Chapter 60: Delicious Food
To minimize contact with women, Jinsui even had men cultivate seeds, a task that required a meticulous woman.
Recognizing the young lady, Jinsui swallowed the tomato in her mouth and asked doubtfully, “What do you want with this King?”
The young lady stammered, “You, you are Jun Yanqing? You are Li King?”
Jinsui said without guilt:
“Yes, this King is indeed Li King. You don’t know who I am, why are you looking for me?”
She looked at Yan Shiyi behind the young lady and frowned:
“Is this fool your relative? Are you here to avenge him?”
Yan Shiyi was furious: “Who are you calling a fool? This is my sister, Yan Twelve Niang.”
Jinsui said with a laugh: “You really have a sister named Twelve Niang!”
Fortunately, Father Ling wasn’t lazy, otherwise my name would have been ‘Ling Da Niang’.
Yan Shiyi pushed Twelve Niang’s shoulder. “You were scolding so fiercely just now, why are you silent now that Li King has arrived?”
Then he heard a very hurtful sentence. Yan Twelve Niang actually agreed with Li King’s words very seriously:
“My second brother is indeed not very smart.”
Yan Shiyi Lang covered his chest with one hand and his mouth and nose with the other, backing away:
“Twelve Niang, what are you saying? Have you been bewitched by him too?
Jun Yanqing, what medicine did you give my sister?
You bewitched my elder brother and swindled him out of fifteen thousand taels of silver, and now you want to bewitch my sister too?”
Jinsui was speechless, spreading her hands:
“I told you you’re not smart! Which eye of yours saw me giving medicine?
Besides, is there such a potent medicine in the world?
If there were, why would I have swindled your elder brother out of fifteen thousand taels of silver! I would have swindled a million taels!”
Yan Shiyi Lang looked at his sister again, becoming even more confused. The sister who had just been whipping him with a riding crop was now twirling her hair with her finger.
She looked like a young girl in love.
Just now she was like an angry little lion, shouting for Li King to come out.
As soon as Li King appeared, she instantly turned into a docile little cat.
Who wouldn’t be confused!
Shiyi Lang reached out to pull his sister: “Twelve Niang, what’s wrong with you?”
Twelve Niang rolled her eyes at him:
“Brother, you’re not seriously injured. What’s the big deal about getting a few punches in a fight between men?
Making such a fuss to find trouble with Li King over this is too spineless.”
Shiyi Lang beat his chest, “This is too hurtful!
Not only did my elder brother hurt my heart, but my sister is also so hurtful!”
Then he heard his sister gently ask Li King:
“Is Your Highness injured? I apologize on behalf of my brother. Please don’t take it to heart.”
Not only was Shiyi Lang confused, but Han Xing also quietly took a step back. He had long heard that a woman’s face was like the March sky, changing in an instant.
But this was the first time he had seen such a rapid change of face!
You weren’t like this when you were hitting me just now.
Jinsui smiled and raised her fist, showing Twelve Niang the scratch on the back of her hand:
“Your brother’s face is quite hard. This King’s hand is injured.”
Twelve Niang actually said: “My family has good medicine for external wounds. I will personally bring some to Your Highness tomorrow.”
Jinsui quickly said: “That’s not necessary. As long as your Yan Clan doesn’t bother me again and doesn’t side with the Zheng Family.”
Twelve Niang quickly assured:
“What the Zheng Family did is against heavenly principles. My Yan Clan does not support it.
Rest assured, Your Highness, the Yan Clan will not be involved in this matter.
If Your Highness needs anything, I will ask my elder brother for help.”
Shiyi Lang was almost crying. Does this Li King use sorcery?
Why did his sister become like this after just one glance?
Then he heard Twelve Niang shyly twirling her hair and saying:
“Since Your Highness saved me that day, Twelve Niang has been looking for Your Highness all over the city to thank you.”
Jinsui smiled and said: “It was just a small effort, you don’t need to take it to heart, young lady.”
Twelve Niang thought of his action of saving her, and a faint blush instantly appeared on her exceptionally beautiful small face, her cheeks as if dyed with rosy clouds:
“That day, I misunderstood Your Highness. I asked a doctor, and Your Highness was indeed saving me at the time.
And I didn’t distinguish right from wrong…”
Jinsui quickly interrupted her:
“You don’t need to take it to heart, young lady. Since today’s visit is also a misunderstanding, please help your brother go back, Miss Yan!”
If this Yan Twelve Niang knew that I gave her breath that day to save her, and if Yan Shiyi, this fool, found out, he might think I took liberties with his sister and start another commotion.
After listening to their conversation, Yan Shiyi finally understood that the savior and handsome young man his sister had been looking for was Li King!
But, sister, your eyes aren’t blind!
You said your savior was elegant and gentle.
You didn’t see Li King fighting and cursing! Where was the elegance, where was the gentleness!
He’s just a rogue! Don’t be fooled by him!
Han Xing, standing nearby, quietly asked Hei Hu when His Highness saved the Yan Clan daughter.
Hei Hu remembered His Highness’s instructions and scratched his head, saying: “His Highness said not to tell anyone.”
Han Xing rolled his eyes at him. Am I “anyone”?
But he couldn’t force the issue in public, so he decided to ask Hei Hu in detail after the Yan siblings left.
Just then, the Yan Clan steward caught up.
It was Yan Jiu who heard that Shiyi Lang and Twelve Niang had come to cause trouble for Li King, so he quickly sent the steward to chase them and deliver the supplies for Li King.
Yan Shiyi Lang really wanted to find a secluded place and cry his heart out. Given his elder brother’s and sister’s attitude towards Li King, this beating was truly in vain.
I’m wronged!
Jinsui had incurred a favor from Yan Jiu when she was in Yanzhou City.
Seeing that the Yan family sent supplies worth five thousand taels of provisions, she no longer cared about Yan Shiyi’s brainless actions.
She quickly invited the Yan family’s delivery personnel into the border city for a meal. Recently, while digging river mud, the soldiers had caught many large grass carp.
They were all made into fish balls for the soon-to-open ‘Forceful Restaurant’.
Jinsui also dedicated herself to improving the way of eating pork with a strong odor, finally choosing Master Dongpo’s method, braising it slowly with yellow wine.
Less water, slow fire, when the flavor is rich, it is naturally delicious.
The pork’s strong odor was gone, leaving only the rich and delicious taste of yellow wine braising. It was fatty but not greasy, and melted in the mouth without needing to be chewed.
Whether served with rice, noodles, or stuffed into flatbread, it was superb.
And her improved stewed mutton, with a sprig of pine and a few dried fruits to remove the gamey smell, resulted in a fresh broth and tender meat.
In an era where people only sought cooked food, and ninety percent were still striving to eat their fill.
In an era of scarce oil and salt, and sugar more expensive than gold, her improved dishes could undoubtedly be called the ultimate cuisine.
In any case, the soldiers at the border were very satisfied. Wei Assistant Secretary, who had lived in Chang’an, repeatedly said that this was tastier than ninety percent of the eateries in Chang’an.
It was indeed a courtly method.
Haha, Jinsui didn’t refute. Her current identity was Li King, so her improved dishes were naturally court cuisine!
She planned to forge iron pots later to make stir-fries and hot pot, making their border city cuisine one of its specialties.
Next, Jinsui invited the Yan family’s delivery steward into the city for dinner.
Yan Twelve Niang, without consulting Yan Shiyi at all, directly said:
“I heard from my elder brother that the sweet and sour fish balls in the border city are very delicious. May I have the honor of trying them?”
Jinsui smiled and said: “Of course, Miss Yan, please.”
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