Chapter 11: Ember Dust
Huanhuan didn't know how to answer Ling'er's question, nodded slightly, and then hurriedly shook his head. She and Nan Gongzi are only one-sided.
Seeing her like this, Ling'er said anxiously: "Why did Miss go to Fengxian Residence to drink?" But it's going to ruin your reputation. ”
"I didn't go to Fengxian Ju to drink, I just spent two silver to enter the building, and the wine was drunk at the Pear Blossom Wine Shop."
Ling'er was anxious, and couldn't help but say, "Then why did you enter that building in vain?" ”
Huanhuan was not in a hurry to answer Ling'er, but squatted down to pick up the plain purse on the ground and patted the purse. Seeing this, Ling'er also squatted down, picking up the broken silver on the ground, with anger on her face.
"I drank enough wine from the Pear Blossom Wine Shop, and I wanted to go to the Chunfeng Building to listen to the core lady singing, but I thought of my identity, even if I brought a veil to hide, I didn't dare to enter that building. So I spent money on cans of grape wine and wandered around the streets. Passing by the Fengxian Residence, I heard someone in the building playing the flute, playing very well, and my father was not as good as that person. I wanted to go up there and see who the flute was. As everyone knows, the rules in the Fengxian Mansion are that if you want to enter the building, you have to pay two silver first. Huanhuan handed the plain purse to Ling'er, motioned for her to put the broken silver in it, and lamented, "I'll give it to her when Qin Niang comes back." ”
Ling'er nodded, very interested in Huanhuan's experience in Fengxian Ju that day, especially the beautiful men in the building. He continued to ask, "Is the man in that building really handsome and extraordinary?" ”
The corners of Huanhuan's mouth curled slightly, and he replied: "As soon as I entered the building, I smelled a faint aroma of wine, as well as a good aroma, there were only a few yarn lamps in the empty building, and the things and objects could not be seen, only that there were many calligraphy and paintings, and I couldn't see anyone." I took a sip of grape wine, strengthened my courage, and walked slowly towards the sound of the flute. The aisle was so long, and there were many doors on both sides of the aisle, and each door was hung with silver bells. I didn't dare touch the bell, so I walked slowly to the sound of the flute, and after walking for a long time, I finally saw the man who played the flute. ”
"What is the use of the bell? The person who plays the flute is the son of Nan? ”
"I don't know what the bell does, but it's not a mundane thing, and the carvings and patterns are very exquisite. The man who played the flute was a man with his back to me, his hair was like ink, and he was draped behind him, and his long hair reached to his waist. The place where he stood was facing the bustling long street. I tapped the brim of the crockpot with the grapes to entice him to look back at me. When he looked back at me, I felt that I was very drunk. ”
Ling'er was listening to Xingtou, but suddenly heard Huanhuan's stomach screaming a few times, only to realize that it was getting late. But he couldn't help but continue to ask: "That's Nan Gongzi?" Handsome? ”
"It's him, more delicate than a girl." Huanhuan rubbed his stomach and sighed lightly, "Ling'er, let's make some food." We'll go to the princess tomorrow and ask for Qinniang. ”
Ling'er chuckled, quickly took out the osmanthus cake from the food cabinet, and then took out the jar of grape brew and put it on the table.
"Miss, what about later?"
Huanhuan picked up the grape wine, poured two glasses from the cup, and handed one to Ling'er. He picked up a glass of grape wine in both hands and took a sip.
The strong fruity aroma, the moment the fragrance invades the tip of the tongue, Huanhuan feels that the whole person is surrounded by grapes, as if it is the hot summer season to eat grapes. The corners of his mouth curled slightly, his mood was much better, and he replied: "Later, I asked him for a tune, knowing that his surname is Nan, and telling him that I am in the Six Kings' Mansion." I didn't expect that after such a long time, he really sent the score. It's a pity that the princess won't give it to me. ”
Ling'er didn't expect Huanhuan to finish the story in just a few words, she just felt that it was not enjoyable, but she didn't dare to continue asking. I had to go to the house to cook, Ling'er had never cooked, and finally found the ingredients and prepared to cook, but she couldn't get firewood. It was late at night, and Ling'er was annoyed, threw away the flint, pinched the dry straw and lowered her head and sobbed.
Ling'er caught a glimpse of a white and slender hand and picked up the flint on the stove. When she looked up and found out who it was, Ling'er was so shocked that she forgot to cry. By the time he had reacted, the man had lit the straw and was looking at him indifferently.
Ling'er hurriedly got up and knelt down to salute.
The person who came was the prince Li Zerong.
Li Zerong shook his hand and motioned for Ling'er to go down. Ling'er understood and was about to leave, when she saw a pot of fresh fish pieces filled with peach wood on the stove. Feeling warm, the young lady doesn't understand the prince's sincerity, but she knows a thing or two.
"Don't tell the slave I'm coming. You go and talk to her, and you can say that the porridge is boiling in the pot, and it will be fine later. Li Zerong stared at the firewood and rolled his sleeves high. The firewood goes into the stove and burns very vigorously.
Li Zerong got up, cleaned his hands, and carefully took care of the fish meat in the peach wood basin with clean water, a pair of fox eyes stared at the fish pieces in the basin quietly and intently, and the tenderness overflowing from his eyebrows and eyes was like a river full of spring water.
