Chapter 20: Before the Feast (2)
Lin Miaoyin stared at Gu Beicheng with wide eyes, her eyes sly, "This...... Does it count as a gift from you? ”
"......" Gu Beicheng didn't know how to answer for a while.
Before he could speak, Lin Miaoyin stuffed a rose sachet into his arms, and there was a phonetic word on it, "Na, this is my return gift to you, you must keep it well, you can't lose it!" ”
"Hmm!" Gu Beicheng took the sachet and nodded.
"By the way, tomorrow my mother and I are going to the palace for the family banquet of the Third Highness, will you go with us?" Lin Miaoyin looked forward to it.
"I ......" He is just a proton, after coming to the Southern Jin Dynasty, many things are out of his control, Gu Beicheng doesn't want to go, but if Nan Xiao wants to see him, it will definitely not be a good thing.
Lin Miaoyin looked at Gu Beicheng's embarrassed appearance, and regretted that she shouldn't have asked that question, but at that moment just now, she forgot that he was the proton of the Southern Jin Dynasty.
"You don't have to answer!" Lin Miaoyin hurriedly intercepted his words.
The old housekeeper went to Shuhua Pavilion and didn't look for Lin Miaoyin, and when he inquired, he learned that she had gone to An Zhiyuan, and the general had an order to ask Miss and Gu Beicheng not to get too close.
"Miss! Madame is looking for you, let you go back and prepare for the banquet tomorrow. The old butler said, glaring at Gu Beicheng.
"Got it!" Lin Miaoyin answered the housekeeper loudly, and whispered to Gu Beicheng: "I'll go first, put away the sachet, and come to you when I'm free." Turning around, he waved his hand to Gu Beicheng behind him, and jumped out of Anzhiyuan.
Gu Beicheng saw that the housekeeper was coming, and the hand holding the sachet was behind him.
The old housekeeper walked over, smelled the same fragrance of flowers as Miss, and arched his hand to Gu Beicheng: "Miss is in the boudoir, the so-called men and women do not kiss, presumably this truth must be understood, and the old slave retired." ”
After the housekeeper left, Gu Beicheng looked at the sachet in his hand, his eyes were a little dim, the housekeeper didn't mention the identity of his proton, he had already given him enough face, he should have been more interesting, but some couldn't let go of this sachet.
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Crown Prince, East Palace.
Hearing that the Taifu was drunk, the prince ordered someone to carry him back to the side hall from the palace gate in a sedan chair, and took the wine jug in Danfu's hand.
Taifu drank like this, but the prince saw it for the first time, he opened the wine jug and smelled it, it was not a kind of elixir and jade dew, is it so delicious?
When he returned to the main hall, he ordered someone to take an enamel wine glass, poured a small half a glass first, took a sip, "cough cough ......" Everywhere this wine went, it was hot and spicy, and it was not as mild as the wine on weekdays.
However, after drinking, the aroma of the wine remained between his lips and teeth, and it did not dissipate for a long time, and the prince poured another glass and tasted it after sip.
"Your Royal Highness, my father-in-law has come to pass on the emperor's message......" The little eunuch who was close to the prince lowered his head and bowed.
The prince staggered to his feet, feeling his body fluttering, he squinted his eyes and looked at the hall, how could there be two identical little eunuchs kneeling, "You! …… How can there be, two...... You? ”
When the little eunuch heard this, this tone was not quite right, and when he looked up, the prince's face and neck were as red as rouge, and he glanced at the table with his eyes, and the wine jug and wine glass were well placed.
"My dear mother, Your Highness, have you drunk too much!" The little eunuch muttered to himself, when he saw it, it was not good, the prince was about to fall, so he hurriedly rushed over to hold him up! Fortunately, it is a message, if it is a holy decree passed on today, the prince will definitely be punished by His Majesty again.
