The emperor smiled and shook his head: "Mrs. Lu didn't even choose a name, it's not good for me to pick it up, it's too excessive." ”

He put the remaining half of the pastry in his mouth, felt the taste of the pastry, and felt extremely regretful at the same time, after all, there was only one piece of pastry, he just wanted to eat it, and there was no way to eat it: "This pastry, the raw material seems to be made of lotus seeds, sweet, and a special fragrance, after eating it, it gives people a special feeling of enjoyment." ”

What he said was similar to what An Xiabai said, and Mo Simin hurriedly catered to him: "Lotus seeds have the effect of calming the mind and clearing the heart, and after being made into pastries with special ingredients, they are even more popular." ”

"To come up with the idea of using lotus seeds to make pastries, Mrs. Lu's idea is really novel." The emperor's gaze turned to look around the restaurant.

Suddenly, he seemed to understand the reason for the restaurant's booming business.

"How is Mrs. Lu's health now?" The Emperor asked.

"Recently, she has been taking care of her body, her face is much better than before, originally she did everything with us to manage the restaurant, but recently because of the child, so I didn't come much, and we managed the restaurant." The crown prince turned sideways and wanted to invite the emperor upstairs, "There are still a lot of delicacies in the restaurant, all of which are dishes that Mrs. Lu came up with, why don't you go upstairs and try them?" ”

The emperor was upstairs just now, and he had eaten a lot of dishes, and now he was more interested in the pastries made by An Xiabai himself.

"Wouldn't it be inappropriate to go to Mrs. Lu's mansion at this time?" The emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, and this was exactly what he was thinking about just now.

Mo Simin and the prince glanced at each other, not knowing how to answer for a while.

"Are you really going?" Mo Simin's thoughts turned back and forth in his heart, and he secretly prayed that An Xiabai would not be too busy at this time, otherwise if the emperor really wanted to go, I am afraid it would be too sudden.

The emperor smiled and nodded: "I think the pastries she made by herself taste good, and she can't taste anything after eating only one piece, so I want to go to the house to taste a few more pieces, and by the way, I want to ask some related questions." ”

Since he wanted to go, the prince and Mo Simin had no reason to refuse at all.

"Okay, we're fine, I'll take you there by the way."

Then the prince and Mo Simin handed over all the affairs of the restaurant to Lu Liuer.

Lu Liu'er was surprised by this: "What, you want to take a distinguished guest to the house?" ”

"It's not that we want to take it, it's that the distinguished guest wants to go, he thinks that Xia Bai's new pastries are delicious, and he wants to go to the house to ask about the specific production method, and by the way, there are a few questions he wants to ask," Mo Simin looked embarrassed, "Actually, I don't want to take him there, it's just a distinguished guest, alas, I can't refuse his request, I hope Xia Bai won't feel uneasy because of this sudden visitor." ”

Compared with her apprehension, the prince was much calmer: "I don't think Mrs. Lu cares about such small things. ”

Being able to be favored by the emperor is something that many people want to ask for but can't ask for, An Xiabai will not be an exception, it should be an honor for everyone in the world to entertain the emperor.

Lu Liu saw Mo Simin's worries, and said with a shallow smile: "I also think that she doesn't care about these, it's okay, you just go over, I will arrange the affairs of the restaurant, you don't have to worry, don't worry, don't worry." ”

After getting Mo Simin's nod, Mo Simin and the prince left the restaurant.

When the emperor left the palace this time, he only brought his close ministers and two guards, and after arriving at the gate of the Lu family, he didn't even let the guards and close ministers in.

He didn't want to make too much noise to scare An Xiabai's family.

At this time, it was the time when Lu Li was working outside, so after they knocked on the door and asked, the subordinate really said that the general was not there.

asked about An Xiabai, but she was not there.

The servant replied frankly: "Madame went out just now, but she said that she will be back soon, do you want to come in and wait?" ”

Although she didn't recognize other people's faces, Mo Simin often came to walk around the house, so he remembered.

They all came to the door, and it was not good to return in vain, and after thinking for a while, the emperor chose to enter the door.

Because of his noble status, he walked in the forefront.

When Zhou walked to the cloister with the child in his arms, he happened to see him walk in the door, and his heart jumped, and his skin showed panic and uneasiness.

"What's wrong?" The maid next to her looked puzzled, "Aunt Zhou, are you a little unwell?" ”

Zhou's face turned pale and ducked to the side, and then he shook his head and said that he was fine.

She wasn't feeling well, she was feeling unwell.

Lu Liuer and Lu Li saw the emperor when they were children, and the emperor also saw them, but the appearance of the children will naturally change when they grow up, and it is normal for the emperor not to recognize them, but the Zhou family is different, when her husband was favored by the emperor, she once entered the palace to see his face.

Zhou didn't dare to bet that the current emperor still remembered his face.

Lu Li's hard-won status must not be easily destroyed in his own hands!

