In the past two days, An Xiabai has always had nightmares, since she heard that Fengyi Zhu was assassinated out of the city, she has never slept well, and once she closed her eyes in a trance, she could think of what others said, Fengyi Zhu died without looking away, and then suddenly opened her eyes, which directly caused her face to become more and more ugly not long after she had just recovered.

In order to comfort her, Lu Li often held her in his arms and coaxed her softly, and he didn't dare to let go of his hand until she fell asleep.

As a result, halfway through sleep, An Xiabai suddenly opened his eyes again: "Husband, I'm so scared." ”

She closed her eyes, and just as she was about to fall asleep, Feng Yi Zhu came to her dream, opened a pair of bloody eyes, looked at her with a gloomy face, and directly woke her up.

"It's okay, I'm with you." Lu Li's generous palm gently patted her back, and finally calmed An Xiabai's emotions.

"It would be good if we persuaded her not to leave the capital, maybe she would be punished by the emperor when she returned to the palace, but she could leave a life, and it would not be like now, separated by yin and yang," recalling the news from the palace, Anxia's white eyebrows were a little more gloomy, "I heard that after the thirteenth princess was assassinated, Zhou Guifei couldn't afford to be sick, and later even went crazy, which shows how big a blow the death of the thirteenth princess has dealt to her." ”

Lu Li thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "If we had persuaded at the beginning, we might not have been able to get the effect." ”

He lowered his head and held An Xiabai's face with a warm palm, so that her gaze met his own, and then he said to An Xiabai: "Madam, your current thinking has entered a misunderstanding. ”

"What?" An Xiabai subconsciously raised his eyebrows.

Hearing Lu Li say slowly: "How can you blame yourself for the matter, the thirteenth princess left the palace and then left the capital, that was her own choice, not your deliberate instigation, you didn't know that after she left the capital, she would be assassinated, didn't you, if you knew and let her go, it was your fault." ”

"However, I'm just a little uneasy." An Xiabai sighed and said, "It's a human life, and it's the life of a young woman."

When the flowers wither, some people can't help but feel sad, let alone the loss of a human life.

"You can feel sorry or sorry for her, but you can't take the fault on yourself, the assassins are not sent." Lu Li said lightly, "The person who should really feel guilty should be the person who sent someone to kill the thirteenth princess, at that time you had already prayed for her safety, and you had almost done everything you could, haven't you?" ”

An Xiabai couldn't help but laugh when he saw him talking seriously.

After this smile, the mood is also much more relaxed.

"Husband, I understand what you mean, and I will never think about it again in the future, I'm not wrong, it's someone else who is wrong."

Lu Li got a satisfactory answer, and nodded with a smile: "It's right to think like this." Well, it's late at night, ma'am, and let's go to sleep. ”

An Xiabai in his arms agreed sullenly, and then buried the whole person in Lu Li's arms, like a kitten who was coquettish to others.

Lu Li's heart softened into a puddle of water, and he fell into a dream with a beautiful woman.

This was the best sleep An Xiabai had in several days, and she didn't sleep until three o'clock in the morning before she slowly opened her eyes.

The quilt on the other side has long been cold, and it is estimated that Lu Li has already gotten up and left

She also struggled to get up, and pulled out her favorite dress and put it on.

If she remembers correctly, today should be the day when someone from the restaurant comes to report the situation, either the prince will come to the mansion, or Mo Simin will come, these two people are people she attaches great importance to, and it is not good to lose face in front of them.

An Xiabai got up and asked his subordinates about the hour, and when he learned that it was still early, he thought about doing something.

"Why don't you go and make some pastries, it just so happens that the dishes in the restaurant have not been renovated for a long time, and it is estimated that the guests are about to get tired of eating those dishes." As soon as her mind moved, she went straight to the kitchen, and after lunch, she went straight to the kitchen.

"You'll be okay later, will you?" An Xiabai asked the cook.

The cook shook her head, with a panicked expression: "Generally, I don't need the kitchen after lunch." ”

An Xiabai smiled and nodded, let them go outside for a walk, they have something to use, it is estimated that it will take several hours.

Before that, she also greeted her subordinates and asked them to report to her as soon as the guests arrived.

"Hopefully, the pastry I wanted to make last time will be made before the guests arrive, so that there will be something new to entertain." An Xiabai's abacus is very fine.

After walking around the kitchen, she found several sweet ingredients, and finally chose the lotus seed that calmed the fire and got rid of the lotus heart before starting to make her own.

By the time Mo Simin arrived, the pastries in her steaming drawer were barely hot.

Hearing the report that An Xiabai was busy in the kitchen, Mo Simin was not surprised at all, after all, their acquaintance was never like a beautiful encounter in the book, An Xiabai, who was tinkering with things in vegetables, rice, oil and salt, was more like what he remembered: "I'll go and see what she's tinkering with, you don't have to report it." ”

Then Mo Simin came to the kitchen.

