"Oh!" Lu Chen responded, "What does the princess mean?" Lu Chen wanted to know what Li Yanjun thought about this matter.
"Since the father-in-law has refused, His Highness has also refused directly!" Su Chang picked up the hosta and pinned Lu Chen's hair, and said very calmly.
"Yes!" Lu Chen nodded, stood up and put on his father-in-law uniform with the help of his maid.
"I'm going to court!" Lu Chen stepped out of the room, and Liu Jing and Feng Huai were waiting outside the door.
"Master, eat the oil mallet before leaving!" At this moment, Su Chang called Lu Chen from behind.
Lu Chen turned around and looked at Su Chang. There was a bowl of "oil mallet" on the tray in the hand of the maid beside him. "Is this thing called oil mallet?" Lu Chen looked at the "oil mallet" in the bowl. This thing was obviously oil. The fried food looks a bit like a "cocoon". Looking at this thing, Lu Chen honestly has no appetite.
"It's the Lantern Festival soon, and we're all going to have to eat oil!" Seeing Lu Chen's somewhat disgusted look, Su Chang whispered to the side.
After hearing what Su Chang said, Lu Chen realized that the "oil mallet" in this bowl should be the predecessor of "Yuanxiao" in later generations. Su Chang had said so, and Lu Chen could only pick up the chopsticks, pick one up and put it in his mouth. , although the appearance is not very good, the taste is still good, a little sweet, taste it carefully, it tastes like brown sugar. As for the "filling", I'm sorry, there is none, this thing is just a fried brown sugar dough.
"This oil mallet is not very tasty. I will teach you how to make Yuanxiao later!" Lu Chen ate a few casually, then picked up the tea on the side and took a sip. After all, this thing is pure dough, even if it is fried. , it also tasted a bit choking.
"Yes!" Although Su Chang and others didn't understand what "Yuanxiao" Lu Chen was talking about, their father-in-law had many inventions, especially cooking and hot pot. His father-in-law invented another one. Growing delicious food doesn’t surprise these people.
"Let's go!" Lu Chen greeted the Liu family and Feng Huai, and took the two of them away from Lujiazhuang and headed straight to Chang'an City. After all, today is the first big court of the new year, and Lu Chen, an "idle person", also has to go. toward.
Outside the gate of the imperial city, Wendong and Wuxi were still gathering and chatting. Dukes such as Chai Shao and Qin Qiong gathered together to talk, while officials from aristocratic families such as Xiao Yu and Zheng Shanguo gathered together to chat. At this moment The sound of horse hooves in the distance and the appearance of the huge lantern with the word "Lu" written on it made everyone's voices quieter. Many people even stopped talking and looked quietly at the scene from far to near. lanterns with the word "Lu" and the sound of horse hooves.
Soon a carriage with a lantern with the word "Lu" hanging on it appeared in front of everyone. When they saw this carriage, everyone was stunned because this carriage was obviously different from the carriages they had seen before. It is a four-wheeled carriage, and the carriage is quite spacious.
There was even a small chimney smoking in the corner of the carriage. On the left and right of the carriage were Liu Jing and Feng Huai. When they arrived in front of the imperial city gate, the carriage stopped. Liu Jing got off his horse and came to the door of the carriage. Knocked on the door: "Master, we're here!"
"Yeah!" Following Lu Chen's response in the carriage, Liu Jing opened the door, and Lu Chen got out of the carriage, "Oh! It's so cold!" Lu Chen breathed white in his mouth and trembled. Complained directly.
"Everyone is here!" Lu Chen turned to look at the civil and military officials of the DPRK who were looking at him, and said hello with a smile.
The responses of these people to Lu Chen's greeting were obviously different. Xiao Yu and others nodded directly at Lu Chen with a smile, while Chai Shao, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin and others directly approached Lu Chen. around.
"Brother Lu Xian, have you come up with something good again?" Cheng Yaojin ignored it and directly looked at Lu Chen's carriage and asked with a smile.
"It's just a modified carriage, there's nothing good about it! Dear friends, why don't you go up and have a seat? It's really cold outside!" Lu Chen looked at Cheng Yaojin and others and said with a smile, and at the same time glanced at Xiao Yu and others, Those people were all gathering around a small charcoal pot to keep warm. How warm could that charcoal pot be outside in this cold weather?
"Then you're welcome!" Cheng Yaojin got directly into the carriage. When he entered the carriage, Cheng Yaojin was stunned. This carriage can be said to be a "unique cave"!
The large carriage has a small iron stove in the middle and a small copper kettle on the stove. There are leather seats on both sides of the carriage. In this carriage, it is not difficult to seat five or six people.
"Don't block it!" Cheng Yaojin stood there stunned as soon as he got into the car. With his figure, the carriage door was blocked. Lu Chen directly pushed Cheng Yaojin's huge fat buttocks.
"Hey! Hey!" Cheng Yaojin reacted after being pushed by Lu Chen. He went directly to the innermost part of the carriage and sat down. Then Lu Chen and others also got on the carriage.
Seeing Lu Chen, Qin Qiong, Chai Shao and others entering the carriage, Xiao Yu and others couldn't help but be a little surprised. After all, these people were not thin. How could such a carriage hold so many people?
