Chapter 20: Fragrance

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Today is April 1st, April Fool's Day. It is said that today there are many people digging pits, many people jumping into pits, many people snickering, many people snickering, and many people laughing. There are also many people who cry their noses, are sad, and are super sad. Well...... To sum up in one sentence. On this day, everywhere is crazy, and the beauties of the West should be cautious.

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Qin Zheng looked at Li Muqing, smiled, turned around, and suddenly hugged Xie Fanghua horizontally, Xie Fanghua was startled, he glanced at her, and passed on some kind of dangerous aura to her, seeing that she was going to say something, he stopped talking, let him hold it, he walked to the courtyard with satisfaction, and said casually as he walked, "It's just a pheasant, Li Muqing, can't you take care of it?" But to be honest, if you practice your cheek for another ten years, I'm afraid you won't be as good as you! ”

Li Muqing turned his head to look at Qin Zheng, who was looking at him with an ugly face at the door, and said with a smile, "Brother Qin Zheng, it's just a chicken, you shouldn't be so stingy!" As far as I know a few days ago, Xie Shiyun's stepbrother stewed a pot of pheasant, and he didn't eat a bite, but you even brought the pot back to Prince Ying's mansion. Compared to you, I just rubbed a few pieces of pheasant for you to eat, and this dough will have to be practiced for a few more years to become thicker. ”

I choked up.

Li Muqing raised his eyes, glanced at Tingyan with a smile, and said gently, "If I remember correctly, you are now a member of the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion." If you open your mouth and close your mouth like this, should you call Brother Qin Zheng like a son-in-law? ”

Hearing this, he looked at Li Muqing with an ugly face, and said in a weird manner, "Li Gongzi, you have never offended my son-in-law before. What kind of southeast and northwest wind is blowing now? Have you turned against my son-in-law? ”

Li Muqing suddenly laughed, walked to the table after following Qin Lean, and sat down naturally. From beginning to end, he didn't talk to Qin Zheng or Xie Fanghua.

Qin tilted his head.

Hearing this, he said with a straight face, "Eighth Prince, my son-in-law and Miss Fanghua haven't sat down yet!" How can you use it first? Don't you know how to be a guest? ”

Qin Tian looked up at Tingyan and wondered, "What are you doing snatching my chopsticks?" Listen, I haven't seen you for a few days, you've grown taller! It seems that the food in the Begonia Pavilion of the Marquis of Zhongyong's Mansion is good! ”

Hearing this, he stood at the table and glanced at Qin Tian and Li Muqing sadly, these two people really ruined the good atmosphere in their courtyard. Especially Li Muqing, this Li Gongzi, he used to treat him gently, politely, humbly and gently. But why did he offend Childe? Anyone who opposes Childe is his enemy. So, when he saw that Qin Tian was about to eat, he snatched Qin Tian's chopsticks angrily.

Qin Tian knew that he had passed the test, and immediately secretly breathed a sigh of relief, ran to the table first, sat down, picked up chopsticks, and prepared to eat.

Qin Zheng laughed, ignored him, and looked at Li Muqing.

Qin Tian immediately shook Qin Zheng and begged for mercy, "Good brother!" My brother is all the same. It's just that the fourth brother and I both grew up in the palace, so it was closer. But when it comes to it, we are all one ancestor. It's right to distinguish between each other. ”

Qin Zheng didn't give face, "Qin Yu has the appearance of being a brother, I don't look like a brother." You can wait for him to come back and call you to eat. ”

Qin Tian sighed, "Brother Qin Zheng, the last time I ate the taste of the mountains and wilderness was when the fourth brother didn't leave half a year ago. My brother didn't offend you, can you bear to covet me? ”

Qin Zheng snorted coldly and said coldly, "Qin Tian, you accompanied Concubine Lin to worship the Buddha, shouldn't you be a vegetarian?" ”

Qin Tian scratched his head, "The smell of your stewed pheasant here is so fragrant, even if you mind, we still want to eat it." ”

Qin Zheng looked coldly at the two people who came over, whether it was the ordinary undisguised voices of the two of them, or the deliberately lowered voices, he heard them clearly, and sneered, "What if I mind?" ”

