Last time, Pei Ye came to Jizhou, but he didn't stop much, so he hurriedly turned back to Beijing.

First, the prince's side was in a hurry, and he had to go to the Chen Mansion quickly to make sure, and second, there was news that there was movement on the side of King Qinan again.

That night, the crown prince secretly summoned the father and son of Yiguo into the palace, and before he could discuss what the king of Qinan had moved, a guard came to report, and the king of Qinan led the light horse and the secret guard, and left the capital in the night.

Although King Qinan was respectful to the crown prince on the surface, he was very unscrupulous when he really acted.

It has long been commonplace to cut first and then play, and this Jingshi is the place where he can come and go whenever he wants.

In fact, arrogance is nothing, after all, he is the prince with military exploits, not to mention that according to his seniority, the prince still has to respect him as an uncle.

What the crown prince cares about is not that he is so wanton, but that he is worried, there is no war at the border at the moment, why did King Qinan leave Beijing in such a hurry?

The crown prince has long regarded this uncle Wang, who is five years older than him, as a great trouble, and he just wants to break all the wings of this uncle before he succeeds to the throne.

He has advocated etiquette since he was a child, and he is unwilling to do things that kill each other, and it is only when he saw with his own eyes that the queen mother strongly supported King Qinan, and even forced his father to abdicate as soon as possible, and the prince knew that he was in a difficult situation.

Even if he thinks of some family affection, if he is replaced by King Qinan, he may not be able to let go of his little imperial nephew.

Coupled with the assassination at the horse racing festival last time, the prince was even more apprehensive. Although Pei Ye did not give a clear sentence saying that the assassin was related to King Qinan, the emperor and the crown prince also had some thoughts in their hearts.

Therefore, King Qinan's move, the prince had to be careful to be careful.

Pei Ye was ordered by the emperor this time. Pretend to be a tour. In fact, he secretly followed King Qinan.

They went around and around and walked out of Jizhou City. After passing through Bingzhou, I went around in the direction of Meizhou, stayed for a few days, and suddenly turned to the northwest again, heading towards Ganzhou and Suzhou.

Pei Ye could see that King Qinan was going around in circles, wandering from place to place, hiding people's eyes and ears. This kind of action is nothing more than to show the emperor and prince who is far away in Beijing.

The terrain of Suzhou is remote, although there are barbarians. But it is limited to robbing homes and houses to make ends meet.

The wind and sand here are big, even if the troops rebel, before they can rush to the state, they have already exhausted the soldiers, and the Yumen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Suzhou is not a big mess.

The king of Qinan came to Suzhou to appease the soldiers stationed at the border pass, and that faction seemed to say, the emperor doesn't care about you. The court doesn't care about you, and there is a prince here who is sympathetic to you.

King Qi Nan was once the man in armor. It's not surprising that they went all the way to comfort the soldiers.

But the palace was in a hurry, so Pei Ye sent a secret letter back to ask the crown prince to calm down.

King Qinan stayed in Suzhou for less than three days, and then turned back again, and this time, he finally showed his true colors.

After bypassing Meizhou, he did not go straight to his fiefdom of Yizhou, but stayed in Haozhou first.

Haozhou has always been an important thoroughfare, and the commander of the envoy Si Wang Lu and the queen's mother's family are in the same clan, and they have deep roots, if it were not for this, the emperor would not dare to entrust Wang Lu with a heavy responsibility at the beginning.

The king of Qinan actually got the idea of the royal capital......

Such a situation is easy to solve.

After Pei Ye settled in Haozhou, he sent a secret letter the next day, asking the emperor to let the queen come forward to invite the royal family patriarch into the palace.

Empress Wang's grandfather and Wang Dusi's great-grandmother are cousins, although they have been separated from their ancestors as early as their ancestors, but after all, it is clearly written on the family tree that they are related to the same clan.

The clan relationship is there, which King Qinan can't shake.

Sure enough, within five days, the Dusi Mansion sent off the guests.

King Qi Nan seemed to be angry, and after leaving the capital of the palace, he went all the way south and returned to Yizhou.

Pei Ye naturally didn't dare to follow him again, after all, Yizhou was the fief of King Qinan, and it would be a little troublesome for him to come out again if he went.

However, seeing that King Qinan returned in such an angry manner, he knew that he was rejected by Wang Lu. He really didn't have to go with him.

Pei Ye stayed in Haozhou for another two days before returning to Beijing slowly.

The closer he got to Beijing, the more his itinerary slowed down, and he didn't return to Beijing until he was a child, and Mrs. Pei was already in a hurry, and several letters came urging Pei Ye to return home.

Every time he received the letter, Duofu's heart trembled, he could imagine how angry Mrs. Pei was at the moment, he was about to hit the wall, but the young master was still good, and he didn't mean to rush at all.

After dragging on like this, I finally got to the territory of Jizhou, and I could enter Beijing through Jizhou, and I didn't want my young master to stay any longer.

Duofu handed Pei Ye a sip of tea, and then pretended to say casually: "In the early years, I heard that the climate in Jizhou is changeable and harsh, but now I see that it is true!" A few years ago, the epidemic here was the most severe, look at this place, the spring tide is dry in autumn, the summer is hot, and the snow does not stop in winter, and I heard that there are often avalanches, it is really an unlucky place! ”

Duofu's eyes were full of disgust, and he said all the bad things about Jizhou in one breath.

