117 Chinese New Year's Eve (Part I)
Faced with the doubts of her sister-in-law-to-be, Xiao Yao depressedly told her the cause and effect. After Wang Yan'er heard this, her expression changed from disbelief at the beginning to surprise to sympathy at the end. Xiao Yao said frustratedly, "I just want to send a meal to my lord at noon, but I'm afraid it's cold when I get there." If you eat cold, you are afraid of hurting your stomach. ”
Wang Yan'er thought for a while and said, "I have a way, but I don't know if it's good or not." ”
"Huh? What's the solution? You said! Xiao Yao immediately became interested.
Wang Yan'er stepped forward and talked to Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao was stunned, right! Why didn't I think of it, I just did it. Xiao Yao called Yunzhu over first and asked if there were any metal dishes or frames in the house, which were sealed a little better.
Yun Zhu thought about it, and remembered that there was a silver basket similar to a food box in the storeroom. Xiao Yao was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly asked someone to find her from the warehouse. When I took it, it was really a silver two-layer food box, but this thing was also very heavy, but for the sake of his own prince's food, he couldn't care about it so much.
So, Wang Yan'er and Xiao Yao measured the size, and it took half a day to sew a "quilt" for this thing, to be precise, it was a cloth cover, the cloth cover was two layers, and the face was stuffed with cotton, and it seemed that the whole children's food box was fat again.
Let Yun Zhu take the food box and wash it and then take it back, Xiao Yao asked Yun Zhu to go to the kitchen to see if there is anything to bring into the palace to eat, no soup and water, anyway, there is tea in the palace, make do with it, at least don't starve.
So Yunzhu took a small guy to the kitchen with this food box in the back.
Li Pei heard that Yunzhu was here to find food for the prince, so he took out the small pies that had just been spread out from the pot, all kinds of fillings, but he knew that the prince didn't like sweet. I made two pieces of meat and vegetables, and two pieces of vegetables. Then I also got something called stewed rice that Xiao Yao dictated.
To put it bluntly, it is potato ribs or other ingredients that are cooked with rice, so that all meals are available. Recently, Xiao Yao doesn't know why she loves this, and the kitchen has prepared several flavors. Li Pei held the food box and looked at it carefully, and kept letting out a "tsk" exclamation in his mouth, and said, "Our princess is smart!" I can also think of such a method of heat preservation. Although I don't know how long to keep warm. But it should be at least warm in the palace! It's really no problem to let the prince eat a mouthful of hot rice! ”
"yes," Yunzhu said with a smile, "Later." Master Li, you will send two men with more strength to follow me to deliver food to the prince. ”
Li Pei immediately said with a serious face, "This is such an important matter as sending food to the prince, naturally I personally took someone to go, after all, it is the first time." I feel a little more relieved. ”
"Okay." Yunzhu didn't shirk, so he agreed with a smile.
As for what Li Pei thought. Could she not know? This kind of opportunity to obviously buy a good child in front of the prince, how can he let it go to others? Old fox!
Imperial Palace, Bohol Hall.
He Yu was standing in the hall and looking around, tonight was the dinner party. Naturally, there is no room for error.
He and the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Rites reconfirmed the whole process to ensure that nothing went wrong. Only then did he and a few stewards of the Internal Affairs Office plan to go to the warm pavilion of the Baohe Hall to have a cup of tea and live in peace.
The steward eunuch said. "It's really hard for the prince, and I'm worried about it these days."
"Where." He Yu waved his hand and said, "They are all doing errands for the emperor, not to mention hard work or not, as long as the errand satisfies the emperor, we will all have a good time!" ”
Whether it is the manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the minister of the Ministry of Rites, he likes it very much, after all, everyone is working hard in this New Year, and those of them who are slaves don't just ask for a comfortable time all year round? If it's a domineering prince and prince again, then it's not going to be a good year, isn't it?
One of the eunuchs whispered, "How did I hear that King Xuanping was very arrogant, so it doesn't seem to be the case at all." ”
"Where, don't you know, this prince has always been good friends with the servants in the palace, and he never looks at us people. No matter how arrogant and domineering he is, it is also aimed at offending him, for example, General Sun's family, do you think the little prince is soft-hearted? ”
"Oh, I see. He's actually pretty good. ”
"Who's to say it isn't."
He Yu drank tea, a few words into his ears word for word, he slightly hooked the corners of his mouth, and showed a smug smile when drinking tea, the effect he wanted was basically about to be achieved.
I sat down and rested for a while, and it was noon.
"What about your lunch preparation? Go back to eat? ”
"Forget it." One of them waved his hand, "I have to go back before I sit down, and this is not enough time for a round trip." ”
"yes, we don't have a share in the imperial dining room."
