Back at the manor, Tong Cheng'er looked at the familiar courtyard and felt a sense of peace and security.
"These sweet potatoes and potatoes, you can divide them up and then give them to others..."
Once Tong Cheng'er returned, she began giving instructions.
After giving her instructions, she added, "Don't forget to bring a recipe when you deliver it."
Those recipes have been tested countless times by the farm's cooks over the past two weeks, and their flavors are absolutely top-notch.
Upon hearing this, the nanny accepted the order and went to carry it out.
The sweet potatoes and potatoes were delivered very quickly.
In the courtyard of the Tong family, in the main room of the Shumulu clan, Granny Fu entered and reported: "Madam, the Fourth Madam has sent someone to deliver some things."
Upon hearing this, Shumulu looked up and said with a smile, "Why send anything else? The manor doesn't lack anything."
Upon hearing this, Granny Fu smiled and added, "The Fourth Princess Consort is filial. What the manor has is the manor's, but what the Fourth Princess Consort sends is a gift. These are not the same thing."
Shumulu was very pleased to hear this.
As parents, we all hope that our children will have a good life and know how to be considerate and filial to them.
Although Shumulu didn't ask her children for anything in return, she felt comforted and warmed by their kindness.
Granny Fu is right, this gift from her daughter is quite special.
"You're so good with words, hurry up and have someone bring the things in so I can take a look."
Upon hearing this, Granny Fu immediately sent someone in.
Soon after, several servants came and carried in two large bags. The bags were ordinary bags used to store rice, and each bag could hold about 100 catties of rice. The bags were naturally quite large.
The sweet potatoes and potatoes grew irregularly and swayed and twisted in the bag, which didn't look very appealing.
Shumulu looked at it with a surprised expression: "What is this?"
Her daughter often sent her things, but they were usually in boxes, very elegant and presentable. This was the first time she had ever seen such a large bag, which left Shumulu completely bewildered.
The old woman who came over to deliver sweet potatoes and potatoes explained, "Your Highness, didn't you stay at the estate for half a month? There are many crops on the estate, and Your Highness is pregnant and picky about food. These are the fruits and vegetables that the estate remembers. One of them is called sweet potato, and the other is potato. They are not demanding in terms of growing conditions. In the past, they were mostly used by poor families to fill their stomachs. However, later, thanks to the ingenuity of the cooks, many dishes were improved with these two fruits and vegetables, and they taste very good. Your Highness sent some of them to Your Highness so that you could have a taste."
After hearing this, Shumulu Shi finally understood. It was about the ingredients! Her daughter was thinking of her even when she ate. Shumulu Shi felt very pleased!
"Thank you for making the trip, Granny."
The old woman smiled and said, "It's all what a servant should do."
After saying this, the nanny presented the recipe for sweet potatoes and potatoes to Shumulu, who accepted it and then asked Nanny Fu to keep it safe.
The nanny who delivered the sweet potatoes and potatoes completed her task and left after receiving a reward from Shumulu.
As the nanny left, she smiled broadly at the reward given by Lady Shumulu. She thought to herself, "This Lady Tong is really generous. The Fujin (principal wife) usually gives gifts to her subordinates by hand and is not stingy with rewards. This Fujin of the Tong family is just as generous."
The old woman couldn't help but sigh, "The Tong family has such good traditions."
She sincerely hopes that this excellent tradition will continue.
Meanwhile, inside the palace.
In Yonghe Palace, Consort Wuya looked at the sweet potatoes and potatoes that Tong Cheng'er had sent over and casually remarked, "Two bags of food meant for the poor to fill their stomachs, and you still have the nerve to bring them over to show your respect to your elders? Consort Yinzhen is becoming more and more unfilial. Take them out quickly, they're just an eyesore here."
The old nanny listened silently, though she didn't quite agree, but she dared not speak up! The Empress just disliked Prince Yong and his wife; to speak well of them would be suicidal.
Wuya Pin thoroughly criticized the two bags of sweet potatoes and potatoes, and then "accidentally" the recipe fell into the covered incense burner and instantly burned to ashes.
After burning the incense burner, she gently fanned her nose with her nail-covered hand and said disdainfully, "What bad luck! Take this incense burner out of here right now."
The old woman was speechless, but still honestly replied, "Yes, Your Highness."
In Cining Palace, when the Empress Dowager heard that Yinzhen and Tong Cheng'er had sent some ingredients, she felt that they were very thoughtful. At her level, she had seen all kinds of good things. Although the two bags of things sounded cheap and didn't look very nice, the sentiment alone was enough to please the Empress Dowager.
"It's rare that Yinzhen and his wife still remember this old woman. They have someone take it to the small kitchen and make it according to the recipe so that I can try it."
Experience the filial piety of your grandchildren and granddaughters-in-law.
Seeing the Empress Dowager looking at her like this, the nanny beside her was also happy and curtsied with a smile, saying, "Yes, Your Majesty."
Su Peisheng personally delivered it inside the Qianqing Palace.
Outside the Imperial Study, Liang Jiugong saw Su Peisheng approaching.
Su Peisheng walked up to Liang Jiugong with a smile: "Greetings, Steward Liang!"
Liang Jiugong smiled and said, "You're too kind, Eunuch Su. What brings you here today?"
"What are you saying, Steward Liang..."
The two exchanged a few polite words. Of course, Liang Jiugong only gave Su Peisheng this face because of the fact that Yinzhen was valued by Emperor Kangxi.
After exchanging a few words, Su Peisheng finally revealed the purpose of his visit.
"The master and his wife went to the estate to reflect on their mistakes a few days ago. The estate produced a lot of sweet potatoes and potatoes. The wife asked the kitchen to make a lot of dishes with these two ingredients. The taste was acceptable. Now, as soon as they returned from the estate, the master and his wife instructed me to send some to His Majesty to try something new."
Liang Jiugong was taken aback upon hearing this. In his position, he was used to seeing people presenting treasures to the Emperor.
He knew about sweet potatoes and potatoes. Before entering the palace, he had also suffered hardships and knew that sweet potatoes and potatoes were food for poor people to fill their stomachs.
Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but doubt the truth of his claim that "the taste was acceptable."
He had eaten that stuff before; it wasn't too bad, but it wasn't exactly delicious either.
"Eunuch Su, I've eaten sweet potatoes and potatoes before. Would it be inappropriate to let His Majesty eat them?"
Su Peisheng: "The sweet potatoes and potatoes taste just average when boiled, but when used in cooking, they have a unique flavor. The master and the princess both praised them highly."
Seeing his confident and certain words, Liang Jiugong began to believe him.
Then Liang Jiugong had the eunuch take the sweet potatoes and potatoes.
He then went into the study and reported the matter to Emperor Kangxi.
Although Emperor Kangxi had never eaten sweet potatoes or potatoes, he had heard of them as coarse grains used by disaster victims to stave off hunger. However, since Yinzhen and his wife both said they were delicious, he figured it wouldn't hurt to give them a try.
So he instructed Liang Jiugong: "Have the kitchen prepare this dish tonight according to the recipe, so I can have a taste."
Liang Jiugong: "Yes, this servant will instruct the kitchen immediately."
That evening, dishes and porridge made with sweet potatoes and potatoes were served on the dining tables at the Tong residence, the Empress Dowager's Cining Palace, and the Kangxi Emperor's Qianqing Palace.
Cooks who could work in the kitchens of wealthy families and the imperial kitchens of the palace had a recipe. As long as the recipe was correct, the dishes made according to the recipe would naturally taste fine.
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