What Zhao Qingyang was actually introducing was hawthorn cake.
To ensure the hawthorn cake is preserved well, the Zhao family wraps the sliced hawthorn cake in high-quality oil paper.
When eating, simply peel off the oil paper; it won't get your hands dirty.
Of course, there were other snacks on the table. Zhao Qingyang recommended hawthorn cake because he felt that older people generally don't have a good appetite.
Uncle Wa was particularly thin.
According to Zhao Qingyang's understanding, the food and drink in the princess's mansion must be good, so the fact that Uncle Wa is still so thin must be due to his poor appetite.
Introducing hawthorn cake is perfectly fine.
Uncle Wa is an old and shrewd man; he can clearly see who is telling the truth and who is lying.
Therefore, when Zhao Qingyang suggested what he should eat, Uncle Wa really didn't stand on ceremony.
He had long heard that the Zhao family's cook was very skilled.
After tasting it, I found it to be pleasantly sweet and sour, with a good flavor.
It's not as sweet as other desserts.
Naturally, he also tried the other pastries and found that the pastries on the coffee table in front of him were all soft.
It is suitable for people with poor teeth or those who are older.
He felt a surge of admiration for the two young masters of the Zhao family.
Soon, the steward had checked the gift list with the people from the princess's residence and loaded the Zhao family's return gifts into the car.
The gifts sent by the princess's residence were naturally relatively valuable, such as silk brocade, writing implements, and rare medicinal herbs.
Of course, there were also one hundred taels of gold ingots.
After all, it was three men from the Zhao family who shielded the princess from disaster.
Therefore, the princess's residence could not send any headdresses or jewelry.
The items that were delivered were fairly standard.
The return gift from the Zhao family was even more interesting.
Milk skin, pork jerky, cured meat, sausages, and all kinds of cakes and pastries.
Naturally, a return gift was also prepared for Uncle Wa.
They respectfully saw Uncle Wa out of the mansion.
Uncle Wa glanced at the list of return gifts, nodded, and was even more satisfied to see that there were return gifts prepared specifically for him.
"Your Highness, the gifts have been sent back to the Zhao residence."
When Lord Zhao went to court, it was his two sons who received the gifts and returned them in return.
The servant saw that it was all food.
There are snacks, pastries, and some cured fish and meat.
They all look pretty good.
When the young master of the Zhao family checked the list, he didn't hesitate at all. He accepted it very generously.
After Uncle Wa finished speaking, he glanced at the princess without leaving a trace.
He watched the princess grow up, and he also watched her grow up. Since the death of her husband, she has been depressed and unhappy all the time.
Therefore, Uncle Wa is willing to do anything that might cause the princess some concern.
The princess nodded, her face expressionless, so Uncle Wa had no choice but to take his leave.
To be honest, Uncle Wa most wanted the princess to choose another husband.
The princess isn't that old now, and if she were to give birth to a little prince, the old man would be overjoyed.
This mansion is so lifeless all day long; having a young master here would surely bring a lot more fun.
Especially the princess, such a good person, she deserves happiness.
Uncle Wa's inner thoughts truly illustrate the saying, "The emperor isn't worried, but the eunuch is."
Because of his status, Uncle Wa didn't dare to say much, for fear of hurting the princess's feelings.
The Dali Temple tried various interrogation methods on those eight assassins, but they couldn't get any results out of them.
They didn't take the order, and they didn't even know what the employer looked like.
The eldest princess went to the palace yesterday afternoon to cry and complain to the emperor.
The emperor was furious and immediately dispatched troops to annihilate the assassin organization.
No matter how skilled the alliance leader is, he can't defeat the royal elite.
Moreover, the leader of this assassin alliance is not a top-tier martial arts master.
Last night, the entire assassin organization was eradicated.
After interrogating the leader, it was learned that the person who hired the kidnappers to abduct the princess was an old woman.
After describing the old woman's appearance, the painter from Dali Temple painted her portrait.
With a portrait, finding the person becomes much easier.
Sure enough, three days later, the person who hired the hitman was found.
The eldest princess was quite surprised when she learned who the culprit was.
She didn't know that person at all.
This person is Jia Lanzhi, the illegitimate daughter of Jia Chunsheng, the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture.
There's a story behind why Jia Lanzhi hired assassins to kidnap the princess.
The prince consort and Jia Chunsheng's family are related in a roundabout way, but they are not related by blood.
When the imperial son-in-law Qiao Mo went to the capital to participate in the imperial examination, he did visit Jia Chunsheng.
However, at that time, Jia Chunsheng was just a minor official, and his residence was not as large as it is now.
Therefore, after visiting, Qiao Mo brought some local specialties from his hometown and left.
It was on this occasion that Jia Lanzhi met Qiao Mo and fell in love with him at first sight.
Jia Lanzhi was 15 years old that year.
Especially after learning that Qiao Mo had become the top scorer in the high school entrance exam, Jia Lanzhi shyly and timidly revealed to her father that she had taken a liking to Qiao Mo.
What followed was a bucket of cold water from Jia Chunsheng.
"Don't even think about it, Nephew Qiao."
He has already been betrothed to the eldest princess. He will be the prince consort of our Divine Dragon Kingdom in the future.
"Put away all your worries. Tomorrow I'll have your stepmother help you find a good marriage."
Jia Chunsheng's words were like a heavy hammer blow to Jia Lanzhi's heart.
She once thought that if it weren't for the Eldest Princess, Qiao Mo would definitely have fallen for her and married her.
She considered herself beautiful, literate, and skilled in embroidery.
If it weren't for the fact that she was forced to become the princess, Qiao Mo would never have become that damned prince consort.
Everyone knows that once someone becomes a prince consort, they will lose the opportunity to serve as an official in the imperial court. Qiao Mo cannot do something so foolish.
Especially later, her stepmother found her her current husband's family, Pan Linming, the illegitimate son of the Vice Minister of Works.
Although this kid isn't very good-looking,
His face is exactly the same as the Vice Minister of Works, but this kid is quite honest.
They didn't pursue official titles, but they still knew how to make money.
The only difference was that the money wasn't handed over to Jia Lanzhi for management.
The reason for this was that he discovered Jia Lanzhi always took the money he earned and went home to show it off to her sisters who were born of the main wife.
"Who can say for sure whether a person has a good or bad life?"
What good are high-ranking officials and generous salaries? They're not as good as the life of an ordinary woman like me.
At the very least, I can buy whatever I want, and I don't have to live under my mother-in-law's thumb every day.
We each have our own small kitchen in each courtyard. We can just tell the kitchen what we want to eat and have it made.
There's no need for daily morning and evening greetings.
And there's no need to stand and serve your in-laws meals; just thinking about it makes me tired.
You haven't seen it, have you? Our sister-in-law is constantly being told rules, it's exhausting..."
Jia Lanzhi often said similar things to her own sisters.
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