After hearing this, Chen Xiaomu laughed and said: "Actually, this hot pot still uses pre-cut raw meat and lettuce. Use chopsticks to hold it in, tumble it twice in the soup, and then take it out and eat it with the prepared sauce. This is the authentic way to eat it. The taste is great." It’s also more delicious!”
Wei Wen stroked his beard and said quietly: "Well, this hot pot is really delicious, it doesn't cost much, and you feel warm after eating it, but this beard is too much in the way!" After saying this, he couldn't help laughing.
The two of them chatted and ate, finishing the whole pot of mutton in the blink of an eye. A little sweat broke out on everyone's face. Wei Wen had never eaten a meal so heartily before. He put down his chopsticks and He picked up the warm towel brought by the maid and wiped the sweat on his face. His eyes couldn't help but scan the table again to see what other dishes could be directly put on the copper stove to make hot pot.
When Chen Xiaomu saw this, he stood up with a smile, picked up a plate of boiled beef on the table, poured it into the sand basin on the copper stove, stirred it gently with a spoon a few times, and Wei Wen and he didn't move their eyes. Staring at the beef slices in the clay pot, just waiting for them to roll in the soup before taking off your chopsticks!
At this time, I suddenly heard the distinctive high-pitched voices of the palace father-in-law coming from the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion: "Pass the Crown Prince's order, please invite Prime Minister Wei and Duwei Chen to come to the palace to see you!"
When Chen Xiaomu and Wei Wen heard this, they couldn't help but look at each other and thought to themselves, what happened in the palace again? This stool was attacked again without even covering the heat.
Wei Yushang and others who were having dinner in the side room heard the sound and walked out of the room to see what was going on. Chen Xiaomu stood up from his chair, raised his eyes and looked outside the door. He saw a man who looked about seventeen or eighteen years old. The little eunuch, holding a whisk in his arms, was walking in behind two guards of the prime minister's palace.
Chen Xiaomu clasped his hands into fists and said politely: "Is this father-in-law here to see me and Prime Minister Wei?"
The young eunuch raised his face and smiled: "On the order of the Crown Prince, we are here to convey the Crown Prince's order to Duwei Chen and Prime Minister Wei. Please come with us to the palace to meet the Crown Prince immediately."
Chen Xiaomu and Wei Wen looked at each other and asked, "Excuse me, father-in-law, is it the current prince who invites Prime Minister Wei and me to come and see him?"
The young eunuch said seriously: "We are here to summon you two adults on the order of Princess Qingfeng!"
Chen Xiaomu breathed a long sigh of relief. Seeing that the young eunuch's face had turned purple from the cold, he invited: "Father-in-law, you haven't eaten yet? Why don't you finish eating with us and then go to the palace to meet you!"
In fact, the little eunuch was sent out by the old eunuch when he was preparing to eat in the palace. At this time, smelling the smell of meat in the room, his stomach was even more hungry, but he couldn't save face for the moment, and he couldn't. He dared to make a mistake easily, so he hesitated for a moment, but still replied bravely: "No, we will eat when we return to the palace. You two adults should quickly follow our family back to the palace to recover!"
Wei Wen smiled and said: "Little father-in-law, I'm afraid you won't be able to eat Chen Duwei's original hot pot dish when you return to the palace!"
"Hot pot?" The little eunuch lowered his head and looked at the sand basin placed on the copper stove. The meat slices inside were rolling in the soup, and he couldn't help but wonder: "You two adults, just eat food on the stove, aren't you afraid of being burned? "
"Come on, come and taste it and you will know whether it is hot or not!" Wei Wen said while making a gesture of invitation.
The little eunuch was flattered and whispered: "Our family dare not make any mistakes in front of the Prime Minister!"
"Sit down!" Since Chen Xiaomu and the young eunuch were similar in age and more relaxed, he forced the young eunuch to sit down on the chair. Wei Wen then ordered the maid next to him to go to the kitchen and cut more beef and mutton and bring them in. In the sand basin, Wei Yushang put the icing on the cake, then went to the kitchen to make a basin of very fresh soup, plus a few bowls of sauces and brought it over. Now this beef and mutton hot pot can at least be considered perfect. "
At first, the little eunuch was quite restrained. After eating a few bites, he no longer cared about etiquette. Unknowingly, he started to open his cheeks and eat a big meal. This meal only made the three of them feel steam rising from their heads and their faces turned red. Like red, dripping with sweat!
