Second only to cucumbers. Speaking of cucumbers, Jin Suting just made smashed cucumbers, but the finished product didn’t look particularly good.
"This is delicious." Helan Ruizhe picked up a piece of smashed cucumber with chopsticks. This was his second piece. The vinegar and sugar were just right. It was delicious.
"Do you think this tastes good?" Jin Suting was just making it blindly. When she first tasted it, she thought it was too bland. She didn't expect that Helan Ruizhe actually liked it.
"Very fresh," Helan Ruizhe praised sincerely. He had never thought cucumbers could be cooked this way. "Is this also a new dish you learned?"
Jin Suting was just about to say that these smashed cucumbers were everywhere, but then she thought about the Helan family, a royal family, and they generally didn't eat raw vegetables.
Maybe she had never eaten it this way before, so she said, "I guess so, but this is a cold dish, so it's better not to eat too much."
Helan Ruizhe nodded, took his evil hand away from the cucumber, and picked up other dishes.
***
Imperial Palace, Changding Palace.
Shi Qingmiao was playing with the dog in Xiaosi's nest in the main hall, and Si Shuo walked into the main hall with carefully prepared "dog food" - meat paste and carrots.
Shi Qingmiao sensitively smelled the fragrance coming from afar. These days, Si Shuo had been cooking for Xiao Si in different ways, which completely overturned Shi Qingmiao's opinion of him.
She had thought that the Regent Si Shuo was like a pampered young man who had never done any housework and was even more delicate than a woman.
But Si Shuo could cook more dishes than she had eaten in the past ten years. On the first day, he made onion pork for Xiao Si. The aroma was so tempting that Shi Qingmiao would have snatched it away and eaten it if it wasn't Xiao Si's food.
Of course, Shi Qingmiao also expressed her doubts: "I didn't expect you could cook."
Si Shuo was so arrogant that he laughed smugly, "The food in the military camp is so bad, how can we survive if we don't cook it ourselves?"
But it was only on the first day that Shi Qingmiao didn't dare to snatch it away to eat. After spending the past few days together, she found that Si Shuo was not at all arrogant and even agreed to cook for her. At this moment, she had already snatched the pork rib and carrot soup from Si Shuo's hand and was drinking it with relish.
Si Shuo laughed at her: "You eat faster than a dog."
After a satisfying lunch, the two sat on the shady stone steps of the palace to enjoy the cool air.
Shi Qingmiao looked at Si Shuo who was looking into the distance and asked, "When will you marry Princess Minzhi and bring her back to Simu Kingdom?"
Si Shuo has been staying in Changding Palace these days, and he has not been seen looking for Helan Minzhi. The Queen Mother mentioned it tactfully, but Si Shuo just said it was still early.
Xiao Si has grown up a little, but Si Shuo still hasn't made a clear statement.
I'm afraid that by the time Xiao Si grows up and finds a wife, Si Shuo has not yet married Helan Minzhi back to Simu Kingdom.
So Shi Qingmiao really couldn't hold back her curiosity. After all, they were already so familiar with each other, so this kind of topic should be something they could talk about.
But Si Shuo frowned, but didn't look at her. It was unclear whether the scorching sun stung his eyes, or if it was some other emotion. "Do you really want me to marry your Princess Minzhi?"
Shi Qingmiao answered without hesitation: "Of course I hope so. As long as you marry Princess Minzhi, our two countries will be united in marriage. Then you will fulfill your promise and return the seven cities to us."
In Shi Qingmiao's heart, she loves her motherland very much, and she loves it so much that she cannot lose even a single inch of its land.
Si Shuo lowered his head and smiled, looking at her, not knowing whether he was serious or not, "Can't you marry someone else?"
Shi Qingmiao was very confused by his words, "How can you marry someone else? You've already made a promise. Don't you want to marry Princess Minzhi?! Si Shuo! How can you go back on your word!"
"Why don't you call me Lord Si anymore?" Si Shuo put his hands behind his back and just looked at her, with a more playful look in his eyes.
"Don't interrupt!" Shi Qingmiao was quite anxious, "Answer me quickly!"
"Marriage is a matter of mutual affection. Regardless of whether I marry your princess or not, whether she likes me or not is also a very important matter."
Shi Qingmiao tilted her head and thought seriously for a moment, feeling that what Si Shuo said was not wrong. But if Helan Minzhi didn't like Si Shuo, why would she agree to the marriage?
She told Si Shuo this, and he just called her stupid. "The overall situation forces us to do this. If marrying someone you don't like can bring decades of peace to the country, then this deal is a good one."
"You princesses need to consider the bigger picture, but I don't."
He has no ideals or ambitions in his life, he just wants to find someone he loves and spend a good life with.
He was not very interested in unifying the country, and even the position of regent was forced upon him by the old king.
Perhaps his greatest wish is for the country to be stable and the people to be safe. It doesn't matter if peace cannot be achieved. He is still willing to go to war.
Ambition and aggression don't work for him.
It took Shi Qingmiao a long time to understand what he meant. She exclaimed, "So you mean you don't like Princess Minzhi? You don't want to marry her?"
"Then why are you still staying here? Why, why don't you go back to your Simu Kingdom? Are you waiting here for us to take you hostage?"
Si Shuo looked at her seriously for a while, then smiled again after a long while, "Do you really want me to leave?"
Shi Qingmiao was stunned. She hesitated for a long time, "No, no. But since you don't want to marry the princess anymore, there's no point in staying here. Since we can't have a marriage, let's fight a real war!"
Si Shuo raised his eyebrows and smacked his lips, "Are you sure that Fuding Kingdom's military strength can still withstand another war at this time?"
"I..." Shi Qingmiao was speechless. It seemed that with the current strength of Fuding Kingdom, it really could not accept the baptism of war again.
"Who says the marriage must be with the princess?" Si Shuo looked at the sparrows flying around on the palace wall in the distance, not afraid of getting a heat stroke, with a half-smile, then looked at Shi Qingmiao, "Can't I marry someone else?"
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