Chapter 36: The Garden Party
"It's okay if there's nothing" at the end, and thought about it, "Let's go out next time and let Lu Min follow"
Ye Ruotang shook his head, "Lu Min is going to follow you, how can I rob it?"
After that, he scooped a bowl of chicken soup for Mu Yuyan, "This nutrition is all in the soup, Ah Yan, you have to drink more"
Lu Min hurriedly stretched out the bowl, "Miss Ye, I want it too"
Ye Ruotang smiled and gave Lu Min a full bowl, "You also have to drink more and protect Ah Yan well"
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After lunch, Ye Ruotang cleaned up in the kitchen, while Lu Min and Mu Yuyan went back to the study.
"Last night, the emperor favored a new show girl"
"Isn't it a good person who dares to pinch the time to dance in the imperial garden in the middle of the night?"
"What do you mean?"
"Go and find out what it is"
"Yes"
As soon as Lu Min came out of the study, someone from the palace came to pass the decree, saying that the emperor was going to hold a garden party in Shufangzhai tomorrow, and everyone from the prime minister to the Jiupin officials would bring their families to participate.
After the father-in-law who passed the decree left, Ye Ruotang didn't know when he had already rushed to Lu Min's side, "What will be the garden visit?" Suddenly asked such a question, which startled Lu Min.
"You don't make a sound when you walk?"
"Yes, you just didn't hear it."
"This garden party is actually to enjoy the flowers, eat, greet each other, and pat the sycophants," Lu Min said succinctly.
As soon as Ye Ruotang heard that he could still eat, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Then can I go?" ”
"This ........." Lu Min looked at Mu Yuyan behind him, "You have to ask the general."
Mu Yuyan frowned, will there be a garden party? It seems that the man listened to what he said word for word, I am afraid that I went to the garden party to choose a woman who would marry the princess instead of the princess, and I don't know which woman would be so unlucky.
"Ah Yan, can I go?"
Mu Yuyan lowered her head and looked at the woman beside her, although she was not yet in time, but there was a just right tear mole under the eyes of the smart peach blossoms, and the whole person looked very moving, this appearance was also superior in Nanxun, even the princesses and concubines in the palace could not catch up.
"Ah Yan........ Ayan ........."
Mu Yuyan looked a little distracted, and a pair of peach blossom eyes suddenly enlarged, startling him.
"What is Yan looking at?"
"No....... Nothing, you can't go."
The girl's face was slightly lost, "Why?" ”
Why? Mu Yuyan didn't come up with a reason. Even if he figured it out, he didn't want to admit it.
"Ah Yan" The girl grabbed the man's sleeve and shook it gently, "Just take me there, I promise not to make a mess"
"Nope"
"Then you have a reason" Ye Ruotang followed him from the front yard to the back yard, and then to the study.
"Then why did you go to the palace?"
"Because there is a delicious osmanthus crisp in the palace, sweet and crispy, after eating in the palace last time, I came back and tried many times, but I couldn't make the taste of the palace, so I thought about this opportunity to enter the palace to ask the imperial chef."
"That's it?" Mu Yuyan looked at the girl suspiciously.
"yes, is there anything else?" The girl's eyes were smiling, looking at him brightly.
It's not impossible to enter the palace, when the time comes, watch it closely, don't run around, and don't show your face to be seen by the emperor, it shouldn't be a problem.
Thinking of this, Mu Yuyan was stunned by herself, even if she was seen by the emperor? And how about yourself?
"Ah Yan?" The girl whispered tentatively.
"Let's go"
"I know that Ah Yan is the best for me"
“...........”
The next day, Mu Yuyan was wearing a purple brocade robe, Ye Ruotang took a look, wasn't this the one he chose last time? He turned his head and covered his mouth and smiled secretly.
"You wait for me, I forgot to take something," he said, and ran back to his room.
"What is Ning Luoge doing today?"
"I haven't seen her for a few days, maybe it's because the pharmacy is busy."
"Oh~?"
When Ye Ruotang came back, Lu Min found that she was originally wearing a pink dress, but now she was dressed in a lilac dress, and standing next to the general was a man and a woman, and she was very right.
Lu Min saw this little bit of caution, how could Mu Yuyan not know, but he got into the carriage without saying anything.
The two sat facing each other in the carriage, Mu Yuyan closed his eyes tightly, and Ye Ruotang kept staring at him. It wasn't until he was halfway through that Mu Yuyan asked softly, "What are you doing all the time staring at me?" ”
Ye Ruotang's face was slightly red, and he muttered in a low voice, "Ah Yan is good-looking", but the words that came into the man's ears changed, "I'm thinking about what delicious food will be prepared in the palace."
"Is the food in the palace so delicious?"
Ye Ruotang nodded like a chicken pecking rice, "Last month, with my father....... When I entered the palace with Lord Ye to attend the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, the food in the palace was much better than what I cooked," Ye Ruotang still has an endless aftertaste when he thinks about it now.
Mu Yuyan's lips hooked slightly, "Then you have to eat more later"
"Well, I deliberately only ate a little bit last night, and I'm waiting for today," and after finishing speaking, his stomach crumbled out of place, as if in protest.
