After entering the moon cave gate, there is a row of hibiscus hedges, this season has not yet reached the flowering period of hibiscus, but the branches have grown very luxuriantly.

Glimpsing through the foliage reveals only the shadowy pavilion behind the hedges, and after turning the row, you can step onto the cobblestone path to see the pavilion on the pond from the half-man-high holly bush on one side of the path.

Due to Qi's abnormality just now, Sheng Weiqiao inevitably had any doubts about the pond and pavilion here, but after really seeing it, he found that the scenery of this backyard was very good: the blue pond was rippling, and the lotus leaves on the surface of the pool were high and low, and the water of Qinglingling was in contrast to each other, although it was not yet the season when the lotus flowers were blooming, it was full of vitality.

There is a nine-curved wooden bridge winding into the water by the pool, connecting to an octagonal pavilion.

This pavilion is divided into two layers inside and outside, the inner layer of the eaves and pillars, hanging with the silk silk, so that from the angle of the concubine, faintly see the situation in the pavilion, only two vague figures. There are also wind chimes hanging under the cornice, and the crisp sound of silver bells can be heard from a distance.

Today's wind and sunshine are beautiful, and the bell is also very leisurely, so that people listen to a sense of calm and ease, against the scenery in front of them, especially peaceful and pure.

The outer layer is a circle of corridors around the pavilion, which seems to be for the people in the pavilion who are tired of sitting and playing with the pond, so only a low railing is enclosed, about the height of a child of three or four years old, and the lotus leaves at the bottom are relatively high, which is already higher than the railing.

When Sheng Weiqiao saw it, he thought, "Could it be that my sister-in-law told me to be careful, just for this railing?"

However, she is not familiar with Princess Gaomi at this time, so she runs outside to play when she meets.

"Are you here?" Thinking about it, he had already followed Qi Shi on the Jiuqu Bridge and walked into the pavilion, and when he was about to reach the door of the pavilion, a figure walked over quickly to open the curtain for them, and Qi Shi hurriedly said: "How dare you work aunt?"

Aunt Zhao smiled and didn't speak, at this time, the princess Gaomi put down the tea bowl and said softly: "The newly made Fufang drink in the small kitchen, I eat it well, you can try it too!"

Qi took Sheng Weiqiao to salute first, and then went over and sat down with a smile: "I know that it will be beneficial to come to the concubine!"

"Let's not be busy talking about the benefits, this time the chef has changed his method, and I don't know if it suits your taste?" Princess Gaomi smiled faintly, motioned for Sheng Weiqiao, who was a little restrained, to sit too, and poured a cup of Fufang drink and pushed it to her, "If you think it's good, I'll prepare it for you in the future." ”

Seeing this, Qi Shi smiled: "Mother, you and the third brother and sister want to go together! What did the third brother and sister bring us today? Three boxes of pastries! Isn't this specially for your Fufang drink?"

Princess Gaomi was a little surprised, glanced at Sheng Weiqiao, and said, "My family, what else do you bring here?"

"There is a cook who is good at making pastries at home, and there are two people in the house over there, my daughter-in-law and Mizhen, and I can't eat one another day. Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly said, "I happened to come here today, so I wanted to give you a few tastes." ”

The princess knew that this little daughter-in-law had married more than a dozen cooks alone, and it was said that some were good at making pastries, some were good at making pastries, some were good at making pastries, and some were good at making seafood...... And there are two people for each one, because Sheng Lanci is afraid that if there is only one cook, what if the pastry chef is sick and tired or has something to leave, and her daughter wants to eat pastries?

As a mother-in-law, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart at this time: "Is this showing off to me to marry her or showing off her squeamishness to me?"

"Brother and sister, it's better to ask someone to put out the share given to us, although my chef here can also make pastries, but they are all made by the way, and there are not many of them. Seeing that her mother-in-law didn't answer immediately, Qi also guessed that her mother-in-law's preconceived resentment towards Sheng Weiqiao was on her part, and she was worried about the embarrassing scene, so she turned her head and said with a smile to Sheng Weiqiao, "I just saw the chic food box carried by the maid behind you, but I've been thinking about it!"

"It's good if my sister-in-law doesn't dislike it. Sheng Weiqiao also noticed her mother-in-law's abnormality, and secretly complained in her heart: What my aunt said is really right, this mother-in-law is really difficult to serve, and it is best to stay away.

They said a few words, and the people below put the pastries on the table, but they saw the fragrant apples, golden silk sparrows, ruyi rolls, Heyi cakes, jade bean cakes, golden silk roasted wheat, almond tofu, walnut cheese, and flower longans, and they were all contained in the matching colors and shapes of the utensils, which were both exquisite and appetizing.

