Crossing over reveals a waste's difficult journey home

How could Jiang Qi not be worried? Seeing the queen getting thinner day by day, he could hardly suppress his impatience.

Seeing the dissatisfaction in Jiang Qi's eyes, Lan Shu continued to comfort him: "Your Majesty, I don't eat much. Maybe I am as picky as Yi'er. I saw something delicious today, so I ate a lot. Your Majesty doesn't need to worry."

How could Jiang Qi not see that Lan Shu was comforting him, but she did eat more today than before.

Maybe he should ask Jiang Tuan to see if he could make food that other queens would like.

Because she had tofu and pure salt, which were not available in Daxia, and was told that the auspicious gold she was using was poisonous, the queen came to believe that Jiang Tuan was indeed not from their world, and she also believed in the existence of gods.

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I understand Jiang Tuan's importance. I will manage the harem well and will not let anyone disturb him."

"Okay, but you don't need to tell them the reason for Ji Jin's matter for now. Just find a random excuse to deal with it. I will discuss with the ministers and decide how to deal with it later."

The emperor did not hide the fact that Ji Jin and the coarse salt they were eating were poisonous from the ministers who knew about Jiang Tuan's existence. However, as for the others, the ministers unanimously agreed that they should keep it a secret for the time being.

Jiang Qi and his ministers had carefully considered the matter of concealing the auspicious gold and coarse salt.

As I said, Ji Jin has represented identity and status since the day it was created. If it is suddenly said to be poisonous and abandoned, it might be used by people with ulterior motives to spread rumors that the person is unworthy of his position.

As for coarse salt, it is even more difficult to say. Ordinary people may not even be able to eat that kind of salt, so they don’t care whether the salt they eat is poisonous or not.

This is like a person who is starving to death and there is a plate of poisonous cake in front of him. He will definitely choose to eat the cake.

After all, starving to death is death, being poisoned to death is also death, it's death anyway, so why not die with a full stomach?

For some nobles, they could not be told that salt was poisonous for the time being, because telling them suddenly would definitely cause panic.

The Great Xia Dynasty was established not long ago, and it needed stability. Instead of spreading the news that crude salt was poisonous without any care, it was better to proceed step by step and temporarily spread the news that pure salt was a valuable commodity.

We’ll talk about other things when we can extract pure salt on a large scale.

After talking about the main things, Jiang Qi and Lan Shu talked about making Jiang Tuan the king.

"I intend to crown Jiang Tuan as king."

"Of course he is. He is so important that he should be given more attention. However, I think he should be given an identity. If we act rashly, I am afraid it will attract other people's attention."

In Lan Shu's heart, nothing is more important than her children and Jiang Qi. Since Jiang Tuan is here to help her family, she is happy to give him status and respect.

"I have discussed with my ministers and decided to announce to the public that he is my half-brother."

"Brother?"

Lan Shu thought about it and felt that it was appropriate.

As the eldest son, Jiang Qi already has several half-brothers. As long as he finds a good excuse, adding one more brother won't attract much attention.

"Yes, I will announce to the public that Jiang Tuan is his father's wandering child, and I just adopted him. This way, it won't seem so abrupt to have him living in the palace."

"Well, in that case, should I prepare something for him?"

Jiang Tuan was crowned king, so someone would prepare the things he needed. The things Lan Shu was talking about here were some things she had to prepare as the queen and nominal sister-in-law.

Jiang Qi thought for a moment and replied, "No, his situation is a bit special."

After rejecting Lan Shu's proposal, Jiang Qi then told her about some things in Jiang Tuan's life world, especially emphasizing some situations where she did not like being served by maids.

"Oh, equal? ​​He is so special that he should be treated with caution. I will find out what he needs and prepare it for him. I will also control the harem and not let anyone disturb him."

Lan Shu couldn't imagine what a world where everyone was equal would be like, nor could she understand Jiang Tuan's unwillingness to be served by a maid.

However, the other party came from another world after all, and she could fully accept his approach.

"There's no need to be so nervous. I made him king, and sooner or later he will have to come into contact with other people. As long as nothing goes wrong, it's fine."

"I know."

While the supreme couple of Daxia were talking about Jiangtuan, someone outside the palace also tasted the tofu pudding and tofu he made. This person was Madam Su, the mother of Imperial Censor Su Zhao.

Because it was an experiment, just to let Jiang Qi see something, so Jiang Tuan didn't make much tofu and tofu pudding, and there was not much left after they were shared on the spot.

Jiang Qi made the decision to divide the rest into three parts, one for Jiang Tuan, one to be sent to the Queen's Palace, and one divided into three parts as a reward to the three ministers present.

Jiang Tuan and the ministers in the Queen's palace had no objection to the reward, so Wei Chuo and Zong Zhenghe decided to give it to Su Zhao.

They had worked together for many years, and Wei Chuo and Zong Zhenghe both knew about Su Zhao's mother. To them, it didn't matter whether the bean products were eaten one day earlier or later.

But for Madam Su, it was different. At her age, to be honest, every day was almost like her last.

Now that the old lady finally had something to eat, they were happy to do her a favor and give the food to her.

So, when Su Zhao returned home, there was tofu brain and a dish suitable for the elderly that Jiang Qi specifically told him about, tofu and egg custard, on Old Madam Su's table.

Old Madam Su looked at the things on the table and was somewhat hesitant to eat them.

She used to be just a rough woman. She could hardly have enough to eat, let alone good food. Later, she encountered natural disasters and man-made tragedies and almost starved to death.

It was only after her son followed the former Young Master Jiang, now His Majesty the Emperor, that she was able to have enough to eat every day.

The old lady cherishes this kind of life very much. Even though her son has become a high-ranking official that many people look up to, she still lives a frugal life.

Now seeing her son bringing back something that looked like white jade, her first reaction was that it was such a waste.

"Son, how could His Majesty turn jade into food? This is really too extravagant!"

Su Zhao looked at his mother's trembling and unacceptable expression, and a rare smile appeared on his usually serious face.

"Mother, this is not jade. What's inside is called tofu brain, and what's outside is called tofu and chicken soup. They are made of tofu and eggs.

Tofu pudding and tofu are both made from beans.”

Beans!!!

With disbelief in her heart, Old Madam Su took a bite of the tofu pudding. After finishing it, she was much more shocked than the Queen.