Chapter 22: The Eve of the Birthday Party

In the evening, we had dinner. Pei Shengyuan pulled Yang Mubai to admire the moon in the imperial garden. She prepared her favorite sweets and health teas.

Pei Shengyuan sat and talked to Yang Mubai for a while, and then couldn't help but pull Yang Mubai into his arms, let her sit on his lap, and then hugged her waist and looked up at her face. asked: "Mu Mu, where have you been all these years?" Is there anything you want to tell me? ”

Yang Mubai pondered for a while and said, "I have met many people, and they are all interesting. Does the emperor want to listen? ”

Pei Shengyuan nodded and said, "I especially want to know, it's very sad to live without you in the past three years." I especially want to know how my Mumu is doing. ”

Yang Mubai said: "I met a particularly talented person, and the world said that he was a genius in governing the world. Moreover, I pestered him for many days before I had a little friendship with him. ”

When Pei Shengyuan heard this, his heart couldn't help but be sour, and his face was not good, so he only asked, "Oh, why did Mu Mu pester him?" ”

Yang Mubai told Pei Shengyuan about the process. He was so angry when he heard that! Obviously, Lu Huai has taken a fancy to her, she doesn't know this stupid girl yet!

Then he said: "He's so strange, he'll be gone in the future!" ”

Yang Mubai said: "Why? Is it because he is so manly? ”

Pei Shengyuan kissed him on the lips, and waited until Yang Mubai couldn't hold it anymore before letting go of her and saying, "Mu Mu wears men's clothes, and I'm also so manly." ”

Yang Mubai was kissed in a daze, opened a pair of big, misty eyes, looked at Pei Shengyuan and asked, "You are also a good man?" ”

Pei Shengyuan hugged her and returned to Fengyi Palace.

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After Pei Shengyuan was satisfied, he cleaned up Yang Mubai and changed his clothes. went to wash it by himself, and then hugged Yang Mubai and fell asleep contentedly. In the days when Yang Mubai was there, every dream of his was sweet.

Pei Shengyuan asked Zhang Shuo to prepare for Yang Mubai's birthday banquet, which was originally held by Zhang Shuo and Xu Lang, but Xu Lang took leave a few days ago. asked Zhang Shuo and Yang Cheng to organize, and Zhang Shuo had selfish intentions, so he asked Qiuyue to do it together.

In five days, it will be Yang Mubai's 29th birthday. Yang Mubai has just returned to the palace, and his identity has not yet been made clear, and Pei Shengyuan also knows that Yang Mubai does not like to do things in the palace, which is too restrictive. She likes to be lively, so he thought about holding a warm birthday banquet for her this year. Only people who Yang Mubai knew or helped Yang Mubai were invited, similar to a folk birthday banquet.

Qiuyue came to Tianfu Building, Zhang Shuo was already waiting for her in the private room and ordered a table of good dishes.

Qiu Yue asked him: "You said to come and talk to me, what are you going to do about the queen's birthday banquet?" ”

Zhang Shuo said: "It's already planned, there are still some details that you need to add, let's talk while eating!" ”

Qiu Yue didn't want to eat with him, and said, "You say, what do you need me to do?" Let's eat when we're done! ”

Zhang Shuo said: "Look, the dishes are ready, and if you don't eat them, it won't taste good if it gets cold." I have made an appointment with you so many times, but you haven't come, these are all famous dishes in Beijing, you can taste it and see if you like it or not. ”

Qiu Yue had no intention of treating him, so she simply made it clear and said, "I don't like you, you don't have to ask me out in the future." We can't. ”

Zhang Shuo was a little embarrassed, and insisted on saying: "You don't like me now because you don't know me yet." When you get to know me, maybe you'll like me? ”

Qiu Yue replied: "I have someone I like, so I won't like you." With what I know about you, there's no way I'm going to like you. You don't have to waste time with me. I've said everything that needs to be said, let's discuss the queen's birthday banquet! ”

Zhang Shuo knew that he couldn't be too entangled, so he said, "Even if you don't like me now, can you have a meal together?" This is also a working meal, a birthday banquet, and we talk while eating. ”

Qiu Yue didn't refuse, so she sat down, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, and asked while eating, "What should I do about the queen's birthday banquet?" ”

Zhang Shuo sandwiched a dish of braised fish for her, and as soon as Qiu Yue wanted to refuse, Zhang Shuo said: "This is braised bamboo shoots and dried sea bass, have you eaten it, try it, how does it taste?" The queen's birthday banquet, the emperor is going to hold it here. ”

Qiu Yue could only take the sea bass he was holding, then took a bite and asked, "What should I do here?" ”

Zhang Shuo said: "How does this sea bass taste? Is it tasty? ”

Qiu Yue replied: "It's delicious, thank you." ”

Zhang Shuo: "I knew you would like it." Then he put a piece in the Qiuyue bowl, and then said: "The emperor is going to feast on the queen's old acquaintance, and make the queen happy here." Some of the villagers you helped in Mount Tai before, the emperor picked up some people. You have been out to play all these years, are there any people or things that the queen mother likes more, you can invite people over. ”

Qiu Yue thought about it, there are some people Yang Mubai likes more, but I am afraid that the emperor will not want to give a banquet. Then he said perfunctorily: "The villagers at the foot of Mount Tai are more impressed, and the queen gave them all the money at that time." I don't know what happened to them now. ”

Looking at the appearance of Qiuyue's memories, it is also a little perfunctory, it should be some people who are not suitable for banquets, such as rose peony. He didn't ask any more, and gave Qiu Yue a pig's knuckle, and said: "We invited a few children and their mothers, there is a young man in the village whose portrait is very exquisite, and the emperor has asked him to come to the palace to live for a few days, and after the birthday banquet, he will be a few years older, a little older, and come to the palace as a painter." ”

