"It's okay, it's okay. Good food can't be enjoyed too much. These are enough. I don't want to have too many freeloaders in our house in the future. As for the pineapple dishes, let's wait until winter to eat them all at once. It's better to eat them slowly and steadily."
"Still thinking about a long-lasting relationship?" Su Nuannuan tapped Duan Tingxuan on the head with amusement, "When you went to Meiyue Tower to eat and drink for free, I once made a list of ingredients. Honglian and Xiangyun said I was too greedy. Now compared with you, my greed is nothing. You are the truly greedy guy."
"It's me, it's me. I'm just greedy. As long as I can eat delicious food, greed doesn't matter. Madam, you can call me a rat, a fox, or a snake. I'm happy with it. Hahaha!" The young marquis smiled proudly, and suddenly heard Su Nuannuan say, "Why were you in such a hurry to go out last night?"
“Gah!”
The laughter stopped abruptly, almost making Duan Tingxuan choke. He looked at his wife with a bitter face and said, "Did you do that on purpose? Can't you wait until I finish laughing before asking such a depressing question? I was so busy enjoying the food that I almost forgot about it if you hadn't asked me."
After saying that, he put down the menu, sat in the chair and said seriously: "The prince also fainted last night and woke up about half a quarter of an hour later. Nuannuan, the seriousness of this matter has exceeded our imagination. Now I believe what you said. This is very likely related to diet. So I would like to ask Madam, what should we do about this?"
Su Nuannuan was extremely surprised, and frowned for a long time before saying, "The prince is so young and already has a heart disease? This is not a good sign. He must lose weight, otherwise he will not be well." Su Nuannuan's closeness and love for the emperor's family made her worry about the prince's health. Although he was a fat man and his image of eating secretly in the kitchen that day was a bit unsightly, she listened to Duan Tingxuan's words. This is really a good prince. If possible, she didn't want him to die early.
"I have a feeling that the prince's health is related to the plot of the King of Xiangyang, although I still have no clue." Duan Tingxuan said with a worried look on his face: "Nuannuan, you really have to help me think of a solution. Privately, the prince is my good cousin. He has always regarded me as a flesh and blood brother, and I never want him to be in trouble. Publicly, he is the crown prince. He is kind, righteous and smart, and he will definitely be a wise ruler in the future. So privately and publicly, nothing can happen to him."
"I also said that I can't do anything about the prince's health. He can only lose weight, otherwise he will have a lot of problems in the future. His current heart disease will be more serious by then." Su Nuannuan was also worried, and suddenly heard Duan Tingxuan said in a deep voice: "I asked the imperial physician today, and he said the same thing. So I reported to the emperor. The emperor decided that I would take one hour every day to go to the East Palace to supervise the prince's exercise. But the diet, this still requires your help. See how to make some vegetarian dishes in a variety of ways so that he eats less meat."
"Leave this to me. In fact, there are many delicious vegetables. As long as they are cooked properly, they are also delicious. What's more, we can also make some vegetarian chicken and vegetarian duck." There are not many temples in this era, and most of them emphasize asceticism. In Su Nuannuan's era, vegetarian chicken and vegetarian duck were everywhere, but here they have never been heard of. So when Duan Tingxuan mentioned this, Su Nuannuan suddenly had an idea and thought of this method. As long as the combination is appropriate, vegetarian dishes can also be made to taste like meat.
Hearing his wife's words, Duan Tingxuan bowed solemnly to Su Nuannuan and said in a deep voice, "Then I'll leave it to you, Madam."
"Leave it to me." Su Nuannuan chuckled, "We can make a delicious meat dish every day to lure the prince to eat vegetarian food. It depends on the situation. For example, if he eats vegetarian food well, he can be allowed to eat five bites of meat. If he doesn't eat vegetarian food well, he can't eat a single bite."
"Oh my god, Nuannuan, you are so..." Duan Tingxuan wanted to say that it was too mean, but when he saw his wife's half-smiley eyes, he immediately came to his senses and gave a thumbs up, "Of course, this is a great plan. Madam is really the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang. I admire you so much. Even I can't think of such a great plan."
"The last sentence doesn't sound right no matter how I listen to it. Are you mocking me?"
"How is this possible? Nuannuan, please don't wrongly accuse me." Duan Tingxuan shouted. He always felt that since his wife's rebirth, he was becoming more and more like Dou E. If he was not wronged by her every day, the day would not seem to be over.
"Forget it, I'm too lazy to go into it." Su Nuannuan stood up, stretched, and waved her arms: "Okay, let's go cook."
"The steamed lion head?" Duan Tingxuan's eyes began to shine again. He stretched out his sleeve to wipe the corner of his mouth, fearing that the saliva would flow out and affect his heroic image. Although he also knew that his image in front of Su Nuannuan was not very good, even if he could not improve, he could not get worse, right?
"Today I won't make steamed food, I want braised food, do you have any objection?" Su Nuannuan snorted, but heard Duan Tingxuan smiled and said, "As long as there is something to eat, I don't care whether it's steamed or braised? Nuannuan is the best. Tell me, do you want me to help you, husband?"
