Concubine Yun closed her eyes, and after a while, she opened her eyes again and continued: "Later, it was found that all the accompanying luggage was still in place without any traces of being taken away, and the fatal wounds on the bodies of those bandits at the scene were all throat wounds. And my brother-in-law's stunt is 'a sword to seal the throat', so I believe that it was my brother-in-law who tried his last bit of strength to die with the bandits. It's a pity that even if the righteous brother sacrificed himself, he couldn't save the lord of Yuehua from the hands of that murderous bandits. Concubine Yun paused again, tears flashing in her eyes, "It's all my fault, if I could have run faster at that time and found the rescuers earlier, the Lord of Yuehua and his righteous brother might not have died." ”

Speaking of this, tears welled up in Concubine Yun's eyes, and soon, she couldn't stop crying.

Bei Juese looked at her crying and didn't know how to comfort her, at this time, the people of Su Palace stepped forward from behind, handed Concubine Yun a handkerchief, and comforted softly: "Concubine, things have passed for so many years, not to mention that it is not your fault, why do you have to keep worrying and blaming yourself?" ”

After a long while, Concubine Yun slowly calmed down. She wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, sighed again and said to Bei Juese: "I'm sorry, let Xiaobei Gonggong you see the joke." ”

Bei Juese quickly shook his head.

Concubine Yun returned the handkerchief to the people of Su Palace, and then said, "Look at me, after inviting Father-in-law Xiaobei over, he has been talking to himself, and he hasn't even poured tea for you, it's really rude." With that, she motioned to the Su Gong people to pour tea.

Bei Juese hurriedly said: "The slave is not thirsty, so don't bother." ”

Concubine Yun didn't insist, but said, "Father-in-law Xiaobei hasn't had lunch yet, right?" I don't have any delicacies here, only some ordinary home-cooked snacks from the southern cotton country, if Xiaobei's father-in-law doesn't mind, just have lunch here and go back. She pushed the bowl of pale yellow liquid mixed with a little chili flakes on the table to Bei Jue Se, "Use it to dip these small snacks to eat, you can best taste the flavor of the southern cotton country." ”

As soon as the bowl of liquid that I didn't know what was approached, a sour, sweet, and slightly fishy smell went straight to my nose, which was a smell that I had never smelled before, and Bei Juese couldn't help but frown slightly.

Concubine Yun saw his reaction, so she said: "This is fish sauce boiled with chili, sugar and vinegar. ”

"Fish sauce? What is Fish Sauce? Bei Jue looked at Concubine Yun shamelessly.

Concubine Yun explained: "Fish sauce is the favorite food seasoning used by Nanmian people. It is made of fish as raw material, and in the peak season of fish production every year, people clean the fish with the scales and internal organs, add an appropriate amount of salt and then put it into a large wooden barrel, and place a small tube at the bottom of the barrel, and the other end of the pipe is connected to another empty barrel. After three or five days, the empty bucket will be filled with the fish juice from the large wooden barrel, and then the fish will be poured back into the large wooden barrel, and the fish will be left again. After repeating this process many times, the final fish juice that comes out is the original juice of the fish sauce. Put this juice in an urn or wooden barrel and expose it to the sun for about 20 days, and it becomes fish sauce. It takes about five to six months to make the fish sauce, and the prepared fish sauce is stored in a cool place and will not spoil for many years. ”

Made from fish? No wonder it smells fishy. Bei Juese looked at the bowl of fish sauce in front of him, which was said to be boiled, according to Concubine Yun's explanation, the fish had to be put in a bucket for some number of days before these fish sauces rotted. He has never liked to eat fish, and he doesn't have much affection for fish, but when he thinks about the scene of a large pile of fish smothering in a bucket, he can't help but get pimples.

Concubine Yun enthusiastically pushed those Nanmian homely dots to the north and said, "Try it." ”

A few drops of cold sweat couldn't help but burst out, and a flash of inspiration flashed in Bei Juese's mind this time, and he quickly found an excuse for his reaction this time: "Concubine Yun, you're welcome, the slave only came after eating, and it's still full." ”

Immediately afterwards, before Concubine Yun replied, he found another excuse: "Before the slave came out, the emperor ordered to go early and return early, if the concubine has nothing else to do, the slave will leave first." ”

Originally, I wanted to ask Concubine Yun about more things related to the Lord of Yuehua, but the bowl of fish sauce that smelled and thought was very disturbing made Bei Juese dispel this idea. I was afraid that Concubine Yun would continue to warmly invite him to try the fish sauce, so I had to quickly find an excuse to slip away and inquire about the matter, and I would settle it later.

Concubine Yun didn't seem to notice the abnormality of Bei Jue, she said: "In this case, it's not good for me to keep Xiaobei's father-in-law here." Su Yun, send Xiaobei's father-in-law out. ”

After Bei Juese said goodbye to Concubine Yun, the people of Su Palace sent him to the outer courtyard, and Zhang Cheng, who had been standing in the outer courtyard and waiting, took him away from Xiangyun Palace.

When they walked out of Xiangyun Palace and walked to the desolate corridor, a beautiful little girl wearing a bright red gorgeous dress with a Ruyi jade plaque hanging on her chest, carved in pink and jade, and looking like she was only seven or eight years old, walked towards them, followed by a little palace maid of about the same age.

Seeing the little girl in gorgeous clothes coming over, Zhang Cheng pulled Bei Juese to the side, bent down and saluted her: "The slave has seen the princess." ”

The little girl didn't look at them, and with a look of disdain on her face, she walked over with her head raised to the ground. At the moment when the little girl walked past from Bei Jue's side, a little faint blue on her forehead attracted Bei Jue's attention, and when she peeked over, she found that the light blue was actually a prismatic birthmark on her eyebrows. The color and shape of this birthmark are a bit special, and Bei Juese can't help but look at it a few more times.

When she was far away, Zhang Cheng lowered his face and said to Bei Juese: "When you see her in the future, you have to stay away." ”

Bei Juese turned around and asked puzzledly: "Why stay away?" Who is she? ”

Zhang Cheng said: "She is Princess Chaoxia, the daughter of Concubine Yun. Although Concubine Yun is still relatively kind and low-key, this Princess Chaoxia is not the same thing at all. She is a notoriously evil princess, pungent and willful, arrogant, and often bullies the weak. But because the first king loved Concubine Yun a lot during his lifetime, and the two queen mothers took pity on Princess Chaoxia for being a widow who had never even seen her father, and they were very tolerant of her, so the people who were bullied by her usually dared to be angry and did not dare to speak. By the way, I heard that the last time Princess Gongjing fell into the water and fell seriously ill, it was Princess Chaoxia's doing. ”

Bei Jue Se reacted very much and asked, "Last time?" Is it something that happened before the birthday of the Empress Dowager? That time Princess Gongjing fell into the water and had something to do with Princess Chaoxia? ”

Although Zhang Cheng didn't understand why he reacted so much, he still replied: "That's right. ”

Bei Juese recalled the situation of that day, when he heard the voices of two children, and when he saw the princess, the two children were gone. Oops! This princess Chaoxia is so difficult, will she go to Jing'er for trouble next time? Thinking of this, Bei Juese couldn't help but get nervous.