The Little Officials of the Song Dynasty

Yun Yanhui was summoned to the palace, and saw a group of little radish heads, all of whom were Zhao Youwu's friends, and Zhao Zongshi was also there.

Everyone was acquaintances, and when they saw Yunyan coming back, they rushed forward, some hugging their hands, some hugging their thighs.

"Brother——" Zhao Youwu stood outside in a circle, stretching out his hand to watch Yunyan return.

Yun Yanhui picked up Zhao Youwu and let her sit on his arm, "Your Highness, I heard you are looking for me?"

Zhao Zongshi tugged Yun Yanhui's sleeve, "Yan Fei, I heard that the tables and chairs in Taozhiyao are all made of sugar?"

Zhao Youwu also blinked, "Brother, take me to see it!"

As soon as the two of them opened their mouths, the other children also started to discuss.

"...I heard that the teacup is also made of sugar. If you pour water into it, you can drink sugar water."

"Then can I chew on the table? Haha."

……

I don't know who is so imaginative to make up such urban legends, but children's thinking jumps the most. They really believe it and make up a lot of details by themselves.

Yun Yan couldn't laugh or cry when he heard that, how rich he is, he can build a house out of sugar.

Yun Yan explained seriously: "My friends, I didn't make a house out of sugar, but made all the things in the house into the shape of sugar. Those who told you that may have misunderstood and misunderstood. .”

The children all showed disappointed expressions, "What? There isn't any..."

"Why, don't you sell sugar? Why don't you make it with sugar?"

"That's right, if there is such a room, it would be great."

Zhao Youwu took Yun Yanhui's hand, "Brother..."

Yun Yan trembled back, "Your Highness, what's wrong?"

Zhao Youwu said very cutely: "I want a house like that, I want to sleep in it, if not, can you make one for me? Daddy said, just tell you if you want anything."

Yun Yan replied: "..."

This is not good, such a habit is very bad!What kind of father is this, what bad habits did he teach, is the emperor amazing? !

... Woohoo, that's amazing.

Yun Yan wiped away tears in her heart, "Your Highness, it's not that I don't want to, but now we don't have this craft, and it's too costly and expensive..." A simple person like Renzong, no matter how much he loves his daughter, he can't agree.

Halfway through his speech, he found that Zhao Youwu's big eyes were full of tears, and the children beside him also looked disappointed.

If the princess gets it, they can still rub it.If the princess can't get it, then they have no chance.

But Zhao Youwu is still very sensible and authentic: "Father said that it is not good to waste, so I still don't want it."

Yun Yanhui felt that the next words were a bit difficult to say, so she said tactfully: "Although it is said that the big one can't be done, but we can make a small one, how about it?"

Zhao Youwu: "Small? How small?"

"It's just that big..." Yun Yan compared the shape with the size of a Cuju ball, "After doing this, everyone can eat it after playing with it, so it won't be wasted."

It's okay to settle for the next best thing.

Zhao Youwu hugged Yun Yanhui's neck and said, "Brother, when will you send it?"

"Is the princess in a hurry?" Yun Yan asked with a smile.

Zhao Youwu pouted and said, "Last night, I thought I could see the house today, and I couldn't sleep..."

"Then I'll ask someone to bring the materials, so we can do it together." Yun Yan suggested back, "It's like a water plant tank and a construction sand table, the difference is that this one can be eaten."

The children's eyes lit up, and they were so excited.

"Is it really possible?"

"Okay! Let's build a palace for Your Highness together!"

Yun Yan wiped his sweat secretly, Tao Zhiyao hadn't researched anything like candy houses, and it would take at least a while to come up with a work that satisfied the princess.

But coaxing the children to do it together is different. According to Yunyan’s experience in raising children, even if it is made ugly, they will like it very much...and they will not do his business at all.

Yunyan sent someone to tell Tao Zhiyao's sugar maker to bring the ingredients and tools to the palace.Here, I asked the palace people to prepare a big low table and washed the hands of the children.

When things arrive, you can start making them.

Melt the sugar, add some eggs, divide into portions, let it harden a bit, and then knead into different shapes.

Use rulers, scissors, etc.

Yun Yanhui and the master were just teaching by the side. These children had their own division of labor, looked decent, and discussed the color matching.

The color of the walls of this "house" is reddish brown, and it can be decorated with butter, sugar balls of various colors, and the like.Zhao Youwu even squeezed out a panda cub and said it was her Zhuzhu.

Now that the pandas are all there, let's make two more bamboo pieces and place them on a large sugar cake rolled flat.

After heating it up, it becomes a childlike candy house.

Yun Yan praised them all back, "This can't be kept for too long, let's eat it together later."

"Really?" Zhao Youwu said disappointedly, "I still want to send it to the little tiger..."

She has never forgotten her little friend who is far away in Guangxi.

Yun Yan replied: "Yeah, it's okay, as long as the little tiger knows what you want, I have always sent him the production methods of various fruits, and he can eat them too."

"Okay, then I'll show Dad first." Zhao Youwu said, "Let Dad see the house we built."

In fact, everyone is very reluctant, but it cannot be wasted.Besides, except for Zhao Youwu, other people can't stay in the palace, and it's only a day to get along with this candy house, of course it's better to eat it than to keep it.

Zhao Youwu asked someone to invite Renzong over. When Renzong heard that his daughter had a handicraft, he was quite happy. He came to see it and praised him, "Xiao Ba is really ingenious!"

