Virtuous Ugly Empress - C213

Wang Rong pulled His Majesty along to study the dishes. There were some things that she recognized from the food on the plates, but she also recognized them from the food stalls. She really didn’t know much about the dishes since they were grown in the fields. Fortunately, a pot of chili peppers looked easy to recognize, the short plant placed in a blue and white porcelain vase, hanging red chili, like a small lantern, happy and cute.

Zhu Yijun was first attracted by this scene, “This bonsai is rather interesting, it looks pretty good during the new year, how many are there?”

“It’s even more effective than bonsai.” Wang Rong He said.

She paid attention to the last two plants she wasn’t sure of. Because they were all green leaves, and there were no fruits on them, one was a green climbing plant, it was trimmed so that it hung right around the edge of the flower pot but did not reach the ground, the leaves were quite large and covered very tightly.

The last kind of dwarf plant, which stood erect, was taller than the pepper plant, and had four or five branches on one branch, and four clumps of obovate leaves, which could not be identified.

Zhu Yijun looked at her zeal and asked, “What? Is this your new ornamental plant? ”

“That shouldn’t be the case.” Wang Yunhe said, she asked, “Is there a root underneath this?”

Wu Dai nodded, “I only wanted to plant him alive, and the things below should have been seeds. I kept them there and didn’t move at all.”

“Go get me a small spatula.” She rolled up her sleeves and was about to dig with her own hands.

“Empress, let me dig.” No disease.

“I’ll do it myself.” Wang Rong He said, upon seeing this, Zhu Yijun took her shovel, “Tell me, I will dig.”

Wang Rong smiled at him and narrowed his eyes, ignoring his image as he squatted on the ground and looked behind him, “Dig from the side first, see if there’s anything underneath, gently.”

This was also Zhu Yijun’s first time doing this, it was dirty and tiring to dig the soil out of the flower pot. However, when he turned his head to look at Wang Rong and her eager little eyes, he felt that as long as she was happy, he shouldn’t let Wang Rong do all this.

“What are you looking for?” Zhu Yijun asked her.

“I’ve been looking for it for a long time, it’s good stuff anyway.” Wang Rong said hopefully, “I hope it’s them.”

A series of roots the size of two fingers were dug out from beneath the short vine. Below the plant were even more plump and round, almost half the size of a finger.

On the surface, Wang Rong had a look of joy, but Zhu Yijun looked at her, “Is this what you’re looking for?”

“Looks like it.” Wang Rong said with a smile, and took the initiative to peck Zhu Yijun on the face, “Your majesty, you’ve worked hard, let me do it next.”

Wang Rong and Ying Ying took the two items that still had dirt on them and personally washed them. The palace maid, who was serving the entire palace, watched helplessly as the Empress personally did this crude work.

After the peanuts were washed away, it was still easy to recognize them. Wang Rong opened one and took a look. There were two white and fat peanut kernels inside. She threw one into her mouth. It was the taste. Looking at the clean, seemingly sweet potato, Wang Rong and the others were once again troubled. It was far from the size of the things in her memories.

He cut it open and took another sniff, taking a probing bite. The taste was not as good as the previous one, but it seemed to be the same as the previous one. Wang Rong tilted his head in confusion. No matter what, he had to get familiar with her first.

Then, she went to the small kitchen and filled the pot with what looked like sweet potatoes. After boiling the washed peanuts and ingredients, she got someone to bring a pot of red lanterns, which was the nickname of Chili Pepper. Under the regretful gaze of palace maid, she mercilessly plucked a few chili peppers, and the small kitchen had a portion of meat prepared and cut it along with Jiang Ya, ready to stir-fry together with the newly plucked chili peppers.

Because of Wang Rong He’s actions, Qixiang Palace’s dining table had been prepared in advance. After the supervisors’ meals were arranged, Wang Rong He came in, followed by three palace maid s carrying three plates.

“You’ve been messing around over there for a long time, and I was still not allowed to look at it. Why did you come up with the last three trays?” Zhu Yijun said with a smile.

“This is a big surprise.” Wang Rong He said.

She sat on the brick bed, and after palace maid placed three plates of food on the table, he retreated to the side to serve her. Wang Rong said to Zhu Yijun, “This is the chili fried meat, this is the salted boiled peanuts, and this is the steamed sweet potato.”

“Those pots are not for potting, but for eating?” Zhu Yijun laughed, “You’ve eat and drink too much, how can you be interested in these things?”

When I was a kid, I read a book written by people who travel overseas. There are a lot of weird things in it, just a few things I don’t have.” Wang Rong He said, “Look at the grapes, if Zhang Qian hadn’t brought them back from the Western Regions, a species that originally didn’t exist in the Han Dynasty, we would have lost a tasty fruit.

“So, outside of our country, there must be a very wide area of land. There are a lot of species and a lot of delicious things there. I hope we can get them onto our land and grow some delicious things.”

Zhu Yijun laughed involuntarily upon hearing this, “I don’t even know if I should call you ambitious or naive and delicious.”

Wang Rong first used her chopsticks to pick up Chili Pepper, then Zhu Yijun stopped her, “This kind of never eaten before. It can only be eaten by eunuchs after three days of observation, don’t you want to die?”