"It's still a step slower." Seeing her standing at the door by chance, An Xiabai sighed and shook her head.

"What's a step slow?" Mo Simin was puzzled, "Am I slow?" ”

An Xiabai shook his head and said calmly: "I mean my movements are still a step slower, I originally wanted to make some pastries to entertain you, but the pastries are not ready, and you came." ”

The pastries made by An Xiabai are like the meals made in her restaurant, which are always very different from others, so Mo Simin is looking forward to it: "It's okay, I can wait slowly, the pastries you make must taste good, I have the patience to wait slowly!" ”

"Okay." She reluctantly agreed.

Originally, An Xiabai wanted her to wait outside, after all, there was a lot of smoke in the kitchen.

As a result, when Mo Simin heard this, he raised his eyebrows coldly: "I see that you have lived a lot of comfortable life in the capital, and you have forgotten our previous experiences, but I have helped you fight several times in the kitchen, and this kind of thing is heavy, so why do you have me?" I'll wait for your pastry to be ready, and then we'll go out into the garden and sit and eat together. ”

This kind of scene is heartwarming just thinking about it.

An Xiabai acquiesced to her proposal, anyway, they often did this when they were in the county, and it didn't matter if they smelled of oily smoke.

They watched the fire together in the kitchen, during which Mo Simin was bored, so he told her about the recent situation of the restaurant.

finally waited until the pastry was ready, and the joy on her face was undisguised: "The pastry you made this time, I can smell the fragrance through the steaming drawer, it must taste good." ”

"I guess, it's my new research, and I don't know what it tastes like."

The two of them walked all the way to the garden with the pastries in hand.

The delicate appearance and attractive fragrance of the pastry made Mo Simin salivate, but because it was too hot just out of the pot, she couldn't start, so while waiting, she told An Xiabai about the recent prince: "You should have heard about the recent thirteenth princess, right?" ”

It's good that she didn't mention it, but when she mentioned it, An Xiabai couldn't help but feel sad: "I did hear people talk about it, what's wrong?" ”

"The crown prince is the elder brother of the thirteenth princess, and they have a good relationship between them," Mo Simin half-lowered his eyes and said gloomily, "After he knew about this, the whole person was in a state of mind, and he still hasn't recovered yet, and he keeps a straight face in the restaurant every day, and he almost scares the guests away." Well, I don't mean to complain, I'm just a little worried about his current mood and ask him to go back and take a break to adjust, and he doesn't want to, I'm afraid that something big will happen if this continues. ”

An Xiabai lowered her eyes, and wanted to speak, but sighed first.

"If something like this happens, the prince must be very sad, you usually take care of it more, don't argue with him." She persuaded gently.

Mo Simin nodded again and again: "I understand what you mean, and I will try my best to let him in the future." ”

"I hope he can come out soon, after all, the deceased is gone, and the living need more self-respect, if the thirteenth princess is still in time, it is estimated that he will not be willing to see his brother's increasingly depressed appearance." An Xiabai raised her eyes to look at the distant sky.

Mo Simin casually echoed twice, keeping her eyes on the pastry.

At this time, the pastry should be cold.

She picked up one of them expectantly, put it to her mouth and took a bite, then exclaimed.

An Xiabai was startled, and looked back: "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay, it's just that your pastry is a little too tasty." Mo Simin blinked, put the remaining half of the pastry into his mouth, and then vaguely praised, "It's the first time I've eaten such a delicious pastry, so I can't help but want to praise you." ”

An Xiabai smiled and pushed the pastries on the table in her direction: "Since you said that the pastries taste good, then I'll go get a pen and paper later, write out the production method, and bring it with you when you go back to the restaurant later."

Mo Simin's eyes lit up, and after swallowing the pastry in his mouth, he said directly to An Xiabai: "Don't wait, you can go now." ”

If this delicious pastry is launched by the restaurant, the restaurant will have another signboard in the future, and the business will definitely get better and better.

Mo Simin was silent on the surface, and his inner abacus crackled.

An Xiabai was frightened by her unprecedented excitement, and reluctantly stood up and asked her to wait in place for a while, and she would come back soon.

She wanted to go directly to the study to get a pen and paper to write down the production method, but she saw her pair of children in the corridor halfway.

Zhou and another maid were toddlers with their children under the porch.

An Xiabai walked up to them and half-squatted down, and opened his arms towards them: "Good boy, come to my mother's side." ”

The twins were originally reluctant to walk in the crook of Zhou's arms, but when they turned their heads to see An Xiabai, they suddenly forgot their fear, and they also opened their arms towards An Xiabai, but the other party couldn't come to hug them for a long time, and Zhou's maid didn't hug them.

The temptation of the mother's embrace was so great that they were tempted to stand up by the railing.

One step at a time, one step at a time, closer and closer.

They staggered along, and then laughed and threw themselves into An Xiabai's arms and called softly for their mothers.