Red Mansion Rebirth: Ghost Phoenix

Wang Xifeng was not very well informed on rainy days, so when she arrived at Lizheng Hall and saw that the prince looked normal, but felt that the hall was cold and gloomy, she could not help but say something:

"This hall is too empty, and I feel cold. Eunuch Qing, please find a quilted cushion for Your Highness."

The prince glanced at her from the corner of his eye and said, "How can you order me around so confidently?"

"Hey! Am I not also your Highness's servant? We are family, so it is only natural for anyone to ask for help. Besides, this is your Highness's business! Eunuch Qing, hurry up, it's cold, don't let your Highness get cold!"

Wang Xifeng quickly brushed off the prince's attention, then glared at Qinghai, "You haven't had your meal yet, Your Highness, your stomach is empty! You can't stand the cold!"

Changying next to him was staring with his eyes wide open.

Qing Hai kicked him lightly: "Are you stupid?!"

Changying finally reacted and hurriedly ran to the bedroom at the back to find a quilted cushion.

"It's dry in autumn, and we were planning to make pear paste to soothe the throat and clear internal heat yesterday, but then it rained. Everyone said that the pear paste was wasted."

Wang Xifeng began to show her eloquence, "Then he suggested getting some candied osmanthus flowers to eat, but I am impatient and I get impatient just thinking about that.

“When they got there, they still made sweet-scented osmanthus candied lotus root.

"I don't like that, so I asked them to make me a can of lotus root, yam and corn soup, which is quite refreshing."

After that, he turned to Qinghai, "I heard that in the autumn of previous years, the kitchen loved to make venison, roe deer meat and the like. Eunuch Qing, please remember that before winter comes this year, you are not allowed to serve venison to His Highness!"

Qinghai glanced at the silent prince, put on a smile, and bowed: "Please ask Wang Chenghui, why?"

"In autumn, we eat crabs, beef, mutton, eggplants, and lotus roots. When the weather gets cooler, we eat a little bit of everything. It's the best way to nourish our bodies.

“But this year is different.

"I don't know what happened before I came. But after I came, all sorts of things happened. There was no end to them.

"I only know about what's going on inside the palace. There are also things happening outside the palace. During the two times I came to Lizheng Palace, I heard about two important events: the emperor's birthday and the possibility of autumn rain causing a poor harvest.

"Your Highness is a person who looks cold but is warm-hearted, nostalgic, soft-hearted, and thoughtful.

"With all these new and old things, it would be strange if Your Highness didn't get angry!"

Wang Xifeng took a breath when she got to this point, and carefully looked at the prince's face. Without waiting for the prince to speak, she turned to Qinghai and said, "The imperial physician is watching your pulse every day, and the bitter medicine soup can be used anytime and anywhere. Your Highness must be fine from the looks of it.

“But I don’t think this burning fire will subside until the autumn harvest is over.

“That’s why I say that we need to be more careful about our diet. We should choose the right time to bring up those things that are said to be very nutritious.

"These days, let your Highness eat something light, something that strengthens the spleen and stomach, and replenishes qi and blood. If you really want meat, mutton is mild. So, make a hot pot with some cabbage and radish, that would be good, right?"

He talked a lot in a long-winded way.

But the Crown Prince and Qinghai listened to it.

Qinghai directly asked Changying, who had just brought the cushion, to go to the kitchen immediately: "Don't bring up the oily and nutritious food. If there is any, bring a bowl of mutton and carrot soup. For the rest, bring soupy, warm and mild food with more green vegetables."

Changying listened to the end of what Wang Xifeng had just said and agreed with her deeply - the prince had developed a mouth ulcer these two days and even frowned when drinking tea, which made him feel distressed.

The prince was too busy to call the imperial physician and just gave him chrysanthemum tea. How could this be possible? !