At a glance, his young master was still indifferent.

Pei Ye closed his eyes slightly and swayed with the rhythm of the carriage, and finally said: "I tell you to read more books on weekdays, if you read less, you will only see women." This Jizhou is a fortress adjacent to Jingshi, with four distinct seasons, what a good place for outstanding people......"

"Young Master, ......"

Duofu knew that this would be the result, he wanted to cry without tears, and said: "Seeing that it is about to reach the big Chinese New Year's Eve, if you don't return home, the old lady will definitely slaughter the little one and eat it......"

Pei Ye glanced at Duofu with a little impatience, and chuckled: "Just you?" Don't give it to the butcher, those two taels of meat, others are too lazy to sharpen their knives. ”

Duofu slumped his shoulders down and collapsed helplessly.

After the heavy snowfall, it was quiet all around, and most of the ladies in Jiangfu hid in the warm room and did not want to come out.

Su Xue leaned lightly on the small black lacquered wood table, eating the lily cake that was still steaming, and watching Qianrou cut the window flowers neatly with her hands and feet.

Qianrou is skillful, bends around, and cuts out a blessing character in a few clicks. The flowers, birds, insects and fish with a flower-shaped pattern are cut by hand. Even. A folding fan-shaped Wufu Gate was also cut.

Su Xue looked a little distracted. Even the most beloved hot stuffed lily cake in recent days can't care about eating more.

"How many years does this skillful hand have to be practiced......" Su Xue muttered in a low voice, pinched a piece of shortbread and took a bite, and suddenly her eyes narrowed beautifully.

Unexpectedly, such a low whisper was heard by Qianrou clearly, she raised her face and smiled, and said: "The little one used to be a handyman in the paper-cutting shop, and he was very busy every New Year, so he was also dragged to cut the window flowers together. ”

She was joking. The hand still didn't stop, and it was very neat.

"Actually, it's not difficult to learn, Miss might as well learn a simple one, and when the time comes, cut one in front of the old lady, and the old lady will be happy." Qianrou said, picking up colored paper and scissors to hand them to Su Xue.

Su Xue hurriedly said: "Even if I learn, it will be ugly when I cut it out, so don't make jokes." ”

For the New Year, she doesn't want to see blood.

In addition to applying needles to diagnose pulses and ordering medicinal herbs, her hands. But there are no other specialties.

Seeing Su Xue's gaze resisting, Qianrou had no choice but to give up. Continue to cut with your head down.

At this moment, the curtain flickered slightly, and Miao Meng came back with a small food box.

Su Xue's eyes lit up when she saw the food box.

I used to think that gluttony was a physical problem, and I was hungry fast, so I ate a lot. Now I know that those are all excuses.

Gluttony is gluttony, and it has nothing to do with anything else.

As soon as she nested in the warm room in winter, she was even more flustered, although some of the food on the ancient table could not enter her eyes, but the desserts and snacks were full of tricks, and she could always find a few things that suited her taste.

It's like this lily crisp, which is full of burnt fragrance, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.

On weekdays, the ladies are all gentle, and the snacks are sent over when they are cold. But this crispy snack hurts the stomach when it's cold, and in this winter, it's even more boring to eat. The egg tarts have to be served hot to be delicious.

Su Xue instructed Miaomeng to go to the cook's side to guard, and as soon as it came out of the oven, she would put it in a food box and bring it back.

The hot lily crisp with the skin and filling is a delicacy.

As soon as Su Xue was happy, she summoned Qianrou Miaomeng to taste it together, and Miaomeng only took a bite, and her eyes were so beautiful that she narrowed into slits.

I don't know if it's because the girl in Miaomeng went out with more mouths, and within a few days, the ladies and masters in the house only ate hot stuffing when they wanted lily cakes, and the cold ones were rewarded to their subordinates.

For a while, the mothers-in-law in the kitchen all echoed and learned to make lily cakes, and even added some hot honey filling to the ruyi rolls, which felt the same thing.

Su Xue hadn't finished the lily cake at hand, and Miao Meng went to pick up a box and came back.

Seeing that the food was coming, Su Xue was naturally happy.

You must know that she can't treat her mouth badly when the sky falls, so that she didn't forget to eat everything in front of her when she was split in her previous life, and even when she was confused and wore into this body, half of it was due to food.

Miao Meng watched Su Xue eat happily, so she stood aside and smiled softly, and waited until she packed up the food box before she got down to business.

"Mother Hu just said it on purpose, the old lady means that she will rush back to the old house in Jiangnan after the New Year, so she will hold a family banquet in the house in advance tomorrow night."

Hearing Miaomeng say this, Qianrou also stopped what she was doing, raised her face and looked at Su Xue seriously, and said, "There will be a family banquet tomorrow night, and the young lady has to prepare earlier." ”

After Qianrou finished speaking, she turned to Miaomeng again and asked, "Have you sent over all the new clothes and jewelry?" ”

Miaomeng nodded: "I sent it yesterday." ”

Qianrou quickly picked up the scraps of paper on the low table, got up and said, "It's just that according to the rules of the house, Miss still needs to prepare a gift, otherwise other young ladies will rush to show filial piety to the old lady, but Miss has nothing to do here." ”

Looking at the reactions of Miaomeng and Qianrou, it can be seen that this family banquet is very important. (To be continued......)

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