Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 102 Wontons
  Seeing that she was interested in this matter, He Yiniang told her the gossip she could hear in the market.

At the New Year's Eve banquet, the emperor pointed out two concubines for Prince Xiangzheng. It was said that the princess of Xiangzheng had been married to the prince's palace for several months and was not pregnant yet. The emperor was anxious to have his grandson.

The third prince was canonized as the Xianli County Prince, and Xia Wanyu, the daughter of the Wenhua Palace scholar, was designated as the principal concubine, and Liu Qiangwei and Xu Jiaorong were the side concubines.

Zhao Wangshu had lunch at Yage before going home.

Zhao Wangshu didn't go out for the next few days. On the Lantern Festival, Yun Hao asked her to go out to enjoy the lanterns.

After nightfall, the two of them walked out and found that Zhao Yin was also going out.

"Brother, who did you date?" Zhao Wangshu asked curiously.

"Friend." Zhao Yin walked away in a hurry.

Zhao Wangshu raised his eyebrows. After hearing this, he knew that he was not dating Xiao Bin. Was he leaving in such a hurry because he was afraid of her questioning?
  "My eldest brother must be dating a girl. I wonder when he will bring this future sister-in-law back?" Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

Yun Hao smiled and touched her head, "You have such a good taste, and my brother's taste is not bad either."

"Yun Hao, I just realized today that you are so narcissistic." Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

"Those who are close to the vermillion are red, those who are close to the ink are black."

Zhao Wangshu put his hands on his hips, "Then do you think I am Zhu or Mo?"

Yun Hao smiled and said: "My Wangshu is a lively little rabbit."

"I'm not a little rabbit, I'm a little tiger." Zhao Wangshu bared his teeth and claws at him.

The two of them walked out chatting and laughing, and came to the lively street market. Colored lanterns of various shapes were hung all over the street, shining like daylight.

The streets are bustling with people, including those who guess lantern riddles, those who watch lanterns, and those who sell snacks. It is very lively.

"Let's go to the river to put lanterns." Zhao Wangshu took Yun Hao to buy lanterns from a stall.

Yun Hao picked two lanterns, one for each person. Zhao Wangshu wrote on the note: May the family be healthy and happy, and may Yun Hao be safe every year.

What Yun Hao wrote is: I wish everything goes well for me, and I wish to grow old together for the rest of our lives.

The two set off lanterns by the river and watched the lanterns slowly drifting into the distance in the night. Zhao Wangshu looked at the people around him and said, "Yun Hao, I hope that we can set off lanterns together every Lantern Festival."

"Okay." Yun Hao held her hand, his eyes full of tenderness, "I will spend every Lantern Festival with you."

"Let's guess lantern riddles." Zhao Wangshu suggested enthusiastically.

"Okay." Yun Hao agreed with a smile.

When they arrived at the place where they were guessing lantern riddles, Yun Hao went to pay the money.

The stall owner pointed to the paper stuck on the shelf and said: "If you guess five correctly, you can exchange it for a square lantern. If you guess ten correctly, you can exchange it for a carp lantern. If you guess fifteen correctly, you can exchange it for a carp lantern."

"I want to change the rabbit lamp." Zhao Wangshu said.

You have to guess twenty puzzles correctly before you can change the rabbit lantern.

Yun Hao chuckled and said, "Okay."

Riddle: Open half of the moon and put it in your pocket. The lotus flowers were blooming when I arrived, and the chrysanthemums were turning yellow when I left.

"Folding fan." Zhao Wangshu took off the wooden sign under the lantern, but looked at Yun Hao unconfidently.

"It's a folding fan." Yun Hao smiled.

Mystery: It is said that the horse does not look like a horse, and there is no one on the road. If you use it to make medicine, you have to catch it in the sea.

"Haima." Zhao Wangshu guessed the answer to the riddle, and Yun Hao nodded slightly.

Mystery: Green when young, yellow when old, crushed into pieces of paper to taste. If you get it, it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth and cool in your belly. It is a good medicine.

"Licorice."

