Chapter 142 The world is in chaos, who will you help?
Xie Yanyan suddenly looked up at Qing Jin. Qing Jin was startled and immediately broke into a bright smile.
Xie Yanyan turned his gaze to the silk and looked at it carefully again.
"Qingjin, can you tell me about Chen Jingyao's situation?" Zhou Shaoyu did not return to Kyoto. He went to the fiefdom of the King of Nanhai. Xie Yanyan was a little worried about him.
Grand Marshal Chen Jingyao, from which noble family in Kyoto was he a descendant?
"Chen Jingyao is the second son of the Langya Chen family. He is the emperor's man, not King Xi's man." Qing Jin said, "It was not just King Xi's idea that he went on the expedition to attack the King of Nanhai. Your Majesty has always had this wish."
Emperor Xuanwen seized the throne by killing his cousins. The three kings of different surnames, the King of Donghai, the King of Beihai and the King of Nanhai, were all great contributors to the founding of the country by the previous emperor. It is understandable that Emperor Xuanwen would not tolerate them.
The other two kings had been beheaded on charges of "treason" or "collaborating with foreign countries", leaving only King Zhou Xiaocheng of Nanhai.
Xie Yanyan looked down at the information on the silk and calculated the itinerary of the imperial army in his mind.
Grand Marshal Chen Jingyao set out from Kyoto on the first day of July, so it has been more than half a month now and he is not far from the fiefdom of the King of Nanhai.
"Where is Prince Zhou now?" Xie Yanyan asked Qing Jin, her tone still indifferent.
Qing Jin shook her head. She really didn’t know.
"Miss Xie, can I check it right away?"
“No need.” Xie Yanyan thought that Chen Jingyao would soon arrive at the fiefdom of the King of Nanhai, and it might be too late to check at the last minute.
Xie Yanyan became alert after hearing Qing Jin's thoughts just now.
This is an era of chaos and fighting. Will Chu Xiwang, Zhou Shaoyu and the prince eventually come face to face one day?
She called Chu Xiwang "big brother" because she really treated him as her big brother. She would not get involved in anything else.
So, even though she was worried about what happened to Zhou Shaoyu and the prince, she didn't want to show it in front of Qing Jin.
He stuffed the silk into his pocket and said, "You've been tired all the way. I've been worried about my sister-in-law these days and haven't eaten well. Let's have a good meal tonight. I'll make you something simple to fill your stomach."
The inn had an oven for making pancakes. Xie Yanyan had seen it before, so she suddenly decided to borrow the oven from the inn to make simple and delicious egg tarts!
Prepare the ingredients: egg tart crust, eggs, light cream, milk, white sugar, and sweetened condensed milk.
Place whipping cream, milk, sweetened condensed milk and sugar in a large bowl and mix well with a whisk.
Crack four eggs and add them into the evenly stirred milk mixture. Continue stirring until it is evenly mixed. The egg tart liquid is ready.
Place baking paper on the baking tray, place the egg tart crust in place, and pour the egg tart liquid into the baking tray until 80% full.
Use tongs to secure the baking sheet to the oven.
The temperature in the oven is very high, no worse than that in an oven. When baked by charcoal, the temperature is definitely over 240 degrees.
While she was cooking, the chef of the inn was watching curiously, because he had never seen this method before. He wanted to ask, but Xie Yanyan didn't talk much, so he just told him: "Just watch, this is how it's done."
Xie Yanyan watched as the egg liquid in the middle of the egg tarts gradually began to boil and bubble on the baking tray, and finally slowly turned into a caramel color, then he took out the baking tray with tongs.
The aroma of the egg tarts is already coming out.
The big-belly oven didn’t have a big grill, so she only made 16 egg tarts at a time.
She took an egg tart to try and it tasted very good, mainly because it was freshly baked, so it felt much better than the egg tarts in the fried chicken shop.
While waiting for the egg tarts to come out of the oven, she took out two kilograms of flour, asked the chef to help her knead the dough, baked a few hot pancakes, and made chicken rolls herself.
Because Xie Yanyan went to take care of Song Lingling these two days, Xu Wenrong thought he would never be able to eat the meals cooked by Xie Yanyan again. Unexpectedly, Xie Yanyan gave him a big surprise as soon as she came back.
The chicken roll is delicious, with the chewy texture of the tortilla, the crispiness of the fried chicken fillet, the fragrance of lettuce and cucumber, the sweetness of carrots, and the sweet noodle sauce. It is really irresistible.
Egg tarts, with the sweetness of sugar, the fragrance of eggs, and the richness of yellow cream, this is the most delicious egg recipe that Mr. Xu has ever eaten since he was born.
Qingjin was even happier. She and Qingshan were both in the "Beautiful Mountains and Rivers" group. Qingshan had been showing off recently by eating sweet water melon, naan with various fillings, and steaming sour plum juice. The other group was so jealous that they wanted to beat him up.
Qing Jin finally realized that he would be the next one to be beaten.
"Miss Xie, I'll tell the master that I'll just follow you." Qing Jin said with a smile, "I defeated Qing Xiu and Qing He to deliver the letter this time."
Xie Yanyan finally understood. No wonder this silly child was still smiling like that even though he had been hungry for several days.
Xie Yanyan took out a dozen oranges from the basket under the table, peeled them, and squeezed fresh juice with a hand-made juicer.
Qing Jin snatched it away and said with a smile: "My master said that we must be active in front of Miss Xie."
"Brother Chu, you're welcome!"
"I'm not being polite. My master really respects Miss Xie. Because a few blind people in the paper mill irritated Miss Xie, my master closed the paper mill and drove those villains away."
Xie Yanyan was very surprised. Such a big paper mill was abandoned just like that?
Qing Jin said nonchalantly: "Servants should obey their masters. How can such people accomplish anything if they don't know the rules? The master is being polite by just driving them away. If he were another master, he would kill them."
Xu Wenrong and Xie Yanyan didn't say anything, but they actually agreed. How could the subordinates always give instructions when the boss decides on something?
As he spoke, Qing Jin quickly squeezed three large bowls of orange juice. Xie Yanyan added some ice cubes to the juice and a little wild honey that he had collected last time.
"It's so delicious. Drinking a bowl of this in the hot summer is really perfect." Qing Jin said again, "Miss Xie, I'll follow you. I can ride a horse, fight, and do any heavy work."
"Brother Chu is willing to let you go?"
"My master is very easy to talk to." Qing Jin said eagerly, "As long as Miss Xie agrees, my master will definitely release him."
"No." Xie Yanyan refused directly.
Qing Jin suddenly wilted: "Alas, I made a bet with Qinghe and Qingxiu, saying that I could definitely stay, but they said I couldn't stay, so I lost!"
The three of them had eaten their fill and there were still five chicken rolls left. There were a total of 16 egg tarts, and they ate ten of them, leaving six left.
"Miss Xie, Grand Marshal Chen Bing is stationed in the Nanhai King's fiefdom. Do you want to help Prince Zhou?"
The question was asked very naturally, as if unintentionally.
Qing Jin was testing her attitude, to see which side she would stand in this gamble where many heroes were competing for the world.
"Your master wants me to help him?"
"No! I just asked casually."
"I am just a fugitive. I have no business managing the people. I just want to manage myself."
These two chapters are a bit everyday, because our heroine pursues an easy life and does not participate in political intrigues.
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