Chapter 12: Concubine Mei

When she heard the eunuch's report, Xiaoguo had just come out of the kitchen, she instructed Bi Tao a few words, and took a few palace maids out to welcome her.

Out of the palace gate, I saw Li Bai with a group of eunuchs, with his head held high, walking towards this side with a full emperor shelf, only Xiaoguo, who could look directly at him, found that his dark eyes were extremely restless, and he was flexibly rotating back and forth, left and right, as if he was looking for something.

Xiaoguo smiled dumbly.

Li Bai Xunsheng saw the queen mother standing outside the door, showed a bright smile, ran to her quickly, and greeted her with a serious salute.

Xiaoguo affectionately took Li Bai's little hand and came to the inner hall to ask him about his homework and study.

Xiao Li Bai was full of energy, and said vividly: "... Erchen did not dare to slack off, but also on the remarks in the book, and discussed with the scholars, the university was surprised and admired, saying that the sons and daughters finally sincerely, the mouth suddenly opened, has gradually shown the state of the emperor, in the future will be a virtuous monarch, it is really the great blessing of the Hongyan country, congratulations! It's a pity that the riding and archery class, Uncle Eleventh Emperor didn't come again, and it was changed to a Go class! Anyway, I haven't seen Uncle Eleven for a few days! ”

"You, you said that King Ding is the academy's mounted archery master?" Xiaoguo automatically filters out unwanted information and grasps the key parts.

Dingwang is an evil obstacle, his feelings are not a treacherous and shameless straw bag who can only write a few big words, and there are other skills?

Li Bai shook his head, his eyes were a little contemptuous, and said, "Oh, Queen Mother, you are really confused!" Uncle Huang is not the master of the academy, he only teaches me! Uncle Huang's martial arts are the best in the world, hum! How can anyone else have this qualification and be worthy of being taught by him personally?! ”

"No. 1 in the world? So powerful? You, you're not bragging! Xiaoguo laughed dryly.

She has long regarded Dingwang as her number one opponent, and the stronger the opponent, the trickier it is!

This king is a fierce rival, and it seems that he has to hurry up and arrange it! How to deal with this big boss?

That's right, the Hundred Flowers Society! Because of the empress dowager and the former master's son, for some reason, the empress dowager forbade her daughter-in-law to go to her palace, and also avoided daily greetings, saving Xiaoguo some trouble. However, because of this, Xiaoguo has only been busy tinkering with the small kitchen in the past few days, and he has forgotten about the Hundred Flowers Club and left it behind!

Xiaoguo smiled evilly in his heart, drew up several sets of implementable methods, and finally finalized the case of the saltless woman!

As soon as he came back to his senses, he heard Li Bai still talking angrily.

"Bragging? Last time, when I went to Shanshui Temple to offer incense, Uncle Huang changed his appearance, subdued the assassin, and rescued the queen mother, and when the queen mother saw the heroic posture of the emperor, didn't her eyes bloom with peach blossoms! ”

Xiaoguo's eyelids jumped a few times, she glanced out of the hall a few times, and hurriedly interrupted Li Bai's words: "Oh, Your Majesty, are you hungry?" Guess what the queen mother made for you! ”

Sure enough, as soon as Li Bai heard the food, he immediately threw aside the matter of defending the eleventh imperial uncle.

Under the service of the palace maid, the two washed their hands and rinsed their mouths.

As soon as the first wave of palace maids withdrew, Lu Ru walked in with a few palace maids and food boxes.

After a while, the table was full of dishes with tempting aromas, including salt-baked chicken, steamed eggs with shrimp, boiled spinach, braised crucian carp with green onions, braised spring bamboo shoots with shiitake mushrooms, shredded fish-flavored pork, plus a Gu crucian carp tofu soup, and a few potato cakes.

Xiaoguo ordered the palace people to retreat and eat separately, and only the mother and son were left in the palace.

As the emperor, it was the first time for Li Bai to see such a feast full of color and flavor, and he swallowed his saliva and circled around the table.

Each dish is beautifully cooked, and it seems that you have eaten all the ingredients, but the smell and taste are completely different.

Xiaoguo grabbed him with a smile and sat down in the brocade chair: "Come, try the craftsmanship of the queen mother!" ”

She used a silver spoon to fill a bowl of crucian carp tofu soup, put it to her mouth and blew it, and handed it to Li Bai: "Try this soup first!" ”

Li Bai took a sip of her hand, only to feel that it was extremely delicious, the teeth and cheeks were fragrant, the aftertaste was endless, and it was extremely delicious!

He snatched the soup bowl from Xiaoguo's hand, along with a few pieces of soft tofu, and drank it all, then stood up, picked up the soup spoon and wanted to fill it again.

Xiaoguo hurriedly stopped: "Don't worry, Your Majesty! Be careful if you drink too much soup and can't eat other dishes! ”

As she spoke, she sandwiched some of each dish and put it on the plate in front of Li Bai, carefully removing the bones of the crucian carp before putting it in front of him.

Xiaoguo has not tasted it for many days, these favorite delicacies in his last life, as a hardcore foodie, have long been salivating and can't hold back.

"Let's eat!" Xiao Guo smiled and gave an order.

The mother and son buried themselves in the dishes and ate wildly.

Salt-baked chicken, the meat is delicious and full of flavor; The steamed eggs with shrimp are soft and smooth, the egg custard dissolves in the mouth, and the shrimp is fragrant and full; Roasted crucian carp with green onions, the fish meat is fresh and tender, salty and sweet, mixed with the fragrance of green onions; Even the dishes made with vegetables are crisp and refreshing, and the texture is just right, so you can't help but eat it!

