take a wife to support the family

Chapter 337 Tomato Beef Soup

The most uncomfortable feeling is nothing like hitting the cotton with a punch.

Prince Xin's mind was alert, he didn't want to attack his own elder brother, even if he wanted to fight for the position with some small tricks, he would not really use the sword.

He never expected that after thinking about it for a while, all the thoughts he had carefully exerted fell into emptiness.Song Haonian couldn't appreciate those subtle and subtle thoughts at all, he just said "I will not be the son of the prince" in a rough voice, and smashed the scheme of the prince of the king.

His expression froze on Shizi's face, he looked at Song Haonian in disbelief, and said shyly, "Second brother, you don't want this seat?"

Song Haonian nodded and said: "You have done a good job as a prince, why should I rob you? I don't know how to be a prince. Wouldn't it embarrass our family if I turn around?"

He went back to the capital to find his father and mother. At the beginning, he thought that if his father and mother were not doing well, he would send them to Qingliu Town. Who knew that his father and mother were the most honorable figures in Ming Dynasty. No mention of the head.

He has seen enough in the past [-] years that the brothers used their brains to fight for the family property.To put it bluntly, the position of King Xin's son is just a bigger family property. He refused to compete with Song Haoshi and Song Haojie back then, so would he still compete with his own brothers?

Compared with those two, Prince Xin is the best brother.

Song Haonian said: "I have to work for you and your younger siblings to take care of the affairs of the family. People like me can't take care of these things. Even if you give me the crown prince, I don't want it."

Prince Xin was stunned, no matter what he did, he never thought that his second brother was almost a saint!
In contrast, his calculations and arrangements are even more narrow-minded, which can be compared to the gutter.

Prince Xin's son couldn't help showing shame on his face: "It's my heart of a villain, and I actually think that my second brother is the kind of person who covets glory and wealth..."

Song Haonian said with a smile: "Who doesn't like prosperity and wealth? But there is one thing, I can't be greedy for things that aren't mine, and it's useless to give them to me if I can't hold them."

Xinwang and his wife nodded repeatedly, Princess Changping looked at Baihe, she saw Song Haonian smiling all over her face, she really didn't have the slightest hint of displeasure, she couldn't help thinking: Brother Xuan and his wife are a natural match.

Song Haonian explained his thoughts clearly, and Xin Wang discussed with Xin Wang's son how to suppress the rumors in Beijing, he didn't understand these things, so he simply went to see his son.

Qingsong was still in their room with a nervous expression on his face, not allowing anyone to get close to Ruzhen, and when Song Haonian came back, he was willing to hand over Ruzhen to him, and asked nervously: "Brother-in-law, how are you?"

Song Haonian said: "Almost, anyway, I have made an agreement with the emperor and my father, I will not be the prince, they will handle other things by themselves."

Qingsong breathed a sigh of relief, and felt a little regretful: "It's a pity, if you want to be the son of the world, I will be majestic."

Lily said to him: "You have to earn your own prestige as a man, so what's the point of relying on your brother-in-law's power?"

Qingsong scratched his head and smiled, "That's all I said, naturally I'll save face by myself in the future."

After Qingsong left, Song Haonian said to Baihe: "I just feel sorry for you and Ruzhen." In order to preserve his relationship, he insisted on letting go of the great opportunity at hand. I don't know how to make trouble.

Lily smiled and said: "You don't know, I have my own ideas. If you become the son of the world, can you not marry the second wife? Even if you don't want to marry yourself, the court will let you marry."

King Xin and Concubine Zhou are so close and harmonious, isn't it because Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan are sandwiched between them?Lily is very jealous, but she can't stand being wronged like that.

"If you don't want to be the eldest son, no one will urge you to marry the second wife, and my son and I will justifiably occupy you." Lily thought very clearly.

Song Haonian said cheerfully: "Well, you can occupy it, I only want you to be my daughter-in-law, and I won't marry anyone else."

Baihe still doesn't know that she really hit it by mistake this time: just before she went to find Princess Zhou, Princess Zhou was thinking about marrying Song Haonian a concubine.

Princess Zhou is not that unreasonable mother-in-law who insists on meddling in the affairs of her son's house, even the affairs of the eldest son's house.Pian Song Haonian's situation is unusual, he grew up in the folk, and the wife he married was also a folk village girl, which is naturally much worse than his brothers.

Although Princess Zhou thought that Lily was good, she didn't want to wrong her son, so she wanted to show Song Haonian a concubine. She had to be of decent background and able to help Baili's family, but not too high-born or too strong-tempered, so as not to The run on the lily has no place to stand, and the disharmony between wives and concubines is the source of disaster.

For this matter, Concubine Zhou has secretly looked at the daughters of several families. Either this place is not satisfactory, or there are some shortcomings there. She wholeheartedly wants to choose a perfect concubine for her second son. The matter of writing.

