Records of the Cattle and Horses of Chang'an

Chapter 459 Jinyang

"Are two hundred enough?" Xiao Jiang said proudly after thinking it over and regaining his composure.

Li Xueyan was about to slap her: "You are so good, Aunt Jiang, you were so reluctant when I asked you for it, and you rushed in before Mei Niang even said anything!"

angry!

Who are the best sisters after all?

Before the palace gates were locked, Xiaojiang brand fish balls were delivered to Wu Meiniang on time.

"Talented lady, this is sent by Li Wuniang. She said it is fresh food from Aunt Jiang's place. It can be used to change your taste." The palace maid placed a bowl of fish ball soup that had been reheated and some coriander added on the table.

Wu Meiniang was bored most of the time in the palace. This year, she found that apart from occasionally getting some work, it was really difficult for her to win favor from Li Shimin.

This was related to appearance, personality, and also because she was too young and her body had not yet fully grown, which was not attractive enough to an emperor who had seen a hundred flowers blooming.

"Did Aunt Jiang do this?"

After studying hard for a day, Wu Meiniang was feeling a little hungry. She hadn't heard of Aunt Jiang for some time. She originally thought that she also wanted to make friends with her, but since that time, she never saw her ask Li Xueyan to help deliver food.

After all, Jiang Shangxian was not as easy to enter the palace as Li Xueyan, so even if she wanted to use Jiang Shangxian to make friends with the Cui family of Qinghe, it would not be so easy.

"That's what Li Wu Niang said. Would you like to try it now?" This palace maid was no longer the same one. She had only heard of Aunt Jiang when Li Xueyan came to look for her own lady, and had never seen her.

Wu Meiniang walked to the table and sat down. She picked up the spoon and scooped a fish ball. She couldn't help but squint her eyes.

She knew that Aunt Jiang's cooking skills were unmatched by anyone else.

If Jiang Shangxian and Cui Yi were not engaged, she would definitely find a way to bring him into the palace so that she could eat delicious food every day!

In fact, her appetite was not poor recently, but she ate too much during the New Year holidays. Not only did she have some fat on her belly, but even her shoulders became rounder.

It’s okay when it’s cold today, but when spring comes and flowers bloom, I’m afraid it will be very abrupt.

So she began to control her diet and rarely touched those greasy and meaty foods recently. However, when she said in the palace that her diet was not appropriate, she told others that she had eaten some greasy food during the New Year and was tired of it recently.

The fish balls are light but delicious, just right for her.

After eating several more, she suddenly remembered something: "How many were delivered?"

The maid thought for a moment and said, "They say there are a hundred of them."

Wu Meiniang lowered her head and thought for a moment before coming up with an idea: "Where is the Prince of Jin? Do you know where he has his evening meal?"

"this...."

The palace maid was speechless. She didn't know. It was not her responsibility to manage Prince Jin's Mansion!

"I'll go and ask. If I enter the palace, I should have dinner with Your Majesty."

Wu Meiniang nodded: "Well, go and find out quickly."

Many people's speculations about the time of Li Zhi and Wu Meiniang's love are actually not very accurate. Li Zhi was only twelve years old at most, and he had two adult brothers. At that time, no one connected him with the future emperor.

However, since the death of Empress Changsun, His Majesty has been particularly fond of the two young sons left by the Empress, Prince Jin and Princess Jinyang.

Wu Meiniang had heard Li Shimin call himself "Ye Ye" to the two of them countless times, and his words were so corny.

She wanted to gain Li Shimin's favor, and the best way was to start with Prince Jin and Princess Jinyang. However, Princess Jinyang did not like dealing with concubines, while Prince Jin Li Zhi was always polite to her.

She had given a lot of snacks that Jiang Shangxian had made to Li Zhi before the recipe was presented.

The relationship between the two is pretty good.

If this fish ball were given to the Prince of Jin, given his filial piety, he would definitely eat it with Your Majesty...

Wu Meiniang was lucky. Li Zhi was indeed studying with Jinyang in the palace today. The brother and sister were raised together by Li Shimin, so their relationship was naturally better than that of others.

"Brother, why did Wu Cairen suddenly send us food?"

Knowing that the brother and sister were together, Wu Meiniang naturally would not say that it was given to Li Zhi alone, but would definitely say that it was given to both of them.

Jinyang was a little puzzled. She wasn't familiar with the concubines in her own Yeye harem, so why would they send her fish balls?

She suspected she might be incidental.

Li Zhi smiled and rubbed her little head: "Ms. Wu is good friends with Wu Niang from the Jiangxia County Prince's family. This must have been sent to her by Wu Niang."

"The Fifth Lady of the Jiangxia County Prince's Family?"

Jinyang tilted his head: "Is it cousin Xueyan?"

"That's right." Li Zhi nodded and looked at the fish ball soup, wondering what he was thinking.

"Then let's eat together with Yeye now!" Jinyang was smart since he was young. Although he didn't know why his brother was familiar with Wu Cairen, he didn't ask much.

My brother has changed since my mother passed away. Although they were raised together with Ye Ye, they are no longer as close as they used to be.

Li Zhi had a gentle smile on his face: "Of course, it's a good opportunity to let Ye Ye taste the cooking skills of Cui Shaoqing's wife who is not yet married."

"The wife of Cui Shaoqing who has not yet married? But the young lady who offered the food recipe?" Although Jinyang was young, she loved snacks very much, and she especially liked Jiang Shangxian's food recipes.

"That's right, he is a person who loves to study food." Li Zhi lowered his head and the smile on his face deepened.

Jinyang turned to look at the smile on his brother's face, lowered his head for a moment, and glanced at him: "Brother, when did you start wearing this heavy-smelling handkerchief? Why aren't you wearing your favorite Buddhist beads today?"

"Over time, the rope inevitably gets a little worn out, so I asked someone to take it and re-string it."

Li Zhi paused, then smiled and scratched the tip of her delicate nose: "I wonder when I can get a necklace from you?"

Jinyang had been intelligent since childhood, especially good at studying, but she wasn't good at needlework. She could embroider, but her work was always disappointing. Whenever she mentioned this, she became like a frantic cat: "Brother, is the Prince of Jin's mansion short of embroiderers? Or is it that they don't even have a maid who can embroider? Why do you always bring up such a depressing topic? Why don't I talk to Yeye later and ask her to give you some?"

"Okay, okay, it's my fault."

Li Zhi quickly begged for mercy, humbled himself before his sister, "I just said something casually to you, but you responded with such a barrage of words, and you've only made me even more angry."

"Humph~"

Jinyang then turned around and held out his hands, saying, "Brother, when did you become so ungentlemanly? Apologizing to someone with just words is truly ungentlemanly."

"What do you want? Even if it's the liver and gall of a dragon and the gall of a phoenix, I will do my best to find it for you!" Li Zhi cooperated and said nice words.

Jinyang's big eyes slyly moved around him and he pulled off the sachet: "Then use this to pay for it!"