When her stomach was round, Xiaoguo burped, smacked her lips unsatisfied, straightened her stomach, and leaned on the back of the Taishi's chair.

When he raised his eyes, he found that Li Bai was holding a chicken leg tightly in his hand and biting it, and then swallowed it with difficulty.

Xiaoguo hurriedly snatched the chicken leg away from him: "Your Majesty, you have eaten too much!" ”

"But, but..."Li Bai's eyes turned with the chicken legs, and he said hurriedly.

Xiao Guo calmly explained: "Eating too much at night is not good for your health!" If you want to eat, the queen mother will make it for you next time, and if you eat a meal, your stomach will be unbearable! ”

Xiaoguo called the maid and removed the few dishes left on the table.

He dragged Li Bai, who was yawning constantly and wanted to sneak back to sleep, and walked out of the hall: "Come!" Go around with your mother and eat less! ”

The sky had already darkened, and more than a dozen palace maids carried lanterns and formed a large circle to illuminate the middle section of the road.

Xiaoguo took Li Bai's little hand and walked slowly in the center of the circle.

The two of them talked with each other.

"Queen Mother, when did you learn to cook?"

"I've always been, but I was too lazy to move!"

"Queen Mother, as long as you don't be lazy in the future, okay?"

"Well, I'll have to think about it!"

"As long as you can eat the dishes made by the queen mother every day, the son is willing to listen to the queen mother for everything!"

"Deal!"

“……”

"Give me the lantern, you all stand back, I'll talk to the emperor about myself!"

According to the words of the palace people, Qi Chao retreated some distance away, and followed Xiaoguo and the others from a distance.

"That, Your Majesty, do you know what the name of the Queen Mother is?"

"Huh? The name of the queen mother...... It just so happened that a few days ago, I copied the royal family tree, and I remember that the name of the queen mother on the family tree is Guo Xiaoma! ”

"What? Fruit ponies? Not Ma Xiaoguo? ”

"Yes! I remember it very clearly, it was Guo Xiaoma, that's right! ”

“……”

"Hehe, Queen Mother, does everyone call you the Queen Mother, have you forgotten what your original name was? Actually, if it weren't for the Eleventh Emperor Uncle who would call me Li Bai when he was angry sometimes, I would have forgotten that my name was Li Bai! ”

"What's your name?"

"Li Bai!"

"Hahahaha! Li bai? Your name is Li Bai?! Haha, what poems have you written, Li Bai! ”

"Well, I haven't written a poem yet! Well, I'm not very interested in poetry! ”

"Li Bai, who can't write poetry and is not interested in poetry! Hahaha! I'm laughing to death! ”

"Queen Mother, why do I have to be able to write poetry?"

"Nothing, haha, nothing ......"

Xiaoguo couldn't help laughing, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, rubbed her sore stomach with laughter, her eyes were still smiling, and she hugged Li Bai's little shoulders.

Li Bai reminded in a low voice: "Queen Mother, grooming!" Pay attention to your appearance! ”

Xiaoguo glanced back at the palace maid who was secretly looking up at this side, and smiled nonchalantly: "In the future, in private, I will call you Xiaobai, okay?" ”

"That, whatever the queen mother wants!" Li Bai said with a red face.

Xiaobai! Xiaobai! It sounds a little strange, but it's very kind!

Bypassing the courtyard wall of the Hundred Gardens, two paths in opposite directions appeared in front of me.

Xiaoguo stopped, still thinking about which one to choose.

Li Bai pointed to one of them and kindly reminded: "This is the road to the Imperial Grandmother's Fushou Palace." ”

"Then go this way!" When Xiaoguo heard this, he did not hesitate to pull Li Bai to choose another path.

"Queen Mother, please stay!"

Suddenly, someone shouted.

She looked for prestige, and saw Lu Ru carrying a lantern, hurrying from another road.

I saw her panting and stopped, and saluted: "Niangniang, this road can't be walked!" ”

Xiaoguo wondered: "Why? ”

"This road leads directly to Concubine Mei's old courtyard - Begonia Garden, Niangniang was seriously ill some time ago, and probably forgot about Concubine Mei's affairs together! Back then, Concubine Mei went away with grievances, and overnight, the flowers and plants in the courtyard withered. Although, in the end, Concubine Mei's grievances were revealed, and afterwards she also asked the mage to do the law to comfort the soul. But for some reason, Concubine Mei's soul still refuses to leave, has been wandering in the residence before her death, the palace people who stayed in the courtyard, have heard Concubine Mei's cry in the middle of the night, which makes people panic, and the palace people who were on duty in Haitang Garden before died one after another in half a year. This courtyard has gradually become a forbidden place for the harem, and I heard the palace people who happened to pass by say that there will always be a flute sound coming from the Begonia Garden in the middle of the night, and it is the song "Red Face" made by Concubine Mei! ”

Xiaoguo felt the little chubby hand in his palm and began to tremble slightly.

She secretly soothed, shook the little hand gently, and said with a slight smile: "In this way, let's go to Funing Palace instead!" ”

"Yes!" Lu Ru waited on the side of the road with low eyebrows, and when Xiaoguo took Li Bai's hand and walked away, she turned around and glanced back, the abandoned courtyard hidden in the dark, and a trace of gloom crossed her eyes.

Turning around again, she had already returned to her usual docile appearance, hurriedly caught up with the moving palace people, and walked in the direction of Funing Palace.