The Imperial Concubine Chef - C140

On the first day of the third month, the death knell rang early in the morning on the Haian City. Su Xinyu was woken up from her sleep and was stunned. She suddenly realised that the person who made the bell ring must be the old emperor who was running out of time.

The old emperor wasn’t really that old. In Su Xinyu’s previous life, she could still be considered middle-aged if she was in her early fifties. But in this world, she was an old man without a doubt. Furthermore, the old emperor had been addicted to beauties for many years. His previous dynasty was under the control of the Lou Family, and his imperial harem was under the control of the later generations. The emperor could not say that his name was real, but at least he was not focused on politics. After all, there were many women in the harem, and there were also countless ways to fight for the favor of others. However, in the end, the only thing that would suffer would be the emperor’s body.

As expected, just as the sky began to brighten, someone from the Li family delivered the news to them. It was said that the old emperor had passed away yesterday. During the national funeral, they could not marry, sing or dance, or wear red. All the royal family members were filial piety for three years, the civil and military officials of the imperial court were filial piety for one year, and the citizens were dead for a hundred days.

Su Xinyu was surprised to hear that the people’s national mourning had only lasted a hundred days. But when she thought about how the crown prince was the Fourth Prince and how the Fourth Prince was a person that Wen Ling had to support, Su Xinyu instinctively felt that the Fourth Prince was not a person who would carry out cruel government.

The death of the emperor was an enormous event for every nation. However, it would still take a day to travel from the capital to the Haian City. It would take at least a few months for the entire large swallow to reach the surrounding borders.

With the Hundred Days of mourning, the Yuxiang Restaurant that had yet to open naturally could not open the gate. And it was also because of this that Su Xinyu had her people clean and set up the shop once again in these hundred days. After all, they were new stores, so when they opened the store, they naturally celebrated whatever luck was in. However, when it reopened, even though it was already past the national mourning period, its eyes could not be filled with a red glow of joy.

From Su Family to Yuxiang Restaurant, there were a total of thirty odd people. People can’t just sit back and do nothing. Fortunately, there was no need to stop work at the sauce factory. Now, other than Four Seas Grocery Shop entering their various sauces, there were also a few other small shops that came to stock. After all, Four Seas Grocery Shop were mainly distributed to the entire country. The main camp was in Beijing. As for the other small shops in the villages, they were to be bought and sold by themselves. Although the purchases by a family were not big, the total number of goods they could not handle was still not small. So Su Xinyu could be said to have more and more orders, naturally he wasn’t worried about the money.

There were a lot of orders from the soy sauce factory, so he naturally had to hurry up and follow the production. Zhao Family were all diligent and pragmatic. Zhao Xi was even more used to buying. Although he rarely had time to go out when he was busy with the factory, he still had full responsibility for all the purchases and supplies used at home. So he signed an order for soybeans with the village at the end of last year. After paying the deposit, he wouldn’t have to worry about his countrymen not helping him grow it. Thus, aside from the food provided by their own families, all the other areas of the Zhao Family had soybeans planted on them. When they could harvest the beans this year, they wouldn’t have to buy them at a high price like last year.

March thirteenth, Aunt Zhao had just left when someone ran over from the outside. Su Xinyu had already calculated things in her heart, upon hearing that Fourth Prince had really ascended to the throne, Su Xinyu could be considered to have let out a long sigh.

Soon, the commoners knew about this as well. Actually, it didn’t have much of an impact on which prince would become emperor. However, Fourth Prince’s mother’s family was someone from the Haian City, so when the Fourth Prince ascended the throne, the people from the Haian City were truly very happy.

Su Xinyu listened to the news that came in wave after wave from outside. He did not go to the Li Family to ask, nor did he go to Zhang Ziyi’s place to ask. To her, it was of no great value to ask about anything now. After all, it was already a foregone conclusion. Moreover, this matter was also beneficial to her.

In order to not let her imagination run wild, Su Xinyu had been researching new dishes these days. Because the cooks in the Yuxiang Restaurant weren’t very good at dessert and Su Xinyu didn’t want to throw this piece away, she had even thought of opening a dessert shop specially for girls and children. Hence, during this period of time, she had been researching all kinds of sweets.

There are very few fruits in the northern winter. But the wisdom of the people is great. They could use all sorts of methods to preserve the fruits of autumn. Even though it was March, the fruits of autumn could still be moist and sweet. However, not all fruits could maintain a crisp and refreshing taste. Eating raw fruits would make one unhappy. For example, if an apple was softened, it would particularly affect one’s appetite. But to make jam and make snacks, that’s not the point. After all, it had to be cooked properly.

On the 15th of March, Su Xinyu was in her own little kitchen, roasting hawthorn jam. She planned to make a glutinous rice ball with hawthorn flavors. It must taste no worse than a candied fruit, and it was fresh and sour and sweet to the taste, and one didn’t have to open one’s mouth like a candied fruit. His glutinous rice ball had to be as big as a quail egg to make. One bite was the best.

Just as the hawthorn jam was turned off, Su Xinyu was about to put away the prepared canister when there was a knock on the door. She frowned slightly. “What is it?”

Outside was Hu Ya: “Young Master. Manager Zhang arrived. They said they wanted to speak with you about something. ”

Su Xinyu sighed. I know. You come in and put all this hawthorn sauce I made in place. ” She went to the basin, took off her apron, and washed her hands.

