96. Eating

When I was in the palace, I always wanted to come out, but I didn't think it was anything when I came out a few times, so I just lazily walked around with Li Rui. He was enthusiastic to buy those rough dough sculptures, wooden shelves, ox carts, small flower baskets, silk figures, and paper figures from the street, and he always bought one or twenty of them, all of which were hugged by the attendants, and when he took them, he did not forget to instruct them one by one: "This is for Wanli of Zhenguan Palace, this is for Wang Youyou, this is for Chun Tao......

I worried for him just by hearing the name, and teased: "Brother has already opened the palace and left the palace, and he still knows the personnel in the palace so well, which is really heartfelt." ”

Li Rui smiled: "I don't buy it often, it's just that people put it on my head, I want to bring one with me, and I also bring a few with me, so I simply bought them all, saving people a lot of money." Don't you little ladies like these things?" he said and chose two more maid-like mustaches and put them in his arms.

I heard him say, my mind moved, seriously looked at both sides, although there are many things sold in the market, but they always do not leave the common small things, there are no special things, and the materials and craftsmanship are not as good as in the palace, if Baba brought it in, it seems perfunctory, and I didn't find anything good after walking around, Li Rui walked impatiently, and asked me: "What are you looking for?" Say it and ask them to help you find it. ”

I didn't know what to bring, and remembered that Li Rui was a prodigal son, and he paid attention to it in the girl's pile, so I asked him politely: "Brother gives people things, what do you always give?"

Li Rui didn't understand what I meant, and said: "If it is to offer the prince of the grandmother, it is naturally a horse, treasures, scriptures, and pills. ”

I said, "It's not these, for example, the people close to you, what do you usually give?"

Li Rui said: "The people around you don't have to stick to anything, you can enjoy some silk satin and silk at will." Wang Yuanqi smiled from the side: "If the princess wants to bring things to Cui Niangzi and Wang Niangzi, it is not good here, it is better to buy a few interesting foods, or noodles and fruits, etc., to make them fresh." ”

I clapped my hands and smiled: "That's true, is there a good cold shop around here? Several palace people in my palace said that the cold tao in the market was delicious, and it tasted better than the palace, so I brought a few things in and asked Cui Liufangqi to taste them. ”

Li Rui looked at Wang Yuanqi, Wang Yuanqi smiled and said: "If it's Leng Tao, there is a Leng Tao Hu on the corner over there, his family is a taste from the Western Regions, which is very different from the palace." The palace and the capital mostly use locust leaves, the soup is clear and light, but his home is with Hu'er sauce, with cattle and sheep holes, the taste is very strong, very famous. It's just not good-looking. ”

Li Rui said: "If this is the case, you go and buy twenty bowls, and I will bring some to the people there." "Send Wang Yuanqi over, sure enough, I bought twenty of them with a bowl of noodles, and went to the shop next to me to buy a food box, and asked the attendants to carry it separately, I think this thing may not taste good, but it is better for me to eat a bite first, and then bring it to Wei Huan, so I sat down with Li Rui in the restaurant next to me, and tasted a mouthful, only to feel that the taste of the entrance is very strong, but it is not with dogwood as a material, but has a little taste of chili pepper in the previous life, and suddenly has a great appetite, and ate a bowl of cold Taoyu, I haven't eaten such a spicy thing for a long time, and my face is red, and then look at Li Rui, he also ate most of the bowl, and said while eating: "It's really good. I rolled my eyes and said with a smile: "It's so delicious, it can't be exclusive to the two of us, buy some more, and give it to my grandmother and brother." ”

Li Rui smiled: "If that's the case, it's better to buy this Leng Tao Hu and make Leng Tao for you." ”

I was gulping water, and I was almost choked by these words, and when I saw that Wang Yuanqi had already beckoned someone to go out to buy someone, I hurriedly stopped him: "It's just a bowl of cold tao, why bother! You just go and buy a little more." ”

Wang Yuanqi looked at Li Rui, Li Rui waved his hand and said, "Listen to Erniang." He took people out, and after a long time, he brought dozens of food boxes over, and even the cold Taohu followed, and said in a not very skilled official language: "If the two Lang Jun want to bring it back, why don't they separate the noodles and sauce, and when they get to the house, pour it with soup, and then mix it with the Hu'er sauce handed down by the villain." ”

Li Rui smiled: "In this case, you go in with us, do the cold Tao well, and then send you back." ”

That Leng Tao bowed and said: "The villain has this intention, I don't know where Lang Jun's mansion is, the villain will come home and lead the donkey." ”

Li Rui smiled: "Don't bother. "He ordered the attendant to lead him a horse, and he took me back to the palace from Tianjin Bridge.

