When I eat on weekdays, I don’t touch the dishes very much.
Today, because we were tired from playing, the 10th and 13th princes devoured two meat dishes, pork elbows in sauce and a stewed chicken.
There were two plates of small fish, and only the fried one was eaten.
Almost all the grilled fish and fish soup are left.
When everyone put down their chopsticks, the tenth elder brother said: "Sister-in-law Jiu, let's have eggplant and perilla leaves for breakfast tomorrow. I have no taste in my mouth recently. I want to eat something heavy..."
Shu Shu nodded and wrote it down.
Brother Thirteen felt regretful: "There is just no Yi noodles... If you want to eat more, you have to go back to Beijing..."
Shu Shu prepared a lot of street food, but she couldn't bear the crowds.
Not only the couple and their two elder brothers, but also Wufujin and Qifuxin.
Nowadays, in addition to snacks such as dried meat and dried plums, there are also strong flavors such as eggplant, perilla leaves, and mushroom sauce. All the other noodles and meat dates have been eaten up.
Seeing the pitiful appearance of Brother Thirteen, Shu Shu couldn't bear it and said: "The noodles are gone, and there are still ingredients. There are always noodles in the kitchen. You can cook them if you want..."
As expected, Brother Thirteen became more energetic and nodded: "Well, I'll add two more poached eggs then..."
The tenth elder brother looked at the thirteenth elder brother with disdain, but said nothing.
Xiaotang and others cleared the dining table and brought rice tea.
Xianglan came with a little palace maid.
Shu Shu and others all got up.
"Fu Jin, master, please come over..."
Xianglan's expression was a little solemn.
Both the tenth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother looked worried.
The two of them didn't show it just now, but in fact, their sleeping tent was right next to them. They just went back to change clothes and freshen up. The eunuch had already privately reported to the emperor that he had come to train people.
The two of them didn't say anything because they were afraid that Brother Jiu wouldn't be able to come down.
Concubine Yi sent someone to come, and they were worried that Shu Shu would be implicated, so they were called over to give them a lecture.
Brother Jiu apparently also thought of this and said to Shu Shu: "I'll go over there too..."
Shu Shu hurriedly took Brother Jiu's arm and said, "I don't know if my wife wants to talk to me about anything private. I want to make peace with you, so there is no need to rush it at this time..."
Seeing her firm expression, Brother Jiu pursed his lips and nodded.
The sleeping tent of the imperial concubines is located to the north of the royal tent.
It's not far from Shushu's tent.
Because Xianglan looked bad, Shu Shu didn't ask anything, but she was concerned.
Yi Fei...
Your daughter-in-law shouldn't be angry about what happened today, right?
That would be inconsistent with her usual behavior.
As soon as they talked, the two of them arrived here.
Shu Shu took a general look and saw two slightly taller tents, two slightly shorter tents, and several smaller tents.
Needless to say, the two big tents belong to Concubine Yi and Concubine Zhang, the two slightly inferior tents belong to nobles, and a few small tents are agreed to.
Three noble people, two sleeping tents?
Two people living in one tent?
Improbable and inconvenient.
Besides, they all sleep in separate tents, so there is no reason for nobles to share a dormitory.
Shu Shu thought of Guo Guiren.
It seems that I have never seen this noble man in these days.
When they entered Concubine Yi's sleeping tent, Concubine Yi frowned and called Shu Shu to come closer.
To Shu Shu's surprise, she did not interfere with Kangxi's reprimanding the ninth elder brother, but said: "Good boy, help E Niang think of something... The Queen Mother is ill and doesn't want to eat, how can this be good...
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Concubine Yi could not hide her anxiety and worry.
She is the highest ranking among the concubines, and is responsible for serving the Queen Mother and the two concubines.
It is naturally her fault that the Queen Mother is not feeling well.
The Queen Mother also raised the fifth elder brother and gave him the greatest protection.
Now the fifth elder brother has been granted the title of Dorobele, but this is only the first time. In the end, no one can say whether he will be promoted to a county king or a prince.
Concubine Yi thought she was favored, but she was not sure that the emperor would favor the two princes from Yikun Palace just because he took pity on her.