Zhou didn't want to see the emperor, she hugged the child and wanted to turn around and walk away directly, but the children were attracted by the butterflies in the flower garden next to them, stretched out their short white and tender hands, and made a fuss to pounce on the emperor.

As a result, Zhou walked farther and farther away from the butterfly.

Xiao Dong was not happy, half frowned, and pointed at the butterfly babbling.

"Let's go flutter butterflies later, Xiaodong, don't make trouble." Zhou wanted to coax him.

But the child's temper came up, and he didn't care what she said, and when he saw that his request was not met, his face wrinkled, and then he cried.

As soon as he cried like this, the emperor immediately noticed the movement in the corridor: "Those are General Lu's two children, right?" ”

The prince replied that he said yes, and he led people over here.

Zhou was even more flustered, she didn't dare to see the emperor, but it was even more suspicious to run away with the child, so she directly put the child on the ground and let the maid take care of it, and then ran away quickly on the pretext that she was not feeling well.

"What's wrong with her?" Mo Simin asked puzzled.

The maid hugged Xiaoxue and said with doubts: "Aunt Zhou was a little wrong just now, probably because she was not feeling well." ”

Anyway, the children have to learn to walk, so it's better to leave them at that.

The maid carefully put Xiaoxue next to Xiaodong and let them sit and play together.

The two children didn't notice anything wrong at all, and crawled on the floor and reached out to reach the butterflies in the flower garden.

Butterflies are light and naturally will not be easily caught by them.

Seeing the butterflies flying farther and farther, the children invariably pursed their lips with a look of grievance, and they were about to cry.

Mo Simin and the maid were in a hurry, and broke off the flowers in the flower garden that were blooming just right and sent them to them.

But they didn't give face, and they made a gesture to cry.

"Don't cry," the emperor stood far away, half-frowning and deliberately pretending to be majestic, "Even children are not allowed to mess around, what is the point of crying and crying all the time?" ”

Seeing that the emperor deliberately reprimanded them, the twins not only did not feel frightened, but even cast curious glances at him, as if they had seen some novel toy, they stood up and walked slowly towards the emperor with unsteady steps.

Then, in his surprised gaze, open your arms to him.

The emperor looked stunned: "What does this mean?" ”

Mo Simin reminded softly beside him: "This is what the children want you to hug, they may think you are interesting, so they want you to hug them." ”

After all, they are still young, just two children, even if they are rude, the emperor will not blame, right?

Mo Simin thought uneasily.

The emperor's mood was also mixed at this time.

He has a lot of children, princesses and princes, a total of more than a dozen, but there are really not many people who are willing to get close to him, because his usual mind is used to deal with state affairs, and it is not a matter of boredom and competition for favor with the harem, where is there time to care about his children?

What's more, when the children see him, they are scared most of the time.

Except for Fengyi Zhu, it is a pity that the thirteenth princess who is his favorite has left him forever.

The emperor half-lowered his eyes and sighed silently, and then he carefully picked up the two children.

The newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and the children were not afraid of him at all, and even dared to reach out and pinch the emperor's face and giggle at him.

The prince was afraid that the emperor would not be able to hold these two white and tender dumplings, so he followed him and carefully protected them.

At this moment, An Xiabai came back from outside. When she entered the door and saw Mo Simin, she raised her eyebrows lightly and said, "Simin, didn't you just leave, why are you back now, did you leave something in the house?" ”

Mo Simin shook his head again and again and said no, and was about to speak, when he heard An Xiabai smile again: "The prince is also here, have you tried the pastries you sent over just now?" What does it taste like? ”

Because of her familiarity, An Xiabai didn't have any scruples when she got along with them, she smiled and praised the newly bought lotus seeds in her hand to them: "I went out just now, because the lotus seeds in the house are not good enough, I think the pastries made with the newly picked lotus seeds will taste better." ”

"yes, then I'll have to try it." The Emperor finally spoke.

At the same time, Mo Simin squeezed his eyebrows at An Xiabai,

It's a pity that the incident happened suddenly, she didn't react at all, and when she was half-frowning and thinking about who the other familiar figure in the courtyard belonged to, the emperor slowly turned around?

Seeing the emperor's face, An Xiabai was stunned for a moment, and then fell to his knees in a panic.

"The people's woman An has seen the emperor."

No wonder Mo Simin wants to wink at her, it turns out that there is such a big man in the family!

An Xiabai was worried about his rude just now, and when he was thinking about how to explain it, the emperor smiled, looking completely unconcerned: "I came over suddenly without saying a word, will Mrs. Lu blame me for being too rude?" ”

"The women don't dare, it's an honor for the emperor to come." An Xia Bai said worriedly.

The emperor ordered her to get up, and then his eyes fell on the lotus seed in her hand: "I suddenly came here today, it is your newly developed pastry, I just heard you say that the pastry made with fresh lotus seeds will taste better, I wonder if I have this blessing to try?" ”

An Xiabai hurriedly said: "It is the honor of the people's women to be liked by the emperor, and the people's women will do it." ”

After that, An Xiabai took Mo Simin and brought lotus seeds into the kitchen.