The heroine Jiangshan

Chapter 50 The Snow Keeps Falling
On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, it began to snow before dawn.When the sky is bright, the whole capital city has turned into a world of ice and snow wrapped in silver, while snowflakes as big as goose feathers are still falling one after another.

Yun Ruochen was wearing her thickest and warmest fox fur, standing in the yard watching people put up window grilles.The people in Prince Jing's mansion couldn't wait to shuttle back and forth, and everywhere was filled with the unique cheerful atmosphere before the Chinese New Year.

The officials of the Ministry of Industry finally got acquainted, and repaired most of the courtyards of Prince Jing's Mansion before the Chinese New Year.In particular, the newly-made vermilion lacquer gate is painted so brightly that it looks even more dazzling in the snow.

The three large characters of "Prince Jing's Mansion" written in lacquered gold on a black background are shining brightly, which can be clearly seen across a street.

And the other burned buildings in the palace, such as the courtyard where Concubine Huang and Yun Ruochen used to live, have all been rebuilt, which are even better than the ones built in the past.

So Yun Ruochen was very busy these two days, busy cleaning and moving the people under the supervision of Concubine Huang, and had to spare her hands to prepare for the New Year.Fortunately, there is such an all-round managerial talent like Madam Zeng, she just sits there as a display, and just deal the right cards.

It's not that Yun Ruochen himself can't handle so many things.But as an eight-year-old girl, she felt that it was already out of line for her to take care of her concubine's family temporarily, so she shouldn't behave too well!It's no fun being treated like a monster.

King Jing raised his hands and feet in favor of Concubine Huang's letting her daughter do the housework.Prince Jing, who had witnessed the failure of his concubines three times to preserve his pregnancy, did not dare to worry about his pot-bellied side concubine anymore. The meaning of this pregnancy to Prince Jing is too great—to Yun Ruochen, it is just as important. Otherwise, why would she come up with this?
Like Prince Jing, she hoped that the child would be born safely, and also hoped that it would be a boy... Only in this way, Prince Jing's mansion could be more beneficial in the struggle for succession.

A few days ago, Aunt Liu took advantage of Prince Jing's chance to spend the night in her room, and said "I want to share the worries of Huang Niangniang and the princess".King Jing didn't think much about it, and the next day he told Concubine Huang, Concubine Huang heheed a few times and said it was great, and even called Aunt Liu to give her some work in front of Prince Jing.

Aunt Liu couldn't help being overjoyed, she ran off to take care of things in the kitchen.After only going there for a long time, he came back in disgrace, and never mentioned the housekeeper again, only said that he was too young to understand anything, so he had better work hard on Huang Niangniang and the princess—it sounded like she was younger than Yun Ruochen like.

Aunt Chen and Aunt Zheng made fun of her mercilessly, saying that Hu Meizi thought that to please the prince was really something special, and she dared to go to the kitchen to manage other people's shopping!The women in charge are all old people who have been loyal to Concubine Huang, who will listen to her?
Aunt Liu was so mocked by the two aunts that she couldn't hold back her face, she wanted to make trouble but didn't dare to make trouble, she was really useless.

Seeing the three aunts fighting in the nest, Huang Fangfei expressed her satisfaction, this is the ideal ecology of the inner courtyard.

Once again, she felt relieved that she had helped the big-chested and brainless Liu Shi to be her aunt. Facts have proved that Liu Shi is really a living target who loves to make troubles. Only when Liu Shi hops from time to time can Chen and Zheng have the target of struggle and ridicule .

Otherwise, if they are idle and think about what to do to her side concubine all day long, she will be very annoyed.

Yun Ruochen looked coldly at Concubine Huang and Aunt Dou secretly, and at Nanny Zeng managing the servants as if she were dispatching troops, and she would often sigh that "the three of us must have my teacher".

Both of these two strong women in different fields have their own strengths, and there are also things she can learn from.

She couldn't learn these things from her master, and no one taught them in college—the survival wisdom in the mansion can only be explored by herself a little bit.

Fortunately, she took advantage of her status from the very beginning. Although she had to worry about the prosperity and disgrace of Prince Jing's mansion, she didn't have to work so hard to play a concubine's counterattack drama.Reincarnation is really a technical job! ——
During dinner, Yun Ruochen lamented once again that his fetus was not too bad.At least you can let go of your stomach and eat delicious food, hehe...

It is a custom in Daqing that the whole family will eat together from the 23rd day of the new year.This evening, King Jing and Concubine Huang came to the dining hall together, and found that Yun Ruochen had come to greet him one step earlier.

"Father, let's have a big meal tonight!" Yun Ruochen rushed forward and helped Concubine Huang to the seat, smiling at Prince Jing.

"Oh? What good food have you cooked up, you little greedy cat?"

Prince Jing looked at his little daughter lovingly, with a smile that went deep into his eyes.

"Hee hee, cured fish 28, of course I want to eat rice cakes."

Daqing folk proverb, "On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, make cakes and steamed buns with decals".On this day, people have to eat rice cakes and paste window grilles, and people have to steam steamed buns at home.

During the daytime, Yun Ruochen supervised the people posting New Year pictures, couplets, and peach charms, and it was terribly cold outside.It stands to reason that she doesn't have to be so tired being the master, and it's okay to let Yinqiao Lianzhi look after her.

But Yun Ruochen is worried!As a Qimen disciple with obsessive-compulsive disorder, she is very concerned about this kind of thing.People who don't know the way think that they just need to put the peach talismans in the right place, but Yun Ruochen knows that these things are easy to be tampered with, and if they are not careful, they will be set up in an evil formation!
Ever since he knew that there was the Destiny Sect among the enemies, Yun Ruochen had been vigilant all the time, so as not to let others take advantage of the loopholes to set up formations and cast spells.

