Chapter 33: Recognition
"Phantom Tong, the eighth prince and the eldest princess are specially coming to you, but you have to entertain yourself, don't slack off."
It was Zhao Dun who brought the eighth prince Teng Zirui and princess Teng Ziyan to live in Ding'an, and after a brief instruction to Huantong, Zhao Dun went to busy with his own affairs.
"Situ Shenling, the sudden visit has caused you trouble." Although she is a princess, she has no shelf at all, and she is still gentle and amiable in the face of Huantong.
"The princess can visit, and the Ding'an residence is full of splendor, so why bother."
"Big brother, I'm here to learn martial arts from you." Teng Zirui ran over directly and hugged Huantong, raised his little face to look at Huantong, and there was no impurity in his eyes.
"Okay, my brother will teach you kung fu." Huantong hugged Teng Zirui's shoulders, looking at the child in front of him as if he saw himself back then.
"Brother Zhao, you take the Eighth Prince to the training ground first, and I'll greet the eldest princess."
Huantong handed Teng Zirui's small hand to Zhao Zhenyu's hand, and then looked at the eldest princess.
"Eldest princess, please inside."
Bringing Teng Ziyan to his room, Meng Qi had already prepared the tea, and as soon as they sat down, the tea was also served. Along with the tea, there was also a pastry, the lotus honey cake made by Huantong himself.
"This is lotus honey cake? Does Szeto Ginseng also like to eat? Teng Ziyan looked at the pastry, a little excited.
"It's ugly, this is what Weichen did by himself when he had nothing to do." Huantong kept paying attention to Teng Ziyan's expression, and even when he spoke, his eyes didn't leave Teng Ziyan.
Teng Ziyan looked at the dim sum and was distracted, naturally she didn't notice Huantong's attention. She stared at the pastries for a long time, the square pale yellow cake with a lotus flower printed in the middle. After looking at it for a long time, Teng Ziyan picked up a piece, paused for a long time in mid-air, and then slowly brought it to his mouth and took a small bite.
The fragrance of lotus flowers instantly spread on the tip of the tongue, and the familiar sweetness swept the taste buds, Teng Ziyan was stunned there, looking at the cake that was bitten off, her eyes were a little red.
"This taste...... That's good. ”
Originally, I wanted to say that the taste was very familiar, but when the words came to my mouth, I couldn't say it, Teng Ziyan was afraid of disappointment, afraid that she missed it too much, so she had an illusion.
"After soaking the lotus petals in water, put them in boiling water and boil them for a quarter of an hour. Add five coins of honey to the water, stir well, and mix the noodles with the water. The most important thing is that lotus seed powder should be put in this flour, so that the fragrance of lotus flowers will be more obvious. ”
Phantom Tong also picked up a piece and put it in his mouth.
"My mother taught me, how about it, it's delicious."
Teng Ziyan nodded vigorously, stuffed the remaining pastry in her hand into her mouth, and chewed to hide her gaffe.
"Mrs. Situ is really skillful, and the recipe of the pastry is also very good." Teng Ziyan suddenly felt a little sad, she originally thought it was the secret recipe of the queen mother, but she didn't expect others to do the same, and she wanted to cry at that moment.
"I am the adopted son of Lord Situ, and it is not Mrs. Situ who taught me to make pastries." Phantom Tong stared at Teng Ziyan's eyes and slowly said the name of her biological mother, "My mother is Feng Jing." ”
Teng Ziyan opened her mouth wide in surprise, and when she was about to blurt out "brother", she quickly covered her mouth. The reddened eyes stared straight at Phantom Tong, tears swirled in her eyes, and just when the tears were about to burst out, Teng Ziyan raised her head, not wanting the tears to fall.
She can't cry, she can't show any abnormality, she can't let so many pairs of eyes staring at her find out that she is abnormal today, the phantom Tong is Teng Zijin, and it must not be passed on. Teng Ziyan knew how many dangers lurked in the palace, and how many knives wanted to stab at Phantom Tong.
Phantom Tong took a step forward, hugged Teng Ziyan tightly in his arms, and whispered in Ziyan's ear that only the two of them could hear.
"Ayan, my brother is back, I'm back to protect my Ayan. Ah Yan, my brother will definitely avenge our mother, and my brother will also let Ah Yan be at the mercy of others and suffer the unfair treatment of the queen mother. ”
"It's good to come back, it's good to come back."
Teng Ziyan has been waiting for this hug for ten years, and she is finally no longer alone.
"Brother, although the palace is dangerous, Ayan is not afraid, Ayan also wants to avenge her mother with her brother."
Phantom Tong hugged Teng Ziyan tighter, "Ah Yan has grown up." ”
The warm brother and sister reunion was quietly carried out in the small room of Huantong, and the excited two could only silently express their strong feelings of longing. Meng Qi was guarding the door, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, although he couldn't see it with his own eyes, he was really happy for his boss.
The two of them didn't have much time for a long time, and they didn't know how many eyes were staring at them in the palace, so in order not to arouse everyone's suspicion, Huantong quickly came out, leaving Teng Ziyan to rest in the house.
On the school field, everyone was already waiting for Huantong, Teng Zirui was small, standing beside Zhao Zhenyu, holding his back straight, and his momentum was not inferior to those soldiers who had been trained for a long time.
The training has not become special because of the addition of the Eight Princes, everyone is still practicing according to the previous progress, the Eight Princes who joined on the first day had to be a little scrambling first, and Huantong was looking at the somewhat incongruous Eight Princes jokes on the side.
"Boss, you don't seem to be authentic like this." Meng Qi squatted side by side beside Phantom Tong, watching the young Eighth Emperor do those actions with difficulty, and he didn't approve of Phantom Tong's cooking.
"He's going to protect Ziyan, and I have to test this kid's toughness."
What Phantom Tong said was serious, which made Meng Qidu a little doubtful that he had maliciously speculated on the boss. Knowing that Huantong accidentally laughed out loud, Meng Qi firmly believed that Huantong just wanted to see the excitement.
"Boss, you should teach him seriously."
Phantom Tong shook his finger, then looked at Meng Qi.
"You're still young, you don't understand, we can't be too active in the sensitive identity of the prince."
Meng Qi didn't seem to understand, scratched his head, and continued to look at the school field with Phantom Tong.
During the break, the Eighth Prince walked up to Phantom Tong, hanging his head, very depressed.
"Brother Huantong, this is too difficult, I can't keep up, can you teach me alone."
The little prince, whose self-confidence was seriously frustrated, really came to the door by himself and asked Huantong to guide him alone. Phantom Tong pretended to hesitate for a moment, nodded a little reluctantly, and then turned his head away and quietly winked at Meng Qi.
After that, Huantong took Teng Zirui out of the school grounds, and their personal training venue was in the courtyard of Ding'anju.
There are several reasons for choosing here, one is that the privacy here is relatively good, and there is slightly less eyeliner in the palace; the second is that Teng Ziyan is resting in Ding'anju, so that she can spend more time together; The third is that there is a collapse in the courtyard of Ding'anju, and Huantong can sit and lie down without squatting.
Although the first two days were more reliable, Meng Qi faintly felt that the last one was what Phantom Tong paid the most attention to.
Ask about this matter, with the first time, the second time has become a lot smoother, and Teng Ziyan took Teng Zirui to the White Tiger Camp to practice martial arts, and everyone is no longer crazy about it. With Teng Zirui's name, the brother and sister Phantom Tong and Ziyan finally have a chance to get along, and Phantom Tong and the palace are finally no longer out of touch.