Chapter 4 The Love of Egg Soup and Pickles

The Imperial Garden is hazy at night. Quiet and groggy leaning against a man's broad chest. He hugged her gently. "Jing'er, wake up, talk to me!" There was urgency and panic in his voice. "What about Yaoqin and Grandpa Pi?" She asked weakly. "They're fine. I asked someone to take them to the hospital for treatment. "That's good, my head hurts!" Quiet said.

His face was pressed against her forehead. Drop after drop of water waded into her face. "It's raining?" She muttered. He laughed, crying.

Someone next to him panted and said, "Your Majesty, you are too tired to run with your arms, why don't you let the nobleman sit in a soft sedan chair?" There's still a ride to Tai Hospital! "No, I'm not tired!" He said stubbornly. In the quiet ears, only the sound of the wind and the chaotic sound of running can be heard.

Too in the hospital. The curtains are hung high, and the tents are low. All the imperial doctors of the Tai Hospital are on duty. The doctor is personally checking the pulse of the nouveau riche.

"How's it going?" Wan Yanzhao asked anxiously. Yizheng nodded, "It's okay, Mrs. Yue Guo is just cold, frightened, and fainted. I'll prescribe a decoction right away! ”

The doctor came to the duty room and beckoned a eunuch. "Go and call Mama Liu immediately and give acupuncture to the nobles!" Soon someone brought an old woman. After the woman had finished saluting Yan Zhao, she came to the quiet bedside.

Thin silver needles lined up on her white skin. Every time she had a twitch. Wan Yanzhao's heart hurts. He turned his head, and bean-sized tears fell.

"Wan Yan Zhao, are you crying?" She tilted her head to look at him. "No, there's sand in my eyes!" He smiled like a child.

Mama Liu packed up the silver needle, got up and said goodbye and went out. At this time, the decoction has been decocted. "Come on, drink the medicine." Wan Yan Zhao took the medicine he took from the palace maid. "Is it bitter?" She frowned. "Stupid words! How can medicine not be bitter? You can only get better if you drink medicine! "He's coaxing a child.

"If you don't drink it, I'm afraid of bitterness!" She frowned.

"If you don't drink it, you won't be able to get better, and the doctors won't be able to go home." He continued to coax. She blinked her eyes at the poor group of white-haired old men outside. Nodding, "I'll drink, then you can let them go home, right?" ”

The old men were grateful and knelt down to thank the nouveau riche for his great kindness. After that, most of them went home, leaving only a few doctors on duty to stay behind and make soup and medicine for the nouveau riche.

"When you are better, you will go to live in my study in the south of Shangyang Palace. The cold air over there in the Emerald Palace is too heavy. Winter is coming soon. Wan Yan Zhao stroked her hair and said. Listen to you. She nodded.

Wan Yanzhao sat on the soft couch and hugged her soft body. Tell his story softly. "Jing'er, you see that I am now the lord of a country. Actually, I'm a puppet manipulated by someone else. ”

"I can't think of you being so willful. Freedom is a luxury for me! "I am not the biological son of the Queen Mother, my mother is a palace maid. After giving birth to me, I was put to death. If it weren't for the Queen Mother, that is, my father's imperial concubine Zhuang, I would not exist. ”

"My father had many sons and daughters, but they all ended badly. In the end, I survived because I followed the rules. The rules that the person is given. I drank all day long, and they were happy. I don't do my job. Even if they do something to rob men and women, they are even happier. ”

He bowed his head and kissed her forehead and kissed her face. "You're very spontaneous, I like it, I really like it. Growing up, I didn't have anything I liked! But I'm going to pretend to love it! As long as it was given by that person, even if it was a pile of shit, I had to be elated, like a treasure! ”

He looked outside, and it was already a lifeless hospital. "There are always countless eyes staring around me. I have to be careful with my every move. "Wan Yan Zhao, you are so bitter!" Her little hands caressed his angular face.