Who knows that the emperor himself is an orphan and has suffered the hardships of being an orphan, so he loves the prince who lost his mother especially.
Palace concubines who live like them seem to be holding back their sons.
Even so, no one thought about dying.
Shu Shu had a bad premonition: "Then what did the doctor say? Is it because of bad road conditions and motion sickness?"
The Queen Mother's carriage is different from that of Prince Fujin. It is a more spacious four-wheeled carriage.
If he really vomited all the way like Wu Fujin, the people around him would not dare to hide it.
If you do more, you will make more mistakes; if you do less, you will make fewer mistakes; if you do less, you will make more mistakes.
Shu Shu didn't want to get involved.
She was grateful for the Queen Mother's kindness, but she was also self-aware.
I only know a little bit about health care, so it’s okay to use it on her and Brother Jiu, and it won’t be bad if I eat it.
But in the case of the Queen Mother, the involvement was too great, so the imperial physician should still be responsible.
The Queen Mother is also a mature person.
Concubine Yi sighed and said: "It's not motion sickness...the imperial doctor said it was depression, stagnation of liver qi, stagnation of qi turning into fire, and swollen gums..."
"Isn't this... timid about being close to home? But isn't it still hundreds of miles away from Horqin..."
Shu Shu listened and became worried.
If it's just motion sickness, I need to take a good rest, but if that doesn't work, I'll just change the carriage or something tomorrow.
But this kind of heart disease still needs heart medicine.
Concubine Yi said: "You can't go fast on this road, but you can't go without food... I thought, if it doesn't work, go over and see if you can help me think of a way..."
Shu Shu nodded in agreement.
Even though I don't want to do anything, my mother-in-law has already spoken, so it would be unfilial to refuse.
Not to mention, behind the Queen Mother, there is also a filial son.
If Kangxi knew that she pushed this, would there be good results?
Yi Fei breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and said: "Then I will take you there..."
Shu Shu paused and told what happened to Wu Fujin: "Sister-in-law Wu got car sick and vomited several times..."
As for worrying about Wu Fujin's pregnancy, she suppressed it and didn't mention it.
Otherwise, it would be fine if she really got pregnant, but if she didn't, it would be a trap for her to talk too much and let Concubine Yi have hope and then be disappointed.
They are both women. Yi Fei has given birth many times and is more familiar with the symptoms of morning sickness than herself.
Concubine Yi hurriedly asked: "What's going on now?"
"Lying down..."
Shu Shu said: "I don't want to teach the imperial doctor, but I don't know what will happen tomorrow. If I continue to get motion sickness, it will be uncomfortable..."
Concubine Yi nodded: "I'll go check on her later. You are young and don't know what's important. How can you do it if you don't teach the imperial doctor..."
Shu Shu nodded obediently and followed Concubine Yi one step behind. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law went to the Queen Mother's sleeping tent.
The Queen Mother's sleeping tent is very tall and located on the left hand side of Kangxi's imperial tent.
The tent and the royal tent seem to be almost in a straight line, with the corners leaning a little further north.
Kangxi was also there.
When mother-in-law and daughter-in-law came in, Kangxi was sitting on a stool talking to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother sat cross-legged on the couch, leaning on two pillows.
There was a smile on her face without any gloom. She smiled and greeted Concubine Yi and Shu Shu over, and then said to Kangxi: "Emperor, go and do your work. Don't worry, I was just greedy and ate two more lamb chops two days ago."
, I feel a little angry, clean my intestines, it will be fine in two days..."
Kangxi stood up, nodded to Concubine Yi, and then looked at Shu Shu again.
Shu Shu lowered his head, looking extremely well-behaved and honest.
When Kangxi went out, Shu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and raised her head.
The Queen Mother was still smiling, but her expression was a bit startled.
Concubine Yi sat on the small stool in front of the couch and said with a smile: "My queen, I'm here to take advantage of you..."
"oh?"
The Queen Mother was surprised: "I don't have the energy to play cards with you today, why don't you invite those little concubines to play with you..."
