[Red House] Lixian

Qing Si Temple.

Princess Yihe hurried over with a stack of documents.Seeing Wei Qian sitting on a chair eating crabs leisurely, he couldn't help but annoyed, "Sister-in-law is really a noble person, you have to hide here by yourself after making a large group of us busy."

Throwing aside the materials Wei Qian ordered, the eldest princess sat next to Wei Qian.

Wei Qian pushed the plate, "Try the fresh crabs that your emperor brother sent from Taihu Lake."

Wei Qian broke through the Nine Waters Panlong Formation, and Situ Yun went south smoothly.Because Taihu Lake is rich in aquatic products, Situ Yun packed them up and sent them back to the palace.

"If you think it's good, bring some back later." Situ Yun sent back too many at once, and the water quality was different and gradually died. Wei Qian sent fresh crabs to the women outside every day to show his favor these days.

Princess Yihe glanced over, and there was a fourth-grade crab in front of Wei Qian.One is to make oranges stuffed with crabs, dig out the meat from the oranges, put the crab meat and crab paste in the oranges, and steam them with wine, water and vinegar.One is hand-washing crabs. Raw crabs are minced, marinated with ingredients, and can be eaten raw.One is steamed crab topped with finely chopped perilla leaves.One is crab stick meat, and the golden egg rolls are neatly arranged.

"Sister-in-law, eating these cold things all day long is not good for your health." Princess Yihe couldn't help frowning. Wei Qian has never been pregnant so far, maybe it has something to do with her eating habits.

Hearing this, Wei Qian laughed: "What dietary taboos do you know, little girl?"

"Why don't you understand? My sister ordered Mr. Du to write a recipe. Who doesn't know these women's big taboos?"

Du You, a female doctor from the Xinglin family.Being valued by Wei Qian as an official in the palace.Over the years, Wei Qian ordered her and Concubine Wen to compile women's medical books, specifically treating women's illnesses, and published a book on more common dietary taboos.There are special women's lectures in Beijing, and over time, it prevents some people from using their private activities to harm others.

This is a merit passed down to later generations, so Du You was listed as one of the "Four Concubines", named after chrysanthemum, and established the way with medicine.

"Why, have you ever heard of the girls' school in Duzhong?"

"I've listened to it twice, and I've benefited a lot. I even bought a few books by my sister-in-law." Speaking of this, Princess Yihe couldn't help but admire Wei Qian.

Wei Qian doesn't like to dress up, doesn't like to use all kinds of extravagant things, the only habit that looks like a wealthy family is eating.

Wei Qian is very picky about food, and spends the most among all the concubines.At the beginning, some people used this to call her extravagant and ridiculed her for being like Concubine Yang.In the end, Wei Qian said lightly: "From now on, I will pay for the food and beverages myself, and don't need to be prepared by the Ye Ting Shang Food Bureau."

How much can Wei Qian eat a month?

Wei Qian owns a lot of commercial businesses under his name, all kinds of food are completely self-sufficient and purchased at cost price.Where is it like the huge profits of Shangshi Bureau?

The largest orchard in Shenzhou, Meifuzi Garden, belongs to Wei Qian.Although Jinling is now occupied by Tongyuan Sect and Wei Qian's orchard business has been hit hard, the trade in the north can still make tens of thousands of net profits every year.

This empress is picky about food, she opened her own restaurant, cultivated her own orchard, vigorously promoted agriculture, and researched various ways of eating sweet potatoes and corn.Promote it from the palace to the people to eliminate the resistance of the people.

Even the empresses in the palace eat these foods, which means that there is no problem with these foods, and the taste should be very good?

Because of Wei Qian's use of herself as propaganda, mangoes, sweet potatoes, pineapples, coconuts and other items quickly became popular among the nobles, and then spread to the homes of ordinary people.

Heard of coconut milk beauty?Buy buy buy!Ladies and daughters of major families bought at high prices one after another.He just wanted to maintain Wei Qian's youthful appearance.

I heard that mango ice drink is a summer fashion?Do it!The wives of each family ordered people to buy mango ice cubes and learned how to make them at home.

Wei Qian alone used the convenience of the palace to promote the fashion of noble ladies.Combining fashion with the fruits of your own orchard, the orchard business is booming.

In addition, now that Wei Qian is almost thirty, she doesn't look old at all.The wives deeply suspected that this had something to do with Wei Qian's diet.There have been many imperial orders to enter the palace secretly to inquire about Wei Qian's recipes.

Seeing this opportunity, Wei Qian wrote a book and compiled "Concubine Mei's Recipe".And there are already several restaurants in Chang'an city that blatantly use "Concubine Mei" as a gimmick.Of course, Wei Qian is behind these restaurants.

If it is said that Gu Zhenzhen is famous for her "industry", Concubine Wen is famous for her female education, Du You left a deep mark in Xinglin with her medical skills.So apart from the political influence of Concubine Mei, another biggest influence is eating.

Food is the most important thing for the people. Wei Qian promoted agriculture, developed orchards, and established restaurants, which greatly improved the living standards and quality of the people.Moreover, quality education gradually introduced dietary taboos into the folk, compiled into ballads and sang.

Any young woman in Chang'an City would be able to say a few dietary taboos.

"My sister-in-law is getting old, so don't eat too much of these cold palace things. It's serious to concentrate on taking care of your body and giving birth to a dragon son."

"What are you afraid of?" Wei Qian didn't care about the so-called "big cold things". How could these things hurt her body?

"I specially asked people to steam the hand-washing crab first, then cool it with ice, and then pour sesame oil and spices on it, which won't hurt the body too much. As for the steamed crab, I sprinkled perilla leaves to relieve the coldness, so you can rest assured. As for the amount, just drink a bowl of ginger soup after dinner to suppress the cold."

