Chapter 1072 tell me about the capital
Bai Heran was still a little panicked, but she answered seriously. She told Bai Jinghong: "Because my master is frugal, I rarely eat delicious food in the house. My wife has quarreled with the master several times about this.
But the master's temperament cannot be changed, and later the wife stopped arguing. She only ate some delicious Kyoto every time she went to Beijing to manage her business, and stopped eating when she got home.
I am the wife's servant, so every time my wife goes to Kyoto, I will occasionally get some when my wife buys food."
Bai Jinghong nodded and believed her words, "That Mr. Liu is really a good master in keeping money."
"The master is really reluctant to spend money. The wife goes out to buy food by herself, and the flowers are saved by herself, most of which are given by her parents."
Bai Heran was a little angry when he said this.
Bai Jinghong smiled, "Eat quickly. Although it is not as delicious as the meatloaf in Kyoto, it is better than the local ones in Lancheng.
You are right, the crust is just too thick and the broth cannot be in.
The crust on the other end of Kyoto is very thin. When baking, the soup of the meat will seep in. It will make you crispy and smooth when you bite, and it will be very fragrant.
Unfortunately, I found a lot of chefs, but I couldn’t make that taste.”
After hearing her say this, Bai Heran remembered that when he was in Duke Wen's mansion, the old lady also liked to eat meat pies and specially ordered a chef to cook in the mansion.
Later, she taught the method of making meat pies to the people on her side, so she could also eat hot meat pies.
That kind of cake is really delicious. There are shops in the capital that sell them specifically, but the wealthy families have their own skills. They will not go out to queue up to buy them. They will invite the chef to make them at home, or send someone to learn, and learn to make them in the mansion for their masters to eat.
The shop selling cakes are also willing to sell them to these high-ranking officials and powerful officials. After all, in Kyoto, any child may be a nobleman of the princess. If he accidentally offended his shop, no matter how delicious his shop is, it will not be able to be opened.
When Bai Jinghong was in Duke Wenguo's Mansion, in order to maintain her mystery, Daye rarely asked her to go out. Therefore, Bai Heran analyzed that the meat pie that Bai Jinghong missed should be the meat pie in Jinrong Courtyard in Duke Wenguo's Mansion. It was made by the chef from the old lady. She ate it occasionally a few times, but now she is far away from her hometown and is thinking about it.
The two sat at the table and ate a few bites. Bai Jinghong put down the chopsticks first, "It's so boring, I can't make the taste I want in every one.
Xiaoju, do you eat more in Zhangjia Town?”
Bai Heran thought for a while and nodded: "It is inclined toward Kyoto, because Zhangjia Town has a wharf, and almost every day there are a large number of people from Beijing who travel back and forth to Zhangjia Town. Gradually, there are many shops with Beijing flavors. Even people from Beijing come to Zhangjia Town to buy stores and open a shop to make money.
Therefore, the taste of Zhangjia Town is basically not much different from that of Beijing.”
As she said this, she also looked at Bai Jinghong, pretending to be unaware and asked, "Is Madam also from Kyoto?"
Bai Jinghong shook his head, "No, I was born in a town, and later, by chance, I went to Kyoto to live for a while, so I am more familiar with the food there.
Xiaoju, what day did you go from the boat in Zhangjia Town?
Is the New Year over?"
Bai Heran thought for a while and said, "It's not considered the end of the New Year. We celebrated the New Year on the seventh day of the lunar month. It's not considered the end of the fifteen years! The boat sailed for a whole month, and when we arrived in Lancheng, it was considered to be completely over."
"I left on the seventh day of the lunar month."
Bai Jinghong thought for a while and asked her again, "Did Da Nian live in Zhangjia Town?"
"I lived in Zhangjia Town."
Bai Heran said.
"But the New Year in the mansion didn't count how to spend it. The master was in a bad mood and the wife was in a bad mood. She didn't even make dumplings during the New Year. She just passed it in a daze.
I went to the capital before the New Year. At that time, the master was still there, so my wife took us servants to Beijing to buy New Year’s goods.”
Bai Jinghong's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Where do you buy when you go to Beijing?
I will mention a few places, and you can tell me if I know.
Have you heard of Wenguo Duke's Mansion?"
Bai Heran thought he was right. Bai Jinghong, who was in a foreign land, really wanted to inquire about the situation in Beijing, but she shook her head, "I haven't heard of it. There are too many people in the capital, and even if someone has ever mentioned it, I can't remember it."
Bai Jinghong was a little disappointed, but was unwilling to give up, so he asked again: "Have you heard of the Pavilion of Emperors of Heaven and Life?"
Bai Heran nodded, "I have heard of it. The Pavilion of Emperor Xiansheng is very famous. It is said that it is a clinic specially opened for the poor. It is not a waste to go there for medical treatment.
But it seems that no one is showing it to everyone. Once, our master was dealing with a business in Beijing and accidentally got cold and wanted to save some money to go to Jinsheng Pavilion to take advantage of it. As a result, people said that he had to spend money on medical treatment because he did not comply with the rules of free medical consultations at Jinsheng Pavilion.
