Duan Tingxuan was silent for a long time before he smiled bitterly and said, "How did you come up with that sentence? What you said makes so much sense that I have no words to say. It's just... Nuannuan, I know you have no intention of fighting in the harem, but I can't let you live a peaceful life in peace. I... Alas! I am so incompetent."
"You don't have to think like that. Evidence is needed for everything." Su Nuannuan saw her husband's face full of self-blame, and her heart softened. She held his hand and said, "Since I have become your wife, I must also take responsibility. It is not reasonable for me to leave everything to you and sit back and enjoy the fruits of others' labor. Anyway, I'll put it here. Except for you, I can give them more of everything, but they should not have any conscienceless ideas. If they still want to frame me with such cruel means, I will never show mercy if I catch them. I told you when Richuan Ge'er was almost killed that I hate people like this."
"I'm the same as you on this point." Duan Tingxuan sighed and murmured, "A husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace, but now I want to let them down. This is my fault. Well, I'll go talk to them. If they don't want to stay in the mansion and live as widows, I'll think of a way to let them leave here and live comfortably outside. If they want to stay, as you said, although they have to live as widows, I will try my best to satisfy them in other aspects. But there is one thing, don't think about those extra things, otherwise if you catch me, I'll let you deal with it."
Su Nuannuan smiled and said, "It's good to explain it clearly, but I don't think they will leave. After all, the child is here, where can the mother go? Forget it. For such a difficult matter, we can only take one step at a time. Let's talk about Aunt Jiang. I was afraid that she would be too radical and do something extreme again. So I hurriedly comforted her and planned to let her and Chuan Ge'er move to my place in a few days. After she and Xu Ranyun are separated, I think the other party will have no chance to take ruthless action. This is certainly to protect Chuan Ge'er, but isn't it also to protect our Grandma Yun? To be honest. If it weren't for Ming Ge'er. Just because of her viciousness, I don't want to care about her life or death. Even if Ming Ge'er is there, she shouldn't go too far. If you run into me, don't blame me for being rude."
Duan Tingxuan nodded and said, "Yes, that's right. You can take Aunt Jiang and Brother Chuan over." He finished speaking. He smiled and said, "I ate the meat and potatoes. They were really delicious. It turns out that Liaodong stew looks rough, but it is actually delicious. I always looked down on that wild land. Eat a kidney bean and see. There is one bad thing about this bean. There are tendons in it. No matter how you pick it, it is difficult to clean it."
The couple ate with their mouths wide open. They were so greedy that they didn't touch any other dishes on the table. They only ate the pork ribs and potatoes in the kidney beans, and only half of the kidney beans were left. When they were full, they supported each other and walked in the yard to digest the food.
At that time, the maids were eating in their rooms, and the two masters did not come out. They did not want to be surrounded by people to serve them, but it was better for the couple to talk quietly. Duan Tingxuan said to Su Nuannuan, "I think you can eat more and more. You usually can't eat two bones, but tonight you ate four. The last one was taken from me. I only ate three. The bones are big and there is a lot of meat. How can you eat it? No wonder you are so bloated now. Be careful that you will become a fat man like the prince in the future."
"Haha! You don't have to worry about that. I have a physique that won't make me fat no matter how much I eat. This physique is unique, and not even one in a thousand women can have it. But there is one thing. I think this is why I can't get pregnant. I'm afraid it has something to do with it. Because I can't absorb the food I eat, my body won't gain weight. How can I not be weak with such a physique? Fortunately, you have many children, so you don't have to rely on me to carry on the family line. I'm happy to eat and drink to my heart's content."
Duan Tingxuan smiled and said, "Don't think of such a good idea. Now we... ahem, I don't believe that with all my hard work, I can't let you have a child. Although I have many children, I still want to have a child with you. Oh! Look at your bloated belly, how great would it be if you were pregnant? Unfortunately, I know that it's filled with kidney beans, potatoes and bacon, which has nothing to do with children."
The couple was talking when they suddenly heard a voice coming from outside the courtyard gate. It turned out that Duan Tingye had received the news and hurried back from the outskirts of Beijing. He patiently finished his meal in the second room and then hurried here again.
"This brat is really obsessed with money now, isn't he? In the past, when he saw me, he was like seeing a poisonous snake, and he wanted to avoid me. Now that he heard that I'm back, he can't wait to run into my net. Well, let's go back and hear what he has to say."
After that, the couple returned to the main room. Sure enough, Duan Tingye came in a short while later. He first complained that Su Nuannuan shouldn't cook the dish of kidney beans, potatoes and salted pork ribs in the kitchen, so that those people would learn it. Before he could finish, Su Nuannuan scolded him, saying that he was now insane. In order to make money, he even treated himself as a cook and even asked him to control the cooking of a dish in the kitchen. It was too much. Duan Erye didn't dare to raise his head after scolding him. He also knew that his complaint offended his sister-in-law, so he didn't dare to say anything.