Although Princess Gaomi was not hungry at this time, when she saw these pastries, she thought that although she didn't make them by her daughter-in-law, she was also heartfelt, and she was frequently glanced at by Aunt Zhao, and remembered the purpose of seeing Sheng Weiqiao today, so she restrained her mood, smiled at her daughter-in-law, and said: "What you just said, I remembered He'er when he was a child." ”

"At that time, the crane was still raised by my side, he was a small mouth, a picky eater, I changed three or four cooks for him, and he changed the color of the dishes every day, and he didn't move much. ”

"Later, he forced me to have no choice, and once I cooked by myself. ”

It turned out to be to his liking. ”

"You probably don't believe it, when I was in my mother's house, although I also learned to cook, but it was only at the level of making a few side dishes with wine and boiling three or two kinds of nourishing soup. ”

"Although I have done it for your father a few times after leaving the cabinet, I have learned it back and forth in my mother's house. ”

"In order to coax He'er to eat, in just three months, I learned to make thirty or forty kinds of pastries, which can make him eat more than a month without repeating ......"

When Princess Gaomi said this, she lost her mind for a moment, and then her smile faded, "But He'er seems to have changed a lot of tastes now, and she is basically not a picky eater." ”

If Rong Sleeping Crane had been growing up by her side and was no longer a picky eater, she would be relieved, but after fifteen years, the child who was once a picky eater and gave her a headache had eaten everything, she would only imagine how many grievances this child had suffered before she would be so good at eating?

"Mother, you don't know, he actually picked. Sheng Weiqiao could understand her mother-in-law's feelings, and comforted her tactfully, "When we came to Chang'an before, wasn't Aunt Nan brought into the palace to meet the Queen Mother? I thought that Mizhen, who didn't enter the palace, would also taste it, but he didn't like to eat fish at all. ”

He also said, "And he has been practicing martial arts for many years, and if he has been a picky eater, his body will not be able to bear it." My grandfather used to say that when he was a child, he didn't eat this or that, and when he asked a martial artist to teach martial arts, he squatted down one day and wanted to eat everything. ”

"Is that so?" said the princess, slightly stunned, "I thought he had been at sea all these years...... After spending a lot of time at the beach, you may get used to the seafood on the table. So when he was in the house before, he always asked the kitchen to renovate the dishes for him every day, and there must be seafood in them!"

Qi asked curiously: "Mother, does the third brother eat those fish and shrimp every time?"

She thought that if Rong Sleeping Crane didn't eat it, then the princess should have understood her son's preferences a long time ago, and she wouldn't let the kitchen concentrate on preparing sea fish and shrimp for this little son, so eighty percent of Rong Sleeping Crane was used.

Then you can coax your mother-in-law to be happy: Look, your son still has you in his heart, otherwise how can he eat the dishes he doesn't like?

As a result, Princess Gaomi was silent for a while and shook her head: "He hasn't moved." ”

Qi: "......"

Sheng Weiqiao didn't think much about it when he was curious, and asked directly: "Why does the concubine have to ask someone to prepare it for him every time?"

I felt a little reckless when I asked this, and said in a straight voice, the princess was not angry, or she was angry and didn't let Sheng Weiqiao see it, but said calmly: "I thought it was because the cook's approach was not to his taste, or that Chang'an was far away from the sea, and even the seafood sent by the fast horse was not fresh enough, and he couldn't like it." But I think every time I put it on him, I might let him know that my mother has his preferences in mind?"

Seeing that the two daughters-in-law were a little embarrassed and didn't know how to answer, the princess smiled, "The left and right just ordered the kitchen, my body is bones at this time, but I can't cook some food for him personally, I misunderstood it before, it was a misunderstanding, it's nothing." ”

Saying that, the princess finally said, "I'll recuperate for a while, and I still remember the recipe for those simple pastries, maybe they can be made for him." I just don't know, does he still like it now?"

Sheng Weiqiao hurriedly said: "I definitely like it, but I'm afraid of tiring you!"

Qi was worried that his younger sibling's words would cause his mother-in-law to think, "I'm not sure that my son will give me this face, but you are sure when you open your mouth, it can be seen that your son is still confused by you" and so on, so he smiled and quipped: "This matter must be kept secret by the mother and sisters, and it must not be passed on!"

Sheng Weiqiao asked curiously, "Why?"

She felt that this was just a very ordinary household saying, and there was nothing taboo about it, right?

"Third brother and sister, have you forgotten that I have three sons and three daughters?" Qi Shi pressed one hand to his chest, made a look of horror, and said, "Except for Jian'an, who is older and more sensible, the remaining five are simply five little ancestors......! When the time comes, I will do the same for my mother-in-law, and I will want my mother to do the same, isn't this my life? I don't have the ingenuity of my mother, and my mother testifies that I will cook some porridge and vegetables and pastries by now!"

The people in the pavilion who said this all laughed, and Princess Gaomi held the idea of getting closer to her little daughter-in-law, and said to Sheng Weiqiao with a smile: "Did you hear it? Learn a little in the future, this past will be known between our mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, don't let the next generation know about it!

Sheng Weiqiao smiled and nodded again and again, and gave Qi another idea: "Sister-in-law, it's better to change this past incident and change it to Mizhen to make thirty or forty kinds of pastries to honor her mother and concubine, and teach her nephews and nieces to learn something!"