Witnessing Zhou Xingyun's cooking skills with her own eyes, Jin Run'er couldn't help but feel very lucky. That day Zhou Xingyun challenged her to compete in cooking skills, but she didn't accept the challenge, otherwise she would have been completely defeated.
Xu Zhiqian stared at Zhou Xingyun in the kitchen, groaning with swords, guns and sticks. In the blink of an eye, a feast was placed in front of her. She couldn't help but think of what she had said in a quarrel with Zhou Xingyun...
'Little junior sister, I have good news for you. As long as you marry me, I guarantee that you will be able to eat delicious food in the world every day!'
'When senior brother masters the world's recipes, Zhiqian can consider it.'
'What a coincidence! I know how to prepare a Manchu-Han banquet, which can be said to be the essence of recipes from all over the world. How about we use it to entertain guests on the day we get married?'
'Unfortunately. Zhiqian has thought carefully about it. She will not marry Senior Brother Zhou even if she marries a pig or a dog!'
Xu Zhiqian could almost conclude from the feast in front of her and Zhou Xingyun's strange cooking techniques that Zhou Xingyun's joke that day was probably true to a child. He really knows the world's recipes...
Zhou Xingyun casually presented a feast, which made the friends in the mansion have endless aftertaste. The three little lolita Yu Wushuang, Xiao Le, and Xia Jier even shouted that Zhou Xingyun would keep up his efforts in the evening and serve them more delicacies from the mountains and seas.
After lunch, while Zhou Xingyun was frying peanut french fries as a snack for guests tomorrow, he passed on as many cooking skills as he could to Jin Run'er so that she could teach the chefs at Juxian Building.
Just as Zhou Xingyun said, hundreds of people will come to his home for dinner tomorrow, and he will be too busy greeting the distinguished guests. He will have to leave the kitchen affairs to Jin Run'er.
In the afternoon, the servants of the Huo family came to Zhou Xingyun's official residence to take Huo Tingting back to the Huo Mansion.
A few days ago, Zhou Xingyun impeached Jin Zheng Han, the Minister of Household Affairs. Not only the Xuanyuan family was wronged, but the Huo family, who had been framed by the Jin family and wanted by the court, was also pardoned.
The Huo family collected evidence of the crime of violating the law from the Minister of Household Affairs. The Empress Dowager not only restored Huo's official position as governor, but also issued an imperial list, commending the Huo family for their integrity and giving the Huo family a plaque of "Integrity and Serving the Public."
In other words, the Huo family was so proud that they had been wronged, and there was no need to hide. The old man of the Huo family naturally wanted to take his precious daughter home.
However, what makes the old servant of the Huo family embarrassed is that Huo Tingting is addicted to living in the Zhou Mansion. The feast at noon made her so beautiful that she cried and shouted, "I don't want to go home, I don't...".
Helpless, the old man of the Huo family was determined to call her home, so the old servant of the Huo family could only drag the emotional eldest daughter away.
When Dasha Nizi was dragged out of the Zhou Mansion by the old servant of the Huo family, she still grabbed Zhou Xingyun's arm and asked him to quickly propose marriage to her father, shouting that she wanted to marry into the Zhou Mansion and continue to eat, drink and have fun at his house.
The eldest girl told Zhou Xingyun without any inhibitions that as long as he could convince her father to let her stay in the Zhou Mansion for good food, accommodation and fun, she would do whatever he wanted with him at night, and promised that she would scream louder and better than Wei Suyuan...
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The ignorant girl, who had no idea what Zhou Xingyun did to Wei Suyao, actually said such words unscrupulously, instantly embarrassing the girls present, especially Wei Suyao, who was even more ashamed and speechless, and stabbed her unreasonably in private.
With Zhou Xingyun's sword...
After sending Huo Tingting away, Zhou Xingyun pulled out Ning Xiangyi who was hiding in the room. This familiar wife with great temperament and beauty had unparalleled charm towards the lustful officials.
