In early spring, green shoots have begun to emerge in the Qingzhi Palace, adding some rhythm of life to a solemn winter scene. Concubine Du Xian was neatly dressed, accompanied by the maid and walked out of the palace gate, she did not choose to take a sedan chair, in her opinion, it is most comfortable to go out of the palace at this time.

"Niangniang, this Qiluo Courtyard is fortunately not far from our Qingzhi Palace, and this walk is only half an hour's effort, if it is far away, you can't walk over like this."

"Yao'er, we have lived in the palace for a long time, and we have less movement, so we can walk more, and this walk is also good for our woman's complexion."

"Really? Mother, you won't be bluffing slaves, will you? ”

"Of course, I also know some medical principles, and moving more is definitely good for the body and bones."

"The slave will believe the mother!"

"Why don't you believe me?"

"Slaves don't dare! Hey, mother, slow down, there's a sedan chair in front of you! ”

Yao'er pulled Concubine Du Xian to the edge of the palace road, and it was Concubine Min's sedan chair that passed by them.

"Stop!"

Concubine Min, who was sitting on the sedan chair, shouted, and the sedan chair stopped beside Concubine Du Xian. Concubine Min turned her noble head full of pearls and jade, squinted at Concubine Du Xian, and said playfully, "Sister Xian? Sister, where are you going? Why didn't you even have a sedan chair when you left the palace, and you still walked by yourself? ”

Concubine Du Xian smiled, stepped forward and said: "Sister Min, I am planning to go to the Imperial Garden for a walk, I have been bored in the palace for a few days and feel tired, thinking that at this time there are few people to come out to relax." ”

"Yes, my sister really wants to be more distracted. My sister heard that this King Yu was losing battles on the front line, and the saint was quite dissatisfied with this! I think my sister is also worried about King Yu, right? ”

"The mother of the child is worried, no matter what Yunqi's record is, as a mother, she is worried. I don't know anything about war, I only know that the war is not until the last moment, and it is difficult to say whether the war will be won or lost for a while. ”

"Yo, it's rare for my sister to have such a mind, and my sister can only wish my sister her heart to come true. It's not early, and my sister won't chat with my sister anymore, and the emperor is still waiting for my sister in the front hall! ”

Concubine Du Xian lowered her head slightly, her expression unchanged. Concubine Min waved her hand, and the sedan chair got up again and headed in the direction of the front hall. When the sedan car drove away, Yao'er said quite unconvinced: "Concubine Min is a stone!" ”

"You're wrong about that."

"How? Mother, do you want to tell me what is wrong with the slave? ”

"First, how can you call Concubine Min? If she hears it, not only will you be punished, but I will also have to bear the reputation of being lax in discipline. Second, the stone is not used accurately, and the results are still unknown, how did she get the stone? ”

Yao'er understands the first point, but she really can't figure out the second point. Concubine Du Xian didn't intend to continue to explain, and continued to walk towards the palace road by herself, the place they went to was not the imperial garden, but another palace, a place where Emperor Liang thought about it at night, and the harem women were jealous and hateful.

Kira-in.

Yao'er stepped forward and shook the door knocker gently, and immediately a palace maid opened the palace door, and when she saw that it was Concubine Du Xian, the palace maid hurriedly saluted.

"Get up, lady sister?"

"Niangniang is in the palace, please come with the slave and maid."

The palace maid took Concubine Du Xian into the Qiluo Courtyard, and Concubine Du Xian was surprised to find that in her palace it was just a little green bud that had just emerged, and it was already a new green in the Qiluo Courtyard. The green of this courtyard makes people feel comfortable just by looking at it a few more times.

At this time, Yingshu was burning incense in the palace, and she could smell the fresh fragrance coming from the palace from a distance. Yao'er took a deep breath and suddenly felt refreshed.

"Niangniang, Concubine Xian Niangniang is here."

The curtain blew, and the lady glanced at the palace with her eyebrows and eyes, and when she saw Concubine Du Xian standing outside the palace, she immediately got up, lifted her skirt and trotted all the way.

It's just the early spring season, and the lady has changed into a cherry blossom-colored dress, and as she runs, the skirt dances and the green silk swaying, and the forced youth is coming. Not to mention a man, even Yao'er is a little stupid, there is such a beautiful woman in this world!

"The concubine sees the virtuous concubine!"

The sound is as crisp as a mountain stream, and more like a gentle warbler's cry.

"Sister, don't be polite, get up quickly."

Concubine Du Xian helped Yingshu up, only to find that she was not wearing shoes. The lady took Concubine Du Xian into the palace and sat down on a small platform near the garden, the two sat facing each other, and there was a low table in the middle, on which the incense burner was placed.

