Unparalleled Concubine

   Chapter 33 The Wei Palace

   In the upper circle of power, if you want to eat well, it is unrealistic to hide at home alone. You have to interact with people in this circle, or in other words, you have to have your own connections.

   In addition, there is only another way, and that is to be an orphan. However, being an orphan requires the absolute trust of the emperor. It is not so easy to do, and not everyone can do it.

   The current Li Xin is the kind of person who has no connections in the capital, and this invitation from the Seventh Prince is to share some of his connections with Li Xin.

   In a sense, this thin invitation is no lighter than the deed that Cui Jiuniang handed over yesterday, and even more than 10% of the Deyi Lou.

  Li Xin didn't hesitate, put this exquisitely crafted invitation card into his sleeve, and then smiled softly: "Thank you, Your Highness, for your consideration, and I will definitely attend the banquet on time tomorrow."

If you refused to be proud of the building in front, you can also use no merit and not get paid, but if this invitation is rejected again, it will not give face to the seventh prince. Li Xin is not someone who doesn’t know what’s wrong. He can be in the capital now. In this situation, the Seventh Prince took a lot of energy out of it.

   Seventh Prince Ji Wen smiled contentedly. He held the half-eaten fried chicken leg with one hand and patted Li Xin on the shoulder with the other.

   "Li Xin, you are very good."

   In the entire capital, there are not many people who can know how to advance and retreat, and this young man from Yongzhou in front of him not only knows how to advance and retreat, but also knows how to measure, which makes the seventh prince of the Great Jin very satisfied.

   As he said, he took another bite of the fried chicken leg made by Li Xin, and praised: "Also, your cooking skills are so good, you are much more skilled than the cooks raised in my family."

   Having said this, the seventh prince glanced at Li Xin strangely, and asked, "It is said that your life in Yongzhou was not very good. How did you come up with something that was either mutton or chicken?"

Because of TV dramas, people in later generations have more or less misunderstandings about the living conditions in ancient times. In fact, because of the backward productivity, in most of the ancient times, ordinary people could not have enough to eat. Fifty percent of the people have enough to eat, and that is a prosperous world.

   As for people from a poor family like Li Xin, except for some oily smells during Chinese New Year, the rest of the year often sees no meat throughout the year, or even eats refined grains throughout the year.

  Li Xin's situation in Yongzhou, the Seventh Prince had sent someone to understand, so he was a little curious about the food that Li Xin made.

Li Xin was stunned for a while, then lowered his head and smiled and said, "I have never eaten pork, but I have always seen pigs run away. When I was in Yongzhou, I couldn't eat meat, so I kept thinking about what to do when I got rich someday. , After a long time, I figured out a few ways, but I didn't expect that after I figured it out, His Highness liked it quite a bit."

The Seventh Prince obviously didn't believe Li Xin's statement, but he didn't pursue it. After all, everyone had some secrets in their hearts. In a blink of an eye, a chicken leg was eaten by him, and he took out a piece of it from his arms. Zhang Fangpa, after wiping his mouth, smiled at Li Xin and said, "You have to write down this method of chicken drumsticks for me when you go back, and after returning home, I will let the servants at home learn to do it too. "

   Li Xin smiled and nodded.

   "Write it down for Your Highness later."

  While the two of them were talking, Xiao Jiu, the girl who came with the seventh prince, also finished eating the fried chicken thighs in her hand. She wiped her oily hands and mouth, and looked at the seventh prince with an unfulfilled expression.

"Anymore?"

   Her tone was a little naive.

Only then did Li Xin secretly glance at the maid of the seventh prince, and saw that the girl was wearing a small blue jacket, looking like she was fifteen or sixteen years old, with a delicate double flat bun and bangs hanging down. Beneath his jet-black hair are a pair of big eyes, and his facial features are also very atmospheric.

   is a standard beauty.

   However, Li Xin only glanced at it, and did not continue to read.

As Seventh Young Master said, this girl was the maid he took with him since he was a child, so she was considered as the Seventh Young Master's imprisoned child, and others could not see it. Although Li Xin had a love for beauty, he was not one who liked to die. people.

   The law and order in this era is very poor. People who kill for a woman are everywhere. What is even more terrifying is that this seventh prince does not break the law when he kills!

  The seventh prince gave Xiao Jiu an angry look.

   "My daughter's family has no rules at all. Didn't you see that I was discussing matters with Young Master Li, how did you know to eat?"

  Xiaojiu was a little unconvinced. She glanced at Ji Wen, the seventh prince, and Li Xin next to her, and finally said a little aggrieved: "Isn't they full..."

  Li Xin glanced at this little girl in surprise.

In this era of strict hierarchy, generally no maid dares to talk to the master like this, and the seventh prince does not seem to be angry at all. In this case, either the girl is not a maid, or the seventh prince has spoiled her since childhood. , so that she exceeded the duty of master and servant.

In the end, it was Li Xin who broke the deadlock. He smiled and said, "Your Highness, Miss Jiu, the chicken legs are gone. If you two like it, you can get some and send them to His Royal Highness's house another day. Today, there are only a few left at home. Chicken, if you don't dislike it, go down and get it for the two of you."

At this time, it was just like Shi Shizheng, that is, around ten o'clock in the morning, Qi Gongzi and Xiao Jiu both came over for breakfast, and the two of them were not planning to have lunch at Li Xin's place, but after the two fried chicken legs just now After that, both of them moved their index fingers and nodded involuntarily.

Li Xin simply chopped the two chickens with their legs off into chicken pieces, and then made a big pot of braised chicken pieces. Everything, especially the chili in the pot, made Li Xin drool secretly.

  The so-called “spicy” is dogwood. Before chili was introduced into China, China mainly relied on dogwood, garlic and **** to make spicy taste.

For this meal, the seventh prince and Xiao Jiu both ate two big bowls of rice. When they finally said their goodbyes, they walked out of Li Xin's yard against the wall. Li Xin sent them both to the door of the yard. With his bulging belly, he opened his mouth and said, "Li Xin, you have to write down how to make this chicken. When you come to my house for a banquet tomorrow, just bring it to me!"

   Li Xin smiled and said, "Okay, when I go to His Highness tomorrow, I will definitely bring it to His Highness."

  The Seventh Prince waved his hand: "If your Highness is not Your Highness, you can just call me Young Master in private."

   Li Xin smiled and said nothing.

   I didn't know the identity of the Seventh Prince before, so it doesn't matter what you call him. Now that his identity is open, he still needs to pay attention to what he is called. Li Xin doesn't want to cause himself any trouble because of the title.

   The little girl wearing a blue and white jacket stretched out and pulled Li Xin's sleeve, with little stars in her eyes.

   "Mr. Li, can you go home with me? I want to eat the food you cook..."

  Li Xin looked at the Seventh Prince speechlessly.

   Seventh Prince Ji Wen's face darkened, he stretched out his hand and pulled Xiao Jiu over, and said with a dark face, "What are you talking about, cooking is just a hobby, and it's just for fun, how can I cook for you every day?"

   As he spoke, he pulled Xiao Jiu's clothes, and the two gradually moved away.

  Li Xin watched the two leave, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

   What is certain at present is that these two people are by no means master-servant relationship.

   He took out the purple invitation card from his sleeve. The invitation card was made of wood, with exquisite workmanship and a scent. Li Xin took a deep breath and opened the invitation card.

   There are several large characters written on the address of the invitation.

   "Yonglefang, Wei Wangfu."

   (end of this chapter)