As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, a concubine is not as good as a prostitute, a prostitute is not as good as stealing, and stealing is worse than not being able to steal. Although Ning Xiangyi is an untouched woman, she is graceful and dignified, and she looks like a married woman who cannot be stolen.
Beauty.
Men like the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor, who have had countless women, will definitely not be able to suppress their animal desires when they see a woman like Ning Xiangyi, who invisibly makes people feel immoral, and want to take advantage of Ning Xiangyi's chastity.
Therefore, Zhou Xingyun planned to ask Ning Xiangyi to stay with his aunt Liu Guilan for one night, and then return to his mansion after the celebration banquet to avoid causing trouble.
Zhou Xingyun prepared everything, looked around at the neatly arranged dining tables in the courtyard, made sure nothing was missing, then hugged him from side to side, and dragged Xu Zhiqian back to the room to lay the floor...
"Congratulations to Prince Consort Zhou!"
While Zhou Xingyun was listening to the firing of cannons and recalling yesterday, Fengyu of the Shangshe Bureau led several officials and enthusiastically came forward to say hello. Probably among this group of people, only Zhu Xinhai's father had some friendship with Zhou Xingyun, so everyone recommended him to come forward and talk to Zhou Xingyun.
Zhou Xingyun's relationship.
As soon as the firecrackers went off, a group of petty officials rushed over. Even if Zhou Xingyun didn't ask, he knew that they were waiting at the entrance of the alley early in the morning.
The banquet held to celebrate Zhou Xingyun's promotion must not be underestimated. The most powerful officials in the court will surely come if they can. They, the small officials who are lucky enough to get the invitations, don't take their seats early to welcome the big shots.
Not disrespectful but also disrespectful.
"My lords, please come in. I still need to take care of things, so please help yourself." Zhou Xingyun raised his hand with a smile and motioned for everyone to sit in the courtyard.
I can see that the officials are carrying a lot of gifts in their hands. It seems that this wave of invitations has gone well...
The celebration banquet started in the afternoon, but most of the officials would arrive in advance to express their feelings for each other. Zhou Xingyun only wanted to socialize appropriately and let them talk to each other.
Now that Zhou Xingyun is the prince's young master's first-class consort, there is no need to make trouble with the small officials in front of him. He sent invitations to invite them to have a meal, which is enough to give him face.
Zhou Xingyun is too lazy to wait on anyone who is not a high-ranking, third-rank or above big shot. Now he just hopes that Taifu Xu can give him face and come to his celebration banquet...
Zhou Xingyun heard Xu Zhiqian say that her grandfather rarely attended banquets. Although she had returned home from studying, whether the Xu family's father would come or not depended on whether he wanted to come.
Admittedly, Zhou Xingyun's worries were somewhat unnecessary. After Fengyu and others from Shangshe Bureau, the person who visited Zhou Xingyun's residence turned out to be Taifu Xu.
Frankly speaking, Zhou Xingyun did not expect that Taifu Xu would be so generous and come to his house as a guest so early in the morning. This made Fengyu of Shangshe Bureau and his party get up at four in the morning. The petty officials lining up outside Zhou Xingyun's residence were overjoyed and sighed.
The work this morning was not in vain.
However, the reason why Taifu Xu arrived so early was not to give Zhou Xingyun face, but because the old man wanted to catch up with his two granddaughters, so he came to Zhou Xingyun's mansion early to visit Xu Zhiqian and Xu Luose and listen to their stories about the Zhou mansion.
"Hey, Zhiqian's trick really works." Xiaoqing carried Xia Jier on her right shoulder and walked up to Zhou Xingyun to explain the details.
It turned out that when she was going to pick up Xia Jier from Xu's house this morning, Xu Zhiqian specifically told Xia Jier to invite Mrs. Xu to Zhou Xingyun's house.
The loving grandpa of the Xu family couldn't bear to refuse his granddaughter's sincere plea. The result was just as Xu Zhiqian expected, Taifu Xu followed Xia Jier and came to Zhou Xingyun's official residence as a guest.
