At the end of June, Princess Ren submitted the notice in advance and brought Princess Liufang to the Zhenbei General's Mansion.
The two of them went to see Mrs. Liu first, and then followed Shen Wan to Qiushi Courtyard.
Princess Ren walked around the oven and asked, "What is this for?"
"This is an oven, specially used for roasting meat, but it can also roast chicken, duck and pancakes." Huier explained standing aside.
"That delicious jerky is baked in this stove?"
"Princess Ren has also eaten the jerky made by my family?" Her factory has just been built and production has not started yet! Where did Princess Ren eat it?
Princess Ren smiled and said: "Shen Ming gave some to Fang'er a few days ago, and our family all liked it."
Shen Wan patted her forehead and said with an apologetic smile: "I've been running to the villa lately, but I didn't even think of sending some dried meat to the palace. Don't blame me for the princess and the princess."
"How could it be!" Princess Ren grabbed her hand and patted it. She didn't owe them the dried meat from the palace, so how could she blame her in her heart because they didn't send it!
"Does Huier still have dried meat at home?" Shen Wan looked at Huier and asked.
"Yes, but the second young master took away more than twenty kilograms last time, and there is not much left. I estimate that there are only about ten kilograms."
Shen Wan said: "Then you go and pack all the dried meat so that the princess can take it with her when she leaves."
"No need to dress up," Princess Ren said, "We took them all, what will you eat?" Although she came here for the dried meat today, she couldn't let others take everything away!
Huier smiled playfully and said, "Princess, don't worry about us not having enough to eat. We can make it anytime we want."
Princess Wenyanren smiled and didn't say anything else. Really, there are just as many maids as there are masters. Shen Wan is generous and full of confidence, and the maids around her are also generous in speaking and doing things, neither humble nor overbearing.
Princess Ren and Princess Liufang followed Shen Wan into the house. After sitting down, Xia Zhu served tea and refreshments, which were beef jerky and egg yolk cakes made from Qiu Ju.
Princess Ren drank some tea and ate some beef jerky.
"Have you heard that the emperor is planning to have a queen?" Princess Ren looked at Shen Wan and asked.
Li Hou? Shen Wan shook her head. She had been running to Zhuangzi frequently recently and had never heard of this matter.
Princess Ren said: "When I went to court a few days ago, the Ministry of Rites also gave me a message asking the emperor to establish a queen. In the past, the emperor refused very much, but this time the emperor actually agreed. Who do you think the emperor wants to establish as his queen?"
Shen Wan thought for a while and thought: "Concubine Shu?"
Concubine Shu gave birth to the prince and was in charge of the harem. She seemed quite favored. She should be the first choice for the emperor to have a queen!
Princess Ren smiled and shook her head.
"Not Concubine Shu?" Shen Wan was a little surprised.
Princess Liufang said: "On the Empress Dowager's birthday, the Emperor said that Mrs. Wei Guogong was not the second prince's aunt, so how could he make Concubine Shu the queen again?"
Is that so? It turns out that what the emperor said was conveying this message. She said that Concubine Shu looked so ugly after hearing what the emperor said!
"Who does the emperor want to make as his queen?" Shen Wan asked curiously.
Princess Ren said: "Anyway, those concubines in the palace have no chance. The emperor has asked the Ministry of Rites to select someone. They want to select a virtuous and wise woman with both ability and political integrity, who can be a mother to the world."
"Let the Ministry of Rites choose..." Wouldn't it be better to choose a queen you like? After all, the queen is the official wife, and she is the one who wants to work together for a lifetime.
Princess Ren said: "The Ministry of Rites first selects the suitable people, and then the Emperor and the Queen Mother select from these suitable people."
"Oh..." Shen Wan nodded. She thought it was directly someone from the Ministry of Rites who made the appointment!
However, this queen must be respected by all the people together with the emperor, and she must be the mother of the world. Rather than being liked by the emperor, first of all, the civil and military officials and the people must think that she is a role model among women, and she must be the mother of the country who cares for the world. Although the emperor is the emperor, he is still relatively passive when it comes to establishing a queen.
Princess Ren smiled and said: "Concubine Shu is going to be very uncomfortable." Although there are no concubines in the harem who don't want to be the queen, Concubine Shu definitely wants to be the most, and everyone and herself think that she is the most qualified. Someone who has a chance to become a queen. The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment, and naturally the more uncomfortable it will be.
Yesterday she went to a tea party. Many ladies were saying that Concubine Shu had no chance of succeeding because she offended Shen Wan in the palace that day. They also said that anyone who offended her would not end well. She was a general. The madam is something you absolutely cannot mess with.
Shen Wan pursed her lips and smiled, but said nothing.