Chu Lian patted Princess Duanjia's little hand, "Don't worry, I will teach you how to make roast duck today, and when you learn it, you can make it for the prince often."
After Chu Lian said this, Princess Duanjia became happy.
The two walked while talking, and soon arrived at the flower hall in the main courtyard.
Concubine Wei was dressed in a silver-red elegant palace attire, sitting on the warm couch, looking tenderly at Princess Duanjia and Chu Lian who came in together.
Princess Duanjia and Chu Lian greet Princess Wei together.
Sister Lan beside Princess Wei hurriedly helped them up.
She smiled and said: "The princess has long been looking forward to the return of the Xiangjun."
Princess Wei waved at Chu Lian, "Come on, come to me quickly, let me take a good look."
Chu Lian approached, and his hands were pulled by Princess Wei.
Princess Wei looked at her with kindness and tenderness, and then said: "I'm thinner, much thinner than last winter, I'll let the imperial doctor come to take a pulse later."
Chu Lian shook her head quickly, "My lord, there's no need, the doctor in the house has already seen it, and I'm in good health now!"
Concubine Wei put on a face and disagreed, "Li Yue has already told me that you were stabbed and injured in the north, although you have been cured by a doctor, but if you don't keep it clean, the root cause of the disease will remain, so let the imperial doctor take another look." , so that this concubine can rest assured."
Chu Lian's heart warmed up, and she agreed with a smile, "Then I will trouble the princess."
Princess Duanjia next to her pouted, "Chu Liu, look, as soon as you come, the mother and concubine don't see me anymore."
Princess Wei stared helplessly at her daughter.
Princess Wei looked at the dress that Chu Lian was wearing today, her face became more gentle, "I didn't expect that the size of this dress is just right, Duanjia is also the same size."
Sister Lan was also very happy, and joked: "No, Xiangjun looks really good in this outfit, standing with the princess is like a sister."
Seeing the concubine mother and Nanny Lan saying so, Princess Duanjia deliberately stood beside Chu Lian for comparison, even she herself was surprised and said: "That's true, Chu Liu, you are as tall as me."
Chu Lian also felt that the similarity was amazing.
If you look carefully, not only is she and Princess Duanjia about the same size, but there are also two or three points of similarity between her eyebrows and eyes.
Princess Duanjia became even more interested in such a joke.
She hugged Princess Wei's arm and shook it coquettishly, "Concubine Mother, didn't you make two sets of Jinxiu Luo dresses for me a few days ago, why don't I change them with Chu Liu?"
Concubine Wei was moved by her daughter's words, her eyes flashed, and she nodded.
So Princess Duanjia took Chu Lian to the room to change clothes.
When the two returned to the flower hall, even Sister Lan was stunned.
Princess Duanjia and Chu Lian wore dresses of the same style, one red and one blue. They wore the same hair bun and wore the same jewelry. They stood in front of Princess Wei hand in hand, as if they were real sisters.
The impact this time was even greater than the last time.
Chu Lian was a little uncomfortable. She always felt that Wei Wangfei's eyes on her were too heavy, as if there were very heavy feelings in them.
Sister Lan's eyes couldn't help getting foggy.
Princess Duanjia pulled Chu Lian and turned around, and asked Princess Wei with a smile, "Concubine Mother, do you think we look good?"
Princess Wei tightly squeezed the handkerchief in her hand, restraining her emotions that were about to collapse, and nodded, "It looks good, it looks good!"
Princess Duanjia pulled Chu Lian to the side of Princess Wei, and said to Chu Lian coquettishly: "Chu Liu, how about it, I think this dress is very pretty!"
She looked at Chu Lian up and down again, and finally wrinkled the tip of her nose unwillingly, "You are so good-looking, it's really cheap for that kid He Sanlang."
Princess Wei saw that her daughter was speaking more and more outrageously, she hastily tugged at her arm, "Duanjia, how can you speak! He Sanlang is now the Marquis of Dingyuan proclaimed by the Holy Majesty."
Princess Duanjia rolled her eyes, "What's the use of Marquis Dingyuan? It's because Chu Liu was injured and suffered such a big loss."
On this point, Princess Wei is also dissatisfied, and also thinks that He Changdi did not take good care of Chu Lian.
Brothers and sisters Li Xing and Li Yue followed Chu Lian along the way, and of course Princess Wei knew everything that happened in the northern border.
At this time, Chu Lian said: "My husband also came to the palace today, and was invited to the study by the county king."
Hearing what Chu Lian said, Princess Duanjia gloated immediately, "Chu Liu, you said that He Sanlang was invited to the study by the second brother?"
Chu Lian nodded, not understanding why Princess Duanjia was so excited.
"Haha, He Sanlang really deserves it, the second brother likes to tease people the most."
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Lu Tai likes to play tricks on people
What kind of siblings are these! Chu Lian was speechless, a little worried for He Changdi.
He, a man with a snake spirit, won't be really tricked!
After Princess Duanjia finished speaking, Princess Wei glared at her. She took Chu Lian's hand to comfort her, "Don't worry, although Tai'er is stubborn, she has no bad intentions. Marquis Dingyuan will be fine."
Although Princess Wei said so, she also hoped that the youngest son could teach He Sanlang a lesson, let him know how to behave, and let him know that although Chu Lian's family is not good, she, Princess Wei, still has her support.
