() Xue Ke swept him out of the corner of his eyes, and said angrily: "Why do I go back to my own house with such fanfare?" ”

The prince slowly tasted it, only to feel a sweetness slowly spreading from his heart to his fingers and toes, and he didn't know what to say for a while, just stood there and smiled stupidly.

Xue Ke looked funny and said, "You came over just in time, the chestnuts seem to be roasted, I'll peel a few for you." ”

"Hey!" The prince responded stupidly.

Xue can use small pliers to take out chestnuts from the charcoal basin, put them on the ground, wrap them in a handkerchief, and put them on the collapsed cases. It was also a little hot through the handkerchief, and Xue Ke hurriedly put his fingers on his ears.

"What's wrong? Hot? I'll come, I'll see if you're careless!"

"No, hasn't Your Highness heard of chestnut hunting in the fire?"

The prince looked at her angrily: "Does taking chestnuts from the fire teach you how to eat chestnuts?" While sitting down and helping to peel chestnuts, he also couldn't use those small tools, and said, "Let the girl peel it later, don't move!" ”

Xue Ke tilted his head and smiled: "This chestnut has to be like this to be delicious!" While peeling out a chestnut, he sent it over: "You taste it, don't you?" ”

The prince took the chestnut in her hand and held her hand smoothly: "Don't peel it if it's delicious." ”

The two glanced at each other, Xue Ke smiled gently, and said obediently: "Okay, okay, I'll peel it when it's cold." ”

The prince only felt that Xue Ke had changed a little when he came back this time, and he couldn't say anything specifically, but just looked at her with joy. After sitting quietly for a while, I heard Mama Zhang say at the door: "Steward Lu, why are you here?" ”

Xue Ke looked at the prince with inquiring eyes, and the prince smiled and said, "It's not looking for me, it's looking for you!" ”

Sure enough, the road steward came in and asked the East Palace to distribute the happy money: "Please also ask the girl to show me." ”

Xue Ke glanced at the prince: "Since His Royal Highness has grace, he will do what His Highness wants, and the road steward is polite." ”

"It is not only the grace of the prince, but also the grace of the girl!" Steward Lu replied with an old smile on his face.

"Then it's bothering the road steward."

"Don't dare, don't dare."

"That's it! Old way, you step aside! Everyone has been busy for a year, so have fun today! The prince said.

As soon as the road steward went out to announce the news, there were bursts of cheers from the Baopu Courtyard. The whole courtyard is filled with a joyful atmosphere.

"Isn't it still in court? Why did His Highness enter the palace today? Xue Ke asked softly.

"Yes, it's not for the sake of the court, it's all about the inner court sacrifices, the distribution of rewards and the Shangyuan Festival. Those old princes and princesses have big rules! ”

Xue Ke heard him say these interesting things in the palace, and also talked about the things in Ren's mansion: "You don't know that your wish is so good-looking!" It's the same every day, but it's silly to eat and sleep all day! That's it, my sister-in-law can't get enough of it all day long! ”

The prince looked at her and smiled: "Naturally, when you look back, you have a child, and naturally it is like that!" ”

Xue Ke paused, didn't answer, and said with a smile: "I'll take you to see the New Year's gift from Ren Mansion later, but there are a lot of novelties." ”

The prince also regretted that he spoke too quickly, and hurriedly said: "Just take a look, I'll make up another gift with you when I go back, you have been in Ren's mansion for almost two months, thank you Mrs. Ren!" ”

The two of them quickly brought the topic over, and talked about something that didn't matter very much.

When it was time for dinner, sure enough, today's meal was extraordinarily rich, and the people in Baopu Courtyard served steaming mutton pot and Huiquan wine. The aroma is particularly warm in the cold.

The prince smiled and said, "Mama should also go and have a few drinks!" The girl and I poured ourselves a drink that was more fun. Mama Zhang responded with a smile and waved her hand away from the other girls.

There was a sudden silence in the room. Xue Ke was wearing homely clothes, and his little face was a little blurry in the steaming heat: "I've been eating all kinds of snacks this afternoon, but I'm not hungry!" ”

"Not really! I don't know if you like to eat these bits and pieces. The prince said with a smile, during the Chinese New Year, there are many kinds of New Year's nodes, and they are not obvious in all kinds of fancy plates, Xue Ke tasted everything with great interest, this will be a formal meal, and she shouted that she was not hungry again.

"Drink some fresh fish soup, it's rare in the cold winter season, haven't you always loved it?"

Xue Ke poured a glass of wine for the prince: "You eat, I'll watch it for a while, maybe I'll be hungry!" ”

The prince also had no choice but to take her, and drank two glasses of wine, but he rose up, and told interesting stories about the war in the west. Xue Ke staggered ridiculously: "Nonsense! Brother Lu is not the kind of person you say! ”

"What did I lie to you! Lu Laoba was obsessed with the widow who washed the pulp at that time, and secretly sent prey to others every day, and once threw the hunted half-pulled wild sheep into the little widow's yard, and the bloody anger provoked the wolf in the middle of the night, and the little widow went to the barracks the next day to scold Lu Laoba a bloody dog! ”

Xue Ke lay on the table and laughed, "Alas": "Brother Lu originally likes to be so spicy?" ”

"The customs over there in the Western Regions are different from ours, the women over there are much more unrestrained than us, they respect nature, which man the woman feats, they will give him a horse whip, a belt, and the man is very proud to receive such a gift, and we are much more restrained in comparison."

