After seeing off Eunuch Xiao, Wen Xiaotu smiled and looked at Xu Yiren, who was surprised and overwhelmed: "Can mother stay for lunch now?"
Xu Yiren was at a loss for a moment. She knew that Tu Tu was favored, but she didn't expect that Tu Tu would win the king's heart so much! No wonder the Fang family was so jealous that she went crazy.
Wen Xiaotu smiled and told Hongguo: "Go and tell the dining room to make lunch more delicate and delicious."
"yes!"
Xu Yiren lowered her voice and said: "I didn't expect that Tu Tu would be so favored..." When the child is born, if it is a boy, I am afraid that the position of imperial concubine will be just around the corner!
Wen Xiaotu didn't know how to explain the current "favour and favor", so he could only say: "The emperor is indeed getting better and better to me."
Xu Yiren smiled from ear to ear: "Even ordinary people rarely find such affection!"
Wen Xiaotu felt goosebumps all over his body, so he changed the subject: "The gold ingot given by the emperor is of excellent quality, and can be used to beat Zhai Guan."
Xu Yiren glared at her: "That's nonsense again. This is a gift from the emperor, how can it be melted into Zhai Guan?"
Wen Xiaotu is in trouble, can’t he spend the money he received from the emperor for co-writing?!
Wen Xiaotu couldn't help but said: "Could it be that you put it on the niche and enshrine it?" - and then offer incense every day?
Xu Yiren said with a smile: "That's not the case. Let's save it as a betrothal gift for your fourth and fifth brothers when they get a wife. There is no better betrothal gift than the golden ingot given by the emperor!"
Okay, as long as you are happy.
I chatted with Xu Yiren about some household matters, such as the eldest uncle’s aunt died, and her sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter...
Xu Yiren sighed and said: "Why is it a girl again? Your eldest brother is not young anymore. He still doesn't have a son... If this continues, I'm afraid I will have to give him a concubine."
Wen Xiaotu drew a line: "My eldest brother is only in his early twenties, mother, don't worry. My eldest sister-in-law was chosen by you personally, and she is a cousin. Mother, please give her a few more years." - Her eldest sister-in-law is also a daughter of the Xu family.
The daughter of Xu Yiren's cousin. In other words, Wen Chengdong married his cousin. Fortunately, the blood relationship is not very close, and the children he gave birth to are healthy.
Xu Yiren glared at her daughter: "How can I not love Hui Xin? After six years since I entered the house, not to mention concubines, I haven't even given my brother a wife. Alas, that's it, just wait for another two years."
Wen Xiaotu also knew that Xu Yiren was already an excellent mother-in-law in this era. But if her sister-in-law Xu Huixin still couldn't give birth to a son, Wen Qi wouldn't be able to bear it even if Xu Yiren didn't make the decision to give his son a concubine.
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"It's your father who has good taste and chose a good wife for your second brother. He gave birth to a fat boy the year after he entered the family." Xu Yiren couldn't help but look pleased when he mentioned his second daughter-in-law.
Although Wen Rutu's second brother Wen Chengliang was born in the same year, month and same day as his eldest brother, he got married three years later. Because his second brother was smart since he was a child, he was admitted to the scholar examination at the age of fifteen, and unexpectedly passed the Universiade examination at the age of eighteen.
Although he almost lost his reputation in the imperial examination, he was already a young talent when he passed the imperial examination at such an age, so he married the youngest daughter of the Minister of Rites. Now he has a son and a daughter, but it is a pity that he has not yet passed the Jinshi examination.
"It's a pity that Chunwei failed again this year." Although Xu Yiren sighed, he didn't feel too sorry. After all, his son was only 21 years old. How could it be so easy for him to pass the Jinshi exam? Wen Qi also failed in the examination many times and had to be a candidate.
Entered the officialdom. Although the Wen family was not considered a noble family, the old man was at least a viscount at that time.
Wen Xiaotu also knew that the Jinshi examination in the Xuan Dynasty was difficult. Only two to three hundred people were admitted every three years, and half of them were fellow Jinshi! This was a national scientific examination! Wen Chengliang was able to pass the examination because of the Qiuwei quota in Zhili Province.
There are as many as a hundred people. If they were moved to other provinces, it would be difficult to say.
