Elopement (c) pyrotechnics
"Yuqing Pavilion is a restaurant opened by a businessman in Shudi, and the chefs hired are all good at Shu cuisine." The dishes came one after another, and they were covered with a layer of bright red peppers.
Ji Yuan used chopsticks to open the chili pepper, revealing the fragrant and tender rabbit meat.
"This dish is made entirely from the legs and belly of the rabbit, and it is more powerful to eat."
"This is a well-known practice in Shudi, try it."
"If you have grapes, the flavor is better." Huo Shui'er tasted it, and the hot and spicy taste was rampant in her mouth, and her stamina was still numb.
"Before I came, I also thought about bringing a pot with you." Ji Yuan handed her a cup of herbal tea, "I'm still afraid that you will be greedy." β
I served a big bowl of sauerkraut fish fillet again, and the pickled pepper flavor rushed straight to my nose.
"My aunt is going to enter Beijing from Shu in the near future." Looking at Huo Shui'er burying his head in the fish, Ji Yuan suddenly said.
"Eldest Princess Huiren?" Huo Shui'er took a sip of tea, which seemed to have mint added to it, and the cool throat feeling was obvious.
"The concubine entered Beijing to report on work, the eldest princess has not returned to the capital for many years, and this time she also misses her grandmother." The last time Ji Yuan saw his aunt was before he went to Nanban, and it had been five or six years since he counted the time.
The eldest princess Huiren is the sister of Emperor Xining's mother, and she is married to the head of the Jiang family of the Shu family. When he was not married, he was deeply loved by the Queen Mother and the first emperor.
"The reception banquet should invite hundreds of officials, and the lady who has a decree should be able to bring a noble girl into the palace."
"Grandmother won't take me." Huo Shui'er is very sure to say, she also thinks it's funny, the original owner is the old lady's granddaughter, this kind of banquet, as long as the old lady is there, she never takes the original owner there.
Queen Xu had specially told Ji Yuan that he would take Huo Shui'er to Shangyang Palace that day, and there was no need to trouble the old lady of the Huo family who was eccentric and squeaky.
"After the next court, I will take you into the palace, and I will directly attend the banquet with my mother in the evening." Ji Yuan was wearing special gloves and peeled the shrimp shells unhurriedly.
"Is this banquet really that important?" Huo Shui'er was puzzled, she was lazy in her heart and didn't like to socialize too much. The original owner didn't have any friends in the noble girl's social circle, and it wasn't interesting to go.
"My aunt's daughter, Lord Danyu, will also come." Ji Yuan glanced at her, looking at her inexplicable look, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. Did she really forget?
"You forgot?"
Hearing Ji Yuan's rhetorical question, Huo Shui'er was stunned for three or four seconds, "What did you forget?" β
"Jiang Yu had such a big trouble with you back then, did you forget?"
Jiang Yu stayed in the palace for a while, at that time he liked to stick to Ji Yuan, Huo Shui'er was unhappy for a long time, and they didn't like each other, once Jiang Yu threw the sword spike that Huo Shui'er gave to Ji Yuan, and the two quarreled about it.
"Young and ignorant. Ahem, ahem, I was young and ignorant at that time. Huo Shui'er smiled dryly, Jiang Yu's two words seemed to open the floodgates of memory, and the arrogant county lord bumped into the original owner who made the soft knife, which was really not a very wonderful memory.
"Pretty big?" Ji Yuan asked with a smile.
"If it was so unpleasant in the first place, why do we have to see each other again?" This is replaced by Huo Shui'er being confused, why do you have to let yourself and Jiang Yu meet? I didn't pinch enough back then, and I want to pinch it again?
Ji Yuan pushed a small bowl in front of Huo Shui'er, the delicate porcelain bowl was filled with shrimp, "If you hear someone say that she and I have something and can still sit still, I don't have to come to pick you up that day." β
Huo Shui'er quickly weighed it in her heart, I tasted it, I tasted it carefully, Ji Yuan was afraid that he would be jealous? Or do you want to let yourself help him block the rotten peach blossoms? Tut-tut, a man's heart is really a needle under the sea.
Bumped into a pair of eyes that seemed to be smiling, Huo Shui'er firmly expressed her position, "That's definitely not good!" She dreams! β
"Go?" The corners of Ji Yuan's lips rose slightly, and he seemed to be very satisfied with the woman's reaction.
"Go! Must go! Huo Shui'er's eyes were full of determination.
Whether it's a rotten peach blossom or a wild bee wave butterfly, as long as the male protagonist speaks, let's go up, resolutely implement the vicious green tea style, and fight with the barbaric county lord to the end. Contribute to the road to the death line, strive to receive the lunch box as soon as possible, and go to the leisure happily.
"Two guest officers, this is the dish 'Queqiao Immortal' specially customized by the small shop." Xiao Er eagerly introduced the two of them, "Xiao dare to guarantee that this Queqiao Immortal's approach is the capital, oh, no, it is the only one in Great Xia!" β
The plate was shrouded in a cloud of smoke, and there was a jade-colored bridge inside, decorated with two sugar figures, which looked like the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and under the bridge were rolled up dishes, and the yellow balls were crystal clear on it, and the birds on the bridge were carved vividly.
The dishes are not unusual, the meaning is good, and the fog looks fairy. Huo Shui'er thought to herself, there is actually a practice of dry ice?
