The job of making dumplings is actually very simple, just put the dumpling filling on the rolled dumpling skin, and then pinch the edges of the dumpling skin tightly with your hands to ensure that the dumpling filling does not leak out when cooking.

After watching Jin Yu and Liangyuan wrap a few, Qu Wurong learned this skill very easily, the first few can only be reluctantly called "dumplings", but the later ones are more delicate and beautiful than the other, and even the two girls who often do this kind of thing sigh to themselves.

The dumplings for three people were quickly completed, and in order to prevent not enough to eat, they also deliberately wrapped some more. The wrapped dumplings were put away by Jin Yu, just waiting for them to be cooked in the pot at night, and then they could be eaten.

After wrapping the dumplings, Qu Wurong was "driven" out of the kitchen by the two girls, because they were going to prepare the materials for cooking next, and this process was cumbersome and complicated, which was really not suitable for Qu Wurong, the master.

Knowing that he couldn't help much, Qu Wurong didn't force it, and left the kitchen obediently.

After coming out of the kitchen, Qu Wurong did not go back to the courtyard to rest as the two girls said, but stretched out his hand and pulled the cloak on his body tight, and then walked towards the outside of the Royal Zen Courtyard.

This royal monastery is built halfway up the mountain, with a view of the village at the foot of the mountain. Qu Wurong stood under the tree, quietly looking at the snow-covered col, not knowing what he was thinking.

Just as she was distracted, there was a sudden creaking sound of wheels rolling in the snow not far away, and when she looked in the direction of the sound, she saw a carriage slowly moving towards the mountain.

When the carriage approached, Qu Wurong found that the people driving the carriage were Xiao Zhengzi and Xiao Qizi, and the two of them parked the carriage at the gate of the Royal Zen Academy, jumped down from the wheel and asked, "It's so cold outside, why is Niangniang standing here?" ”

"I'll come out and breathe." Qu Wurong replied, his eyes crossed the two and threw themselves at the carriage behind them, "It's Chinese New Year's Eve today, you two don't stay in the palace well, why did you come here again?" ”

Xiao Zhengzi and Xiao Qizi didn't answer her, but stepped forward and lifted the curtain of the carriage, only to see two people getting off the car, it was Yangchun and Bai Xue, the two girls, "Niangniang!" ”

"Why are you all here?" Qu Wurong looked at them in surprise.

"Come and celebrate the New Year with my mother!" It was Yangchun who answered, she stepped forward and grabbed Qu Wurong's arm affectionately, "You have been in the palace for these days, Bai Xue and I are both about to suffocate to death, so I begged the emperor to allow us to go out of the palace to celebrate the New Year with you, and the emperor felt sorry for us and agreed." ”

Qu Wurong frowned slightly when he heard this, "Then you all come out, won't the emperor be left alone?" ”

"It won't be alone!" Yangchun pursed his lips, "The emperor went to the altar with the adults in the court early this morning to worship the sky, I heard Xiaoshunzi's father-in-law say, it seems that he has to participate in something later...... Oops, I don't remember, but the emperor will be very busy all day today! ”

Qu Wurong was not surprised by this, thinking that the two girls were also kind enough to come over to accompany her, so she didn't ask anything more, but said lightly: "Then don't stand here, let's go in." ”

"Hmm!"

Seeing that his young lady went out for a trip, and when he came back, there were four more "tails" behind him, Jin Yu and Liangyuan were stunned, but after hearing Yangchun say that the four of them would stay with them tonight to celebrate the New Year, both of them changed from stunned to happy, after all, the New Year still needs to be crowded before it is lively.

With the help of Yangchun and Bai Xue, the dinner in the evening was much more abundant, and they also brought artillery from the palace and lit it in the courtyard before the dinner began.

When it was almost time, snowflakes suddenly fell in the sky again, and Qu Wurong asked Xiao Zhengzi and Xiao Qizi to place the table near the door, so that they could enjoy the snow while eating Chinese New Year's Eve dinner later.

After all the qiē were ready, Qu Wurong led a few people into the table, this is not in the palace, there is no need to abide by so many rules, not to mention that a few girls have no rules in front of Qu Wurong, even with Xiao Zhengzi and Xiao Qizi have let go a lot, a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner is very lively.

Halfway through the meal, the sky outside had completely darkened, the snowflakes were still falling melodiously, and several girls were chatting together about what had happened during the time they had separated, Qu Wurong didn't interject, just sat aside and listened quietly.

Knock knock.

There was a sudden knock on the door of the courtyard, and a few people who were chatting to Xingtou didn't hear it, but Qu Wurong, who had not spoken, vaguely heard it, and at first thought it was her delusion, until the knocking sound was a little worse, and she raised her hand to stop the noisy people, "Listen, is someone knocking on the door?" ”

The other people listened intently for a while, and sure enough, there was a rhythmic knocking sound on the courtyard gate, and Jin Yu asked strangely, "Who will come at such a late hour?" ”

"Just check it out?" The person who answered the call was Yang Chun, she stood up and walked outside as she spoke, and when she saw the people standing outside the courtyard gate, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Your Majesty!" What are you doing here? ”

There were a total of two people outside the door, and the first to stand was Shen Wu'an, who was dressed in civilian clothes, and it seemed that he had been standing outside the door for a while, although Xiao Shunzi was holding an umbrella for him behind him, a thin layer of snowflakes still fell on the black cloak.