"That is, people are cooking for the master of the palace and the emperor, what are you."
"Hey, yes, what should you do when your father-in-law prepares lunch?"
When I asked the Internal Affairs Office, the Internal Affairs Office was quite calm, because in order to facilitate serving the master, all the servants in the palace had always only eaten two meals, and they had long been used to it. The Internal Affairs Office waved his hand and said, "Our family is used to it, and it's not too late to eat after this busy period!" ”
Only then did the people in the Ministry of Rites realize that they had said something stupid, and looking at King Xuanping again, everyone was still sitting in their positions and not moving their nests, obviously not planning to have lunch.
He Yu really prepared like this, so he poured a few more sips of hot tea, but before he could get up, Zhao Hezhong rushed in, his face looked more excited, "Lord, the princess has brought you lunch!" ”
"What?" He Yu frowned, "From here to the palace, the lunch is already cold, how is it possible!" ”
"Really!" Zhao Hezhong beckoned people outside to come in as he spoke.
The person who came in was really Yunzhu, followed by the master of the kitchen, Li Pei and two small servants, one of whom was carrying a package-like thing in his hand, Yun Zhu walked in the forefront, saluted He Yu, and said, "Lord, this is the lunch that the princess asked the slave maid to bring you, saying that she was afraid that you would not remember to eat when you were busy at noon, and it would ruin your stomach if you boiled it like this." ”
He Yu smiled and shook his head, "She is very careful and loves to ponder." ”
Yunzhu smiled, and asked people to bring the package. The little guy took off a thick layer of cotton sleeve on the outside, revealing the silver food box inside. He Yu recognized it at a glance, this was rewarded by the emperor some time ago, saying that it was paid tribute by which tribe before, as if it was from the southwest.
The food box opened, and the first layer was a few small pies, and the lower layer was Xiao Yao's favorite pork rib stew. Sure enough, the food was still steaming, and the fragrance spread with it, which caused several ministers of the Ministry of Rites to drool a little uncontrollably.
He Yu looked at the meal that was not yet cold with interest, the smile on his mouth became bigger and bigger, and he pointed to the pies with a smile and said to a few people who were busy working together, "Come on, come on, I can't eat it, I will share it." It's not much, but it's good to fill your stomach with something a little hot. ”
Several people shirked at first, after all, this is the true affection of the princess for the prince, how can they be embarrassed? But they couldn't stand He Yu's hospitality and the aroma of the food, so several people divided the pies, and the hot food went down to the stomach, and sure enough, the whole body felt warm.
He Yu ate a meal by himself, and it was not that he had not taken such an errand in previous years, but every time he was taken down by himself, and when the qiē was over, he returned to the mansion with a full body of alcohol and did not have the heart to eat anything, after all, it was a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner alone, there was really nothing to eat, and there was no night to watch.
However, this year is different, some people are thinking about themselves at home, just for a lunch, and they have come up with so many thoughts, although this set is rushed out at a glance, but that thought is the most rare.
He Yu suddenly wanted to go home quickly.
Family?
Yes, the corners of He Yu's mouth bloomed with a lofty arc, there is a person in the mansion who misses him, and he also misses that person, the two hearts are held together, and the cold and huge palace in the past can really be called home.
That's his home.
The ministers on the side also expressed their envy for He Yu, after all, who doesn't have a wife? But how many of these can be thought of? It's just Princess Xuanping.
In the evening, Xiao Yao, Wang Yan'er and Xiao Moyi chatted in the middle courtyard of Xuanping Palace, planning to wait for He Yu to come back and have a reunion dinner together.
Xiao Yao said, "Why don't we make dumplings?" ”
Xiao Moyi, who was bored, suddenly came to the spirit, and was also enthusiastic to participate. At first, Wang Yan'er didn't agree, saying that a gentleman should stay away from the kitchen or something.
Xiao Yao didn't care about that, pulled Xiao Moyi and said with a smile, "My Xiao family was doing business in the era, if they all abide by those old rules, where can they still do business?" Any gentleman or not a gentleman has to work! ”
"Well, all work!" Xiao Moyi also agreed with a smile.
Wang Yan'er looked at the two sisters and brothers, and also thought it was very funny, I thought that the prince and the princess were very cold and arrogant, how did I know that this princess was going to be a mother, and her personality was still like a child, and she was also cheerful and closer.
No wonder the prince would hurt the princess in his bones, Wang Yan'er looked at Xiao Yao, whose eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and kept beckoning Xiao Yao, who was preparing things. said silently in his heart, if he is a prince and marries such a girl, he will be spoiled in his bones. (To be continued) R580