"Gege! Gege!" Song'er ran quickly, "Shu Mulu Gege is accused of being married to Prince Gong! The wedding will be completed next spring."
After returning home, Wen Xi called people's attention to the situation in Shumulu's house. As expected, the first person to propose marriage was Ni Chu'e. But he actually proposed marriage to Chang Ning. Wen Xi remembered that Chang Ning was twenty-six years old, only older than Kangxi.
Two years younger, Ni Chu'e is only fourteen years old, and will only be fifteen next year... Chang Ning, a concubine, and no concubine Fujin or side Fujin, the original wife Fujin Nala died two years ago.
She only gave birth to one child, Gege, who was taken into the palace by Kangxi to raise. She also had three sons, all of whom were born to concubines. Poor little girl Ni Chu'e had to become a mother when she entered the house.
Zhu'er smiled and said: "Don't be anxious, Gege, it will be Niu Hulu Mansion's turn soon!"
"You girl!" Wen Xi couldn't help but spat, "You speak without restraint."
"Gege, word has come from below that Du He from the outer courtyard has come to ask for a meeting." Meier came in to report, "Looking very anxious, afraid that something big will happen again."
Wen Xi came to the main hall, sat on a chair, and ordered Du He to come in.
Du He was really impatient and hurriedly called Qian, "Greetings to Princess."
"What happened to Xiangyuan Tower?" Could it be that he offended someone who couldn't afford to offend him? Wen Xi thought to herself.
"It's not that something happened to Xiangyuan Tower. It was the person who came with Prince Gong that day who came to Xiangyuan Tower and asked me to send a message that he was waiting for you at the Yajian Chunying Pavilion where he was last time."
It’s impossible not to go if you look at it like this...
The people standing guard outside Chunying Pavilion were still the fair-skinned eunuch in his thirties, and a few guards with relatively familiar faces, or rather imperial guards.
"I wonder if my father-in-law is Eunuch Liang?" Wen Xi asked politely.
"It's the Zajia family. The master is still waiting for you inside, please—" Liang Jiugong said with a smile, his tone was a little more polite than last time, and his behavior was a little more respectful.
It was still the same place as before, with Kangxi standing by the window with his back to Wen Xi. At this point, he could no longer pretend not to know, so Wen Xi could only bow politely, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Wan Xi."
install."
Kangxi turned around, with a hint of teasing in his tone: "Why don't you just pretend to be stupid today?"
Wen Xi said calmly and calmly, "Since the Emperor is visiting incognito in private, you have pretended to be so, how can I not pretend?" You are the one who wears regular clothes to hide your identity, no wonder others. According to the ancestral system, Manchus have to call themselves themselves in front of the emperor.
He was a slave, but Wenxi couldn't say it out loud, so he called him "I". Fortunately, Kangxi didn't care about anything.
"You tell the truth." Kangxi seemed to be in a good mood, "Get up."
There was a smell of wine and food in the private room. He must have had lunch here, so he asked casually: "How long has it been since the emperor came?"
"After the next court, I left the palace at two o'clock and arrived at Xiangyuan Tower at six o'clock." Kangxi said very accurately. Converted to the time of later generations, that is, I left the palace at half past nine and arrived at Xiangyuan Tower at half past ten. Now it is already
It's late afternoon (one o'clock in the afternoon).
"It's been more than an hour. Can the food and wine from Xiangyuan House still enter the Emperor's mouth?"
"It's better than what the imperial chef does." Kangxi spoke highly of it and spoke in a calm tone.
"The emperor has rewarded you."
Kangxi looked at Wen Xi and suddenly asked: "I heard that you are good at cooking? You studied it for a while not long ago?"
The information is really well-informed. He must have known that she went to Biliu Village to learn cooking skills before the draft. Damn, there are few secrets that can be hidden in front of the emperor. "Yes. I have always been a greedy person and learned some cooking."
Art is no big deal."
"Really?" The smile on Kangxi's face became more intense, and his eyes narrowed with laughter, "I wonder... who said this sentence, 'To capture a man's heart, you must first capture his stomach'?"