After Qin Tian put his heart back into his stomach, he couldn't help it when he smelled the strong smell of stewed pheasant, and said with a smile to Qin Zheng who was standing at the door, "Brother Qin Zheng, don't you mind having two more people for dinner today?" ”

Li Muqing glanced at him and smiled a little deeper. Which child who grew up in this capital has no mind? It's like Yan Ting, it's ordinary, but isn't Xie Fanghua's mind buried for many years without being noticed? What's more, the children who grew up in the palace, especially Qin Tian, whose mother died early and was raised by Concubine Lin's side. Although he is young, although Concubine Lin is easy-going and does not participate in all things in the palace, he can grow up safely, and he is also used to seeing conspiracies and tricks, deceit, and the means behind it. Now he told him a secret, and he revealed a secret to him. It's a mutual buy-in.

Qin Tian patted his chest, indicating that he was relieved.

"Peace of mind! As long as you don't say it yourself, I won't tell you. Li Muqing smiled and nodded.

Qin slapped him and whispered, "Don't tell me about it!" The concubine has been in the palace for so many years, although it is said to be a blessing, but she is also depressed and lonely, he relies on me, and her preference is the scriptures. I can accompany him to relieve my boredom, and it can be regarded as his filial piety that has bothered to raise me for so many years. ”

Li Muqing looked at Qin Tian's headache and smiled, "It turns out that you are also a good actor, after so many years, Concubine Lin didn't even see that you actually don't like Buddhist scriptures." ”

Qin Tian lamented, "I grew up beside the concubine since I was a child, and I was tired of listening to chanting, but now I have a headache when I hear it. When the words fell, he rubbed his forehead, "But in order to please the concubine, I have to pretend to like scriptures, but it really hurts me." ”

Li Muqing: "Huh? "Yes.

Qin Tian suddenly let out a low sigh, "Actually, you don't know, I'm most afraid of chanting." ”

Li Muqing blinked, "If the Eighth Prince is afraid of eating uncomfortable, he can go back to accompany Concubine Lin to recite Buddhist scriptures." As for me? Since I'm in, there's no reason to go out. Even if it's hard to swallow, you always have to take a few bites. ”

Qin poured down his face and whispered, "In this case, look at Brother Qin Zheng's face, it's a little ugly, I'm afraid that even if he lets us eat stewed pheasant, it's hard to swallow!" ”

"Our voices were not small just now, and they naturally heard them." Li Muqing's eyes moved, and he said with a smile.

Qin Tian also took a light breath, his eyes flashed with amazement, he approached Li Muqing, and whispered, "Although the words we just said were small, I am afraid that they were heard by Brother Qin Zheng and Xie Fanghua." What to do? ”

Li Muqing's footsteps couldn't help but pause, and his eyes flashed with a faint love like a distant mountain and a cloud.

From a distance, it looks like a pair of beautiful people.

Qin Zheng stood there lazily leaning against the door frame with his shoulders crossed, except for the gorgeous brocade robe he usually wore, there was no embellishment on his body, but even so, his handsome appearance was extremely eye-catching in the night, attracting people's attention.

Xie Fanghua and Qin Zheng stood at the door, Xie Fanghua's face was veiled at some point, and she was covered with a fiery red cloak, in the night, the veil was light, the fiery red cloak was gorgeous, and her figure was slender and graceful, which was extremely conspicuous.

As far as the eye can see, the east cross courtyard is exceptionally quiet.

The two of them came to the door and pushed open the door of the east courtyard together.

Qin Tianshen nodded approvingly.

Li Muqing smiled, "You're right! If you don't have face, you don't have face! The face should always be thicker, and the thin face suffers. ”

"So what are you afraid of? If you don't have face, you don't have face! Although you have some ideas, you haven't really grabbed them, have you? Yesterday I was able to sit and play chess! Why can't you make a place to eat pheasant today? Qin Tian patted Li Muqing on the shoulder.

"I want to eat it too!" Li Muqing said.

