farming female castellan

Chapter 334
Chen Fan handed a gift booklet to the leader, Eunuch Qi, and pointed to a carriage lined up there: "This is the gift we brought into the palace today."

Eunuch Qi took the brochure and laughed dryly: "Just put the meeting gift in a small box, why bother Xiangjun to use so many carriages?"

Chen Fan smiled lightly: "There is no gold, silver or jewelry in the countryside, only the grains, vegetables, melons and fruits in this field are the characteristics of Changping Township."

Everyone got into the carriage and drove towards the palace.

Through the gap in the car curtain, Chen Fan saw the high palace wall.This is the palace, and she really saw the palace in ancient times.

The carriage drove along the palace wall for a while and stopped.Chen Fan heard voices outside the carriage, probably explaining something to the guards at the palace gate.

Nanny Jian in the car raised the curtain and said, "This is the Xuanqing Gate, women's relatives can enter the palace through this gate."

Chen Fan looked up at the city wall, which was about ten meters high, thick and majestic, and awe-inspiring.

The outside has been handed over, and the carriage drove in through the door opening.Chen Fan felt the length of the door opening, about ten meters?

Such a thick wall!

Entering the gate is a square, and there are several tall buildings scattered around the square.Nanny Jian introduced: "That is the East Palace, where the crown prince lives." Then she glanced at Chen Yue, "Shangshu Sheng, Zhongshu Sheng, Menxia Sheng, Yushitai, Hongwenguan, Hongshiguan and the Forbidden Army Garrison are all around."

The carriage continued on, and Chen Fan saw a particularly majestic gatehouse.

Nanny Jian pointed to the gate tower and said, "That's the main gate of the imperial palace, Chongwu Gate."

Chongwumen, this dynasty favors martial arts!
This kind of front door, ordinary people are not qualified to go.Chen Fan looked at the majestic gatehouse tens of meters wide, with a gate in the middle and a side gate on each side, with yellow walls and black tiles, and cornices upturned.Under the hot summer sun, the gatehouse also exudes a strong atmosphere.

It is about 300 meters away from the city gate to the main hall. It is really not easy for the officials in the upper court.

When they reached Xingqing Gate, the carriage stopped, and Nanny Jian asked them to get out of the carriage, saying that they would change to the small carriage in the palace to enter the gate.

"This is the Xingqing Gate. Once you enter the Xingqing Gate, you will find the Xingqing Hall. The wives will wait here first when they see the queen."

Naturally, there is some distance from Xingqing Gate to Ming Fu Hall, so Chen Fan and others got into the carriage silently.

The maids went to the queen's hall to report, and they took a short rest in the hall.Even if he wakes up early in the morning and goes out at six o'clock, after such a toss, a long time has passed.This is just the palace of a small country. If it is a unified dynasty, the palace will be bigger, and the procedures will be more cumbersome and tiring.

Those palace ladies and eunuchs have to run back and forth for everything, and they are also tired.

Finally, the little maid came back and asked someone to come over.

This time I walked over, Chen Fan was not afraid of walking, but wearing such solemn clothes and shoes, it was very awkward to walk.

When I arrived at the Queen's Zichen Palace, I found that the Hall of Please An was full of people.The one in the middle of the head should be the queen, right?
The palace maid said: "Empress Empress, Mr. Changping Township and her sister are here."

Everyone in the room turned their heads and looked over.Chen Fan and the others bowed their heads halfway, and knelt down: "I pay my respects to the empress, the empress is a thousand years old."

"Pingshen, bestow a seat."

Some palace people brought some chairs and placed them opposite the queen, with concubines on both sides.No matter how you look at this scene, it looks like a joint trial.

After thanking them, they sat down, raised their eyes halfway, and looked at everyone on the field from the corner of their eyes.

The queen is beautiful and dignified, the imperial concubine is beautiful and flamboyant, and has the momentum of doting on the concubine. Yingying, Yanyan and Yanyan each have their own beauty.Chen Fan felt sorry for Chen Ying, and she didn't know how she would live in that pile of fat, swallows and skinny in the future.

The corner of the imperial concubine's mouth twitched: "Xiang Jun is taller than many men. If we stand together, you will be a head taller."

Chen Fan replied: "My concubine grew taller, so I didn't care about Changbai and beauty."

The imperial concubine smiled lightly: "That's interesting, you look pretty, and you're not as dark as the legend says."

At this time the emperor also came and sat at the head.Chen Fan and the others stood up and knelt down to salute again.

The emperor was tall and tall, with a loud voice, and a "flat body" seemed to circle around the palace.

The emperor held the gift book in his hand and asked Madam Cui to read it.

"Three hundred watermelons," the concubine took a deep breath as soon as he read it.Three hundred watermelons, nearly ten thousand coins.

"Ten altars of green plum wine, ten altars of red bayberry wine, ten altars of loquat wine..." The imperial concubine couldn't help laughing: "Is the Xiangjun going to move the winery to the palace?"

Hearing "[-] cans of rose sauce, [-] cans of sweet-scented osmanthus sauce, [-] cans of sesame sauce... [-] cans of chili sauce, [-] cans of vetch honey..." The eyes of the concubines lit up immediately.

The queen smiled lightly: "Changping Township's chili sauce is hard to find in the capital, and it is more expensive than that watermelon."

Chen Fan bowed slightly: "My empress, the planting area of ​​pepper is not very wide at present, and the output is not high, so the sauce is also produced less."

The imperial concubine pursed her lips and smiled: "Then rose sauce, osmanthus sauce and peanut butter are also in short supply, but it doesn't seem suitable whether this sauce is placed in a fresh fruit store or a dry goods store."

Chen Fan replied: "I plan to open another pickle seasoning shop."

"Oh?" The imperial concubine raised her eyebrows, "Whose name is this shop in?"

"Under the name of the sixth younger brother Chen Zhongmei, the shops of the other younger brothers will open one after another."

"You want to earn all the money in the capital? Open a family fire, but no one else can learn that level." The imperial concubine said hehe.

Chen Fan replied: "Many people have been more successful in growing watermelons this year, and there are more watermelons in markets around the world."

The noble concubine shook her head: "There are indeed a lot of watermelons in the capital, but the most delicious ones are those in Changping Township. The food, vegetables, melons and fruits also depend on the water and soil. Even if you don't hide your secrets and teach everyone the techniques of planting and cooking, the watermelons from others are still not as good as those from Changping Township."

Chen Fan smiled lightly: "There should be no difference in making quilts."

"That's true. They only learned a little bit like a quilt. But the cotton clothes they make are still not as good-looking as yours."

That's natural. After all, modern cotton down jackets are mature in craftsmanship and have a variety of styles. She has more experience in grasping the details than they do.But the ancients were very smart, and it won't take long for them to figure it out.She's just a tiny step ahead.

The emperor was very forthright: "Mr. Changping has a heart, and the quantity of watermelon he sent is relatively sufficient. Each palace can divide it into two, and the queen and fourth concubine will have more according to the rule. For those sauces, each palace can choose two cans."

All the concubines beamed with joy, and said in unison coquettishly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you Empress, and thank you Changping Township Lord."

Um?Chen Fan was caught off guard and hurriedly returned the gift.

The concubines dispersed after sitting for a while, and the emperor stayed behind.Chen Fan suddenly felt that the air was oppressive.If no one else was present, what would happen to the emperor and empress?Can she and her sisters handle it?
(End of this chapter)