MTL - My Beloved Concubine Only Wants to Eat Melons-Chapter 50

As soon as these words came out, Yan Shu couldn't believe her ears.

【Unique product? ? ? 】

[There will be such a thing in this era? ? ? 】

System, [Of course there is, but it’s not as well-known as later generations. For example, the Ruanqing powder planted by the eldest princess, the raw materials are produced in the Western Regions, and it is made into incense after sun-drying. Addiction, gradually inseparable. 】

I see.

Yan Shu hurriedly asked again, 【How did the princess get this...】

Before she finished speaking, she suddenly remembered herself, and hurriedly asked again, 【Could it be the top card of Ruyi Square named Pan He'an? 】

After all, isn't that person from Rouran? It just so happens that this unique product also comes from the Western Regions?

The system, [Yes, it's that Pan Zaian. 】

Yan Shu hissed, 【Then why did he drug the eldest princess? 】

Are the nightclubs of this era already so chaotic? ? ?

But the system said, 【Who is the eldest princess? I have seen countless beautiful men. It is not like there were no foreign royal families who came to propose marriage. In addition, I have only experienced Zhao Chengwen. The eldest princess is already a little unbelievable. He's a man, so it took a lot of thought for this one who came out of the duck shop to climb up to the eldest princess. 】

So this guy is drugged?

Yan Shu pondered quietly, 【In order to cling to the eldest princess, even this kind of method has been thought up, it seems that Ruyifang is not just a duck shop...】

Tsk, did they use this Ruanqing powder on all the women they visited?

System, [That's not the case, this medicine is too expensive, you can only buy one for a hundred taels of silver, and it takes a big goal to be worth their use. 】

big goal...

Yan Shu pondered quietly again—

Even if this Pan Zaian won the eldest princess's heart, as a foreign race, he might not be able to be a son-in-law.

And if you are only a male favorite, why use such expensive drugs?

So he tried so hard to get close to the eldest princess, could it be...to spy on information?

Yes, that person is probably a spy!

There are also other men of different races in Ruyifang, no wonder they are all tall and well-built, maybe they are all specially trained masters?

They came to the Central Plains to get close to those noble ladies specifically for the purpose of spying on them.

System, [Yes, they were originally the guards of the Rouran royal family. When the Rouran royal family learned that the boss of Ruyifang was going to the Western Regions to recruit people, they put them in. 】

Yan Shu paused.

Tsk, this is no small matter! We have to find a way to tell the emperor and tell him to be vigilant!

She glanced at Yu Wenlan anxiously, but she didn't know that he already knew.

That's right, apart from hearing what Yan Shu was thinking, in fact, Yu Wenlan had just received Jin Yiwei's report this morning, that the foreign men in Ruyifang were all related to the Rouran royal family.

It's just that he didn't expect that Yu Wenyan was poisoned by the other party.

This eldest sister... really never makes people worry.

He couldn't help but glanced at Yu Wenyan who was looking aggrieved and impatient, and said, "Is the elder sister not feeling well? If you are not feeling well, why don't you ask the imperial doctor to have a look."

However, Yu Wenyan didn't realize it, and said, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty, I'm fine, but I'm upset by this girl."

Unexpectedly, when the voice fell, Lan Yun, who was eating cakes beside the Queen Mother, began to cry again.

"My golden lion...my lion..."

The little girl cried and said, some people didn't understand, so the Queen Mother asked, "Speak to Aijia slowly, what's wrong?"

The little girl pursed her lips again and said, "My golden lion was taken away by my mother..."

Now everyone finally heard clearly, so it was said that her mother took her golden lion?

But Yu Wenyan immediately reprimanded, "It's just a broken lion, when did I take you?"

Then she said to the queen mother, "The queen mother saw that this girl has been arguing with my son about this for the past two days."

At this moment, Yan Shu heard the system say, 【This little girl has a golden lion toy, which was given to her by her father Zhao Chengwen. After Zhao Chengwen was divorced by the eldest princess, the eldest princess asked someone to take all his things at home. They were all lost, and a woman next to the little girl became jealous and took the opportunity to steal the golden lion to exchange for money. Turning around to tell the little girl, it was the eldest princess who asked people to throw away all the things her father gave her. 】

Yan Shu understood, 【It turned out that the mother-in-law stole something, causing a misunderstanding between the mother and daughter? 】

What is this? As long as the eldest princess has a little patience, she can ask her daughter clearly.

However, Yu Wenyan's mind is full of that alien spy.

Really couldn't bear it, so Yan Shu said to the little girl, "Although I don't have a golden lion, I have a cloth tiger."

As he spoke, he took out a small cloth tiger from his sleeve.

