Princess Consort Is No Pushover

"Women see the prince and concubine." Wang Shi said, and several women behind him saluted Chu Xuanchen.

"Exemption." Chu Xuanchen said lightly.

"My lord, we know that you have been exhausted all the way, so we specially prepared a reception banquet for you. Come, come, please come in." After Wang finished speaking enthusiastically, she hurried to lead the way.

After Chu Xuanchen nodded, he led everyone to follow in.

When entering the county government office, everyone saw that the inside was also very bleak and dilapidated. This is probably the most dilapidated county government office you have ever seen.

Seeing such an environment, everyone can predict how hard the future will be.

Soon, Mrs. Wang brought everyone to the canteen of the county government.

I saw a lot of old tables and chairs in the dining hall, and on top of each table, there was a roast chicken, some meat, and a few stir-fried vegetables.

At this time, Mrs. Wang said enthusiastically: "My lord, look, this is the meal we have prepared for you after a busy morning. Are you all hungry? Come, take your seat quickly, and please eat!"

Chu Xuanchen looked at the meals on the table, and found that they were all delicate and delicious, obviously they put a lot of effort into them.

He didn't expect that the conditions in Longxing County were so poor that everyone would be willing to entertain them with such good meals.

He looked at Wang and the others again, and found that each of them was wearing an apron, their faces were tired and sweaty, but each of them had an expectant smile on their faces, giving people a very sincere feeling .

He said: "Okay, thank you."

Then, he sat down with everyone.

At this time, Fangzheng walked over hurriedly, and said with apologetic expression: "My lord, I'm sorry, the conditions in this county are limited, so there is nothing good to entertain everyone, only these simple meals, please forgive me."

Chu Xuanchen said: "It's okay, in fact, you have already prepared very well, County Magistrate Fang, I'm afraid you haven't eaten yet, let's sit down and eat together!"

"No need, my lord, how can we have dinner with you, eat quickly, we have something to eat next door." Fang County Magistrate said.

"Alright then! Then you guys go to eat next door too!" Chu Xuanchen said.

"Yes, my lord." After Fang County Magistrate finished speaking, he greeted other officials and went to the next room for dinner.

Now, besides Chu Xuanchen's people, there were also a few maids from the county government standing in the dining room.

Everyone walked on the road for a long time, and they were indeed hungry, so they sat down and began to eat heartily.

Yun Ruoyue and Chu Xuanchen were also eating slowly.

Although these foods are not as rich as Li Wangfu, but for this place, they are already very good!

Yun Ruoyue was eating, when she suddenly saw the maidservants in the county yamen on the opposite side staring at the chicken leg in her hand and swallowing.

She looked again and found that these maids were all staring at the food on the table, touching their stomachs and licking the corners of their mouths, all looking very eager.

She was taken aback, looking at them, she seemed to want to eat these foods very much, which meant that they rarely ate them.

She hurriedly looked at a few people, and said softly: "You guys haven't eaten, have you? Come, come over here, let's sit down and eat together!"

"No, no need!" Several people shook their heads quickly, "Thank you, Princess, we are already full!"

Yun Ruoyue didn't believe it, how could they be full if they looked like this!

I'm afraid they are still hungry now.

But they are definitely not willing to let them eat at the table.

Thinking of this, she said: "Feng'er, go to the carriage and get some pastries we brought, and let the little sisters have a taste."

"Yes, ma'am." After Feng'er finished speaking, she went outside to get pastries.

Soon, she came in with two plates of colorful pastries and handed them to the servant girls, "Sisters, this is brought from the capital by our princess, you can try it!"

"Wow! These pastries are so beautiful, I've never seen such a beautiful pastry."

"Yeah, it looks so delicate, and it smells so good!" the maids were drooling as they spoke.

Feng'er smiled and said: "Yes, this is a specialty of the capital, and we specially bring it to everyone to taste. Come, let's go over there and eat together!"

As she said that, she put the pastry on an empty table, and the maids hurried over, stared at the pastry, and kept swallowing.

Although they wanted to eat it very much, they didn't rush to do it.

Seeing this, Feng'er smiled and said: "Come on, eat quickly, I will continue to eat."

After saying that, she walked away, so that they would not be embarrassed to eat.

After Feng'er left, the maids finally stood in front of the table, picked up the cakes carefully, and began to taste them.

As soon as the pastry entered the mouth, everyone was full of praise immediately, "This pastry is so delicious, I have never eaten such a delicious pastry."

"Yeah, it's sweet but not greasy, it melts in your mouth, it's really delicious."

"The food in this capital is different, much more delicious than ours!"

A few people talked and started eating happily again.

Seeing everyone's happy faces, Yun Ruoyue smiled.

After the meal, the maids came to collect the bowls and chopsticks, while Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue walked out of the dining room, preparing to get acquainted with the county government.

As a result, they went outside when they saw County Magistrate Fang and the others eating in the next room.

Chu Xuanchen glanced casually, and found the food on the table, and there were only a few porridge and pickles.

Everyone used clear porridge with some dim-colored pickles, and they ate it wholeheartedly.

Seeing this, Chu Xuanchen hurried in and said, "Magistrate Fang, are you going to eat this?"

"Ah, my lord, why are you here?" Fangzheng stood up in fright when he heard Chu Xuanchen's voice.

Chu Xuanchen looked at the gruel in his bowl that was so light that there was only soup left, and said, "Magistrate Fang, you can just eat porridge and pickles, will you be full?"

"Yes, I can eat enough, thank you for your concern." Fangzheng's eyes flickered.

Looking at Fangzheng's eyes, Chu Xuanchen knew he was lying.

He said: "Magistrate Fang, how can you be full with such food? Don't you have any rice, or can you eat meat?"

Fangzheng sighed, "My lord, to be honest, we actually don't have any food in the county government office, let alone meat! These chicken and pork are all collected by the nearby villagers when they heard that you came. Yes. This is the villagers' heart for you, how can we eat it?"

Hearing this, both Chu Xuanchen and Yun Ruoyue were shocked.

They did not expect that these meats were collected for them by nearby villagers.

No wonder those maids drool.

No wonder County Magistrate Fang insisted on eating next door.

It turned out that the villagers were so kind to him that they were reluctant to eat, but prepared so much for him.