Then he pointed to the pork knuckle in the Qiuyue bowl and said, "This is Sister-in-law Lin's crispy elbow, you can taste it, it's very popular." ”

Qiu Yue saw that he kept picking up vegetables for himself, and she was quite uncomfortable, and said, "I'll do it myself." You don't have to keep picking up the food for me. Why don't you eat it yourself? ”

Zhang Shuo said: "It's rare to invite you out, I want you to eat more conveniently." I just ate some and I'm not hungry. Qiu Yue looked at these dishes without touching the chopsticks, knowing that he hadn't eaten them, and he couldn't help it.

said directly: "I haven't touched the chopsticks in the dishes, what are you eating?" Eat some of your own, and don't go hungry at night. ”

It was originally a sentence to let him eat, but when he heard it in Zhang Shuo's heart, he felt warm, indicating that Qiu Yue also cared about him. The smile is even stronger.

Qiu Yue was speechless, looking at her smirking and doing nothing, and she didn't know what to eat, so she watched herself eat. Then he put a few dishes in his bowl and said, "Eat it too!" ”

This simply flattered Zhang Shuo, and he could also ask Qiuyue to pick up vegetables for him. The more I thought about it, the sweeter I felt, and when I thought of the wedding day, Qiu Yue said: "You watch me eat alone, I'm not used to it." I look at the queen's birthday party, you are almost ready, we don't have anyone to feast. None of them are in the capital. ”

Zhang Shuo replied: "It's okay if you're not in the capital, there are still five days, and it's still too late to send an invitation now." ”

"No need, what the queen wants to see the most, you have already feasted, it is enough. I ate and went back to the palace. ”

Zhang Shuo hurriedly stopped: "Eat more, there are still many dishes!" ”

"No, I'm full." When that's all that, I'm leaving.

Zhang Shuo said: "Then pack it back and eat it, these are very famous dishes in the capital, and they are worth trying." ”

Qiu Yue thought, it's not bad to pack, let Yang Cheng taste it too. He nodded and said, "Then pack it." ”

Then Zhang Shuo called Xiao Er over, said that he wanted to pack, and gave Xiao Er a look. Xiao Er understood, so he went down.

Zhang Shuo said: "Wait for Xiao Er to pack, let's sit here and chat and wait for them!" ”

Zhang Shuo said hello to the store before, saying that he was packing the leftovers, but in fact, he asked the chef to redo them. I also asked the chef to do it a little longer, so that I could spend more time with Qiuyue.

It's the first time I've been able to sit and chat with Qiu Yue like this.

Zhang Shuo learned from a friend in a book and chatted with Qiu Yue.

He said with admiration in his eyes: "Miss Qiuyue, your martial arts are so high, when did you start practicing martial arts?" ”

Qiu Yue was most proud of this martial arts, so she said: "Yang Cheng and I are both orphans and were sold to human traffickers, and later Yang Xiangguo wanted to choose a guard, so he bought us and practiced martial arts with the master since childhood." When he grew up, he became a guard for the Yang family. ”

Zhang Shuo also has the same life experience, saying: "We are both fallen people at the end of the world, Xu Lang and I are also lonely, when we were children, we fought wars, the male in the family died in battle, and our mother remarried, and we became lonely." When I was older, I went to join the army, probably because we fought since childhood, but when we got to the barracks, children of the same age, we performed very well. was selected to be trained as a forbidden army. I can still read, I learn quickly, and I practice martial arts well, so I slowly rose to the present. ”

They are all talents who are one in a million, especially these guards from orphans, who have been selected through thousands of tempers. It is precisely because I have not relied on it since I was a child, so I work harder and is naturally better than others. Pei Shengyuan kept them as the leaders of the forbidden army and the leaders of the secret guards, and also took a fancy to them that there was no interference from family forces in the court.

In the past, Qiuyue thought that a person like Zhang Shuo should have a very prominent family, and he had no strength, relying on the family to take the position. Now there is a feeling of sympathy.

After waiting for a long time, the meal had not been packed yet, and Qiu Yue urged: "Why is this store so packed?" ”

Zhang Shuo said: "It is estimated that there are too many guests, so I will urge them." ”

After a while, Xiao Er handed over the food box and said apologetically: "Guest officer, I'm really sorry, there are too many guests today, so you have been waiting for a long time." ”

On the way back to the palace to send Qiu Yue, Zhang Shuo told Qiu Yue a lot of childhood anecdotes, which made Qiu Yue couldn't help but smile. At the gate of the palace, Yang Cheng was waiting for the autumn moon. Said unhappily: "Why did you go for so long?" What do you say so happy. ”

Qiu Yue smiled and said, "Yang Cheng, we have packed you the food of Tianfulou for you, you can taste it, it is delicious." ”

Yang Cheng said with a dark face: "You can keep it for yourself!" With that, he left.

Qiu Yue was inexplicable and said, "What a weirdo, if you don't like to eat, just say it." I'll give it to the other palace people to eat. ”

Zhang Shuo said: "Yang Gongzi may not like the food in the capital. In the future, I will take you to eat another crispy mutton, which is also delicious, so I won't invite Yang Gongzi, what do you think? ”

Qiu Yue nodded and said, "You go back!" I'm going back to the palace too. ”

Zhang Shuo watched Qiu Yue enter the palace gate, and silently remembered the merits of Mr. Storyteller in his heart. Those interesting things are all real, and I found a storyteller and added other plots to make them full and interesting.

Although Zhang Shuo will not spend the first month, he knows how to interrogate prisoners and knows that everyone has weaknesses. Interrogation and currying favor are similar.