Qin Tian is also a good person, and when he heard this, he felt that he guessed eight or nine times, and Li Muqing either fell in love with Tingyin or Xie Fanghua. He rolled in his heart for a while, feeling that Li Muqing was gentle and elegant, Qin Zheng was careless, the two of them had no temperament, and they shouldn't like a woman, but thinking about Qin Yu, who had a different temperament from Qin Zheng since he was a child but had the same vision, he also felt that he was afraid that the idea that the two of them could not fulfill a love catastrophe was too arbitrary. Perhaps, as Li Muqing said, it won't take too long, just a glance is enough. He was speechless for a while, and then he reluctantly settled down and said, "Naturally, I want to go in, I want to eat stewed pheasant." ”

Li Muqing smiled bitterly, didn't answer, and changed the topic, "When I get to the East Cross Courtyard, if I go in and get kicked out, will I lose face?" ”

Seeing that he didn't deny or admit it, Qin Tian stared at him and guessed, "Could it be the listening girl?" Have you taken a fancy to the listening girl? ”

Li Muqing didn't speak.

Qin Tian could be regarded as hearing a little taste at this time, and immediately looked at Li Muqing with wide eyes, "Hey, Brother Muqing, you won't be ...... You...... You...... Have you taken a fancy to Xie Fanghua? I offended Brother Qin Zheng! ”

Li Muqing glanced at Qin Tian and said inexplicably, "If you want to like someone, it's actually very simple." It doesn't take long, sometimes a glance is enough. ”

"It's not fulfilled yet! Brother Qin Zheng wants to marry Miss Fanghua, Brother Qin Yu is now in Mobei, but he hasn't even seen what Miss Fanghua looks like! How to take it! Qin Tian shook his head, saying that he didn't believe anything.

Li Muqing sighed, "Master Puyun is known as the number one monk, so he naturally has something extraordinary. ”

"It's not this, that's the well-known hexagram that Master Puyun gave them. said that the two would fulfill the same love calamity. Qin Tian didn't believe it very much, "I don't believe in this very much, since I was a child, I have to come to the Dharma Buddha Temple with the concubine every year to eat fast and pray for a few days, and I have to see Master Puyun once or twice every year, and I don't see that I have any ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth." It's just that it's more advanced than ordinary monks. As for being able to deduce such a thing, I think it's just a matter of hearing it. But no one else can believe it. Especially Brother Qin Zheng, he obviously doesn't believe in Buddhism, but he is very stubborn in this matter, not to say that Brother Qin Yu will rob his daughter-in-law. ”

Li Muqing shook his head, "He is the grandson of the Empress Dowager Deci, and it is natural for him to be biased." Qin Yu also understood very well in his heart. That's not a reason to look at the wrong eye. ”

"Naturally, they haven't looked at each other since they were children, and it's also because the imperial grandmother is competing for favor. is also a grandson, and the imperial grandmother is partial to Qin Zheng's brother. Qin said.

Li Muqing kindly explained his doubts, "Why doesn't he like your brother Qin Yu?" ”

Qin Tian felt even more foggy.

Li Muqing sighed, "It's actually very simple to make him hate it!" You just need to touch his bottom line. ”

"Since it's a draw, you didn't win him, and he didn't beat you, so it's not faceless. Then why isn't he happy to see you? Apart from this, where did you offend him? Qin Tian was even more puzzled, "As far as I know, among these people who are the same age as you in Beijing, Brother Qin Zheng only doesn't want to see my fourth brother Qin Yu." It is the same for you and the prince of Zhongyong Marquis, Yan Ting, Wang Wu, Song Fang, Cheng Ming, etc. I didn't hear he hated you all these years. ”

Li Muqing nodded, "Well, a draw!" ”

"Draw?" Qin asked.

Li Muqing smiled lightly, "Can your brother Qin Zheng be so easy to win?" It's good that I didn't lose. ”

"Huh? Why? Haven't you always been friends? Qin Tian looked at Li Muqing suspiciously, and without waiting for him to answer, he let out an "oh", "I remember, since Yan Ting left, it seems that you haven't been drinking and hunting together for a long time." The words fell, and he said, "No, yesterday I heard that you and Brother Qin Zheng were both playing chess in the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion." Could it be that you played chess and won Brother Qin Zheng? He doesn't want to see you? ”

"Your brother Qin Zheng is afraid that he is not happy to see me go." Li Muqing smiled.