"Ha ha……"
Concubine Yi covered her mouth and smiled: "I don't want to scatter wealth... Follow them to draw cards. If you win, you won't be disappointed. If you lose, you will feel sad. Let's forget it... This is the child who was ordered by the emperor to look after Shi'a.
Brother and Thirteenth Brother, the two younger brothers...we were worried before and had already prepared some snacks, but now I guess they have nothing to worry about..."
"Oh, let's do it when we run out of food. Children have to be coaxed with snacks to obey. Otherwise, the little boy will become naughty. I don't know..."
The Queen Mother was soft-hearted, thinking of Shu Shu's difficulties, and called her over: "Good child, don't be embarrassed. Grandma has a lot of food here. Go over and see what's useful and use it..."
Although there was only one large dining room in the palace, in fact, both Kangxi and the Queen Mother had dedicated kitchen masters and a dedicated food store.
Shu Shu's face showed gratitude: "Fortunately, the emperor's grandmother is here. Just now, the two elder brothers were not moving their chopsticks at the dining table. My granddaughter-in-law was worried to death..."
The Queen Mother showed worry: "It's the time when you are growing, so what if you don't eat well?"
Although she did not hide her partiality for her fifth elder brother, she did not lose her love for her other grandchildren.
"Go quickly, go quickly and find some food for them..."
The Queen Mother was already urging her, and told a nanny next to her: "Take Jiu Fujin with you, and also watch Fujin, and stay away from the stove..."
Shu Shu followed her grandma out.
The old mama's face showed worry, and she whispered: "I ate two pieces of cake in the morning and one piece at noon... When the food was served in the evening, I only ate two chopsticks..."
Shu Shu felt a little unsure in her heart.
If it's just motion sickness that makes you lose your appetite, it's easier to deal with.
Make some sour food to stimulate your appetite.
But this is a heart disease...
Heart disease also needs a heart medicine doctor.
What about hometown delicacies?
What are the traditional foods in Horqin?
Buckwheat noodles?
Fried rice?
But that tradition is what modern people say.
In later generations, Horqin had been cultivating wasteland for many years and paid equal attention to farming and animal husbandry.
Today, Horqin should still be a purely pastoral area.
Yogurt, beef jerky?
The Queen Mother already had it.
Shu Shu thought about it and followed her mother to bring a tent some distance away from the Queen Mother's sleeping tent.
There were four stoves set up inside, and there were two master chefs and two aunties on the stoves, as well as several little eunuchs who were lighting the fires.
Seeing the noble man coming, everyone stood up to greet him.
The safest thing is "Mongolian pie", which is a grassland food that has been around for a long time.
Nowadays, the common way to eat it in Beijing has been improved. The buckwheat noodles have been replaced with white noodles, and the dry-cooked noodles have been changed to fried with soybeans or beef.
The improved pie is fragrant and crispy, but it is not suitable for the current Queen Mother.
The ingredients are all ready-made, including soba noodles for the pie crust and lamb for the filling. The vegetables inside are not fresh cabbage or celery, but pickled pickles, blanched to remove the salt, and then minced to prepare the filling.
, except for onions and ginger, no other seasonings are added.
The production method is also the most primitive dry roasting and water cooking.
In addition to the pie, it is a pickle soup, which contains salted celery paste and ground beef jerky.
There is also a steamed fruit dish, the ingredients used are the sand fruits brought from Karaqin yesterday.
Just add water and steam for two quarters of an hour.
The skin and seeds of the fruit were not removed.
Because there were several baskets of fruits in the dining room here, and Concubine Yi had just said that, Shu Shu commandeered a basket of fruits without ceremony.
Then steamed eight bowls.
The Queen Mother, the Ninth Elder Brother, the Tenth Elder Brother, the Thirteenth Elder Brother, Wu Fu Jin and Qi Fu Jin, Yi Fei, and Shu Shu.
This is Shu Shu's habit, and he always has his own share.
Mothers who eat fish heads may not necessarily raise filial children.
More often than not, I only move myself.
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Shitorimura's "National Forensic Medicine" is now on the shelves. I'm very technical. I'm reading the book every day. It's already fat. Everyone can start reading it. ^_^.