Chapter 181: He is far away
Although Qing Qianqingru has never been found, Huo Yunxuan has never worried about this matter at all. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Gu Shaoyuan already knew about this matter, so naturally he would not leave it alone. In this way, with Gu Shaoyuan's help, Huo Yunxuan will be happy, after entering the palace, she will either hide in Cining Palace to eat and drink and accompany the Empress Dowager to relieve her boredom, or run to Jingyang Palace to be Mu Qingya's companion, and occasionally go to Ningshou Palace to visit the Empress Dowager Xi for Gu Shaoyuan, and live a comfortable life.
It's just that after staying in the palace these days, Huo Yunxuan has never seen Gu Shaoyuan.
Seeing that the Shangyuan Festival is approaching, all the palaces are also busy, and several princesses are also enthusiastic to prepare the lanterns on the day of the Shangyuan Festival.
Daqi has a custom, in the Shangyuan Festival to put the lanterns together, the girls and boys in each house made the lanterns, just wait for the day of the Shangyuan Festival, they will take out the competition, also known as the "bucket lantern", the first round is to select three lanterns that are both beautiful and creative, these three lanterns together put in the lake, to see whose lanterns swim the farthest, that is the winner.
Although Gu Shaoyuan has just ascended the throne as the emperor and does not have too many heirs, in the end, the children of the entire royal family add up to a lot, with the queen mother here, this year's Shangyuan Festival is estimated to be all in the palace to "fight the lanterns", right?
The Empress Dowager is getting older, more and more like to be lively, this year the emperor died, the palace was a lot deserted, the Empress Dowager thought about inviting the girls from various houses to enter the palace together to celebrate the Shangyuan Festival together "Fighting Lanterns".
Daqi has always advocated ruling the world with filial piety, and as soon as the idea of the Empress Dowager came out, Gu Shaoyuan immediately agreed, and Xue Ruran was busy posting one after another.
On this day, Huo Yunxuan was bored with a paper on the desk to practice calligraphy, and only one of the incense was left in the room to serve, Huo Yunxuan was chatting with the incense while practicing calligraphy, and heard someone singing outside: "The eldest princess has arrived." ”
Huo Yunxuan hurriedly put down the pen and went out to greet him with Xiangxiang.
"The courtiers greet the eldest princess." Huo Yunxuan bent her knees to give Gu Mingyu a blessing gift, and was stopped by Gu Mingyu as soon as she bent down, and said with a smile: "Aunt Huo, hurry up and excuse me." ”
After that, he looked at the Xiangxiang who came out together, and said with a smile: "You also get up." ”
Xi Xiang thanked him, got up and followed the two masters into the house to serve.
"Why did the eldest princess come here today?"
Gu Mingyu said with a smile: "In the past, I always had my aunt help to make lanterns every year, and I could see it better, but this year, my aunt is gone, but no one has given the palace ideas.......
Saying that, Gu Mingyu's originally smiling face also faded a little, Huo Yunxuan sighed, shook Gu Mingyu's hand, Gu Mingyu raised her face and looked at Huo Yunxuan with a hopeful look and asked, "Yu'er wants to ask Aunt Huo to help me think about the appearance of the lantern and make a decent lantern......."
As he spoke, he lowered his head and muttered softly, "I heard that the second sister said that Xian Niangniang has already helped make it...... I used to be better looking than hers. ”
Huo Yunxuan couldn't help laughing, no matter how mature this child usually looks, he is still a child.
Shaking her head with a smile, Huo Yunxuan patted Gu Mingyu's hand and smiled, "Why didn't you ask the concubine for help?" ”
Because of Huo Yunxuan's reminder, Mu Qingya was very good to Gu Mingyu, and Gu Shaoyuan had the idea of raising Gu Mingyu by Mu Qingya's side.
It's just that Gu Shaoyuan is still in the investigation stage, and Gu Shaoyuan doesn't know what Mu Qingya's mind is, if Mu Qingya is unwilling, he insists on sending people over, and it is Gu Mingyu who suffers. So no one mentioned it.
The child's mind is somewhat sensitive, Gu Mingyu feels some of it, and his heart is somewhat resistant. Mu Qingya has nothing to say about her really good, but the little girl's mind is somewhat awkward, on the one hand, she feels that she is a little too heartless to resist in her heart, and she can't afford Mu Qingya's kindness to herself, and on the other hand, she feels that if she is really raised under Mu Qingya's knees, she will be sorry for her biological mother. Therefore, these days, Gu Mingyu is trying to avoid Mu Qingya, trying not to trouble Mu Qingya for some things.