At one point, Chang Ying personally brought the young eunuchs back from the kitchen to fetch the food and laid it out. There was a bowl of colorful bean porridge, a plate of fluffy scallion rolls, a small bowl of green glutinous rice, a bowl of lotus root, black fungus and old duck soup, a bowl of pork tripe and chicken, a plate of spinach stewed with tofu, and a plate of okra stuffed with meat.

Wang Xifeng smiled brightly: "These four dishes go really well together!"

As he spoke, he skimmed off the oil, served a bowl of pork tripe and chicken soup to the prince, then pushed the green rice over, took a small bowl, picked up a piece of chicken leg, two pieces of pork tripe, two pieces of tofu, two pieces of okra, and a lot of spinach, filled the small bowl, and then placed it in front of the prince.

The prince first took a big sip of soup, and when he felt his stomach felt a little better, he began to eat slowly.

But he always ate very quickly, and Wang Xifeng felt that in the blink of an eye, the food in the small bowl was gone.

She frowned immediately, and then took action. She picked out two pieces of lotus root, three pieces of black fungus, and a piece of duck meat, filled the soup, and placed it next to the prince.

The prince said nothing, just picked up his chopsticks and started eating.

Is this easy to serve?

Wang Xifeng raised her eyebrows, immediately scooped another small bowl of porridge and brought it over, indicating that she wanted to replace it with the rice that the prince had not finished eating.

The prince looked up at her, hesitated for a moment, and finally changed it.

The prince was not interested in eating soup or vegetables after drinking porridge, so he picked up okra, spinach and tofu with his chopsticks.

Wang Xifeng picked up another small steamed bun and placed it next to his hand, and the prince swallowed it in two bites.

Seeing that the bowl of porridge and the plate of spinach and tofu were empty, Wang Xifeng returned the remaining half bowl of rice to the prince, and put some lotus root, black fungus and pork tripe in it.

The prince took it easily and ate it with great pleasure.

In just a quarter of an hour, of the four dishes and three staple foods on the table, only duck meat, chicken nuggets and three small steamed buns were left.

The prince let out a sigh and put down his chopsticks.

Wang Xifeng remained silent, and took the tea from Changying, who had already prepared everything, and handed it to him, and then brought the washbasin. After watching the prince rinse his mouth, she stepped aside and asked Changying to bring the basin over to wash the prince's hands.

The leftovers on the table were cleared away and finally a cup of tea was served.

Wang Xifeng knew it was Biluochun when she saw the tip of her nose move. She quickly stopped the prince from reaching for the tea and turned to tell Chang Ying, "Tell the waiter to switch to Zhengshan Xiaozhong.

"Although Biluochun is fragrant, it is cold and not suitable for today. Zhengshan Xiaozhong is milder, thicker and sweeter. It is more comfortable for the stomach after the rain."

The prince looked at her twice, retracted his hand, stood up, walked down the platform, and distributed food in the hall.

After walking about ten steps, he saw that Wang Xifeng had not caught up with him. He turned around to look at her and sighed to Qinghai, "I have lived a rough life, and so has the Crown Princess.

“In the end, it still has to be these aristocratic families.

"I have heard it before, that the third generation looks at food, the fourth generation looks at clothes, and the fifth generation looks at writing. I didn't think much of it then, but now looking at Wang Chenghui, I believe it about 80% of the time."

Wang Xifeng had already hurried down the platform and followed because of that glance. When she heard these words, she couldn't help but sneer: "Don't talk about the Wang family, even our relatives, the Jia family, the Xue family, and the Shi family, all got their birth by following the late emperor.

"Looking at those who are acting like bullies outside, actually, our families are the ones that have become rich.

"If we really want to talk about being elegant and refined, nourishing the body and mind, then it has to be people like Sister Mei and her family, who are really proficient in it!"

The prince laughed: "You are quite self-aware."

After a pause, he asked again, "I remember you said that among the four families of you, there is not a single good person, you are all idiots.

"Is this an angry remark? Or is it sincere?

"It's OK that you're not familiar with the other three families, but is there no one smart and capable person among the hundreds of people in your Wang family?"