Traveling to the ancient harem

"Ye'er is right. This matter needs to be planned in advance. Leave it to grandfather." Although the Huang family does not hold high official positions, they have been entrenched in the capital for hundreds of years and have certain connections.

"Xu Rou will definitely enter the palace this time. Obviously, the Queen also knows Aunt Fanghua's ability. Maybe she will keep the person for Xu Rou." Huang Ye was worried. It would be fine if she didn't know about this. It wouldn't be a big deal if she knew that she couldn't get the person. But the thought of Xu Rou getting the advantage made her very unhappy.

"The Queen Mother is not in power in the harem now." The old man said meaningfully: "From what I know, the current Queen is also a man of means. She has always been at odds with the Queen Mother. She can watch her niece enter the palace and become powerful. When she becomes powerful, she will join forces with the Queen Mother to compete with her. Don't worry, Grandfather knows this matter well."

Huang Ye felt relieved. Since her grandfather said so, it must be possible to do it. She also didn't want Xu Rou to become too powerful and become more difficult to deal with in the future.

"I want to go see Xiao Yun'er. She may be back after dinner tonight. You don't have to wait for me to come back." Old Master Qiu has mentioned this to Xiao Yun'er many times. She wants to try the twice-cooked pork she mentioned. She thought that if she really entered the palace in the future, the old man would never have the chance to taste it. She brought the mung beans over today and cooked it for him, as a way to repay the old man for letting Xiao Yun'er come to accompany her.

Huang Ye brought the red and green beans to the Qiu Mansion. When Qiu Yun'er heard that she was coming, she ran out to pick her up without caring that she had just washed her hair or dressed up. Along the way, she chattered to her about things in the mansion, saying how outstanding her brother was, how well-behaved and cute her sister was, and how well her mother had recovered. She looked brighter and was completely different from when Huang Ye first started to get in touch with her.

The two came to Mrs. Qiu's yard and saw Mrs. Qiu walking in the yard, with Yan Jie'er, born to Aunt Li, following beside her. Yan Jie'er was looking up and talking to her. She was looking at Yan Jie'er with loving eyes. Huang Ye exclaimed in her heart, this scene is so loving.

Mrs. Qiu and Sister Yan were also very happy to see Huang Ye. Sister Yan saluted her obediently, and she returned the salute: "Little Swallow is so cute. Hongdou, take out the snacks I brought and let Little Swallow have a taste."

Sister Yan blushed. This beautiful sister from the Huang family always called her Xiaoyanzi, and she felt embarrassed every time, although she really liked how she was called, as it made their relationship seem very good. Also, the snacks that Sister Huang brought every time were always delicious. Now Sister Yan's admiration for Huang Ye had reached its peak.

"Aunt looks much better." Huang Ye said to Mrs. Qiu, "In half a year, she will be fully recovered."

"It's all thanks to you." Mrs. Qiu was sincerely grateful to the little girl. Without her, she might be sleeping in the ground now.

"Mom, let's go visit grandma together." Qiu Yun'er suggested. She had just heard Huang Ye say that she brought mung beans here to cook for her grandparents.

Whenever Qiu Yun'er thought of the delicious food she had eaten at the Huang Mansion, she couldn't help but want to show off in front of her family, so that when her family members heard her talk about food, they wanted to cover their ears. If her grandmother knew the purpose of Huang Ye's visit, she would definitely be very happy.

In fact, Qiu Yun'er was not wrong in her guess. When Old Madam Qiu heard about Huang Ye's purpose, she was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling. She specially sent people to find excuses to bring back her two grandsons who were studying in the academy, and also sent someone to deliver a letter to the two men on duty. When the Second Madam heard that her son was also called back, she was also very happy. Even though her daughter was still young, only six years old this year, she had also revealed the trait of a foodie. It seemed that this was inherited from the roots, and the whole family were foodies.

Huang Ye knew that it was Old Madam Qiu trying to save her face. It seemed that she also felt that Huang Ye's entry into the palace was a fact. This might be the last time for this child to eat in their house. Calling all the family members back to accompany her was the highest level of courtesy she could think of.

Dinner was eaten in Madam Qiu's yard. The family was lively and divided into two tables, one for men and one for women. The ingredients and the hot pot were all brought by Huang Ye from home. Yesterday, Lu Dou was busy in the small kitchen all day and braised everything that could be braised, so he brought a little of each today.

The hot pot began to boil, and the sliced ​​beef and mutton were put in. Huang Ye was surprised to find that the children in the Qiu family were not afraid of spicy food, including the six-year-old girl from the second room, whose lips turned red from the spiciness, but she still clamored to eat the meat in the spicy pot.

The cut braised dishes were brought up one by one, including a pot of Maoxuewang, stir-fried pork intestines, twice-cooked pork, sweet and sour carp, vinegar-braised lotus root, and stir-fried vegetables. The entire table was filled with all of them. Grandpa Qiu was so hungry that he and his two sons ate so much that they couldn't raise their heads. His two grandsons were not far behind and never stopped eating with their chopsticks.

The women's table was a little more polite. Even Mrs. Qiu ate a lot of food that Huang Ye thought she could digest. Everyone enjoyed the meal very much. Mrs. Qiu sighed and said, this is how people should live.

"Grandfather, I didn't lie to you, did I? It's delicious." Qiu Yun'er was proud. Sister Ye was her good friend, and this feast was brought by her good friend. She was very proud.

"Sister Ye, I suddenly feel very jealous of your grandfather. You said that we are of similar age, but he eats such delicious food every day. Compared to these, what we eat every day is simply..." It's hard to describe, so I won't say more.

"That's right." The second master also thought so. It seemed that he had to find a way to get along well with Minister Huang so that he could occasionally go there for a meal.

"Sister Ye, why don't you open a restaurant and sell these foods? If you open one, I will go there to eat every day." The boy from the second room is also a foodie, and he asked the question that everyone wanted to ask the most.

"Yes, as long as you launch these dishes, they will be guaranteed to be the best in Beijing." The second master was really puzzled that some people even thought money was a pain in the ass.

"Most of my food cannot be separated from chili peppers, and this chili pepper was discovered by chance when I was practicing outside. As it is wild, the yield is very low. Although we have been expanding the cultivation in the past two years, the results are still unsatisfactory." Huang Ye explained that in the past two years, apart from the chili peppers kept for his own consumption, the rest were all made into chili sauce and stored in the cellar on the farm, in the hope that it would be used when the restaurant opens next year.

"You may not be able to master braised food for the moment, but I have already taught the cooks in the mansion how to cook these stir-fried dishes and mung beans. This hot pot was brought here specially for the mansion. In addition, I also brought a jar of chili sauce. It is great to put some in when you want to eat spicy food or stir-fry meat." Huang Ye is very generous to the people he approves of. The people in the Qiu Mansion are all good and worth getting to know.