The Ups and Downs of Mrs. Yipin

Chapter 18
Ever since Lord Shangshu took a step back, Fang Xiuyi really felt that "the sky in the liberated area is a clear sky, and the people in the liberated area like it very much". She was very happy with her two children, especially Fei Yu, who did not hide it at all. She also complained that she thought she was going to leave that day, but the top of the lotus flower was not carved properly, and now it can finally be polished carefully.The two children came back from school every afternoon and had dinner with He Huai'an. After the meal, He Huai'an checked their homework, then taught them piano and painting separately, and Sandong sent them back at night.

It may be that the child gave Lord Shangshu a lot of comfort. He Huai'an soon recovered from his illness. Ten days later, Lord Shangshu started to go to work again. Fang Xiuyi also woke up early, and started to wake up earlier than chickens than dogs. Late life.

Master Shang Shu returned home on the first day of work, and Sandong told Fang Xiuyi that from today onwards, Master Shangshu would start a vegetarian diet for his deceased mother and wife for three years.

"San Dong, is this an adult's request?"

"Yes. Originally, the old lady and the lady had passed away for many years, but the adults felt guilty, so they decided like this."

"However, if it is three years, I am afraid that my body will lose money." If it is an ordinary wealthy family, it is not a big problem to be a vegetarian for several years, but Master Shangshu is different. He has to deal with so many things every day, and how many officials he has to deal with every year. The up-and-down adjustment of the diet is really too much loss. If this is the case, if you only eat vegetarian, you may not be able to keep up.

"This is decided by the adults, and it has already been reported to the saint. So I will trouble you, and I will pay more attention in the future."

"I see." For such an old-fashioned person, if he wants to mourn his relatives, it will take about a year, which is good, and three years will come.

"Also, don't think it's a bad thing. The Holy Majesty even granted the title to the old madam and madam." Sandong was also worried that Fang Xiuyi's thinking was wrong.

"Really? This is a good thing." The ancients paid great attention to these matters of fame and festivals. It is really a great thing to have a wife or a royal order.

Fang Xiuyi really racked his brains thinking about not being able to eat meat, how can a person eat a full vegetarian diet for three years and still be healthy and delicious.Soon, He Huai'an discovered that there were a lot of fungi in his meals, even in the soup.However, there are also some things that I haven't eaten before, such as pumpkin soup, sweet corn soup and so on.

In fact, Fang Xiuyi is better at making meat dishes, and she can’t do it now, so she naturally cooks more sweets and pasta. Generally speaking, pasta and rice are also impartial, but because she used to make more rice and stir-fried vegetables, it seems that there are more pasta now. up.For example, she ate oil-splashed noodles in Shaanxi in her previous life. She thought the method was simple and delicious, but when she went back to make the noodles, she found that she couldn’t pull the noodles at all. For this reason, she watched the steps and videos on the Internet, before and after. It took more than ten or twenty times of tossing and pulling out the complete belt surface.In addition, she also started deep-fried dough sticks.In short, if she can't cook meat dishes, she can just toss and toss the pasta. Anyway, Lord Shang Shu also said that she just wants to eat home-cooked meals.She also let go of her hands to do it without much scruples.

Time passed quickly, and it was winter in a blink of an eye.Fang Xiuyi also saved more and more bounties. After a few days, she and the two children would count the deposits with smiles on their faces. The two children didn't have much enthusiasm after that, but seeing their mother's happiness, they had no choice but to count the money.

"My dear, look, look, we already have a deposit of 280 taels. Hehe, think about this time last year when we first came to the capital, we didn't have much money, and the padded jackets we were wearing were all torn. Look, how cute my two babies are!" As she spoke, Fang Xiuyi hugged the children and took turns kissing them, but in the end they were all disgusted.

"Mother, don't kiss anymore, other children are too old to kiss anymore." Siyuan wiped his face.

"Go away! They are them, I don't care, but you are my sons, so kiss as you should."

"Hehe, mother, don't worry, brother won't let me kiss, I will let you kiss, come on, mother, give me a kiss." No matter what, Fei Yu was still a girl at heart, so he hugged Fang Xiuyi and kissed her.