Hearing her words, Shen Wu'an couldn't help but raise his hand and knocked her head hard, "Why can't I come?" After speaking, he didn't wait for her to respond, and pushed her away and walked into the courtyard.

"That's not what I meant!" Yang Chun covered his ached forehead and followed him, "I just think it's a little strange, when I told Bai Xue that I wanted to leave the palace, the emperor didn't say that you wanted to come with you!" ”

Everyone in the room also heard the movement, and they came out one after another, but they wanted to salute but were stopped by Shen Wu'an waving his hand, "It's not in the palace, you don't need to be so vain!" ”

"Your Majesty, let's go inside, it's still snowing outside!" Among the people present, Liangyuan was the most careful, and when he saw everyone standing outside, he beckoned everyone into the house, and carefully brought a hand stove and stuffed it for Shen Wu'an to warm his hands.

Qu Wurong finally came back to his senses from the surprise of seeing Shen Wu'an, pulled him to sit down on the chair, and asked strangely, "Why did you come here at this time?" ”

"Originally, I planned to come over early, but when I left the palace, I was delayed by some things." Shen Wu'an said as he stuffed the hand stove into her hand, and he wrapped her with a pair of big hands.

"Don't come here since it's late, it's still snowing outside, and the mountain road is difficult to walk." Although Qu Wurong really hoped that he could be by her side at a time like today, when she thought that they were walking up the mountain on a slippery night road, she was afraid for a while, what if something happened?

Seeing her worry, Shen Wu'an patted her hand lightly and said comfortingly: "It's okay, I have already asked people to clean the road up the mountain before I came, and the new school is not yet, so don't worry." ”

Hearing him say this, Qu Wurong was finally relieved, but soon realized another question: "Have you planned to come over today?" ”

Shen Wu'an nodded, "Hmm." ”

"Then why don't you let people sue me in advance?" Qu Wurong glared at him with disgust, and also wrote those words on the letter that deliberately made her misunderstand that he might not come, which made her feel depressed for several days.

Shen Wu'an clenched her hands when he heard this, and said with a smile in his eyebrows, "I want to surprise you." ”

It has to be said that his purpose was achieved.

When she saw him appear in front of her just now, Qu Wurong was indeed surprised and happy, and there was a full sense of happiness overflowing in her heart, all she wanted was this kind of life, no matter what the two of them separated, and how long and how far they were separated, that person would return to her at an appropriate time.

While the two of them were complaining to each other, Jin Yu and Liangyuan had already quickly cleaned up the leftovers on the table, and re-arranged the meals in the kitchen that they were afraid of not finishing, and then said to the two masters who were tired in one place: "The emperor shouldn't have dinner yet, right?" None of these dishes have been touched yet, so you two can talk while eating. With that, he retreated with amusement.

Shen Wu'an glanced at Qu Wurong beside him, and asked with a hint of depression in his tone: "I was listening to you talking and laughing outside just now, why did I disperse as soon as I came in?" ”

"I didn't know if you were coming, we started this Chinese New Year's Eve dinner very early, and it is estimated that everyone has already eaten at this time." Qu Wurong said as he picked up the chopsticks in front of him to pick up the dishes for him, "You have been busy in the palace all day, and you must not have been able to take care of eating well!" Hurry up and eat, if you have anything to say, you will talk about it later. ”

really let him say it, Shen Wu'an got up early in the morning to worship the sky, and after the sacrifice, he returned to the palace to deal with some other things, and dealt with a few mouthfuls casually for lunch, although he set up a banquet in the palace to invite the ministers in the evening, but he only showed his face at the beginning, and then hurried here.

The food on the table exuded an enticing fragrance, and even if Shen Wu'an didn't feel how hungry he was, he was lured out of the gluttonous worms in his stomach at this moment, and danced the chopsticks in his hand gracefully.

After he was full of wine and food, Qu Wurong asked people to come in and remove all the dishes, and was about to tell Jin Yu to make tea, but was stopped by Shen Wu'an, he pulled Qu Wurong and walked outside, and said as he walked: "It's too full, why don't we go out for a walk." ”

When he came to the door, Qu Wurong found that the snow had stopped at some point, and the lanterns hanging on the row of Bodhi trees in front of him were still burning, and the flickering candlelight reflected the snow in a faint red.

"It's so late, where are you going to take me?" It wasn't until he was led out of the courtyard that Qu Wurong came back to his senses and asked strangely the person walking in front.

Shen Wu'an glanced back at her, smiled but didn't answer her question, just clenched her hand and said, "You'll know later." ”