Chapter 45: Hot Pot

In the blink of an eye, it is the winter solstice of another year.

Snowflakes flew again in the capital of Liang Guo, Tang Ningnan did not sit outside the dormitory, but asked Xiao Gardenia to move the chair to the hall, put a blanket on the chair, and then brought a brazier, and sat in the hall to watch the snow.

Chang Geng and the three of them were small, and Tang Ningnan was still not sent away by the weeping dew after all, and neatly surrounded the brazier, squinting his eyes, enjoying it very much.

The firewood in the stream is soft and warm, and I don't go out with the raccoon slaves.

Yes...... I feel the joy of Lu You's petting cats now.

Looking at the heavy snow flying in the sky, Tang Ningnan sighed that it would be better to eat a steaming hot pot at this time.

"Hey, hot pot!" Tang Ningnan, who was originally lying on the chair, patted his thigh and sat up from the chair.

Woke up Bizhu, who was watching the door and napping, "Little master, what's wrong with you, is there something uncomfortable?" ”

"No, you go and call the little gardenia, I have something for him to do."

"Yes, slave and maid will go." Bizhu was about to get up.

"Eh, Hongzhu, why don't you see her."

A bright smile appeared at the corner of Bizhu's mouth: "She, she was taken to play by Imperial Doctor Pu again, saying that she was asked to take some millet and rice or something to catch birds in the snow." ”

Tang Ningnan also smiled: "Let her go, as long as Dr. Julian doesn't let him catch a cold." ”

Pu Julian originally said that he would leave after the Water Imperial Palace went back, but it seemed that he also came back because of the red beads, and he had been in the palace for almost seven months in a blink of an eye.

In the Imperial Garden, Pu Julian and Hongzhu hid behind stones, and in front of them a simple sparrow trap made of dustpans and rice, and the two of them were staring intently to see if any of the clumsy sparrows had taken the bait.

"Ah, there it is!" Pu Julian said.

A sparrow is cautiously jumping in, trying to peck at the rice inside.

"Quick, pull." Hongzhu pushed Pu Julian's hand and said.

"No hurry, wait." But Hongzhu couldn't hold it anymore and wanted to try it herself, Pu Julian was afraid of alarming the sparrow, so she protected the rope in her hand backwards, and the two of them pushed back and forth, and finally both fell into the snow.

"Look, it's all your fault, you won't let me pull, the sparrow also ran away, and both of us fell." Because she was wearing too thick, Hongzhu struggled to get up from the ground and said angrily.

Pu Julian looked at the red beads in front of her, because the air was too cold, her cheeks were frozen red, on the fair skin, it was very conspicuous, her facial features were small, especially delicate and delicate, like a doll coming out of a New Year's painting.

"Huh!" Pu Julian grabbed a handful of snow from the ground and placed it on the small nose of the red bead.

"What are you doing!" Hongzhu, who was frightened by the cold feeling coming from the tip of her nose, hurriedly pushed Pu Julian's hand.

grabbed a large handful of snow from the ground and threw it into Pu Julian's clothes, and the two frolicked in the snow.

Hongzhu didn't stand firmly, and almost fell down, but was grabbed by Pu Julian and pulled into her arms, and the movements of the two came to an abrupt end.

"Hongzhu, do you like me?" Pu Julian asked.

was asked by Pu Julian like this, the flush on Hongzhu's face was even more obvious, and she hurriedly pushed Pu Julian away and dropped a sentence: "Who will like you, I'll go back to serve the little master." Without looking back, he ran back in the direction of Rong Yuxuan.

Pu Julian was alone in the snow, looking at her back and smirking.

Sure enough, as Tang Ningnan thought, in such a fight in the snow, Pu Julian has always been in good health, but Hongzhu has a cold and burns badly.

Tang Ningnan called Pu Julian to the palace, reprimanded him fiercely, and asked him to take care of the sick Hongzhu personally, which was regarded as an apology to her.

Here, Xiao Gardenia came in with what Tang Ningnan wanted. It is a large copper basin with a baffle in the middle to divide the space into two parts.

I asked the little gardenia to paste a small stove with mud, and after a long comparison, I determined the most suitable height.

"Mother, what are these things for?" Xiao Gardenia had never seen such a pot, and asked curiously like Tang Ningnan.

"You'll find out tomorrow." Tang Ningnan smiled mysteriously.

Took Bizhu to the kitchen and instructed her to prepare various materials.

The next day, Tang Ningnan called Feng Feihan, the queen and the concubines to the palace, and mysteriously said that he wanted to invite them to eat delicious food.

But when the three of them came to the palace, they found that the dishes on the table were all raw, and Tang Ningnan didn't know where they were, and the three of them stared at each other and didn't know what to do.

When he was puzzled, Tang Ningnan came to the hall from the small kitchen.

"Let it go, let it go, be careful of the burn." beckoned the three of them to stand out a little in front.

Later, the little gardenia came up with the specially made copper basin and placed it on the small stove on the table.

There are two colors in the copper basin, one red and one white, and as soon as the small stove is heated, the soup is hot, and a spicy and fragrant smell wafts out.

"Sit down and eat, this is called hot pot, I saw gentiles eating like this when I was in Miaojiang before, thinking that the weather is cold in winter, and eating this just goes to the cold." Tang Ningnan beckoned them to sit down, and explained in a serious way what this thing was called and how she knew about it.