—This is actually the sachet that Lonicera made for her.

Seeing that the weather has been getting hotter and hotter recently, she put some mosquito-repelling herbs in it, and took the mosquito-repellent with her. Because she is a tiger, Lonicera, who is good at sewing, specially made her look like a tiger, which looks very cute.

Sure enough, after hearing what she said, Xiao Lanyun immediately looked over and forgot to cry for a while.

Yan Shu then said, "But this little tiger is a bit ugly, I wonder if the princess likes it?"

As he spoke, he motioned for Liandong to show it to the little girl.

Lan Yun took the little cloth tiger, looked at it twice, finally gradually smiled, and said, "Lan Yun likes it, thank you, ma'am."

"The princess is polite."

Yan Shu smiled, and said to the little girl, "How could such a valuable thing be lost? Maybe it was hidden somewhere. The princess might as well ask the servants in front of her to see if the maids and wives are there. Nobody knows?"

After the words fell, the queen mother also said to the eldest princess, "What Yibi said is, such a young child, how could he deliberately make things difficult for others? We should go back and check the people in Lanyun's room to see where the golden lion went."

Yu Wenyan had no choice but to say, "I obey."

After saying this, another person came outside the hall, and Yu Wenyan stepped aside.

This time it was Xuan Ping Hou.

Speaking of which, Xuan Pinghou's lineage is still a relative of Empress Gaozu's natal family.

They were originally in the south of the Yangtze River, and in the past few decades, the titles have been passed down from generation to generation, and their relationship with the emperor and queen mother in the palace has become more and more distant.

So the last time this family entered the palace was when the late emperor was still in power.

If the princess hadn't taken the initiative to mention them this time, Yu Wenlan might not be able to remember them.

At this time the family came to the hall, but they saw that the battle was quite large, apart from Xuan Pinghou and his wife in front, there was a young man and a girl behind them.

After standing still, Marquis Xuan Ping hurriedly led the family to salute, and said respectfully, "My minister Feng Zhiyuan leads his family members to congratulate the Queen Mother on her longevity and longevity, and wish Your Majesty good health."

The queen mother smiled politely, "Get up, please come all the way here, the journey has been hard."

Xuan Ping Hou hurriedly said, "It's a great honor for me to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty. I was overjoyed all the way, and it didn't take me a lot of hard work."

The queen mother nodded again, and cast her gaze at a man and a woman behind her.

But seeing the boy in his early twenties, his eyebrows and eyes are almost similar to Mrs. Xuan Pinghou's, and he is his son at a glance; enchanting.

The queen mother couldn't help but said, "It's only been a few years since I saw you, and the children are already this old?"

Xuan Ping Hou responded quickly, "Yuan Qing, the dog, only reached the crown this year, and my little girl, Miao Qin, who reached Ji the year before last, is now seventeen."

Then he ordered the two brothers and sisters, "Hurry up and salute Your Majesty, the Queen Mother and the ladies."

The two brothers and sisters immediately stepped forward and saluted again, "Yuanqing, Miaoqin sees Your Majesty, Empress Dowager, and ladies."

It just happened to make everyone see his appearance clearly.

Yan Shu looked at the two of them, thinking silently in her heart, this son has a Chinese face, just like his father, and his eyes and eyebrows follow his mother's, but this girl has a melon face, why does her face neither follow her father's nor her mother's?

Tsk tsk, how do you avoid the shortcomings of your parents and pick out the strengths?

But the system said, [Simple, this girl was not born to Mrs. Xuan Pinghou, but to a concubine. The concubine is beautiful, so she followed her mother. 】

Yan Shu raised her eyebrows, 【So she's a concubine? 】

The system is right, 【Xuan Pinghou's concubine daughter is born lame, and she is not very good looking. They finally came to Beijing, so naturally they have to bring a beautiful concubine daughter, or is it not in vain? 】

Um?

Yan Shu got the point right, 【Bai Lai? Don't they want to send their daughter into the palace? 】

System, [That's not true. Seeing that the relationship with the royal family in the capital is getting farther and farther, Xuan Pinghou must be anxious. Plus, he has a beautiful concubine daughter, and he must want to be in-laws with the Yuwen family again. 】

Yan Shu, 【But the concubine of the Hou Mansion...I'm afraid she won't be able to enter the palace. 】

System, [So he just evaded the important point and went back to the Queen Mother to question, and didn't mention the lame prostitute at home. 】

Yan Shu, 【Leave the lame concubine daughter at home, bring the beautiful concubine daughter to the palace, and don't make it clear... Does this mean that you want the concubine daughter to enter the palace instead of the concubine daughter? 】

Damn, once this is found out, it will be decapitated!