The topic just got out of the way, Princess Duanjia smiled and squeezed to Chu Lian's side, "Chu Liu, didn't you say you brought fresh food? Why don't you bring it out?"
Chu Lian smiled and asked Xi Yan and Wen Lan to bring the things over.
A package and a food box are placed on the table.
Chu Lian went over and opened the package herself, and took out two fiery red shawls from inside.
Concubine Wei and Princess Duanjia are both knowledgeable, and they can tell at a glance that what Chu Lian is holding is top-quality red fox fur.
Princess Duanjia was surprised and said, "Chu Liu, where did you get this thing?"
Chu Lian handed two shawls with slightly different styles to Princess Wei and Princess Duanjia respectively.
"I was lucky enough to bring them back from the northern border. I happened to come across this batch of red fox furs, so I made a shawl for the princess and princess respectively."
In the Great Wu Dynasty, red fox fur was even rarer than white fox fur.
Especially the two red fox fur shawls that Chu Lian brought without a trace of stray hair, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are rare.
Princess Duanjia happily put it on on the spot, and twirled around flauntingly, "Mother Concubine, look, doesn't it look good!"
Princess Wei glared at her, then turned her head and asked Chu Lian in a kind voice, "Such a precious red fox fur, this time it's all for nothing, I'll keep it, next time don't spend so much money."
Chu Lian's face froze, and she said embarrassedly: "Princess Wangfei, it didn't cost much money."
When she said that, it aroused people's curiosity.
"How much money is it if it doesn't cost?" Princess Duanjia asked anxiously.
Chu Lian stretched out her slender fingers to make a gesture.
Princess Duanjia guessed, "Ten thousand taels?"
Chu Lian twitched the corners of her mouth, coughed, and shook her head.
What 10,000 taels? When she was in the northern border, she didn't even have 5,000 taels of silver...
Princess Duanjia covered her mouth: "Don't tell me it's one hundred thousand taels!"
"No." Chu Lian was embarrassed.
Princess Wei also became curious. She first glanced at Princess Duanjia, "What about one hundred thousand taels? Our palace doesn't have so much silver taels. I'm afraid Jinyi is talking about one thousand taels."
"What! One thousand taels, this is too good a deal! Chu Liu, how can you be so lucky? You can buy these red fox furs for one thousand taels, and they are still of such good quality, but you have taken advantage of it!"
Princess Duanjia was biting her small handkerchief, mad with jealousy, why didn't she have such good luck, every time she accompanied her mother and concubine, she lost the golden light.
Chu Lian chuckled and coughed, "Wangfei, it's not a thousand taels, it's a load of brown rice..."
At that time, Jian City in the northern border had just opened. The red fox fur was exchanged for food by a barbarian, and was reported to Guanshi Qin by the people below, and Guanshi Qin sent it to her.
As soon as Chu Lian said the words, Princess Duanjia rushed over.
"Chu Liu, what kind of luck do you have, let me go, it's too heaven-defying!"
Princess Wei was speechless and funny when she heard it.
Chu Lian didn't bring up the matter of Jian City in the north in front of Princess Wei, but these two red fox fur shawls are enough to make people jealous.
It can be seen how lucrative the profits are.
Compared with the returns in Jian City in the north, Guilin Ju's income is nothing to Chu Lian now.
No matter how cheap the two red fox fur cloaks were, Princess Wei and Princess Duanjia were very moved.
This has nothing to do with money, but a kind of affection.
Chu Lian opened the food box again, and brought out a delicate porcelain plate from inside, "This is the hawthorn ball I made yesterday, the princess and the princess should try it."
Princess Duanjia likes to eat the fresh and novel food made by Chu Lian the most, so she immediately picked up a hawthorn ball rolled in icing sugar and put it in her mouth.
The sweet but not greasy icing on the outside melts in the mouth. When you take a bite, the sweetness is sour, sour but not astringent. There is not even a core inside, and you can swallow it directly after chewing.
Sweet and sour, not greasy, Princess Duanjia finished one and couldn't wait to eat another.
Princess Wei also twisted one and put it in her mouth, nodding in admiration while tasting it.
"This little fruit wrapped in icing sugar has a special taste, sweet and sour, very appetizing. It's just that it doesn't taste like hawthorn?"
Chu Lian didn't expect Princess Wei to be able to taste it.
She nodded, "The princess is right, although I call this snack hawthorn balls, it is not actually made of hawthorn."
It is not good for pregnant women to eat too much hawthorn. Chu Lian put more thought into it. When making this dessert, he specially used the lantern fruit which is a special product in the north (the lantern fruit described by Alan here is not the lantern fruit that exists in reality, but a A red fruit similar to hawthorn, with similar taste but different medicinal effects.) This fruit is similar to hawthorn in appearance and taste, but the medicinal effect is completely different from hawthorn.
After eating some snacks, the imperial physician invited by Princess Wei also came.
The one who invited was Imperial Physician Min who was the best at trauma in the Imperial Hospital. When Imperial Physician Min personally asked Chu Lian for a Ping An pulse and said that there was nothing serious, Princess Wei was really relieved.
As soon as Imperial Physician Min left, Princess Duanjia took Chu Lian to cook roast duck.
Concubine Wei had no choice but to stare at Princess Duanjia.