The dishes of the family banquet of the Zhenguo Mansion are basically the same as usual, but the previous large basin has been replaced with a small plate, which looks more exquisite. But it's only limited to seeming, the essence is that it hasn't become, and the protagonist is still a stew.

As soon as Jiaping Guancheng arrives in winter, stews become the protagonist of three meals a day, and unless it is an injury, it is impossible to see other dishes. Compared with the dishes of beautifully made and mouth-watering dishes of those royal nobles in Xijing, it is really not worth mentioning, and even the subordinates of those mansions usually eat much better than them.

But there is no way, except for the few border passes located in rich areas, the remaining border cities, especially the border cities in the north and southwest, the life of the defenders is very difficult. Those delicious and delicious foods should be saved until the New Year, and everyone will enjoy them together. It is precisely for this reason that every meal of the Shen family's army, from marshal to general, is basically the same as that of ordinary soldiers, at most a little more staple food, a few more pieces of meat in the stew, and that's it.

"The master is quite sincere, Meizhu and Meilin girls just said that, and really got us a few jars of good wine." Jin Jing took a wine jar, patted the seal on it, leaned over and smelled it, and exclaimed, "Yes, yes, this wine is really good." It's a pity that you don't have a mouthful, so you can only watch us enjoy it. ”

"Strategist, you forgot, my eldest brother and my sister never drink, and even if they do, they drink a glass in the presence of only the two of them, where is it like you, you know all day long that you hold the jar and gulp it violently, and it is not elegant at all." Shen Jiu is worthy of the word wine in his name, and when he smelled the aroma of wine, he rubbed it over, and took a deep breath, "It's really fragrant, big brother, sister, can I have a small glass?" ”

"Come on, what!" Before Shen Haolin and Shen Cha could speak, they were preempted by Xue Ruitian, he reached out and patted Shen Jiu's head, and said, "You are a little child, you are not yet an adult, don't always worry about drinking, be careful and become an alcoholic in the future!" He looked at Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu, who were also greedy, "You two are the same, before you are twenty years old, keep me away from the wine jar, understand?" If I catch you secretly drinking behind my back, I'll kick you two back to Xijing, and don't want to come back again in this life, you know? ”

"Don't worry, cousin, we don't have much interest in this thing, and it makes no difference whether we drink it or not." Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu swallowed their saliva at the same time, and while saying things against their will, they forced themselves to move their eyes back to the small table in front of them. Song Qiyun picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of mushroom from the bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and then said, "Don't worry, cousin, this afternoon and evening, both of us will lead the team, and we will definitely not worry about your wine." Also, let us know what news you have received, so that we don't always worry about it. ”

"Don't worry, there will definitely be no more definite news today, if there is anything new, it is that the bastard has gone back." As soon as Song Jue was mentioned, Xue Ruitian hated it so much, and he did this kind of thing in a good way, causing them to be far away at the border, and they had to be scared. "I wrote a letter to the Queen Mother, so that she doesn't have to worry too much, and the two of you can write one when you have time and send it back together. Although it didn't play a substantive role, it was good to relax her heart. ”

"Yes, cousin, we got it." Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu nodded, looking like a good baby, "The queen mother likes you, if you write to her more and make her happy, she won't pay too much attention to the eldest brother." But...... As long as the eldest brother stays honestly and doesn't run around, especially not out of the city, no one wants to care about him. ”

"yes, that's what happened." Xia Jiu nodded, "I know all day long that I will make trouble for others, and if others are unhappy, he will be happy." ”

"Isn't that his usual style? Since childhood, haven't you always been this virtuous! I thought that when he became the emperor, he could be a little more restrained, but I didn't expect that convergence was his strategy, and when he saw that we were all relaxed, he gave us a big one. It's not enough to run away, he has to drag a Bai Meng, he is not stupid, he knows that in this period, without Bai Meng, he will definitely not be able to get out of the city. ”

"Cousin, what ......do you say" Xia Jiu blinked his eyes and asked in a low voice, "Is Xiaobaizi and eldest brother ...... Ah, a little bit of that relationship? ”

"Don't be funny, how is it possible!" Xue Ruitian waved his hand, raised his head and looked at Shen Cha, who was worried about the two bowls of clear soup noodles in front of him, and asked, "Bai Meng, that guy, I don't know, but your brother ...... It should be that the heart belongs, and that is certain. ”

"Oh? Who is it? Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu glanced at each other and threw themselves in front of Xue Ruitian, "Although the queen mother doesn't interfere much in his marriage, I also hope that he can find someone he really likes as soon as possible and spend his life together." Since my brother has a heart, then he will directly issue an order to marry that person into the palace. He is the emperor, is there anyone in this world who refuses to marry the emperor? ”