Among the three, the other two were still eating. Chen Xiaomu was the first to burp, put down the chopsticks in his hands, and quietly left his seat. Then he slowly walked to the door of the side room where Wei Yushang and others were eating, and peeked in. As expected, people at Wei Yushang's table also imitated him and lifted the heating stove to the table. A group of people were eating deliciously and sweating around the two heating stoves. Among them, Furong muttered while eating: "Sister Wei, in fact, the prince-in-law also cooked like this in the princess's mansion. It's just because today is the first time that the little girl has eaten in the prime minister's mansion, so she forgot about it when she was nervous!"
"Tch!" Wei Yuxin let out a disdainful sound and rolled his eyes: "Besides eating and making weird things all day long, what else can your consort do?"
Furong was chewing pieces of meat in her mouth. After hearing this, she quickly chewed a few more bites and swallowed the pieces of meat. She stared at Wei Yuxin's ugly face and said dissatisfiedly: "What are you talking about? The Prince Consort is invincible when he leads an army and fights in wars, okay? And his poetry and songs, among today’s scholars, who can compare with him?”
Wei Yuxin curled his lips, interrupted Fu Rong, and sneered: "Hey, hey, little girl, you've already done it! If you want to say that his fighting skills are just so-so, but when it comes to his poems and songs, even I, a martial arts practitioner with no knowledge of literature, have heard that the only person who can be called the best in the world today is Gao Jianli, the Prime Minister of Qin!"
Furong didn't argue much, cleared her throat, and recited aloud: "There is bright moonlight in front of the bed, suspected to be frost on the ground. Look up at the bright moon, lower your head to miss your hometown."
After reciting it, Furong looked at Wei Yu who was in a daze and said proudly: "Can Gao Jianli write such a good poem? He is the best in the world! I'm afraid he is not worthy to carry shoes from behind our consort!"
At this moment, Wei Yushang woke up after a brief shock and couldn't help but sigh: "My teacher is really a strange person in the world. Even if I study with him for a lifetime, I'm afraid I won't be able to learn 10% of his knowledge!"
Chen Xiaomu, the copycat who was eavesdropping outside the door, couldn't help but blush when he heard this. He quickly tiptoed back into the living room. At this moment, Wei Wen and the little eunuch in the living room were both full of wine and food before they put down their chopsticks and raised their eyes to see Chen Xiaomu. He walked in quietly like a mouse from the outside. The little eunuch suddenly jumped up from his chair as if he had just woken up from a dream, and said in succession: "No, no, I'm here to deliver the Crown Prince's decree to you two adults." , if you have been delayed for such a long time, you will definitely be punished by the Crown Prince and Manager Wang when you go back!"
Chen Xiaomu felt funny and thought to himself: "I didn't see you in a hurry during the meal, but now that you're full, you're talking cheaply!"
At this time, the little eunuch quickly left his seat, bent down to the two of them, and begged anxiously: "Two adults, come with us to the palace quickly. If we delay any longer, we will really not be able to eat after we return to the palace. Just walk away!"
Wei Wen glanced at Chen Xiaomu and said with a smile: "Okay, let's leave now!"
While they were talking, Wei Yushang and others came to the living room when they heard the commotion. Because Su Xingran only greeted Chen Xiaomu and Wei Wen by name in the palace, they had no choice but to escort the two to the entrance of the palace just like in the morning. Then wait for them outside.
Entering the palace, I saw that the huge palace, which was still deserted in the morning, was now a busy and lively scene. Hundreds of carriages were lined up in a long formation in the palace, mixed with eunuchs, maids or guards in the palace. Everyone was either carrying or holding various items in their hands and hurriedly stacked them on their respective carriages. Looking at the posture, it seemed as if the entire palace was being moved away.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaomu kept sneering in his heart and thought: "It seems that Su Chengxuan can't wait to run away. This morning when he heard Su Chengxuan offered to pass the throne to Su Xingran, he knew that he had absorbed it. After learning the lesson from last time, he planned to let himself and Su Xingran stand in front of him to block the gun and take the knife. It would be best if he won. In the future, Su Xingran would pass the throne to his grandson. If he lost, there would be a way out, at least he could escape into the mountains. There is a chance of survival hidden in the old forest. When the limelight passes in the future, if you can hide your name and become a rich man in another country, you will not be exterminated by Emperor Qi and cut off the blood of the descendants of the Su family! Thinking of this, Chen Xiaomu had to admit , Su Chengxuan, this old fox, is indeed very good at planning!"
