Liu Xia stayed in Chen Yuanyuan's small courtyard until it was almost dusk, and then led everyone back to Zheng Guogong's mansion in a hurry, and everyone in the mansion knew that Liu Xia still had a woman outside, but as for who it was, they didn't know.

"Husband, this is planning to hide Jiaojiao in the golden house!" Kou Baimen said with a somewhat angry face.

Bian Yujing smiled, although Liu Xia accepted another concubine, but it had no impact on Bian Yujing, the eldest woman, Bian Yujing was thinking in her heart, as long as she could stay by Liu Xia's side and give birth to Liu Xia's sons and daughters, as for how many women Liu Xia used, it was not up to her to manage, so she didn't need to care.

Liu Ru put down the ancient scroll in his hand, and said with a frown: "As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as stealing." Men are like that. ”

"It's just that today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and it should have been a reunion of thousands of families, but now the husband has gone out and has not returned, seeing that the sky is about to get dark, maybe he can't eat the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner." Kou Baimen looked out the window and saw that it was already a little dark, and because it was snowing today, it was getting dark earlier than usual.

Bian Yujing has been in body for three months at this time, and he has some slight performance, Bian Yujing is half lying on the bed, and the jade hand is holding a bamboo stick, and the bamboo stick has an apple on it, and is eating it in small bites: "Sisters, don't worry, I believe that my husband will come back." ”

"Sister Bian, you see that it is already dark today, and now the sound of firecrackers has sounded, and the meals in the kitchen have been prepared now, just waiting for the husband to come back, but now he just doesn't know where he went." Kou Baimen pouted and said dissatisfiedly.

Just as the others were about to speak, a laugh came from outside, only to hear: "Hahaha, who is talking about me!" ”

"Husband is back!"

"Brother-in-law is back!"

Bian Yujing, Kou Baimen and Bian Min said happily at the same time. And Na Liu continued to hold the ancient scroll and look at it, as if Liu Xia's return had nothing to do with her. Because Bian Yujing was pregnant, she didn't get up, but Bian Min and Kou Baimen hurriedly walked up to greet Liu Xia's arrival.

As soon as Liu Xia entered the house, he knotted the mink robe he was wearing, and Kou Baimen immediately picked it up, only to see that the heavy snow outside was still fluttering, and the mink robe was covered with snowflakes.

"Hurry up and get inside, it's cold outside." Bian Min looked at Liu Xia, and his face suddenly turned crimson, that night, although a long time has passed, Bian Min can still think of it every day, and many times Bian Min dreams of himself and Liu Xia, which makes Bian Min too ashamed to go out every time.

Liu Xia walked into the house, and immediately felt the heating coming, and said with a smile: "It's really Nuan Xiang Pavilion, it's really warm!" ”

This is only to hear Bian Yujing in the room smiled: "The husband is back, and all the sisters are waiting for the husband!" If it was late today, listening to the sound of firecrackers in the people's houses outside, the sisters also wanted to reunite with the whole family, so they gathered together to wait for the husband to come back. ”

"Haha" Liu Xia opened his mouth to laugh and said, "Okay! Today, all the beloved wives will not leave, and today we will spend Chinese New Year's Eve here, and we will all eat together. Come! Butler! Liu Xia's voice fell, and the housekeeper Xiaolan walked in from outside and said to Liu Xia, "I don't know what the master commands." Liu Xia said, "Today I will send all the meals to the Nuanxiang Pavilion, and today I will all eat in the Nuanxiang Pavilion, and at the same time send the order to the account room, and today everyone will spend their ten taels of silver as a year-end reward, and have a good Chinese New Year's Eve." When Xiaolan heard this, her face suddenly showed joy, and she hurriedly said: "Thank you for the reward, the slave and maid thanked the master on behalf of everyone." Liu Xia smiled slightly and said, "Okay, you go down and prepare." ”

"Yes" After saying that, Xiaolan happily left the Warm Fragrance Pavilion with small steps.

"Ai'er, what book are you reading?" Liu Xia walked to Liu Rushi's side and whispered, Liu Rushi did not walk forward to greet Liu Xia as happily as Kou Baimen Bian Min because of Liu Xia's return, but still sat there looking at the ancient scroll in her hand, she hadn't looked at it since Liu Xia came in, and her heart was on the book.