"..........." is really a glutton.
The carriage slowly stopped, and Lu Min said, "General, it's here."
Mu Yuyan bent down and got out of the carriage, while Lu Min took Ye Ruotang over, and the three of them walked towards the palace together.
"When you enter the palace, follow me, don't run around," the man instructed.
"Good"
The garden party was still held in Shufangzhai, and Ye Ruotang looked around behind the man, as if it was not the same as the last time.
The palace maid who passed by saw Mu Yuyan burying her head very low, and when she left, she would talk in a low voice.
"Is that Dr. Ning?"
"Perhaps, it is said that there is only one woman with General Ning Yuan, and that is Dr. Ning."
"I don't look like it, I don't think I've seen that woman a few times before............... Where........ I can't remember it for a while."
"It seems to be the eldest lady in Lord Ye's mansion, and the Queen Mother summoned her once"
"Yes, yes, it's her"
“...........”
Ye Ruotang turned his head and stared at the palace maids until Mu Yuyan stopped, and hit him straight on the back.
"What's wrong?"
"It's okay, let's go"
When it came to Shufangzhai, Ye Ruotang looked more carefully, although Shufangzhai was a little remote, but there were many flowers and trees, and there was a large open space opposite the hall, and the palace people were still busy arranging it, and the stage was also set up, which seemed to be prepared for watching the play at night.
Ye Ruotang followed behind Mu Yuyan, and because of his different identities, he sat at the front this time.
As soon as he sat down, Ye Ruotang looked around, and when his eyes swept to the door, he saw Li's mother and daughter, and quickly withdrew his gaze.
After everyone sat down one after another, Ye Ruotang looked at it carefully, "Ye Zhinan seems to have grown taller, more Chu Chu is more moving, and the Li family is also radiant, it seems that he is no longer in the house, these two people are quite proud." Alas, why didn't you see Ye Hecong and Ye Ninglang? ”
Out of curiosity, he asked Lu Min on the side, "Are the two of them here in this Ye Mansion?" ”
"I heard that Lord Ye was infected with the wind chill and took leave, this Ye Gongzi seems to have gone to the barracks"
"Oh"
Yu Xuan sat opposite Ye Ruotang and looked at her with some concern.
"The people sitting next to the second prince are the third prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince, and Princess Mingxin, Princess Ming'an," Lu Min whispered on the side.
Ye Ruotang nodded, it was the first time she had seen her, but she didn't have much interest.
was stunned, and the sharp voice of a eunuch outside the door sounded, "Queen Mother, Emperor, Queen, here"
When everyone heard this, they sorted out their clothes, and as they entered the main hall, they got up and knelt down in turn, "The Queen Mother is blessed with longevity and health, long live the emperor, and the queen is a thousand years old."
"Let's all get up" The emperor had a smiling face, and he seemed to be in a good mood today.
"It's the beginning of spring, most of the flowers in the garden have bloomed, this imperial dining room has recently studied a few new pastries, all of which are made of this flower, and all the Qing family tastes it."
After the emperor finished speaking, there were palace maids holding pastries and placing them in front of the table in turn.
Ye Ruotang looked at it, this style is also chic, and you can smell the fragrance of flowers from a distance.
The first to taste one, let out a burst of exclamations, "Lu Min, you taste it, it's delicious"
Before everyone started to taste the pastries, the plate in front of Ye Ruotang was already empty.
looked at Lu Min's plate blankly, "Lu Min, have you finished eating?" ”
"After eating, after eating" Lu Min held the plate in his arms, for fear of being snatched by the girl.
Ye Ruotang pursed his mouth, this little pastry was not enough to stuff his teeth, he was drooling, and another plate was sent in front of him, which was Mu Yuyan's.
"Ah Yan, don't you eat?"
"It's so sweet"
Ye Ruotang's smiling eyes were about to narrow into a slit, "Then I'll eat it"
"Hmm"
After everyone had eaten the pastries in the hall, they moved outside, and the table and snacks had been set up in the huge open space, and the stage had been set up.
Surrounded by a large sea of flowers, you can smell a faint fragrance of flowers when a gust of wind blows.
Ye Ruotang found a seat close to the sea of flowers, and there was a lake not far away.
A petal fell on the girl's skirt with the wind, and the girl picked it up with a smile, "Ah Yan, what kind of flower is this?" ”
"Camellia"
"It's so beautiful that it's pink and tender, let's plant some in the yard when we go back."
"Hmm"
As soon as they sat down, Li and Ye Zhinan walked over.
"The people's women have seen General Ning Yuan," Li said with a grin.
Ye Zhinan on the side blushed, and leaned over slightly, "The folk girl has seen General Ning Yuan"
Mu Yuyan didn't even glance at them, only replied lightly, "Hmm"
Li was bored, so he sat down next to Ye Ruotang, "Ruotang, don't be angry with your father, let's go back to Ye Mansion."
"Mrs. Ye, what do I have to be angry about?"
"Your father kicked you out of the Ye family because he didn't do it, but that's just anger, you can forgive him"
"I'm not a member of the Ye family anymore, so I can't talk about forgiving or not."
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