Because I went back to the boat in the afternoon, I naturally didn't bother to go out again in the evening. They didn't go to the evening market, but Concubine Yun and Concubine Wei went there again with great interest, planning to visit other places.
Suzhou does not only have one view of Taihu Lake, there are also many interesting places in other places.
However, Concubine Shen Gui, who has already become a useless meow, doesn't want to go shopping anymore. She thinks it's better to stay on the boat if it's fun or not.
The empress who forced the imperial concubine into a house had no conscience at all. She changed her clothes and sat by the window reading a book, looking very comfortable.
In this situation, there should be a kitten lying on her lap, let her read the article while petting the cat. It's a pity that the adult didn't follow, after all, it was a waterway, and the adult was a little seasick, Shen Yuqing was reluctant to let it come and suffer.
I don't know how other cats are, anyway, adults have a lot of minor problems, such as seasickness. When Shen Yuqing took it by boat from Yangzhou to Qixiufang, the voyage was actually very short, but the adult still felt uncomfortable for a long time.
So before going out, Shen Yuqing specially entrusted the adults to the Queen Mother and Su Qiaorong, asking them to take care of her.
It's rare to leave the owner, but the adults didn't want to part with it, and ran away happily. But Shen Yuqing didn't know if it was her illusion, when she left the palace, she seemed to see a white hair at the gate of the palace, maybe the adults came to see her off.
Thinking of adults, Shen Yuqing's mind became much calmer. Although the grown-up has changed from the kitten who couldn't live without her to the rascal now, she still loves him very much. No way, who made her a cat slave.
Fu Qiushui put down his book and looked up at the sky: "It's almost time, it's time to eat."
Shen Yuqing replied feebly, her feet hadn't recovered and she didn't want to eat. The concubine is not allowed to eat in bed even if there are no rules, but she is really too lazy to get out of bed.
"Get up." Fu Qiushui frowned slightly, "Don't lie on your stomach, eat your meal first."
Even the daughter-in-law spoke, Shen Yuqing didn't dare to resist, and quickly got up. After putting on his shoes, he walked ten steps and sat down at the table.
The seat is quite high, at least if Shen Yuqing wants to keep her feet off the ground, she can still do so. With a sigh of relief, she quietly pulled her foot out of the shoe and dangled in the air.
Much more comfortable.
Fu Qiushui put the book aside and called someone to pass the meal.
Since I got on the boat, I have eaten more aquatic products every day. It is estimated that it was picked up by hand during the boat trip, and the materials were obtained locally, which is convenient and fresh.
I served lobster today, but it is not very fat. It will be the best time to eat lobster in another month. But it doesn't matter, the lobster is also very delicious nowadays.
Naturally, the lobsters were not fished in the river, but the palace people went down to buy them. In fact, hairy crabs are the most famous here in Suzhou. Hairy crabs from Yangcheng Lake pay a lot of tribute to the imperial palace every autumn. Adults love to eat very much. When autumn comes, don’t be reminded, and start meowing every day, wanting to eat hairy crabs.
However, there is still a quarter before the hairy crabs are on the market, so the hairy crabs are not available. Eating lobster is also very good, I heard from Qing Feng that the cook who cooked the lobster today was specially invited from Suzhou.
There is Huai'an City in the Jiangnan area, Yangzhou is to the northeast of Huaijing, and Huai'an is to the north of Yangzhou. There is a county under Huai'an called Xuyi, where the Thirteen Fragrant Lobsters are delicious.
Today, this cook is very skilled, and it is said that he learned from Xuyi. Because he didn't want to grab Master's business, he went south to Suzhou to develop.
Otherwise, you can’t eat this in Suzhou. After all, most craftsmen nowadays pay attention to a stingy preaching. They have a lot of requirements for apprentices, and they are not willing to teach outsiders their skills, so it is impossible to spread their skills all over the world like later generations. Many delicacies still have to go to his place to eat.
Eating lobster is more troublesome than eating ordinary shrimp. Ordinary shrimp can still be chewed. Chew the shell and swallow the shrimp shell. Try swallowing a lobster
Still have to peel, there is no way, and be careful with your hands. Shrimp shells are too hard, don't scratch them.
