Chapter 45 Openness and honesty
Shi Chaoli didn't expect that Queen Zhang would still have to summon Liu Yongxi with her skirt in this situation, but since the Empress had arranged it, she had to do it, otherwise what would be the use of asking him as an insult?
Therefore, he could only follow up with his teeth: "Empress, be careful!"
Zhang Yan has a lot of thoughts now. She was born in the prosperous Wanli era and entered the palace in the first year of Tianqi. She has seen prosperous scenery since childhood. Although she has heard that many people's sufferings are also pity for the people of the world, she knows almost nothing about the real people's sufferings. Therefore, the thorns on the canal are full of bones like mountains, which brings such a huge impact to her.
Fortunately, she has experienced many hardships that cannot be expressed in the past few years. It is these hardships she experienced personally that gave her the courage to continue moving forward.
Although Queen Zhang was wearing casual clothes, her arrival still caused quite a stir in the military camp. Some people even knelt down on the side of the road: "The villain thanked the Empress for her kindness. If the Empress had not been kind to her, our family of six would probably starve to death, let alone eating such delicious horse meat vermicelli!"
Zhang Yan has been almost vomiting these days. Although Liu Yongxi left all the best horse meat to Queen Zhang, and the chef tried his best to change the tricks, it was horse meat vermicelli in the morning, horse meat pilaf at noon, horse meat steamed dumplings at night, and even the night snack was braised horse meat. Queen Zhang really thought horse meat was just that.
But when the queen heard this, she thought Liu Yongxi became cute. She asked casually: "Can you eat horse meat vermicelli every day now?"
The Shandong soldier kneeling on the ground replied, "How is this possible? I have already eaten two bowls of kindness from the empress, but my uncle said that as long as I work hard with the empress, I will definitely be able to eat horse meat vermicelli every day!"
Queen Zhang immediately spoke: "Shi Chaoli, get him another bowl of horse meat vermicelli!"
"Thank you, Empress!" The Shandong soldier was amused: "Our whole family will remember the kindness of Empress for the rest of their lives!"
Zhang Yan soon discovered that her understanding was a bit wrong. The bowl of horse meat vermicelli in her understanding was naturally a bowl of horse meat vermicelli for the whole family of six, but in fact, the whole family shared a bowl of vermicelli. Moreover, there were not many vermicelli, and the horse meat was almost invisible, with only a little floating minced meat and oil stars.
But even such a very limited amount of horse meat vermicelli is not inferior to that of the dragon's liver and phoenix gall in the eyes of this family.
Although everyone was enjoying this bowl of horse meat vermicelli with limited portions in a very restrained manner, the parents and the elderly also gave their share to the two young children as much as possible, but soon even the soup was clean and almost even the bowl was gone. The whole family was so happy that there was nothing more cola-like, and the surroundings were extremely envious and even the sound of swallowing.
After entering the palace at the age of fourteen, Zhang Yan has lived a life of luxury, but she also had hunger experiences, which allowed her to find some long-lasting and extremely warm memories.
Although her family is pretty good, she can't stand the many younger brothers and sisters in the family and can eat them. As an elder sister, she naturally has to give in to her younger brothers and sisters, so she often has to eat hungry. Sometimes, her younger brothers and sisters have not eaten enough and the food is gone. As an elder sister, she must think of a solution while hungry.
Thinking of these long-lasting memories, Zhang Yan not only felt that she wanted to eat a bowl of steaming horse meat vermicelli, but even found that Xiao Chengyi Hou became cute in her heart. She quickly ordered Shi Chaoli: "Thank you for your hard work, soldiers, add a meal to them tonight!"
Seeing the cheering posture below, Shi Chaoli quickly lowered his voice: "Everyone is quiet, now someone can join forces with us!"
After hearing Empress Zhang's notification that she would have a meal tonight, Liu Yongxi felt that things were a bit difficult: "If I had known that the Empress had made arrangements, I would have kept the 300 kilograms of horse meat given to Mrs. Xing. I will try my best to think of a solution now!"
Queen Zhang had already figured out what to do: "If it wasn't enough, there would be some horse meat in the imperial boat."
Speaking of this, she felt that she had lived a luxury these days, and Liu Yongxi comforted her: "My lady, don't worry, there is still a lot of pickled horse meat, but it has to be considered for the long term. After all, there are still thousands of miles to Huai'an here!"
After hearing what Liu Yongxi said, Queen Zhang couldn't help but remember the scene where she ran around for life every day when she was a teenager, and her tone became warm: "Then thank you for your hard work, Xiao Zhenyi!"
She didn't know how lethal she was when she became gentle. Moreover, Queen Zhang looked even more approachable today in a casual outfit. Liu Yongxi was stunned when he saw the gentleness of Queen Zhang, who was usually dignified and solemn, at this moment: "Please rest assured, and make sure that everything is foolproof!"
Queen Zhang nodded with a faint smile on her lips: "Let's go back and have a meal together. I've already, let's change our tricks today!"
Shi Chaoli quickly stood up and said, "My uncle, I have specially arranged this imperial meal for you, saying that you must eat and drink well!"
The actual conditions are very limited. In addition to catching a few river fish, Shi Chaoli only got some home-cooked dishes. However, on both sides of the canal are already more precious than dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder, and Liu Yongxi was naturally very happy: "Thank you, Empress!"
But Empress Zhang suddenly thought of something: "Little Chengyi Bo, I heard that you praised Mrs. Xing in front of the battlefield?"
Liu Yongxi said very cautiously: "This Mrs. Xing is a powerful character, and she is always indifferent to her work. I asked Mr. Tong to go over and deal with her without taking any advantage!"
"Li Zichengcai once handed over all the money and military needs to Mrs. Xing for handling. Gao Yingwu once said that if Mrs. Xing has a general, I can help myself, not be greedy for her. Gao Yingwu is like a tiger with help from Mrs. Xing, so that she can be promoted to guerrillas first and then to deputy generals. Generals will become one with all the generals in the world!"
Although Liu Yongxi praised Mrs. Xing as a flower, he only talked about Mrs. Xing's ability, but he did not mention Mrs. Xing's appearance.
Queen Zhang was very satisfied with this answer: "But I heard that Xiao Chengyi Bo's praise for Mrs. Xing is a bit too enthusiastic, but Gao Jie has always been arrogant and stubborn. If these love words fall into his ears, they may inevitably cause trouble. Xiao Chengyi Bo must be careful!"
Liu Yongxi thought of the answer: "Empress, this is wrong. Gao Jie has always followed Mrs. Xing, so he can achieve his achievements today. The reason why I deliberately get close to Mrs. Xing is entirely for the Empress. As long as I can win over Mrs. Xing, I will be foolproof in this southbound journey!"
Chapter completed!