Guinu put on her apron and started cooking with great interest.

Since the boss didn't care about it, the cooks in Guanglu Temple naturally wouldn't be troublesome. Besides, they didn't think Chen Guinu was a flamboyant person.

The posture of holding a knife and a pot is decent, and it looks like someone who can cook.

Later, after staying for a long time, some people dared to talk to her.

"What kind of dish does Madam Chen want to cook?"

"Whatever vegetables and seasonings you need, you can just find servants."

Chen Guinu's face was filled with a healthy and enthusiastic smile: "I am going to make a water shield soup."

Water shield soup?
That doesn't seem like a very difficult dish!
Today's banquet is hosted by the Empress Dowager, and the person who wants to invite the banquet is also a general from Jingzhou. There are so many people!

How can you just make such a home-cooked dish?
Water shield soup, as the name suggests, is a soup stewed with wild vegetables, water shield.

Water shields are generally more common in spring. Now this season, the first batch has just emerged. Because it is a very tender and plump vegetable, the ladies in the palace also like to eat it very much. They ordered people to collect it outside the palace early on. Send it to the palace every day.

Therefore, although the solar term is not very suitable, the palace already has fresh water shield every day.

However, as an ordinary side dish, although water shield soup is indeed very delicious, I always feel that it is not decent enough.

It doesn't match such a high-end banquet.

What's more, if there is a bowl of water shield soup for one person, a lot of ingredients have to be prepared, and now, there is not enough reserve in Guanglu Temple.

Originally, it was just a fresh vegetable, but if it was stored for a day or two, it would go bad and taste bad, so the palace didn't dare to pick too much every day.

What's more, hearing that there was a banquet in the palace today, Dianshi decided to reduce the supply of water shield.Such an important banquet, who would want to eat water shield soup?

Or send it over tomorrow.

However, Chen Guinu didn't care at all when she found out that there was only a small handful of water shield left. Moreover, everyone saw that she started to make it skillfully, but they also found that she didn't seem to make a bowl for every banquet guest... …

What does this mean?
As Chen Niangniang entered the state of cooking, the chefs and cooks around her gradually dispersed.

Watching the excitement is of course everyone's favorite, but, after all, this is a place for work, and the masters are not idle.

Now, even Chen Niangniang has joined the army of cooking, how can these serious cooks not work hard?
Dare to continue to watch the fun?
As a result, Chen Guinu gained a rare moment of purity. Her status is different now. No one dares to stop her from doing what she wants to do. At least, as long as she is not hanging around Wang Zhenying's side, no one in this harem dares to stop her. Leave her alone.

She can be regarded as finally experiencing the joy of wanting the wind to get the wind and the rain to get the rain.

However, she is not like Wang Zhenying after all, she is knowledgeable and insightful, she can gently let go of the unhappiness in the past, and keep looking forward.

Chen Guinu also wants to look forward, but where is her future?
That's right!

It was Sima Dezong!

The son belonged to her, and she was born after all the hardships of being pregnant in October!Although he is now the emperor and the most honorable person in Jiankang City, he is controlled by Wang Zhenying!
The child is still so young, he hasn't been weaned yet!

However, the Empress Dowager did not allow her to visit him often. The longer the time, the more Chen Guinu saw through the vicious heart of this woman Wang Zhenying.

It seems that she is always so decent and dignified, you can't seem to find anything wrong with her.

She is always so appropriate in handling affairs, and her attitude is always gentle and gentle. However, once Chen Guinv proposes that she wants to spend more time with her son, or if she can raise her son, as long as the little one is Wang Zhenying would always flatly refuse the temptation, without any room for negotiation.

Chen Guinu has also been in the palace for many years. She came from the bottom. She doesn't understand many rules. She also knows that although Sima Dezong is the emperor, he can sit in this position safely. , is also inseparable from Wang Zhenying's support.

Without her support, things would not have progressed so smoothly. Besides, for the sake of his son's status, it would be more dignified for him to be the queen's adopted son.

She also knew that Wang Zhenying allowed her to visit Sima Dezong every day, and there was no time limit, so she could come whenever she wanted, which was already an extra grace.

Many empress dowagers are still unable to be so tolerant and magnanimous, and even find a reason to get rid of her, the birth mother of the son of heaven who is in the way.

It can be regarded as exempting oneself from worrying.

From this point of view, Wang Zhenying can indeed be regarded as a very generous queen mother.

However, even so, Chen Guinu could not calm down in her heart.

How to be calm?
That was her own son, but she couldn't take him for granted, couldn't raise him, and couldn't be with him every day.

All of this was originally her right. During the period when Sima Yao was still alive, although Chen Guinu was pregnant, Sima Yao did not give her much preferential treatment.

Of course, compared to before, her situation is already one of heaven and one of earth, but at that time, Sima Yao's heart was not on her at all, he still fell in love with Zhang Guiren who loves to play and act like a baby.

Therefore, even though she was pregnant with a dragon seed, Chen Guinu's life was not very comfortable. After the child was born, she could take care of it by herself.

Don't worry too much, it's not that Sima Yao cares about the relationship between mother and child, it's that he didn't waste any energy on this matter.

Since you gave birth to the child, you are responsible for raising it.

The Great Jin Dynasty was quite good in this regard, and there was no cruel custom of killing mothers and keeping children like the Northern Wei Dynasty.

At that time, in the territory of the Northern Wei Dynasty, even though they were noble concubines, the lives of the girls were trembling.

It is because I am afraid that the monarch will not love me, and I am afraid that the monarch will love me too much.

Once pregnant, it will be a major difficulty in life. The girls are placed in front of the Buddha statue, and they pray devoutly.

However, the extremely pious recitation is completely different from people's imagination.

Get a man in one fell swoop?
Become a prince?

Hahahaha!

What's wrong?

The concubines prayed one after another, whether it is best to give birth to a girl, or if they give birth to a boy, don't be ranked first, and don't become a prince.

Why are the concubines of the Northern Wei court so peculiar in their hobbies?
Could it be that they had finally shaken off the vulgar penchant for harem scrambling for successors?

no no!

How can there be such a good thing?

It is obvious that once their son is selected as the successor, their mother, no matter how much favored and useless they were, will all be given to death.

Hanging by the neck is the norm.

This is the custom of killing mothers and keeping children. No matter how much the little emperor cries, their biological mothers will be given to death. In the early and middle period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, this was almost an iron law, and no one could shake it.

Later, there was a biological mother who could survive, and that was also because the Northern Wei Dynasty ruled the Central Plains for a long time, and began to be gradually infected by the Han culture of the Central Plains, and began to have a certain idea of ​​​​respecting the elderly.

Therefore, the struggle for the harem is sometimes so superficial. For example, Chen Guinv now, even though Wang Zhenying has treated her very well, she still can't let go of the injustice in her heart.

Therefore, she still hoped that Wang Zhenying could step aside.

However, she is a dignified empress dowager with a respected status and powerful influence in the harem. In the previous dynasty, now with the support of King Langya, her status is completely stable.

Looking back at her, Chen Guinu, what does she have?
Oh!
correct!

She also has a son!
But so what?

Isn't this only son being held in someone else's hands to be a puppet on a string?
Although Chen Guinu had nothing, this seemed to be her advantage.

As the saying goes, bare feet are not afraid of wearing shoes!
With nothing, there is nothing to lose. Anyway, her son cannot be raised now, and her treatment in the harem cannot be improved.

In the previous dynasty, no minister recognized her as a person.

(End of this chapter)