"Yes!" Qin Tian was stunned, and then slapped his palm, "Ah, it must be Brother Qin Zheng's gluttony, he came here, and couldn't help but run to fight the pheasant." We've got a mouthful. Hurry up, I want to eat stewed pheasant too. ”

Li Muqing smiled, "Naturally, it's a pheasant hunted." Don't forget where we are now! This is the Dharma Buddha Temple, not the capital, and the mountains and forests are outside. It's still easy to hit a pheasant or two. ”

"Pheasant stew?" Qin Tian asked in surprise, "Where did the pheasant come from?" ”

"If my guess is correct, it should be stewed pheasant." Li Muqing said gently.

Xie Fanghua heard that it was the voice of the Eighth Emperor Qin Tian, thinking that Li Muqing and Qin Zheng seemed to be coming over. Nine times out of ten, it is attracted by the fragrance. Otherwise, they should have been with a few old ladies and ladies when they just arrived at the Dharma Buddha Temple today.

Qin Zheng also turned his head slowly, and his originally relaxed face suddenly became a little unkind.

This voice came suddenly, and everyone was stunned, and they all looked at the west across the courtyard.

Before everyone sat down, a tsk suddenly came from the direction of the west courtyard, "Hmm, it's so fragrant!" Brother Mu Qing, what do you say is Dongcrossan Courtyard doing so fragrant? Can you smell it from afar? ”

The acolyte took out two lamps from the room, and the dim night suddenly brightened.

Hearing this, Lin Qi put stewed pheasant and various stir-fried vegetables on the table one by one.

Seeing Xie Fanghua nodding, the four of them no longer had any scruples, and hurriedly moved tables and chairs and placed them under a towering ancient tree in the courtyard. The tree had grown for about a few hundred years, and several people were so thick that the table was placed under the tree, just to block the wind.

Xie Fanghua didn't have any opinions, and nodded to the four of them. After all, the courtyard rooms built by the Dharma Buddha Temple are not as good as the mansions of various prefectures, and the rooms can accommodate two or three people to eat, but if there are seven or eight people, then there is no room for crowding.

The four of them, including the painter, the ink, the blue, and the evening, looked at Xie Fanghua.

Lin Qi also smiled suddenly.

Hearing this, he immediately cheered, "Childe is the best." ”

Before Xie Fanghua could answer, Qin Zheng walked out of the back room, stood at the door, glanced at it, and ordered, "Let's eat in this courtyard!" I am glad to be here tonight, and I will allow you to eat with the two of us. ”

"Miss Fanghua, where do you eat in it?" Lin Qi walked closer, glanced at the next room, and asked Xie Fanghua tentatively.

Tingyan nodded.

"Forget it if the fragrance floats for ten miles! This is a Dharma Buddha Temple, so don't be too public. Xie Fanghua smiled.

"Miss Fanghua, are you hungry? Already out and waiting? Hearing this, he ran over with a smile on his face and said greedily, "It's so fragrant, I stole a piece when it just came out of the pot." Although Lin Qi learned this craft from the chef of Yanfu Building for two days and nights, he definitely has the talent of a chef. This taste is really fragrant. ”

The waiter nodded.

"The back mountain is still some distance from the front mountain, so it should not be far away. Besides, there must be incense burning inside the Dharma Hall in front of you. Even if some of the smell wafts over, it should be covered by the thick smell of roast. Xie Fanghua smiled, "Since it has been made, it can't be wasted." ”

The waiter couldn't help but say to Xie Fanghua, "Miss, if this fragrance spreads, it won't be covered." If it was smelled by the presiding officer and elders of the former Dharma Buddhist Temple, as well as Concubine Lin, would he be interrogated? ”

Xie Fanghua followed the fragrance and saw Wen Yan and Lin Qi walking out of the small kitchen with two large trays. As the two walked out, the fragrance spread throughout the courtyard.

After a while, a strong smell of stewed meat wafted from the direction of the small kitchen.

