Chapter 200 Lotus will stroke again
Shuangrui and the others were startled when they heard this, and cried out secretly, "Oh my God, Madam Su Er, do you know that in the palace, when the young prince is in a bad mood, even the princess has to come over to comfort him, and you dare to rush towards the young prince?"
The key point is that the person who was attacked was not only not angry, but also had a smile on his face. Zhao Lan's eyebrows moved, and he thought to himself, Ajin treats him as his own, and the corners of his lips curved.
Su Ruojin was so hungry that she unconsciously used the same tone as she had towards Su Sanlang. She naturally moved the hand holding the brush to let Zhao Lan pour the oil, and she immediately followed suit to spread the oil evenly.
One pours, the other brushes.
The cooperation is quite tacit.
Su Ruojin glanced at Zhao Lan and thought, could this guy eat barbecue frequently recently? His movements are so skillful.
As if hearing someone's inner voice, Zhao Lan said, "When tracking criminals in South Vietnam, we often had nowhere to go but to the village. With practice, we became good at these things."
Well……
She was shocked at first, wondering if this guy could read minds, but she was immediately attracted by his next words, "When there is nothing to eat in the wild, kill a wild rabbit and roast it?"
Zhao Lan smiled and nodded, "Ajin is really smart."
Su Ruojin: …She is not a rich lady who never leaves her house. She doesn’t know anything. She sneered at him and raised her hand to give him the first skewer of grilled food: “Eat it!”
He reached out and pushed the skewer towards the young lady's mouth, "I'm not hungry, Jin, eat it."
I gave it to him, but he refused to eat it. Su Ruojin was not polite and opened her mouth to take a bite. The tender and sizzling roasted lamb was so fragrant and delicious that she couldn't stop eating.
Zhao Lan pulled her to where he was standing. He stood in front of the grill, grabbed a few skewers and grilled them together, pouring oil on the meat and sprinkling seasonings on it, all in an orderly and smooth manner.
There were five or six pieces of mutton on a skewer. When Su Ruojin finished rubbing it, Zhao Lan had also finished roasting one. Su Ruojin threw away the bamboo sticks and handed one to her, "Here!"
"Don't you want to eat it?" Su Ruojin hesitated for a moment and didn't dare to reach out to take it when a young prince with real power roasted it for her.
"You're hungry, right? Eat first. Only when you're full will you have the energy to roast the duck for me."
Is that so?
Su Ruojin didn't quite believe it. She felt that Zhao Lan was acting strange after not seeing him for a year and a half last time. Not only did a year and a half not make them strangers, but it made him feel more familiar with her.
Is it related to Zhang the Carpenter's musket? Maybe he saw the value of the musket? Where did he hide Zhang the Carpenter?
Zhao Lan looked at the young lady who was staring at her blankly. Her bright eyes and white teeth were set off by the scenery of the lotus pond, making her look like a beauty in a painting, with picturesque eyebrows and a radiant look.
Zhao Lan's eyes lit up and his heart was beating fast.
He coughed lightly as if to cover up: "Eat!"
Su Ruojin was brought back to her senses by the cough. She reached out to take a handful of lamb skewers and ate them thoughtfully.
Zhao Lan muttered, "You'll get sick of eating only meat. I'll grill some mushrooms and cabbage for you." While grilling, he turned around and asked, "How about that?"
Of course! What a nice and warm man.
Su Ruojin was so busy eating that she had no time to reply and just nodded.
Zhao Lan smiled.
If he was not the young prince, at this moment, the 19-year-old teenager really felt like a boyfriend taking care of his young girlfriend, which was quite thoughtful.
Alas! What a pity, he is the son of a prince, his status is very different from hers, such a warm man is destined to be someone else's husband.
While Su Ruojin was impressed by the stunning beauty of her senior brother the Prince of the County, she secretly wondered which famous family's daughter would take him in in the future.
One bakes, the other eats.
No matter how you look at it, the picture is harmonious.
Mao Ya pursed her lips and secretly glanced at Chun Xiao and Qiu Yue who were standing beside her. The two of them seemed to be happy with the situation in the pavilion.
The young prince's stewards and followers were all like wooden sculptures, motionless, as if they were unaware that their distinguished master was personally baking food for a young lady and was being even more attentive.
Mao Ya thought to herself, doesn't the young prince know that her second wife already has a matchmaker and will be arranged to get married in the next two years?
What's going on?
Just when Su Ruojin was about 70% full, the roast duck oven that Santai had found finally arrived.
Su Ruojin now had enough strength, and quickly asked someone to find some wire to make a hook. Then he brushed the marinated duck with honey, hung it over the charcoal stove, and covered it with a lid.
"It will be ready in half an hour."
Zhao Lan asked with a smile, "At this time, let's go to the lotus bush and pick some lotus flowers."
It is a woman's nature to love beauty and flowers. Su Ruojin nodded in agreement, but there was no mini boat in the pond.
Zhao Lan seemed to have the ability to read minds. He turned around with the young lady and walked to the other side of the pavilion. There was a mini boat parked under the small pavilion. If you didn't look carefully, you couldn't see it at all.
