Xiaoyao Xiaojunhou

Chapter 454 454. Iron Lady

"This roasted suckling pig is good. It has crispy skin and delicious meat. It has a unique taste. Madam, please try it."

"Madam, don't be in a daze. It's the time when you are growing taller and you need to eat more. Come on, come on, this plate of 'goose gizzards' is extremely delicious. Madam, you must try it..."

"There are also braised hoof tendons, braised roasted duck, roasted pork, etc. These are all famous palace dishes. They are very delicious. This is a rare opportunity. Madam, you must try it..."

After giving Dong Shuzhen the chicken legs, Zhu Xiuyuan ate for a while. When he felt a little full, he was not so anxious to eat or drink.

He observed the lady out of habit and found that she was grabbing the big chicken leg with both hands and chewing it carefully, while her big eyes were bulging as she glanced back and forth over the dishes on the table.

It seems... I don’t know which dish to eat!
Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly felt distressed in his heart.

Hey, he usually clamored to eat the royal delicacies of the palace, and he was so greedy that he even pestered him many times, wanting to sneak into the palace with him...

But now, a large table of palace delicacies is placed there, and you can eat it with just a pinch of chopsticks.

Zhu Xiuyuan can understand the current Dong Shuzhen very well. This kind of "difficulty in choosing" is really torturous!

Out of her husband's responsibility to take care of his wife, Zhu Xiuyuan could no longer remain indifferent.

So Zhu Xiuyuan stopped eating and drinking by himself, and specially "recommended" some dishes to Dong Shuzhen that he thought were delicious.

In the blink of an eye, a whole large plate was placed in front of Dong Shuzhen!
The pile was so spiky and crumbling that it seemed that it would collapse at any moment.

"Husband, there's no need to pinch me, I'll do it myself..."

Dong Shuzhen resisted Zhu Xiuyuan's action of picking up food for her. She was weak and spoke in a very low voice. She was not confident at all, but seemed to be softly apologizing for making a mistake.

It was just the opposite, and when Zhu Xiuyuan saw her like this, he felt even more fond of her.

The sense of responsibility to take care of the weak and protect the wife has become more and more important. As a man, he has no shirking responsibility!

"Madam, it's time for you to grow, so you need to eat more. Don't think about weight loss, and don't think that this is a royal delicacy. It's actually just a plate of food..."

Zhu Xiuyuan couldn't help but pick up food for her more frequently.

He even took another clean plate, placed it in front of Dong Shuzhen, and continued to "pile mountains of meat" inside.

Dong Shuzhen wants to cry but has no tears!
She had eaten food and drank wine secretly before, and she was already eighty percent full. She had to slowly grind out the remaining two percent until the dinner was over.

She was obviously very careful, but her husband still saw the flaw...

"Husband, stop pinching me. There are so many, I can't finish them all..."

Dong Shuzhen was about to cry but had no tears, but she still had to show gratitude on her face.

Otherwise, the secret will be completely exposed!
If her father and husband knew that she was eating secretly, they would have to scold her to death. That would not work. They must not expose the secret.

So Dong Shuzhen buried her head in the two plates of "meat mountains", crying in her heart, and ate the food on the plate with chopsticks, like a robot.

"That's right!"

Zhu Xiuyuan was satisfied, looking at the lady who was eating faster, his eyes were narrowed.

And Dong Shuzhen is really regretful now. She regrets so much that she shouldn't have eaten secretly in the first place, and she is now in such a mess...

Although Zhu Xiuyuan was satisfied, he did not relax his vigilance and kept staring at the two plates of "meat mountains" in front of Dong Shuzhen.

As soon as he discovers that the "elevation" of the "meat mountain" has dropped to a certain height, he will restart his charity act of "taking care of the weak" and add food to the two plates until he rises to the top again!
"Husband...I am...I am so touched, eh eh eh eh..."

Dong Shuzhen's little face was slightly distorted, she simply dropped her chopsticks and jumped into Zhu Xiuyuan's arms, hoping to avoid Zhu Xiuyuan's "crazy feeding".

"What are you doing, lady, everyone is eating, get up and continue eating, or the food will be cold!"

Zhu Xiuyuan dropped his chopsticks and pinched her arms with both hands, trying to help her up, but failed. Dong Shuzhen refused to leave, but Zhu Xiuyuan could not help her.

Dong Shuzhen was pressed heavily in his arms, unable to move, like a lump of iron.

What an "Iron Lady".

"My dear son-in-law, Zhen'er is innocent. Don't indulge her too much. You have to teach her a lesson when it's time to teach her a lesson!"

His father-in-law was sitting opposite, calmly eating the delicious palace delicacies. He had long disliked Dong Shuzhen.

However, Dong Shuzhen is the hostess in this huge Jiangcheng uncle's mansion. Although Dong Cheng is his father, he doesn't teach him casually like before.