"Oh!" Xue Ke looked at him with a smile: "Then you must have received a lot!" ”

"Where do I have?" The prince hurriedly said: "You can't accept it easily, you have to come over at night after accepting the girl!" ”

Xue Ke was also surprised to hear it: "Then you don't need a matchmaker, don't you need to get married?" ”

"Marriage is naturally wanted, but there are many young men and girls who are good before marriage, and many of them are officially married after a period of time, that is, they will fall out in the future, and the two parties will not complain about each other."

"That's good, wishful thinking!" Xue Ke watched the prince eat mutton without dipping in seasonings, and said with a smile: "Your Highness is also very local over there, and you can also eat this boiled mutton!" My dad came back to eat like this, and my mother laughed at him for coming, thinking he was angry! ”

The prince smiled: "Don't you know, there is an old saying over there, that mutton can't be eaten if it's not fat, and women can't be wasted!" The prince suddenly leaned into Xue Ke's ear and said a few words.

Xue Ke's face turned red instantly, and he chirped, "Where did you learn these obscene words!" He leaned down on the table and glanced at him: "Then why don't you go to find those waves?" ”

The prince lost two souls by the three souls she saw at this glance, drank some more wine, suddenly stood up, and hung Xue Ke up from the chair, causing Xue Ke to scream, the prince lowered his head and bit her ear hard: "You are the most prodigal I have ever seen!" Xue Ke couldn't speak, so the prince kissed him. Xue fell down terribly, and her hands naturally wrapped around his neck, as if she was asking for a kiss.

As soon as the lips and tongues of the two separated, Xue Ke's face was flushed, and the prince hugged her and walked inside, not caring about Xue Ke who was beating and beating him.

At this glance, the prince had an unprecedented smooth life. Until Xing'er's cautious voice shouted again outside the room: "Master! It's time to go! I have to go to the palace today! ”

The prince replied angrily, while looking at the warm fragrant nephrite jade beside him and complaining: "I don't know where these red tape came from, those old princes have to go to the family temple early in the morning, probably when they are old, they don't have the joy of the boudoir!" ”

Xue Ke fell asleep in a daze, and when he heard him say this, he woke up happily: "Listen, this is the prince!" The words he said were almost the same as those of the faint king! ”

"It's not like you're a red face!" The prince couldn't help but suck on her tender shoulder.

"It's up to me!" Xue Ke shrunk tighter into the bed.

The prince didn't let her get her wish: "You're good, you're still sleeping!" Don't help me change my clothes! ”

Xue Ke sighed, obediently straightened up, the prince saw her upper body, his eyes darkened, and he hurriedly wrapped the quilt around her: "Do you still want me to get up?" ”

Xue Ke secretly smiled proudly and said, "Your Highness is really difficult to serve!"

The prince gritted his teeth angrily and said, "Little guy, I'll wait to clean you up at night!" Look if I will spare you tonight! Let you know what it means to be hard to serve! ”

Xue Ke pouted with a smile, and his head was spread on the pillow, and the prince who looked at it was itchy and distressed. The prince got dressed, and gently leaned down and kissed her: "Good, have a good rest today!" Does it still hurt? ”

Xue Ke was ashamed not to answer, so the prince tucked her quilt and left the room.

Xue Ke slept for a while, and when he woke up, it was bright outside. The girls in the Puyuan courtyard were all happy, and they came up again to salute: "Congratulations to the lady, congratulations to the lady!" ”

Xue Ke realized that this was the first time the prince stayed in Baopu Courtyard, and it was really inappropriate for them to call them "girls" again, so they had to endure the embarrassment in their hearts and let Mama Zhang come over to comb their hair.

Mama Zhang was also happy, took out her housekeeping skills, and combed Xue Ke's hair into an extremely complicated hairstyle, Xue Ke saw her take out a set of pure gold and red coral head, and said in fright: "Mama, what are you doing?" I don't go out or see any guests today! He shouted again: "Ah Liu! Ah Liu! Later, accompany me to Linglong Pavilion, Mama, just find some simple hairpin rings! ”

Mama Zhang said helplessly: "This is not the fifteenth day of the first lunar month!" What is the lady doing in a hurry to go to Linglong Pavilion? If you don't wear it, you don't wear it! I'll find a lighter one for the lady! ”

In the end, he still wore a set of silk hairpins with peonies for Xue Ke, and changed into a crimson horse-faced skirt, and Ah Liu smiled on the side.

