food queen

Chapter 403 Where is the oriole? (2)
Han Jin smiled lightly and shook his head: "But Your Majesty will not let go, and the ministers can't do anything about it. After all, this is only a matter of the harem, and foreign ministers are not good at interfering too much."

"However, if the empresses in the harem don't speak up, who can talk about this matter?" Gu sighed.

"Among the elders in the royal family, Princess Cheng is the first, but——Prince Cheng's mansion is taking care of his family's affairs now. The old concubine is really old, and I'm afraid she has no power to deal with such things." Gu Ningshuang pondered.

"Then there are only Princess Jialan and Princess Heng." Gu Shi raised her hand and rubbed the center of her brows, then shook her head and said, "However, these two people are greedy masters, and they have taken a lot of benefits from us on weekdays. They didn't even say a word. Now that something happened to the Third Princess, they won't talk too much."

After hearing this, Gu Ningshuang asked Han Jin: "My good sister, do you know what happened to the third princess's mansion?"

Han Jin sneered indifferently: "Isn't it because she was so bold that she made clothes for the little prince and put poison on the silver bell on the cuff of the baby's cuff. When the matter was discovered, do you think His Majesty can spare her?"

"This is really a murder!" Gu sighed, "Murdering the emperor's heir is a serious crime of confiscating the family and destroying the family. It is already a great grace for His Majesty not to implicate the Shao family."

Gu Ningshuang couldn't help but sigh, but Han Jin lowered her head and didn't speak.

The three of them sat for a long while, and then Mrs. Gu asked Han Jin again: "What is the meaning of your mother writing a letter to your third aunt alone? What important things are not in the palace, but she is asked to help find them?"

Han Jin shook his head and said, "I don't know about that either. The empress won't tell me everything either."

Gu Ningshuang glanced at Gu Ningshuang with a little disappointment, Gu Ningshuang smiled lightly and said: "My sister just came back from the palace, she must be tired too, why not take a rest first."

Han Jin stood up and gave Gu's a soft blessing: "Daughter resigns."

"You go, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare your favorite crispy fish from the lotus pond." Gu smiled kindly.

Han Jin took Yindie'er out, Gu's gaze shifted from her back to Gu Ningshuang's face.

"Don't think too much, aunt. From my point of view, the empress may not trust her very much. In this family, the closest one to the empress should be the third bedroom." Gu Ningshuang said helplessly.

"When the eldest princess was here, she preferred the third bedroom." Gu snorted coldly, "Ninghou's mansion is in full swing, who wouldn't give in to the third bedroom?"

Gu Ningshuang nodded and said: "What my aunt said is true. For the present plan, we should get closer to Sanfang."

"However, Wei's behavior is really hateful. I have shown her favor over and over again, but she turned a blind eye."

"She has a strong backing, so it's natural to be proud. But I don't believe that there are still people who can't afford money?" Gu Ningshuang sneered.

"You are wrong! Are they short of money in the Ninghou Mansion?" Gu sighed, "Our family is in the business of medicinal materials, but his mother is the founder of the National Medical Center. The National Medical Center and the Food and Drug Administration are now in charge. With the medicinal materials of Dayun Dynasty, to put it bluntly, we are also living on the breath of others."

After hearing this, Gu Ningshuang was also speechless.

The aunt and nephew were silent for a while, and finally it was Gu who patted Gu Ningshuang's hand and persuaded: "Don't worry, anyway, you are only over 15 years old, so you can wait another two years. Besides, your business is a matter of the previous elder What the princess means, wait until I ask your uncle at night, and then make a fuss about it."

"Auntie, please worry." Gu Ningshuang stood up.

Mrs. Gu shook her head and sighed: "Why do you and I talk about this? Both of us are bleeding from the Gu family. We didn't feel that much in the south before, but now that we are in the capital, we feel more and more that if we don't have our mother's family to support us, We women deserve to be bullied. That's all! You go back, and you don't have to come over for dinner."

Gu Ningshuang backed away.

In the evening, Mrs. Gu specially asked Jiaoyue to invite Han Jianyuan in for dinner.After Han Jianyuan entered the door, he saw his favorite dishes on the dinner table, so he couldn't help but smile, because he asked, "What's the matter today? Did you ask someone to invite you?"

"Does it have to be something that I can invite Lord Hou to come back for dinner?" Mrs. Gu went forward with a smile, took off Han Jianyuan's outer robe and twisted the hot handkerchief to wipe his hands. For a while now, Master Hou has been resting in the study because he has to keep filial piety for the eldest princess, and only the servants take care of food and drink. Only then did I cook the meals that Lord Hou likes to eat, please come back and make up for it."

"Stay at home all day, don't lead troops, don't fight, don't go out on official business, and there is nothing to be tired." Han Jianyuan smiled faintly, handed the wet handkerchief in his hand to Jiaoyue, and turned to sit at the dinner table.

"Grandpa worked hard a while ago because of the eldest princess, and he really lost a lot of weight." Sitting down at the side, Mrs. Gu took a spoon to serve Han Jianyuan with soup, "This is mountain mushroom soup, and I put a few flavors on it. Stewed with warming and nourishing medicinal materials, it can nourish the body even without the smell of meat, Master Hou, taste how it tastes."

Han Jianyuan took the soup bowl, blew on the hot air gently, took a sip, nodded and said, "It's really good."

"Since you like it, you can use more." Gu immediately smiled.

"Okay. You have a heart." Han Jianyuan drank the soup, put down the bowl and began to eat.

The meals on this table are all vegetarian dishes, but every dish is made with great care.Knowing that Han Jianyuan's taste is heavy and he doesn't like the taste of Jiangnan, Mrs. Gu went to the kitchen to make spicy tofu, dried ruyi, five-color vermicelli, shredded radish in red oil, spicy fried assorted diced lotus root and other spicy vegetarian dishes.

Han Jianyuan ate very sweetly and added two bowls of rice.

After dinner, Mrs. Gu asked the maids to clear the dining table, brought two bowls of Pu'er tea, and sat chatting with her husband in front of the lamp.

"The empress is in good health. I just asked Jin'er about myself, so you can rest assured." Gu Shi said.

"Well, as long as she is well in the palace, our family will be safe." Han Jianyuan nodded in response.

"It's just...the concubine is not sure about something, and I want to ask Master Hou to make an idea." Gu asked tentatively.

"Tell me." Han Jianyuan bowed his head and took a sip of tea.

"Yesterday, someone came to propose marriage to Ningshuang. It is said that Ningshuang has reached the age of marriage, and it is time to talk about marriage. Previously, the eldest princess wanted her to enter the palace to accompany the empress, but now... His Majesty's heart If I can't accommodate the second person, I'm afraid that Ningshuang's entry into the palace will not happen. However, the eldest princess doesn't dare to change her concubine at will, so I really don't know what to do."

"Your niece just turned 15 this year?" Han Jianyuan asked.

"Yes, she was one year younger than the empress." Gu replied.

"Then there's no need to be in such a hurry to get married. Let's talk about it after the empress's birth." Han Jianyuan said.

(End of this chapter)