The prince rubbed her little head: "You did a good job and helped the prince brother a big favor."
When the prince's even-jointed hand passed her ear, there was a cool touch. When their eyes met, Li Sixu could feel that he was sincere when he said these words.
It was the great fortune of the Tang Dynasty that her prince brother knew right from wrong!
This kind of tolerance is also his magnanimity as the prince of the Tang Dynasty.
After untying their hearts, Li Sixu felt that the relationship between the brother and sister had become closer invisibly.
The prince kneaded the candied fruit and fed it to her, and the fifth prince got into the carriage carrying large and small bags, holding a candy man in his hand.
"Every one of you girls loves to chew on a candy man, here you go!"
The prince is very happy that the brothers and sisters are so harmonious!
Seeing Li Sixu's mouth twitching as she took the candy, the prince raised his lips and smiled: "Don't treat the imperial sister like an ordinary little girl. We ten imperial sisters are different."
"Candy Man doesn't like it? There are others."
The carriage left the city and headed towards the manor on the outskirts of Beijing. The fifth prince opened the paper packages spread out on the table one by one as if offering treasures.
"Look, this is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, jasper cake, and taro cake that the royal sister loves to eat. My mother-in-law said that the royal sister loves to eat the sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by Concubine Xian. August is the season for eating sweet-scented osmanthus cake. The business I bought is the best. Xinglong, it should taste pretty good."
"This is roasted squab. The prince's brother said that the emperor's sister loves roasted squab. This roasted pigeon is a time-honored brand, and the smell is very tempting."
Indeed, as soon as the oiled paper package was opened, the smell of barbecue filled the carriage.
Then the fifth prince opened the paper bag and introduced them one by one: "This braised chicken and goose is very fragrant. When I went to queue to buy, I smelled the fragrance as soon as I got off the carriage."
"There was a long queue, so your fifth brother used some money to get to the front, so I didn't waste any time and bought it back."
"The duck gizzards are delicious. I even bought some braised duck gizzards."
After introducing the dazzling array of food on the table, the fifth prince unfolded the last paper bag: "This bag is mine, braised pig's trotters. Our palace's imperial dining room usually uses sheep as a dish, and even the dignitaries in Chang'an City don't like it. When eating pork, ordinary people don't know how to cook it. When Fifth Brother was studying in Luoyang, the pig's trotters in a braised vegetable restaurant next to the academy were very delicious, and it was a great way to go with wine."
"Back in the capital, I haven't tasted the taste of braised pig's trotters for a long time. I went to the villa in the suburbs of Beijing with the prince brother and the emperor's sister today to buy some to satisfy my craving."
The fifth prince came close to the paper bag and took a deep breath: "It tastes like this. The prince brother and the emperor's sister definitely don't like pork. This bag of pig trotters belongs to me!"
The fifth prince planned to eat alone, but Li Sixu opened the paper bag in front of him, grabbed a piece of pig's trotter and gnawed on it.
"Who said Sisi doesn't like pork?"
Li Sixu gnawed on the chewy pig's trotters: "The pork is cooked, but it is extremely delicious. Sisi asked her mother to raise pigs in the cold palace. When the pigs are raised, Sisi invites the royal brothers to have a meal. Pig-killing feast.”
The fifth prince and the prince all looked over, looking at Li Sixu in disbelief.
Their shocked expressions confused Li Sixu: "Did Sisi say something wrong? Or is it indecent for a princess to chew pig trotters like this?"
"no no!"
Compared to the fact that his imperial sister also loves to chew pig trotters, the fifth prince was more surprised by what she said?
He stopped chewing in his mouth: "You said the queen is raising pigs in the cold palace?"
"Yes, that's right, the queen is raising pigs!"
"Can't a queen raise pigs?"
"Not really!"
After receiving Li Sixu's affirmative answer, the prince spoke with difficulty: "I heard that Concubine De was carrying manure and watering vegetables in the cold palace. Does the queen also have to raise pigs? The prince brother knows that people who are in the cold palace have to work, but can you please The emperor’s sister will be open-minded and let the queen mother grow medicinal materials.”
"puff!"
The prince couldn't finish his plea, and Li Sixu almost burst out laughing.
At this moment, her prince brother and fifth emperor brother looked at her as if they were looking at a little devil who was tormenting people.
Li Sixu originally wanted to explain a few words. Because the royal family has Hu ancestry, they mostly use mutton in their dishes and rarely use fatty pork.
High-ranking officials who pursue the royal family tend to eat sheep.
Therefore, mutton is expensive and pork is cheap!
However, the price of pork is low. Because there are no woks in Datang today, most ordinary people do not know how to cook, and the cooking methods are simple. Therefore, pork is not popular in Datang, and there are very few people raising pigs.
And because most pigs are free-range, the income from raising pigs is very little, and there is no high-quality and low-priced meat on the people's tables.
She told the Queen that it was easier for pigs to grow meat in captivity, so the Queen tried to raise pigs and wanted to sum up a set of tips for raising pigs according to the method she said.
It seemed that her mother was farming and raising pigs, but she was actually doing something to benefit the people, but things didn't work out. This was a little secret between her and the queen.
Thinking of the scene where everyone was drunk alone and the queen sobered up, Li Sixu secretly found it interesting.
She gnawed on the pig's trotters with a fierce look on her face: "It's useless for the prince to plead for mercy. Whoever ends up in the cold palace in the future will have to pick up dung and raise pigs like the concubine De and the queen mother."
The Crown Prince and the Fifth Prince were very worried that their mother-in-law would one day fall into the hands of the little imperial sister.
Seeing their shocked expressions, Li Sixu laughed: "Concubine De was punished by Xu Cai and Yang Qing because she was suffering from hysteria and cursed randomly."
"But the queen is willing to do it. She said that since she has been raising pigs and farming, she feels less uncomfortable when she thinks about the hard work of the people all over the world just for a bite to eat, because compared to those who suffer and have a rough life, her situation is nothing."
"The queen is living well in the cold palace. The prince and fifth brother don't have to worry."
It was indeed unfair for the queen to be involved in the Shengshengshu incident, especially when the Duke of Qi, Shouyi, died because of this matter. What kind of heart-wrenching pain should the queen, who was deeply in love with her brothers and sisters, have to endure?
Fortunately, there was a little imperial sister who comforted the mother and distracted her attention with work.
Now when he heard the queen say these words in the cold palace, and learned that she felt relieved, the prince's guilt was reduced a lot.
Seeing Li Sixu finish chewing a pig's trotter, he tore a chicken leg from the paper bag and gave it to her: "I also want to remind the queen mother to balance work and rest, and don't be too tired."
"Okay!"
Just wait!
Her mother quietly farms and raises pigs, and one day she will amaze the government and the public.
Being fed by the two royal brothers all the way, Li Sixu, who had eaten well, felt sleepy and fell asleep on the prince's shoulder as the carriage rocked.
When she opened her eyes, through the curtains of the carriage that had been blown open by the wind, a large piece of farmland came into view.
Because it is cold in the mountains in autumn, waterfalls are flying down the mountain streams among the green mountains, splashing bursts of water mist.
"Brother Prince, are you almost here?"
The autumn wind mixed with mist blew into the carriage and hit her face directly, making Li Sixu shiver with coldness as she just woke up.
She supported the prince to sit up, and the prince rubbed his sore arms.
"Well, we're almost there!"
