"Here are some home-cooked dishes. Would you like to try them?" Shang Ruoyi said with a smile, "I wanted to take them to the front yard to eat with my grandmother, but the nanny in my grandmother's yard just said that the small kitchens in each yard can eat by themselves today, so forget it."
"Then they don't have the same good fortune as me." He Jingheng said with a smile: "Let me taste your cooking skills."
He had just picked up the dishes and chopsticks when he heard footsteps outside the door.
"Wait!" He Yuwen walked in quickly, followed by Princess Ding, He Yunyi.
He Jingheng frowned: "Father and Mother, what are you doing here?" He subconsciously blocked the dishes on the table, but he could block the sight, but how could he block the fragrance?
"Daughter-in-law, what are you going to cook today?" He Yuwen said with a smile.
"It's just a few stir-fried dishes."
He Yunyi walked forward and swallowed her saliva: "Sister-in-law, what are you cooking? I can smell the fragrance in the yard!"
Shang Ruoyi pinched her little face and joked, "Does your nose belong to a puppy? Our yard is so far away, how did it float to your yard?"
"Really, really!" He Yunyi sat on the chair and urged anxiously, "Hurry up and eat! I'm hungry!"
"No rules." Prince Ding said coldly.
Hearing this, He Yunyi hurriedly stood up. She was a little too proud of herself, and when she saw the delicious food, she completely forgot about her father and mother.
He Yuwen came forward, sat on the chair, and said calmly: "When can we have dinner?"
He Yunyi was so angry that she dared to say that she had no manners, but now she was asking for food.
"Didn't father say that he wanted to have a meal at mother's courtyard? Your son couldn't even take a look, so why are you here now?" He Jingheng smiled and said, "We don't have the food that father is looking for here, father, you should go back!"
He Yuwen knew that his son was a vengeful person. In the past, he would have turned around and left. But now, with the delicious food in front of him, he swallowed his saliva and said nothing.
He originally thought that the fragrance came from their yard, but halfway through the journey, he realized something was wrong. The aroma of the food was getting fainter and fainter. Sure enough, when he reached the yard, the fragrance was already very faint.
He looked at the food on the table and lost his appetite. He knew he was tricked by that brat, so he couldn't get angry.
"What is this?" He pointed to the plate of strawberries. He had never eaten this kind of fruit before.
He Yunyi and Qin were very familiar with strawberries. They ate them almost every day when they were in exile. They thought they would not be able to eat them after returning to the capital, but they did not expect to see them here today.
"Father, this is strawberry, a kind of fruit that tastes extremely sweet."
strawberry?
It's really something I've heard before.
Just as he was about to pick one up and put it in his mouth, he was stopped by a hand.
"Father, these strawberries are extremely precious. Have you thought of what to exchange them for?"
He Yuwen took out a piece of paper from his arms and threw it at He Jingheng: "Take it! I know you have no good intentions." He took a bite of clam meat and put it in his mouth. The fresh and spicy clam meat instantly awakened his taste buds. Pointing at He Jingheng, he said: "I am losing money by using this table of food to exchange for such a big house."
House?
"Don't listen to your father's nonsense. He has long since ordered you to move out of the mansion, and the house has been cleaned up early in the morning." Qin waved her hand, and a group of people took out a few dishes and placed them on the table.
"These were made by the chef in my courtyard. Your father insisted on coming to your place to eat, so I served them here."
"That house was given to me by the late emperor after my first victory in battle. When you marry into our house, I can be there as a wedding gift to you."
Shang Ruoyi was confused. What mansion? What branch of the palace should I live in?
He Jingheng smiled and said, "My father is so distressed by a house, he is really getting more stingy."
He Yuwen glanced at him and ate by himself.
I have to say that Shang Ruoyi's cooking skills are really first-class. The dishes she cooked were eaten up cleanly, and the few dishes sent by Princess Ding were barely touched by the chopsticks.
"Sister-in-law, what is this dish?" He Yunyi pointed at the plate of spicy fried clam meat and said, "It's a hundred times more delicious than what the imperial chef of the palace cooks."
"It's just some clam meat, not something precious." Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "If you like it, I'll make it for you another day."
He Yunyi held her hand and said, "Sister-in-law, my brother said that he wants to move out of the house. You will have to move out in a while. Why don't I move out with you?"
As soon as she finished speaking, He Jingheng reached out and pulled Shang Ruoyi to his side: "What are you doing here, a married girl?"
"But······"
"But what but?" He Jingheng waved his hand: "We've finished eating and talking, let's go!"
"Mother." He Yunyi pouted and said angrily, "Look at my brother."
They were having a great time here when a figure slowly left the door.
That night, news came from the palace that tomorrow morning would be the day for the ladies of the court to come to the palace to pay homage to the emperor. Princess Zhan and Shang Ruoyi would both attend. The next day, Shang Ruoyi got up early and began to dress up, changing into the clothes of ladies of the court. When it was time for the audience, Princess Ding brought Shang Ruoyi into the palace.
Some time ago, she entered the palace as Prince Lingjun, and it had not been too long ago, so she was very familiar with the layout of the palace.
"Ruoyi, this is your first time in the palace, don't worry, just follow your mother." Princess Ding said with a smile, "The queen has some connections with our palace, so she won't make things difficult for you. As for the ladies in the other palaces, we just need to go and see Concubine Zhao and Concubine Shu."
Shang Ruoyi nodded. The Queen wouldn't make things difficult for her? Not necessarily! I still remember what the Queen said when I was detoxifying her. It was obvious that she was not satisfied with my status as a concubine's daughter.
When they arrived, the queen was still having a meal, so they could wait in a side hall.
At this time, several ladies had arrived at the side hall and were chatting.
"In my opinion, the Shang family has brought this upon themselves. They have done such an immoral thing, and their entire family should be executed, and all nine generations of their clan should be exterminated."
"The emperor is merciful. He demoted the women of the Shang family to official maids. I heard that the eldest daughter of the Shang family, Shang Yufu, was the one the emperor granted marriage to. In the end, she was assigned to the prince's mansion. However, this time she was not the prince's concubine, but a maid."
"Could it be because of her beauty? The prince thinks it would be a pity if he doesn't take her into his palace?"
"Oh, it's just a toy for people's amusement. Now the Shang family is completely ruined, but the concubine who was married to the Dingguo Palace before is really lucky. Not only was she not implicated, but now she has become a phoenix on the tree."
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