Zhang Neng heyed twice and took out the kumquats hidden in his pocket like a normal person.
"No need to give it as a gift. People may not appreciate it if you give it as a gift." But he couldn't hide the happy smile on his face.
After loading the kumquats onto the carriage, everyone returned to the city.
When passing Zhao Han's candy shop on the road, Shen Yue ordered the carriage to stop.
Zhao Han and Zhao Ke were drinking tea in the shop. When they saw the carriage of Ye Wangfu parked at the door of the shop, they rushed out to welcome it.
Zhao Ke joked, "Night King and Princess Ye, your palace is in full force, haha."
"It's freezing cold, come in and have a sip of hot tea to warm yourself up." Zhao Han glanced at Princess Leyang and met Princess Leyang's. He quickly moved away and invited everyone to sit in the shop.
Ji Xun ordered his servants to carry a box of kumquats into the shop, and asked Manager Jiang to send the others back to the palace, fearing that the temperature would be too low and they would freeze.
Zhao Han and Zhao Ke were also extremely surprised when they saw such fresh fruit.
Shen Yuyu said next to him: "These kumquats must be stored in the cellar and taken out as much as you can eat, otherwise they will freeze."
"Since I met Shen Yatou, my eating skills have improved a lot. "We are all old acquaintances, and Zhao Ke is not polite to them. Then you can have tea, and I will send the kumquats back first." After that, he went home. I sent kumquats as a gift.
After sitting in the caramel shop for a while and grabbing a few bags of caramel, everyone returned to the palace.
Early the next morning, Shen Yuyu started making candies.
Aunt Liao volunteered to help, and Shen Yue also had this intention. Aunt Liao is a quick learner. If she can be taught how to do it, she can be a master in opening a candy store in the future.
The raw materials are limited, so I don’t plan to make too many varieties at the moment, such as toffee, plum candy, amber candy, etc.
First, prepare all the materials and prepare a new dustpan.
After that, set up a simple stove in the yard, put a clean large iron pot on it, pour an appropriate amount of caramel into the pot, simmer over low heat, boil it into sugar water, and then reshape it.
The specific operation is not that easy, but it is not difficult for Shen Yue.
After spending a whole day, a large basket of delicious and unique candies was made in the evening.
The toffee is soft and has a strong milky aroma. The plum candy has a sour and refreshing plum candy embedded in it. The amber candy has the most patterns and is the most exquisite. One of them is similar to a lollipop, with a piece of plum candy embedded in it. The petals of plum blossoms are incomparably beautiful.
Take colorful paper, wrap it in various patterns, and then put it in a special gift box from the candy shop, which is novel and exquisite.
Ji Feng took a plum blossom amber candy and licked it happily while praising, "Sister-in-law, you are the God of Food, the God of Medicine, and the God of Sugar~~"
"As long as Ah Feng has something to eat, his mouth is sweeter than candy." Shen Yuxi rubbed his little head.
"Come on, take these to the Nuan Pavilion for everyone to try." Shen Yuyu handed Ji Feng a plate of candies.
King Xuan and Ji Xun were at loggerheads. In the past few days, he had been losing half to Ji Xun, so he pestered him to play chess in Nuan Pavilion for a whole day.
Princess Leyang, Bai Yixue and Jin Yan practiced dancing for a whole day.
After Wei Jinyan's stomach pain disappeared, her dancing skills caught up with Shen Yue's. If this child was born in modern times, he would be a perfect dancer.
After the candies were brought in, each person took one in his mouth and didn't have to say many words of praise. You don't need to think about it to know how delicious it is.
Have hotpot in the evening.
The mandarin duck pot is placed on a blazing charcoal fire. On one side is the bottom of the pot with red oil, and on the other side is the delicious chicken soup bottom. After that, there are all kinds of blanching, beef and mutton are shaved into rolls, and vegetables are sliced and cut into sections. Throw it into the pot and roll it, and it will be a mouth-watering delicacy.
