After being forced to marry as a substitute, I became famous in the limbo

Chapter 20
Holding the hairpin, Lu Feng carefully pulled Zhe Liu towards the outside of the house.

And Jiang Ning, alone, entered the dining room with a bamboo tray and recipe.

She skillfully put the hawthorn into the metal basin, soaked it in salt, and carefully cleaned each hawthorn, put it into a white disk, and prepared to skewer the hawthorn.

Jiang Ning had just set up the hawthorn and was about to reach out for the bamboo stick.

When he reached out his hand, what he touched was a thin metal stick.

Jiang Ning instantly understood that this was also the result of looking for bamboo sticks without a willow.

Sure enough, the palace was full of gold and silver treasures, Jiang Ning sighed secretly.

She picked up the long stick and began to string hawthorns.

The hawthorn fruit had thick skin and a smooth surface, and the long skewers were not easy to pierce through. It took Jiang Ning a long time to string it together.

The skewered hawthorns were neatly stacked on the white disk, and the round and plump hawthorn fruit appeared more rosy and translucent against the white porcelain bottle.

Jiang Ning looked at the neatly placed string of gourds. At that moment, Jiang Ning seemed to feel the delicious taste of his teeth piercing through the thin, crisp and sweet icing, exposing the soft and sweet hawthorn meat.

She felt that every corner of her mouth was instantly activated, and the saliva surged from all directions with the subtle stimulation at that moment, filling her entire mouth in an instant.

Jiang Ning forcibly swallowed the saliva in his mouth, and quickly walked aside and started to light a fire with familiar movements.

The work of making a fire is not difficult for Jiang Ning, but when she went to the vendor to learn from him, the other party repeatedly told her to control the heat, otherwise the boiled sugar would be bitter.

So she tossed in and out for a long time to get firewood, and finally burned it to an appropriate size.

The scalding heat rose from the iron pot. Jiang Ning stretched out his hand to check the temperature, and without hesitation, he took the water he had prepared and poured it into the pot, and then poured in the sugar brought by Zhe Liu, and pulled out the iron from the side. The spoon was attached to the side of the pot and began to stir rapidly.

When the cotton sugar is heated, it quickly melts into a viscous liquid, and bubbles of different sizes continuously emerge as it boils.

A strong sweet aroma rose from the pot, Jiang Ning raised his head and looked out the window.

In a corner outside the window, Lu Feng's cheeks were flushed, carefully twisting the hairpin and sending it towards Zhe Liu's hair.

Zheliu smiled shyly but brightly.

The corner of Jiang Ning's mouth unconsciously raised a faint smile, and her hand holding the iron spoon was slightly stiff.

She hesitated for a moment, then switched hands and continued stirring.

The bubbles in the syrup in the pot gradually became huge and thick.

Jiang Ning thought for a while, dipped a little syrup with his chopsticks, and put it in cold water.

When the syrup is cold, it instantly condenses into irregular lumps.

Jiang Ning looked at the bowl with some regret, and took the candy out of the water. She was about to bite it down, but the candy made a crisp sound and shattered between her lips and teeth. The sweet fragrance swept Jiang Ning's entire mouth in an instant.

She got up, extinguished the remaining fire in the stove, and took another flat cutting board and placed it on the stove.

I took a few bunches of hawthorn skewers, put them neatly on the cutting board, and scooped up a large spoonful of syrup with a large iron spoon, and poured them evenly on the surface of the hawthorn skewers from top to bottom.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing!" Zhe Liu rushed in from outside the house quickly, looking into the pot with curiosity on his face.

Jiang Ning smiled slightly, and when she turned her head, she saw the peacock feather hairpin in her bun.

"I'm making candied haws." She stared intently at the rock candied skin on the gourd skewers, which became more and more solid and translucent.

"This peacock feather hairpin looks great on your head."

Jiang Ning praised sincerely. Looking at Zheliu, she felt a very subtle feeling in her heart.

She felt that she and Zhe Liu were like two sisters who were born in a poor family and depended on each other.

Zheliu's cheeks were slightly red, and she touched the peacock feather hairpin on her head with a smile on her face.

"Niang Niang, you are really bad." Zhe Liu said so, but there was no sign of reproach on her face.

She tilted her body and leaned on Jiang Ning's body, her posture was like a child acting like a spoiled child.

"It's fine if you just let Lu Feng give it to the servant, but if you insist on letting Lu Feng participate in the auction, the servant will be frightened."

Jiang Ning picked up a bunch of candied haws from the table and handed it to Zhe Liu.

"If that's the case, how can you know Lu Feng's sincerity towards you?"

Zhe Liu looked up at the candied haws skewers in his hand, showing curiosity.

"So this is the candied haws you mentioned." She looked at the string of gourds in her hand with surprise in her eyes, "It's so beautiful."

Zhe Liu hesitantly put the candied haws to his mouth, took a bite, and there was a crisp sound instantly.

She bit the hawthorn ball and peeled it off the long stick.

The hawthorn ball propped up a bulging ball on the side of her face.

"It's so delicious!" Zheliu smiled instantly, closed his eyes and chewed the candied haws in his mouth intoxicated.

"Young lady, eat quickly! Eat quickly! You are too good!" Zhe Liu brought the candied haws to Jiang Ning's mouth.

Jiang Ning leaned forward and took a bite. The moment her teeth penetrated the icing, she even felt that she had no regrets in her life.

A whole bunch of candied haws has become an empty lot after three or two efforts.

Zhe Liu put his arms around her waist, coquettishly, with a smile all over his face, he sighed how wonderful it would be if such a life could last for a lifetime.

In just a short while, all the hawthorn skewers had been made into candied haws by Jiang Ning.

Folding willows happily holding a bunch of candied haws and running towards the outside of the house.

"Wait a minute." Jiang Ning yelled in time to stop her.

Zheliu's legs that were about to step out stopped in place, and Jiang Ning handed a plate of candied haws that he had already prepared to Zheliu.

"You send this plate to the emperor."

Zhe Liu was stunned for a moment, and then he held the candied haws in Jiang Ning's hands with joy, "Your Majesty, you have finally enlightened!"

Jiang Ning nodded in agreement. This Mu Jingzhao is rich and powerful, but her biggest client, of course he has to curry favor.

"Let me just say, we women, the best destination is to find a caring man to spend our lives in peace. Look at me, how happy I am to meet Lu Feng."

"Let's go." Jiang Ning didn't let her continue talking, but just nodded and advised her to leave.

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On the other side, in the imperial study room, Mu Jingzhao was reading the memorial with his head bowed.

"Your Majesty, this is from Zheliu, a maid in Concubine Ning's palace." Red-nosed old eunuch Li Zinian ran to Mu Jingzhao's side with candied haws in his hand, and announced in a low voice.

Mu Jingzhao paused, raised his head, and faced the plate of bright red candied haws, he murmured to himself, "Concubine Ning?"

"It's Concubine Ning, the empress really has a heart."

Mu Jingzhao picked up a bunch of candied haws with some hesitation, brought it to his mouth and bit it off. In an instant, his brows that were tightly frowned because of business affairs relaxed instantly.

He didn't say much anymore, he bit the candied haws one after another, and ate the whole bunch in the blink of an eye.

"I didn't expect Concubine Ning to have such a skill." He licked his lips eagerly, "How did she know that I like sweets?"

"There are people coming and going outside Concubine Ning's palace, so it's not difficult to know what the emperor likes."

Mu Jingzhao twirled the long stick with two fingers and slowly turned it, "So, she went to ask the workers about my preferences?"

Li Zinian smiled brightly, "The servant said that Concubine Ning really has a heart."

(End of this chapter)