"Well, our Feiyu is still cute." Fang Xiuyi looked at the two children and said happily.

It's getting colder, and the children's outdoor activities are less. In addition, they have been eating dinner with Master Shangshu, and the things that the two children need to do by themselves are also reduced a lot. So soon after winter, Feiyu and Siyuan naturally started After returning to white, the skin on the hands is not so rough. Looking at it this way, it looks more like two angel babies made of pink makeup and jade.Of course, Siyuan and Feiyu's original appearance was gradually exposed, especially Feiyu, whose natural good looks became more and more outstanding, and even men's clothes couldn't hide it.Fang Xiuyi felt proud, but also worried, and became more careful.

And He Huai'an also quickly discovered this problem. He saw that the skin of the two children turned white quickly. Finally, I understood why Cook Fang was so cautious and scared.She is a little cook, but guarding such two extraordinary children, this is not a blessing, but a disaster.Then what kind of person is the father of these two children to have such two outstanding children?It's a pity that he died early, otherwise he must be very human, and he would be able to protect his children well.He said that day that he would protect them well. Now it seems that he is a bit contemptuous, but what should we do?

Before the two of them thought of a better way, He Huai'an encountered a problem.To be precise, it was his good friend Gu Zhun who encountered a problem. Gu Zhun was ten years older than He Huai'an, and they all went in and out of officialdom with the current emperor.Now the western part of the country is at war, and the frontline general is called Ji Pingjiang, and he and Gu Zhun are eight worship friends.Now it is winter, the western front is tight, and it is a matter of life and death, but there are shortages of soldiers, horses, equipment, food and grass, and it is very urgent.

The person in charge of supplying the front line is the Ministry of War Shangshu Zhuo Sansheng. Zhuo Sansheng is the wife and younger brother of Zhang Mingshan, the chief assistant of the cabinet.Zhang Mingshan, He Huai'an and others are all members of the current Holy Majesty, especially Zhang Mingshan, who made great contributions in the process of the Holy Majesty's ascension to the throne.Therefore, there is now a power of less than one person and more than ten thousand people, and even the Holy One still has some scruples about the Zhang family.This Zhang Mingshan had a feud with Ji Pingjiang, that's why Ji Pingjiang was embarrassed in every possible way, even the national righteousness was ignored.Gu Zhun got a secret letter from Ji Pingjiang, and wrote to the Holy Majesty, asking for more troops and supplies, but the Holy Majesty seemed to have been bewitched by Zhang Mingshan, and rejected them one by one.Gu Zhun had no choice but to find He Huai'an.

"Lord He, I can't help it." Although Gu Zhun is also a minister, he is only a minister of the Ministry of Industry, and he really doesn't have much real power in this regard.

"The battle on the front line is tense. If foreigners invade, we will definitely lose half of our country." He Huai'an also knows the urgency of the matter. Although he is not familiar with Ji Pingjiang, he admires him very much. He has been stationed on the frontier, and even a younger brother was also killed up.

"Yeah, it's just that old man Zhang who abandoned his family's righteousness for his own self-interest, really hateful!" Gu Zhun slapped the table hard when he was excited.

"Mr. Gu, don't worry. Let's think about it carefully. We must send the reinforcements and supplies to the front line as soon as possible." People in the country, he can't sit idly by.

"However, the Holy Majesty has completely trusted Zhang Mingshan, what should we do?" They all followed the Holy Majesty all the way, but now they are obviously not as trusted by the Holy Majesty as before. Instead, the wind blowing by the pillow, The wind direction has changed, and they are really helpless.

"Don't act rashly, lest you fail to help General Ji and damage us, then there is really no hope." He Huai'an said while thinking, "As long as we can break away from the relationship between the Holy One and the Chief Assistant, we will be able to succeed. half."

"what should we do?"

"Brother Gu, we need Master Wen's help."