"What's wrong with the Emperor? You think that's a good job? If it's really that good, you, and you......" Xue Ruitian pointed at Song Qiyun and then at Xia Jiu, "Why did you two go out of Xijing with all your strength?" Your brothers and sisters, uncles and uncles are all like great fairies, and the dragon does not see the head but the end, and why don't you see them in the capital all year round? Why does Song Jue be a demon all day long and toss the ministers all day long? The whole world is fine, so do you know that Miyagi is a cage? Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes and looked at the stew in front of him with disgust, "It's this thing every day, can't the master change his style?" ”

"Let's make do for two days, after the twenty-third day of the lunar month, there will be delicious things!" Song Qiyun poked him, "Continue to say that my brother's heart belongs, do you know who the other party is?" ”

"I won't tell you if I know!" Xue Ruitian glanced at Shen Cha, who was still trying his luck with noodles, "Tell you, what are you going to do?" Do you want to make peace? ”

"Let's talk about it and see if he has the same meaning for my brother."

"The whip is out of reach, you are at the border now, who are you talking to?" Xue Ruitian sighed, "Don't dwell on this, let's eat!" ”

Watching Song Qiyun and Xia Jiu leave, Xue Ruitian turned around, lay on the table, and asked, "Xiaocha, have you been in contact with Your Majesty too often recently?" Otherwise, how do you know what he's liked lately? ”

Shen Haolin glanced at Xue Ruitian, and secretly called him hello in his heart, this question was exactly what he wanted to ask.

"Brother Xiaotian's brain is not easy to use? Haven't you asked it once before? The correspondence with His Majesty is not very frequent, almost once a month, and His Majesty will sometimes send a letter with the news from Xijing, the content is not long, that is, a few words of greeting, just to talk about the current situation. ”

"Fortunately, otherwise, if he made such a fuss, we would really be blind."

Xue Ruitian didn't believe that Song Jue just wanted to chat, this guy definitely had a ghost heart for Shen Cha, and he was very sure of this. That guy probably took the path of boiling a frog in warm water, and wanted to subtly make her inseparable from him, so he had to choose him in the end. It's a pity that this trick may work on others, but it probably has no effect on Shen Cha. It's just that this potential rival is terrifying enough, if you don't pay attention to it, the baby that has been seen for more than ten years will be snatched away. He had to figure out a way to avoid that from happening.

"Haolin, Haolin!" Xue Ruitian patted Shen Haolin's arm, beckoned to him, and asked in a low voice, "What do you think...... Song Jue, that kid, is it ...... to Xiao Cha?"

"You feel it too?" Shen Haolin sneered, "He is just daydreaming, and Cha'er's future is up to her." ”

"I know, it's just that we still have to guard against him, he has refused to get married all these years, and he is eyeing our little tea."

"Don't worry, with the two of us staring at it, and a little wine, he won't succeed."

"What are you two muttering? It's been tossing for a long time, let's eat quickly! ”

Shen Cha asked Mei Zhu to bring an empty bowl over, poured out half of the soup in the two noodle bowls, and then snatched Xue Ruitian's bowl of stewed vegetables that he disliked, picked out vegetables, mushrooms, and a few pieces of tofu that looked a little softer, put them into Shen Haolin's noodle bowl, stirred them slightly, and put them in front of him.

"The military advisor is right, the master is really sincere, and told him to do it a little lighter. Unexpectedly, it was really too light, so I cooked a bowl of white noodles and served it directly. ”

"Let's have one serving, breakfast is a little late, and I'm not too hungry yet." Shen Haolin handed the bowl of noodles that had not been touched to Shen Jiu, "Xiaojiu is growing now, so you should eat more." ”

"It's still my eldest brother who loves me. It feels like I can't eat enough every day. Shen Jiu took the noodle bowl, ran back to his seat, and said to Song Qiyun next to him, "Brother Qiyun, do you want to have some?" ”

"Good!" Song Qiyun unceremoniously took a large number of chopsticks from the noodle bowl handed over by Shen Jiu, put them in his bowl and mixed them, looked left and right, and asked with some doubts, "Where did Hongye and Sister Miao Miao go?" They're not eating? ”

"There!" Shen Jiu pointed to the northeast corner of the flower hall, "They dislike us and don't want to sit with us, so they ran over there." ”

"They don't dislike us, they dislike us for not being able to drink together." Song Qiyun pursed his lips, "When they drink wine, they are more grandfathers than gentlemen, not to mention us, even cousins, they can't drink them." ”

"They'll be able to drink it this time, too." Shen Jiu yawned and said with a sleepy face, "Your Majesty has found us such a big trouble, and the vigilance at all border gates must be raised to the highest level." So, we're going to be very busy this year. ”

"That's right." Song Qiyun poked the bowl of stew very depressedly, "The eldest brother who can find trouble is really annoying, I want to write a letter to sue the queen mother!" ”