Ji Feng's belly was round after eating. Fortunately, he grew up quickly, otherwise he would have become a little fat man.
After dinner, everyone sat in the warm pavilion to eat, and then went back to the palace to rest.
I have to say that Grandma Liao is really good at all things. The next day she had packed up all the chicken, duck and other things and packed them up properly.
Shen Yuehu and Ji Xun then packed up, and on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, they loaded the gift boxes onto the carriage and began to give New Year's gifts to everyone.
First, he sent two boxes of kumquats and two boxes of candies to the palace, and he also gave a share to King Xuan.
Of course, it's not easy to send cured chickens and ducks to the palace, so I didn't send this one.
"The Queen, the Queen of the Night, the Queen of the Night, and the King of Xuan are asking for a meeting outside the palace, saying they are here to give New Year gifts."
Queen Zhou twitched her lips and said disdainfully: "Oh? Call them in."
King Ji Xunxuan and Shen Yuyu entered the palace, and Queen Zhou also talked to them with a smile on her face. At this time, even though she had a knife in her heart, she also had a smile on her face.
"Night King, Princess Ye, King Xuan, you are interested." The Queen thanked her coldly and sent Nanny Zhao to send the three Night Kings out of the palace. Then she ordered Nanny Zhao, "Carry those two boxes of things to the palace. Open it and take a look. If it's food, throw it away." Who knows if it's poisonous? It's not poisonous and you'll get sick if you eat it!
"Yes, the Queen." Aunt Zhao hurriedly brought the chambermaids and maids to carry two boxes of things to the entrance of the palace. When she opened them, she found two boxes of extremely fresh kumquats and two boxes of dazzling candies.
Aunt Zhao was really reluctant to throw them away, so she quickly took a few kumquats and went in to report to the queen.
"Back to the queen, here are two boxes of fresh kumquats and two boxes of candies.
I also wanted to give Queen Zhou a taste of kumquats, but Queen Zhou didn't even bother to look at it, so she interrupted angrily.
"Kumquats? How fresh can they be if they are transported from the south to the north? Are they still edible? Just throw them away if I ask you to."
"What are you throwing away?" The emperor appeared at the right time and looked at Empress Zhou with a smile.
"Why is the emperor here?" Queen Zhou's expression changed, and she quickly realized, "It's the oranges that King Xuan of the Night and others brought into the palace. They were frozen and stale, so we had to throw them away."
The emperor smiled and said: "Even if it is broken, it is only because of their wishes. Eunuch Li, please send someone to move it to Changning Hall."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Li responded and sent someone to take care of it.
The emperor sat in the Jade Phoenix Hall for a while and then returned to the Changning Hall.
On the way, Eunuch Li smiled at the emperor and said, "This must be Princess Ye's idea. Princess Ye's calculations are so accurate, she is definitely a business material."
Shen Yuyu had calculated early in the morning that the queen would not accept this gift, so he sent someone to secretly report the matter to the emperor and asked him to accept the gift.
In this way, the etiquette is fulfilled and my hard work is not in vain.
"This girl is so weird." Emperor Qi Heng also smiled with wrinkles on his face, "But are those oranges really so fresh?"
"It's really fresh, as if it was just picked from the tree. Your Majesty, would you like to try it?" Eunuch Li just grabbed two at the entrance of the palace and presented them to the Emperor.
The emperor only took one, "You should try it too." Eunuch Li had been with Emperor Qi Heng since he was a child, and he didn't have many rules in private.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Eunuch Li happily brought it to his mouth and took a bite. After taking this bite, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Your Majesty, please try it. This is the freshest orange I have ever tasted in my life."
The emperor was full of praise after taking a taste.
Eunuch Li said: "If the Queen knew that she had missed such a good thing that cannot be bought with two boxes of money, she would definitely regret it."
The emperor chuckled: "Then I will send someone to the Jade Phoenix Palace to deliver a basket later. I must let her try it."