Hu Ya then opened the door. Young Master, does Manager Zhang want to talk about the matters of cousin young master? ”

Su Xinyu frowned, “I don’t know. Hurry up and pack the hawthorn sauce. Remember not to put oil in the water. Otherwise it’s all useless. ”

Hu Ya nodded: “Don’t worry. I’m good at this. ”

Su Xinyu left his courtyard and rushed to the main hall of the second courtyard. At this time, Su Fu was standing beside Zhang Ziyi. Upon seeing Su Xinyu enter, Su Fu bowed and called out to the Young Master before leaving. Furthermore, the doors were shut tight outside.

Zhang Ziyi looked at Su Xin’s frown. He sighed in his heart. Young Master Su. It was my master who asked me to send you a letter. He would not be able to leave the capital for a while. I hope you don’t blame him. ”

Su Xinyu received the letter but did not immediately open it. Instead, she clenched it in her hands and asked: “Uncle Zhang, how is the situation in the capital?”

Zhang Ziyi replied, “The Crown Prince’s enthronement is perfectly justified. After ascending the throne, the Empress was crowned Empress, the Fifth Prince was conferred the title of Prince Ling by the late emperor, and the new emperor also bestowed the title of General Long Wei, bestowing upon him blessings as his feudal fiefdom. However, even the King’s feudal fiefdom did not allow the King to station himself, so the Prince Ling could only stay in the capital. Sixth Prince Feng Zhe Wang, Feng Di Zhe. Seventh Prince Feng An and Feng Jianghua. The rest were given the titles of princesses. The Lou Family of the Left Premier had already been destroyed, but the new Emperor had not set up a new Minister of the Left. The Right Prime Minister had rendered meritorious service to the Lou Family, and the new emperor had bestowed the title of Marquis to Yuan Sheng, allowing the second legitimate son to inherit the title. As for the other officials in the imperial court, there was no major change. Previously, when the late emperor was still around, they had already wiped out most of the Lou Clan’s forces. However, once the Lou Clan fell, these people would only become monkeys scattered on the ground, nothing to fear. The imperial court could not empty their manpower, so it was up to them to see how they would perform in the future. Oh right, General Tian has now also been given the title of Viscount. He now has a viscount in the capital. The new emperor also said that General Tian’s grandfather, Grand Doctor Tian, was behind the plot that year because of a grievance against him. The death of the Imperial Consort has nothing to do with the Tian Clan, so the Tian Clan members no longer need to avoid entering the capital anymore. ”

Su Xinyu could faintly guess that the step grandfather was definitely not an ordinary countryside bumpkin. She didn’t find it strange to call him an imperial physician. Actually, the person she had been most concerned about was this Fifth Prince and the current Prince Ling. If she was an idiot, she would naturally not think too much about it. “However, she has enough brains.” Uncle Zhang, do you have anything else you want to tell me? ”

Zhang Ziyi sighed: “Young Master Su, there are some things my master should tell you personally. “What do you think?”

Su Xinyu sighed, “You’re right too.”

Seeing Su Xinyu like this, Zhang Ziyi also did not feel well in his heart, “Young Master Su. It’s not that I’m against my master, but my master is definitely not a traitor. What he promised would be done. But as you can see, the situation in the capital is unstable, there are too many things that the Fifth Master has to do after the new emperor ascended to the throne. You already know that the Fifth Master had always been doing business to provide the new Emperor with the resources. But now that the late emperor is dead and the Lou Family is gone, and you are opening the treasury, it is shockingly empty. When I received the letter, the messenger told me that it had been six or seven days since Fifth Master had had a good meal, let alone going to bed. ”

Su Xinyu frowned. In truth, what Zhang Ziyi just said had already tacitly confirmed what he suspected. Actually, it couldn’t be considered as a doubt. Only a fool would be able to see through it. Even though he was angry, he was more worried and pained. It was good for a prince to help his elder brother ascend to the throne, even if it was with the help of a dragon. However, if a prince could control the economic lifeline of a country and the treasury, how dangerous would that be?

She knew that Wen Ling didn’t have any solutions before this. He could only help the Fourth Prince to ascend the throne in order to survive. She also believed that Wen Ling would understand his own plans and that he would be able to quickly become an idle prince. However, this matter would not be so easy even if it was in a TV series or a novel. “What’s more, it is an even more cruel fact.” I’ll send someone to deliver some food to him tomorrow. We can leave it for a few more days, I’ll have to trouble Uncle Zhang to send it to him. He was short on time and had too many things to do. There was no way to rest, so there was nothing he could do. But I need to eat something that’s right for my mouth, or else body wouldn’t be able to take it. ”

Zhang Ziyi nodded immediately: “Don’t worry. I’ll have food and words delivered. Actually, as long as I know that you aren’t angry, and are still so concerned about him, Fifth Master would already find it more useful than any elixir or panacea. ”

Su Xinyu laughed bitterly. You don’t understand the agreement between him and me. Actually, it had nothing to do with his identity. The difference was only between difficult and even more difficult. To me, it really didn’t make much of a difference. However, he is, after all, my savior, and I have always viewed him as my soulmate.

Zhang Ziyi indeed did not know what his master said to this mistress. However, from the looks of it, the little miss didn’t feel angry nor did he want to stick to it. This was already something that made them feel at ease. After all, based on their understanding of Su Xinyu, this little girl was definitely not like any other normal person. In the face of such a situation, she definitely had to find a way to resolve it.