Wu Chao: Take the whole family to escape the famine

Zhang Neng hecked twice, turning out the kumquats hidden in his pocket as if nothing had happened.

"You don't need to give it away. You may not be appreciated if you give it away." The happy smile on his face couldn't be hidden.

After loading the kumquats into the carriage, everyone returned to the city.

When passing Zhao Han's caramel shop on the road, Shen Yuan ordered the carriage to stop.

Zhao Han and Zhao Ke were drinking tea in the shop, when they saw the carriage of Yewang Mansion parked at the door of the shop, they rushed out to greet them.

Zhao Ke jokingly said, "Ye Wang Ye Wangfei, your palace is on full swing, haha."

"It's freezing cold, come in and have a cup of hot tea to warm up." Zhao Han glanced at Princess Leyang, moved away, and called everyone to sit in the shop.

Ji Xun ordered his servants to carry a box of kumquats into the shop, and the others were sent back to the palace by Jiang Guanshi, fearing that the temperature would be too low to freeze.

Zhao Han and Zhao Ke were also very surprised to see such a fresh fruit.

Shen Yuan said from the side: "This kumquat must be stored in the cellar, and take out as much as you eat, otherwise it will freeze."

"Ever since I got to know Miss Shen, there has been a qualitative improvement in eating." They are old acquaintances, and Zhao Ke is not polite to them, so you drink tea, and I will send the kumquats back first. "After finishing speaking, I went home to send the kumquats.

After sitting in the caramel shop for a while, the big guy went back to the palace after taking a few bags of caramel.

Early the next morning, Shen Yu'an started to make candies.

Nanny Liao volunteered to help, and Shen Yuan also had the same intention. Nanny Liao is a fast learner, and if she is taught how to learn, she can be a master in opening a candy store in the future.

The raw materials are limited, and there are no plans to make too many tricks, such as toffee, plum sugar, amber sugar, etc.

Prepare all the materials first, and prepare a new dustpan.

Afterwards, a simple stove was set up in the courtyard, and a large clean iron pot was put on it, and an appropriate amount of caramel was poured into the pot, boiled slowly over low heat, and then reshaped into syrup.

The specific operation is not so easy, but it is not difficult for Shen Yuan.

After a day of work, a large basket of delicious and unique sweets was created in the evening.

The toffee is soft and has a strong milky aroma. There is a sweet and sour plum embedded in the plum candy. The amber candy has the most patterns and is the most delicate. The petals of plum blossoms are so beautiful.

Take colorful paper, wrap out various patterns, and then pack it in a special gift box from the caramel shop, which is novel and exquisite.

Ji Feng took a plum blossom amber candy and licked it happily while boasting, "Sister-in-law, you are the god of food, the god of medicine, and the god of sugar~~"

"As long as Ah Feng has something to eat, his mouth is sweeter than sugar." Shen Yuan rubbed the seeds on his little head.

"Come on, send these to the Nuan Pavilion for everyone to taste." Shen Yuan handed Ji Feng a plate of candies.

King Xuan and Ji Xun got into a fight, and they had been losing to Ji Xun's son-in-law for the past few days, pestering him to play chess in the Nuan Pavilion for a whole day.

Princess Leyang, Bai Yixue, and Jinyan practiced dancing for a whole day.

After Wei Jinyan's stomach pain stopped, her dancing skills kept catching up with Shen Yuan's. If this child was born in modern times, he would be a proper dancer.

After the candy is delivered, each person has one, and there is not much to say about the compliments. You don't need to think about how delicious it is.

Shabu hot pot at night.

Put the mandarin duck pot on the blazing charcoal fire, roll the bottom of the pot with red oil on one side, and the bottom of the pot on the other side is delicious chicken soup. Throw it into the pot and roll it, and it will be a mouth-watering delicacy when you take it out.

Ji Feng's belly was chubby from eating, but fortunately he grew fast, otherwise he would have become a little fat man.

After dinner, everyone sat in the warm pavilion to digest food, and then went back to the palace to rest.

I have to say that Nanny Liao is really good at everything. The next day, she had wrapped up all the cured chicken and duck, and packed them properly.

Shen Yu'an and Ji Xun cleaned up, and on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, they put the gift mouth into the carriage and began to give everyone New Year's gifts.

First sent to the palace, two boxes of kumquats and two boxes of candy were given to King Xuan.

Of course, it's not easy to send cured chicken and duck to the palace, so I didn't give it away.

"Empress Empress, King Ye, Princess Ye, and King Xuan asked to see each other outside the palace, saying that they came to give New Year's gifts."

Empress Zhou twitched the corners of her mouth and said disdainfully, "Oh? Call them in."

King Ji Xunxuan and Shen Yu'an entered the palace, and Empress Zhou also talked to them with a smile on her face. At this time, even with a knife in her heart, she was also smiling.

"Concubine Ye Wang, Princess Xuan, you have a heart." The queen thanked you lukewarmly, and sent Zhao Nanny to send the three of Ye Wang out of the hall, and then ordered Zhao Nanny, "Bring those two boxes to the hall. Open it outside and have a look, if you eat it, throw it all away." Who knows if it is poisonous? If it is not poisonous, you will be shocked!
"Yes, Empress." Mother Zhao hurriedly brought the maids and maids to carry two boxes of things to the entrance of the hall. When she opened it, she found two boxes of extremely fresh kumquats and two boxes of assorted candies.

Mother Zhao was really reluctant to throw it away, so she hurriedly took a few kumquats and went in to report to the queen.

"Back to your mother, there are two boxes of fresh kumquats and two boxes of candies.

He also wanted to give Queen Zhou a taste of kumquats, but Queen Zhou didn't even bother to look at them, so she interrupted angrily.

"Kumquat? How fresh can it be when it is transported so far from the south to the north? Can it still be eaten? If you tell you to throw it away, just throw it away."

"Throwing what?" The emperor appeared at the right time, looking at Queen Zhou with a smile.

"Why is the emperor here?" Empress Zhou's complexion changed, and she quickly realized, "It's the oranges that King Ye Wangxuan and the others sent to the palace. They were frozen and stale, so they had to be thrown away."

The emperor smiled and said, "Even if it breaks, it's their wish. Eunuch Li, please send someone to move to Changning Palace."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Li replied and sent someone to do it.

The emperor sat in the Jade Phoenix Hall for a while, then went back to the Changning Hall.

On the way, Eunuch Li smiled at the emperor, "This~~ must be the idea of ​​Princess Ye. Princess Ye's calculation is so accurate, it is definitely a business material."

Early in the morning, Shen Yuan thought that it was impossible for the empress to accept this gift, so he sent someone to secretly report this matter to the emperor, and asked the emperor to accept the gift.

In this way, the etiquette has come, and my hard work has not been wasted.

"This girl is a ghostly spirit." Emperor Qi Heng also smiled all over his face, "But are those oranges really so fresh?"

"It's really fresh, as if it's just picked from a tree. Your Majesty, would you like to taste it?" Eunuch Li just grabbed two of them at the entrance of the hall and held them to the emperor.

The emperor only took one, "Try it too." Eunuch Li followed Emperor Qi Heng since he was a child, and he didn't have so many rules in private.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Eunuch Li happily brought it to his mouth and took a bite. After taking this bite, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Your Majesty, please taste it, this is the freshest orange this slave has ever eaten in his life."

The emperor was also full of praise after taking a sip.

Eunuch Li said: "If the empress knows that she has missed such a good thing that two boxes of money can't buy, she will definitely regret it."

The emperor chuckled: "Then I will send someone to send a basket to the Jade Phoenix Palace later, and I must let her taste it."