Zhili Province, at the foot of the emperor, naturally received special preferential treatment. In other provinces with prosperous culture and culture, such as Shandong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Huguang, etc., the quota for autumn candidates was only forty. If he had been born in those provinces, Wen Chengliang would have been
Everyone failed the exam.
Across the country, the total number of Jinshi scholars in the autumn festival held every three years does not exceed 600, and Zhili Province accounts for at least one-sixth!
There were Celestial Dragons in ancient times!
However, fortunately, the Jinshi examination is relatively fair. The same test papers, the same examination venue, and the same scoring mechanism allow candidates from the north and the south to each show their strengths and compete for the rare Jinshi places. - It seems to be even fairer than the modern college entrance examination.
What about...
"Your Majesty, lunch has been set. Please move to the flower hall with your Majesty." Aunt Chunxi opened the curtain and came in to report.
When she reached the position of the ninth concubine, she had a lot of food, clothing and food. In addition, she was favored and pregnant with a dragon fetus, so her three meals a day were visibly luxurious.
A complete set of enamel Xinglin Chunyan tableware, with silver-headed ivory chopsticks, silver spoons, and silver cups. All kinds of delicacies are filled with an Eight Immortals table. At a glance, it is extravagant.
Xu Yiren was stunned and couldn't help but whisper: "This is too... rich." - Xu Yiren was embarrassed to say that her daughter was luxurious, so she changed the word of praise.
Wen Xiaotu also felt that his three meals were a bit excessive. This standard was probably no less generous than that of the fourth concubine. It looked like he had to go back and talk to the eunuch in charge.
"Mother, let's eat first."
Wen Xiaotu was still sitting in the host's seat in the south, and Xu Yiren was sitting next to her. After sitting down, Xu Yiren felt a little embarrassed looking at the abalone and ginseng-winged belly.
Wen Xiaotu ordered Bi Xin to serve Xu Yiren. Bi Xin was very smart and immediately scooped up a cup of stewed snow clams: "This is the snow clam given by the Queen Mother a few days ago. It is the best for nourishing yin and moistening the lungs."
Xu Yiren took the snow clam soup and couldn't help but said: "This table of delicacies is equivalent to a middle-class family's annual expenses."
Bi Xin laid out the dishes like a butterfly piercing flowers. Xu Yiren was a little embarrassed at first, but seeing her daughter Tu Tu enjoying the delicious food, she gradually relaxed and was finally able to enjoy the palace delicacies.
Wen Xiaotu's cooking skills in the small kitchen are considered to be the best in the harem. Needless to say, they are delicious and delicious, and they often serve snow clams, bird's nests, black-bone chickens, and fish maws, which is really unbearable.
After lunch and tea, Xu Yiren left the palace with countless silk and satin jewelry, full of joy and apprehension.
Wen Xiaotu leaned on the couch and fell asleep for a while, then changed clothes and went to the gym. He accidentally ate too much for lunch today and needed to exercise quickly.
Changing into the muslin shorts sewn by Bi Xin herself, Wen Xiaotu did some stretching exercises for a while and then started punching the sandbag.
She still used the sandbag as the dog emperor's face, but this time, she felt a little guilty after beating him.
The emperor had just given her biological mother so many expensive gifts. Isn't it a bit unkind for her to pretend to beat the emperor after she had eaten and drank enough?
Just as I was thinking this, a confused male voice came from behind me: "Are you tickling the sandbag?"
Wen Xiaotu stumbled and hit his head on the sandbag!
"Be careful!" The person behind him stepped forward and quickly helped Wen Xiaotu steady.
Needless to say, it was the emperor Ming Zhao. Ming Zhao arrived in the afternoon as promised, but was told that A Tu had gone to the gym. Ming Zhao was not allowed to disturb him, so he walked in unobtrusively. As a result, he saw A Tu's small pink fist softly on the sandbag.
It made shallow pits one after another, as if it didn't have enough to eat.
Wen Xiaotu touched his forehead: "Your Majesty, when did you come in? Why don't you make any sound when you walk?" It's like a ghost! I'm so scared!
Ming Zhao had a look of helplessness on his face: "I made noise when I walked. It's because you were distracted!"
Wen Xiaotu flirted with Sanran, pretending that the emperor was a punching bag, and was so absorbed in beating him... that he didn't even realize that the emperor himself was coming!