"What time is it?"

Chen Yicong looked at the already dark sky outside and asked softly.

"It's almost time, Your Majesty." Lu Dou said softly, "Look, are you going to urge it?" ”

Chen Yicong looked at the silent lakeside, it was said that Bai Linghe Bai Yi was late, he should be angry.

But he always felt that he seemed to be almost unprepared, and he felt that he would probably never be ready.

I wish she had come sooner, but I was worried that she wouldn't be late enough.

“…… Still don't. Chen Yicong said softly, "Just wait." ”

At night, the snow slowly stopped.

The moon in the sky slowly moved out from behind the clouds.

From the Tai Hospital to the shore of Jian'an Lake, Bai Yi fell asleep in the car.

It was warm in the carriage, and there was a candle hanging in the corner, covered with a glass lamp, and the flame shook with the carriage.

The palace people thoughtfully prepared a small hand stove, and Bai Yi held the hand stove and leaned on the diagonal of the carriage - his head resting on the cushion of the carriage, his body half-slipped on the ground, and his feet stared at the closed door.

Under the dim candlelight, Bai Ling stared at Bai Yi's face, and then sighed softly.

…… It's almost sleepless.

She knocked on the car door, "...... Slow down, master, I'm really going to throw up if I shake it again. ”

Through the door, the driver outside said with some guilt, "Si Yao, it really can't be slower, our speed is basically only a little faster than walking...... Knowing that you have motion sickness, can you bear it any longer? ”

“…… Then you go a little slower. Bai Ling said softly.

"Hey," the driver was a little helpless, "Okay! ”

When the carriage stopped on the west bank of Lake Jian'an, the time had passed.

Bai Ling and Bai Yi got out of the car respectively, and both of them walked quickly towards the dock, the night in the middle of winter was unusually cold,

The people on the boat heard the noise and looked at each other in unison.

"Here!" Zeng Jiuyan leaned half of his body out of the cabin, "Here! ”

"See!" Bai Yi replied loudly.

He and Bowling ran up in the night.

The snow on the lakeshore reflects the moonlight, shining with a silver glow, like a dream scene.

"It's better to come early than to come by chance......," Zhang Jingzhen said with a smile, "If they had come a little earlier, we wouldn't have seen this scene!" ”

"yes." Chen Yicong stroked the tassel on his belt a little absent-mindedly, "What a coincidence." ”

……

The boat carried five young people slowly paddling towards the middle of the lake.

As soon as Bai Yi got on the boat, he immediately bowed to Chen Yicong and apologized for not only being late for more than an hour, but also for being late.

Chen Yicong felt as if he should have behaved angrily – no one had dared to release his pigeons since he ascended the throne.

But since Bai Yi got on the boat, his humility has clearly highlighted a separation between the monarch and the minister—and this is exactly what Chen Yicong wants to erase when he swims in the lake tonight.

So Chen Yicong smiled and shook his head to signal that Bai Yi and Bai Ling didn't have to worry about it.

There was no place for the banquet to be connected, and the two did not hesitate, and sat directly on Zeng Jiuyan's left and right.

"What are you busy with in the hospital?" "I heard that a child was injured by a firecracker in the afternoon. ”

"Yes," Bai Yi replied, "a few children were playing with 'ground mice', and by chance, a few firecrackers flew next to one of the children and exploded. The tissue damaged by this kind of blast injury is very complex, after all, gunpowder has both impact and thermal damage, so it takes a long time. ”

Hearing the word "gunpowder", Chen Yicong's attention was slightly grabbed - after all, there seems to be no essential difference between firecrackers and artillery.

He frowned and thought for a while, and then asked Bai Yi in detail about the operation and the child's condition.

The palace people brought food, Bai Yi talked while eating, and Bai Ling concentrated on eating.

Zeng Jiuyan saw that Bai Ling seemed to like the plate of osmanthus eggs in his hand, so he reached out and adjusted the dish to Bai Ling's hand.

Taking advantage of the gap between their conversations, Bai Ling said, "This rice tastes a little different, crunchy and sweet...... Is it added with yams? ”

"It's water chestnuts." Bai Yi on the side replied, "This thing is also called Wu Yao, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of several state capitals in the south is delicious, Wu Yao, the sound is the same as 'Wu Wei', so everyone adds it to the meal to ask for a safe and good color - this is a fixed item in the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner of Baiwei Building." ”

"yes, yes." Chen Yicong nodded, he looked at Bai Ling, "You have been in the south for so long, haven't you eaten?" ”

"No, I don't."

Speaking of this, Bai Ling turned his head to look at Bai Yi, "Why have I never seen you do it at home?" ”

Bai Yi was stunned for a moment, he thought about it - it seems that he has never done it before.

Before, near the end of the year was the busiest time for Baiweilou, he basically didn't go home to eat, and in recent years, because Bai Ling likes sweet things, so he basically makes the designated glutinous rice and eight treasure rice.

“…… The main reason is that I didn't expect this," Bai Yi replied, "It's actually not troublesome to do." ”

There was a sudden silence at the dinner table.

After a while, Zeng Jiuyan wondered, "So...... In your family, is Bai Yi cooking? ”

"Generally, whoever is free will do it, and if they are free, they will do it together."

Bai Yi replied while eating, and when he saw that the expressions of the few people in front of him became a little weird, his chopsticks stopped.

"What's ...... Issue? ”

Although Zeng Jiuyan didn't have any malicious intent, he still felt a little stunned when he heard this.

This astonishment, on the one hand, is the strangeness of life without servants and the ministry having to do it themselves;

On the other hand, he felt a little absurd about Bai Yi's attitude - he actually didn't hide all this.

In any case, as a girl, Bai Ling left the kitchen to her brother when she was in charge...... If these things come out, it will not leave her with a good reputation.

However, there are no outsiders in this table, and they will never spread the word about it.

Zeng Jiuyan scratched his head a little embarrassedly, thinking about how to open his mouth to make a round for Bai Ling, so as not to lose her face, but before he could think about the wording, Bai Ling had already spoken.

"There have just been water chestnuts at home in the past two days," Bai Ling leaned forward a little and looked at Bai Yi on the other end, "Do you want to go home and try it?" I think it's delicious. ”

Zeng Jiuyan looked at Bai Ling abruptly—this girl didn't seem to be ashamed at all......

On the other side, Bai Yi nodded.

He chewed the rice grains in his mouth, thinking a little, "I feel like there should be something else added here besides water chestnuts." ”

Zeng Jiuyan couldn't help but turn around and look at Bai Yi again.

How does this seem like you've already started to figure out the recipe......

Zeng Jiuyan was full of doubts.

Could it be that this is the life of the common people that he is not familiar with? In fact, the common people's families are like this, and he himself is used to staying in the Hou Mansion, so he was shocked?

On the other side, Chen Yicong poured himself a glass of wine alone.

"This year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, you come to the palace and eat with me." Chen Yicong said softly, "If you want to eat, just tell you to go down and let the imperial dining room do it." ”

With that, he raised his glass, "How's it going?" ”

Several young men laughed, each nodding in agreement.

The cups collide together with a pleasant crunching sound.

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