067. Boiled Fish

Rong Jing was badly defeated this time, and Cao Lun and Xi Yan's faces were not much better.

In the palace, Xi Yan said with a sullen face: "We acted very cautiously this time. How did he know about it? If he could see through our arrangements without anyone noticing, and the enemy is in the dark, how should we deal with it?"

Cao Lun was silent for a moment, then said, "If someone didn't leak the news, then... the power of the Regent King is more important than we thought, and we underestimated him."

The two of them could not guess the truth. Rong Jing was even more afraid of Rong Se from the bottom of his heart. He thought highly of himself, but his arrangement that he thought was perfect was thwarted early on. He was restless and could not pretend to be gentle and respectful. He said irritably: "Is there nothing we can do about him? Uncle, if he doesn't die, we will die! What's more, our mother is still in his hands and we don't know whether she is alive or dead!"

Cao Lun was calm. Seeing Rong Jing's panic, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty, don't panic. Victory and defeat are common in the military."

Xi Yan also echoed, "Most of the Jinjing families are still on your side, but Dingbei Marquis' Jinbei Cavalry and Yun Zhi's Imperial Guards are really hard to deal with."

They were jealous of Rongse because Rongse not only had money, but also power and troops. The Ministry of War was also under the shackles of the Weiwei Temple. The six ministries and nine temples that originally checked and balanced each other had now become pawns in the game between the emperor and the regent.

Rong Jing couldn't hold back any longer and couldn't help but say, "He has soldiers, don't we have them too? At worst, we can fight him to the death!"

Cao Lun and Xi Yan looked at each other.

Before Marquis Dingbei entered the capital, they were unsure of the outcome. After all, the troops of the Ministry of War and the Imperial Guards were evenly matched, so they wanted to wait for Liang Shenyu's help.

But now Liang Shenyu did help, but the person he helped was him, the Regent.

This way, defeat is inevitable.

The Northern Iron Cavalry of Jin was the most powerful and elite division of the Jin Dynasty. They had elite soldiers and generals, and were equipped with powerful weapons. Even the Xiongnu would shudder at the mere mention of them.

After a moment, Xi Yan said, "I don't know how the Regent Prince persuaded Dingbei Marquis to go, but maybe we can give it a try and persuade Dingbei Marquis to come back. In addition... we can't let his Qiangzhou Jinbei Army dominate alone. I think the Dianzhou troops can be recalled to the capital to act as a check and balance."

The governor of Dianzhou, Liu Xu, was Xi Yan's uncle. Xi Yan's wife, Xue Jin, was the daughter of the Duke of Xin, and his concubine, Liu Ran, was the sister of the governor of Dianzhou.

It is naturally not difficult to persuade Dianzhou to send troops.

Cao Lun nodded: "That makes sense. Dingbei Hou has been so glorious these years that he may have forgotten that he is not the only one in Dajin!"

Rong Jing didn't understand these plots either, so he could only nod and lower his eyes to hide his jealousy.

Of course he knew why Liang Shenyu was willing to help Rong Se, wasn't it because his face looked exactly like the whore's biological mother?

How could a man look like that?

She was able to actually bewitch Liang Shenyu to the point of losing his mind!

Cao Lun saw Rong Jing's gloomy face and asked, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Rong Jing pursed his lips and said, "I will follow your instructions. However, Master Xi, how do you want to convince Marquis Dingbei?"

Xi Yan hesitated for a moment and said, "Use the benefits to lure him in."

Cao Lun said in a deep voice: "Master Xi, I'm afraid it won't be easy."

Xi Yan didn't think so, "We have to give it a try."

Cao Lun stopped talking.

He suspected that Liang Shenyu knew a lot, and when he saw how Liang Shenyu dealt with the Yan father and son, he couldn't help but feel terrified.

.

Every autumn rain brings a chill. After a heavy rain last night, the August wind also became cooler.