The master complained about this for many days after he went home, and I remember it very clearly.”
Bai Jinghong became interested when she heard that she knew about the Pavilion of Emperor Life, "Good Xiaoju, you can say more. You can say as much as you know about the Pavilion of Emperor Life. I want to hear it.
Especially in the past six months, what has the Pavilion of Emperor Xiansheng done?"
Bai Heran scratched his head, "Madam, I don't know much. Some of them listen to the people when they go to Kyoto, and some say when they listen to gossip in the Liu Mansion. Occasionally, the lady and the master can also say something, but they are all used as gossip. It's not sure whether it's true or not! Madam, why do you ask these things?"
"No reason, I also want to listen to gossip."
Bai Jinghong picked up the spoon and drank the porridge, "Xiaoju, tell me, no matter whether it is true or false, or whoever you heard, you will say whatever you have heard, just think I am bored, just think you are a storyteller, tell me some interesting things about the capital, and just let me pass the time."
Bai Heran nodded in confusion, "If you are just gossiping, then I can still talk. After all, I have to go to the capital two or three times a month with my wife. After a while, I have really heard a lot of gossiping.
Let’s talk about the Jinsheng Pavilion. More than half a year ago, there was a flood in Qingzhou. I heard that the Princess Tianci brought the doctor from Jinsheng Pavilion to the house. At that time, a medical team was formed. Not only did Jinsheng Pavilion go to the house, but other clinics also went to the house. The huge team lined up with the elders, and it is said that a prince also went there!"
"Is it the tenth prince?"
Bai Jinghong asked, "The tenth prince is Princess Tianci's fiancée. Was he accompanied him?"
"Then I don't know."
Bai Heran shook his head, "I can't tell the difference between this prince and that prince. I heard that the prince who went with Princess Tianci was born like a god and looked very beautiful."
"Like a god?"
Bai Jinghong thought for a while and said firmly, "That's not the tenth prince, but the fourth prince."
After saying that, he smiled, "She is really capable. So many princes are surrounding her, willing to stand up for her and help her."
"Who are the lady talking about?"
Bai Heran leaned his head and looked puzzled, "Xiaoju can't understand the wife's words."
"You don't have to understand, just continue talking, and then talk about the Heavenly Princess in this life Pavilion."
So she thought for a while and continued, "The Emperor's Life Pavilion is very famous. Whether in Kyoto or in Zhangjia Town, everyone knows it whenever the Emperor's Life Pavilion is mentioned, and everyone praises the Princess Tianci.
It is said that Princess Tianci has been in Qingzhou for a long time, and when she comes back, it is almost the Chinese New Year, and the floods in Qingzhou have been cured.
Madam, there is nothing to say about the Pavilion of Heavenly Life. It’s just that I’m going to see a doctor all day long to save people. People often get favors and kowtow at the door of the Pavilion of Heavenly Life. Anyway, these are the things that come and go back and forth.
It was the New Year that there was a big noise in Tianjing, and there was a particularly big noise, so our Zhangjia Town was also involved.”
"oh?"
Bai Jinghong was stunned, “Is there a big noise?
What's going on?"
Bai Heran looked around, pretended to be careful, and lowered his voice and said, "It seems that someone is going to rebel! That night, there were many soldiers coming out of somewhere. They rushed to Shangdu from all directions. There were also many soldiers passing by in Zhangjia Town. When they passed by, they even smashed them and smashed the gates of our mansion.
Later, it seemed that it was getting late and I would not waste time on the road, so those people broke the door and left without having to rob it.
But before leaving, I heard someone say that after slaughtering the capital, we will come to slaughter Zhangjia Town. The key point is that our Liu family must snatch them all."
“What about it later?
Has Shangdu City been slaughtered?"
Bai Jinghong also became nervous.
Bai Heran smiled, "Of course, it was not slaughtered, otherwise how could the servant and wife come to Lancheng intact?
It is said that the rebel generals gathered 200,000 troops that night, but in the end they were all killed by Princess Tianci. I don’t know how they were killed. Anyway, Princess Tianci is very powerful.
On the second day of the lunar calendar, the Beijing officials came to Zhangjia Town to appease the people and paid a lot of money."
Bai Jinghong was stunned, "As the 200,000 troops were killed by her?
When did she become so powerful?”
"Who does the lady say?
Is the Princess of Heaven?
Does the lady know Princess Tianci?”
Bai Jinghong shook his head, "I don't know you, I just heard that she is the second lady of Duke Wen Guo's Mansion. She was not welcomed before and was almost tortured to death at home.
But later, when I returned to my hometown, I became a different person when I came back, and I was both sharp and capable, and my family was no match for her.
She took revenge on those who had persecuted her one by one.”
She asked Bai Heran after saying this, "Xiaoju, have you really never heard of Duke Wenguo Mansion?
You think about it again.”
Bai Heran opened his eyes wide and seemed surprised, "Duke Wenguo's mansion is the home of Princess Tianci?
Madam, you have asked this a long time ago, and I have heard of it.
But that home is gone now, and Princess Tianci burned it."
Chapter completed!