Xinyue's cheeks flushed, and she said to everyone, "It's not that I'm hungry, it's just that I heard from Mercy just now that the barbecue was ordered outside, so I'm just a little greedy, what about you?" I'm hungry when I heard about barbecue, right? ”

Mercy nodded very sincerely, "I'm also a little hungry." ”

"Then let's have a meal." Jiang Yang also wanted to ask what was wrong with Xinyue, her face was not good-looking, but as long as she was willing to eat, there should be no big problem.

There are no separate seats for men and women, there are two couples present, two children, and Jiang Yang, mercy, they are all a family, but there are only two outsiders, Xinyue and Rong Ying, when arranging the seats, Xinyue just sat down, and felt that it was dark around him, and when he looked back, it was Rong Ying who was sitting next to him.

This made Jiang Rui, who arranged a seat for him, a little embarrassed, Rong Ying's status, how could he sit next to Jiang Yang, but he was this temper, and no one should be able to change what he decided.

Jiang Yang knew Rong Ying's attitude towards Xinyue, and then looked at the unhappy expression on Xinyue's face, so he patted Xinyue's shoulder, "You sit next to you." ”

Xinyue said that it was Zhou Huan who was sitting next to her, and as soon as she sat down, Zhou Huan took her hand affectionately, and the two were very similar in temperament.

At this moment, the table was already full of dishes, in addition to the meals that had been prepared long ago, the ingredients that had just been hunted and sent down from the mountains, and there were also cooks with sharp hands and feet. It was processed early and made into a dish. The venison pot in front of Crescent Moon was thinly sliced and filled the pot. A layer of ginger is placed underneath, and the venison is cooked while the hot pot boils.

The pigeons cooked on one side, but an hour's effort, have been stewed crispy and deboned, only the size of a fist, but the smell of spices has infiltrated it, and it is even more diffused throughout this small dining room.

"This dish is changed to the Crescent Moon County Lord, she likes to eat fresh fish the most, and then put a warm plate, but don't get cold." Mercy pointed to the fresh fish in front of her, and on the white incision, the fish meat was just cooked.

"Thank you" Xinyue didn't seem to reveal her favorite food to anyone, but she likes to eat fresh fish, as if everyone who knows her knows it.

"There is also this bean paste spring roll, which is a specialty of our Jiangfu, sister, you can also try it." Qiu Ying'er pointed to the dish in front of her, and let her subordinates bring it to Xinyue.

Xinyue nodded, "Thank you, but the spring rolls we often eat are mostly eaten with vegetables, and they are wrapped in bean paste, isn't it sweet?" ”

"That's why it's the specialty of our house. This has to be from when my mother-in-law was pregnant with Jiang Yu, because she wanted to eat spring rolls, she told the kitchen to do it, who knew that there was a big banquet that day, and the chefs in the house were too busy, so they were perfunctory, and they rolled some leftover ingredients casually and fried them in an oil pot. After Qiu Ying'er finished speaking, Jiang Yu scratched his head a little embarrassed, "Sister-in-law, when did this happen?" Don't just say it and let people laugh at me. ”

"And such a thing? It's the first time I've heard of it. Zhou Huan looked at her husband, his personality was indeed what his father-in-law said, soft and soft, and gentle with himself, but he didn't expect it to be for this reason.

"There's so much more you don't know." Jiang Yu said to his wife embarrassedly.

"This stewed meat is also your favorite food," Jiang Yang pointed to the stewed meat in front of him.

Xinyue's eyebrows shrugged, and she smiled bitterly, "It seems that my greedy character is known to the whole Jinling City, and you all know what I love to eat." ”

"Sister, this is your performance of being popular with everyone" Zhou Huan still held Xinyue's hand affectionately.

"The barbecue will be grilled for a while, but the dishes are already ready, and the seats present are all from their own families, so don't be polite to each other, and it will be your stomach that is wronged at that time." Jiang Yang paused, glanced at Xinyue, Xinyue also smiled, thinking that this Jiang Yang actually changed the way to arrange himself, what about the good people?

