Becoming The Real Rich Daughter After Divorce

Before Zhou Siming could answer, there was the sound of ceremony and music outside, and it was His Majesty who arrived, and Zhou Siming breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Qin Miaomiao who was on the side, and then withdrew his gaze, and went out to meet the empress and His Highness the crown prince.

His Majesty and the Queen arrived at the Duke's Mansion together, and the Zhou family and all the guests saluted repeatedly.

The queen stepped forward and held the hand of Mrs. Zhou, "Mother."

Mrs. Zhou rarely saw her daughter outside, so her eyes were red, "Go inside quickly, the banquet has already been set, so don't catch cold along the way."

Your Majesty and the Queen were naturally arranged at the table, and Mrs. Zhou sat next to the Queen. Most of the people present were envious of the old Mrs. Zhou's good fortune in old age.

How many people can let His Majesty celebrate his birthday in person?

At the banquet, several cold dishes were quite commendable.

"This is the sauced duck in Baiweilou, right? You have to queue up early in the morning to buy this sauced duck. If you go late, it will be gone."

"Don't say it, the taste of this sauced duck is excellent, even if it's usually eaten as a snack, it's also excellent."

"Yesterday morning, my little boy went there and only bought three of them. These three were gone after a meal."

Princess Huai Li Lingling heard the words and said: "A few days ago, I went to Princess Jinghua's mansion to visit Princess Jinghua, and when I passed by Qiao's mansion, the stench of poultry at the gate of Qiao's mansion filled the sky.

It turned out that there were more than 20 vendors collecting chicken feathers, duck feathers, and goose feathers at the door, and those who collected duck blood. The princess's mansion was simply miserable. This is due to the fact that it is winter. If it is summer, I am afraid it will all smell like this. . "

Princess Qi exclaimed: "Why are there so many chickens and ducks in the Qiao Mansion?"

Li Lingling said: "I heard that this sauced chicken and duck was made by Qiao Jinniang herself. It's not what my princess said, but since Qiao Jinniang is already a noble lady in Chang'an Mansion, she really shouldn't be doing some country work. Merchant girls do it.

Not to mention being laughed at by caring people, it's not good for those stinky traders who collect chicken feathers and duck feathers to disturb the princesses one day! "

Hearing Li Lingling's words, many wives and ladies looked at Qiao Jinniang in shock.

Could it be that Qiao Jinniang is a fool, she is a daughter of a thousand golds, and she still handles these poultry and livestock by herself?

Li Lingling covered her nose and said, "I still can't forget that stench."

Qiao Jinniang sat beside Li Lingling's table, and naturally heard this, and said, "I have already sent an apology to the princess' mansion, and I was afraid of disturbing the princesses, so I specially asked those peddlers to come here before dawn.

If Princess Huai hadn't gone to Princess Jinghua's mansion before dawn, she might not have met them. "

Li Lingling smiled and said, "I'm kind too. Second Miss Qiao has a different status now. For a few taels of silver, it would be a joke to do what a merchant woman does."

Qiao Jinniang said lightly, "What's so funny about this? Food is the most important thing for the people, and farming is the most important thing for the people. Why does it only taste soy sauce during the Chinese New Year.

It is because the people are reluctant to eat chickens and ducks on weekdays, and they are only willing to kill chickens and ducks when there are too many banquets in winter.

But they are also reluctant to eat a chicken and duck in one day. Jiangnan is not as dry as Chang'an. If it is not dried in the sun, it will spoil quickly even in winter.

Only the folks have the practice of sauced chicken and duck, which can store a chicken and duck for a longer period of time.

If I am rich and honored now, I will be laughed at if I forget the basics of the people. Besides, I also pay taxes for Chang’an in one day selling sauced chicken and sauced duck. silver.

Those sauced chickens and ducks transported to the south of the Yangtze River are not enough to earn more than I know Weige’s one dish, and the customs duties and silver taels on the road are all at a loss. I didn't do this for silver, it's more like a custom.

All the people present were extremely wealthy and had never been hungry. Four or five chickens and ducks were used to cook a dish of cabbage. Naturally, it is unexpected that ordinary people’s families are facing hardships. Many farmers are also looking forward to a bite of meat during the Chinese New Year. "

Tong Yingying snorted coldly, "Since the Lord of Jia'an knows about it, why did he spend more than 10,000 taels of silver to buy the gold crown? You need to know how much meat the common people can eat with this 10,000 taels of silver."

Qiao Jinniang said: "It's funny what you said, I earned the 10,000 taels of silver myself, so why should I buy meat for unrelated people?

It's the censors who eat the king's salary, who should think about why the common people are reluctant to eat a bite of meat. "

Tong Yingying was extremely annoyed, "You..."

Marquis An Yuan closed his eyes, the Iron Coupon of the Dan Book at home really couldn't be kept.

Emperor Huilin asked in a cold voice: "Is there really something among the people that people can't eat a bite of meat?"

Qiao Jinniang said with a blessing: "It's not wrong to say that you can't eat meat. It's just that the peasants don't want to bear it. It's not easy to raise chickens and ducks. They usually keep them to lay eggs. When they are fattened, they can't be slaughtered until winter."

"Today's life is already an excellent day for many people, but it is impossible to eat meat every day."

Old Madam Zhou said to Wu Guo: "Tell Master Zhuang that you don't need to send anything from the farm for Chinese New Year today. Let's share it with the tenants."

Wu Guogong said: "Yes, mother."

Qiao Jinniang realized that there was something inappropriate in the words she used to insult Li Lingling, so she said again: "Now that the weather is good, the lives of the people will get better and better, and this sauced chicken and duck is just a custom of the twelfth lunar month that has been handed down from the past. "

Emperor Huilin picked up a piece of sauced duck, ate it and said, "Why is this thing not salty? I remember that the sauce shouldn't be so bland."

Qiao Jinniang said again: "Although salt is a good thing, it's not good to eat too much. If it wasn't for the soldiers and peasants who worked hard and sweated a lot all day, they should eat less salt, so I put some less salt. .”

Marquis Anyuan patted his ass and said: "Your Majesty is wise, the people don't have to work day and night, sweat less, and pursue salty taste without meaning. The nobleman tasted it, so it can be seen that it is a family of officials and civilians..."

Qiao Jinniang really admires Marquis An Yuan, who can find a place to flatter her.

All the ministers followed suit one by one.

Li Lingling said: "That being said, the county lord is the emperor's grandson's biological mother after all, and she loses her status by doing these things."

Empress Zhou snorted softly, "What is identity? The founder of the country, Empress Dugu, dressed in Luo Qun and went to the fields to cultivate in person on February 2. How could the princess of Jia'an lose her identity if she didn't forget it?

The first Marquis of Anyuan, who was the ancestor of the Qiao family, donated a thousand acres of fertile land to the ancestors of the Qiao family during the food shortage three years after the founding of the Taizu, which solved the food shortage in the world.

Now that Jinniang has become the daughter of the Marquis Mansion, she still does not forget her roots and cooks sauced chicken and duck for the common people.

How about you, Princess Kehuai? Still think it's a joke? "

Li Lingling couldn't believe that Empress Zhou would defend Qiao Jinniang so much, and said repeatedly: "The concubine knows it's wrong."