The waiter glanced quietly into the room, thinking that the young lady felt that time was passing slowly, because she seemed to be waiting for news these days. But some things are not rushed. And I'm afraid that the one who feels that time flies more slowly than her should be the son in the house who has entered the young lady's house since he hit the pheasant and has not come out. Anyone with eyes can see that he really cares about Miss. The three-year wedding is a long time for him.

"Time flies!" Xie Fanghua gathered his cloak and withdrew his gaze from the northwest.

The waiter whispered, "There are three days left." ”

Xie Fanghua pursed her lips and suddenly asked, "How many days is there for the Shangyuan Festival?" ”

The waiter shook his head and said in a low voice, "The slave maid just went to inquire not long ago, and the emperor did not say anything about this matter today. The court was stable, and nothing abnormal happened. ”

Xie Fanghua touched the fluff on her cloak and remembered General Wuwei in Mobei, she looked to the northwest and asked in a low voice, "Is there any will issued by the emperor today about the affairs of the border in Mobei?" ”

The waiter hurriedly went to take a cloak from the closet and helped Xie Fanghua put it on his body.

Xie Fanghua did feel the coolness, but she didn't want to go back to the house, so she nodded.

"Miss, the mountain breeze is cool in the evening, unlike in our house, the slave maid will bring you a cloak to put on, right?" The waiter asked softly.

Xie Fanghua lightly exhaled a turbid breath.

The sound of dusk drums and chanting came from the temple in front, floating in the mountains, giving the already quiet mountain temple an ethereal purity.

Xie Fanghua leaned against the door, and the mountain breeze in the evening was a little cool, blowing away some of the lingering feelings in her heart.

When the painter and the ink saw Xie Fanghua come out, they all breathed a sigh of relief when they saw her look as usual.

Xie Fanghua's mind moved, looking at him, but he had already closed his eyes, and under the hazy light, he could no longer see the look in his eyes, only his handsome face. She looked at him silently for a moment, then turned and walked out the door.

"Ye is not blind, you are wrong, I am blind. I was blind many years ago, and in this life, I am afraid that I will not be able to save it. Qin Zheng closed his eyes, and the last word fell, with a faint sigh and helplessness.

Xie Fanghua snorted, isn't he blind? The son of the dignified Prince Ying's mansion, how many lintel nobles can compare to his family and his identity? How many spring daughters love and miss him, but he disdains it, and only falls in love with her, who has no heart and lungs. What is not blindness?

Qin Zheng suddenly laughed when he heard this, "You said that the master is blind? ”

These words are vaguely referring to Li Muqing!

Xie Fanghua looked at him sneeringly, "Second Prince Zheng is too worried!" I look like this, I can step into the ghost gate at any time, who will like me. There should be no one but you, who are blind. Even if there were, it was just a momentary interest. ”

Qin Zheng smiled at her, and his gaze was gentle under the hazy light, "Xie Fanghua, I have told you again and again." You must remember not to like anyone but me. Otherwise, the consequences are not what you can imagine. Do you know? ”

Xie Fanghua took the lamp to the mirror, looked at the mirror for a moment, and frowned slightly. Qin Zheng is still measured, if she applies some medicine later, such red marks should be able to subside tomorrow morning. She turned her head, put the lamp down, and looked at him.

The room suddenly lit up.

She left the mirror, walked over to the table, took out the flint, and turned on the lamp.

The light in the house is too dim to see.

Xie Fanghua turned his head, really wanted to bite him to death, but seeing him lazily waiting for Ren Jun to pick up, he was not fooled. Standing up, he walked to the rhombic mirror not far away to look at the wound on his neck.

"Oh, I forgot if you didn't mention the dog, my only dog was crushed to death because of your loyal and brave people! Zigui took an account from his brother. Of course, now that you are my fiancΓ©e, if you marry me, I can not count this account. Seeing Xie Fanghua get up, Qin Zheng simply leaned on the soft couch and smiled at her, "If you feel that you have lost, you can bite back." You can bite as you like, as shallow or deep as you want. ”

"You've kicked people too!" Xie Fanghua straightened up and reached out to touch her neck, there was still a slight pain there, she couldn't help but be annoyed, "What if this trace is not eliminated tomorrow?" Are you a dog? ”

Qin Zheng really took it, looked at her and said, "My mother also has a problem with kicking people, and I think Aunt Lan also has a problem with kicking people, don't you women like to kick people?" ”

Xie Fanghua got rid of the clamps, rubbed his wrists, and couldn't help kicking him.