"King Jin, I heard that King Jin is good at drinking, why don't we let our uncle and nephew have a few drinks with His Royal Highness?" Jiang Yang ordered the servant to take out the self-brewed wine in Zhuangzi, the wine in Jinling is warm, and the aftertaste is long and lingering, but the more this kind of wine, the more it makes people drunk endlessly, the Jiang family is a military general, and the wine glass used is also a big cup, which is really not fake at all.

Rong Ying smiled slightly, "I'm happy to accompany you." ”

"Come, the minister will personally pour wine for His Highness." Jiang Yang poured a glass for Rong Ying, and then picked up his own cup, and the servants also began to pour wine for everyone at the banquet, Xinyue picked up the cup and smelled it, the taste of this wine was really long.

"Sister, aren't you not allowed to drink?" Zhou Huan saw the new moon and seemed to be very satisfied with the wine in his cup.

"I just smell the wine, it's very soft, just smell it and know it's a good wine." Xinyue didn't deny it, nor did she admit that she drank too much, but if she really wanted to drink, then the people at this table were not necessarily her opponents.

"Then you can take it easy, although the wine smells good, but if you get drunk, you can sleep all day." Zhou Huan is a picture of a person who has come over.

Qiu Ying'er also nodded, "This wine is not at all different from the wine that is often drunk in the Eastern Capital, although the wine is not overbearing, but a glass is enough to get drunk for a long time." ”

"Then I'll just have a drink." Crescent Moon had no intention of drinking, so she said with a smile.

"Come, everyone, today's hunting performance is good, and congratulations to His Royal Highness King Jin for winning the first prize." Jiang Yang raised his glass and toasted Rong Ying.

Rong Ying smiled slightly, but before reaching the bottom of her eyes, she was very cooperative, and drank the wine in the wine glass.

"The Crescent Moon County Lord..."Jiang Feng, who had been sitting at the end of the seat with Ya'er, suddenly called out to the Crescent Moon in a low voice.

Crescent Moon looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Yang was talking to Rong Ying, and when he heard his son's voice, he immediately turned his gaze over, and said to Xinyue with a smile, "He hunted a small beast today, as well as two hares and a fox, which is very powerful." ”

After hearing this, Xinyue praised from the bottom of her heart, "I didn't expect you to be so powerful at such a young age." ”

"I want to give you the deer I hunted" Jiang Feng was naturally very happy when he heard Xinyue praise him like this, and he said his plan again.

"That's here, thank you, come, I'll toast you." Jiang Feng is still a child, naturally he can't drink wine, the cup is the best rose dew, his face is red, the praise he got from the new moon is a kind of warmth to him, and a little embarrassed, he held his rose dew, like an adult drank it all, the new moon saw that he drank his rose dew, and also drank the wine in his cup.

"Mama, hasn't the venison been roasted yet?" Jiang Yang saw that everyone didn't eat a lot, and the high consumption in the morning, everyone must be hungry, and as for eating not a lot like this, it must be waiting for the barbecue.

"Back to the general, it's being plated later." After listening to the reply, Xinyue silently put down her chopsticks, the fresh fish in front of her was naturally delicious, and the bean paste spring rolls were also sweet that she had never eaten before, but there was nothing to attract from a plate of grilled burnt and oily barbecue.

After eating a meal for more than half an hour, after eating, the new moon felt that she was in a much better mood.

The people of the Jiang family have always been refreshing, drinking tea with them, chatting for a while, but they didn't feel bored, until dusk, the weather has been clear, and there are signs of changing the sky. Although he had already refused, Jiang Yang insisted on sending her back to Zhuangzi.

"General, you don't have to bother." Xinyue looked at Jiang Yang, who was sitting opposite him, because he had drunk wine, so he was sitting in the carriage, and Xinyue was the same.

