The abandoned concubine who transmigrated woke up shouting "Long live the widow!"

Lu Zijing frowned and nodded in agreement after hearing Jingxue's words.

"Qin Jing, if we need staff for our shop in the future, let's try to find some orphans of martyrs or disabled retired soldiers!" Jing Xue said to Qin Jing.

Qin Jing nodded, "Don't worry, sister-in-law! I've got it!"

Jingxue figured it was almost noon, so she said, "Alright, that's all for today!"

"Hey... Sister-in-law, I haven't told you about my matter yet!" Qin Jing hurriedly spoke up.

"What could possibly be wrong with you?" Jingxue glanced at him sideways.

Qin Jing said with a grin, "Sister-in-law, look at my restaurant... you know what I mean!"

Jingxue laughed, "I've thought of that for you! Since you're here, why don't you have lunch at the manor? I'll personally poison it!"

"Huh?" Qin Jing said with an exaggerated grin.

"I'll cook for you myself! I'll make a few dishes you've never tried before, how about making them the signature dishes of Prince Qin's Restaurant?"

"Great!" Qin Jing's mouth was practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.

Lu Zijing wanted to be polite, but seeing the pleasant atmosphere, he didn't stand on ceremony and simply said, "Sorry to bother you!"

Jingxue asked Xiaoman to cut a plate of fruit for everyone, and then she went to the kitchen.

In fact, Lu Zijing, Qin Jing, and Ye Musi all knew each other, but in the past two years, Qin Jing and Ye Musi had been traveling a lot and hadn't seen each other for a long time!

"Are you very familiar with Princess Zhan?" Lu Zijing asked.

Qin Jing met Ye Musi's gaze for a moment, then smiled and said, "Not bad!"

"I first met Princess Zhan at the entrance of Baichuan Academy!"

"Oh? It seems like there's a story behind it. Tell me about it!" Qin Jing said.

So Lu Zijing told the two of them what had happened that day, and Qin Jing laughed heartily, "I suppose you've heard about your sister-in-law's duel with Princess Jingyi, haven't you?"

Lu Zijing smiled and nodded, saying, "I heard it from my father, but I didn't know that the woman in front of the academy that day was the Princess Consort."

Ye Musi said, "Your father didn't attend the Dali Temple trial that day; it was even more exciting that day!"

"Although I've already heard it from the fourth brother, I still want to hear it again, haha..."

While Ye Musi was telling Lu Zijing about the exciting events in court that day, Jing Xue went out to check on Grandma Zhang, who had already woken up.

Li Dong was feeding her medicine when Jing Xue gestured to Li Dong and Zhang Ying'er to continue, then turned and left.

Jingxue took out some green vegetables, vermicelli, and various seasonings from her spatial storage.

With the help of the two cooks and Xiaoman, they began to cook!

Jingxue plans to make several Northeastern specialties: sweet and sour pork, braised eggplant with pork slices, celery noodles, stir-fried pork with green peppers, and stewed chicken with mushrooms. She also plans to make sweet potatoes coated in syrup for the children.

The two cooks were originally from the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, where they cooked for Jing Zhiyuan and his wife. They were very skilled and quick learners.

A cook named Fu Ma said to Jing Xue, "Miss, I saw a jar in the room where the cabbages are placed. What's in it? Is it spoiled? It smells a bit sour!"

"Oh my god! My sauerkraut!" Jingxue put down the vegetables she was holding and ran quickly towards the house!

The other three were startled, and Xiaoman quickly said, "I'll go take a look. You two, Fu Ma, can do it first."

Jingxue ran into the house, lifted the cabbage leaves covering the jar, scooped out a sauerkraut from the jar, and after peeling back a few leaves, saw that it was already pickled.

Xiaoman followed her in. "Miss, is this vegetable spoiled? It doesn't look rotten!"

Jingxue laughed, "Xiaoman, go get a basin, let's scoop out some pickled cabbage and make dumplings!"