The water in the pot is boiling, and after Li Zerong boils the fish in the pot, he calmly scoops up the fresh fish pieces with a bamboo sieve spoon and then dips them in cold water. Press out the thorns from the fish one by one. After the fish is processed, grab a few handfuls of pearl rice and put them in the pot. After doing all this, Li Zerong carefully checked the firewood in the stove again, and after making sure that it was enough to cook the fish porridge in the pot, he packed up the stove and wanted to leave.
Ling'er came out of the stove room and quietly entered Huanhuan's room, hesitating whether to take the young lady to the stove room and let her know how good the prince was. Before he could enter the room, Huanhuan had fallen asleep against the table.
Ling'er sighed, her mind was full of Fang Cai's hand holding the flint, and her heart was full of joy and hatred for the prince's feelings. I like him to remember his own young lady, hate him for protecting the princess, and don't believe in young lady.
When she took the clothes and draped them on Huanhuan, she smelled the smell of rice from afar.
When I opened the door, I was about to go to the stove room, and I saw the prince standing in the courtyard with a sad expression. Ling'er was stunned for a while, and she admitted that the moment she met the prince's eyes, she lost her soul. So much so that she didn't realize that she should salute instead of looking at him with delusional stupidity. Ling'er suddenly remembered two lines of poetry that Huanhuan taught her, describing him as coincidental.
"Childe should only see paintings, and I know only about this."
Li Zerong didn't notice Ling'er's gaffe, and when he saw her come out, he threw up his sleeves and turned to leave.
"Ling'er, it's so fragrant."
Huanhuan woke up to see that he had an extra piece of clothing on his body, and the air was filled with the smell of rice. got up to look for Ling'er, but saw her at the door, looking at something stupidly.
"Miss smells the aroma, it should be almost well. Would you like to go with me to the stove to have a look? ”
"Okay......"
Huanhuan drank three bowls of fish and rice porridge in a row this night and ate to his heart's content. praised it: "Ling'er, I didn't expect your craftsmanship to be so good, even better than Qin Niang's cooking." ”
Ling'er also felt that this porridge was too delicious, so she ate three bowls in a row.
Li Zerong cooked a large pot of porridge, and Ling'er put the remaining fish porridge in a gold and copper basin, waiting for it to continue eating tomorrow, and breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, I admired the prince even more in my heart, and hesitated to tell my young lady the truth, but I didn't know how to speak.
Eat well and sleep enough.
When she woke up the next day, Huanhuan lay on the bed, touching the dagger that Qin Niang bought for her, which was very similar to the dagger she had snatched away by Li Zerong before, except that the design of this dagger was a little more feminine, and the handle was designed to be lighter.
The dagger was unsheathed, and the cold light appeared.
Hwan hwan sighed and tucked the dagger under his pillow. Xu was so delicious last night that she woke up and wanted to have another bowl. lifted the tent curtain and saw Ling'er holding a gold and copper basin, and hurriedly ran over.
A sense of foreboding suddenly appeared in his heart, and he frowned and asked, "Ling'er, why are you rushing?" What happened? ”
Ling'er panicked: "Then the princess sent someone again!" ”
Huanhuan's heart sank, his beautiful eyes flowed, his face was uneasy, and he asked, "What's the matter?" ”
"Yes, it's Nan Gongzi who is here. Waiting to see you in the main courtyard. ”
When Huanhuan heard this, he hurriedly put on his clothes, simply tied his hair and wanted to go to the main courtyard. I thought to myself: In case, if I see the wrong person, then Nan Gongzi is a person from Fengxian Ju, and his conduct is not to be discussed. If she accepted the benefits of the princess and came to frame herself, then she would be difficult to explain even if she had a few mouths. The human heart is sinister, and gossip is also a knife to kill!
"Miss, wait a minute."
Ling'er stopped her, took out a thin veil from her arms, tied it on her face on tiptoe, and comforted: "Miss's scar is much better, it's better to wear a veil to cover it." ”
Ling'er followed closely behind Huanhuan this time and rushed to the main courtyard with her.
In the main courtyard of the palace, there is a wooden table, there are two silver wine jugs, a few plates of flowers and fruits, and there are two people sitting at the table.
One person's eyebrows and eyes are like ink landscapes, hiding ancient rhyme and poetry. The bridge of the nose is high and straight, the lips are full and tempting, and a pair of red jade beads are hung in the ears, which is more beautiful than a woman. His skin was as white as snow, and a strand of long inky hair covered half of his eyes, which fell down his cheeks and fell to his chest, and there was a beard flute around his waist. He was holding a silver wine glass and talking with a smile.
The other man's charming fox eyes narrowed slightly, as if hiding anger. The man's eyebrows and eyes are the same as the moon shadow of the cold lake, giving people a feeling of coldness and inaccessibility. The bridge of the nose is high and bony, the thin lips are slightly pursed, and the expression is resolute and invasive. Dressed in a black robe, with a dagger around his waist, his hair tied up high, and his extravagance was extraordinary. The fair-skinny hand was holding the silver wine glass, and he paused slightly.
The princess stood beside her, smiling at the two.
Among the two, one is Li Zerong, who Huanhuan is familiar with, and the other is only familiar like Nan Gongzi who met in Fengxian Residence that day.
When Huanhuan arrived, he heard the man raise his glass and laugh, "Ember is rude." ”
It turned out that he was Nan Ember Dust.