"Although today is not Tanabata, the shop also sincerely wishes the two lovers to become married, and there is no doubt about their affection." Before Xiao Er came to serve the food, he learned a few words from the cook, just to please the two distinguished guests.
"My shopkeeper has a good relationship with the gentlemen who host the lantern festival, and there will be a grand fireworks show later, and the observation deck in this private room of the small shop is a great viewing position."
It turned out that this lantern festival was nominally run by Zhejiang businessmen, but in fact, the merchants of Chang'an Street participated in it, in order to attract everyone's attention and become more popular.
The food was almost over, listening to Xiao Er's words, Huo Shui'er paced to the observation deck and looked at the scenery outside with interest.
At this time, when I looked left and right, the whole street was like a bright long dragon, winding around without knowing where the end was. The downstairs was full of people, it seemed that someone was guessing the lantern riddle, and the surrounding crowd made bursts of applause, I don't know which talented and beautiful woman won the top spot and showed off her style.
It's too lively, the city is brightly lit, all kinds of entertainment performances, men and women, with yellow hair and drooping hair, all have fun. Looking at this piece of prosperity, Huo Shui'er's sense of reality in her heart suddenly became very strong, this is indeed just the world in the book, but everyone is happy or sad here, blazing alive.
"Want to go?" Ji Yuan watched Huo Shui'er keep staring at the group of people, gently took her into his arms, and asked softly.
"I don't want to go." Huo Shui'er rubbed and found a comfortable position to lean on him, "Just wait for the fireworks here." β
"The lotus flowers in the palace are all blooming." Ji Yuan's rough fingertips touched the woman's round shoulders, which was slightly cool. "I invite you to the palace to enjoy the lotus. Wish? β
"If I could, I really wanted to stay with you all the time." Huo Shui'er read this sentence word by word, her heart jumped quickly, she was waiting, waiting for Ji Yuan to reprimand him coldly like what was written in the book.
The original owner seems to have said this, although it is not this situation, it seems that he took the initiative to confess his mind sometime, and he was moved with full affection.
What responded to her was not indifference, nor was it silent refusal, but the warm touch on the lips, the breath intersected, something seemed to be broken in her mind, and next to her ears, she heard that the fireworks were blooming grandly.
Where is this fireworks, it is clearly the most direct and romantic answer to a man's confession to a woman.
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"The girl is finally back, and my heart is settled." Aunt Lan patted her chest, she looked at Huo Shui'er in a daze under the lamp, and her heart palpitated.
Aunt Lan pushed her, "Girl, everyone is gone, don't think about it anymore." β
The person was picked up by Aunt Lan herself, and the little guy guarding the door had already been bought, pretending to be sparse and avoided.
She looked at the current prince with her own eyes, brought Huo Shui'er to her, the hand around her waist, and the woman's red lips could escape her eyes.
All this made Aunt Lan secretly beat the drum in her heart, such an obvious possessiveness, this girl couldn't see it, and thought that she could still get out of it.
Huo Shui'er was gently recalled to her senses, "Auntie? β
"I have something to tell you." Aunt Lan sighed in her heart, she couldn't say a lot, but when the love was strong, she could always see it clearly.
"Auntie, please speak." Huo Shui'er took a sip of cold water and calmed down. It's not the first time I've been kissed, and the next time it's as uncomfortable as a fire. The damn Ji Yuan, why don't you play according to the routine.
"Aunt Xie is pregnant." A few words are like thunder on the ground.
"Really? How many months? Huo Shui'er was surprised, it shouldn't be, Huo Gang hasn't been to Aunt Xie for a long time. Could it be that there were children before, and now they have just exploded?
"I heard that I was eating at the old lady's place today, and Xie was nauseous for no reason. When the doctor came to check, he found out that she was already one month pregnant. "Aunt Lan didn't arrive at the scene, and the news was also told to her by the maid." It's really her creation. β
Huo Shui'er squeezed Aunt Lan's hand to express comfort, and she really didn't blame Aunt Lan for envy.
None of the so many aunts in this backyard were pregnant with children, but Aunt Xie had been favored for a while.
What if Huo Gang doesn't like it now, as long as she can get a man in one fell swoop, or in other words, as long as she has this belly, Huo Gang will not treat her too badly.
"The master's attitude is very strange." Aunt Lan frowned. "I heard that he had a bad face at the time."
The speculation of everyone in Huo Mansion is that Huo Gang has been childless for many years, and now he suddenly learned that she was pregnant, and he was overjoyed.
"Auntie, don't think about it." Huo Shui'er didn't know why, so she had to comfort her. It can only be said that Aunt Xie is really lucky.
"Ugh." Aunt Lan smiled bitterly, "I didn't have much hope anymore, but now I think about it, I still don't have to fight for my body." She suspected that Huo Gang had a problem, but then the Xie family could get pregnant, and now that she looks at it, she still has no fate with the child.
"Auntie, don't mess up." Huo Shui'er was afraid that she wouldn't be able to think about it, and it would not be good if she did something to Xie's children.
"Don't worry, girl, so many years have passed." Aunt Lan patted her hand back, although she also wanted a child, she would not harm other people's children.
It doesn't seem to be bad now, Huo Gang hasn't been very cold to her over the years, she can talk to Huo Shui'er when she is idle, the days seem to be at a glance, boring and boring, after all, it is also stable.
The lights "snapped" loudly, so many good people, good things and good things in a lifetime, not necessarily all belong to themselves. Aunt Lan was stunned, as if she thought of her father's teaching to her.