Liu Ru's real name is Yang Ai, so Liu Xia calls Liu Ru Ai'er. Although Liu Ru didn't pay much attention to Liu Xia, Liu Xia was now her nominal man after all, so Liu Xia opened her mouth to ask her first, and she couldn't help but say it, bowed her head and said softly: "The concubine is looking at Zhou Li." Yesterday, I accidentally turned out an ancient scroll in the house, and it seemed that it had a history of several decades, so the concubine took a look. ”

"En" Liu Xia nodded, then left Liu Ruye's side, then walked to the edge of the bed, sat down, looked at Bian Yujing with a smile on his face, and then reached out to Bian Yujing's slightly arched abdomen.

Bian Yujing smiled and said, "General, I'm too anxious, it's only been more than three months now." Liu Xia smiled: "No hurry, no hurry. After that, Liu Xia hugged Bian Yujing, and Bian Yujing also obediently lay his head in Liu Xia's arms, and then closed his eyes very satisfied.

At this time, Kou Baimen and Bian Min also walked in, and then a few maids put together a few tables into a large table. Bian Min said: "Brother-in-law, we will eat here in a while, and the maids have already prepared a meal and are waiting to be sent here." Kou Baimen glanced at Bian Yujing's lower abdomen with a little envy, and thought to himself: When will I be able to have it? Now Kou Baimen has already deeply integrated herself into Liu Xia's world, and now for Kou Baimen, giving birth to a child is what she is looking forward to the most. In ancient times, if a woman wanted to have status in the palace and the prime minister's family, she had to have a child first.

There was no Spring Festival Gala on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and there were no variety shows, so everyone's Chinese New Year's Eve was also very monotonous, and soon fragrant meals came up.

"This is a peony swallow dish, the main ingredients are white radish, sea cucumber, squid, chicken, from the surface it looks like a white jade, dazzling peony flower, floating on the soup noodles, the vegetables are fragrant and fresh, the general wants to taste it first?" At this time, the housekeeper Xiaolan stood beside him, opened a plate of dishes, and suddenly the aroma was overflowing, and he smiled at General Liu Xia. Now Bian Yujing has stepped down from the bed and sat next to Liu Xia, Liu Ruis, Kou Baimen and Bian Min sat in turn.

Liu Xia smiled and said, "It's really beautiful, then I'll taste it first." ”

"This is the juice lobster shrimp, this is the jade fish shredded, this is the most famous sweet and sour soft boiled fish baked noodles in our area, the general will try it. There is also this fried purple crispy pork, the dish is made of pork hard pork belly, which is boiled, flattened, and sliced with skin, marinated with green onions, ginger, anise, perilla leaves and seasonings and then steamed, and then fried for two or three moments. When frying, use balsamic vinegar to repeatedly smear the skin of the meat until it is golden red, the skin is also crispy, slice and put on a plate, with green onion white, sweet noodle sauce, lotus leaf clip or pancake to accompany the food, crispy and fragrant, fat but not greasy, like roast duck and better than roast duck. ”

"Bianjing roast duck, this dish was very famous in the Northern Song Dynasty, thousands of years without waste, crispy skin and tender meat, with lotus leaf cake, sweet noodle sauce, chrysanthemum onion, butterfly radish accompaniment, with skeleton soup, mung bean noodles to add flavor."

Liu Xia tasted them one after another, ate them, and said with a smile: "It's really good, it's really delicious." At this time, Bian Yujing and others also picked up chopsticks and went down to eat, and they all applauded. The housekeeper Xiaolan's face also appeared with a smile because of this, after all, these dishes were personally selected by her, and now Liu Xia praised, of course she was happy.

"Master, there is also a bowl of soup, called 'Imperial Soup' (Imperial Soup is Hu Spicy Soup), it is said that during the Jiajing period, at that time, in order to please the emperor, the old Yan Song of the pavilion got a pair of condiments from a high monk to help him prolong his life and give it to the emperor to cook the soup and drink it. The soup is so delicious that it is so delicious that it is named "Imperial Soup". That's it. Liu Xia suddenly became interested when he heard this, looked at it and said, "Hey, isn't this Hu spicy soup?" ”

"Hu spicy soup?" Xiaolan said suspiciously. Liu Xia thought about it, and immediately understood, now this soup is still called imperial soup, as for the future called Hu spicy soup, originated after the death of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial chef Zhao Ji fled to Xiaoyao, Henan (now Xiaoyao Town, Xihua County), and spread this recipe to the place. Because of this, the soup is full of spicy taste, so it was renamed "Hu Spicy Soup".

So Liu Xia laughed dryly twice and said, "It's okay, it's okay, bring it, let me taste this imperial soup." ”