The sun had not yet set, and the lights had been turned on in Princess Yinquan's Qinghui Palace, but Xiaobei was still chatting unhurriedly with an old palace maid from Emperor Ming's Laiyi Palace outside the palace. The old lady knew very well that the princess's nap had always lasted until the evening.

"Speaking of which, your face really hasn't changed much from what it was decades ago." The old palace maid who came to the Yi Palace complimented her very flatteringly.

Xiaobei heard the indescribable usefulness in her heart, raised her eyebrows, and smiled proudly: "That's natural, the princess has always treated me generously, and many of the pearl skin and jade creams she can't use up have rewarded me." ”

I told so many lies that I believed them all. Every time she talks about muscle jade cream, she definitely can't remember the situation when she tiptoes from Zhu Yuxiao's dresser to get oil.

"Well, that's right. How can you be like us, you are not as blessed, you can't even remember what I was like back then, right? We've embroidered together. The old maid sighed again.

Xiaobei's face was stunned when she was said, she really couldn't remember this old palace maid at all.

said that they had embroidered patterns, but there were more palace maids who embroidered together more than 20 years ago, who would still think of this. But last time, thanks to this old palace maid, she inquired about where Zhao Yu's tomb was, after all, she was a person who came to Yi Palace, and she was old and knew a lot of things. It is precisely because of this that Xiaobei deliberately got close to her, thinking that there might be something available in the future.

"Does Your Majesty never give you anything?" Becky asked.

"I am not a dresser, and I am not judged by rewards." The old palace maid's answer was not leaky.

Xiaobei's heart turned, took the hand of the palace maid, showed a little affectionate and whispered: "Next time, I will reward you with the princess!" In fact, I had already made up my mind, so I told Zhu Yuxiao that I had inserted an eyeliner in Laiyi Palace, and I wanted to give some sweetness, and then I would take out half of the things that the princess had rewarded.

Bihai people are Bihai people.

The old maid giggled, "Oh, you're bothering too much. Don't waste those treasures on my old face, it's not worth it, you can keep it for yourself. I'll go back and talk to people for a while, and see this tender and tender one, who was born in the same year as us. ”

The old palace maid even said the words of refusal like a tickle and didn't ask for help, and grabbed it just right, so that Xiaobei could hear every pore extremely comfortable.

"Then I'm not polite to you, the princess should wake up, I'll go in first to serve, and we'll talk later."

The old palace maid smiled and nodded, watching Xiaobei disappear behind the palace gate of Qinghui Palace, and slowly walked out by herself.

I saw that she didn't go to the Yi Palace, but went straight out of the Yongjin Gate.

Here, Zhu Yuxiao just got up and was stunned for a while, and when she saw Xiaobei coming in with a cup of tea, she rinsed it in her hand.

She glanced up to see dinner already on the table outside, and asked, "What are you going to eat tonight?" ”

Xiaobei didn't even look at what kind of dish it was, where could he answer.

She put down the teacup and helped Zhu Yuxiao to reply unhurriedly: "The cook said that he made a few authentic dishes of our blue sea, it is better for the princess to take a look at it herself, and it will be boring for the slave to say it first." ”

Zhu Yuxiao didn't poke her either, and sneered: "It's not just that." ”

In the middle of the words, the palace maid outside came to report that Princess Qingle asked to see her.

Zhu Yuxiao sighed, remembering that she hadn't met her since she saw her outside the Jinmen last time, and it was good to come today, so she asked me to invite it.

After a while, Zhu Zhijie only stepped into the hall with two palace maids, and when she saw Zhu Yuxiao, she bowed deeply: "Aunt Wan'an." ”

Zhu Yuxiao has no children and no daughters in her life, and she has been separated from her husband for decades, and she has never said a word about herself, and suddenly a child like Zhu Zhijie with a pure heart like a mirror comes over, and she is a dear person, and she is really unspeakably pitiful in her heart.

She hurriedly raised her hand, signaling that there was no need to be polite.