Seeing this, Princess Yihe carefully picked up an orange cup and tasted it.

There is no need to doubt the food served by Wei Qian, the cooks with the highest skills in middle school are all here. "Meifei Recipe" has been passed from the palace to outside the palace.

"Try my lottery again." Wei Qian gave the dishes to Princess Yihe with a smile.

Signed rolls refer to signed dishes.It's not the kind of skewered meat skewered on bamboo sticks.Instead, bamboo sticks are used as curtains, and eggs are used as cakes to roll crab claws, celery, diced radish, etc., and slowly cut into egg rolls, similar to Japanese sushi.

Princess Yihe picked up two chopsticks and thought it tasted good, so she continued to eat a few more pieces.

"If you think it's good, I'll ask you to bring back a few boxes later, and you and Ying'er can eat slowly."

At this time, Hongchun had already recorded the files sent by each family.

Wei Qian chose the princess with great fanfare, and let the wives and wives of each family choose the right candidate.

"This is a state matter. I have lived in the deep palace for a long time without distinguishing right from wrong. All orders can be made from worthy people. There is no limit to the number of people."

The people recommended by the wives of each family are listed together by Hongchun, and there are many duplicates among them.

Seeing Wei Qian's actions, Princess Yihe asked suspiciously: "In the early years, when I watched women pick papers in the palace, I just judged from their wealth, appearance, and character. Sister-in-law, this is..."

Wei Qian scanned it briefly, and pointed to one of the names: "Look, this daughter of the Liu family's scholar family has been recommended by the twelve families, which shows the strength and connections of the Liu family."

Let Hongchun write it down, and then Wei Qian continued to look through other people's recommendations.In addition to recommending the same person by multiple companies, we also sort out the relationship between the different people recommended by each family.

"The Crown Princess is the future empress, which will affect the interests of each family. When each family chooses a candidate, it is natural to find someone from the family first. If there is no one in the family, choose the family of relatives, and then choose the family of allies." Wei Qian said leisurely: "Now only from these You can see the power of each family when people send the list.”

Seeing the leopard in the tube, is the sister-in-law sorting out the relationship between the interests of the DPRK and China?

Princess Yihe was secretly awed when she saw the woman calculating her network.Now that the crown prince is growing up and Situ Yun is not in the palace, it is difficult for Wei Qian to come forward to inquire about the government.However, relying on the information of the candidates for the crown princess sent by the edicts, Wei Qian can grasp the political orientation and network of contacts of various families.

"Who is the one who got out of the situation with the emperor?" Princess Yihe was complicated.While their father was still alive, Situ Yun and Wei Qian carefully served the Supreme Emperor with lowered heads and eyebrows.

From this, both of them learned a lot of art of governing the country.Wei Qian and Situ Yun come from the same source, and their styles are very similar.

"This style of collecting information under the guise of other names is almost the same as that of the emperor's brother. The next step should be to eradicate dissidents from these people?"

This is what Situ Yun does most often.

Wei Qian chose a few families to outline on the copy: "Yihe, go and find out what's going on with these families later."

Yihe took over the copywriting and saw that these are almost all aristocratic families that have sprung up in recent years, and they gradually have a tendency to break the balance of Chang'an City.

"Sister-in-law want to suppress?"

"Currently, the city should be quiet and not move."

Wei Qian then opened the file of Princess Yihe, Princess Yihe collected information on the daughters of each family, compared it with other women, and selected a suitable candidate for the crown princess.

In just one hour, the first round of screening was completed, leaving only thirty portraits.

"It's done, let's take a closer look at these things later."

Choosing a princess is not an easy job, there are also preparations for the dowry, ceremony, etc. At present, Wei Qian Liping summoned Zhu Zhiming, Minister of Rites, to personally ask the princess about the preparations for the ceremony.

It took a full half a month, but the tossing here has not been completed, and the north has started to make trouble again.The army went south to fight the autumn wind, and the Great Khan personally led the troops, claiming to take Wei Qian back to be a foot-washing maid.

Suddenly, the court was in an uproar.

Even those old scholars who were hostile to Wei Qian were angry: "The barbarians in the north are not sons of men!"

A few years ago, the peace talks were just settled, and now, let alone tearing up the agreement openly, they still want to take the palace lady back to be a lowly slave?This is simply a slap in the face!

"Fight! If you want to fight, then fight!" The prince's face was flushed with anger, and he stood in front of the Dragon Throne and ordered to prepare for the battle.

This time the imperial court was well prepared and soon organized an army to fight.

Wei Qian recruited Wei Ying secretly: "Ding You is at home, so I shouldn't have looked for you. However, your brother-in-law and I have anticipated what happened today, and want to use your hands to teach the North a lesson."

"Your brother-in-law left three thousand elite soldiers near Mount Li before he went south."

"Three thousand elite soldiers? Could it be brother-in-law's three thousand yellow cavalry?" Wei Ying was shocked: "Didn't those people go south with brother-in-law early?"

"Go south in name, and stay in the vicinity of Lishan in secret to wait for the opportunity. I am responsible for the supply of food and grass under the guise of a commercial company. It is for today's matter. Mother passed away, and you Ding You are at home. If you are not an official in the court, you will not attract people's attention. .You lead [-] light cavalry to bypass the northern army and attack from behind the grassland."

"This matter is difficult and dangerous, and your brother-in-law and I can only rely on you."

When Weiying heard that the Great Khan wanted to kidnap his sister, he suppressed his anger, but he had no military power and could not take part in the war for revenge. How could he give up now that he had the opportunity?

Immediately respond, go down and prepare.

As soon as Princess Yihe heard this, she followed suit.After obsessing over Wei Ying, she disguised herself as a man to join the army, and the husband and wife led the army to go north quietly.