Xuanping Hou Dan'er is really fat!

Hearing this silently, what else does Yu Wenlan not understand?

Very good, a little Xuan Ping Hou dared to play tricks on the imperial power.

He then said, "I remember hearing that Ling Ai's legs and feet were inconvenient a few years ago, but now I can't see it at all. I don't know where your family got the miracle doctor from?"

As soon as these words came out, Xuan Pinghou immediately panicked.

After hesitating for a while, he finally hesitated and said, "Your Majesty said that the eldest daughter of the minister is indeed inconvenient in her legs and feet. This...is the second daughter."

Second daughter?

But the queen mother also said, "Ai Jia remembers, didn't the respected lady only give birth to a son and a daughter?"

Xuan Pinghou was already sweating profusely, so he had no choice but to honestly say, "I want to report to the Empress Dowager, this girl...was born to my concubine."

After finishing the words, everyone in the hall looked at me and I looked at you, and immediately understood.

The Empress Dowager smiled coolly and said, "The Ai family thought they had a bad memory, so that's how it is."

Xuan Pinghou's back was drenched in cold sweat, he could only kneel down and said, "I'm guilty, it's because I didn't understand what I said just now, please forgive me."

The queen mother did not speak for a while.

Yu Wenlan ignored it.

The displeasure of the two was already very obvious.

After a while, Princess Dachang, who is still the daughter of Empress Gaozu, said softly, "It's been a long time since Xuan Pinghou has met the saint, so he can't speak anymore? From now on, you must have a long memory."

Xuan Ping Hou hurriedly responded, "I dare not, I dare not." He also led the whole family to start chatting again and again.

Seeing this scene, the Empress Dowager finally gave the Eldest Princess a face, and sighed, "Forget it, you all go back and rest."

As if the family had been pardoned, they hurriedly got up and left the hall.

Yan Shu, who has been eating melons quietly, "..."

Tsk, did this family come to the palace to check in, and went out again before finishing a cup of tea.

But having said that, did the emperor really hear that his prostitute was lame?

But judging by the Empress Dowager's reaction, it's obvious that she doesn't know about this...

Tsk, why do you think it's weird?

Yu Wenlan didn't show any strangeness, and took a sip of tea while hiding her achievements and fame.

~~

After that, several groups of guests came one after another, and I saw Mrs. Mu from the Zhenhai Hou Mansion leading her children to pay homage.

When she entered the palace for the first time a few days ago, Mrs. Mu only brought her "adopted daughter" Ni Xiangwan. On such a formal occasion today, her son, the current Marquis of Zhenhai, also showed up.

Yan Shu hurriedly cast her gaze quietly.

However, this Zhenhaihou looks very much like his mother, Mrs. Mu.

In contrast, the little girl Ni couldn't see Mrs. Mu's shadow, nor did she look like her half-brother.

Yan Shu tsk-tsk to herself - God is helping Mrs. Mu, otherwise, if this girl looks like her mother or brother, wouldn't it be suspicious?

From this point of view, that Vice General Zong should be pretty handsome, otherwise he wouldn't be able to give birth to such a delicate daughter.

But then again, when will this family get to know each other?

After all, it was cruel to make this little girl think that she was picked up.

…

All the voices entered her ears, and Yu Wenlan finally realized that the protagonist in her storybook that day was Mrs. Mu.

That is to say, the adopted daughter that the Zhenhai Hou Mansion has always called to the outside world is actually Mrs. Mu's own flesh and blood...

And the other protagonist in the story, the man who ran away, was the Vice-General Zong she mentioned?

This surname is not common, and it is related to the Zhenhai Hou Mansion...

Yu Wenlan thought for a while, and it seemed that there was a captain in the coastal defense battalion of Mingzhou Prefecture, whose surname was Zong.

This person had several chances for promotion, but he declined all of them and insisted on staying in Mingzhou to guard the coastal defense.

Is it for this lady?

…

It was only then that Yu Wenlan knew that the two parties had such identities.

But after being surprised for a while, he also somewhat understood why Zong Dusi made such a choice.

—Love has already been born, and because of love, it has crossed the threshold, whether he stays or not, it is already a mistake...

After all, no one is perfect, and this story makes people feel a little complicated.

…

The friendship between Jinlan and Lanzhou is different. After Mrs. Mu led her children to salute, the queen mother immediately asked them to sit in front of her.

And Lan Yun, who was playing with the cloth tiger beside the queen mother, saw Ni Xiangwan, and immediately cast a curious look, and called out, "Sister..."

Ni Xiangwan also hurriedly replied, "I have seen the princess."

