Zheng Ying seemed to not want to continue this topic, pointed to the osmanthus cake on the table and said: "It is the season to eat osmanthus right now, and most of the dim sum prepared by Prince Li's Mansion is made of osmanthus, which is to your taste." ”

"Yes!" Seeing that Zheng Ying changed the topic, Mu Hongsheng didn't have the eyesight to ask, she smiled and nodded: "It's still autumn, there are osmanthus cakes made of fresh osmanthus flowers." In the summer, when there is a freshly made rose cake on the table, I don't like to eat it. ”

"You don't like rosecakes?" Zheng Ying was slightly stunned, as if she was more interested in this new topic: "Rose...... It's also sweet and fragrant, you like osmanthus, why don't you like rose cakes? ”

"I like the smell of roses too!" Mu Hongshang smiled and nodded: "There are a few roses planted in my garden. In the summer, my mother would pick fresh rose petals and pickle them with honey, and my mother's handmade rose honey was very delicious. I just don't like the rose cake very much, I don't like the layers of puff pastry candy cake that I don't really like. ”

"My family ......" Zheng Ying also laughed: "I also planted a lot of roses, and roses bloom in summer." In the early years, my mother ...... Every summer, my mother ordered the petals to be picked when the roses were in full bloom, and they were made into rose cakes that were distributed to the servants of the household. Although I don't eat much on weekdays, I occasionally eat some rose cakes in the summer, just to join in the fun. ”

The mother in Zheng Ying's mouth is actually not the current Empress Wei, but the previous Empress Xie. Because one of the emperor's favorite concubines liked roses, the emperor planted roses around the Baoyun Hall in order to make her happy, and in summer, the flowers were in full bloom, and the fragrance of roses wafted throughout the imperial city.

When Empress Xie was still alive, she ordered people to pick rose petals in the Baoyun Hall every summer, because there are a lot of roses around the Baoyun Palace, so the fresh petals picked can make many rose cakes. In the queen's palace in the summer, rose cakes would be given to the palace maids.

Later, Queen Xie died, but the rules of picking roses and making rose cakes in this summer have always been there, but it is no longer the queen's palace who comes forward to make them, but the imperial chefs in the imperial kitchen will organize the palace maids to pick roses and make rose cakes as summer food for various palaces.

However, of course, it is impossible for Mu Hongshang to know about these old things, and even Zheng Ying heard it from the old palace people who took care of him growing up. The day he was born was the day of Empress Xie's death, he had been growing up under Empress Wei's knees since he was a child, except for the old palace man who took care of him, no one in this huge palace had ever mentioned Empress Xie again.

The only one who is willing to mention Empress Xie is the old palace person. But Zheng Ying also knew in her heart that she might not be kind, but she was following the instructions of some people to tell him about the past, and by the way, remind him that he was not born to Queen Wei.

Thinking of this, a sneer faintly appeared on Zheng Ying's lips. But after a moment, the sneer disappeared, and he raised his head in a slightly trance-like manner, looking at Mu Hongsheng, who was sitting on the other side of the stone table and looking at him with round eyes.

How did you suddenly remember these old things...... Zheng Ying turned her eyes to look at the sparkling water on the surface of the lake again, as before, and was silent.

Seeing that Zheng Ying didn't speak again, Mu Hongsheng didn't want to continue to talk more, and was about to retract back to the stone bench to continue to eat snacks, but at this time, on the gravel road covered by the lake and stones, another person suddenly turned out - Mu Tieyi came back!

Mu Tieyi's footsteps were in a hurry, and as soon as Mu Hongshang saw him appear, he laughed happily: "Brother! You're back! Didn't you say it would be back soon? How did I go for a long time? ”

Brother? Zheng Ying's eyes flashed slightly, and she immediately remembered the two sets of tea cups on the stone table before. It seems that this little girl used to drink tea with her brother.

And Mu Tieyi had just walked down the gravel road, when he heard his sister's voice, he raised his eyebrows and was about to agree, but at a glance he saw a stranger sitting at the stone table. Mu Tieyi's footsteps paused, with three points of vigilance in his eyes, and two points of confusion at Zheng Ying, who was sitting in front of the stone table.

When Mu Tieyi was looking at Zheng Ying, Zheng Ying was also looking at the "elder brother" who suddenly appeared in front of him without a trace. Looks like a real brother! Zheng Ying looked at Mu Tieyi's sharp sword eyebrows, as well as the round and big eyes, and the tails of the eyes were slightly raised, and couldn't help but sigh, they are really brothers and sisters, the eyebrows and eyes are so similar.

It's just that this pair of big eyes grows on the little girl's face, looking smart and delicate, vibrant, and on her brother's face, it looks a little too cute, fortunately, this brother's eyes are clear and sharp, otherwise a big man, with such a pair of eyes, is really a little funny.

But this brother ...... Zheng Ying's brows moved slightly, she didn't look like an ordinary person! At the age of seventeen or eighteen, about the reason for coming to pay homage to his birthday, he wore a crimson Song Jin robe, with a simple and neat style. His shoulders are wider than those of ordinary family sons, he is very tall, his waist and back are straight, his weapons are lofty, and his temperament is quite sharp, like a martial artist who has been practicing martial arts for a long time.

This is the son of an ordinary family in Kyosato? Zheng Ying looked at Mu Tieyi who was approaching, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, revealing a clear smile. With an obvious callus in his hand, it looks like the traces left by the use of the blade for many years, and he is silent in action, he is a master! At present, the sons of the Jingzhong family are popular with swords, so most of these sons will also find a martial artist to learn some swordsmanship, but those fancy sparts are not the same thing as the young man in front of them.

There is only one family in Beijing that can raise such an imposing son!

It turns out that this little girl is the baby girl of An Guogong! It is said that the Mu family has a good way to teach their children, and it really lives up to its reputation, even a little girl can be raised lively and generous, sensible and interesting, so likable.

Then this son with an outstanding temperament, Miss Mu calls his brother, can only be Mu Tieyi, the son of Duke Anguo! Sure enough, he is worthy of being the son of An Guogong!

Zheng Ying had never seen Mu Tieyi, and Mu Tieyi certainly hadn't seen him either. Who is this man? How could you sit at your sister's tea table? Mu Tieyi stepped forward very vigilantly, and while clasping his fists at Zheng Ying, he carefully looked at this stranger who was so beautiful that it was abnormal.

It's just that Mu Tieyi just took a saluting posture and didn't speak yet, but Zheng Ying, who was sitting at the stone table, stood up first, as if she guessed what Mu Tieyi was going to say, and opened her mouth first.

"Don't worry about this son," Zheng Ying had a gentle smile on her face, and bowed slightly to Zheng Ying to show politeness: "I just walked here by accident and asked Ling Mei for a cup of tea, that's all." Thinking that this young lady is still young, she is alone here without company, so she sat for a while, and since the son has arrived, she will leave without bothering. ”