Wen Renyi is the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, and his relationship with them is not far or close, but the emperor's right-hand man, who holds the privacy of all officials, sounds very gentle by name, but in fact his methods are extremely cruel, and he has no family. living for the job.If they want to bring down Zhang Mingshan, they need to know Zhang Mingshan's weakness, the unknown weakness.However, Zhang Mingshan is the father of the emperor's favorite concubine, and Wen Renyi is loyal to the emperor, so it is a bit difficult to do.How can I impress this ruthless Minister of the Ministry of Justice?

Fang Xiuyi felt that the adult's appetite seemed to have decreased in the past few days. She asked the two children, but it seemed to be nothing. She suspected that there was a problem with her cooking skills. I guess the adult was a little tired. Yes, there was no meat at all. It really is. A little embarrassed.In addition to Lord Shangshu's compromise last time, Fang Xiuyi had the guts to ask to see the Lord and discuss the issue of eating in person. This is a big deal.

I went into the study again, but it was different from before.Now this is the new study room, on the other side of the bedroom, the size of two rooms.Because I wanted to teach the two children, and I didn’t want people to know, the original study room became a classroom, and the study room was changed here. Some books were just moved over symbolically, and most of them are still stored in the original house.

"Why do you want to see me?"

"My lord, I'm just here to discuss with you about your diet." Fang Xiu said boldly, "My lord, you have been a vegetarian for two months. Now that winter is coming, your appetite should not be reduced, but I found that your lord In the past few days, I have eaten very little. I wondered if the adults felt that the food was not suitable, or did they have other requirements?"

He Huai'an smiled, he didn't expect this cook to be so direct.

"In my opinion, you may be the person who cares most about my body in this world. I'm afraid that something will happen to me, and you will be confirmed as the disaster star."

Fang Xiu was taken aback, she felt that this smile was very familiar, she must have seen it somewhere.

"It's good that the adults know, and please take care of the adults."

"It's none of your business. I just have a problem I can't solve recently. It's inevitable that I'm thinking a little bit more."

"My lord, no matter what the problem is, there is actually a solution, but if the body collapses, the solution will really be lost."

"Really? Do you understand everything?" He Huai'an had the desire to talk to a cook, "Then help me think about it, you say, if a person is very ruthless and has no emotions, how can I impress him?"

Fang Xiuyi thought, this might really be what He Huai'an was thinking about, it seemed really difficult.Without the seven emotions and six desires, how can there be weaknesses?
"My lord, I'm just a cook, and I don't have that much knowledge. However, I always feel that everyone, as long as they are sane, must have what they value most. For example, if someone threatens me with Feiyu and Siyuan , I will not even take my life. Another example is my lord, my lord has the world in mind. If the country's fortune is not prosperous and the world is chaotic, my lord will definitely try my best to turn it around, even if it is insignificant." Although Fang Xiuyi doesn't know He Huai'an very well, after such a long time From the short contact with everyone, I can fully believe that Master Shang Shu is a very principled person with a great sense of the overall situation. Such an important minister is not purely luck, but has real strength.

"I'm not as good as you said." He Huai'an spoke in a vague way, as if he had thought of something else.

"I don't know exactly how your lord becomes an official, but a person's character will definitely be reflected in his position. Just like the ruthless and desireless person your lord mentioned just now, if he relies on his superficial ruthlessness and desire To cover up something, then this covered thing is his weakness. But if this person is really cold and heartless, then ruthlessness may be his weakness."

He Huai'an felt suddenly enlightened. All along, they only thought about how to break through Wen Renyi's defense and always wanted to find out his weakness. People like him, wouldn't there be opportunities to take advantage of it?If you want to find such a person again, that Ji Pingjiang is really the best candidate.Ji Pingjiang never got married, never even had a relationship with men and women, he was loyal only to the country, he showed no mercy to the enemy on the battlefield, even skinned the leader of the enemy and hung him at the gate of the city.I don't know what will happen when these two people meet together?
"Thank you! Do whatever you want, I can eat more tomorrow. Pinellia, go to Mr. Gu's house!" Mr. Shangshu showed a rare urgency, and hurried out.

Fang Xiu thought for a second, maybe she really helped the adults by mistake, but she didn't know why she was so anxious.However, where did you see your lord's smile just now?

(End of this chapter)