"I was supposed to send you last time, but I didn't come, a lot of things happened, this time I am here, I will definitely send you home safely" Jiang Yang took a sip of tea, Xinyue is really a person who is very delicate from head to toe, every stitch and thread. Even the tea prepared in the car is full of fragrance and endless aftertaste.

"Then it's bothering the general, by the way, general, do you know that during the Lantern Festival Palace banquet, His Majesty intends to marry us. What do you think? ”

Jiang Yang thought for a moment and asked, "It's actually a marriage?" If we break the marriage contract, we will be charged with disobeying the holy decree. ”

"General, are you afraid?" Crescent asked

Jiang Yang shook his head, "Naturally, I'm not afraid, but I think this matter will have a greater impact on you, if you have other plans, then I will mention it to the Queen Mother, and our marriage will be over." ”

"Thank you General for thinking about me, it's just that the Queen Mother is sick now, and she can't get out of bed for ten days or eight days. Let's stop getting involved. Xinyue said worriedly, although she had foreseen the death of the Queen Mother, her heart was still very painful, and the Queen Mother was the person who loved her the most in the world except for her aunt.

"You were on the horse farm just now, and what you said to me was..."Jiang Yang didn't say it explicitly, but secretly inquired about Xinyue's thoughts.

Xinyue waved her hand, "General, don't you hear it, Xinyue is just confused for a while, thinking that marrying you may be able to cut off Rong Ying's covetousness for me like a prey." ”

What do you mean by that? Can't the King of Jin be sincere to you? Jiang Yang couldn't help but ask when he saw that Xinyue was so confused.

"If you look at his eyes, you can see that a man can be the same as a prey to a woman he loves. General, you have never seen anyone who would treat their prey well and cherish it for the rest of their lives. Crescent said with a wry smile.

Jiang Yang nodded, "The way he looks at you, it is indeed too hot, as if he loves you deeply, and he can't wait to skin you alive." ”

Although they were talking about a heavy topic, the two of them laughed anyway.

Jiang Yang's smile was still very restrained, and after a while, he said to Xinyue, "I can accept what you say, because if I don't marry you, my mother won't give up." And you conveyed a message to me, that is, even if you marry me, you will not be my wife, you will definitely try all kinds of ways to live freely, if this is what you want, then I can give you this freedom, since you want to fulfill the queen mother's last wish, okay, then I will marry you. ”

Jiang Yang's firmness was unexpected by Xinyue, and he couldn't help asking, "If you say this, what should Mrs. Zhang do?" And I know you've been helping the Zhang family. What if I wasn't as kind as you seem? ”

"Are you the one who cares about these things?" Jiang Yang asked the crescent moon rhetorically.

Xinyue smiled, she is indeed not a person who can take care of these things, because for her, it is all someone else's business. She still has no time to take care of her own affairs, let alone the Zhang family or other families.

Although marrying Jiang Yang is a good way, Xinyue still shook her head, "If what I want from beginning to end is to be bound by another family, then why should I give up the title of Princess Yu?" Do you think I can't fight a little Xiao Nanyin? I just want to be alive. ”

"Well, I won't force you. I will enter the palace in a few days to face the saint, and when the time comes, I will dispel the idea of marriage for us. will also appease the Queen Mother, leave these things to me, and then, Your Majesty intends to make me a marquis, I may be in Beijing, stay for a month longer than the original time, and when I leave, you will live a good life by yourself. Saying that, Jiang Yang patted Xinyue on the shoulder, like a kind elder, and like a gentle companion, Xinyue was a little shy, but also generous.

Jiang Yang sent Xinyue to the door, and Xinyue left him to drink tea, but he didn't stay, and went back in the carriage that he came with him.

