After eavesdropping on my thoughts, the food lovers all over the country were shocked

There were many things to do at the court meeting, and after all the matters were discussed, it was already noon.

Emperor Jingning, as per custom, gave food to the officials in the corridor. All officials left the Golden Throne Hall in order and went to the corridor to enjoy the food presented by the palace servants.

A group of officials looked at Prince An who left in a swagger and felt extremely envious.

Among all the civil and military officials, only Prince An dared to nap openly during the morning court session.

He was the only one who could choose to eat in the corridor given by His Majesty after the court session, or to have lunch outside the palace.

Shen Huazheng originally planned to eat with Shen Zhaonian, Grand Tutor Zhou and others as she had done before.

But before he could sit down, Andy Andrew came to convey his order.

He said that he was ordered by His Majesty to invite Shen Huazheng to have lunch with His Majesty, the Empress and the Empress Dowager.

Shen Huazheng was a little surprised and a little flattered.

How could the three great men of the palace invite her to dine alone, bypassing so many other ministers?

When they were having dinner in the corridor before, His Majesty did not send anyone to invite her to dine together.

Why did you ask her to come along this time?

Could it be that His Majesty has another task to assign to her?

Or perhaps, it's about agricultural tasks?

Just as she was thinking about it, Shen Huazheng had already followed An Desheng into the hall.

Sure enough, the Big Three are all there.

Shen Huazheng stepped forward and saluted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen Mother, and Your Majesty the Queen."

Emperor Jingning said "No need for formalities" and asked someone to offer him a seat.

The Queen Mother was in a good mood when she saw Shen Huazheng in court dress.

"Come, come, come, sit next to Aijia."

Look, who says little girls only look good in skirts?

Doesn't Miss Shen look quite spirited in this court dress?

It’s true that if a person is good-looking, he or she looks good in anything.

Why doesn't she have a daughter?

Not only does he not have a daughter, he also has no granddaughter.

How great it would be to have such an outstanding and lovely granddaughter.

If we have to talk about it, among the younger generation, there is only one Aning.

Thinking of Princess Lejia, the Queen Mother finally felt a little more balanced.

Aning is also very outstanding and filial.

The most important thing is that Aning and the girl from the Shen family are like sisters.

Looking at it from another angle, the girl from the Shen family can actually be considered her junior.

Thinking of this, the Queen Mother felt even better.

I was just feeling sorry for not having outstanding and lovely granddaughters, but now I have two.

Emperor Jingning knew that the Empress Dowager liked Shen Huazheng, and since it didn't matter where she sat, he had the seat placed below the Empress Dowager.

After expressing her gratitude, Shen Huazheng sat down on her seat.

Although it was not her first time in the palace, it was her first time to have dinner alone with the three giants of the palace.

I don’t know if I can finish this meal in peace.

When everyone arrived, the palace servants began to place the dishes on the table one by one.

The lunch was very rich, much richer than the food in the corridor.

There are stewed fish, potato and lamb stew, boiled shrimp, egg white tofu, boiled lettuce...

There are also a few familiar dishes, which are obviously produced by Yipintang.

It was just released not long ago.

The table is filled with both meat and vegetable dishes, and the nutrition is balanced.

Emperor Jingning waved his hand proudly: "You are welcome, Mr. Shen."

Shen Huazheng: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

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Shen Huazheng enjoyed delicious food with the three giants of the palace in the palace, while a group of court officials were eating miserable food in the corridor.

The Zhou family and the Shen family father and son said that fortunately they had prepared alternative food in advance.

Since the food in the corridor remains the same all year round, it usually consists of a bowl of meat soup and a piece of sesame cake.

At most, we would occasionally add a portion of seasonal food, or add a portion of festive food during festivals.

Like today, each person has an extra serving of three-fresh soup.

The three-fresh soup is made from spring bamboo shoots, broad beans, bacon and river shrimp.

Although the minced meat was as unpalatable as usual, the three-fresh soup was very delicious.

One sip and your eyebrows will instantly fall off.

There's even a feeling of being in a wild forest in the mountains, being caressed by the warm spring breeze.

The three-fresh soup is delicious, but apart from the three-fresh soup, the taste of the other two dishes is still hard to describe.

I don’t know whether the skills of the imperial chefs in the palace have improved or not.

In order to swallow the minced meat, someone came up with a solution.

Just eat the three-fresh soup and minced meat together.

He took a sip of the three-fresh soup and then ate the minced meat.

When the two are eaten together, the minced meat doesn't seem so difficult to swallow.

Some people think that the three-fresh soup is so delicious that it is a waste to drink it with minced meat.

Of course, just like before, I had to eat all the minced meat in one go.

Then drink the three-fresh soup.

So, some people ate the three-fresh soup and the minced meat in a mouthful, frowning at one moment and smiling at another, looking like they had gone crazy.

Someone took a deep breath and drank all the minced meat in one gulp.

Only then did he savor the delicious three-fresh soup carefully.

After finishing the three-fresh soup, I found that there was a sesame cake waiting for me.

So, the brows that had just relaxed began to frown again.