Shangqing Guanli.

The demon screamed and rushed out of the kitchen with a pot of steaming buns, and said happily: "Fairy Gu Xiangu, the big meat steamed bun is out of the cage!" ”

Xuan Yunzi walked out of the room and smiled, "Be careful. ”

As soon as the words fell, the demon kicked the small mound of dirt and fell forward, and all the meat buns on the steamer floor spilled out.

Xuan Yunzi hurriedly stepped forward to help, "Are you okay?" Where is the fall injury? ”

"Wow-"

The demon burst into tears, "My big meat steamed buns!" ”

Xuan Yunzi was stunned and amused, and hurriedly checked the demon's body, but he didn't hurt anything, so he said: "I hurt you when you fell, it turned out that I felt sorry for your big meat steamed buns?" ”

You'er hurriedly wiped her tears and reached out to pick up the meat buns, and said, "I'm not a child, how can I cry when I fall?" …… I just feel sorry for these big meat steamed buns. After a while, the fairy brother came and didn't have anything to eat, but what should I do? ”

Xuan Yunzi couldn't help but laugh, "Well, you are indeed not a child anymore. ”

"I wasn't a kid in the first place!" The demon argued stubbornly, tore off the skin of a dirty meat bun, put it in his mouth and bit it.

Xuanyunzi hurriedly said: "It's dirty, you can't eat it!" ”

"You can eat it!" The demon took a big bite of the buns, and said vaguely: "It's fragrant!" ”

Xuan Yunzi shook his head and smiled, "You like it so much, I'll go make you a cage." ”

"Don't!" You'er shook her head, "I'll do it myself." Brother Fairy only loves to eat what I make with my own hands. ”

Xuan Yunzi smiled: "How do you know that he likes to eat?" ”

"Because ......," You'er thought for a moment and said with a grin, "When I first met him, he was eating big meat steamed buns. Later, I went to learn the craft from the owner of that shop for a long time, and I learned it for a long time, until it tasted the same as the one made in that shop! ”

Xuan Yunzi smiled and said, "Can you tell me the story of you and Brother Immortal?" ”

"Okay!" You'er readily agreed, beckoned Xuan Yunzi to go to the kitchen with her, and said as she walked: "But, I have to tell you a story while making steamed buns - our story is very long!" ”

"Okay, I'll hear you." Xuan Yunzi smiled, "By the way, I can also help you." ”

"You don't need your help, you just stand by and listen to the story." The demon smiled and said, "Then I'll start talking, huh?" ”

"Okay."

"Well, it was a sunny day. I was so hungry and dizzy that I went to Chang'an West City to beg......"

Seeing the demon's lively appearance, Xuanyunzi laughed out loud and unladylike.

"What are you laughing at?" You'er frowned and said displeasedly, "This is a very sad story. Because on that very day, my mother died! ”

Xuan Yunzi was slightly stunned, and whispered with a guilty face: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to." You name it, I'm not going to laugh anymore. ”

You'er glanced at Xuan Yunzi, "I don't want to talk about it now." ”

"Why?"

"I'm not happy!"

"......" Xuan Yunzi was stunned, and said in his heart that this little girl is really straight and doesn't know how to cover it up.

At this time, the demon laughed again, and happily rolled up her sleeves and shouted, "I'll make steamed buns!" ”

Xuan Yunzi silently withdrew from the kitchen, and when he saw the little figure of the demon being busy there, he suddenly realized that when he faced the demon, he was always a little weak and even ashamed of himself.

"I really envy her."

"Simplicity is such a happy thing."

"Whether it's happiness or sorrow, it's so pure and clean."

"No wonder everyone loves the ......"

Xuan Yunzi strolled in the small courtyard of the Taoist temple and whispered to himself, "No wonder, he just doesn't like me......"

Half an hour later, Xue Shao and Wu Zetian arrived together.

Xuanyunzi stood at the door of the Taoist temple to greet him, and the demon ran out of the kitchen in a hurry, "Wait a minute, wait a minute, it'll be fine soon!" ”

Xue Shao said in surprise: "You'er, what are you waiting for?" ”

"Big meat steamed buns, they'll be cooked soon!" With that, the demon ran back to the kitchen in a hurry.

Wu Zetian, Xue Shao and the others all laughed.

Seeing their relaxed and doting smiles, Xuan Yunzi felt more and more that the gap between himself and the demon was so huge - whether it was Xue Shao or the Queen Mother, even if it included the Daoist brothers, they would never smile so easily and happily when they were with me!

"It's rare to be so relaxed today, so we just sit in the shade of this pavilion and talk casually." Wu Zetian said lightly, "By the way, try the big meat steamed buns made by the demon girl." ”

Xue Shao immediately laughed when he heard Wu Zetian also say "big meat steamed buns".

"What are you laughing at?" Wu Zetian said hypocritically, "Then it's called big meat steamed buns!" ”

"Okay, okay!" Xue Shao smiled, "I'll go to the kitchen to help the demon." ”

Everyone was stunned.

Wu Zetian said: "I think you should not go, save yourself a favor." ”

"Queen Mother, don't underestimate me." Xue Shao said unashamedly, "My cooking skills, that's deeply hidden!" ”

"Then there you go!" Wu Zetian smiled, "Remember to leave a few for us, don't eat them all." ”

Xue Shao walked into the kitchen laughing, and his eyes never fell on Xuan Yunzi.