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Wen Xi couldn't help but be shocked... There was Kangxi's spy in Niu Hulu's mansion! But she didn't know who it was? Was it someone close to the old lady Guarjia, or someone close to her? The only people present that day were her and Guarjia.
Erjia, she brought Songzhumei, and Grandma Fu and Grandma Rui beside the old lady. They must be among these five people... Then she calmed down. Fortunately, she always entered and exited the space in an absolutely uninhabited environment, or
In the wine cellar, or having dinner on your own bed, the secret of the space will not be exposed, so nothing else matters. The emperor has an eye in the palace of his ministers, so it is not a big deal.
Immediately, she said warmly: "Your Majesty is really attentive to everything."
Kangxi didn't want to continue to pursue the answer and said: "I want to try two dim sum."
Wen Xi replied: "The chef of Xiangyuan House will satisfy the emperor."
"I would also like to know if your cooking skills satisfy me."
·····Wen Xi was depressed and wanted to roll her eyes. Don’t think that I want to go along with you in everything! So she smiled and said: "The prince has to pay for drinking. I wonder if the emperor will pay for meals?"
Kangxi choked as if he had eaten chestnut cake. Perhaps he had heard Wen Xi speak in a different way from ordinary people before, so he quickly recovered his calm and composed demeanor, "Just do it." Regardless of what he said.
To pay or not to pay is vulgar.
"Okay, Your Majesty, please wait a moment."
Liang Jiugong and the guards were standing outside quietly. I wonder if they could hear the conversation inside? Wen Xi glanced at Liang Jiugong and said with a smile: "Manager Liang, please go to the counter downstairs to settle the bill for your master."
Seeing someone coming upstairs, Wen Xi had to change her name to Manager Liang. Anyway, he was the manager inside the department, so there was no problem in calling him that way. "Hey, Manager Liang, what are you looking at me doing? I opened my mouth so wide that I could swallow an egg."
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"...Gege??" Liang Jiugong stuttered.
With a warm smile, she raised her voice and asked: "Do you have any questions, steward? Do you think your master doesn't have to pay for meals?" He deliberately said it louder, so that not only the people in the room could hear it, but also the people next door.
It's in my ears.
Liang Jiugong had never seen such a weird thing in his entire life. He held it in his throat for a long time before he said, "How could it be? Gege was joking. The Za family will go down and settle the bill now."
"Hey——, don't forget, your master ordered two more pastries, and you have to pay for them too!——"
Actually... Wen Xi doesn't really know how to make pastries, but she does know how to make cakes, but she doesn't have an egg beater and making it by hand is too tiring. Wen Xi is lazy.
The number one chef in the kitchen, Master Lu, who came from the palace and was in his fifties, asked politely: "Master, what would that distinguished guest want to eat?" After seeing the chief steward of the inner court, he could naturally guess.
Knowing what a noble person the distinguished guest was, he naturally did not dare to neglect at all and put all his effort into preparing a table of dishes, fearing that Kangxi would be dissatisfied with him in some way.
Wen Xi rolled up her sleeves and said, "Master Lu, help me get some lotus seed powder, and then call a fire cook."
"Okay -" Looking at the posture, Master Lu naturally understood that his boss was going to cook in person.
Seeing that there was no one around, Wen Xi's nimble hands reached into the large water tank where the live fish was kept. While covering up, he removed a fat and tender big herring from the space. It was still on the case. He beat it to death with a sharp knife.
I am going to make a fish cake. The fish in the space is delicious but not greasy, the meat is delicate, and there is no fishy smell. It is delicious when fried or stir-fried. The fish cake is a bit complicated. If you want to entertain that person, take ordinary pastries.
Come out, what if the Manchus can't digest that person's stomach and refuse to leave?
The second cake was a tea cake. I had eaten too much fish and meat, so it was time for something light. I secretly removed the matcha powder from the space and mixed it with space water to make the second snack.
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