The meeting in the imperial study ended in a hurry with the emperor in poor health.

When Chen Luo came out of the forbidden palace, it was already around the middle of the afternoon, and a long time had passed since he left the palace.

He let the official sedan chair stop at the gate of Xizhi, looking at the bustling crowd, coming and going but looking back at his people curiously from time to time, all kinds of tastes, and he didn't know where to go for a while. Until a woman holding a child walked in front of him with a medicine bag, looked up, and found that there was actually Jimin Hall not far in front of him, his heart moved, and said to Chen Yu, who was accompanying him: "Let's go back to the eldest princess's mansion!" ”

Chen Yu responded in a panic.

Just now, the adults of their family said that they were going to Liutiao Hutong to find his father for something, why did they change their minds in a blink of an eye?

He muttered in his heart, but he didn't try to make Chen Luo change his mind, so he hurriedly responded and told the sedan chair man to get up.

Soon, they returned to the Eldest Princess's Mansion.

The eldest princess of Baoqing is still in the palace, and the long history of the house is loyal to duty, and everything in the house is in order.

He changed his clothes, took his arrows, went to the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion, where the crown of the tree stretched out under the willow tree in the courtyard of the Eldest Princess's Mansion, jumped on the tree pole, and sat on the branch.

At this time, it was just before dinner, the willow shade garden was quiet and silent, Chen Luo looked at the purple and red garden in the garden, and smiled slightly.

Sure enough, it's a hobby that follows the temperament. Wang Xi has a lively personality, dresses up in bright colors, and the flowers in this garden and the furnishings in the house are also brightly colored, which makes people feel uplifted.

He quietly watched the clouds on the horizon slowly spread all over the western sky, and watched it gradually fade away, Wang Xi's little maids carried food boxes, methodically served and shuttled through her yard, serving her for dinner, but the cat she raised was fluttering in the grass, and she didn't know what was fluttering, the little maid squatted there with a small bowl and called it "meow", it didn't pay attention, or the big girl next to Wang Xi, as if it was called something "fruit", crossed her waist and said something on the steps, the cat seemed to understand, I don't know where it came from, and I picked up the maid's skirt and "meowed" and screamed.

It's a bit like Wang Xi.

It's so delicate, it's naughty, it's also very smart, it's very good at looking at people's eyes, and if you don't really lose your temper, you have to inch in, and you will definitely make yourself comfortable and happy. If you're really angry, she'll talk to you again and smile sweetly at you......

Unconsciously, Chen Luo didn't know when the corners of his mouth were curled, and he looked at the fragrant leaves that were obediently squatting on the bamboo mat on the steps and calmed down.

"Baya, bay leaves!" Wang Xi had dinner and was about to go to the study to find a few pieces of incense paper to write a few words, but found that the box on the lattice of Duobao Pavilion was printed with a row of ink-colored plum blossom paw prints, she chased it out of the study, bent down and pointed at Xiangye's head, "Why are you so naughty?" I will send you back to Shuzhong and let your mother discipline you well. ”

Xiangye was eating deliciously, and when he heard the sound, he raised his head and shouted twice unhappily at Wang Xi, and then lowered his head to eat.

Wang Xi couldn't cry or laugh, and said: "Why are you so well-behaved today, and you still know how to eat well." It can't be that in addition to the study, there is some kind of trouble, right? As he spoke, he picked up the fragrant leaves and hugged them in his arms like punishment, and said, "You little villain, you will be taken by a dog one day." ”

There was a faint sound of laughter.

Wang Xi was stunned and looked around.

Chen Luo's voice suddenly came from the willow tree next to him: "You talk to it like this, can it understand?" ”

Wang Xi looked up and saw Chen Luo sitting in the canopy of the willow tree, if he didn't say anything, they really wouldn't have noticed that there were people in the courtyard.

It's a little too dangerous.

Wang Xi pondered whether to make the courtyard wall higher, and said a little absentmindedly: "Why did you come here?" Didn't I say, 'I'm looking for you, and hang a brass bell on the willow tree?' You can also hang a brass bell, and I'll look for you when I see it. ”

Chen Luo looked at no one around, jumped down from the tree, and said, "I just saw a sea bowl of red porcelain in front of me, and the soup in it was filled with white, white, green and green things, what kind of dish was that?" I haven't eaten yet, so you ask the kitchen cook to cook me one of those dishes too!" ”

That straightforward look, as if Wang Xi was the one in charge of his food.

Wang Xi was angry, but he thought that he should be the day to enter the palace today, and then looked at him, there was no joy on his face, and there was still spare time squatting in her yard, guessing that most of the time there was nothing good, so he simply let him go, didn't bother with him, just turned his head and instructed Bai Guo: "Go and talk to the kitchen, Master Chen has a light taste, cook a few meals." ”

The people in their Shu are all spicy, and they are the next meal, and the taste is light, most of them are spicy compared to the dishes in the capital.

Bai Guo promised with a smile, and after a while, he came over with a food box and asked where he put the rice.

Wang Xi asked Chen Luo: "Do you want to drink some wine?" ”

Chen Luo shook his head, looked at the food box in Bai Guo's hand suspiciously, and said, "So fast, it won't be the rest of what you eat, right?" ”

It was indeed Wang Xi who ate the leftovers. But it wasn't that she had eaten the leftovers, but early this morning, she accompanied the third wife to see the furniture for Chang Ke, it was hot, and she hadn't eased up at night, and ordered a few sour and spicy dishes, and the original preparation was left.