"It's just a strange skill!" Xiao Yu said with a cold snort, and at the same time stretched out his hands to warm himself on the charcoal basin.
"Brother Lu Xian, will you build a car like this for me, old Cheng, later?" Sitting on the soft leather seat, Cheng Yaojin looked at Lu Chen and said with a smile.
"Okay! The cost will be deducted from your dividends, how about it?" Lu Chen looked at Cheng Yaojin and said with a smile.
"No problem!" Cheng Yaojin nodded unequivocally. In just one month, "Shengshi" paid Cheng Yaojin more dividends than Cheng Yaojin had earned in several years.
There was a small iron stove for heating in the carriage, and Qin Qiong and others also took off their fur cloaks.
"There's still some time before the door opens, how about we have some tea?" Lu Chen said with a smile as he looked at a few people. At the same time, he reached out and tugged under the seat. A small tabletop that shrank under the seat was moved by Lu Chen. After pulling it out, Lu Chen opened a small cabinet on the side and took out several teacups and a teapot.
Lu Chen used a red sour wood teaspoon to put two spoonfuls of tea into the teapot, and started brewing the tea directly with the boiling water from the copper kettle on the iron stove.
The other people quietly watched Lu Chen's operations, and were surprised at the endless "mechanism" designs in the carriage. They looked at each other, and there was a meaning in their eyes, that is, they were all ready to do this with Lu Chen. A carriage.
"Come on, dear friends, let's try my craftsmanship!" After some operations, Lu Chen poured tea into the tea cup and made an "invite" gesture to signal everyone to drink tea.
The aroma of tea naturally spread out along the carriage carriage, and Xiao Yu and others naturally smelled the smell and couldn't help but pursed their lips and looked in the direction of the carriage.
"They were drinking tea in the car!" Wang Gui looked in the direction of the carriage, with a somewhat angry tone in his words.
"Hmph! If you are angry because of this, you are playing into his hands!" Xiao Yu glanced at Wang Gui and reminded Wang Gui, "What kind of temper does he have? You still don't know it after all this time? At such an old age, If you can’t hold back your anger, why talk about big things?”
"Yes! That's what Xiao Pushe said!" When Xiao Yu said this, Wang Gui nodded quickly and responded, but still glanced at the carriage a few times.
"Brother Lu Xian, did you do this on purpose?" Qin Qiong picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and looked at Lu Chen with a playful look in her eyes.
"Why did second brother say that?" Lu Chen, who was also drinking tea, turned to look at Qin Qiong.
"Nothing!" Qin Qiong smiled and shook his head, but he was still laughing secretly in his heart. Just as the fragrance of tea wafted out, Xiao Yu and the others were still huddled around the charcoal basin to keep warm. Lu Chen obviously wanted to see those people. Laughing.
A few people chatted for a while, and as the morning bell rang, the imperial city gate opened, and it was time to enter the palace and go to court.
Several people filed out of the car. After drinking hot tea, they naturally felt much warmer. As the sun rose, they naturally looked refreshed. Compared with Xiao Yu and others, they naturally looked the same. With proud expressions on their faces, they glanced at Xiao Yu and others, and walked directly into the imperial city with "mighty" steps. As for Xiao Yu and others, they could only look at the backs of several people, especially Lu Chen.
Arriving at the Tai Chi Hall, he fluttered his sleeves and took off his boots, then stepped into the Tai Chi Hall. Wen Dong and Wu Xi stood on both sides, waiting for Li Yuan's arrival.
"Your Majesty has arrived!" Accompanied by Chang Bao's shout, Li Yuan walked into the Tai Chi Hall with Chang Bao's support, climbed up the imperial steps, and sat down behind the dragon writing case.
"Greetings to Your Majesty!" All the civil and military officials in the palace saluted Li Yuan in unison.
"No!" Li Yuan signaled to Chang Bao, who sang loudly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" All the civil and military officials, including Lu Chen, saluted and thanked them again. Then the other civil and military officials sat down on the ground, and Lu Chen sat cross-legged.
"Here comes the music!" After everyone had followed the instructions step by step, Chang Bao sang loudly again.
"Your Majesty, you have the foundation!" As soon as Chang Bao finished speaking, a censor wearing a light green official robe came out of the office and said.
"Here you go!" Li Yuan nodded, and then Chang Bao said again.
"I impeach Lu Chen, Duke of Chang'an County!" The censor said loudly after looking directly at Lu Chen.
"Huh?" Hearing that this censor actually wanted to impeach Lu Chen, Cheng Yaojin and others were stunned. They wondered why there was such a stubborn censor who dared to impeach Lu Chen. Everyone was immediately confused. He looked at the inspector censor with eyes that were looking for a good show.
"Oh! This is really the first surprise of the new year!" When he heard that someone was impeaching him, Lu Chen, who was still sitting there, looked up directly at the inspection censor, and then looked at Xiao Yu In the direction of others, at the same time, Xiao Yu also looked at him, but Xiao Yu shook his head slightly. Seeing Xiao Yu's action, Lu Chen's eyes couldn't help but narrowed.