However, Dong Chengcheng can’t stand it anymore!

If he were to come, he would be severely reprimanded, and he might even have to take action...

"Get up quickly, my father-in-law must be unhappy. Be obedient!"

Several black lines appeared on Zhu Xiuyuan's forehead. He squeezed her arms tightly and pulled them out again... but still couldn't pull them out.

Dong Shuzhen was determined not to leave.

"Xiuyuan, don't be too doting on Zhen'er. If you bring her so many dishes, I'm afraid... Zhen'er is already full and she won't be able to finish it."

Dong Shuyu smiled bitterly and shook her head. In this situation, she had to stand up and speak.

She knew in her heart that Dong Shuzhen had secretly eaten the food and wine beforehand, and she was probably seven to eighty percent full. If she continued to eat, she might have problems.

"Madam, are you full?"

Zhu Xiuyuan was taken aback for a moment, and looked down at Dong Shuzhen who was hugging his waist tightly.

"Ah."

Dong Shuzhen nodded sheepishly, took Zhu Xiuyuan's hand and pressed it on her lower abdomen.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked at him and his hand trembled suddenly.

So full!
My belly is so round, it’s almost like I’m pregnant!

"Miss, since you're full, why didn't you tell me? My husband thought you were too embarrassed to serve food!"

Zhu Xiuyuan smiled bitterly.

"Okay, get up quickly. Since you are full, my husband will not serve you any more food." Zhu Xiuyuan said again.

After hearing this, Dong Shuzhen slowly got up and sat back in her seat.

The taste of this palace delicacy is indeed extraordinary. Compared with the new dishes in Zhu Xiuyuan's "Sou Zhen Mi Pu", it can be considered that they have their own merits. These are two completely different styles.

But no surprise, they are delicious!

After Zhu Xiuyuan no longer had to take care of his wife, he only cared about eating and drinking.

And now it's the other way around, with Dong Shuzhen serving him food...

When he was about five minutes full after eating, Zhu Xiuyuan put down his chopsticks and said with a smile: "I was very hungry just now. I only focused on eating the vegetables. I haven't even drank the wine yet. This is the imperial wine. The taste is extraordinary. Let's have a drink together?"

"it is good!"

Everyone put down their chopsticks.

Zhu Xiuyuan personally picked up a wine flask, poured a glass for Dong Cheng first, then filled it for Dong Shuyu, and then his own glass.

When he was about to pour wine for Dong Shuzhen, he hesitated.

“Husband, come on, come on, come on…”

Dong Shuzhen held the wine glass in both hands and came over with a smile.

"Madam, you are already so full, you can't drink more, you can only drink half a cup!"

Zhu Xiuyuan covered the spout and watched Dong Shuzhen solemnly negotiate.

"Husband, I can still drink three... no, five cups! Half a cup is too little!"

Dong Shuzhen was dumbfounded. She didn't expect that admitting that she was full and having such sequelae would actually affect her drinking the royal wine!

If I had known earlier I would not have admitted it. "You can't eat until you're full, and you can't overeat, just half a cup, or you won't lose a drop!"

"Okay then... half a glass is half a glass!"

Dong Shuzhen saw that her husband had a firm look on his face that did not allow for any objection, so she put her thoughts aside and agreed.

Wronged Baba.

"Come on, come on, let's all have a toast." Zhu Xiuyuan stood up and raised his glass, "My son-in-law wishes my father-in-law a promotion, I wish Shuyu a prosperous business, and I wish my wife... happiness forever!"

"Good! Cheers!"

Everyone clinked their glasses and drank it all.

Among the four of them, Dong Cheng often drank, and it didn't matter if he drank one glass.

Zhu Xiuyuan often went to the palace for banquets and often drank alcohol, so he had a little bit of a drinking capacity.

Dong Shuzhen always stole Dong Cheng's wine to drink, and she had a certain amount of alcohol, not to mention she only had half a glass of wine.

Only Dong Shuyu, she seldom drank alcohol, if it wasn't for tasting the imperial wine and toasting the whole family this time, she wouldn't have drank a whole glass of wine.

After drinking a glass of wine, Dong Shuyu's face turned red and her head felt a little dizzy, but she stopped drinking.

So Zhu Xiuyuan gave the remaining two bottles of wine to Dong Cheng.

After he poured wine for everyone, he kept most of the remaining pot for himself.

The three pots of fine wine were "divided", but Dong Shuyu's share was not included.

Dong Shuzhen is a little drunkard. Of course, drinking half a glass is not enough.

Her eyes first fell on Dong Cheng's two jugs of wine, but after looking at Dong Cheng, she immediately retracted and turned to stare at Zhu Xiuyuan's half of the jug.

It's just that Zhu Xiuyuan took strict precautions, and Dong Shuzhen tried various methods, but none of them worked.

Under her nose, most of the jug of fine wine went into Zhu Xiuyuan's stomach...