"Your Highness!" The little eunuch helped him staggered towards the inner hall of the dormitory, "How much wine have you drunk?" ”
The prince pinched the little eunuch's face with both hands, rubbed it round for a while, pinched it flat for a while, and said with a smile: "Jin Yan? You're coming to the East Palace to play with the main palace? Suddenly, his face collapsed, he glared at the little eunuch angrily, and crossed his nostrils with his fingers, "It's all your fault!" My father doesn't like me anymore! You hate it! Hate ......"
"Your Highness, it's a minion, not a third highness......" The little eunuch carefully helped the prince to lie down, and was bending down to take off his boots for him, when he was kicked down by the prince.
The prince sat up suddenly, his eyes were confused, he raised his hand and pointed to the candlestick by the window, and roared: "This palace...... Not happy! Forget it! ”
The little eunuch covered his mouth tightly, and the frightened soul was gone, and after the prince finished speaking, he fell asleep on the bed, "Oops! What's going on! ”
The little eunuch slapped his hands on his thighs, the prince's alcohol consumption was not good, he rarely drank alcohol, and the prince also brought wine back, even if he drank too much, the prince was also drunk!
The prince is pretending to be drunk, but this prince is really drunk......
Before the palace people exited Danfu's bedroom, he turned over and sat up, and while everyone was busy taking care of the prince, he secretly walked out of the palace, and went to Guangru Book House with the drawings alone.
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The father-in-law passed the message, and went back to Nan Xiao to return to his life, and after a while, Aunt Ji Rong helped the queen and came to the Xuanzheng Hall with snacks.
Nan Xiao sat in front of the table and read, his father-in-law stood on the side and waited, a little sleepy, quietly yawned, and with a glance, a small eunuch at the door of the hall probed his brain, and his father-in-law walked over gently.
"What?" The father-in-law asked softly.
The little eunuch whispered a few words to his father-in-law, and his father-in-law trotted back to Nan Xiao, brought Nan Xiao a cup of tea, and said leisurely: "Your Majesty, the queen has been waiting outside the palace for a long time......"
"What's the matter with her?" Nan Xiao didn't reply.
"I said I made a snack and brought it to you."
Nan Xiao waved his hand, "Let her go back, I'm not hungry." ”
"The concubine sees the emperor!" Before it was announced, the queen had already entered the imperial study alone, glanced at her father-in-law, and said, "I have important matters to discuss with the emperor." ”
Nan Xiao glanced at the queen, raised his hand, and motioned for his father-in-law to withdraw, "Say, now that everyone is out, what's the matter?" ”
"Don't worry, try the dim sum made by the concubine first." The queen spread snacks on the table, pointed to one of them casually and said, "This is still made by Miaojing's concubine, and it is her favorite." ”
Hearing that the snack was from Miao Jing, Nan Xiao decisively put down the book, picked up a piece, took a bite, and praised: "Hmm! This snack is crispy and moderate, sweet but not greasy, and it is even heartfelt, and the queen has a heart. ”
Where is this Miaojing taught her to make dim sum, obviously the queen made it casually, she just wanted to try Nan Xiao, what is "very heartfelt", she was hooked by Miaojing's slut, since this is the case, then it is no wonder that her.
Seeing that the queen didn't speak for a long time, Nan Xiao asked, "What is the matter to discuss with me?" ”
"Keep it secret, tomorrow's concubine will give Your Majesty a big gift!" The queen saluted, "Just now the concubine was abrupt, and when I think about it, I will tell the emperor again, and I will retire first today." ”
After the queen finished speaking, before Nan Xiao could speak, she hurried out of the imperial study, Aunt Ji Rong hurriedly stepped forward to help, the queen raised her hand and stroked her hair bun, glanced at her father-in-law, and said coldly: "Ji Rong, go back to the palace." ”
The father-in-law saw that the queen was gone, and went back to the imperial study to serve, Nan Xiao felt that the queen was playing tricks, just her? What kind of gift can there be......
"You came just in time, go and tell Dan Fu that tomorrow's family banquet will bring the son of the world." The dim sum that the queen casually pointed at was almost eaten by Nan Xiao.
"Huh!" Father-in-law's decree.