It's night.

Ninety percent of the palace in the Great Treasure Palace.

On the bright blue hall, brightly dressed maids served plates of delicacies to the two masters of the palace.

The blue glazed lotus leaf cup with the golden osmanthus jade core cake is bright and bright; In the ice-colored lotus leaf basin, longan jujube yam is paired with fragrant porridge made of new rice, and dotted with a few begonia fruits (that is, today's hawthorn), which arouses people's appetite; In the vermilion lacquer painted gold dragon pattern box, the purple jade two-color honey taro pieces are rising with an attractive snow-white mist; As soon as the small black lacquer warm food box on the table was opened, the snow-white and soft buns, with the aroma of mutton that was difficult to ignore, were warmly dyed with a ......

Li Zhi, who was sitting opposite Mei Niang, nodded, stretched out his toothbrush and put a meat bun in the small dish in front of him, and took a careful bite, the soup overflowed, and the slightly hot temperature would not hurt people, and the aroma was baked out very well.

It's just that today, it's cold and lonely, and there is no movement.

He suddenly couldn't help but want to lose the bun and knock his swollen forehead.

It's just that he didn't move, but took a bite and chewed it carefully, then nodded, mumbled, put the bun in the small plate in front of him, and sent another one to Mei Niang, who was in a daze on the table.

It's just that as soon as his bun was delivered to her, she pointed her fingertips and pushed the small plate aside, just avoiding the courtesy sent by Li Zhi.

With the slight hissing sound of rubbing against several sides as the plate moved, the entire hall immediately became quiet, and dozens of people were waiting up and down, but at this time they couldn't even hear the sound of breathing.

The bun that Li Zhi had clamped on the chopsticks just stopped, then spun again and fell back into his own plate. Then, a gentle voice sounded faintly: "It seems that this new cook who has entered the palace is not to your liking." ”

"It's just that I don't have any thoughts of eating, what does it have to do with the cook?"

"Oh......" Li Zhi nodded, reached out and took a bowl of porridge handed by Qinghe next to him, and slowly sent a spoonful of import: "If you don't like the jade core cake and mutton buns, then how about calling someone to serve Biluo cake?" Or is it cherry stuffing? ”

"This is Jiro's palace, and here are Jiro's people, and Mei Niang has no way to put his beak."

Mei Niang said lightly.

Li Zhi snorted and turned to Qinghe beside him: "Go." ”

Qinghezheng was eager to respond to this sound, and immediately turned his head.

Li Zhi turned to look back at Mei Niang: "Hong'er's matter, I will arrange it like this, and I also want to think about you." This kid is getting bigger every day, and it's time to take care of his own business. It's always bad to rely on you and me. ”

"It is natural for children to rely on their parents, not to mention how old is Hong'er now? Jiro is in such a hurry to train him out, does he still think that Mei Niang is too spoiled by him? ”

"You know, I've never thought of it that way."

"Who knows?"

Mei Niang smiled sadly: "After all, Mei Niang is not from the background of any scholar. It is indeed not very similar to the Lanling Xiao family, or the tutor of the Taiyuan Wang family, who can train a good child. ”

As soon as Li Zhi heard this, he immediately raised his eyes and glanced at Minghe standing next to him, and after seeing Minghe immediately hang his head and say nothing, he continued with her in a good voice:

"Are you mad at me?"

"Where? Jiro, Mei Niang eats. Mei Niang must eat all the pies of Biluo. ”

As he was talking, he saw Qinghe personally holding a box of freshly baked Bi Luo and bringing it to the table. Before Li Zhi could say anything, he saw Mei Niang reach out and grab one, tear it up, and fill it in his mouth.

Li Zhi looked at her blankly, knocked on his forehead and sighed, put down his teeth, and snatched the Biluo cake that had been half stuffed into Mei Niang's mouth through the case:

"What are you doing here......

Mei Niang's mouth was stuffed with a mouthful of Bi Luo, and he couldn't answer and he didn't want to answer him, but his eyes were silently red, and the water vapor quickly accumulated full eyes.

Seeing this, Minghe hurriedly glanced at Qinghe, the two brothers waved to the left and right, and a group of servants saluted Li Zhimeiniang, and then did not raise their heads or look up, and followed them to retreat in a hurry, leaving only the emperor and queen to get along.

And at the moment when the waiters left, Mei Niang's tears did not stay in her eyes after all, and her face was full of brushes.

Li Zhi looked at the mouthful stuffed bulging, like a gluttonous golden chipmunk filling her cheeks with pine nuts, crying silently, she couldn't help but feel distressed and fascinated-

The way she cried made him unbearable to watch, but this innocent and willful appearance like a little girl really made him feel uncontrollable.

sighed, and the words that had been prepared for a stomach could not be said half a word in front of this crying face. I had to get up and walk to her, ready to take her in my arms and comfort her.

When Mei Niang saw him get up, she immediately followed suit, and walked in his direction without hesitation, and after passing him with open hands, she entered the inner hall without looking back.

Li Zhi opened his hands for a long time in a daze, and only after a while did he lower his head and look at his empty embrace, smiled bitterly, shook his head, looked back at the temple in his eyes, and followed in resignedly.

Only a moment later he reluctantly came out, glanced at the table, picked up the plate of meat, and turned back to the apse......

So that night, I saw him walking back and forth, walking back and forth, and from time to time he walked out of the outer hall with a plate of snacks that was only missing or only a little less, and then walked in with another plate.

On the seventh round, the Qingming brothers, who were secretly guarding the pillars of the corridor of His Royal Highness, really couldn't help it, stepped forward and silently bowed and apologized, then turned around and shouted outside the hall, calling seven or eight small attendants, several people helped with the meat jelly in one hand, and the plum cake in the other, and Li Zhi, who was stunned by another plate of purple taro cake on the table, filled twenty-seven plates of dim sum and eighteen dishes of side dishes, and also served five kinds of soups, silently ......

Carry it into the inner sanctum......

At the end of the first month of the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty.

After the early dynasty, Li Zhi sat behind the jade case in the study room, and was in a daze at the group of ministers in front of him who were still arguing about whether to return to the Chang'an Palace or not, and did not know when they quieted down.

Li Hong, who was sitting on one side of the golden case and watched his father manage the government, sighed, shook his head, and waved his hand to the ministers, signaling them to retreat first.

And the group of ministers who had already noticed that Li Zhi's demeanor was different, and their hearts were uneasy, saw Li Hong's signal, and immediately retired, leaving Li Zhi's father and son on one side, each sitting behind their own cases, each thinking about their own thoughts.

"Father."

After a long time, Li Hong suddenly spoke: "Now that Luoyang is warm and warm, it is better than Chang'an, why don't you drive to the eastern capital to wait for the peony to bloom, I don't know what my father wants?" ”

Li Zhi snorted, but did not respond, his eyes were still scattered.

Li Hong cleared his throat and said slowly: "Since this is the case, it is great. Brother Xian also said before that the last time he drove Luoyang, the troupe that the queen mother found for him was very interesting! It's just a pity that the team has no rank and can't come to Chang'an. At this moment, the virtuous brother is afraid that he will have to trouble the queen mother every day to summon the team into the palace. Fortunately, the queen mother also likes that team, otherwise I am afraid that the virtuous brother will be scolded again. ”

Li Zhi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he turned his head to look at Li Hong, who was facing him calmly.

Oh, father and son looked at each other and smiled.

"Okay, then let's drive the Eastern Capital!"