Zhu Zhijie turned around and took the food box from the handmaiden, looked at Zhu Yuxiao, and felt that her face was really like her mother, so she was a little flustered, and said with low eyebrows: "Listen...... I heard the palace ladies say that my aunt will sleep until the evening...... Jie'er made a few dishes, thinking that if her aunt didn't think it was rude, she would ask her to taste it......". When he said that he had tasted these words, he was already silent, and he secretly looked up at his aunt's face.

Zhu Yuxiao saw her so restrained, and her pity was even worse, beckoned her to sit beside her, and said, "What is not vulgar, if you come to see your aunt like this, your aunt will be very happy." It's just that I'm not bored to eat alone, so come and eat with me if you're okay in the future. ”

When Zhu Zhijie heard this, her face flushed with joy, and she immediately picked up an empty bowl, took some vegetables out of the food box, and said endlessly: "Aunt said this, Jie'er is really happy." Let Jie'er come and serve her aunt for dinner. ”

She put the bowl in front of Zhu Yuxiao, turned around and took another dish. Zhu Yuxiao took a look, only to see pieces of snow-white things, which looked very plain, like scales, layered on top of each other, but she couldn't see what it was.

"This is the new water chestnut in Langzhou, I chose this section of the belly and cut it into slices. It is served with the yam that has just been dug up in the morning, steamed and cut into slices, rolled together into a box, and sprinkled with only a little fine salt on top. I wondered if my aunt hadn't tasted water chestnut in the blue sea for a few days. ”

Zhu Yuxiao ate a chopstick, and felt that it was lined with a light salty taste of fine salt, the snow taro in her mouth was warm and soft, and the water chestnut was clear and sweet, which was really glutinous and crispy. Especially the juice moistens in the teeth, it is indeed a long-lost delicacy, and I can't help but clip a few more slices.

Zhu Zhijie saw that her aunt was in agreement, and her heart became a little determined, and she brought out a plate again: "This is the deer breast of the black-haired deer raised in our own deer park, which is the most qi-replenishing." Since the morning, I have been simmering the goji berries in duck fat and stewing them slowly, which should be chewy, and my aunt will taste them. ”

Zhu Yuxiao sandwiched a piece according to her words, the venison was crispy in the mouth, and the texture was full of the burnt aroma of duck fat, occasionally chewing a few wolfberries, and mixed with a few hints of sweetness, and nodded in praise at the moment.

"This is the East China Sea turtle foot crab, Jie'er picks out the crab leg meat and stuffs it in the folds of the mushroom, steam it for a while and then dry it for half a day, now it should be the time to taste, and then pour some balsamic vinegar when eating."

"This is the ...... of conpoy silk mixed lotus root"

In this way, with a spoonful of chopsticks in the east and a spoonful in the west, the palace maids on the side listened to Zhu Zhijie say this, and watched Zhu Yuxiao eat like this, and they couldn't help salivating in their mouths.

Xiaobei couldn't close her mouth, and she couldn't wait to grab it and taste it.

If this had been in the Taishi's Mansion in the past, he would have said loudly: "Master, princess, I'll taste what's wrong with this dish first." Then he took out a bowl in the name of testing drugs and feasted on it.

Now she can't say, "Princess, be careful of poison!" Let the slave and maid taste it first! "Something stupid.

It made her itchy to see, and she turned around and drank tea to quench her hunger.

Zhu Yuxiao saw that she was courteous, exquisitely cooked, and ate to her heart's content. On the contrary, seeing that she didn't take much care of herself, she asked the maids on the left and right to serve her to eat.