Xinyue sent him away, Mama Wang came over, and after seeing Xinyue, she couldn't help but say, "Girl, in fact, General Jiang Yang is also good, if you marry him as a husband, although there will be no good thing for the two to be happy, but it should also be respectful to each other and support each other until old age." You will have something to rely on for the rest of your life. ”

Crescent Moon nodded, "I don't know, and I don't want to." ”

"It's cold outside, let's go in" Mama Wang knew that she couldn't move Xinyue, and her temper couldn't be pulled back even if the cow couldn't pull it back, so she helped Xinyue back to the room.

As soon as Xinyue stepped into the door, she heard the sound of horses' hooves behind her, Xinyue turned around and saw Rong Ying and her guards coming on horseback, and the guards behind were still driving a car.

Xinyue frowned, Mama Wang helped Xinyue to let her go in first, and Xinyue avoided it.

Mama Wang also walked out and blocked Rong Ying's way, "The prince stays." ”

"What about your lord? This king saw that Jiang Yang had just left. As he spoke, Rong Ying got off the horse, he looked at Mama Wang in front of him, and saw that Xinyue was taking this Mama with him everywhere. also knew that Xinyue valued her, so he spoke to her, which was polite.

"The county lord has already rested, if you have nothing else to do, go back first." Mama Wang refused, so she issued an eviction order.

"This king just now..."Rong Ying wanted to say that she had seen it from a distance just now, and their master and servant were about to go in, so after a while, the new moon rested.

There was a gust of wind, blowing the skirt of the crescent moon, the crescent moon was not noticed, but her blue and white skirt was in full view, he couldn't help but laugh, "You county lord, eat and sleep, sleep and eat, but I also saw that she was as light as a swallow, and she should not have walked from the ground." ”

Xinyue frowned, this Rong Ying is not scolding herself for being...

"Lord Wang, please go back, you don't have to worry about our county lord's affairs." Mama Wang was unmoved, and stretched out her hand to let Rong Ying go back.

"Mama, when this king sees you, he is quite valued by your county lord, and she also listens to what you say, so it is better for you to say a few good words for this king, and this king will naturally not shorten your benefits." Saying that, Rong Ying took out a gold ingot from her arms, and Mama Wang sneered, "Lord, although the old slave is a slave, but since our girl was born, she has come to serve her, and now for twenty years, at the beginning, the eldest princess gave the slave maid one or two taels of silver, and followed the girl to the palace of King Yu, and the princess gave the slave two taels of silver, as well as four rewards, the girl took care of me, these twenty years, the old slave relied on himself, and also earned no less than five gold ingots. The slave knows that you don't want to say five ingots of gold, five hundred ingots are not a problem, but even if you take the life of the old slave, the old slave will not do one, sorry for our girl's business, she is more important than life to the old slave. ”

"You are the nurse of the new moon, and you also have a child of your own, so what about the king taking the life of that child and holding you hostage?"

After hearing this, Mama Wang smiled contemptuously, "If the prince has the ability, pull the old slave's child out of the underworld, and the old slave will kneel down and thank you." If the prince has nothing else to do, please leave."

"Who said that this king is fine, someone is coming" said, the guard behind Rong Ying who was driving the car drove the car over, and the car was full of prey that Rong Ying hunted, "This king saw that she loved to eat, those big heads, I didn't have a dead hand, you can raise them, eat and kill." If it's small, you can just watch it. ”

After speaking, Rong Ying was still touched by Mama Wang's words just now, and wanted to turn around and leave, but refused to bow to Mama Wang, who was wholeheartedly devoted to the new moon.

Xinyue heard Rong Ying leave, only came out of the door, and saw that Mama Wang looked at the prey of this car with some embarrassment, as well as the gold ingots placed on the front of the car, it seems that this Rong Ying is also a flesh-and-blood person, said, Xinyue picked up the gold ingot at hand and put it in Mama Wang's hand, "Give, Mama"

"The old slave doesn't want this money." Mama Wang waved her hand and refused.

"Mama, if someone buys you in the future, you will accept it, accept it and buy it for good food and drink, and you won't accept it for nothing."

