Chapter 200 The Queen's Strangeness

Su Wan gave the purse with the reward money to the maid, and asked about the customs and folkways of Xiliang, and asked some questions about the Queen of Xiliang.

When the maid mentioned the Queen of Xiliang, she couldn't help but say: "The previous emperor had two princes and a princess. Our current queen is a pearl in the sea of ​​​​the previous emperor who was exiled to the people. She is a wise ruler with both literary and military skills. Under her rule, Xiliang is becoming more and more powerful. The queen and the male queen are deeply in love and gave birth to a pair of twins, which is a good omen for our Xiliang."

Su Wan smiled: "Take me to the kitchen."

"Okay, you come with me." The maid took Su Wan to the kitchen.

The ingredients in the kitchen are all available.

All the way to Xiliang, the food is rough. The regent has a picky taste and is not in good health. Only when it happens to be a small town, county town, or prefectural city at mealtime, Su Wan will give some money and cook for him herself.

The regent had not eaten since last night, so Su Wan planned to cook a pot of millet porridge, and then make a fish soup and egg soup.

The regent did not like fish because it had fish bones. Su Wan took off a cloak, and the empty kitchen seemed cold. She shivered and asked the maid to close the kitchen door.

She washed the millet and put it in the pot to cook, then selected a herring weighing about half a pound, slaughtered and processed the internal organs, removed the fish bones, put it in boiling water and cooked it, poured the prepared sauce on the fish, and sprinkled a little ginger.

The maid stood aside and watched in a daze. It was done like this?

She looked at the fish on the plate. It was bright yellow in color, and the sauce was not thick or oily, very clear, and it looked very appetizing.

"Help me find a food box." Su Wan brought out the egg custard with a handkerchief, poured the sauce on it, and sprinkled it with chopped green onions.

"Please wait a moment." The maid hurried to get the food box.

Su Wan prepared a bowl of thick millet porridge and placed it on the bottom layer, fish soup and egg soup on the top layer, put on a cloak and carried the food box to the regent's room.

Luo Cheng had already arrived, and the regent had stood up and was discussing with him.

When Su Wan came, the two had just finished their discussion.

Luo Cheng was covered in dust, and he smiled and said: "Miss, I will go to wash up first."

"Okay, I will tell the maid to ask the kitchen to prepare meals for you." Su Wan put down the food box, sent Luo Cheng out, and told the maid guarding the door: "You go and ask the cook to cook a table of sumptuous meals."

The maid lowered her eyebrows and responded: "Yes." She turned and left.

When Su Wan returned to the room, he saw the regent washed his hands and sat at the table.

"Are you feeling better?" Su Wan closed the door, walked quickly to the table, opened the lunch box, took out the fish soup and egg soup, and finally put a bowl of millet porridge in front of him: "Eat it while it's hot."

The fire was burning in the room, and Su Wan sat down by the stove to warm his hands, and his frozen fingers were slightly relieved.

"Why don't you bring a hand warmer when you go out? It's cold in winter, you don't have to cook yourself. My usual cook came with Luo Cheng, and the next meal will be prepared by the cook." The regent saw Su Wan's red fingers and frowned: "Have you eaten?"

"I have eaten." Su Wan urged: "Eat quickly, this porridge nourishes the stomach."

The regent said no more, ate two mouthfuls of porridge, then two mouthfuls of tender egg custard, and finally tasted the fish soup.

The fish meat is smooth and tender, and tastes like crab soup, without any bones. It can be seen that Su Wan is too attentive to his food.

"Do you want to go out for a walk today?" The regent ate some food and felt a little better: "Father will accompany you for a walk."

"No, I want to sleep." Su Wan was worried that if he went out at this time, he would hear people talking about the empress.

The empress and the queen had a deep love for each other and gave birth to a pair of twins. Hearing this, he was afraid that thousands of arrows would pierce his heart.

Su Wan couldn't bear it.

Even if he would know sooner or later, he wanted him to have some peace today.

"Okay, you go to sleep, I'll read a book." The regent put down his chopsticks, rinsed his mouth with water, drank a few sips of hot water, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and leaned on the soft couch.

The soft couch was covered with a piece of fox fur, which was very warm.

Su Wan left and went back to his room to write a letter to Gu Huaizhi.

Jiang Cheng entered the regent's room and reported the news he had heard: "My Lord, the Queen of Xiliang is the daughter of General Qi. She married the son of General Weiyuan and was canonized as the Queen. The two have a deep relationship and have a pair of twins. There are several male concubines in the harem, but the Queen only favors the male queen."

The Regent's face was calm and calm. He covered his mouth and coughed a few times: "You leave. I know what's going on."

If it were normal, he would definitely be unwilling and jealous.

But now that his health is getting worse day by day, the Regent thinks that it's good now. He won't live long, and she is so young, and her life is not half over yet, it's good to have someone around to accompany her.

Even if it's so clear, it's still hard to let it go.

The child born to Qi Min and another man has been loved by his parents since childhood.

His child has suffered since childhood, with a mother but not around, just recognized as a father, and is about to lose his father.

It's heartbreaking.

The regent recalled Su Wan's cautious look just now, and was afraid that he would feel uneasy because of Qi Min's marriage. His heart seemed to be tightly grasped by a hand.

He didn't know the purpose of this trip, which made Su Wan sad.

That night, the things given by the palace filled the room of the regent and Su Wan.

Su Wan didn't know what the regent felt in his heart, but she looked at the things in the room and couldn't sleep all night.

This special treatment was enough to show that the queen recognized them.

On the evening of the second day, Su Wan and the regent entered the palace together.

The Queen of Xiliang welcomed the envoys from the three countries in Junhua Hall.

Su Wan and the Regent arrived the latest, and the people from the other three countries had already arrived.

The two sat down under the guidance of the palace maid.

The people from several countries nodded slightly, which was considered a greeting.

Su Wan looked at the seat on the high seat, and the Queen of Xiliang had not arrived yet. She felt a sense of tension for no reason, clasped her hands together, and her eyes fell on the exquisite pastries in front of her.

"Don't worry, father won't lose his composure." The Regent patted the back of her hand and let her relax.

Su Wan smiled at him.

The Regent picked up a piece of pastry for her with chopsticks and handed it to her lips: "This is a special pastry of Xiliang, you try it, it tastes good."

Su Wan opened her mouth and bit a bite of the black pastry, which tasted slightly sour. She frowned and chewed it, and a hint of sweetness came, and her appetite was instantly opened.

"The Queen and the Queen are here!" The eunuch at the door of the hall sang loudly.

Su Wan looked towards the entrance of the palace and met a pair of peaceful eyes. The empress's inquiring eyes wandered between her and the regent, and finally fixed on the half-eaten dessert in the regent's hand. A strange look flashed across her eyes.

She did not see the complexity of meeting the regent after a long separation in the empress's eyes, but instead saw curiosity and doubt, as if she suspected that she and the regent had a romantic relationship.

Su Wan's mind buzzed, and she realized a serious problem. The empress was not Qi Min!