The two of them followed the little eunuch and walked for a long time in the palace. Chen Xiaomu originally thought that the little eunuch would take them into Cining Palace again. Unexpectedly, the little eunuch passed right by Cining Palace and walked straight through. Without even stopping for a moment, the young eunuch finally stopped at the door of a palace full of guards, which had a plaque with the name of Ping An Palace hanging on it. He turned around and waved his hand to signal them to wait in front of the door. He went in first to report to the prince.
Not long after the little eunuch entered, Su Xingran came out wearing a bright yellow suit with a five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on it. The emperor's regular clothes in the palace greeted him. Chen Xiaomu's eyesightened for a moment. He didn't expect that Su Xingran was wearing this bright yellow imperial suit. Her temperament is so perfect, as if she was born to be the emperor's embryo. Her black, vertical black hair is loosely tied into a ponytail with a square of silk scarf behind her head. Under her slanting eyebrows, her almond-shaped eyes twinkle like stars. , under the straight Qiong nose is a small cherry mouth with slightly raised corners!
Seeing that Chen Xiaomu did not shy away from any taboos, and actually stared at him in full view of the public, with a bit of laughter coming out of the corner of his mouth, looking like a complete pig brother, Su Xingran felt both angry and a little proud, because Wei Wen was present, and it was not good. She told him clearly, so she had no choice but to glance at him helplessly and said: "Come in, everyone!" Then he turned around and walked back to the palace.
At this time, Su Xingran was not the only one in Ping An Palace, Su Xingchen and Su Xingyu were also sitting there! In addition, there are several female officials in the Shangyi Bureau who are helping Su Xingran try on the new dragon robe that he will wear when he ascends the throne tomorrow. The people in the Shangyi Bureau are also fast enough. The order was just delivered in the morning, and there were only two or three people in between. At noon, the new dragon robe was made! "
After Su Xingran entered the palace, he didn't even say hello to them. He walked straight into the compartment in the palace and continued to try on the new dragon robe. Chen Xiaomu and Wei Wen came in to greet Su Xingchen and Su Xingyu, and then they went to find each other separately. He sat down on a chair and rested while waiting for Su Xingran to come out of the cubicle.
At this time, Su Xingchen quietly walked up to Chen Xiaomu and replied shyly: "Husband, please help me and my sister to beg for mercy later. Don't let me accompany my father, mother, and prince brother to Yunyang City!"
"Why are you going to Yunyang City?" Chen Xiaomu asked in surprise.
Su Xingchen looked around first, and then whispered: "Father said that the new capital is too noisy and is not conducive to recuperation. He wants to take the queen mother and the prince's brother back to his hometown of Yunyang City to recuperate. My sister plans to let me accompany them. We went back together, saying that she wanted me to fulfill my filial duty for her!"
Chen Xiaomu nodded slightly when he heard this and said, "Okay, you have to listen to me then!"
"Moreover!" Su Xingchen hesitated for a moment, then continued: "Xingyu doesn't want to go back to Yunyang City with his father, the queen, and his mother. Why don't you also tell my sister about it?"
Chen Xiaomu quietly stretched out his hand and touched Su Xingchen's round buttocks, and said with a soft smile: "Madam, helping you is a husband's duty. Helping your sister must be remembered as a favor. I think we can still do it." Why don't you take some time to complete the house first?"
Su Xingchen rolled her eyes at him, but she still bit her teeth and nodded: "Okay, husband, as long as you can keep both Xingyu and me here, I will rely on you no matter what happens in the future!"
"Okay, it's a deal!" Chen Xiaomu slapped his thigh excitedly, making a crisp sound. At this moment, Su Xingran happened to walk out of the fitting room. She glanced at Chen Xiaomu and Su Xingchen, her expressions on her face. I can't help but feel cold! She said coldly to the female officers of the Clothing Bureau who were following her and holding folded dragon robes: "When you go back, change it according to the style I told you. After you change it, give it to me to try."
"Yes, Crown Prince." Several female officials from the Clothing Bureau bowed and responded in unison.
After the female officials from the Shangyi Bureau left, Su Xingran waved expressionlessly to the four people waiting for her in the room, "You all come over and sit down!" After saying that, she sat down on the dragon chair behind the dragon case. .