"Yes!"

Then he called over several maids from the courtyard, one group chopping meat and the other cutting vegetables.

Jingxue continued cooking. Fu Ma had already stewed the chicken in the pot, and the other cook, whom everyone called Lian Ma, had also chopped all the vegetables.

Jingxue began teaching the two cooks how to make sweet and sour pork, pork slices, and sweet potatoes coated in batter. These three dishes all required deep-frying, and the heat control was very important.

Xiaoman kneaded a large bowl of dough, prepared the dumpling filling, picked up the rolling pin from last time, and began to teach a few girls how to roll out wrappers and make dumplings.

It's true that more people make the work easier!

An hour later, Jingxue finished making the last batch of sweet potatoes coated in batter, and the dumplings were also ready.

Looking at the six dishes and steaming dumplings that were served, Qin Jing's eyes narrowed into slits with laughter. "Sister-in-law, are you a fairy who flew down from some magical mountain? I've never seen any of these dishes before."

"Stop talking nonsense! Come on! Sit down and eat!" Jingxue glared at him, then said to Ye Musi and the other two.

Today, the children didn't eat at the same table. Runyue pulled Zhang Ying'er to eat with them. Jingxue made several portions of all the dishes. The servants also had the same food, except that Jingxue prepared the main table and the children's table, while the rest were prepared by the two cooks as practice.

Lu Zijing looked at the food on the table. Today, the Zhanwang Mansion had brought him too many surprises. In accordance with his habit of not speaking while eating or sleeping, he ate his meal in silence.

good to eat!

Really delicious!

The sweet and sour pork is perfectly balanced, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside!

Qin Jing ate while talking to Jing Xue.

"Sister-in-law, these dumplings are really delicious!"

"Of course! As the saying goes, 'Nothing tastes better than dumplings, and nothing's more fun than making dumplings!'" Jingxue almost blurted it out.

Qin Jing had never heard of that phrase before, and then asked, "Can these dumplings be made with other fillings?"

"Of course! Meat and many vegetables can be mixed into fillings, as well as vegetarian fillings. Then you wrap them in dough and you can boil them, pan-fry them, or make them in many other ways!"

"Sister-in-law, let's go to my restaurant tomorrow!" Qin Jing looked at Jingxue with expectant eyes.

"Okay, I'll make preparations tonight and bring the people from the manor over tomorrow!"

When Qin Jing heard Jing Xue agree, he grinned like a mouse that had stolen some oil.

Ye Musi put down her chopsticks, pulled a napkin from the tissue box next to her, wiped her mouth, and said, "Grand Princess Xuanhui has returned. I heard she brought a lot of grain to present to the court."

Jingxue went through the original owner's memories and had no recollection of the Grand Princess. She figured she must be the Emperor Emeritus's older or younger sister!

Qin Jing said, "The Grand Princess hasn't returned for several years. This time, knowing that the drought is severe and the national treasury is running low on grain, she came back to deliver food. After the old consort passed away, the Grand Princess has been living in Qingzhou. Ah! Cousin, that's the prefecture under your uncle's jurisdiction!"

"Oh! I'm not familiar with the Grand Princess!" Jingxue said truthfully.

"Fourth brother, the Grand Princess is back, and she'll probably bring up your marriage again!" Qin Jing said, raising an eyebrow.

Ye Musi rolled her eyes at Qin Jing. "As if you could escape!"

The smile on Qin Jing's face gradually faded. "What's so good about getting married?"

Jingxue remarked, "It seems that since the God of Love has met you, he can only use the red thread to sew clothes!"

All three of them laughed.

"Brother Lu doesn't seem to be engaged yet, does he?" Qin Jing asked.

Lu Zijing replied with a smile, "My brothers are all married, and I have a lot of nephews and nieces. My eldest nephew got married this year, but my mother hasn't been urging me to get married."