Although the back of the lobster has been cut before cooking, it is much more convenient to peel it, but it is really troublesome to peel it while eating, and it will dirty your hands. Concubine Shen is really too lazy to peel it off, but fortunately, as a privileged class, she is surrounded by a group of palace servants.
The imperial concubine ordered two court ladies to peel the shrimp for her and the queen. There are fifty lobsters in a big pot, and you don't need to peel them yourself, one bite at a time, Concubine Shen is satisfied.
This corrupt aristocratic life is really addictive.
The empress ate with small mouthfuls reservedly, compared to the imperial concubine who was eating food with big mouthfuls, she seemed to be from two worlds.
Shen Yuqing glanced at her, and said without holding back: "Such a small shrimp, there is no need to divide it into two bites, right?"
To be reasonable, it wasn't enough for her to get between her teeth.
The Empress swallowed the shrimp meat slowly, and smiled slightly at her: "It's useless if you say more, you've already eaten your share, don't miss what's on my plate."
Fifty ones are half for each person, Concubine Shen Gui has already eaten them all in one bite. The empress eats slowly here, the maid peeled everything for her and put it on the small plate in front of her, and she hasn't eaten half of it yet.
The imperial concubine stared at the dozens of shrimps eagerly, thinking that she could eat another hundred.
Miss Dongxiao looked at it amusedly, so she hurriedly called people to go, and made more and sent them over.
Originally thought that the imperial concubine and the others had eaten so many good things, so they shouldn't care about crayfish. After all, most of these lobsters grow in the mud, and many nobles dislike uncleanness and don't like to eat them. In their eyes, this is just an unworthy snack.
Unexpectedly, the two empresses didn't care about these things. Even though they were used to delicious food, they still loved lobster so much. Dong Xiao wanted to eat it, and it smelled really good.
Qingfeng quickly sent someone to bring a few more pots over, and divided them into several flavors, including spicy and garlic. However, the imperial concubine prefers spicy ones, and she only likes to eat garlic prawns.
The empress doted on her, she didn't compete with her, she left the spicy ones to her, and ate the garlic ones herself.
In the end, the imperial concubine didn't eat the rice, she just stared at the shrimp and ate her mouth, and she was willing to give up until she was full. She was happy to eat, but she was not stingy, and ordered to reward the cook, and asked the cook to cook more, so that the palace people around her could also try something new.
These days, lobster is not an expensive food, even if everyone in the palace enjoys it, it won't cost much money.
Dong Xiao and the others happily complied, and then became loyal fans of Crayfish.
"This cook is good, why don't you take him back to the palace?" Shen Yuqing approached the empress and asked.
The reward they gave once was more than what the cook earned in a month in Su City, so he must be very willing to follow. Besides, this cook is not only good at cooking crayfish, he also cooks other shrimps and crabs very well.
Fu Qiushui stared at her red lips for a while, then nodded inscrutablely, agreeing to her proposal.
Shen Yuqing ate too many spicy lobsters, and the chili was really spicy. Although Shen Yuqing's ability to eat spicy food has been improved over the years, but after eating so much in one go, her lips are still slightly red and swollen.
Shen Yuqing's lip color is a bit light on weekdays, and she doesn't like to use lipstick. After the bloodshot lips this time, they were bright red, and matched with her pretty face, it was really pretty.
Fu Qiushui's eyes deepened, he stared at Shen Yuqing's chattering mouth, and slowly moved closer.
"Huh?" She blinked, "Why..."
Fu Qiushui sighed inwardly, his lips were indeed much softer than usual.
After dinner and some kissing, it was clear that something uncontrollable was going to happen next. The imperial concubine was still a little dazed at first, but when she came back to her senses, she immediately dragged her to the bed with great interest.
It's good to do some exercise after meals to eliminate food.
Miss Qixue, who stayed at home for a whole day, heard Concubine Wei and the others say that Suzhou is very fun at night, so she ran to look for Aunt Huang and Aunt Huang happily, planning to go out with them. As a result, as soon as they entered the second-floor staircase that Qingyuan Qingzhou and the others strictly guarded, and passed by the window, they heard a strange sound.