It was because she had been cold for a long time that she wanted to eat something warm and good to comfort herself.

"Father, empress, let's eat rice cakes in a new way today."

She turned her head to greet the servants to quickly serve the food. Prince Jing and Concubine Huang were a little curious. What new tricks did the little princess come up with?

Soon, the servants brought up the dinner one after another, and Aunt Chen helped to arrange the chopsticks and dishes.

"Hot Pot?"

Prince Jing looked at the steaming big pot with a smile: "Nian gao hot pot? This way of eating is really fresh!"

When ordinary people eat hot pot, they usually boil hot soup, and everyone adds vegetables, bean curd skin, vermicelli, and a little meat to it at will.The family eats while rinsing, it is indeed lively enough in winter.

People like Prince Jing's Mansion have more rules for dining, so naturally they can't make it so juicy.The hot pot that was served had already been filled with ingredients, and the heat was just right, so the masters didn't have to use chopsticks to fish it.As long as you say what you want to eat, the aunts and maids will naturally pick it up for them and bring it to them.

In fact, Yun Ruochen prefers to cook and eat by himself, so that he can have the atmosphere of eating hot pot... The world is always difficult to be perfect, forget it, don't complain if you eat something.

Puffs of white smoke came out of the hot rice cake hot pot, and Yun Ruochen reported the food articulately: "Father, the bottom of this pot is made of fat chicken and keel bones, duck bones with red dates, wolfberry, grass fruit, and grass ginseng." The fresh soup that came out. The lower layer is cabbage, fresh mushrooms, bamboo shoots, and vermicelli, and the upper layer is bean curd, rice cakes, chicken slices, beef, and eggs. Have you tried it?"

"You child!" Prince Jing laughed heartily, turned his head and said to Concubine Huang, "Listen to Chen'er's mouth, just listening to her talk is enough. She hooked up!"

Concubine Huang covered her mouth and smiled in agreement, but the smile in her eyes was shallow.Yun Ruochen couldn't be bothered to care about Concubine Huang's petty thoughts, so he ordered Yinqiao to pick up the dishes, and she delivered them to Prince Jing herself.

"Father, this rice cake is wrapped in bean skin and boiled in the pot. Please scald your mouth carefully."

"Okay, okay, Chen'er is the most obedient." Prince Jing had never tried this way of eating, so he carefully bit a small piece, and he was full of praise immediately.

"Yes, this taste is fresh! Oh, I have lived alone for 30 years, and I have never eaten rice cakes like this... But this rice cake sounds novel, so people bought it at Sijizhai?"

"The rice cakes are also made by our chef."

Yun Ruochen complied, and at the same time made rice cakes for Concubine Huang, showing full filial piety to her daughter.

Concubine Huang smiled and said, "My lord, you don't know that this New Year's cake is also made by the county bishop's cooks."

Yun Ruochen just laughed.As expected, Concubine Huang knew everything about the mansion well, and she could hear what she did in the kitchen every day.

The rice cakes sold by Four Seasons Zhai, Yun Ruochen had someone buy them once, but she always felt that they were still thick, and she couldn't get used to them.Later, she asked the cook to grind the high-quality glutinous rice flour repeatedly into fine powder, and told them to sift it through a fine bamboo sieve three or four times, so that the steamed rice cakes are glutinous and soft.

I'm sorry, she is just a foodie with pursuit!Yun Ruochen happily ate the slightly hot rice cakes, feeling that all the daily hard work had paid off.

Hmm, in order to maintain this luxurious life of eating delicious food every day, she must fight against the evil forces to the end!

After finishing this delicious dinner, Prince Jing asked the aunts to go back to their respective rooms for dinner.Concubine Huang was also escorted away by the maids, but Yun Ruochen had no intention of leaving, drinking tea and chatting with Prince Jing.

"Father, what happened to the clan...how?"

"It's still making trouble." Prince Jing also had a headache when he mentioned this.

What happened that day was too much trouble, and later the clan mansion and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Household Affairs were mobilized to persuade those clans who were older than the uncle to go back.But for a day or two, the nobles of the clan still kept going, but it was not as violent as that day.

Yun Ruochen thought, did Emperor Yuan Qi want to use the word "drag" to solve this matter?

Prince Jing turned to talk about another matter, which was that on New Year's Eve, their family and Prince Cheng's family were summoned to the palace to accompany the emperor to watch the new year.

This is also something that has never happened in previous years.If Prince Cheng's Mansion wasn't on the list, Prince Jing would probably laugh out loud in his dreams, but now his sense of happiness is greatly reduced.

There is no other way, the Destiny Sect was involved, and King Cheng's suspicion in the witchcraft case was greatly reduced.Although Mr. Gu Yuan led the men of King Jing's family to chase him all the way, using the "motivation theory" to insinuate that King Cheng colluded with the Destiny Sect, there is no evidence after all.

So this time, King Cheng was still not completely defeated, and Yun Ruochen felt regretful from the bottom of his heart.Alas, the road is long and long, I will continue to struggle...

After drinking two cups of tea, Yun Ruochen suddenly proposed to King Jing that tomorrow he would go to Gu Ge's old mansion to deliver the New Year gift for King Jing.

At that time, she didn't know what significance this seemingly ordinary visit would have in her life.

Until many years later, Yun Ruochen occasionally remembered the day she came to Gu's residence, and only remembered that the snow kept falling.

In the snowflakes flying all over the sky, she met Gu Che by chance.

(End of this chapter)