Traveling to the ancient harem

Chapter 275: The Minister of Industry Asks for Advice

Ningyuxuan.

After hearing what Eunuch Ai said, the retired emperor instantly felt unbalanced. It was fine if An Ning and the unfilial son ate the wontons, and it was also understandable that Eunuch Yu ate it, but even a young eunuch who was guarding the gate got to eat it, and Concubine Huang said that she had a good relationship with him, so why didn't she think of sending him a bowl at this time.

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that Huangpin was disloyal. She even said that she was his best neighbor. No, he had to go find her. No matter what, he had to eat the wonton.

Eunuch Ai fully agreed with the retired emperor's decision to go to Ningyuxuan. Wasn't he also very greedy when the little eunuch said that? Seeing the retired emperor walking towards Ningyuxuan in a menacing manner, he hurriedly followed. It seemed that the retired emperor's efforts that had lasted for half a day were not in vain.

An Ning also realized at this time that she should go to Qiyun Palace to report to her father first. After all, he is the elder and is worried about her: "I'm sorry, father, An Ning knows I was wrong."

"I can't bear to talk to you, you have no conscience." The emperor said with a hint of meaning: "Girl from the Huang family, I heard that your Ningyuxuan sent some wontons to the emperor, and they are said to be delicious..."

Huang Ye now understood why the emperor had glared at her just now. He had only heard about it but had not eaten it: "I was in a hurry this morning and didn't make much." She would never say that she had forgotten about the emperor at all.

"What about noon? There is no time at noon?" the emperor asked hurriedly.

"It's not suitable to eat that at noon. It... isn't filling." Huang Ye found an excuse: "Maybe later. I'll let Hongdou deliver it to you when I make it." That should be fine, right?

"No, I want to eat wontons." The emperor was unreasonable and he was not easy to appease: "I won't leave if I can't eat today."

"There is twice-cooked pork at noon. Your Majesty, don't you want to eat it?" Hongdou asked the emperor.

The emperor was silent for a moment. How could he say that he didn't know what twice-cooked pork was? "That's fine, let's eat the wontons next time." He put the twice-cooked pork in his mouth first.

Huang Ye knew this would happen: "Hongdou, go and arrange for Lungdou to cook two more dishes." Suddenly, two more mouths to feed.

Seeing that Hongdou had gone down, Huang Ye led the emperor to the dining room. The meal was homely white rice, and the dish was…

The emperor looked at the dishes on the table with envy: "An Ning, do you eat lunch here every day?"

"I only ate here at noon and in the evening before, but I decided this morning that I will have three meals a day here from now on." An Ning was not one to read other people's expressions, so she answered proudly.

The emperor also wanted to say that he would come here to eat three meals a day in the future, but when he thought about the fact that he was trying to lose weight, it was okay to eat here occasionally, but if he ate here every day, wouldn’t all the weight loss be in vain?

The emperor is actually a man of strong will. If he says he wants to lose weight, he will stick to it, although... he will waver sometimes.

The table in Ningyuxuan's dining room is big. There are no rules in Huangye anyway, so Hongdou and Eunuch Ai always eat lunch together. Eunuch Ai is used to it now, and he will not refuse as long as someone asks him to sit down and eat.

Eunuch Ai was a little embarrassed to pick up the food, but Hongdou was diligent and always took good care of him. This made Eunuch Ai feel like seeing his own family member, and he often privately gave Hongdou some of the good things he had saved up.

"Eunuch Ai, have you reported the matter of building a tree house for the prince?" Hongdou thought of this matter. Now that everything has been almost resolved, this matter should be put on the agenda.

"I have already handed the drawings to the Ministry of Works. They said they will send someone to check it out tomorrow at the latest." Eunuch Ai replied quickly.

When he took the blueprint to the Ministry of Works yesterday, almost everyone in the ministry was shocked and ran over to see it. Not only was the blueprint exquisitely designed, but the size and proportions were clear at a glance. The Minister of Works couldn't let the blueprint go and said that it was a waste of Concubine Huang's talent to stay in the harem. A talent like her would definitely be an outstanding pillar in their Ministry of Works.

"That's good." Huang Ye felt relieved now that the matter was settled. Now that almost everything was in place, the only thing she had to worry about next was opening the restaurant this year.

"Girl from the Huang family, can you serve another plate of this twice-cooked pork?" The emperor looked at Huang Ye ingratiatingly. Although he also felt that this girl was difficult to talk to, he just wanted to give it a try. Who knows, there might be a surprise.

"Your Majesty, you are on a diet and cannot eat so much meat." Huang Ye was too lazy to say anything to him. He almost ate half of the plate of twice-cooked pork, and almost half of the pot of braised beef with radish. If Hongdou had not been quick and scooped a spoonful for everyone, he might have finished the beef by himself.

"Then..." The emperor said embarrassedly: "Next time...next time." He only found out today that the food in Ning Yuxuan was so delicious. It seems that he needs to come here more often in the future.

the next day.

The emperor personally issued an edict in the court, allowing Princess An Ning and her husband Xu Yan to divorce, and ordered the Ministry of Works to select a place to build a princess mansion. This princess mansion should have been built long before Princess An Ning got married. Generally, most princesses live in princess mansions after they get married.

At that time, An Ning felt that Xu Yan treated her very well, and she was willing to marry into the Xu family as a princess, so the princess's mansion was not built. Now that she is divorced, it is not a good idea to live in the palace all the time. With a princess's mansion, she will have a place to settle down.

There was an uproar in the court. In all the years since the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, there had been no precedent of a princess divorcing. However, with the incident of Xuan Chengzi the day before, everyone just talked about it, but no one stood up to say anything. Even the stubborn Censor Zhao had a wooden face and did not say anything.

Ningyuxuan.

When Huang Ye came back from paying his respects in Kunning Palace, he saw an official in his forties sitting in the corridor of Ningyuxuan. Xiao Xiangzi was serving tea to the official. When he saw Huang Ye coming back, the official hurriedly stood up to greet him. Huang Ye turned sideways and received a half-salute. This was Lord Yin, the Minister of Works.

"Madam Huang, I have never seen such an easy-to-understand design drawing. Can you help me solve this puzzle?"

"Lord Yin, our queen hasn't had breakfast yet." Hongdou said. This Lord Yin is really short-sighted. Hasn't he seen that the queen hasn't eaten yet?

Lord Yin was embarrassed and quickly clasped his fists and bowed: "It is my fault for neglecting this. Your Majesty, please eat first. It won't be too late to talk about it after dinner."

"It's okay." Huang Ye waved her hand and asked Hongdou to move a table out of the house. She put the blueprint on the table: "I'll just eat here in a while. We can talk about the blueprint while eating." The key point is that she wants to build the prince's tree house as soon as possible.