Song Yan was used to traveling between the Jinbei Cavalry Camp and the Regent Prince's Palace. He reported to Liang Shenyu in a familiar manner: "Zhong Yichuan has arrived at the Jinbei Cavalry Camp. Wu Jie has arranged everything for him. Also..." He paused for a moment and said with a gloating look, "Yan Wanze was seriously injured and has not recovered in these days. He died last night. But Yan Shuning seems to have no plans to return to Xiangzhou. Master, what is he still doing in Jinjing?"

"I guess he's waiting for next year's imperial examination." Liang Shenyu sneered, "Let him be."

Song Yan nodded: "This Yan Shuning is aloof and arrogant, but he has little talent. He wants to be the top scholar without reading many books."

Liang Shenyu could not deny it.

The Yan family was poor and had no money. If Yan Shuning was smart, he would have gone back to take inventory of the houses and farms and found a way out for himself. But he only wanted to become an official in the court and make a name for himself.

Because of him?

It's not that Liang Shenyu looked down on him, but the words "unworthy" were written all over Yan Shuning's face.

Suddenly someone knocked on the door.

"My Lord." The servant outside said respectfully, "My Lord has asked me to bring you some tea and snacks. You will have dinner later today."

"Come in." Liang Shenyu said.

The servant came in and brought the snacks in the lunch box to the table, including golden and crispy shredded sweet potatoes, a plate of plain white snacks sprinkled with fine sugar, and a pot of milk tea.

"Sweet potato with shreds, bean paste with snow sponge." After the servant introduced them one by one, he bowed and said goodbye, "My Lord, enjoy your meal."

After the people left, Liang Shenyu glanced at Song Yan, whose eyes were glued to the snacks, with a half-smile, and said slowly: "This was made for me by the prince."

He even emphasized the word "I".

But Song Yan was stunned for a moment, then pointed at the snack in disbelief and said in astonishment: "This was made by the Regent?"

"yes."

Liang Shenyu originally had no appetite, but he could not resist Rong Se's varied feeding. He took out a small plate and gave two pieces to Song Yan, and kept the rest for himself.

The candied sweet potato has a crispy outer skin and is soft and sweet inside. The sponge bean paste is light, soft and sweet. Both are sweet, but there is not much sugar in the milk tea. The mellow milk and tea fragrance are more, which is just right to relieve the greasiness.

Song Yan thought it looked familiar, and he felt even more familiar with it after tasting it. There were also desserts in Fu Sheng Lou, but Song Yan had never tried the legendary snow sponge bean paste. It was said that the failure rate of this dish was very high, and in the entire Fu Sheng Lou, only the owner Fu Sheng could make it.

But in recent days, Fu Sheng's status has risen and he is rarely seen cooking.

Song Yan ate with relish, and only after finishing did he remember that this dish was made by the Regent King, and only Fu Sheng could make snow sponge bean paste, which meant...

"Master..." Song Yan's face was blank, "So the Regent and Fusheng... are, the same person?"

Liang Shenyu nodded calmly, sipping his milk tea, "What?"

Song Yan said angrily, "...If you said that you live in the palace just to eat, I would believe it."

That's a fleeting life!

The elusive chef became famous throughout the Dajin Dynasty. Countless noble ladies wanted to learn how to cook a dish from him. There were even rumors that he was very elegant and graceful. Although he was clearly just a cook, many girls secretly fell in love with him and wanted to see if the face under his mask was really as beautiful as a jade.

Before he knew it, Song Yan blurted out the words.

Liang Shenyu's eyes dimmed slightly.

Rong Se's face deserves the description of being as beautiful as a crown of jade.

But Liang Shenyu's expression soon improved, and he said calmly: "Let them think about it."

Anyway, he was the only one who had seen Rong Se's beautiful face when she was moved.

The joy of possessing the treasure all to oneself arises spontaneously.

