Cui Nong is an extremely intelligent person, and he can understand the Queen Mother's thoughts thoroughly.
So when she brought these two snacks to Li Chengxuan, not only did she follow the Queen Mother Song's instructions that they were made in the Empress Dowager's small kitchen, but she also said that Song Jinning ordered someone to make them for him to eat.
"...The empress said that this is a famous snack in the Jiangnan area. The wild vegetables used in it are seasonal products of this season, and they are very fragrant. As for the glutinous rice inside, it is warm in nature, sweet in taste, and enters the lungs. , Spleen meridian, has the effects of tonifying deficiency, enriching blood, invigorating the spleen and warming the stomach."
Li Chengxuan snorted in disdain.
A dish made of wild vegetables is nothing more than a snack that is not on the table, but you insist that it is a rare delicacy and nourishing holy product in the world, you can be regarded as a talent.
And it certainly wasn't Song Jinning who asked someone to do it for him.
He's not a fool or a blind man. Could it be that Song Jinning's indifference to him and her longing for him to disappear in front of her eyes could not be seen on the wedding night
Furthermore, if Song Jinning really asked someone to make this for him, even if Song Jinning didn't send it over in person, it should have been delivered by Song Jinning's maid, how could it be Cui Ning
It must be that Song Jinning took these two snacks to honor the Empress Dowager Song, and the Empress Dowager Song asked Cui Nong to do this out of the desire to bring them together.
But even though he had seen the truth behind the matter clearly, Li Chengxuan didn't show the slightest bit of impatience or contempt on his face.
Instead, he immediately ordered Zhou Jing to bring a pair of bowls and chopsticks with great interest, and in front of Cui Nong, he sandwiched a piece of fried wormwood cake and took a bite.
Then he paused slightly.
Then there is a compliment that the taste is very good, he has never tasted it before.
Seeing that her mission had been accomplished, Cui Nong opened her mouth to speak, and turned back to return to the Queen Mother.
As soon as she walked out of the hall, Zhou Jing hurried forward to remove the two snacks on the table.
This is the emperor of the ninety-five years, what kind of delicacies in the world have you not eaten? Who are you looking down on with two folk snacks or things made of wild vegetables
Not to mention eating, Zhou Jing felt that as Li Chengxuan, he was wronged just by looking at these two snacks.
What's more, the emperor took a bite just now...
Zhou Jing felt that it was really not easy for Li Chengxuan to win the trust of Queen Mother Song.
How many things you do that you don't want to do, and how many things you say that go against your own will.
He hurriedly removed the two white porcelain plates from the case.
While withdrawing, he still sneered in his heart, tsk, there are no plates of any color and pattern in the palace, but why use this plain plate like Baixue to hold these two things? This person's aesthetics are also absolutely perfect.
But he thought about it again, these two are just mountain and village food, I'm afraid the folks will use them to feed pigs and chickens. Being able to serve it on this white porcelain dish is already a compliment to this thing, so what kind of expensive porcelain should be used
Turning around, he handed the two plates to an inner eunuch who was serving at the side. Zhou Jing turned around, and said to Li Chengxuan quite emotionally: "Your Majesty was wronged just now. This servant just asked someone to go to the imperial dining room to get some pastries to correct His Majesty?"
On the one hand, he picked up the tureen on the case very considerately, and handed it to Li Chengxuan with both hands.
"Your Majesty, rinse your mouth first."
Lee Seung-sun: ...
He was still holding the pair of ebony chopsticks inlaid with silver just now.
Originally, he wanted to wait for Cui Nong to leave before using some Artemisia Baba, but Zhou Jing withdrew them in a blink of an eye.
In order to maintain his majesty and unfathomable, the young emperor has always had a paralyzed face in front of outsiders, so as to ensure that no one can see what he is thinking in his heart.
So naturally he can't tell Zhou Jing now, in fact, that Haozi Baba is really delicious...
That's all.
Li Chengxuan put down the ebony chopsticks in his hand, and took the tureen from Zhou Jing with a blank expression.
I just took two sips of tea, but it still didn't dilute the fresh scent in my mouth.
Then he ate the pastries brought by the eunuch from the imperial dining room.
They are all his favorite food, but while eating, he still couldn't help but think about the peculiar taste of the Artemisia Baba just now.
So why did Zhou Jing feel that he knew him very well, and removed those two snacks privately without him saying anything
Can you guess the emperor's mind casually
Looking at Zhou Jing's gaze, he couldn't help but start to darken.
Zhou Jing: ...
Zhou Jing's legs began to tremble involuntarily.
Why does he feel that His Majesty is unhappy
But why is His Majesty unhappy? He thinks his errand today is pretty good.
Zhou Jing couldn't figure it out.
But he couldn't bear Li Chengxuan's increasingly serious eyes. So he quickly lowered his head, shrunk his shoulders, bent his waist and hooked his body, wishing that his sense of presence in this temple was getting smaller and smaller.
Too bad it didn't work.
The next moment, he heard Li Chengxuan's calm voice sounding slowly.
"You made tea today?"
"Yes." Zhou Jing replied inexplicably.
This master is not generally picky about drinking tea.
From Zhou Jing's point of view, it's obviously just a bowl of tea, its function is to quench your thirst, why divide it so finely? But here with Li Chengxuan, he only needs to taste it, and needless to say, he can immediately tell which kind of tea it is, and even tell whether it was brewed with rain water or snow water.
