Farmhouse Green Plum

Chapter 195 Making trouble

Song Ying blinked his eyes. Aunt Lian even dared to snatch the medicinal food of Shun'an County Lady. Isn't this called favoring the concubine and destroying the wife?

Looking around any family, no concubine would be so bold as to steal her mistress's things, and they are life-saving medicinal food. This can be said to be an intention to murder.

"Aunt Lian was given to Mr. Shen by force by Lord Xiao He. Mr. Shen has never stayed overnight in her courtyard over the years." Doctor Lin found it very difficult to tell this to a ten-year-old child, but he had to say it. He couldn't be too vague or the child wouldn't understand.

"Who is Master Xiao He?"

Song Ying's attention was attracted by another point. Sending a concubine to the prince's son-in-law made this Lord Xiao He curious.

Doctor Lin breathed a sigh of relief as he didn't have to talk about issues related to men and women, and began to explain everything to her in detail.

"The second son of the previous Prime Minister, Lord He, relied on his father's power to act tyrannically, and all the officials in the court fawned on him..." Speaking of this young Lord He, Doctor Lin's tone was full of disgust.

After hearing about what happened that year, Song Ying was stunned. Not only did he force someone to go to a brothel when they were newly married, but he also had to buy a girl from the brothel and give her to him as a concubine. Is this something a human being can do?

She suddenly felt that the officialdom was so terrible. In her impression and in the villagers' word of mouth, Shen Zhuangyuan was always very proud of himself. People still talk about his success in the imperial examination and his marriage to a noble lady from the capital with relish.

Who could have thought that Shen Zhuangyuan, who was admired and revered by the villagers, was not only forced to take a concubine, but also had to treat her as a high-ranking official!

In addition to being shocked, she asked in confusion: "Is the position of Prime Minister He higher than that of Prince Hui?"

Prince Hui is a prince and a legitimate royal relative. How could he be inferior to an official?

"In Daqian, everything is inferior except for studying." Doctor Lin said meaningfully, "Let alone a prince, some powerful prime ministers even have to look at the emperor's eyes."

Song Ying's eyes widened and he soon thought of another question. Since she was the former Prime Minister, the He family should not be that powerful now. Why is Aunt Lian still so arrogant, while Mr. Shen and Princess Shun'an still indulge her?

She wanted to ask more, but Doctor Lin patted her on the shoulder and said, "Alright, it's getting late, go to bed. Remember what I told you to do, and focus on your own work in the next two days. Don't get involved with other things."

Song Ying had to suppress his curiosity.

The next evening, she informed Fang's mother in advance about the ingredients needed for the two medicinal meals the next day.

This made Fang's mother very grateful, and she specially sent her a plate of snacks.

The medicinal food prepared by Lady Shunan County is of course very important, but there will inevitably be omissions due to the busy banquet tomorrow. If the medicinal food is delayed, they cannot afford it.

However, when the banquet dishes were originally prepared according to the procedure, if certain medicinal food ingredients suddenly needed to be handled separately, people had to be assigned to do so.

Know the medicinal food ingredients in advance, estimate the time, and let someone who is free to prepare them, so that both banquet dishes and medicinal food can be prepared.

The chrysanthemum-viewing banquet was scheduled for noon. When Song Ying went to prepare medicinal food at noon, the big kitchen was busy and everyone wished they could grow eight hands.

Song Ying stood at the door and felt that she was in the way. She took the ingredients and hurried to the small kitchen.

As soon as she entered the small kitchen, the noise outside was immediately far away from her.

She sighed a few words, washed the medicine jars, lit a small stove, and began to prepare the medicinal food in an orderly manner.

After putting all the herbs and ingredients into the pot and simmering it over low heat, Song Ying took out the acupuncture song to review.

It was always very noisy next door. Song Ying was a little uncomfortable at first, but after he moved in, he gradually ignored the noise and didn't notice that the noise next door had changed.

In the big kitchen, the arrival of an unexpected guest disrupted the busy work of the maids and servants.

Seeing her, Fang's mother was frightened and immediately left the two maids who were listening to her instructions and rushed over to her: "Ms. Hongfu, why are you here in person? If Aunt Lian needs anything, send a little maid to tell us and we will make it and send it to you."

Hong Fu glanced at her and snorted heavily, "I don't know about you. If we really have to wait for you to send it over, our aunt will probably starve to death."

Mother Fang looked unhappy, but she still tried to put on a smile: "Ms. Hong Fu, that's not right. Even if I had a hundred guts, I wouldn't dare to disrespect the masters."

"Okay, I'm too lazy to talk to you." Hong Fu rolled her eyes and looked at the food directly past Fang's mother. She put whatever she liked into the food box without caring about any rules.

There was a dish of goose feet and duck intestines. After she took a plate, she paused and reached out for another one. Chunfang, who was in charge of this dish, twitched her forehead and couldn't help but stop her: "This dish is troublesome. I only made one extra plate. Just take one."

Hong Fu frowned and said, "Our aunt likes to eat this dish of goose feet and duck intestines. I will take two plates today!"

"You guys in Fengheyuan shouldn't go too far!" Chunfang was angry. If the people in their Fengheyuan weren't restless, the mansion wouldn't have held any chrysanthemum-viewing banquet, and they wouldn't have to work so hard.

"Too much?" Hong Fu seemed to have heard a huge joke. "I didn't take any ginseng or abalone, how could it be too much? Our aunt is not even worthy of eating a few goose feet, right?"

"You've already taken one!" Chunfang was so angry that she jumped up and down. She wanted to say more, but Fang's mother stopped her and said, "Shut up."

She personally carried a stack of goose feet and duck intestines and put them in Hongfu's food box, smiling: "Miss Hongfu, what else does Aunt Lian want to eat?"

Chunfang felt very aggrieved, and Chunliu next to her quickly pulled her sleeve.

Although their actions were secretive, they did not escape Hong Fu, who was standing opposite them. She raised her eyebrows proudly and said, "You are sensible."

After saying that, he turned around and picked up several dishes, filling the food box up, then closed the lid and lifted it up.

Seeing that the food box was full, the maids and old women in the house couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, as they were finally sending this ancestor away.

Hong Fu was walking casually with the lunch box in her hand. Suddenly, she turned around and went to the corner.

There were many exquisite silver molds, all of which were more than one foot long and one inch square. Some were carved into the shape of chrysanthemums, some into plum blossoms, and some into lotus pods.

Inside the mold is the soup that corresponds to the color of the other person’s flower.

Hong Fu's eyes lit up, and she reached out to get a bowl of lotus soup. Fang's mother's eyebrows jumped, and she took a step forward and blocked her in time: "Ms. Hong Fu, you have been out for so long. Aunt Lian must be hungry. Go back quickly."

"Since you know our aunt is hungry, don't get in my way. I'll get the soup so I can go back quickly."