Ginkgo was a little uncomfortable.

Wang Xi felt that he shouldn't get used to Chen Luo, and said, "Do you eat or not?" If you don't eat it, I'll reward them? ”

"Eat!" Chen Luo replied simply.

When he hid in the willow tree, he looked at her table from a distance and called his stomach, and at this time, there was still the fragrance of Wang Xi's food after dinner, which made Chen Luo, who had only drunk half a bowl of porridge in the morning, smell it and drool.

Wang Xi didn't say anything anymore, pointed to the stone bench under the grape trellis in the courtyard, and said to Bai Guo: "Just put it there!" He also instructed her, "Didn't the third lady bring wine a few days ago?" You ask the kitchen to make a bowl of wine-stuffed osmanthus smoothie balls. ”

Bai Guo smiled and said, her own little maid went to the kitchen to spread the word, and she helped serve the dishes.

Chen Luo saw that Wang Xi's Ji Honghai bowl was filled with a bowl of dried shrimp, green vegetables, fish balls, and tofu soup, and Bai Guo added him a fried sea miscellaneous fish, a small fried donkey meat, a Sixi meatball, and two cold dishes, pickled cucumbers and pickled olive vegetables, and a multigrain rice.

He took a sip of soup and ate two bowls of rice before stopping.

It happened that the wine-stuffed osmanthus balls were also served, and he drank another bowl of sweet soup, rinsed his mouth and cleaned his hands, and then said, "You started picking osmanthus so early?" I see that the laurel tree in your yard doesn't even have a flower bone. ”

Wang Xi glanced at him and said, "Of course it was sent by the big shopkeeper!" The osmanthus in the south of the Yangtze River is early and fragrant. It is said that there are very few high-quality fertile fields over there, and some people specialize in growing osmanthus flowers and selling them, and the quality and taste are very good. ”

Chen Luo didn't understand this, and nodded.

Ginkgo brought the osmanthus cake up.

Their family makes Cantonese osmanthus cake, and the crystal clear pastry is sandwiched with golden osmanthus flowers, which is very beautiful.

Baiguo also served Chen Luo white tea.

Chen Luo tasted a piece of osmanthus cake, which was strong and elastic, with a faint osmanthus fragrance and a faint sweetness, which was exactly the taste he liked.

He glanced at Wang Xi.

When he was eating before, Wang Xi had been teasing the cat, and at this moment he changed his clothes and wiped his hands and sat down beside him, and when he saw him looking over, he looked at him with a smile on his elbows, and said, "Say, what are you looking for me?" ”

That determined tone made Chen Luo a little crying and laughing, and couldn't help but say: "Could it be that when I came to you, there must be something?" Can't I just come to rub you off for a meal? I heard Mrs. Jiang Chuan say, you are a good eater, the cook at home is very good, and on August 15, she is ready to borrow a cook from you! ”

Wang Xi had never heard of this.

She sat up straight with a slight surprise and said, "She doesn't really want to borrow a cook from me, does she?" ”

Chen Luo said: "Maybe I really want to borrow a cook from you." Concubine Jiang likes to eat dim sum very much, the Mid-Autumn Festival is coming soon, and everyone is going to give gifts. ”

"But I still have to ask the cook to make fruit mooncakes for me!" Wang Xi frowned a little embarrassed.

"Fruit mooncakes? What is a mooncake? Chen Luo said.

"Oops!" Wang Xi said, "A few days ago, Gui Shun Zhai, Ji Xiang Zhai, and Qiaojia Shop all sent me moon cakes, and I felt that eating and eating were all those styles, so I wondered if what changed was those fillings anyway, so could it be like dumplings, and the fruit was also wrapped in the filling." But the fruit is too watery, and it changes its taste as soon as it is baked, and I have made several stoves without success, and I am discussing this matter with the kitchen people, and I borrowed the cook to her old man, and the moon cake thing has to be stopped. ”

Since you want to borrow someone, you must have picked up the best person and sent it over, and you have to be the best chef to try new dishes.

Chen Luo said with a smile: "Then only send snacks and don't give them away." ”

"Let's take a look!" Wang Xi's mood was still a little low, "Her old man treats me very well, if she really opens this mouth, she will naturally be close to her old man." On my side, this year will not achieve next year, and I am not in a hurry to do this. ”

Chen Luo was very interested in her fruit mooncakes, and said, "If it doesn't work, I can borrow you two cooks." ”

He is not a person who attaches great importance to appetite, the eldest princess directly used the imperial kitchen in the palace for something, although the banquet of the eldest princess's mansion is famous in the capital, there are no particularly famous cooks at home, but since he has this idea, he might as well buy a few or get a few cooks from other places to give to Wang Xi.

For example, the Jin family, their cooks are good.

Since her mother's birthday that day, he and the Kim family have not been in contact for a long time.

In fact, the Jin family is very good to him.

When he was a child, he even dreamed that he was a child of the Jin family.

Chen Luo smiled and asked what kind of cook Wang Xi needed.

Wang Xi was more concerned about his entry into the palace.

Chen Luo looked at Wang Xi's tense little face, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

When he came, his face was full of resentment, but at this time, he was calm, and the grievances and grievances suffered in the palace seemed to have passed in this meal, a plate of snacks, so that he could no longer complain.