The meal was finished in no time.

The crowd dispersed.

Dong Shuzhen was helped back to her room by Zhu Xiuyuan himself.

Because she ate too much, her belly was round and she felt a little uncomfortable.

But Dong Shuzhen is not a weak woman. She has martial arts skills, so it is not that easy for her to be unable to walk.

Zhu Xiuyuan was just afraid that she would fall and her belly would be so round. If she fell, it would be terrible.

For the next whole day, Zhu Xiuyuan stayed with Dong Shuzhen and the others.

Dong Shuyu was also called, as well as the four maids of Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. They gathered around, first telling stories, and then playing a card game, "Fighting Corrupt Officials", and everyone had a great time.

The happy time always flies by quickly.

In a blink of an eye, it was getting dark. Everyone had dinner, bathed and washed. They felt that they had not played enough games during the day, so they continued to play.

It wasn't until late at night that everyone yawned and went back to their rooms to rest.

Silent all night.

After breakfast the next day, my father-in-law went to run the government office in Runzhou, and Dong Shuyu went to the restaurant in Wuyi Lane to continue his work.

The renovation of the restaurant's artificial hot spring has been completed, and Zhu Xiuyuan does not need to go there anymore.

However, the regular renovation of the restaurant has not yet been completed, and Dong Shuyu still needs to go there to take charge.

As for her safety, Zhu Xiuyuan is not worried.

There were fifty or sixty Jinwu guards who went with her, and there were also warriors trained by the uncle.

These warriors are people prepared to form a family and generals in the future. Yan Dashan has recently recruited a group of...

With the protection of these people, Dong Shuyu would be safe.

Zhu Xiuyuan was not idle, but started preparing for the brewing workshop according to the plan the day before.

His wife, Dong Shuzhen, followed him step by step, acting like his little tail that could not be shaken off.

Zhu Xiuyuan’s wine-making plan has the following steps:

First: Set aside an area in Fuzhong and transform it into a brewery.

Second: Prepare food, utensils, etc. for wine making.

Third: Recruit a winemaker!
Fourth: Send someone to buy a large amount of wine that has been brewed by others, and first explore the steps of distilling wine...

Zhu Xiuyuan arranged it item by item.

He fully mobilized the servants in the mansion and arranged tasks. The servants were all under his command.

Unknowingly, time has come.

That is around ten o'clock in the morning.

Zhu Xiuyuan had just finished arranging wine making and was about to rest for a while. Suddenly, a servant came to report that a eunuch had come to the palace. Your Majesty announced that he would come to the palace immediately to discuss matters!

Zhu Xiuyuan was surprised, wondering what big thing happened in the court?
After being quiet for so many days, someone finally couldn't stop and started causing trouble again?

Zhu Xiuyuan immediately said goodbye to his wife, received Chen Huang's oral instructions, took Yan Dashan with him, got on the eunuch's chariot and hurried to the Forbidden City.

Coincidentally, the eunuch who came to announce the decree this time was still Eunuch Zhang, and everyone was an old acquaintance.

So Zhu Xiuyuan knocked on the sidelines, what is the purpose of His Majesty's summoning this time?

"To be honest, uncle, your majesty summoned the ministers this time, probably for the request of the State of Yan."

Eunuch Zhang had a smile on his face and held a whisk in his hand. Although he looked about 50 to [-] years old, in front of Zhu Xiuyuan, he spoke in a soft voice and was extremely respectful.

"What is the request from Yan State?" Zhu Xiuyuan frowned, "Hasn't this matter been decided? Could it be that Your Majesty has the intention of going back on his word?"

"No, your Majesty has not gone back on his word. It's just that the news that I, Chen, rejected the request of the Yan State reached the Yan State. The fourth prince of the Yan State came up with another plan and said: Since the Liang State has sent envoys to observe the martial arts competitions, then I The State of Yan wants nothing more than to send envoys to observe!"

"His Majesty summoned all ministers this time to discuss this matter. Should Yan State be allowed to send envoys to come to our capital to observe the martial arts competition?"

"I see!"

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned and fell into deep thought.

"Uncle, during this court meeting, you need to pay special attention to one person!" Suddenly, Eunuch Zhang came closer and said, mysteriously, as if he was engaging in some kind of Infernal Affairs.

"Oh, father-in-law, please enlighten me!" Zhu Xiuyuan also became interested.

People in this palace are far more likely to get news than foreign ministers like Zhu Xiuyuan. Zhu Xiuyuan's intention to get close to this father-in-law actually has the intention of dredging the news channel.

"King Jiangdu!"

Eunuch Zhang uttered these three words clearly and quietly, and looked around, as if he was worried that the walls had ears.

"King Jiangdu?"

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned, and his mind quickly turned, "searching" who this Jiangdu King was.

Zhu Xiuyuan has known for a long time that the current Chen State actually has many honorable officials.

King, lord, uncle, etc.

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