Xue Ke said angrily: "Ah Liu, you also change your festive clothes!" ”

Mama Zhang nodded and said, "That's it!" Last year, I remember to make a set of red armor, and I haven't seen you wear it! ”

Ah Liu heard this, and hurriedly said, "Girl, I'm waiting at the door." "Slipped out.

In the Linglong Pavilion, Xue Ke was surprised that Nangong was also there. Nangong was also quite surprised, and saluted: "I haven't seen the girl for a long time, but I am fortunate today!" The girl's complexion is better than before! ”

Xue Ke also bowed slightly: "Lord Nangong has always been well?" Why did the adults turn upside down during the New Year? ”

"There's a bit of fresh news, I'll come over and sort it out, it's better if the girl is here, it's a lot of new things during this time!"

Xue Ke also said with great interest: "I'll go to the case to take a look first, Ah Liu, go make a pot of tea, and talk about it later." ”

The other subordinate officials in the cabinet were still on vacation, and the two were busy in their respective rooms for a while, and Xue Ke walked out of the house after the preliminary sorting out of the matter at hand, and saw that Nangong was already sitting in the pantry, and the tea soup was just boiling on the stove.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Nangong said: "The girl has gained a lot from going to Ren's mansion, Mrs. Ren has withdrawn from the secret gang, and a small part of the secret gang has also withdrawn, losing the appeal of the Ren gang leader, and I am afraid that what is left is not as loyal as in the past, and it is also a big loss to King Qin." ”

Xue Ke smiled bitterly: "This is not my purpose in the Ren Mansion, and I didn't expect such consequences." ”

After the luncheon on the prince's side, he accompanied a group of old princes and princesses to gossip, and it was easy to take a look, point out something and get up to say goodbye. Dizzy from all kinds of incense in the palace, out of the palace gate, the sun is very good this afternoon, and the cold wind blows, so that I feel particularly cold spirit.

When I returned to the East Palace, I went straight to the Baopu Courtyard. But I saw that the courtyard was completely new, there were red lanterns hanging under the corridor, the window was newly pasted with spring window flowers, and a few girls were hinging silk flowers, tied to the branches and flower poles in the yard with thin core wires, and the light was shining, if it wasn't for the fact that there was still some residual snow in the shade of the yard, it was like a summer day when flowers were in full bloom. The prince couldn't help asking, "What are you doing?" ”

"Back to Your Highness," a girl replied with a smile: "The slaves and maids are making tweeds and putting on these flowers and trees, so that His Highness and the lady can look happy!" ”

"Lady?" The prince was puzzled, and Mama Zhang walked over from the porch and saluted: "Prince, it was the old slave who asked them to change their words." The lord rested in the Baopu Courtyard last night, and the lady will not live in the East Palace in the future, and then call the girl a part, so the old slave made his own decision and asked them to change their words. Do you think it's okay? ”

The prince hurriedly asked, "Does the girl know?" How so? ”

Mama Zhang smiled: "The lady is thin-skinned, so naturally she is embarrassed, so she won't take Ah Liu to hide in Linglong Pavilion." But the old slave looked at it, and the lady didn't refuse, and her heart was also happy. ”

Only then did the prince's heart settle down, and he tasted a trace of sweetness again: "Did the lady say when she would come back?" No need, I'll go to Linglong Pavilion to pick up the lady. He called his mother twice, and felt that there had never been a word so smooth, so he couldn't help grinning: "Mama, you changed it well!" Everyone is waiting for you! From today onwards, the monthly silver per person in Baopu Temple will be doubled! ”

Everyone in the courtyard couldn't help cheering, and in the gratitude of everyone, the prince stepped to Linglong Pavilion.

There are a lot of paper files in the Linglong Pavilion, and there has always been a rule that no open fire can be lit, although the earth dragon is burning in the house, it is still a little cold in the end.

When the prince came over, he saw Xue Ke holding the stove with both hands, a little timid, and he was inexplicably angry in his heart, and when he saw that there was only Nangong on the side, he was even more unhappy, and said, "Nangong!" Since you're here, why don't you know how to find someone to clean up the house first! The lady's body is cold, and she can't compare to your fat. ”

Seeing that the prince was coming, Nangong hurriedly got up and saluted, first being a little stunned by the criticism, and then listening to the prince's words, he was even more confused, and tilted his head to look at Xue Ke.

Xue Ke's face flushed slightly, and he walked up to the prince and said, "Why are you here?" Today's palace banquet ended early. ”

The prince stretched out his hand and shook her hand, seeing that his hand was still warm, he touched his face again, but it was a little cold, and he couldn't help but say: "This is still in the New Year's Festival, why are you in a hurry?" Nangong they are very dutiful! ”

"Not really! You also know that Lord Nangong is dutiful, why don't you say something nice during the New Year's Festival? ”

The prince turned to Nangong, Nangong had already been shocked by the situation of the two getting along, and when he saw the prince's expression, he immediately understood his redundancy, and hurriedly said: "There are still miscellaneous matters at home, Your Highness, the lower official will leave first!" Your Royal Highness, Tang Lady, auspicious New Year! Nangong still felt a chill and ran out of the smoke.