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Although the green peppers were good, they were not spicy enough. Rongse searched for a long time before he found the chili peppers and chili peppers in a garden that specialized in growing foreign tributes. He couldn't wait to pick a whole basin of them. It happened that the kitchen was full of fish, shrimps and crabs these two days, so spicy shrimps and spicy crabs were indispensable. The only thing left was a black fish as long as an arm.

After removing the head and bones and slicing the fish meat, Rong Se cut the fish into three neat portions with a flick of the knife.

The fish head is used to make chopped pepper fish head, the fish bones are used to make soup, and the remaining fish meat is made into a large pot of spicy and delicious boiled fish with bright red oil.

Liang Shenyu prefers a stronger taste, so the boiled fish is obviously more to his liking than the sweet squirrel fish he had yesterday.

But some people just can't eat spicy food.

"It's cold, just right to drive away the chill." Rong Se prepared some snacks to relieve the spiciness. Seeing that Lan Ying was about to cry because of the spiciness, he said helplessly, "I didn't know you couldn't eat it. I'll make you something else next time."

Lan Ying wiped her tears with a handkerchief, her lips slightly red, and said quietly: "Master, I haven't shed tears in several years."

Rong Se was helpless: "Then why are you still eating..."

"It's delicious." Lan Ying sipped her iced milk tea and breathed softly, "Who can resist this?"

Rong Se: “…”

That’s true, Lan Ying eats more than Yun Chu.

He had never realized before that although Lan Ying was tall, she had a slim figure, and he didn't expect that she had such a big appetite.

There is indeed a reason why he is so strong that he can move mountains and has a courage that can conquer the world.

Yun Chu couldn't stand Lan Ying's lack of ambition, so he stood up by the collar and said, "That's enough, let's go."

Lan Ying glanced at the preserves on the table reluctantly.

Yun Zhi understood, took two pills, put one in Lan Ying's mouth, and said briefly: "Can you leave now?"

Lan Ying mumbled: "Take another piece of snow bean paste——"

The Yun brothers didn't want their sister to embarrass herself further, so one of them held Lan Ying and the other held a plate of food, and together they dragged Lan Ying out of Jinshanxuan.

The servants cleared the table and wiped it clean, all very neatly.

Liang Shenyu wiped the red paint off the corners of his lips with a handkerchief and couldn't help laughing: "It's a bit spicy, but it tastes good."

Rong Se peeled the halved peanuts, gave one of the peanut kernels to Liang Shenyu and fed it to his mouth.

"Boiled fish won't taste good if it's not spicy. I think there are still a lot of chilies left, enough to last for a while. Next year, I'll plant the flower beds and be able to cook a lot of dishes - eh?"

The sound stopped abruptly.

Liang Shenyu slowly held his fingertips in his mouth, and nimbly rolled up the peanut kernels with the tip of his tongue, even rubbing against Rongse's fingertips ambiguously, but he did not let go.

Rong Se was stunned for a moment and his face suddenly turned red. He was shy and often embarrassed, so he wanted to pull his hand back.

“…Let go!”

Liang Shenyu followed his words and let go, but he grabbed his wrist and licked the juice off his knuckles before saying slowly, "I'm free today."

Rong Se was a little unsure of what he meant, and couldn't compete with his strength, so he hesitated and said, "...So?"

Liang Shenyu had stayed up with him for a long time these past two days, but today he had no official business to deal with.

Liang Shenyu looked at him without saying anything.

Rong Se could sense the burning temperature in his eyes, so it was not difficult to guess what kind of desires were hidden in this man's fiery expression.

"Ask the prince for a reward."

Liang Shenyu picked up Rong Se slowly but with irresistible strength and placed her on the table where they had just eaten.

Rong Se's mind went blank and he struggled hurriedly.

"Wait! Liang Shenyu - in broad daylight, this is the place to eat!"

Liang Shenyu turned a deaf ear and smiled softly in his ear.

There is absolutely no intention of stopping.

"Your Highness," Liang Shenyu whispered maliciously, "Be quiet, or we'll hear you."

Rong Se's eyes widened in disbelief.

"…asshole!"