It's just that such a little daughter's mind is called Gu Mingyu, how can she say it? Huo Yunxuan asked like this, and Gu Mingyu had no choice but to answer vaguely: "Mu Niangniang is also busy on weekdays, and it is inconvenient for this palace to go over and disturb." ”
Huo Yunxuan raised her eyebrows, although she felt awkward, she didn't expose it to Gu Mingyu, she just nodded with a smile and said with a smile: "And I told the princess that the courtier's handiwork is the worst, and the courtier's daughter just helped the princess make lanterns, as for winning the award....... The courtiers advised the princess not to have too much hope. ”
Gu Mingyu immediately made a bitter face, shook Huo Yunxuan's arm and said coquettishly: "Aunt Huo, don't bluff me." ”
Huo Yunxuan was amused by her childish appearance, nodded her forehead, and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, although the courtier's hand is clumsy, in the end, the courtier's mother's hand is still quite skillful, the princess and wait, the courtier's daughter will repair a book and send it to her mother." ”
Gu Mingyu laughed again, took Huo Yunxuan's hand and smiled, "Thank you, Aunt Huo." ”
Huo Yunxuan raised her eyebrows, pushed the dim sum in front of her with a smile, and said with a smile: "Let's try it, this is the recipe I wrote for Zhishu to do, the Empress Dowager is addicted to eating these days, you can taste it if it's delicious, if it's delicious for a while, I copied the recipe and you can take it and let Clinique make it with you." ”
Gu Mingyu smiled and nodded, picked up a piece of pastry and put it in his mouth, only to feel that the fragrance of his lips and teeth melted in his mouth, and he couldn't wait to swallow his whole tongue into it.
"It's delicious!" Swallowing the pastry in his mouth, Gu Mingyu hurriedly pulled Huo Yunxuan's arm and said coquettishly: "Good aunt, you just copied the recipe for me, my father is very busy these days, I heard that my father was so busy that he even forgot to eat dinner for several days, and I will send it to my father when I go back." If you don't have time to eat, it's good to add a few pieces of this pastry. ”
After that, he picked up another piece of dim sum and looked at it, and said with a smile: "I taste that this seems to be made of black sesame seeds?" Well, it seems that there are also red dates and goji berries....... But it seems that there is a little more ......."
"It's a yam." Huo Yunxuan added with a smile: "There are also some walnuts added to it....... Walnuts, yams, and black sesame seeds are all ground into powdered ginseng. ”
"Yes, yes, that's exactly what it tastes like." Gu Mingyu clapped his hands with a smile and said with a smile: "Although there is no shortage of pastries in my father's place, I don't have these nutritious ones in the end." But where did my aunt see these recipes, I'll go and see if I'm going to see Ming'er. ”
"It's just idle and boring, if the princess likes it, I will come up with something tomorrow, just send someone to send it to you."
Hearing Gu Mingyu talk about Gu Shaoyuan, Huo Yunxuan's eyes moved, for fear of gossip coming out, even if she made pastries, Huo Yunxuan didn't send it to Gu Shaoyuan, this time I heard Gu Mingyu say that Gu Shaoyuan was busy for several days and couldn't eat, it was inevitable that she was a little distressed, and when she heard Gu Mingyu say that she wanted to send some to Gu Shaoyuan, her heart moved, so she shook Gu Mingyu's hand with a smile, and said with a smile: "It's troublesome for you to go back to learn and do it again, so let's do it, I'll ask Xiangxiang to copy the recipe for you, and I'll let Zhishu do some more You carry it to the emperor, For the rest, you can go back to the palace and let Clinique and the others go back and study it well. ”
Gu Mingyu hurriedly smiled: "This is the best, I'm afraid that Aunt Huo won't do it." ”
Huo Yunxuan said with a smile: "The emperor is busy for Daqi, but he is just making a snack, how can he be idle." ”
After that, he looked at Xixiang and ordered, "And I went to find a pen and paper to copy the recipe for the princess." ”
As he spoke, he got up and smiled at Gu Mingyu: "Princess, wait a minute, the courtier will go to the small kitchen with Zhishu to make some snacks." ”
Gu Mingyu only thought that this recipe was Huo Yunxuan's own idea, and when Huo Yunxuan wanted to supervise it personally when she knew how to make snacks, she couldn't help but laugh and said: "Auntie is also careful, such a thing has to be supervised personally." ”
Huo Yunxuan shook her head with a smile and said with a smile: "I didn't supervise the work before, but in the end, I want to give the emperor something, so naturally I have to be careful." ”
After that, he smiled again: "This telecommunication is a little troublesome to make, and I want to wait a little longer for the princess." ”
Gu Mingyu hurriedly smiled and said, "It's okay, I'll go to the front hall to ask the Empress Dowager to wait for my aunt." ”
Huo Yunxuan nodded and said with a smile: "I'm going to send some more to the Queen Mother after I make it, and it just so happens that the princess is waiting there." ”
"That's very good." Gu Mingyu smiled and nodded, and after saying goodbye to Huo Yunxuan, he went to the front yard.
Huo Yunxuan and Zhishu went to the small kitchen.
"Is the girl going to do it for the emperor herself?"
In the end, she has served Huo Yunxuan for many years, Huo Yunxuan can still guess this careful thinking, Zhishu looked at Huo Yunxuan's face with some worry, in the end, the person Huo Yunxuan was moved by was the emperor, and Zhishu was afraid that Huo Yunxuan would be wronged.
