The fifth prince ignored Li Sixu's teasing and asked the steward to find someone to clean up the rabbit.
"Fifth brother's imperial sister is so noble and noble. This hand holds a silver needle. How can you let you wash hands and make soup for fifth brother?"
"How can you let the imperial sister starve when you go out with fifth brother?"
The fifth prince held her shoulders with great interest: "That is to say, the emperor sister can let the fifth brother make food for you personally. Wait, let you have a good taste of the fifth brother's craftsmanship."
After the rabbit was cleaned, the Fifth Prince asked the wife in the kitchen to bring in various seasonings and cooking wine, make a few cuts on the rabbit's legs, and then start marinating the rabbit meat.
When the rabbit was roasted over the fire, he skillfully brushed it with oil and honey and turned it over with perfect fluency.
"It turns out that Fifth Brother really knows how to roast rabbits!"
Li Sixu praised: "Fifth brother is really a seasoned foodie."
The fifth prince skillfully flipped and roasted the rabbit meat on the shelf: "What is a senior foodie?"
"Not only do you love and know how to eat, but you can also make delicious food yourself. This is a senior foodie."
Li Sixu's praise greatly benefited the fifth prince.
He was so happy that he almost raised his tail, and glanced at Li Linhuai beside him as if to demonstrate: "Fifth brother, let me tell you, in the future, when looking for a prince-in-law, you can't just find someone who is good-looking and can fight, but you also have to find a fifth brother." I'll cook and wash your hands and make soup for you."
"What's the use of looking good, you can only look at it but not eat it."
The fifth prince said earnestly: "How can the fifth brother, such a good royal sister, serve others in person in the future? It would be so frustrating to death? You are the princess of the Tang Dynasty, the royal sister of the fifth brother and the prince's brother, and you have to serve others. I will serve you, but Fifth Brother is unwilling to let you suffer any injustice."
"Whether you are in the palace or you are out of the palace in the future, the fifth brother and the prince brother will always be your solid backing. Anyone who bullies our imperial sister will be beaten to the door."
"I like you and dote on you. I want to cook soup for you."
Her fifth brother's remarks were two out of ten, but Li Linhuai responded with a straight face: "What the fifth prince said is true. The princess deserves to be pampered by the best man in the world."
"You are quite discerning..."
no!
What does this mean?
Say you are the best man in the world?
The fifth prince almost choked out. The key point was that his words were ambiguous and he couldn't ask more carefully. If he went into more detail, wouldn't he expose the matter and damage his royal sister's reputation?
The fifth prince was annoyed and sprinkled a bunch of peppercorns on the rabbit's legs.
When the rabbit was cooked, he first tore off a fragrant roasted rabbit leg and gave it to Li Sixu. Li Sixu's eyes were bright as he gnawed the roasted rabbit meat and nodded fiercely. At this time, the fifth prince raised an evil smile on his lips and threw the most Tear off the rabbit leg with peppercorns and hand it to Li Linhuai.
Li Linhuai took a bite of the rabbit leg without changing his expression and praised: "Your Majesty the Fifth Highness is very good at his craftsmanship!"
How could he eat the roasted rabbit sprinkled with so much pepper and Sichuan peppercorns?
I punched the cotton and felt so angry!
The angry fifth prince was still roasting the other two rabbits. There was movement at the door of the other courtyard, and soon the prince appeared in the backyard where the rabbits were being roasted.
"While I was still outside, I smelled the aroma coming from inside. I guessed that my fifth brother was making barbecue again."
The prince was followed by a guard, holding a basket of freshly picked fruits. He took the basket and placed it beside Li Sixu.
"Brother Prince, I brought a basket of freshly picked fruits from the manor for you to try."
In the rattan basket were fist-sized pears, early-ripening pomegranates, and a few bunches of fresh grapes dripping with water.
Li Sixu's eyes shone: "After eating the roast rabbit, I just happened to eat some fresh fruit to relieve my tiredness. Thank you, Brother Prince."
The fifth prince diligently tore off a rabbit leg and handed it to the prince. Seeing that the princess loved to eat fresh fruits, the steward quickly told her that pears and grapes were also grown in the orchard on the mountainside, and there was also an early-ripening pomegranate tree. He asked her if she wanted to pick some. Take it back to the palace.
Today I walked around the manor with the steward, only thinking about going to see Wang Shouyi. I looked at the abundant fruits in the garden from a distance and didn't even have time to go in and take a look around.
When she came to the manor, she naturally didn't plan to return empty-handed. After a full meal of rabbit meat, she went to pick fruits for digestion.
Leaving the manor the next day, the carriage was not only stuffed with several large baskets of fruit, but also had grapevines cut and brought back to the palace for the queen.
Because it was already dawn when she left the manor, and it was only mid-afternoon when she returned to Chang'an City. Li Sixu slept well all the way with her head on her brother's shoulder. When she woke up, she found that the carriage had entered the city.
She supported the prince to stand up and stretched a little.
The prince asked warmly: "Is the emperor's sister sleeping well?"
"Sleep well!"
Letting the current prince become her human pillow, Li Sixu grinned at him in embarrassment.
The prince stretched his sore arms and rubbed her head: "The prince brother is going to Xue's house later. You go back to the palace first and deliver the basket of fresh fruits prepared for the prince brother to the father."
"OK!"
Li Si Xu and the fifth prince looked at each other and smiled: "I heard that after the New Year, the prince's brother is getting married. Are you rushing to send fresh fruits to Si Si's sister-in-law?"
"You are the only one who is smart!"
Don't think that he didn't notice the winking looks of his younger siblings. The prince tapped Li Sixu's forehead and looked around him with a blushing face.
"The imperial sister asked the steward of the manor to set aside thirty acres of land every year. What is it for growing?"
"Of course it's a good thing. I don't know if it will work. I'll keep it a secret for now..."
Being entrusted by others is a matter of loyalty!
As soon as Li Sixu returned to the palace, she asked Liu Yunying to follow her to Xingqing Hall to deliver fruits. Yang Sixu happened to be on duty, so he went all the way to the door of the Imperial Study Room without any hindrance.
Just as she was about to instruct Liu Yunying to carry the fruit and follow her in, she heard a banging sound coming from the Imperial Study Room, like the sound of an inkstone or porcelain falling to the ground, followed by an angry roar from her father.
"What do I need from you? You just took over the affairs of the harem from Concubine Shu, and yet such a big mistake happened?"
Xuanzong was furious: "How dare you deduct food and clothing from your concubines?"
Isn't it the Concubine Xian who takes over the affairs of the harem?
Could it be that her father was holding Concubine Xian to task?
Li Sixu winked at Liu Yunying and stopped at the door. Sure enough, the next moment, the voice of the concubine Xian, neither arrogant nor humble, came from inside.
"As the emperor said, I didn't dare. The emperor also knew that I took over the affairs of the harem. The concubine should not be blamed for depriving the concubines of food and clothing."
"Liu Cairen, who took the lead in making trouble, was very close to Concubine Shu, who previously managed the affairs of the harem. I have reason to suspect that Concubine Shu was afraid that I would find out evidence that she had deducted food and clothing from the concubines in the harem, so she deliberately took advantage of the opportunity. I did not fully control the House of Internal Affairs, so I poured dirty water on my head."
"This is the account book purchased by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. This is the record distributed to the concubines of the palace, as well as the testimonies collected by the concubines. It has been clearly marked on it. Please take a look at it, the emperor."