Qin Zheng ignored her, still close to her eyes, and his thin lips lingered around her eyes before he withdrew his body, let go of her, straightened up and said softly, "Xie Fanghua, you have been sick for many years, you are not sick and have a bad brain, right?" You'd better not have a bad brain. If your brain is also sick, I will not only pray for you to pray for the Buddha to bless you with your illness, but also to bless your brain to improve. ”

Xie Fanghua leaned back, and said helplessly, "Qin Zheng, are you guilty of beastliness because you just came back from the mountains and forests?" I'm sick, you won't be hungry for me, will you? ”

Qin Zheng couldn't help but bow his head close to her eyes.

Xie Fanghua coughed dryly for a long time before he reluctantly stopped, and when he raised his eyes again, his eyes were dyed with tears from the violent cough. In the dim light, it looks, foggy.

Of course, Qin Zheng didn't care about anything, but her young lady couldn't care less.

After all, the two of them have been trained by Xie Mohan since they were children, and they still have a little sensitive reaction. This is the place of Buddhism, if Qin Zheng and Xie Fanghua are so close and bumped into by outsiders, something will be rumored, which will naturally be unfavorable to Xie Fanghua, who prays for blessings with illness.

Shi Mo probe glanced inside, and vaguely saw the shadow of the two leaning together, she understood, reached out and closed the door, blocking the view from the outside.

The painter shook his head at her, motioning for her not to ask.

Shi Mo was also going to follow up the house, but she happened to collide with the waiter painting who went in and came out, she was stunned and asked in a low voice, "Why did you come out?" Why did Miss cough? ”

The waiter thought that the young lady was not in good health, and immediately felt uneasy, and hurriedly stepped into the door, when she saw the posture of the two, she was startled, immediately reacted, and exited the door.

The sound of coughing came outside, making people sound as if they were being pressed and a little worried.

Xie Fanghua couldn't help coughing, originally the two had just been separated by a distance, but now that he was leaning on her, there was no gap in the slightest, and his breath was suddenly enveloped, making her cough difficult to stop for a while.

"People who love Buddha and believe in Buddhism! I can't see us insulting the rules of Buddhism in the holy land of Buddhism. Qin Zheng seemed to be tired, so he simply leaned half of his body on her and said lazily, "So, they must think that we are no longer suitable to stay here and pray for blessings." Even if you stay here, it won't work. One is to persuade us to leave, to be honest, this is actually quite faceless. Second, since then, he has never been treated with us again, and he has a black face when he sees us. I'm so thick-skinned that I can ignore it and turn a blind eye, but what about you! You are thin-skinned, will you not feel too comfortable when you see these people in the future? ”

Xie Fanghua couldn't imagine what it would be like to be seen by them!

"Oh, I was wrong! Actually, my mother won't be like that. After all, she protects me and likes you. Mainly the rest. For example, Concubine Lin, the old lady in the sixth room of the Xie family, and the lady of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. Qin Zheng smiled and gently rubbed her neck, "If they are seen, what do you say, what will happen to people like them who believe in Buddhism and love Buddhism?" ”

Xie Fanghua looked at him and didn't speak, what can Princess Ying do? She is famous for protecting her son and loving her son, not only everyone in the capital knows it, but everyone in the world probably knows it. Can you still reprimand and criticize him? If you don't reprimand him, will you come to reprimand her for not keeping her etiquette? She knew better than anyone else what her son was doing.

He stared at Xie Fanghua, smiled deeply and deeply, and said word by word, "You haven't been bitten enough by me, haven't you?" You don't want to see people tomorrow, do you? Originally, my mother was here to pray for you, but ......" he touched her neck that had been bitten out of red pink marks, "If someone sees you insulting the Buddha Pure Land with me behind your back, what do you think will happen to her?" ”

Qin Zheng was laughed angrily when he heard this!