Zhao Youwu said embarrassingly: "I did it with everyone..."

Yun Yan replied: "Everyone is smart and dexterous. Guan, do you want to take the first bite?" He added in a low voice, "Everyone washed their hands before doing it."

Renzong's expression was distorted immediately, Yunyan didn't mention it, he would not have thought of this.He has seen children playing with this kind of thing, they are all pinching and pinching. What if some of them don't pay attention to hygiene and wipe their noses on it?

The more assured Yunyan was, the more worried Renzong became!

But facing his daughter's expectant eyes, Renzong hesitated for a while, and decided to trust them, grabbed a piece of "bamboo" and put it in his mouth.

These raw materials are prepared by master chefs, and the taste is naturally no problem.

"It's delicious, Xiaoba is really good." Renzong also grabbed the head of "Zhuzhu" and handed it to Zhao Youwu, "You have a bite too."

Zhao Youwu froze for a moment, then cried out, "Father, why did you chop off Zhuzhu's head!"

Renzong: "..."

Renzong couldn't argue, "Isn't this... candy..."

He thought Zhao Youwu would like to eat the panda by himself!

Yunyan broke off the panda's body and asked Renzong to string the head and body together with a small stick, "Look, this is a panda lollipop."

... This is also a way.

Zhao Youwu hesitated for a moment, accepted it, took the stick, licked the candy and said, "Daddy is bad..."

Renzong smiled sarcastically. When he was with his daughter, he was just an ordinary father, and there would be times when he was helpless.

Everyone shared the candy house, but it was still too big. After everyone shared a piece, there was still half of the palace room left.

Yun Yan replied: "Children can't eat too much sugar, and you can't eat the leftovers. Why don't you give it to those who appreciate it?"

"Okay," Zhao Youwu agreed first, "But who appreciates it? Can I give it to the people in my palace?"

Zhao Zongshi licked a stick of candy and said, "Why don't we give it to people outside the palace? My mother bought me a box of candy last time, and I gave it to the children I met on the street. None of my friends had eaten candy, and that was the first time he had it."

In fact, Yun Yanhui also hoped that Zhao Youwu would donate it, but he didn't expect Zhao Zongshi to be so eloquent, and his words were quite good, which saved him a lot of trouble.

When Zhao Youwu heard that there were still people who hadn't eaten candy, he felt pity, and immediately nodded and said, "Okay, then give it to those children who haven't had candy."

Renzong's eyes showed relief, he was very satisfied with his daughter's kindness, and also very satisfied with Zhao Zongshi's benevolence.

Because there is no good news after Cao's entry into the palace, someone suggested that the sons of the clan should be brought into the palace for education.There is also an implicit meaning that if the official family is always unable to give birth to or raise a son, having a clan son who is raised by himself is also an option.

Cao Miaolian was very caring. She also told her natal family that she wanted to bring her niece to the palace to avoid embarrassment for Renzong. She only said that the children would be brought in to accompany her.

And Renzong has been hesitating who to let into the palace, so he has also called children from various families to play in the palace these days. Now seeing Zhao Zongshi, he thinks this is a very good child. If he picks someone up, he should be taken into the palace up.

Today, the fruit of the children's labor, the remaining half of the palace was sent outside the palace and given to children from poor families.

Although only half of it is left, in the eyes of those children, it is more beautiful than the candy in Tao Zhiyao. Tao Zhiyao does not have such a candy house.

Moreover, this is what Her Royal Highness the Princess gave them to eat, the princess is so kind.

Many children who had never eaten candy were drooling. There were a lot of them, and they ate the candy house, each with a small piece. The taste was remembered for many years.

Even in the future, many of them can afford Tao Zhiyao's candy, but this is still the sweetest taste they have ever tasted.

……

After Yun Yan went back, she told Shuang Yi about it.

Shuangyi was very emotional. When she was a child, she couldn't eat anything good at Salesian Village. After moving out, the family also had a difficult time.Shuang Yi still remembered that Zheng Ping would occasionally bring back fruit, and she ate it with great care, a pack could last a long time.

At that time, Brother Yan already looked like an adult, always saying that he didn't like it, and then pushed it to her.

But they are still better than those poor people. At least Zheng Ping can make money and buy snacks, so she is much happier than those children.

Touched by this, Shuang Yi ordered the people in the shop to build a candy house every month, in the name of the princess, and distributed it to the children in Bianjing, so that those who couldn't afford candy could also have a chance to taste it.

This incident was spread later, and gradually it was compiled into a story with a beginning and an end.

It is said that the eighth princess heard that the Chinese New Year was coming, but many children could not afford candy, so she asked Renzong for some raw materials, made a beautiful candy house by herself, and then asked to give it to the people.

Renzong admired the princess's behavior very much, and ordered people to deliver it to the people, and said that everyone in the world is his subjects, so they should have the same candy as his daughter.One day, every household in Song Dynasty will have a box of candies on the table during the Chinese New Year.

A charity merchant was moved by the princess's kindness, so he donated candy, so the business became better, and everyone was happy.

—— Later, a courtier flattered and told this story in front of Renzong.

Renzong's first reaction was not to be happy, but: This story was not made up by a certain surname Yun for marketing, right? !

Renzong's suspicious expression made the courtiers think that he was angry, and quickly apologized.

Renzong didn't punish him, but murmured in his heart that this was all Yun Yanhui's fault, which made him more and more suspicious, and he couldn't listen to the story with confidence. He always felt that someone was doing something behind the story...