Chapter 41 Affection
"Cousin, is there something Yan'er did wrong..." Gao Yan'er burst into tears, her eyes blurred with tears.
Then, Madam Chen reacted, put down her ivory chopsticks, took out her red silk scarf, and began to wail, "Mother, I don't want to live anymore. After I got married, I was bullied by a bastard and beaten all over. I risked my life to escape with Yan'er in my arms. We finally got a divorce, but because of my tarnished reputation, it's hard for Yan'er to get married."
"Abao, if you don't live anymore, I won't live anymore either." The old lady actually wiped away her tears.
Abao is Mrs. Chen's nickname.
Tsk tsk, with the addition of Zhao Lian'er in the future, will the Duke Dingguo Mansion be washed away by tears sooner or later?
Zhu Huaizhen held up his rosy cheeks and watched the fun without a care in the world.
"Ming'an, why don't you marry them both? Marrying one is marrying, marrying two is also marrying. Princess Xincheng is the one you like, so she is naturally the principal wife. Princess Ronghua is the one you brought back, so she is the concubine. Yan'er is your childhood sweetheart, and the love is there, so you can't let her down." Duke Dingguo pondered for a moment and said in a low voice.
"Besides, princesses are all of noble status and cannot lower themselves. Unlike Yan'er, she knows you inside and out and is willing to hang around you. You don't know that a few days ago, you sent a letter asking the mansion to prepare some delicious meat dishes. Yan'er was very happy and followed the cook day and night to learn how to make a crab dish to please you. This kind of sincerity is something that most women can't do." The old lady took over the conversation, looking righteous and old.
The crabs are fresh. There are forty big crabs, all cleaned and packed with meat. They are wrapped with pepper, ginger, garlic and flour, and then fried with sesame oil, soy sauce and vinegar. They are fragrant, crispy and delicious.
The maid happened to bring some fresh crabs, and Zhu Huaizhen grabbed one and smashed it.
Well, it’s very sweet and delicious, and it’s really full of love.
Chen Mingan knew that Zhu Huaizhen liked to eat crabs, so he picked one up for Zhu Huaizhen.
Chen Mingan was thinking that when it comes to sincerity, Zhu Huaizhen did better than Yan'er.
Zhu Huaizhen accidentally learned that Chen Ming'an had eaten West Lake drunken shrimps once and praised them highly. So he secretly left the palace, ran to West Lake, spent a whole night, and caught a basket of lively shrimps for Chen Ming'an.
Zhu Huaizhen had delicate skin and tender flesh, and was bitten by mosquitoes, with red and swollen pimples all over his face and hands, which were painful and itchy. However, he refused to seek medical treatment in time and insisted on watching the imperial chef make the West Lake Drunken Shrimp, fearing that the imperial chef would be lazy.
The imperial chef cleaned the prawns and trimmed their whiskers and legs. Next, he finely minced turmeric, garlic, green bell peppers, and red bell peppers. He added eight tablespoons of soy sauce, one tablespoon of aged vinegar, and one tablespoon of sugar, stirred thoroughly, and allowed to sit for a cup of tea to create a broth. Then, he poured Lanling wine and red wolfberries into a large crystal bowl. The prawns were rinsed again with West Lake water, quickly added to the bowl, and tightly covered. Initially, the prawns would still flutter, but once they were exhausted, he immediately added the pre-mixed broth and covered the bowl again. Once the prawns had completely calmed down, he could open the lid and enjoy the delicious West Lake Drunken Shrimp.
As a result, after Chen Mingan finished eating the West Lake drunken shrimp, Zhu Huaizhen became seriously ill.
The high fever and angina pectoris almost took my life.
If Zhu Huaishu had not been so angry that he drew his sword and rushed into the Hanlin Academy, Chen Ming'an would have been unaware of this and would still be in the Hanlin Academy, painstakingly revising the "Yongzhang Dadian".
Of course, fortunately Zhu Huaizhen arrived in time and rescued Chen Mingan.
Chen Mingan said coldly at the time that he didn't need to like West Lake Drunken Shrimp so much.
Thinking of this, Chen Mingan felt inexplicably uncomfortable.
He picked up a crab for Zhu Huaizhen again.
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