The pool is not big, but it has everything.
On a hot summer day, walking through the lotus fields is a unique experience.
"Little Prince, can I pick a few more leaves?"
Zhao Lan paddled, and Su Ruojin was like a happy bird. Seeing the big green lotus leaves, her mind was full of thoughts about eating things that come from the lotus leaves, such as lotus leaf chicken, lotus leaf glutinous rice, lotus leaf steamed pork ribs, lotus leaf tea, etc. There were too many to choose from.
“You can pick them all.”
Su Ruojin was so focused on eating that she didn't notice that the young man opposite her was looking at her with a more doting gaze than his father Su Yanli, as if he could pick the stars from the sky for her if she wanted them.
Of course, Su Ruojin only picked some from places with dense leaves. It was impossible for her to be so ruthless as to pluck all the lotus flowers from such a beautiful pond.
Zhao Lan paddled.
The young lady picked it.
Still working well together.
Finally, when there was no more room for the boat, Su Ruojin stopped. Looking at the abundant harvest, she finally had time to think about the roast duck: "Little Prince, let's go ashore quickly, otherwise the roast duck will burn."
Zhao Lan really wanted to keep rowing.
A thought came to my mind, "Do you think it's interesting to take a boat?"
This is for sure. Su Ruojin nodded honestly, "If I have the chance to wander in the thousands of hectares of lotus fields and lie on a boat under the moonlight, it might be even more beautiful."
As expected... Zhao Lan smiled.
He pointed to the lotus leaves on the bow and said, "Do you want to make these lotus leaves into delicacies?"
Su Ruojin: ...Weren't we just talking about the boat? Why did you jump onto the lotus leaf again?
She thought that if she wanted to be with the young prince, she had to think quickly, otherwise she would not be able to keep up.
She nodded, "Yes." She then told him about the lotus leaf delicacies she wanted to make, and finally politely invited him to try them.
"Okay." Zhao Lan agreed immediately.
Su Ruojin: ...No, little prince, are you so idle? You're either swimming in the pond or eating lotus leaf delicacies. Don't you go to work?
As soon as I got ashore, I smelled the aroma of roast duck. The sweet aroma with honey floated over the lotus pond, whetting my appetite and making my mouth water.
It smells so good.
Su Ruojin quickly opened the lid and took out the roast duck. Because it was not a special oven, the heating was not so even and some places were a little burnt, but it did not affect the overall taste. She quickly cut out the meat with a knife, put it on a plate, sprinkled some white sesame seeds, and asked Zhao Lan to come over and taste it.
When Zhao Lan wanted to pick up the chopsticks, Su Ruojin reached out and took a piece of food and stuffed it into his mouth. She tilted her little face up and asked expectantly, "How is it... How is it? It tastes good, right?"
The skin was crispy and the meat was tender, and it felt like it melted in the mouth. It was really delicious! But none of these could compare to the feeling of the young lady's fingertips touching his lips. The tingling sensation was like a bolt of lightning that struck his heart.
Su Ruojin had no idea that her unconscious action had caused the young man's brain to go blank. Seeing that he seemed to be shocked by the delicious food and had an incredible look on his face, she smiled smugly, "I promise that your restaurant will make a lot of money."
The young lady's bright smile appeared in Zhao Lan's blank mind, frozen into a beautiful picture that would remain in his memory forever.
It was not until the evening that Zhao Lan let Su Ruojin go home. This time he sent her to her doorstep and agreed on a time to have a lotus leaf dinner. "I'm not free these two days."
Su Ruojin was planning to make it tomorrow because she was afraid that the lotus leaves would not be fresh.
It was like a telepathic doctor: "I asked Siping to pick some new ones and send them over."
The young lady waved her hands quickly, "It's okay, it's okay, don't send it off, the lotus leaf can be raised, it can wait for two days."
Zhao Lan nodded and watched the young lady enter the house.
Su Ruojin walked to the door, turned around and waved at him, "Goodbye."
Zhao Lan looked at the young lady with a smile on his face.
The carriage turned around and soon disappeared into the dusk.
Su Ruojin looked at the things in the hands of the three maids. The young prince gave them a lot of things. They never returned empty-handed! She smiled and entered the house.
Mao Ya, however, had a worried look on her face and sighed when she was alone.
Li Xiuzhu noticed and stood beside her.
Mao Ya calmly suppressed her emotions and continued to do what she was supposed to do.
Behind him, Li Xiuzhu had a look of indifference on her face.
After returning from Dongshan Breakfast Shop, Hua Ping neither came to the Su family to teach Su Sanlang nor stayed at Su Ji Breakfast Shop, so Su Sanlang asked Su Ruojin: "Sister, does Uncle Hua have another mission?"
Maybe!
Because Zhao Lan said that he didn't have time to go to his house to eat lotus leaf delicacies these two days, I guess he was busy with something.
Su Sanlang pursed his lips, "It's definitely not the little prince who is in trouble."
Su Ruojin was just asking Lu Dani to prepare the glutinous rice and soak it first. When she heard Dadi's words, she asked him, "How did you know?"