"If my sister remembers correctly, this is my sister's first time coming to Kira-in, right?"

"Yes, my sister has been in the palace for some years, and this is the first time my sister has come to visit, and I hope my sister will not be surprised."

"What did my sister say? After my sister entered the palace, I heard that there was a beautiful and virtuous woman in the palace who was quite loved by the emperor, not attached, not fighting, not flattering, in this deceitful harem, it was really like a clear stream. ”

"No wonder the emperor likes his sister so much, my sister is really good at talking, let alone the emperor, even my sister I like my sister from the bottom of my heart."

"My sister will make fun of my sister, in fact, it should be my sister who took the initiative to visit my sister, and I hope my sister will not blame me!"

"Let's not blame it, blame it, let's get down to business."

Concubine Du Xian took a food box from Yao'er's hand and visited the low table, lifted the lid, and took out the plates of pastries one by one.

"I have nothing to do in the palace, so I think I can learn to make some dim sum by myself, these are all dim sum I make myself, and I think I will take them for my sister to taste."

Looking at these dim sum, all of them are delicate in style and bright in color, and they make people have an appetite when they look at them twice.

"Wow, my sister's craftsmanship is really good! It's not lost to the Imperial Dining Room at all! ”

"Let me introduce it to you: this first plate is called Tonghua Cake, and the shape imitates the pattern of Tonghua, which is made of glutinous rice mixed with the petals of Tonghua; The second plate is called Xianggui fruit, which crushes the Xianggui fruit, filters out the juice and mixes it into the rice milk, and then kneads the shape of the fruit, and steam it; This third dish is called the three cakes, which are made by crushing three kinds of barley, chicken, and bitter lotus. ”

"As soon as I heard the name, it was so meaningful, and then I saw that the appearance of these pastries was so exquisite, I guess the taste must be very good!"

"Then sister, why don't you hurry up and try it?"

Lady Yingren doesn't use chopsticks to grab a piece of dim sum and send it to her mouth, her action will not make people feel rude at all, but she is a little cute and cute.

"It's delicious!"

After eating one piece, she stuffed another piece into her mouth, and before she could swallow it, her hand was already picking up the third plate of pastries. Her greedy appearance made Yao'er can't help laughing.

"Yao'er, don't be rude to Lady Yingren!"

"Yes, the slave knows that she is wrong!"

"It's okay, sister, we are all sisters, and so is Yao'er, so don't your own sisters need to be so restrained."

"There should still be etiquette, otherwise my sister should say that I have no way to discipline me." Concubine Du Xian turned her head to Yao'er and said, "You go out first and wait for me in the courtyard." ”

"The slave obeys."

After Yao'er withdrew, Lady Yingren stopped eating snacks, she pointed to the incense burner and asked, "Did my sister smell this fragrance when she came in?" ”

"Yes, it's really refreshing, I don't know what kind of incense is burning in my sister's incense burner?"

"I brought it from my hometown, which has a very unique name called musk. This kind of incense is very rare, and it is difficult to produce a ........ in a hundred years."

"The snake gall of the green-scaled pit viper that needs to survive in the wild for more than 50 years is soaked in the eight-poison soup for more than ten years, and then dried naturally in the shade for three years, after nine steaming and nine drying, when the snake gall bladder becomes completely black and hard, it is put into the charcoal oven and roasted until the whole body is golden, and after taking it out, the head and tail can be pinched to finally achieve a good musk scale fragrance."

"I didn't expect my sister to be so clear about the customs of my hometown?"

"Sister, don't you have a little aftertaste of your hometown when you taste these pastries?"

Yingshuren stretched out her hand and took Concubine Du Xian's hand, "Sister, for so many years, it has not been easy for you to be in the palace alone. ”

"The road is chosen by yourself, how many women in the harem are hundreds? The emperor's heart can't be in one person forever, but fortunately, I already have Yunqi, and all these years of suffering are worth it. ”

"Sister, sister might as well tell you the truth, I don't want to be lonely in this palace, I am destined to have no children, and I naturally will not compete with my sister for favor, and our sisters will support each other in the future."

"It's enough to have a sister, these pastries are made by me from memory, my sister keeps it and eats it slowly, if I still want to eat, I will make more." That's all for today's small talk between our sisters, and I'll leave first, sister. ”

Yingshuren got up and made a palace salute: "My sister won't send it." ”

After Concubine Du Xian left, Yingshuren looked at the pastries on the low table and began to recall their names: Tonghua Cake, Xianggui Fruit, and Qiansan Cake.

Tong... Fragrant... Qian...