She was taken aback for a moment, and leaned over to listen carefully, her cheeks flushed immediately.
As an innocent princess, although she usually flirts with people very neatly, she is indeed a big girl who is not married to Yunying. When I first heard restricted content, I couldn't hold it.
"Your Highness?" Qing Feng came over with the cut fruit, and when she saw her wretched peeping action, she immediately lowered her eyebrows and closed her eyes, brainwashing herself to tell herself that he didn't see anything.
Qi Xue immediately stood up straight, coughed dryly, tried her best to keep her red face very serious, and then said calmly: "Qing Feng? What are you going to do?"
Qing Feng was also very cooperative, obediently accompanied her to change the topic: "The slaves will bring some fruits after dinner to the two ladies."
When Qixue heard "two empresses", she immediately blushed even more. She hurriedly stopped Qing Feng: "No need, sister-in-law Huang and the others are busy, you follow me to little sister-in-law's room, and bring this fruit along with you."
It seems that the two sister-in-laws can't eat anymore, so she will accept it with a smile. When they're done, she'll ask Mrs. Huang if she wants to go out and play together.
As innocent as Qi Xue, she didn't know that after such things were done, she wouldn't be in the mood to go shopping again. So she waited for an hour in vain, and when she ran to ask, she didn't even enter the door.
In the end, Dong Xiao was still sensible, and came forward to appease Her Royal Highness, and tactfully expressed the meaning of the two empresses.
— If you don’t want to go shopping, you have to go by yourself! If it doesn't work, take your emperor brother to accompany you, the sisters-in-law are not free!
Qi Xue didn't dare to offend the two big brothers, so she had to leave lazily. Forget it, it would be nice to have brother Huang together.
When I came to the inn, I found Brother Huang and explained my purpose. Brother Huang doesn't really want to go, it's better to sleep at night.
As a busy emperor, he could finally get a good night's sleep without having to deal with his concubines, deal with government affairs, and take care of his children (especially the second prince whose skin was itchy). His Majesty the Emperor naturally didn't want to go out at night. Not only did he not want to go out, but he also wanted to lie down and sleep now, preferably until the sun was high, and sleep late, feeling happy.
But no, the eldest son and eldest daughter beside him stared at him eagerly.
"Father, Qingxi wants to go out and play." Although the thirteen-year-old girl Qingxi has become a lot more stable, she is still a cute little girl in front of her father.
"Father, my son and I have never visited the night market." The six-year-old little prince Qiuqiu said in a childlike voice, with a serious tone, like a little adult, you can say whether you are cute or not!
His Majesty the Emperor covered his chest, and chose to compromise under the offensive of his children's cuteness.
"Go go go!" Go now! must go! immediately! immediately!
What is sleep? Of course it is more important to play with children!
Pity his little children, they were locked up in the palace since they were young, they have never seen anything in the world, and they don't have any playmates, so they finally wanted to go out to have fun, how dare he refuse. It's really distressing to think about it. I started to learn to be sensible at such a young age, which should be the age of innocence.
His Majesty the Emperor then set off with the child and his sister.
Concubine Lan in the backyard wanted to go, but she ran out to hint, the emperor pretended not to understand, and told her to rest well, don't stay outside for too long at night, go back to the house quickly. Concubine Lan was almost pissed off, so she had no choice but to go back in despair.
Concubine Xian did not move. Although her physical deterioration has slowed down recently, it is not without deterioration. After the toxicity has accumulated to a certain stage, even if she does not continue to be poisoned, the poison will continue to destroy her body.
It's just that if she doesn't stack enough debuff layers, she will only deteriorate to a certain extent and stop moving in the end, so she won't die because of it.
But the previous ones were already ruthless enough. Concubine Xian used incense almost every day except during the months when she was pregnant and went to the summer palace, so the toxicity had already accumulated almost. Even if she didn't continue now, she was afraid that she would be so weak that it would be difficult for her to even get out of bed.