That Leng Taohu is obviously not the first time to meet a noble person like us who took him back, on the horse is still at ease, only when he saw the palace gate, he was startled, stammered and shouted "Lang Jun", was booed by Wang Yuanqi, trembling and got off the horse, Li Rui sent a small chamberlain to wait with him outside the palace gate, and brought me in to please see, waiting for a short time, then saw the group come out to welcome us in, and said with a smile: "It's not a coincidence, the saint and the lady just said that they wanted to see the king and the princess, and the two came over." ”

Li Rui said with a smile: "Why bother Sister Tuan to come out in person?" took a pair of silk figures from Wang Yuanqi and gave them to Tuan'er: "The gadgets bought in Tianjin Bridge are not very valuable, and I will get the colorful brocade another day, and I will make a pair of good ones for my sister." ”

Tuan'er smiled: "There is labor." I casually stuffed the silk man into my sleeve, I looked funny, and gave her a golden pill on my sleeve: "Sister Lao, what is Aya A-Niang doing?

Tuan'er understood, smiled and said: "The eldest princess of Yan'an has only entered two Danfang, saying that it was given by overseas real people, and the concubine has tried it personally, which is quite effective, and the two majestys are very happy, and they are setting up a banquet to keep the princess and the concubine. ”

Li Rui's footsteps were stagnant, and he said: "Since there is a banquet, we are abrupt." ”

In fact, I didn't want to see that aunt and grandmother, but unfortunately people had already come in, so it was not good to leave again, so I could only comfort Li Rui and said: "It's okay, let's sit with us for a while and then leave." When he said this, he didn't feel his shoulders droop, and he went in weakly, and when he got closer, his father said with some displeasure: "It's been a long time since someone called you, why did you come at this time?"

Princess Yan'an said with a smile: "Your Majesty is a temporary idea, and Liulang doesn't know that there is a banquet, and it is understandable that he is late when he passes the words back and forth." ”

Mother glanced at her and said lightly: "Since your aunt and grandmother intercede for the two of you, let's spare you first-you still haven't thanked you?" ordered Wan'er to bring wine and asked us to toast Princess Yan'an.

Li Rui and I glanced at each other, the two of them picked up their wine glasses, walked to the princess of Yan'an, and called them "aunt and grandmother", and one of them drank half a cup, and the mother said: "Respect your aunt and grandfather." ”

We saluted the concubine Zhao Gui, but listened to my mother: "All the elders here, you two hold the pot and pour wine to the elders." ”

Princess Yan'an smiled: "They are all teenage children, what elders are not elders? ”

I vaguely sensed what my mother meant, and said: "The young and the old are orderly, although it is between the swallows and the leisure, it is not chaotic." "First pour a glass of wine for Princess Yan'an, Li Rui smiled at me from afar, respectfully served Zhao Guiman, called him "Uncle Grandfather", and then went with me to pour wine to Zhao Dalang, Zhao Erlang and Zhao Liqing, one "uncle" and "aunt", and called the Zhao family again and again: "Don't dare." Zhao Lizhi bowed her head and said nothing.

At this time, the mother smiled a little and said, "I heard that you two brought a Hu person to the palace gate?"

Li Rui said with a smile: "If I go back to my mother, I went to ask about the price of rice, but I couldn't answer, and I was very ashamed, so I often went to the market to inquire, and I took my son out today, which is also for this." Because he saw that the cold tao made by Lengtao Hu in Tianjin Qiaonan was different from the flavor in the palace, he tasted it, but it was quite appetizing, and he thought about letting Aya and A-Niang also taste this novel flavor, so he brought him here, who knew that Aya was setting up a banquet here, and immediately sent someone to send him away, and when the grandmother was free, he called him in. ”

The mother smiled and said, "Since it is a piece of your heart, you might as well ask him to make a few bowls, and it just so happens that your aunt and grandmother are also there, so please try them too." ”

Princess Yan'an obviously didn't want to taste the food in this market, but her mother opened her mouth and had to smile and say: "Since Liulang said yes, then we must taste it." ”

My mother smiled, asked someone to set up a table for us, and brought a few dishes from the table in front of her.

I saw that they were all things we loved to eat, so I raised my head and smiled at my mother, Li Rui also looked up and smiled at my mother, my mother turned her head slightly, Wan'er knelt down, listened to what my mother said in her ear, withdrew from the side, and came back every other time. Dozens of musicians came in a moment, and they stepped forward for the dance of wide sleeves.

Today was a temporary banquet in the palace, the place was small, and then crowded out of these many people, so the princess of Yan'an and the family were all blocked, only Li Sheng, Li Rui and I were sitting at this end, Li Rui squeezed his eyebrows and asked me to look at him, and made a few grimaces over there, and imitated Zhao Li's appearance, sat with his head down, raised his tail finger and said softly: "Son is Princess Zhao of Ji." ”

I almost couldn't hold it with laughter, and I was glared at by my mother, so I sat down solemnly and pretended to watch the song and dance.