"I heard them at the Fan family private school that the Princess of Jin was holding a lotus party at home to choose a wife for the young prince!"
Su Ruojin: ...We were having barbecue and roast duck together a few days ago, but I didn't hear about it! I didn't expect Zhao Lan to be so tight-lipped.
She smiled and said, "Uncle Hua, please go over and help."
Su Sanlang pouted, "I also want Brother Zhao to be my brother-in-law!"
When Cheng Yingzhen heard this, she was unusually stern, "Don't talk nonsense, Sanlang."
As a concubine's daughter of the Earl's mansion, Cheng Yingzhen knew very well how big the gap in social status was between the royal nobles in the capital. To parents, their own children were the best and of course worthy of the best people. But even she knew what social status the Prince Jin's mansion had and what social status the Su family had, not to mention the Princess of Jin. It was impossible for the Prince Jin's mansion to find a matchmaker to propose marriage.
Su Ruojin shrugged at Sanlang, "Look, even mother is angry, don't say anything nonsense next time."
"But Brother Zhao is right..."
Cheng Yingzhen glared at me.
Su Sanlang shrank his head and dared not say anything.
Su Ruojin smiled and warned: "Su Ganzhi, if you keep talking nonsense, no one will dare to marry me, and I will never be able to get married in the future. You have to support your sister-in-law."
"Pah, my sister will never be unable to get married."
The Lotus Party in the Palace passed by the Su family's area and no one mentioned it again.
But when Mao Ya heard this, she gritted her teeth. Prince Zhao was flirting with her second wife while staying at home. He was simply a scumbag. She was waving her fists and would beat him to a pulp if he dared to come again.
Zhao Lan, who had been sleeping in the bedroom for a day, suddenly sneezed. Who was saying bad things about him behind his back? Those famous daughters who came to see him today? He sneered. He would not look at them. It was her business if his mother liked them. He would not marry them anyway.
Su Sanlang had just mentioned Hua Ping, but he didn't expect that he would come to his door so late at night.
The two sat on a long wooden chair in the Su family garden.
Su Ruojin smelled the alcohol on him and said, "Uncle Hua, what's wrong with you?" She covered her nose in disgust.
Hua Ping looked frustrated and shook his head, "Ajin, I'm afraid I won't be able to marry Miss Ye in this lifetime."
Well?
Su Ruojin frowned, "Have you been looking through the Ye family files these two days?"
"How did you guess it right?"
Su Ruojin was speechless. "I have been pursuing Shopkeeper Ye for three or four years. I guess I have checked everything I should have checked, but there is still no clue. Then you must start all over again, of course, starting from the archives, looking for new clues."
Su Erniang was still as smart as ever. It would be great if she was from the Dali Temple or the Investigation Department. Hua Ping sighed and poured wine from the wine gourd. "There is no hope. I have no hope..."
Crying, laughing, and drinking, how pitiful!
Su Ruojin reached out and snatched his wine gourd. "Or, since you guys are too confused by the case, why don't you find someone who has never been involved in the case? Maybe he can find the key to the case from a new angle."
Hua Ping seemed to have listened to Su Ruojin's words and was thoughtful. So who should he look for?
Seeing that he had calmed down, Su Ruojin stuffed the wine gourd back into his hand, turned to Chunxiao and said, "Clean up the guest room. Uncle Hua will stay here today."
"Yes, Jinniang."
Su Ruojin yawned and prepared to go to bed.
Hua Ping grabbed her and said, "How about I tell you again and you can help me sort it out."
The young lady suddenly woke up, "Uncle Hua, don't joke with me. This kind of thing should be done by professionals. I am just a gourmet, and I am not good at these things."
Seeing that she disagreed, Hua Ping said, "Then I'll say, you ask me a question, and I'll go through it myself."
this……
Su Ruojin agreed and thought, in modern times, we have seen a lot of detective movies and TV dramas about solving cases, so it should be okay to ask a few questions in return.
"Okay, then you tell me."
Hua Ping started from the beginning.
Ye Quan, the Secretary of the Honglu Temple, was a sixth-rank official. Fifteen years ago, he received envoys from various foreign tribes who came to pay tribute. After the envoys left in the first month of the year, he was discovered to have communicated with a foreign tribe and sold out information to the court, and was falsely accused of collaborating with the enemy.
The Honglu Temple was in charge of court meetings, guests, and auspicious and inauspicious ceremonies. At first glance, the functions of the Honglu Temple and the Guanglu Temple were very similar: they were responsible for all national ceremonies, suburban temples, sacrifices, court meetings, etc., but in fact they were different, otherwise the court would not have spent money to support idle people.
Su Ruojin stopped them and asked, "There are those barbarians. When did they come? Why did they come? What was written in the letter?"
Hua Ping replied, "There are Tubo, Turkic, Liaoxia, etc. They arrived in our Great Yin a month before the New Year. That year was the Queen Mother's birthday. These people stayed in the capital for two months and did not leave until the end of the first month. A few days after they left, Lord Ye was reported to have colluded with Tubo and passed on our Great Yin Dynasty's gold prospecting technology to them. The Imperial City Department found the letter in his home."
Gold mine?
(End of this chapter)
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