“I’ll test the poison for His Majesty.” Wang Rong said with a smile.

Wang Rong did not care about Zhu Yijun stopping her, she had even eaten chili fried meat, and peeled boiled peanuts to eat, and finally ate the steamed sweet potato, it was not sweet at all, causing Wang Rong and to frown.

“Is it not delicious?” Zhu Yijun said, he had been paying close attention to this whole time, “Quickly spit it out.”

Wang Rong He chewed and swallowed his saliva. “It’s edible, but it’s not that delicious. But it should have been very tasty.”

Wang Rong said to Nutty, “This old farmer has been trying things out for years, so this tuber should be very big. Then it should be as sweet as honey and as full.”

Nodding his head.

“All of them were written in that book?” Zhu Yijun asked, “How come I have never read such a book before?”

“That’s the one I found in the forest.” Wang Rong He said, “I’ve kept it pretty well. When we find it and show it to His Majesty, it will be very interesting.” In fact, after Wang Rong learned to write, he was afraid that he would forget the memories of his previous life, so he created a man and wrote down everything he remembered, disguised as a travel diary from a strange world.

“I’m concerned, I’ll take a look later.” Zhu Yijun said.

Without waiting for Wang Rong to say it again, Zhu Yijun extended his chopsticks and grabbed the three plates of strange food. Wang Rong looked at him and said, “If Your Majesty is not at ease, then I can try again in two days.”

“Since you’ve already eaten, how can I not eat?” Zhu Yijun laughed, “Didn’t you say we would live and die together?”

Wang Rong smiled as she looked at him, supporting her head with her hand. “I don’t want His Majesty to live and die with me. I just want to leave before His Majesty.”

“Speak words without conscience.” Zhu Yijun laughed.

When she was eating the peanuts, her eyebrows relaxed a little. When she was about to eat the sweet potato, Wang Rong said, “This one really doesn’t taste good, Your Majesty, don’t eat it anymore. When it becomes delicious, your majesty will try again. ”

“This Peanut is quite interesting.” Zhu Yijun said. “Although it’s my first time eating it, it tastes pretty good.”

“But, Empress, I would like to ask, where did you come from for plants that are not native to this world?” Zhu Yijun asked, “needless to say, the Empress’s caravan also went to the Western Regions?”

“Your Majesty, you asked even though you knew the answer.” Wang Rong He said. Where did Your Majesty forget the second time you saw me? ”

“Is the Far Paths Workshop still not in effect?” Zhu Yijun said.

“Your Majesty, the Empress also wants to buy a dowry shop to earn some pocket money.” Wang Rong He said.

“Is your ship going to sea?” Zhu Yijun asked.

“The imperial government has an ocean ban. How can it be out at sea?” Wang Rong He said, “At most, there will be a little black market transaction.”

Zhu Yijun asked her, “Just a little?”

“Aiya, Your Majesty, the Empress is earning some pocket money. Your Majesty can just turn a blind eye to it.” Wang Rong He said.

“Because of the black market trade, it’s hard to suppress the pirates. During the time of Jiajing, Qi Jiguang spent more than 10 years fighting on the coast.” Zhu Yijun said.

“Why doesn’t Your Majesty want to? It’s because of the imperial court’s ocean ban, but also because the market needs part of the ocean ban. That’s why there are people who are willing to take the risk. That’s why it is unavoidable for sea bandits.”

“Also, because the Imperial Court forbids the military forces on the coast to be strong, it would take so much time just to fight a little shorty. If there are troops to protect the coast and troops are often trained, the surrounding area would be intimidated, so why would anyone dare to tug on the tiger’s whiskers?” Wang Rong Yun said with a pout. When Three Eunuch went to the west, were there ever so many pirates who had been restrained ever since then? ”

“Are we still able to build the treasure ships that sailed in the West?” Wang Rong asked, “The Righteous Emperor can sink on a boat.”

“How dare you!” Zhu Yijun said, “It’s over.”

“I was privately speaking with His Majesty, how did it go so far?” Wang Rong He said, “If Your Majesty doesn’t want to say it, then don’t say it.”

Zhu Yijun looked at her with an aggrieved and dejected expression, and sighed helplessly. The imperial harem cannot engage in politics. ”

“How am I in politics?” Wang Rong He said, “Your Majesty, don’t even think about giving me a hat to scare me.”

“You want to open the Forbidden Ocean, right?” Zhu Yijun said. You’re not the owner of a small shop, you’re the empress, you can’t look down on relationships of interest. ”

“Hmph.” Wang Rong He said. I wanted to open the forbidden sea realm, but when did I ever tell His Majesty about it? Didn’t I know that the court officials still had to agree to the matters of the country? Even His Majesty, who had comforted me by saying that the ban would be activated soon, knew that His Majesty was lying to me, so I wouldn’t take it seriously. ”

“Intimidated?” Zhu Yijun asked.

“Your Imperial Majesty is underestimating me.” Wang Rong He said.

Suddenly, her eyes lit up as she leaned forward and said, “I should still have a lot of these plants in my manor. Your Majesty, how about we do our private patrolling one day?”

Zhu Yijun frowned, “There’s no rule.”

“Which one of you was unruly when you bumped into me at the lantern festival that year?” Wang Rong said unwillingly.