Compared with changing the world, giving Song Haonian a small matter is nothing more than a small matter, the princess will forget about it immediately, and will not bring it up again.

After this incident, Song Haonian and his wife felt more and more that the other was a caring person, he could understand everything he thought, and it was clear that the two of them were so good that they became more intimate.

When the two looked at each other, the maidservants in the yard blushed with embarrassment, and the nun sent by Princess Zhou smiled quietly with the princess: "Our Second Highness and the lady are as good as the prince and the empress."

It made Princess Zhou smile.

Because Lily can cook some folk home-cooked meals, Princess Zhou set up a small kitchen in their yard when she came back from Zhuangzi the other day, and made rice porridge for Ruzhen every day.

Because both the husband and wife were quite frightened this time, and they couldn't sit peacefully in the room, Lily simply went to the small kitchen to cook.

The imperial court emphasizes agriculture, and cattle are not allowed to be slaughtered at will. Although Lily has lived a good life in the past few years, she has never eaten beef.Being born in the royal family is different, mutton, beef, and venison are all common, and they are delivered every day. When Song Haonian's family of three can't finish eating, they can also give it to others.

It just so happened that there was a good piece of beef in the kitchen that day. Lily cut it into pieces, blanched it, put it into the stir-fried tomatoes, added water to it and stewed it, threw a few hawthorns to soften the meat, and stewed it until the beef was rotten and soft. .

The sour smell of tomatoes can't help drilling into the nose, provoking the mouth water, unknowingly whet the appetite.Lily did not forget to send a copy to Xinwang and Zhou Wangfei: the father-in-law does not lack this, but this is the filial piety of the son and daughter-in-law.

When he came back, the husband and wife ate at the table. If he had scrambled to the table early, he could now eat some light-flavored rice paste, goat milk porridge, and occasionally fresh melons and fruits. After the imperial doctor, he also picked what he could eat and fed him a mouthful or two.

If he really has a strong mouth, now the gluttonous adults are so hungry for food, the saliva drips down and grows, and the two strong legs keep kicking around, screaming to grab food from his father's bowl.

Lily took gauze to filter out a bowl of soup, seeing how red and fragrant it was, she asked the nanny to feed it to him, and when she tasted it, her little brows were so sour that she frowned and shivered, and then she drank it in big gulps, smiling happily.

Song Haonian also has a good appetite.When he was a peddler, sometimes when the farm cattle in a village or town died of old age or fell to death, he could pick up a bite or two of meat and eat it. The meat was too old to chew.

The beef served in the kitchen was extremely tender. Lily had been grilled on skewers before, and it was not greasy at all after biting into a packet of oil.The soup is full of meaty aroma, with tender tendons sandwiched in the meat, which is chewy and has no meat residue.

There is a cook in the small kitchen, and they cook a few good dishes with soup. The husband and wife are not extravagant. The four dishes and one soup are both meat and vegetables, but they are so delicate that people can tell that they are not from outside folks. practice.

Lily soaked rice in tomato and beef soup, and the rice grains became sour and fragrant, and the beef cubes were stewed so that it almost melted in the mouth. After eating a bowl while it was hot, the whole person felt at ease and brightened up.

King Xin and Princess Zhou were respected by their sons, so they naturally expressed something: Prince Xin's mansion will not change heirs, I am afraid that someone will neglect Brother Xuan to please Brother Jiong, so King Xin has favored him these few days and got a bowl Soup, he gave Song Haonian a lot of gold, jade and jewelry.

The concubine has a red fox fur cloak, with wind-haired one inch long, and the tips of each hair are smooth and shiny. Princess Zhaoren loves it so much that she asked her mother several times but failed to get it.

But this day the princess asked someone to bring it to Lily, and said: "This thing should be worn by young people. I have so many things in my treasury. If I don't wear them out, I will waste them for nothing."

Now that the weather is still not cold, Lily couldn't put on her big clothes to show Princess Zhou, so she took Ruzhen to thank her grandmother.

Ruzhen was able to barely stand up on Lily's knees, clasped his fists with both hands, and bowed to the princess with his little buttocks. She was so happy that the princess loved her so much that she hugged her and refused to let go.

Brothers He Tang and He Mo came back from school and greeted their grandmother. Seeing that he was really there, they hurried over and hugged him with difficulty. The three brothers rolled into a ball.

The concubine was afraid that the two sons would have a grudge, but when she saw that the three younger brothers were very close, she smiled and said with satisfaction: "People say that if brothers are of one mind, their benefits can cut through gold. Only when brothers are in harmony can our family prosper and die for a long time." .”

Their family is the most honorable and prosperous family in the entire Ming Dynasty, and they must prosper for a long time to meet the wish of the princess.

(End of this chapter)