The little lady in the palace

Chapter 62
In the Liangyu Pavilion, Yuyin really "studied" carefully what interesting things that are not commonly eaten in the house can be eaten for dinner.

Shan Shan and Zhao Chengrui respectively mentioned a few items. Shan Shan mentioned mostly staple foods, such as pancakes and fruits in Tianjin, noodle tea in the street, and a bowl of boiled stew that would definitely fill you up; Zhao Chengrui talked about meat food, What are dry pot bullfrogs, fried belly, fried liver, and sheep brain pancakes.

Yu Yinzai recalled it carefully, he seemed to have only tasted noodle tea, and the other types were only known by name but never seen, so let's just prepare some of them!

While waiting for the meal, she was actually a little nervous.The main reason is to scare the dry pot bullfrog and sheep's brain biscuits, especially the sheep's brain biscuits, no matter how I think about it, I feel a little...disgusting?
But this kind of feeling didn't overcome the curiosity, Yuyin only asked a special question, wouldn't he kill a sheep just to make this biscuit?Zhao Chengrui replied that it would definitely not be the case, the mansion would slaughter the sheep every three to five days for cooking, the sheep brains would be thrown away if no one would eat them, and now they wanted to eat their own ready-made ones.

So she felt relieved and happily waited for dinner.

As a result, when the dinner was served, Yang Enlu came over and said, "My lord has returned to Beijing with His Highness the Twelfth Prince."

Yu Yin: "Huh?"

Yang Enlu said again: "The master said that he will come back tomorrow at the latest, and let the servant stay to serve you, so don't worry."

Yu Yin: "Oh..."

If you think about it, there's really nothing to worry about.Yang Enlu is considered the most convenient person around Meng Junhuai, and he hasn't even taken him away now, so it's not a difficult task, otherwise there must be a capable helper by his side.

Yuyin waved Yang Enlu back, and took a few children to "explore" the food on the table.

Pancakes, fruit and noodle tea look the most normal, and the dry pot of bullfrogs is just a small pot of food if you don’t look closely at the shape of the bullfrogs.Yu Yin plucked up her courage for a while, reached out and took a sheep's brain biscuit and got up.

A hole was cut in the middle of the hot biscuit, and it was stuffed full of white sheep's brains, which looked like bean curd foam, but unfortunately, everyone on the table knew that it was sheep's brains.

A table of children looked at her with bated breath, and He Jing tugged at her sleeves worriedly: "Concubine Mu..."

Then they stared dumbfounded at Yu Yin and bit it down!

Yuyin tried her best not to think about "sheep's brain inside", tasted it, and thought it was not bad!The taste is a bit mushy, a bit sandy, and has a special umami taste, but there is no "disgusting" taste at all, and it is not unpalatable.

She smiled and looked at He Jing: "You want one?"

He Jing immediately shook her head vigorously: "I don't!"

After that, the dinner was spent in constant mutual dislike and laughter.

Here, Xizhen scooped up fried liver, and Ah Li grinned and covered his mouth when he saw the sticky texture, and finally described it with disgust: "It looks like a snot!"

Xizhen who just took a bite into her mouth: "..."

Over there, He Jing and Xi Yao studied what was in the marinated and boiled fire. Xi Yao was the youngest and knew about tofu and fire, and He Jing also knew a large intestine.

"What is this?" The two little girls scooped out a piece of something they didn't recognize. It was dark gray and seemed to be meat, but inside it was a tube-shaped strange thing.

Zhao Chengrui poked his head and looked: "Oh! This slave recognized it! These are lungs!" He patted his chest, "One on the left and one on the right!"

"..." Everyone looked sideways at him for a while and then burst out laughing. Shan Shan slapped him and said, "Can't you make pig's lungs on yourself?"

Compared with the relaxed atmosphere in Lingyun Garden, the Prince Jin's Mansion is full of dark clouds.

The three of them sat in the main room and were silent for a while, Meng Junya sighed: "I was aware of the fact that Dongchang wanted to praise the tenth brother, but I didn't expect him to get up so quickly."

He thought that Dongchang would use other methods, such as giving the tenth brother some real power and helping him find an official position, but he didn't expect that he would go directly to his father without turning the corner.

Meng Junya had a headache.Because of the great power of Dongchang, many things had to be avoided. For example, this time he asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to help his fourth brother lift the ban. The factory used it to tell tales.

But if Dongchang is already promoting the tenth brother like this, it will not work to avoid it.

There is no need to ask what is the ultimate purpose of picking a prince who was not ranked first.

Meng Junya thought for a long time before opening his mouth again: "I will arrange this, you can avoid your summer heat at ease. On the side of the queen mother, I will let the third child talk about the tenth child."

The twelve princes were angry: "Which side does the third brother belong to? That's not sure! My younger brother loses face in front of the emperor, so I don't believe it's not good for him."

"Twelfth brother!" Meng Junhuai didn't stop there, he got up and bowed to Meng Junya, "If the elder brother has any other orders, he will inform the brothers in time. Also, for the fourth brother... I also think that if I can think of a way sooner." It’s better to come back sooner.”

After all, it is not a good thing to stay in a place where there is chaos.