After the meal, Xiaobei had already served tea. Zhu Yuxiao pointed to a few plates of preserved fruits on the side of the tea tray and said, "These are brought from Cangwu." The red dish is red plantain, which has a strong aftertaste and is best served with tea. The yellow one is the cat ball, looking fluffy, a little sweet and sour, girls love this. There is also this white plate, which is honey-stained coconut melon strips, I always like to take one and stir it in the tea when I drink tea, and you can taste it too. ”

Speaking of coconut melon strips, Zhu Yuxiao suddenly sighed and said to herself: "In the future, I will eat a little less of these things." ”

Zhu Zhijie had just picked up one and was stirring it in the tea as she said, when she saw her aunt's gloomy expression, she put down the melon strips and asked, "Auntie, do you miss Cangwu a little?" ”

Zhu Yuxiao was silent for a while.

Miss? Or is it resentment? In fact, I can't say it clearly. When Mu Yunyou was there, she still knew who to hate, what to do, and what to do for. As soon as Mu Yunyou died, she felt suddenly disoriented. Like a horse in a carriage, which for twenty-four years had never dared to slack off, it had been running forward, and now it was suddenly unsaddled and unsaddled, and it was about to be allowed to gallop freely, but it did not know where to run.

Zhu Yuxiao looked at the melon strips in her hand in a daze, as if she had forgotten Zhu Zhijie in front of her.

Yes, when I was in Cangwu, I missed the blue sea day and night. returned to the blue sea, but began to worry about the bits and pieces of Cangwu.

Twenty-four years, how can people be ruthless if they are not plants and trees? Thinking of him over the years, he really never owed himself the slightest, no matter how he slept in bed and dreamed, he always treated him with kindness.

Thinking about it, he taught me how to mix this coconut melon strip in tea, saying that he loved to eat it like this since he was a child.

Later, every time I ate tea, I first brought me the plate of melon strips, and then took it myself.

Twenty-four years have passed in the blink of an eye, but what I have brought to him is ......

Zhu Zhijie was wondering why her aunt seemed to be wandering in all directions, and suddenly saw her crying, and was bluffed, guessing that it was her words that aroused her aunt's sadness.

It must be extremely sad to hear that my uncle-in-law has just passed away and is middle-aged and widowed. She was about to say something of comfort, when she saw Xiaobei quietly waving her hand and signaling her not to say anything, as if she was used to seeing such a situation, so she had to sit upright without saying a word.

Sure enough, another moment passed. Zhu Yuxiao came back to her senses, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and said with a reluctant smile: "Hey, when people are old, they can't help but think of some things in the past, don't care." ”

Zhu Zhijie also smiled, but she was a little embarrassed in her heart.

When she came to Qinghui Palace today, she actually wanted to ask her aunt Li Chongyan about it, and her aunt was so sad that she didn't know how to open her mouth to ask.

When she was thinking about it left and right, Zhu Yuxiao opened her mouth:

"I heard that a few days ago, you and that Li Chongyan went to Shuangquan Pavilion to pull out the cold?"

When Zhu Zhijie heard this, she knew that Shuangquan Pavilion was also her aunt's beloved place, and the dragon's beard had been broken, so she must have been very annoyed, and she was so anxious that she started fighting again: "Aunt... Auntie, he, he was also careless, so he broke the dragon's beard......"

Zhu Yuxiao's eyes were burning, and her eyebrows were tight, she had already used the technique of contemplating the mind, but she knew it in an instant, and she deliberately teased her: "I only asked Han Han, and you exonerated him from the dragon's beard, why is this?" Does the dragon's beard have anything to do with you? ”

Where can Zhu Zhijie lie, hearing her aunt ask like this, she has already lost three of the six gods, and she is even more panicked.

"Dragon's beard...... The dragon's whiskers were actually me who broke one side, and he broke the other. ”

The art of contemplating the mind can only see the reality of the void, not the ins and outs of things.

Zhu Yuxiao heard her confess like this, and guessed about seven seven or eight in her heart. Thinking about these children's little tricks, they are really no different from when I was young, and I feel funny in my heart.

She deliberately asked with a straight face: "The dragon statue you smashed is the one in the east, or the one in the west?" ”

Zhu Zhijie didn't understand what it meant, so she had to say honestly: "Yes...... The one on the west side. ”