The Queen Mother saw it, and said, "You two just happen to play together."

Then he said to the eldest princess Yu Wenyan, "Since you are tired, why don't you ask Lan Yun to stay in the palace for two days, and Ai's family is also planning to stay Mrs. Mu in the palace for two days, so that Lan Yun can spend more time together. It's late to play."

Yu Wenyan was just asking for it, and said immediately when she heard the words, "Then there will be a mother-in-law."

The queen mother nodded, and couldn't help telling her, "At any rate, as a mother, you should change your temper in the future and make a good appearance for Lan Yun."

Yu Wenyan's voice came in from the left ear and out of the right ear, "I would like to obey my mother's instruction."

Mrs. Mu saw it, so she had no choice but to tell her daughter, "Accompany the princess well, and be careful."

Ni Xiangwan also said yes, and started playing with Lan Yun.

~~

After seeing all the people who came to celebrate the birthday, it was almost noon.

It's hard for Yan Shu to sit with the queen mother for a long time, but now she is already hungry.

Fortunately, today's banquet was held in the garden of Ci'an Palace.

Speaking of which, this is a banquet that Yan Shu has been looking forward to for a long time!

——It is now early summer in April, and various fruits and vegetables are on the market one after another, and the ingredients are much more abundant than those in winter and spring.

After everyone was seated, the palace people began to serve dishes one by one.

Seeing all kinds of scents rushing towards people, Yan Shu was even more hungry.

I couldn't help but mutter in my heart, [I hope the emperor's toast can be kept short, so that people can eat quickly! I only had time to eat a small bowl of porridge this morning in order to dress up. I am so hungry! 】

Fortunately, she was not far from the emperor, and her voice reached Yu Wenlan's ears in time.

Yu Wenlan, "..."

She only ate a bowl of porridge in the morning, which was really hard for her. After all, she could still eat two baskets of steamed buns.

So he complied with the request and only said briefly, "Today, relatives and friends gather together to celebrate the future of my mother. I wish my mother a happy life and a long life."

As he spoke, he toasted the Queen Mother with a glass of wine.

Everyone toasted and congratulated the queen mother in unison, "I wish the queen mother a happy life and a long life, and the sun and the moon will be bright."

The Queen Mother received the toast and said with a smile, "You are welcome to eat today."

Everyone responded one after another, and then began to stretch their chopsticks.

Yan Shu also seemed to be pardoned, and immediately started to eat.

She had already silently looked at the dishes on the table countless times, and now she had the right target, and she started with the chrysanthemum tenderloin first.

You must know that it has been deep-fried, and there is also sweet and sour juice poured on it, and if it is delayed for a while, the taste will not be so good.

Fortunately, there was not too long a delay at this time. After one bite, I felt that the tenderloin was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. When dipped in the orange sauce on the outside, it was really sweet and sour, very appetizing.

After eating the tenderloin, she hurriedly tasted the coriander fried pigeon.

This dish pays attention to the gas of the pot, and it will not taste good when it is cold.

Well, after eating it, the heat is right, the pigeon meat is tender and delicious, after being stir-fried with coriander slices in the pot at high temperature, it has a strong aroma, which can be said to be the favorite of Yanshu, the coriander party.

The precocious fat crab is also very attractive. Liandong helped the master to take one, and then opened the crab shell, and saw that the full crab roe was almost overflowing.

It is indeed a good product specially prepared for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet! Yan Shu took a sip, and suddenly felt the delicious taste in her mouth, she couldn't be more satisfied.

Of course, in addition to fat cream crabs, there are also shad from the south of the Yangtze River sent to the Beijing Yangtze River.

In order to allow the guests to fully enjoy the taste, the imperial chef deliberately steamed half of the fish and braised the other half, eating one fish and two, which can be described as very intentional.

These few dishes are already very satisfying, not to mention anchovy shark's fin, kung pao hare, white grilled fish lip, sliced ​​suckling pig and other dishes that usually only appear at banquets, each of which has its own splendor .

What surprised Yanshu the most was the cherry custard.

Now is the season when cherries are on the market. Fresh cherry juice and milk are steamed into custard, and then the pitted pulp is placed on the icy custard. Just a thin layer of honey is enough to make it sweet and palatable. Very relieved.

Looking at the banquet, everyone was trying to say auspicious words to the Queen Mother, or talking to each other. Only Yan Shu carefully treated the dishes on the table and ate very seriously.

After eating the cherry cheese, Yan Shu's most anticipated lychee sweet rice was also served.

The lychees are on the market for a short time, if they are short-lived, especially they need to be transported from southern Guangdong to the capital, so every fruit is worth a lot.