Taifu Xu all came to attend Zhou Xingyun's celebration banquet. Officials from the other prince factions would naturally come immediately after hearing the news.
As a result, before eight o'clock in the morning, the small courtyard of Zhou Xingyun's official residence was bustling with activity. More than fifty court officials sat in groups around tables and chairs, chatting and laughing while tasting the local specialties brought by Qili'an.
The peanuts and French fries that Zhou Xingyun fried yesterday were really good tea, good food and good entertainment.
Officials who had never eaten tribute from the Western Regions were all stunned by the snacks prepared by Zhou Xingyun, thinking that the 'Phoenix Marrow and Dragon Liver' in their mouths were delicacies given to him by the Empress Dowager.
The weather today is quite sunny, unlike the drizzle in the previous two days. The soft sunshine shines into the courtyard, adding a lot of joy to the celebration banquet. However, it is winter after all, and even if you are bathed in the warm sunshine, it is still very comfortable to stay outside.
cold……
Zhou Xingyun invited Taifu Xu to rest in the living room to prevent the old man from catching the cold.
Taifu Xu gave Zhou Xingyun a meaningful look, then followed his instructions and took a seat in the living room.
To be honest, Xu Taifu, like Han Qiumiao, never expected that Zhou Xingyun could turn his hands into clouds and rain in the cunning officialdom struggle. In just a few months, he would go from an unknown little person to a
The important prince and young master holds real power in the court.
Mrs. Xu still remembered how the little guy was trembling when he met Zhou Xingyun for the first time. At that time, he only thought that Zhou Xingyun was a young man who was proficient in medical skills, and it was good for his granddaughter to like such a kind-hearted little miracle doctor.
Who would have known that when they met again for the second time, Zhou Xingyun seemed to be a different person. He actually talked loudly in the Jinluan Palace, impeached him and the emperor's sixteenth son, and ruined the marriage between the Xu family and the emperor's sixteenth son.
Nowadays, Zhou Xingyun is young, and he is regarded as the prince's young master and a first-class prince-in-law. His official status is almost equal to his, and he is really formidable in future generations.
Fortunately, although Zhou Xingyun became scheming, proficient in sowing dissension and scaremongering, and was able to adapt to the wind in the officialdom and achieve fame and fortune, Zhou Xingyun did not forget his original intention and was still the kind-hearted little miracle doctor.
Both Xu Taifu and Han Qiumi did not expect that Zhou Xingyun's astonishing talent could rise to the throne in such a short period of time. However, Xu Taifu's views and evaluation of Zhou Xingyun were completely different from Han Qiumi's.
In the process of Zhou Xingyun's success and fame, Han Qiumiao saw Zhou Xingyun as a cunning and vicious bastard who benefited himself at the expense of others time and time again, assisting the Sixteenth Prince of the Emperor to achieve his own ulterior motives.
But in Xu Taifu's eyes, the sudden rise of Zhou Xingyun not only divided and weakened the power of the Sixteenth Prince, but also brought down the Jin family who had been secretly supporting the Sixteenth Prince. He also saved the Xuanyuan family and persuaded His Highness the Crown Prince to go to court to discuss politics.
.This is great news for them.
Taifu Xu carefully scrutinized Zhou Xingyun, even though he behaved very cunningly, pretending to be powerful, forming cliques for personal gain, lining his own pockets, and collaborating with the sixteenth son of the emperor.
However, when Taifu Xu eliminated all superficial factors, the result that was obtained in all fairness was that since Zhou Xingyun became an official and played tricks around the sixteenth prince, the prince's camp, which was originally in an absolutely weak position, was gradually able to compete with the thieves in troubled times.
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Now Taifu Xu carefully recalled what Zhou Xingyun did, and he had to feel ashamed, had to admit, and had to admire that Zhou Xingyun's method of controlling the situation in the court was more clever than him, and everyone was fooled by him.
Taifu Xu looked at Zhou Xingyun and could only sigh that his granddaughter was able to dig out a unique genius in a remote mountain valley.