"I know." Prince Jin nodded, and ordered his servants to send the two younger brothers away.

After the room became quiet, Meng Junya sat quietly for a long time.

He knew from the very beginning that this matter was not easy to handle, and it would not end in a short while.It's just that when things come to an end, it's hard to avoid feeling powerless.

He did not expect that estrangement would arise so quickly between brothers, concubine and aunt.Take the matter of the tenth brother as an example, if the tenth brother can resist the temptation now, and still become one with the brothers, things will be much more comfortable.But helpless, the tenth brother was too impetuous.

"Come here." Prince Jin sighed, "Go to Pujun Prince's Mansion and ask if third brother is free. If he is free, let him come to me quickly."

So that night, King Shanjun, who had just finished playing chess with his father in the palace and was in full swing, was scolded by his own brother when he got home.

King Pu Jun detained him in the main room, slapped the table and scolded him angrily: "You are so courageous, aren't you? How dare you say that in front of your mother? If your mother doesn't reward you, it's because of your face!"

"Third brother, can you be a little promising?" King Shanjun refused, "We don't compare with the eldest brother and fourth brother, but don't forget, our mother and concubine are also noble concubines! Why do you think you are a dwarf? Now it is four My brother is in trouble, and the queen mother wants to beg me, I can't even tell the truth?!"

"Are you telling the truth?!" Prince Pu was anxious, rolled up his sleeves and went to beat him up. King Shan reacted quickly, hiding from him around the tables and chairs and reasoning: "Why is it not the truth? You just say why not The truth! Fourth brother, did he do it himself? His crime was not given to him by force!"

"Old ten, you are really..." King Pujun gritted his teeth angrily, "Old ten, you are such an idiot, you! The third brother will put the words here for you, if you really use the fourth brother to blackmail the queen mother to take the place in your house Why is Liu's righted, let me tell you! You don't need to call me brother from now on!"

After he finished speaking, he shook his hands and left, but King Shanjun raised his voice angrily behind him: "I really don't lack a brother like you!"

The eunuch next to Prince Pu hurriedly followed up to persuade his prince: "My lord, please calm down..."

"Get out!" Pujun Wang scolded back shamelessly, then gnashed his teeth and said, "Go to the palace and tell me, I will go to the palace to see my mother and concubine early tomorrow morning!"

After three or five days, the affairs in the palace spread among the princes and the concubines of the various mansions.

I don't know the specific details, but everyone has heard that the dignified concubine knelt in front of the Kunning Palace to apologize.And the empress was unambiguous, she really let the imperial concubine kneel in front of the hall for a full two minutes before being helped in to speak.

When the matter reached Lingyun Garden, Meng Junhuai snorted coldly: "This old ten can really mess up! The empress mother and the imperial concubine have been at peace for so many years, so let him get along!"

Yu Yin didn't know how to persuade her.

Counting forward, this matter is really the tenth prince, who is a son, slapped his aunt in the face, and the twelve princes were present at the time, so it is estimated that there were many people in the palace nearby, so it is natural for the empress to be unhappy.

She thought about it seriously, if something similar happened to her one day—for example, when Ah Li or Ah Qi spoke rudely in front of her, and Concubine You came over to apologize for her son, she probably could only let her kneel down for a while to apologize. Let's talk about something else.

After all, this kind of thing will shake the majesty of the mistress, and she needs to let the whole family see this, so that she can re-establish her majesty.In the same way, the queen also needs to regain her face in this way.

So even though she knew that speaking for the Tenth Prince might be more conducive to calming down the conflict, she still put up with the words that disturbed the water.

"Yes, King Shanjun is too muddy!" Yu Yin helped him scold, and scooped something from the plate to his mouth, "Take a bite?"

Meng Junhuai frowned and looked: "What is this?"

He found that after that day, she suddenly liked to eat some messy things.In the past few days, she has stuffed him with various snacks such as stinky tofu, fried crunch, braised duck neck, etc.

He justly stated that he had never eaten these things before, but she couldn't eat them, but she replied confidently that she hadn't eaten them either, and she would taste them after trying them.

The spoonful that was handed to him right now looked like a spoonful of greyish-looking smear-like stuff. It was still oily and smelled a little fishy.

Meng Junhuai looked at her cautiously: "What kind of brain is it?"

"No! It's called motofu. They say it's fried in mutton oil from the leftover soy flour in the powder room. It's common for ordinary people to eat." Yuyin seriously suggested that he try it. "I've been addicted to eating this for two days. Oh, don't tell me...there are so many weird and good folk things!"

"..." Meng Junhuai touched her belly with a solemn expression, wondering if the person she was carrying in her belly was a reincarnation of a starving ghost.

Otherwise, how could she, a concubine born as a dignified lady, suddenly like to eat such unappealing food? !
Return the bean dregs!
Then he looked at the anticipation in her eyes, and spinelessly ate the spoonful of mo tofu in front of him.

"How is it?" Yuyin asked with sparkling eyes, sincerely hoping that he would also like to eat what he likes.

"Hmm..." Meng Junhuai savored the food carefully, and after a moment of silence with a strange expression on his face, he nodded and admitted, "It's really delicious."

(End of this chapter)