Zhao Wangshu guessed ten puzzles correctly at once. The subsequent puzzles became more and more difficult, and Zhao Wangshu was a little undecided.

Mystery: The white snake crosses the river with a red sun above its head, and the green dragon hangs on the wall covered with thousands of gold stars.

Zhao Wangshu looked at Yun Hao with a grimace, and Yun Hao smiled and rubbed her head, "Last time when we bought sugar to roast chestnuts, what did the boss have in his hand?" "It's a scale!" Zhao Wangshu said happily.

With Yun Hao's help, Zhao Wangshu finally guessed twenty puzzles correctly.

Yun Hao took the lantern from the stall owner and said, "Wang Shu, congratulations, the rabbit lantern is yours."

Zhao Wangshu happily took the rabbit lantern, his eyes filled with the joy of victory, "Let's go eat fresh meat wontons."

When he was approaching the wonton stall, Zhao Wangshu saw Zhao Yin and Lin Fang sitting next to him.

Lin Fang still disguised herself as a man, but when talking to Zhao Yin, she acted like a daughter, which was a bit cute.

Judging from the familiarity between the two, they must have had a lot of contact in private.

Although Zhao Wangshu didn't have a very good impression of Lin Fang, if Zhao Yin liked it, she wouldn't object.

"Brother." Zhao Wangshu walked over and nodded to Lin Fang with a smile, "Mr. Lin, happy New Year."

"Ah, Happy New Year." Lin Fang was a little surprised by Zhao Wangshu's attitude. After all, Zhao Wangshu was very unhappy when he saw her and Zhao Yin together last time.

"Why are you here too?" Zhao Yin asked with a smile.

"What, do you think we are disturbing you?" Zhao Wangshu asked with a pouted mouth.

"No, sit down quickly. What do you want to eat?"

"I want to eat fresh meat wontons, big brother's treat."

Zhao Yin smiled, "Okay, I'll treat you. What would Jingyao want to eat?"

“Fresh meat wontons.”

Zhao Yin smiled, "Boss, please bring two bowls of fresh meat wontons."

Not long after, two bowls of wontons came up, from Zhao Yin and Lin Fang.

But Zhao Yin, who loved his sister, put it in front of Zhao Wangshu and said, "You didn't eat much at night. You must be hungry now. Eat quickly."

"Thank you, brother." Zhao Wangshu smelled the enticing aroma of the hot wontons, picked up a spoon, blew on one, and put it in his mouth, "It's delicious as always."

"The meat filling is made of fresh pork, minced and mixed with egg whites, then added with minced onion, ginger, salt and cooking wine and mixed well, so it can be so tender and juicy," Lin Fang said.

"Master Lin is very knowledgeable about food." Zhao Wangshu said.

"I understand a little bit." Lin Fang smiled modestly.

On this topic, the two talked about the characteristics and cooking methods of food from various places, from exquisite snacks in the south to luxurious dinners in the north, from seafood in the east to mutton in the west.

Lin Fang knows a lot about food from all over the world and talked about the unique cooking methods and combinations of ingredients in different places.

"Master Lin is so knowledgeable and talented, he must have traveled to many places, right?" Zhao Wangshu asked.

Lin Fang smiled slightly and replied: "The world is so big and full of wonders. Although I have not traveled to many places, every time I go to a place, I will taste the food there."

"Indeed, every place has its own unique taste that makes people forget to leave. I also want to travel around and taste the delicious food from various places." Zhao Wangshu said with genuine yearning.

Yun Hao smiled and said, "There will be opportunities in the future."

Zhao Wangshu smiled sweetly at him, "A promise worth a thousand gold."

"You must keep your word." Yun Hao smiled.

Zhao Yin coughed twice and said, "If you don't eat it, the wontons will get cold."

After the four of them finished eating their wontons, Zhao Wangshu pulled Yun Hao away and said, "Brother, let's go our separate ways."

"Is this how you read your book in vain and part ways?"

"As long as the idea comes to mind." Zhao Wangshu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)