Chapter 206 Gossip Mode

Chapter 206 Gossip Mode

Gu Changqing rarely agreed. The thought of Su Jin crying alone during the New Year made people feel so pitiful and distressed.

"Then go ahead."

Gu Changqing actually agreed.

Gu Sui Yu was naturally very happy. She didn't want to spend the New Year in the Marquis' Mansion. Firstly, there were too many things to do, including taking care of relatives in the clan. Secondly, there was no Su Jin and no grandmother this year, and her grandfather had long since stopped caring about anything. Lin Wanhui was also jumping around. Should she spend the New Year in the mansion?

Oh, it would be more peaceful to spend the New Year with my mother.

Gu Sui Yu nodded in agreement and threw the list to Lin Wanhui, asking her to give it to her grandmother after she finished writing it, as the New Year was coming soon and she should not delay things. All these words were said in front of Gu Changqing, so wouldn't Lin Wanhui bring up Gu Changqing? Fine, then say everything in front of father, and see how you can keep up your tricks!

Gu Suiyu turned and left, leaving Lin Wanhui trembling with anger. She bit her lip and looked at Gu Changqing, looking aggrieved. However, Gu Changqing said calmly, "Suiyu is right. You should sort it out now and give it to your mother to avoid any trouble during the New Year."

"But the old lady doesn't seem to like me..."

Lin Wanhui hesitated, and Gu Changqing also thought of something, so he said, "Find someone to deliver it after you finish writing it."

"Yes, sir..."

Lin Wanhui then opened the list and pondered it while reading it.

Soon, it was New Year’s Eve.

The lights are on in every household, and the whole family sits together to eat the New Year’s Eve dinner.

The same thing happened in the palace. The emperor and his family sat together to eat the New Year's Eve dinner. Since Zhao Jingyu was still single, he also came to the palace to join them and eat together.

Various auspicious characters, lanterns, and couplets were all pasted up. Even the imperial palace followed this custom.

The banquet was even more lively. The New Year’s Eve dinner prepared by the imperial chef was delicious and simply too sumptuous.

The Empress Dowager looked at her two sons with a smile on her face, while the Queen looked dignified and intelligent, looking around.

Zhao Jingcheng started the banquet first, and everyone started eating and drinking together. Crown Prince Zhao Yunzhou also sat in the front, and his son sat in a seat further back.

Since it was a family dinner, the married princes also prepared a dish specifically to honor their father.

Zhao Jingyu is the emperor's uncle, but he also brought a dish.

The dishes brought by others were either exquisite or rare. After all, they were for the emperor, who had seen and tasted all kinds of good things. Therefore, the dishes brought by the princes were also very novel. Either the dishes were cut with amazing knife skills, as thin as hair and densely packed together, or they were rare items, such as lychees from Guangdong, mutton from the northwest, fresh fish from the East China Sea, and so on.

However, the dishes Zhao Jingyu brought were common. Yes, he brought a serving of fried bean curd skin mixed with tripe.

However, it was not mixed. Zhao Jingyu used the hot pot method, that is, the freshly cooked tripe and fried bean curd skin were still warm, and they were directly poured with the prepared sauce. This sauce was the same one that Su Jin made, which was made with peanut butter, sesame paste and fermented bean curd. At that time, Su Jin said that it would be better with chive sauce, which would taste better. After Zhao Jingyu returned home, he tried adding a little bit. Finally, the chef adjusted the taste and served it to Zhao Jingyu. Prince Rui ate it so much that he wanted to give a thumbs up.

Since he had obtained such delicious food, he naturally wanted to let his royal brother try it. Zhao Jingyu took advantage of the New Year's Eve dinner to put this dish on the table.

Everyone in the palace frowned slightly when they saw this dish. After all, wealthy people in that era would not eat offal. Everyone thought it was dirty. Rich people all sold meat to eat, so who would eat this stuff?

However, some people do not know what this thing is, after all, they have never eaten it.

When Concubine Hui saw the tripe, she couldn't help but ask, "Prince Rui, what is this?"

"It's called tripe, which is actually the stomach of a cow."

Isn't that going into the water?

Concubine Hui frowned, calmly covered her nose with a handkerchief, and stepped back a little.

Sitting first below the Queen was Concubine Dong, who had climbed her way up from being a palace maid. Her son supported the Crown Prince's lineage and was his right-hand man.

Concubine Dong looked at the tripe with delight and said with a smile, "When I was a child, my family was poor. During the New Year's Eve dinner, the aroma of meat wafted from other people's homes, but we could only smell it. My father gritted his teeth and spent a few coins to buy some offal and stewed it. That was considered the New Year."

Talking about childhood memories made Zhao Jingcheng fall into reminiscence.

Although he was a prince, he still couldn't eat meat every meal. After all, he had a miserable childhood. If you really compare, he might not have been as happy as Concubine Dong's childhood.

Zhao Jingcheng nodded: "Well, what's wrong with going into the water? The things that the rich people look down upon have saved countless people. I have been working hard for so many years, not just for the people to have enough food. Come, let's try this tripe."

So everyone put down their chopsticks.

Concubine Hui really didn't want to eat it, she disliked tripe very much, but seeing that everyone else was eating it, she had no choice but to stuff it into her mouth. Then, it smelled really good.

“This is so delicious!”

"Yeah, it doesn't smell weird at all."

In everyone’s memory, offal is dirty and smelly, but this tripe has no smell at all. On the contrary, it is chewier, more chewy and more delicious than meat.

"This ingredient is well prepared. As expected of Prince Rui, he can bring such delicious food."

Compared to the dishes brought by other princes, some with fine knife skills and some rare foreign delicacies, none of them could compare to this tripe. Moreover, Prince Rui's dish was obviously more to Zhao Jingcheng's liking.

As an emperor, his biggest headache now is finance. He hopes that under his diligent governance, the people can live a good life.

But the imperial palace and court officials could not avoid living a luxurious life with plenty of meat and fish, which could be seen from the dishes brought by the sons.

His sons did the same to please him, let alone all the officials.

However, the tripe brought by Zhao Jingyu made Zhao Jingcheng feel at ease eating it.

What's wrong with the emperor? Why can't he eat what the people can eat?

And this thing is really delicious.

"Mm, the sauce tastes so good, I can't stop eating it."

Zhao Jingcheng nodded and commented. Zhao Jingyu smiled and said, "Your Majesty, this sauce was prepared by Miss Su Liu herself. I was lucky enough to taste it, so I thought I must let you taste it."

When Miss Su Liu was mentioned, the atmosphere at the table suddenly became quiet.

It's hard not to know who Miss Su Liu is.

She stood up to ask for a divorce at the banquet, and all three children spoke for her. This matter had long been known to the whole city, and even the women in the harem had heard of it. Everyone thought that hearing this name once was enough, but who would have thought that they would hear this name again at the New Year's Eve dinner.

Miss Su Liu, isn’t that Su Jin?

There were many women at the table, especially the elite ones in the harem. Prince Rui didn't think much of what he said, but the people around him pricked up their ears.