Concubine Xian is a little anxious now, but she has been unable to find a way to detoxify. Naturally, she is not in the mood to go shopping with the emperor at this moment, and even if she goes shopping, she will not be able to increase her favorability.
So there was no one to be an eyesore, and the family of four happily went to the night market.
On the way, they met Concubine Wei and Concubine Yun who were disguised as men.
His Majesty's expression at that time was like this: = =.
He heard himself ask in an indescribable tone: "What are you two doing?"
Just go shopping when you go out shopping, and wear whatever men's clothing you want.
The key is that when Concubine Yun opened her mouth, her false voice was pretty good, and she couldn't tell it was a female voice.
"What's none of your business?" Concubine Yun said.
After changing into men's clothes, she seemed to have been completely disfigured. But even if she said such a broken character design, she still looks the same, and she doesn't feel like she's actually broken.
What other people said was provocative words full of strong personal emotions, but in her mouth it was a clear sentence, as if it was only right and proper, and the effect was the same as saying "what does it have to do with you".
To be reasonable, just looking at this face and listening to this tone, I really can't tell that what she is speaking is not a classical Chinese sentence, but a vernacular.
Anyway, His Majesty's expression was even more indescribable, and he felt that he was being ridiculed.
To be reasonable, after all, he is also Weiwei's natal family, right
Although Weiwei didn't think he was.
The two groups broke up unhappy, Concubine Yun dragged Concubine Wei away, and before leaving, she still dissed the emperor, saying that the emperor was annoying. But looking at her impatient expression, maybe what she wants to say is that the emperor is still haunted.
His Majesty the Emperor: "..."
Well, you have big fists, I don't care about you.
Qixue pretended that she didn't exist the whole time, lest the emperor think of her and think that she watched the whole process of his embarrassment and wanted to silence her.
She quickly winked at her eldest nephew and niece, asking them to help change the subject. The eldest niece didn't cooperate at all, and even pretended to deliberately draw the emperor's attention to Qixue. Qixue was taken aback, but fortunately, the eldest nephew was reliable.
When I was a child, I was a little devil's ball, but when I grew up, I grew up to be a little angel, very warm and warm.
It may be because he has a sense of responsibility as an older brother and feels that he can no longer be poor, so the number of times he played tricks and tricked people has decreased dramatically. Then he was taught by the new grand master to be very polite and courteous, very demeanor of a prince, and he will definitely be an upright and wise benevolent king in the future.
Seeing his little aunt asking for help, he immediately reached out and tugged at his father's sleeve.
"Father, I heard that there is a Li family in the city. The disciples in the family are talented in literature and have produced several calligraphy and painting masters. My son wants to pay a visit."
Look, look, the content that Duanfang Xiaozheng uses to change the subject is so serious, it makes Qi Xue feel ashamed.
Even her nephew can't compare, but she can't understand calligraphy and painting, nor can she appreciate it.
His Majesty the Emperor expressed his love for his excellent heir 120,000 points, and he immediately agreed to the other party's request.
"I'll take you there tomorrow."
There are also some baby fat little Zhengtai showing a small smile: "Thank you, father."
His Majesty the Emperor was both happy and worried. How could a little ball who was so lively before become like this after being taught by the grand master. Although sensible is sensible, and looks like a prince, but for such a young child, it is better to be innocent.
He was soft-hearted, so he made a promise without thinking: "I haven't seen your mother for a day, do you miss her very much? Let your mother come with them tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, he regretted it. After finally getting rid of Shen Yuqing, why did he rush into the opponent's hand again...
But Qiuqiu was still very happy, and he showed a small smile again, brighter than before: "Father, you are so kind!"
His Majesty the Emperor was satisfied, and the heart of an old father softened when he was hit head-on with his son's soft and trusting eyes.
Qi Xue couldn't see it from the side, she realized that it wasn't that the eldest nephew had become a cherub, it was just that he was not as blatant and obvious as before. He became even more black-bellied. He obviously tricked the emperor, but the emperor didn't realize it yet, so he thought it was his own stupidity.
Obviously the little sister-in-law is not such a black-bellied person, and the sister-in-law is okay (?), how did Qiuqiu become like this? Is it the teacher's problem
Speaking of this grand master, he is also a genius.
Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao are the three Taitais whose main duties are to teach and protect the emperor. Taishi teaches literature, Taifu teaches martial arts, and Taibao protects the emperor. Sangong is the first grade, but it is just a false title and has no real power.
The father of Su Qiaorong and Concubine De is Su Taishi, the emperor's teacher back then.
But before the emperor ascended the throne, he was just a prince and a teacher, the prince's teacher. After the emperor succeeded to the throne, he was promoted to Taishi, that is, the emperor's teacher.
Prince Taishi, Prince Taifu, and Prince Taibao correspond to the previous three, with similar responsibilities, but with different grades and different service targets. These three are also false titles, they are Cong Yipin.
Generally speaking, those who can become the emperor's grand master are also among the top ministers in the court. Generally, they have real power and are of higher rank than Cong Yipin. But now this prince and grand master is different, he himself only has the first rank.
The prime minister of this dynasty, the Diange University scholar, etc. are the first rank, the six ministers are the first rank, and the six ministers are the second rank. There are also some super grades, which are basically titles or special positions.
The prince and grand master is now the Minister of Rites, Xie Lingfeng.
That's right, it was the day when Qiuqiu was born, Pianpian Zhuangyuan Lang of Sanyuan and No. 1.
Zhuangyuan Lang was very popular with the emperor, and he went to a prosperous place to be a county magistrate not long after he was selected. At first, everyone thought that no matter how capable he was, he would have to spend two or three years in the county first, then be promoted to be a magistrate for a few years, and then transferred back to Beijing to slowly climb up.
In the end, he didn't know whether it was good luck or bad luck. After he went to the county town, he encountered a big case not long after. Not only did it run beautifully, but it also did a few practical things. In just one year, the county was developed to a more prosperous level, and it won the favor of the magistrate.
It just so happened that the magistrate was about to be promoted, and the position was vacant. The emperor didn't bother to appoint people from other places to serve in the past, and he found out, oh, there is a very powerful county magistrate in the prefect's jurisdiction, and he is the number one scholar of Sanyuan Jidi, so let him be. So Xie Lingfeng became the magistrate in the second year, and his promotion was like riding a rocket.
Later, there were all kinds of big brushes, loved by the people, and when the time was right, he was transferred back to Beijing. Within five years, he became a minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Compared with the geniuses like those young prime ministers in history, he is naturally inferior, but compared with most officials in this dynasty, he is already among the top three in promotion speed.
Although Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is actually a position that is not very lucrative and does not have much real power, he basically has little real power, and he looks like a mascot when he speaks out. But he is indeed the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, from Yipin, an iron rice bowl.
What's more, the Ministry of Rites needs to participate in the imperial examination. Not only arranging imperial examinations, but also participating in correcting examination papers.
Therefore, the triennial imperial examination is the hardest hit area for the Ministry of Rites to accept bribes. If the emperor wanted to check, he could always find rat droppings.
This is an uneven department, but at least it is more respectable than the Ministry of Industry. After all, in the eyes of the people nowadays, the Ministry of Industry is just a group of guys who study craftsmen's tricks and tricks, commonly known as not doing business, just playing around every day.
The Ministry of Industry is at the end of the Six Ministries, and the things they research are obviously very important, but their status is neither embarrassing nor high. At any rate, the Ministry of Etiquette can still dress up very decently every day, play the role of a handsome man, hold a cool look, receive a salary, and wander around at leisure.
His Majesty the Emperor really liked this Xie Zhuangyuan, otherwise he would not have resisted all opinions and let him, a twenty-four or five-year-old "boy" who had been watching for a few years, become the prince and grand teacher. You must know that the prince and Taifu are General Xiao, and the two of them are not of the same order of magnitude.
Qixue pondered, she never noticed that Mr. Xie had a dark belly before. But after thinking about it, it is definitely not easy to deal with someone who can climb up to Shangshu in five years. He is probably an old fox, but he hides very deeply.
She nodded, it must be so.
Grand Master Xie, who was far away in the capital, was shot in the knee with an arrow.
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