However, Su Nuannuan calmed down after she finished scolding. As long as Duan Tingye didn't keep nagging her about the cooking venue, the grandmother felt that everything else was acceptable.
So the three of them had a frank and friendly discussion about Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and boiled fish, the subsequent development of a series of Sichuan cuisine, and the cultivation of peppers. Duan Erye finally chose the latter between the position of the crown prince and money. He had no choice but to choose. He realized that as long as his eldest brother did not die suddenly, he would not have to think about the position of the crown prince and the future marquis. At present, it seems that the possibility of his black-bellied eldest brother dying suddenly is not much easier than making a sow grow wings. If he has a little brain, he will know how to choose.
Perhaps moved by his second brother's sincere attitude, the young marquis gave some unprecedented guidance on the future development direction of Master Duan, and urged him to take a long-term view, to make use of the current huge source of wealth, to broaden his horizons to the South China Sea and Liaodong and other places, to make contributions to the prosperity of the Great Seal to the best of his ability, and to foresightedly establish the next step for the development of the land and economy of the Marquisate.
This meeting was successful, the conversation was cordial, the atmosphere was relaxed and friendly, and the internal strife that had been lurking in the Marquis' Mansion for years just waiting to erupt was completely wiped out in just over an hour. If it had a soul and wisdom, it would surely die with regret.
The next day was destined to be a busy day. The Second Prince and the Fourth Prince, who was unaware of his own life experience, led all the princes in the palace to come to the Anping Marquis's Mansion to eat Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. Not only that, the Crown Princess's family, the Changping Marquis's Mansion, ran to the Eastern Palace early in the morning. Originally, the Crown Prince was going to wait for the food in the Eastern Palace, but he could not resist the persuasion of his brother-in-law and sister-in-law, fearing that the food would be snatched away by those wolf-like brothers, so he came to the Anping Marquis's Mansion in person, just to be the first to get a bowl of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Such a grand occasion almost shook Su Nuannuan's most firm belief: she always believed that Lu Fengyu was the most powerful foodie in the Great Yin Dynasty. For the sake of food, he put aside his pride and betrayed his benefactor, and was even threatened by the evil wolf Su Donglou. Seeing that his chrysanthemum was in danger, he still struggled hard to survive, just to continue eating. Not letting him win the championship in the eating competition would be unworthy of his infatuation with food.
However, now Su Nuannuan's faith is shaken.
It's okay for other princes, but you are the prince, Your Highness. You just found out yesterday that there was a traitor among your brothers. Shouldn't you be upset and moody right now? Why are you sitting there looking forward to it and chatting and laughing with the fourth prince? I know that your royal family doesn't play by the rules, but you can't go too far, right? You are not even playing a card, you know? You are throwing a mahjong in a pile of cards.
A large jar of 50-jin wine and two small jars of 20-jin wine, together containing nearly 100-jin of vegetables, meat, fish and eggs, were quickly snatched away. These foodies not only ate the food themselves, but also followed the orders of the various palaces to eat and take the food. They were so shameless that they even disregarded the royal demeanor. Yet everyone was angry but could not say anything.
The next day, he went to Anle Building again. It was said that the chef in that building did not send a chef who really knew how to make Buddha Jumps Over the Wall to teach cooking skills because of Li Qiushan's selfishness. Instead, he sent a random chef who memorized the steps of Buddha Jumps Over the Wall several times and came. As a result, the food he made was not what he thought it was. The chef was scolded by countless people, and he almost cried and quit his job. After that, he kept working under great pressure, and his hair was falling out in clumps. If Duan Tingye hadn't promised him that as long as Su Nuannuan came back, he would ask her to teach cooking in person, the chef really felt that he couldn't bear it.
Finally, the clouds cleared and the moon appeared. Grandma's reinforcements finally arrived. The excited chef kowtowed three times on the ground, offered tea, and completed a set of apprenticeship steps, and then he was at ease to learn the craft.
After two days of hard work, Su Nuannuan was exhausted. She became lazy on the third morning because it was still dark. Seeing Duan Tingxuan dressing on the ground, she lazily said, "Eat by yourself later. I won't take care of you. I'm really sleepy."
Duan Tingxuan hurriedly said, "Sleep well and take care of yourself. Everyone knows how tired you have been these past two days." Then he turned to Honglian and said, "Wait a while, send a little girl to tell the old lady that I mean that the grandmother is too tired, so I won't be visiting her every morning and evening these days."
"yes."
Honglian agreed, and Duan Tingxuan turned around again, only to see that his wife had fallen asleep again. He kissed her forehead lovingly, and then left the room with satisfaction.
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