The three of them followed Tang Ningnan's example, put the vegetables and meat in a pot and boiled them, and put them back in a bowl with dipping sauce.

The concubine was unexpectedly able to eat spicy, and the queen could only eat the dishes on the side of the white soup base, but Feng Feihan couldn't stand the spicy food, but she wanted to eat the ingredients in the red soup base, and there were a lot of sweat beads on her forehead when she ate, which made Tang Ningnan laugh.

"How's it going, do you feel like your body feels warm after eating this?" Tang Ningnan said proudly.

"Well, I feel warmed up, and it's delicious." The concubine replied.

This is a hot pot of their era that she worked hard to copy, how can it not be delicious?

Tang Ningnan's delivery date is expected to be at the end of December, and in the second half of December, everyone in the palace is nervous, for fear that something will go wrong at the last moment.

The palace people under the care of Cry Lu prepared everything for production, and they had to see each one by themselves.

Tang Ningnan looked at everyone nervous, he was inevitably nervous, he had not given birth to a child yet, would he die of hemorrhage in bed, and would he have postpartum tetanus because of the poor sanitary conditions now, but he felt that he was thinking too much, after all, this is in the palace of Liang Guo, with the best imperial doctor and the best medicine.

"Don't be so nervous, you can arrange it back and forth, and the palace will panic." Tang Ningnan opened his mouth and said to the busy people in the palace.

"Oh, why did you come out by yourself, mother, hurry, the slave will help you go back to rest." Weelu watched Tang Ningnan support her waist and walk out of the dormitory, and hurriedly went over to support her.

Tang Ningnan patted her hand lightly and said, "Auntie, thank you so much for taking care of me so seriously these days."

"It's okay, this is what a slave and maid should do, when the prince in your belly lands safely, the slave's task is really over, taking care of you and the prince for so long is also a blessing for the slave and maid." Weeping Lu said to her while helping Tang Ningnan to the dormitory.

After a while, the queen and the concubine came to visit Tang Ningnan, sat for a while and was about to leave, when she just stepped out of the palace gate, she heard the voice of the imperial doctor from inside, Tang Ningnan had already started, and the queen and concubine went back.

Lin Zhizhou and a group of imperial doctors hurriedly came to Rong Yuxuan.

After a while, Feng Feihan also came from Chaohui Hall to Rong Yuxuan.

"How is Concubine Xiao?" Seeing that there was no movement inside, Feng Feihan asked.

"Your Majesty, the fetal head in Concubine Xiao's womb is too big, and she won't be able to give birth for a while, maybe Niangniang will suffer some crimes."

Fortunately, Tang Ningnan has always been in good health, and he often walks around and exercises during pregnancy, and after a while, the child landed safely, although he suffered some crimes, but it was still safe for the mother and daughter, but he consumed too much physical strength, and after the child was born, Tang Ningnan fell asleep.

This child is a daughter.

When Tang Ningnan was awake, Feng Feihan was sitting on the edge of the bed looking at her, and the queen and concubines were also sitting outside.

"Ning'er, you gave birth to a princess for me, and I am very happy." Seeing that she was awake, Feng Feihan spoke.

"Where's the kid?" Tang Ningnan spoke, his voice a little hoarse.

"The nurse took care of it, and I asked them to carry it for you." Feng Feihan asked softly.

"Hmm." Tang Ningnan turned around.

So the nurse hugged the princess and handed it to Feng Feihan, who carefully placed her next to Tang Ningnan's pillow, so that Tang Ningnan could turn his head to see her.

"She's so small, with a small nose and a small mouth." Tang Ningnan smiled with satisfaction.

"However, the princess has big eyes, and she must be as beautiful as her sister in the future." The concubine spoke, looked at Tang Ningnan and the princess who were lying down, and smiled.

"Your Majesty, has the princess been named?"

"Not yet, I'm waiting for you to wake up and discuss with you.

"Is it okay to call Princess Mifei? Feng Mifei, Pei is colorful and decorative, Fang Fei Fei is full of decorations, and the concubine hopes that she can be herself, be a sober and kind vanilla beauty, and not be polluted by the intrigue in this palace. Tang Ningnan explained.

"Well, okay, listen to Ning'er, it's called Mifei."

As soon as the child landed, the news spread to the Moon Pool Palace.

"Hehe, what kind of golden bump does this palace think she is pregnant? It's just a daughter, she used to be so arrogant, and now the child has landed in the palace to see what she wants to do. Concubine Hua was drinking wine with Concubine Yi in the Yuechi Palace, and when she heard that Tang Ningnan was born to a girl, she couldn't stop laughing.

"Niangniang, since Concubine Xiao has already given birth, then we should naturally have an expression and let people send congratulatory gifts." Yi Concubine said on the side.

"Hmm." Concubine Hua beckoned, and Bai Shao went to Rong Yuxuan with a plate of children's clothes.

"She was so proud when she was pregnant, but now she is a daughter when she lands, I don't know if Concubine Xiao will feel slapped in the face, Niangniang, what do you think she will think when she sees that we have prepared all the clothes for her that the prince wears?" Concubine Yi picked up the wine glass and toasted Concubine Hua.