Chapter One Thousand and Nine
Shangguan Wanru returned to Prince An's Mansion from Rui Wangfu, and went to the main courtyard where Princess An was located to ask for peace, and after seeing her return to her courtyard for dinner, she played a tune with a flute to listen to Zhuan'er, which was not very good, but finally it would not be intermittent, and Zhuan Er fell asleep peacefully in her relatively smooth flute.
After Zhuan'er fell asleep, Shangguan Wanru, who had been wrapping zongzi for a day, was too tired, so she went to the bathroom to soak in a flower bath under the waiter of the maid, and then came out to read a book for a while.
When her hair was dry, she said to the maid waiting beside her, "You all stand down, I'm going to bed." ”
"The county lord went to bed so early tonight?"
"Well, I'm a little tired today and want to go to bed early. ”
After waiting for Shangguan Wanru to sleep, the maid left a small lamp and then withdrew.
Shangguan Wanru had just laid down on the bed when she heard the sound of a flute.
Shangguan Wanru sat up at once! Finally came, she had waited so long and didn't hear the flute again, if it weren't for the fact that the booklet really existed, she would have thought that she was dreaming that day!
She quickly got out of bed, walked to the desk, prepared the pen and paper, and carefully identified every note in the song.
The melodious tune was played again and again, and then the night was getting deeper and it stopped.
Shangguan Wanru compared the contents of the booklet in her memory one by one, and translated the meaning she wanted to express in the song.
Then Shangguan Wanru was shocked!
Thinking she had mistranslated, she re-translated the notes twice more to make sure she had made no mistake.
He needs Xiao'er's blood? With Xiao'er's blood, he will definitely be able to accumulate enough strength to avenge the crown prince within ten years?
What is the rationale for this?
Shangguan Wanru couldn't figure it out.
She had to ask him why he needed Xiao'er's blood.
So Shangguan Wanru translated the words she wanted to ask into notes, and then expressed them in a tune, which was a bit difficult for her, but Shangguan Wanru knew that if she wanted to help Gong Zixuan avenge her, it would definitely be indispensable to use the flute to spread the word, so she buried her head in serious study.
The night slowly deepened, and it was not until the rooster crowed that she stumbled to finish writing a song and saying what she wanted to express.
Although Shangguan Wanru was anxious to ask why, she also knew that the music she composed would definitely not be good to hear, and she couldn't blow the magic sound in the middle of the night, so she could only wait for tomorrow when she practiced and take the opportunity to blow it.
She lay back on the bed, and although she was very tired from making a tune, she did not feel sleepy at all.
I always thought about why that person needed Xiao'er's blood, what did Xiao'er's blood do? Although it didn't take much blood, just a few drops, it wouldn't have any effect on Xiao'er's life, but ......
Shangguan Wan didn't dare to think about it consciously.
It was getting brighter, and she fell asleep in her thoughts.
The next morning, Xiao'er got up and went to the kitchen to see if the zongzi were ripe.
Because some zongzi are made with beans such as red beans, mung beans and peanuts, the zongzi must be boiled in water overnight.
After cooking for a night, the beans in it are all soft and glutinous, and if the pork belly is still put in the filling, the fat of the pork belly has melted, and this kind of zongzi is very delicious!
Xiao'er's favorite food is this kind of boiled pork belly, which is not greasy at all.
Yang Liu picked a red bean, peanut, scallop, and salted meat dumpling for Xiao'er to try.
As soon as the zongzi leaves are opened, the white and green zongzi are exposed, and the unique fragrance of bamboo leaves comes with the aroma of zongzi.
"It's so fragrant!" Xiao'er couldn't help but take a deep breath, then took a knife to cut the zongzi in the middle, and glanced at the pork belly inside, the fat on it had melted.
She forked a mouthful of zongzi with a fork and put it in her mouth, and paid for it: "The heat is just right, the taste is just right, it's ready to be cooked, and then send two strings to the county lord and the two of them, remember to send them the ones they made their own."
In addition, I will load two more baskets, and I will ask Brother Shangguan to bring them into the palace for a while to compensate the emperor, the queen and the queen mother. I have to give my father and mother, the ...... of the Marquis of Zhongyong," Xiao'er carefully instructed the person to send.
"Yes!" Yang Mei carefully noted Xiao'er's instructions, and then went to arrange.
Xiao'er returned to her house with a plate containing two zongzi.
The other maids followed her with the others.
Shangguan Xuanyi just finished practicing martial arts and finished freshening up.
"Brother Shangguan, the zongzi is ready, this is your favorite mung bean millet and salted meat dumpling, come and pay it off!" Xiao'er personally dismantled the zongzi leaves for Shangguan Xuanyi.
Shangguan Xuanyi sat down at the round table, then stretched out his hand to hold Xiao'er and motioned for her to sit beside him: "Don't be busy, just let the maid do this." ”
Xiao'er sat down and fed him a mouthful of zongzi: "Is it delicious?"
Shangguan Xuanyi nodded: "It's delicious!"
He is an extremely picky person about everything, especially eating, but he loves to eat the food made by Xiao'er himself, even if he couldn't eat anything before, as long as it was made by Xiao'er, he could eat it.
In front of Xiao'er, he, an extremely critical person, became not picky about anything.
Anyway, Xiao'er thinks he's pretty easy to support.
"After entering the palace in a while, you bring two baskets of zongzi to the queen mother and the queen mother, and then they will compensate for it. Zongzi is made of glutinous rice, the Queen Mother is old, remember to remind her not to eat too much at a time, otherwise it will be difficult to restrain her. ”
Shangguan Xuanyi only nodded when he heard this, and did not speak.
The Queen Mother had a cold a while ago, and she has no appetite for a while, even if Xiao'er gives her zongzi, she may not eat it.
But no matter whether the Queen Mother eats it or not, these superficial efforts still have to be done.
After breakfast, Yangmei brought in two food baskets, Xiao'er took it, opened it and looked at it, only to see that some fresh fruits were put in it, she nodded, and then handed it to Shangguan Xuanyi: "Remember to remind the Queen Mother, father and mother, zongzi can't be eaten too much at a time." ”
"Good. Shangguan Xuanyi nodded, took the food basket, and then entered the palace.
After Shangguan Xuanyi entered the palace, Xiao'er ordered Yangliu Yangmei to take many maids to start making zongzi.
Because there are many subordinates in the Ruiwang Mansion and Shangguan Xuanyi's subordinates, Xiao'er wants to take care of everyone who does their best for their husband and wife, so during the Dragon Boat Festival, in addition to the previous rituals, she also plans to give each person two zongzi.
Although there are not many, the zongzi are made of ingredients in the space, and they are absolutely delicious.
These high-quality zongzi are not cheap to sell in restaurants, and they are out of stock every day, and many people can't buy them if they want to.
So a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival, Xiao'er took people to wrap zongzi for three days to get enough points!
After eating the zongzi, those subordinates and the guards all felt: this is the most delicious zongzi they have ever eaten, there is no one!