Zhou Jing has served Li Chengxuan for seven or eight years, and he is well aware of his pickiness in this matter, so even though he is now the chief internal supervisor of the fifth rank, he still makes tea for Li Chengxuan himself from time to time.
For example, the bowl of tea that Li Chengxuan just drank was brewed by himself.
Zhou Jing was not worried about what would happen to this bowl of tea, because he was used to making tea.
He still has this confidence.
So the emperor suddenly asked him this sentence, in fact, he wanted to reward him with an excuse? Because just now he withdrew those two unappreciated mountain village food with a very winking look
The more Zhou Jing thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case. As a result, his body was no longer stooped, and his head was no longer bowed down.
I plan to stand upright and accept the reward.
But before he could stand upright completely, Li Chengxuan's emotionless voice sounded again.
"The water for making tea was boiled too much. You will be fined to work as a cook in the imperial dining room for a day."
Zhou Jing: ...
What kind of tongue does this man have? How many times can you even taste the boiling water
No, is there really such a person in the world
Zhou Jingxin was skeptical, but even if he lent him ten guts, he wouldn't dare to ask.
He had no choice but to lower his head again, bent down, and said respectfully: "Yes."
Well, I didn't get the expected reward, so I wanted to be a cook for a day.
Is this to let him better master the skill of lighting a fire so that he can brew better tea later
Full of doubts and puzzles, Zhou Jing turned around and went out of the hall to the imperial dining room.
Song Jinning didn't know that the two plates of Artemisia Baba caused a one-day trip to the imperial dining room, and she was staying in the Shoukang Palace to play with the Queen Mother.
Song Jinning expressed her understanding of the empress dowager's enthusiasm for playing horseshoes.
When the first emperor was around, there were at least dozens of concubines in the harem. Even if everyone takes turns to attend the bed for a day, I'm afraid it won't take a turn once a month.
What's more, there were incidents such as special pets and the lack of energy of the first emperor, so many concubines often did not see the emperor's face.
These people are still masters, they don't do childbirth, and they are served by maids in everything. How boring it is to be idle every day, so they can't find some entertainment for themselves to pass the time.
Horse hanging is a sport that is very suitable for pastime.
Because of this, first of all, it is effortless and suitable for masters who don’t need to work; secondly, there are four people sitting around a table, and they can chat while playing, and the time flies by.
The Empress Dowager Song loved this sport very much when she was a concubine.
It was only later that the first emperor passed away, and the Minister Gu Ming had a different heart. She listened to the government behind the curtain and was busy with political affairs all day long. She had neglected the sport of horse hanging for many years.
Now that he is back in power and free, he can finally get back to the sport.
The palace maid brought a red sandalwood embossed Fu Lu Shou Samsung box with both hands and put it on the table.
Song Jinning looked up, and saw that the box had four drawers.
The maid reached out and opened the top drawer, and carefully took out the horse tag inside.
It's all 4D cards.
Song Jinning understood, it was horse tags of the same suit in every drawer.
The Empress Dowager Song was still smiling and talking to Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong who were sitting in the chairs: "The Ai family was worried before, but there are only a few of us sisters in this palace, and it is difficult to gather a table. , and now we have a deck."
Song Jinning: Very good, she is the matchmaker.
No wonder the Empress Dowager Song suddenly asked her if she knew how to hang a horse, so it was because of this reason.
Although Song Jinning replied modestly at the time that she only knew a little bit, she was actually very proficient in this matter.
Don't ask, asking is the origin of family education.
Immediately sat down at the table very calmly, and began to deal with the cards.
As for playing cards, what you want is a little heart-scratching stimulation, so if you don't bet, it will definitely be less interesting.
But Queen Mother Song and the others didn't gamble too much.
In fact, money is not a problem. If you are at the level of the few present here, you still have to worry about money? Isn't this worrying that if the win or loss is too big, it will hurt the harmony between each other.
After two rounds of playing cards, Song Jinning roughly figured out the level of the three present.
Concubine Rong is the highest, followed by Concubine Hui, and Empress Dowager Song is the last.
But it is obvious that the Empress Dowager Song is the person who is most enthusiastic about this sport.
The corners of Song Jinning's lips curved slightly.
This Empress Dowager Song is a bit interesting.
Just now, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Concubine Hui and Concubine Rong made Song Jinning sit on the head of Queen Mother Song at the same time.
Is this asking her to release water for the Queen Mother Song, or to guard against the Queen Mother Song playing tricks
But Song Jinning is very good.
She would neither deliberately guard against the Empress Dowager Song's playing cards, nor would she blindly feed her cards just to please the Empress Dowager Song. After all, if the hustle is too smooth, or too many times, it will lose the fun it should have.
So after estimating the cards in the Empress Dowager Song's hand, she would usually play along with the Empress Dowager Song's cards first, and then wait until about the same time before throwing out a card that the Empress Dowager Song needed.
This card must also be a card badge, so that the Empress Dowager Song will be happy when she eats it, and she will have a strong sense of accomplishment in her heart.
Of course, Song Jinning won't blindly lose. When it's time to win, she still wins.
Whose money is not money? She didn't think about winning money from these three, but she didn't think about losing money either.