food queen

Chapter 187 You Like Me Too (4)
Among other things, Han Jin was worried about his own future first of all—the status of his mother-in-law would directly affect his daughter's future marriage, so what kind of future would a daughter of a merchant have for her to plan for herself?
Sure enough, Shao Suwen was going to hit the spot!Han Jin thought dully.

"Okay!" Seeing her sleepy look, Wei Xiyue hastily persuaded, "The eldest princess has her own opinion on this matter! What do you do? Do you think that person can step on you when he enters the door?" Can't do things well? Don't worry, the third uncle will not follow her."

Han Jin smiled and said nothing.

She remembered what her mother said to her before she died: If there is a stepmother, there will be a stepfather.

She was still young at the time and had no idea what that meant.But in the past few years, she has watched the big and small things in Zhongyihou's mansion and the Dachang Princess' mansion with cold eyes. Although she still doesn't understand it thoroughly, she has almost felt that her mother's words should be right.

The matter that Han Jin has been thinking about has indeed become the top priority of Zhongyihou's Mansion and Dachang Princess' Mansion.

Han Jianyuan is the son of the eldest son, and the Zhou family passed away, so the continuation is even more logical.

But the eldest princess is determined to find a gentle and virtuous woman for her son, and she will never let her son be wronged. What's more, Han Jianyuan already has a son and a daughter. Look far away, let go, and don't have to worry about whether the woman is from a famous family, whether she has enough natal background to add luster to Zhongyihou's mansion.

After searching for so long, the eldest princess finally took a fancy to someone—the daughter of Mrs. Ninghou's natal sister-in-law Yao's partner in Jiangnan Medicine.

This Jiangnan medicine merchant was surnamed Gu, and his ancestors were serious scholars, but he was a side branch, and the Gu family was a famous family in the previous dynasty. In the south of the Yangtze River, men farm and women weave, and live leisurely.

After a hundred years of development, farming and weaving in the south of the Yangtze River has weakened, and the way of merchants has become more and more prosperous. By chance, this old man Gu started the medicinal material business, and was later favored by the Yao family. The two parties signed a cooperation contract and have been helping each other for more than 20 years. , Jiangnan is the only one in the medicinal material business.

A while ago, Mrs. Yao went to Beijing and stayed in Ninghou Mansion for a few days. When chatting with Han Rui, she mentioned this daughter of the Gu family. Han Rui thought about Han Jianyuan, so she moved her mind.When I came back and told the eldest princess, the eldest princess also thought it was very good, so she asked someone to go to Jiangnan to see this girl.

Now the matter has almost been settled, the horoscope has been closed, and the dowry gift has also been passed. Just waiting for the auspicious day to be chosen, the Gu family girl will take a boat to the north, and bring a generous dowry to enter the door of Zhongyihou's mansion to be the eldest son Be Han Jianyuan's new wife and stepmother of two children.

Wei Xiyue took notice of Han Jin's worries, but she couldn't persuade her much. Wei Xiyue was only a child herself, and besides, she had only heard of this kind of remarriage with a false title, so how could she know? The details?And Han Qian was busy arguing with Yun Shuo these days, so naturally he didn't care about Han Jin's small thoughts.

In the entanglement day by day, the selection of the imperial chef finally came to an end.

After four selections, 120 of the 37 cooks who entered the palace for the first time were finally left behind.Among these 37 people, there are twelve male cooks and 25 cooks.

Han Jin finally had a little smile on his face, Wei Xiyue just thought it was her own thinking.But I didn't know it was because Han Jin saw two people among the 25 cooks - these two people were two of the five people Shao Suwen sent her a message to ask her to take special care of.

Anyway, when I saw Shao Suwen later, I could feel more confident.Han Jin thought silently.

And at this moment when they were about to part, the little conflict between Yun Shuo and Han Qian seemed to disappear suddenly.

The atmosphere of the dinner was quite good, neither of the two of them tossed each other's noses or eyes, but each ate quietly.

Wei Xiyue and Han Jin took two bites in a hurry and then retreated, because both of them were shocked by this rare silence, and no one could guess what would happen next, so they both chose to retreat wisely.

"Go out for a walk?" Yun Shuo asked softly, looking at Han Qian who was leaning on the chair opposite him, bored.

Han Qian looked up at Yun Shuo, and asked indifferently, "Blowing cold wind?"

"Pass through the back porch, and there is a greenhouse in a few steps. The 'Phoenix Feather' you have been thinking about a few days ago is about to bloom." Yun Shuo said, standing up.

"Okay." Han Qian also stood up.

The two of them didn't talk much, they went around the screen side by side, went out the back door, walked through the long back porch and entered the glass greenhouse.

At this time of midwinter, in order to keep the temperature in the greenhouse, a thick layer of cotton curtains was added inside the glass walls, which not only separated from the severe cold outside, but also separated from the whistling wind.

The earth dragon is burning down in the greenhouse, and the fragrance of flowers inside is pleasant and warm as spring.

In order not to let the smell of fireworks spoil the fragrance of the flowers, Yun Shuo specially asked people to hang a few luminous pearls to light up the flower room.Yingying pearls sprinkled all over the flower room, covering the pots of delicate orchids as gentle as the melting moonlight.

After entering the door, Yun Shuo took off Han Qian's heavy cloak and put it on the hanger at the door, and then raised his hand to untie his sable cloak.

Yihe Palace is a place where earth dragons are burned as soon as winter comes, so Han Qian only wore a cotton silk jacket skirt next to her body, and she didn't feel hot in this warmly heated greenhouse.

"This pot of phoenix feathers really bloomed!" Han Qian walked to the brass and gilt flower stand, looking at the pot of pink and purple orchids.

Fengyu is a variety of lotus petal orchid. The petals are thick and delicate, in the shape of lotus petals. It was originally a wild orchid that grew in the Lanjiang River Basin in the southwest. The flower plant is relatively short, and the early flower spikes are not large. , but it was moved to the greenhouse and carefully cultivated, gradually improved, and became a famous orchid.

Because it has several red, white and green butterfly leaves in the strong seedling stage, like the feathers of the legendary phoenix, so it is called "Fengyu", also known as "Fengshi Fengyu".

Han Qian likes all beautiful things, food, beauties, and indescribably beautiful flowers.So when she saw the first blooming orchids, she put aside all the troubles in her heart and immersed herself in the joy of blooming.

"Do you like it?" Yun Shuo approached from behind and stretched out his hand to pull him into his arms.

Han Qian's heart skipped a beat. She had been deliberately avoiding him during the time they got along.Because I don't know when it started, every time I was with this person, I always felt an inexplicable irritability in my heart.

It doesn't seem to work if it's close, and it doesn't work if it's far away.

His approach would give her a sense of oppression, as if being violated, which made her feel uneasy.

But when I couldn't see him, my heart was empty, as if a leaf had been bitten by something, and it couldn't grow no matter what.

(End of this chapter)