Huo Yunxuan knew what Zhishu was worried about, patted her shoulder with a smile, and said with a smile: "I have a scale in my heart." ”
After that, he patted Zhishu on the shoulder again, smiled and prepared the ingredients with Zhishu, and Zhishu helped make a lot of snacks.
Huo Yunxuan put the food box she made herself, and instructed Zhishu on the one hand: "Divide some of these and send them to the concubine and the Empress Dowager Xi." ”
Knowing that the book should be, he smiled and opened the curtains and went out to call the little maids in the kitchen to prepare a few food boxes and pack a few pastries for Mu Qingya and the Queen Mother Xi.
Huo Yunxuan and Zhishu went back to the inner hall first to take the recipe copied for Gu Mingyu and changed their clothes, and was about to carry two food boxes to the Empress Dowager, Huo Yunxuan suddenly smiled and said, "Wait a minute." ”
As he spoke, he walked towards his desk, picked up his pen, and wrote something on a piece of paper.
took the pen, blew on the paper, and when the handwriting was dry, he folded the paper, smiled and stuffed it into the food box for Gu Shaoyuan, and pressed it under the plate.
Only then did he smile and say to Zhishu, "Let's go." ”
Zhishu sighed, it should be, and he and Xixiang carried a food box to the Queen Mother.
When Gu Mingyu saw Huo Yunxuan coming, she thanked her again, and then went directly to the Heart Cultivation Hall with the food box.
When Gu Mingyu went to the Heart Cultivation Palace, Gu Shaoyuan was discussing the affairs of the court with Huo Chenyi, and when he heard the news from the outside that the eldest princess was coming, Gu Shaoyuan was obviously stunned, this daughter usually doesn't come to the Heart Cultivation Palace to find herself if she has nothing to do on weekdays, could it be that she has suffered some grievances?
Besides, Gu Shaoyuan didn't treat Huo Chenyi as an outsider, and directly waved his hand and ordered people to be invited in.
"Yu'er see her father."
Gu Mingyu came in with a food box, and just gave Gu Shaoyuan a gift, only to find Huo Chenyi, his face turned red, and said: "The son doesn't know that his father has a guest ........"
"It's okay," Gu Shaoyuan waved his hand lightly, glanced at the food box in Gu Mingyu's hand, raised his eyebrows, glanced at Gu Mingyu meaningfully, and asked, "But what's the matter?" ”
Gu Mingyu nodded first, then shook his head, and his smile was a little cramped: "Erchen heard that my father is very busy these days, and occasionally has no intention of eating, so Erchen is very worried....... Just now, Erchen went to Aunt Huo's place, and tasted the snacks from her aunt's very good, so he thought about asking Fang Zi to make some for his father. When Aunt Huo heard that it was for her father, she was busy making some for her father, and her sons sent it to their father while it was hot. ”
Gu Mingyu didn't deal with Gu Shaoyuan often, he was still a little nervous, and his speech was a little verbose. However, because Huo Yunxuan was mentioned in the words, Gu Shaoyuan was surprisingly patient.
Hearing that Gu Mingyu was calling Huo Yunxuan, Huo Yunxuan also made a snack for herself, Gu Shaoyuan felt satisfied in his heart, and looked at Gu Mingyu's face and became a lot gentler.
Gu Mingyu saw that Gu Shaoyuan's face was much gentler, and when he sent a snack that moved Gu Shaoyuan, he lowered his head a little embarrassed and retired: "Since my father has a guest, my son will not bother." ”
Gu Shaoyuan nodded, and Gu Mingyu bowed and retreated. Gu Shaoyuan looked at Huo Chenyi with a smile and teased: "Jue Zhi hasn't seen Ning Xin County Lord for a while, right?" ”
Huo Chenyi nodded and said with a smile: "The county lord has always liked to fiddle with recipes and snacks, so the emperor will try it first." ”
Gu Shaoyuan nodded, because what he said before was extremely secretive, Gu Shaoyuan retired from all the servants, and Huo Chenyi had to serve Gu Shaoyuan in person.
got up to open Shihe for Gu Shaoyuan, and when he brought out the snacks, he saw the note pressed under the plate, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Gu Shaoyuan, his eyes were less respectful than before, but more scrutiny.
Gu Shaoyuan saw Huo Chenyi's appearance, raised his eyebrows, looked into the food box, and also saw the note, his eyebrows jumped, and the corners of Gu Shaoyuan's mouth had a smile.
He didn't tell Huo Chenyi to hand it over to him, but raised his hand and took it himself, and when he opened it and saw the contents inside, Gu Shaoyuan's eyes and eyebrows were all smiling, and he didn't mean to hide his smile.
The note read: "His room is far away, and his people are far away." ”
The source is the "East Gate Pier" in the Book of Songs, which means: "Although the two houses are close, the people seem to be in the distance." ”
Also, since the little girl entered the palace, in order to avoid suspicion and not cause trouble for the little girl, I haven't seen her......