"Don't come on, do you think I don't know that you're planning to cheat again? Go back to the study and wait. You've been hanging out in Chunfeng Garden lately. Are you becoming less and less studious? Isn't it better to flip through Zizhi Tongjian when you have nothing to do than to cheat in the kitchen? Now that the emperor and the prince are in trouble one after another, I'm afraid that the court will become more turbulent."
Duan Tingxuan smiled and said, "Why do you need to worry about this? I have already arranged it, and now I am just waiting for news."
Su Nuannuan stopped talking after hearing what he said. To be fair, Duan Tingxuan looked like a mischievous and unreliable guy, but when it came to big things, his calmness and wit were unmatched. Perhaps this was called keeping calm in the face of big things, which was why he was able to hold a high position at a young age, and even gained the trust of the emperor and the prince, who regarded him as their right-hand man.
A light rain fell all night long and gradually stopped in the morning, bringing some rare coolness to this midsummer season.
The Xue family's daughter-in-law hurriedly walked along the garden path. The green willows and red flowers on both sides were moistened by the light rain, and the colors became more delicate and fresh, attracting the cleaners and passers-by to stop and watch. But she didn't think about this, and just hurried on, heading straight for the garden gate.
"Hey, isn't this the sister-in-law of the Xue family? What's up? Where are you going so late in the morning? Is it possible that some master is waiting for some clothes to wear, so he asked you to deliver them quickly?"
A long-toned voice suddenly sounded behind her. The Xue family's wife turned around abruptly and saw the Liang family's wife who was in charge of the warehouse walking out from the side road with two or three people, looking at her with a look full of ridicule and satisfaction.
The Liang family's daughter-in-law and she had never gotten along. It was a grudge from a dispute when they were young. Since the Xue family's daughter-in-law was driven to the laundry room, she had already brought people to ridicule and humiliate her twice. Now they met by chance in this small garden. Naturally, she was even more rude. Sure enough, after she finished speaking, several servants nearby poked their heads over to look over here.
If it were in the past, the Xue family's wife would have to retaliate harshly, and then humiliate and ridicule the Liang family's wife, so that she could vent her anger. However, at this time, she was probably in a good mood. She was very calm and smiled lightly: "Which eye of yours saw me holding the clothes? To tell you the truth. I have to go back to the kitchen to take care of things today. Just now, I received the letter and I didn't have time to clean up. Miss Fengxian asked me to go over and take care of it. It's already mid-morning, and it's time to arrange lunch for the masters."
The Liang family's wife was stunned. Not to mention her, who among the servants in the garden didn't know what happened to the Xue family's wife? They heard that the eldest grandmother had a scene. But it ended in nothing. They all thought that the Xue family's wife had chosen the wrong person and would never be able to turn things around. Who knew that the eldest grandmother had the upper hand without making a sound and successfully rescued her from the laundry room. Wait, Miss Fengxian? Did Fengxian personally go to find her and bring her back to the kitchen? So, without the eldest grandmother coming forward, Grandma Yun bowed her head? What on earth was going on?
The servants immediately started to discuss in a low voice. The Liang family's wife didn't expect to be slapped in the face. Her face immediately turned red. She stared at the Xue family's wife and said viciously: "Hmph! Don't be complacent. That position is hot after all. If you can be kicked out for the first time, who knows if there won't be a second time?"
"Don't worry about this, sister." The Xue family's wife smiled and did not take the opportunity to beat the downed dog. She turned around and left calmly. She found that several eyes were focused on her, and she couldn't help but straighten her chest, thinking that now she is the grandmother's person, she must learn to be more tolerant and generous. This is called style. Only with this style, she will not bring shame to the grandmother.
As she thought about it, she walked out of the garden briskly, looking for the right path to go to Chunfeng Garden. After walking a few steps, she suddenly saw a person coming out from behind the rockery in front of her. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the prince. The Xue family's wife hurried forward to greet him, but she saw Duan Tingxuan stopped and looked her up and down. Then she smiled and said, "I heard from your grandmother that you are very good. Are you going back to the kitchen to manage it?"
"Yes, thanks to you, Miss Fengxian asked me to go back to the kitchen. I want to thank you." Although Fengxian said that she could go back to the kitchen because you asked for mercy from Madam Yun, how could the daughter-in-law of the Xue family believe it? What a joke, would the prince ask Madam Yun for mercy for me? You guys don't take the prince seriously. I'm afraid that the prince will scold me so badly that I have to go back to the kitchen to make up for it.
But no matter what the reason was, it was Duan Tingxuan who helped her get out of the sea of suffering, so the Xue family's daughter-in-law's thanks were sincere. But Duan Tingxuan smiled and said, "What does it have to do with me? If you want to thank someone, go thank your great grandmother. Isn't it because she misses you every day and whispers in my ear that I know who you are? Okay, are you going to Chunfeng Garden to see your grandmother? Go quickly, let me remind you first, there are good things waiting for you."
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