He buried his face in the palm of her hand. "Jing, I'm not afraid of hardship. But, I'm afraid of loneliness. Since childhood, he was either locked up in the south study to study, or he practiced martial arts in the imperial garden. Moreover, apart from the people who spy on me, I have no friends who can talk. ”

"From the day I ascended the throne and became emperor, I began my career as an evil young man and a faint king. Because only then can some people sit back and relax! ”

Listen quietly and silently. Tears fell one after another. He sighed softly, and suddenly smiled again and said, "You grew up in the people. It should be clearer, ordinary people, I say those scoundrels who go into the countryside in the city, what do they look like? She nodded slightly.

"When you are well, you can teach me how to be a qualified evil youth!" He leaned into her ear and whispered. Quiet said, "Okay, but in that case." Your mother will be sad! He shook his head in pain. It's okay, she'll be content to see that I'm safe. ”

"I'm in her eyes. It's just a naughty child. Skipping class and playing missing are commonplace. She would always say, do you have the appearance of being an emperor! But, when I ascended the throne, she didn't say anything. Maybe she thinks I'm hopeless. My heart is broken! He lifted his head and kept the tears from falling.

It's dawn. A ray of sunlight poured in from the window of the hospital. Quietly opened her worried eyes, only to see Yan Zhao lying on the edge of the bed and falling asleep. The golden dragon robe was draped diagonally over the body, shining. That bronzed face exuded a heroic spirit. "It's pretty good-looking!" Quietly muttered.

Wan Yan Zhao opened his eyes. "Jing'er, wake up! What did you just say? "Nothing. I'm just a little hungry. She said with a red face. Hungry? What do you want to eat? He touched her forehead. What to eat? Think about it. She pondered for a while and said, "Let's have an egg soup and pickles!" Your dishes are so oily! I can't get used to it! He almost burst out laughing.

He got up and called to the chamberlain, "Go and serve Madame an egg soup and pickles!" The waiter hesitated and replied: "Back to the emperor, there is this egg soup in the imperial dining room, small pickles, it seems that there is none!" "Go, tell the Imperial Dining Room to make it right away!" Or I'll cut off their heads!" He yelled. Wan Yan Zhao, don't embarrass them, there are small pickles on Tieshi Street in Chang'an. Li Kee pickle shop is there. My uncle went to buy some in ten days and half a month. That's delicious! ”

"Do you hear that? A small pickle at the Li Kee pickle shop on Iron Lion Street! Just go! He waved his hand.

"Yes, yes," the chamberlain ran out.

It didn't take long for a jar of pickles to be carried to the hospital. The doctors smelled the pickles all over the hospital, and they were all puzzled, "This hospital is going to change the pickle shop?" ”

Egg soup and pickles are served on the table. Quietly looked at the egg soup, sniffed and said, "This egg soup is so fragrant!" Wan Yan Zhao said to the waiter: "This soup is well made, all the people in the imperial kitchen will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver." Let's just say that it was rewarded by Mrs. Yueguo! ”

Quietly asked him, "Wan Yanzhao, do you know how to drink this egg soup?" He wondered, "How to drink?" Isn't it just drinking with a bowl? ”

"Look, I'll make you the best egg soup." Get quiet and walk to the table. "Put some pickled melon slices first, then some pickled cabbage, and some orchid beans. Stir lightly and blow. Do you drink it and try it? She took a small bowl and brought it to his lips with a silver spoon.

Wan Yan Zhao took a sip and nodded again and again: "It's delicious!" At this time, an attendant came to announce: "Concubine Lan sent someone to ask the emperor if she has time to listen to her play the piano today." She composed a new piece of music the other day. He helped Jing Jing to lie on the bed, and said lightly, "I know, I'll listen." ”

Wan Yanzhao told her, "Concubine Lan is the crown prince's biological mother. The eldest daughter of the Imperial Master. He is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and he is also easy-going. But he is cowardly and has no opinions, and everything is at the mercy of the Taishi. Jing Jing sighed, "A weak woman, what can she do!" ”

Wan Yanzhao said, "Why don't we go to Xingqing Palace to listen to her play the piano?" She nodded happily.