Xuan Yunzi kept smiling without squinting, politely playing her role as the proprietor to invite Wu Zetian to sit down, and began to make tea herself.

Wu Zetian saw Xue Shao enter the kitchen and whispered, "Xuan Yunzi, what is the gap between you and Xue Shao?" ”

"Back to the Queen Mother, no."

Wu Zetian shook his head, "This palace is from here. ”

"Not really." Xuan Yunzi said seriously, "It's just...... We can't accept and get used to the change in each other's identity for a while. ”

Wu Zetian gently raised his hand and motioned for the attendants to retreat, and then said: "Today, the palace might as well tell you the truth, your marriage to Xue Shao will be directly related to the fate of the palace and the entire country." ”

"Poor Dao knows." Xuan Yunzi nodded, how could she not know? The day of the Queen Mother's accession to the throne is probably the day she and Xue Shao get married. Fundamentally, without the marriage of the Xue Wu family, the Empress Dowager would not have been able to really get strong support from the army. Maybe she can achieve this goal through other means, and even go so far as to get rid of Xue Shao. But the cost of doing so will be quite heavy and dangerous, and in the end it may not even be known who will kill the deer. Xue Shao has already shown his strength, maybe he can't snatch everything that the Queen Mother has, but he definitely has the ability to destroy everything that everyone has!

-- What a bargain a marriage would be!

"You don't want to be a poor one again." Wu Zetian said a little displeased, "You are the niece of the palace, otherwise the palace will officially accept you as a righteous daughter and crown you as a princess, which is on par with Taiping." At that time, your identity will no longer belong to you alone, but to the imperial power and the country! ”

"Yes......" Xuan Yunzi lowered his head lightly, quite unnaturally and reluctantly, "Erchen knows." ”

Wu Zetian frowned slightly, "Xuanyunzi, this palace once gave you a choice, even when you left the palace and went to Wangwu Mountain, you still have the right to choose." But in the end, you agreed to this marriage and took the initiative to return to Shangqingguan, which means that you have taken on this responsibility. ”

"Erchen knows." Xuan Yunzi nodded.

"It's useless to just know." Wu Zetian said, "You still have to really fulfill it!" ”

Xuan Yunzi frowned slightly, and looked at Wu Zetian with an embarrassed face, "Queen Mother, I want to too." ”

Wu Zetian took her hand and held it in his palm and said, "For us women, marrying a man is equivalent to following him for the rest of our lives. Everything he thinks and does should be for him. This palace asked you to marry Xue Shao, what he thinks is his business. But for you, you first have to be a good wife to Xue Shao. Without this layer, everything else will lose its meaning. ”

"Queen Mother, I want to ...... too," Xuan Yunzi muttered and repeated this sentence.

"Give yourself a little confidence, and give Xue Shao a little time." Wu Zetian patted Xuan Yunzi's hand with a smile, "This palace will never look at the wrong person, you can do it!" ”

In the kitchen, Xue Shao mechanically helped the demon to fill the stove with firewood, while pricking up his ears to listen to the conversation between the two women outside.

"They seem to be underestimating my hearing." Xue Shao laughed secretly, as long as people who have undergone special training are focused enough, they can hear subtle sounds that ordinary people can't imagine--the voice of your whispering is already too loud!

"Brother Fairy, I've said a few times not to add firewood!" The demon screamed eagerly, and coughed, "Look at how much firewood you stuffed in, it was all smoke, and it choked people to death!" ”

Xue Shao hurriedly pulled Chai He out, "Don't add it, don't add it!" ”

"Two big cages, all cooked!" The demon exclaimed happily, "Brother Fairy, you eat first!" ”

"Take it out and eat it together!"

In Shangqing Guanli, there was a bun banquet.

Xue Shao ate three in one go. I have to admit that the demon's craftsmanship has definitely improved by leaps and bounds, and now when I go to open a steamed bun shop, the business is absolutely thriving, and the diners are like clouds.

Wu Zetian also ate one, and while eating, he teased the demon and asked her, "You'er, why did you grow so fast, now you are almost as tall as the main palace." ”

"Well, I'm an adult!" The demon was very proud to raise the bun in his hand.

"Have you thought about what kind of man you want to marry in the future?" Wu Zetian asked with a smile.

"Of course it's to marry the fairy brother!" The demon replied without hesitation.

Everyone was stunned, and Xue Shao almost squirted out the buns in his mouth.

Wu Zetian asked in surprise and amusement, "Why?" ”

"No why!" The demon looked at Xue Shao with a smile, without any shyness or hesitation, and said, "I'm happy!" ”

For a while, everyone looked at Xue Shao.

Xue Shao swallowed the bun a little embarrassed, and stepped forward to say to the demon: "Demon, don't talk nonsense. How can you marry someone so casually? ”

"I didn't take it lightly!" You'er opened her eyes and said seriously, "I've thought about it since the first day I met Brother Immortal. In the future, I will either not marry; If you want to marry, you must be a fairy brother! - I swore an oath at my mother's grave! ”