"Girl, don't say this joke, the old slave will not betray the girl."

"I just knew you wouldn't betray me, that's why I let you take it. Take all these prey, don't take it for nothing," said the new moon and turned and walked into the house.

On the way, Mama Wang was a little speechless and stopped, and Xinyue said, "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”

"Although the old slave has not had much contact with King Jin, but when I look at it today, he is not as unbearable as the girl thinks."

After hearing this, Xinyue nodded, "He said that he will be the emperor's person, and he will become a generation of Ming monarchs." can become a Ming Jun, and naturally it is also full of advantages. It's just that I can't see this, and he and I see each other, the ugliest side. I have no confidence that he will be good to me for the rest of his life after he sees all my ugly faces. Naturally, he was not so generous and could forgive him for everything he had done. So the two of us are destined to be a mistake, and such a mistake is still, don't let him be wrong again and again. ”

Mama Wang felt that what Xinyue said made sense: "Girl, for you, what kind of person is worthy of you?" ”

"Mama, you don't have to worry about me, why are you marrying? In order to have a lifelong support, but you see me, am I a person who needs to rely on others? Crescent Moon said as she smiled helplessly.

"You heard it just now," Mama Wang suddenly said without a head.

"What?" Crescent asked.

"King Jin just now was deliberately testing the old slave."

Xinyue naturally understood what Rong Ying meant, and nodded, "But what's the use of this?" No matter how good he is to me, I will not accept him. ”

"You'll accept it, except that you don't love him yet. However, the old slave looks, it's almost over. As she spoke, Mama Wang touched Xinyue's hair.

Crescent Moon said loudly, "I won't." ”

"Okay, okay, aren't you tired? The old slave made steamed egg puree for you, and you ate it so lightly and lightly. ”

Back in his room, the crescent moon looked under the south window, and the plum blossom that had already fallen off all the flowers and leaves, and only a dead branch remained, because the crescent moon had ordered it not to be harvested, so it had been placed there.

The crescent moon reached out and touched the dead branch, "Someone came"

"Girl" Cui'er walked in.

"Put this bottle away"

"Yes" Cui'er stepped forward and took out the white porcelain vase, and the dead branch was in Xinyue's hand.

Little by little, the new moon carefully gathered it, looked at the basket, the purse that had been made, so she put the plum branch in it, after all, she was reluctant to throw him away. He's right, he seems to want everything, but the result of wanting everything is... Nothing is gained.

The crescent moon seals the purse and feels its state of mind. It made her feel surprised, when did she start thinking about what Rong Ying said.

"Girl, you've been working on this purse for a long time, can you finish it today?" Feng'er came in from outside, and she was instructed by Mama Wang to settle the prey sent by Rong Ying.

He washed his hands and came in, and saw that Fei'er was threading the new moon, and the new moon was putting the finishing touches on the purse, and when she came, the new moon tied a knot in her hand, and then handed the purse with enough spices to Feng'er, "Go and put this and that dress together"

"Yes" Hao'er naturally knew that the dress was there, it was made by herself under the new moon year, and it was embroidered, which was the last thing she liked to do.

"Girl, chicken porridge" Mama Wang has already made a snack this time, and put it in front of Xinyue, Xinyue doesn't drink chicken soup, but it's not that she doesn't eat chicken, this tender chicken is chopped into puree, made into porridge, delicious and moisturizing, no worse than drinking the chicken soup that is coaxed.

As soon as she took two sips, Xinyue heard the rumor outside, "Miss Yao'er is here." ”

"Huh?" Not only Xinyue, but also Feng'er, Fei'er and Mama Wang were surprised by the news.

"Quick, please come in, this aunt is..."Before the words were finished, Yao'er wore a thick cloak and rushed in, still pregnant with a child, walking like the wind, and finally sat next to Xinyue, raised her head, her eyes were red and swollen and said to Xinyue, "Sister-in-law, I want to be reconciled with Cao Jie!" ”