In this dish, the white and clear lychee meat is pitted, stuffed with soaked glutinous rice, raisins, etc., after steaming, the glutinous rice absorbs the sweetness of the lychee, and the lychee meat is still full of glutinous rice. The unique fragrance is sweet in the heart and will be unforgettable for a lifetime.

Because of the preciousness of gold, this dish will only appear once a year at the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, and each person can only get three.

After Yan Shu finished eating one, her heart was filled with joy.

When she was about to eat the second one, she saw a little girl looking at her curiously.

It was none other than Xiao Lanyun, the daughter of the eldest princess's family.

Yanshu, "..."

Why does she always attract little kids when she eats?

In order to ease the embarrassment, she could only smile and said, "Princess, try this lychee sweet rice, you will definitely like it."

After finishing speaking, I realized that it wasn't that the little girl didn't want to eat, but that no one took care of her to eat.

——The guests are not like the empress dowagers and concubines in the palace, and they cannot take the palace servants with them to serve them, so there is no nurse and maid to take care of the little girl today.

In the past, she occasionally entered the palace, and her father was there to take care of her. Now that her father is gone, her mother Yu Wenyan is only caring about talking, laughing and drinking with the guests, how can she take care of her?

So the little man only ate a few pieces of dim sum, and didn't dare to eat hot dishes at all.

Yanshu, "..."

Tsk, it's quite pitiful that this little girl was born from the eldest princess' belly.

However, she wanted to ask someone to take care of it, and she was afraid that the eldest princess would come back later...

So Yan Shu was a little embarrassed and didn't dare to speak out for a while.

Fortunately, at this time, the emperor found out, and immediately asked Fu Hai to find a maid to serve his niece, and the little girl began to eat.

Yan Shu felt relieved, and couldn't help but glance at Yu Wenlan, thinking to herself, why does this person always think of her?

Could it be... is it really the legendary telepathy?

Yu Wenlan drank a glass of wine calmly.

That's natural.

~~

After the luncheon, the king specially arranged for a troupe of jugglers to invite the queen mother and guests to watch together.

Yan Shu continued to be an accompanying guest.

Fortunately, those excerpts and juggling were very interesting, and it could be seen that they had been specially rehearsed in advance for the Queen Mother's birthday banquet.

Everyone enjoyed it too, but a few of them bid farewell to the queen mother in advance because of business.

For example, the eldest princess Yu Wenyan, as soon as she finished her lunch, she hurried out of the palace on the pretext of feeling uncomfortable.

Yan Shu thought to herself, I'm afraid it wasn't that Ruan Qing San's addiction to independence has relapsed, and she was in a hurry to find that alien duck.

Tsk, even though she doesn't want to care about this woman, it's about the court after all, so she still has to find a way to tell the emperor.

But the system said, 【Don't worry, as soon as Yu Wenyan left the palace just now, Jin Yiwei secretly followed. 】

Yan Shu was taken aback, [? ? ? Arranged by the emperor? 】

System, [Otherwise, who else can dispatch Jin Yiwei? 】

That's what she said, but Yan Shu still didn't understand, [Could it be that the emperor also found out that Yu Wenyan was wrong? 】

System, [Didn't he see Pan Zaian next to Yu Wenyan with you that night? 】

Yan Shu just remembered.

Oh yes, that's right, the emperor is the emperor after all, and seeing a man of a different race beside his sister, he would definitely not remain indifferent.

In this way, she was also relieved.

At the same time, he paused secretly—

If Jin Yiwei caught that alien spy and drugged the eldest princess...

Wouldn't it be another battle?

Tsk, fortunately the Queen Mother left Xiao Lanyun in the palace.

Fortunately, this baby is still young.

If he was older and knew about the ridiculous things her mother did...

I really don't know how it will affect her.

Thinking of this, Yan Shu watched the show while waiting for news from the system.

Unexpectedly, when the sky was approaching dusk, without waiting for the news of the eldest princess, I saw someone rushing into the palace to meet the eldest princess, and said, "Your Highness, it's not good, just now the matriarch of the county was wounded in that Yanglou street." Now the other party is going to sue the government.”

Um?

As soon as these words came out, everyone in front of the eldest princess was stunned.

Yan Shu was also taken aback, and hurriedly asked the system, 【What's going on? Ankang county lord, did her husband beat someone? 】

System, [That's right, just now the Ankang county owner sneaked away to Ruyifang, someone reported a letter to the county matriarch, and the county matriarch followed quietly, caught the duck that seduced his wife on the spot, and threw the duck's leg interrupted. 】

Yanshu, […]

This, this, this, is like cutting open the melon that is rushing to the mouth.