Chapter 10 Peony Jade Bracelet
"Hail to Your Highness." Bai Muguan saluted with a smile.
Yu Wenye looked back when he heard the voice, and stepped forward to help her up personally: "I said everything, there is no need to be polite between you and me." ”
Bai Muguan looked at his hand holding her forearm with his spare eyes, and smiled disapprehantly: "I heard my sister say that three days later will be the annual Hundred Flowers Banquet in the palace, will you participate in it then?" ”
Yu Wenye knew that she was knowingly asking, so she couldn't help but reach out and twist her nose, and said angrily: "That's the banquet of the palace maids, what kind of system did this prince go to!" ”
"Your Highness is annoyed, it seems that I need to get some delicious food to coax you today." Bai Muguan deliberately blinked while speaking, playful and cute.
Yu Wenye hooked his thin lips: "It's still ingenious, and he knows how to coax people to be happy." ”
"Your Highness's words seem sarcastic, when I can't hear it?" The girl gave him a sneer, then pursed her lips disdainfully.
"Okay, well, blame me for making frivolous remarks that annoyed General Xiaobai. It just so happens that there is a gift for you to atone for your sins. As he spoke, Yu Wenye took out a mutton fat white jade bracelet from his sleeve and put it on her wrist before she came back to her senses.
The jade bracelet is gentle and comfortable when it comes into contact with the delicate skin, Bai Muguan lowered his eyes and looked at it carefully, the jade quality was really transparent and smooth, and the tentacles were warm, and it was estimated that it should be an extremely rare and rare royal tribute. If you look closely, the bracelet is about a finger wide, and the surface is delicately carved with a peony blooming pattern, and the pattern is so vivid and beautiful that people can't take their eyes off it.
Although she smiled happily, the undisguised expression on her face was a little complicated: "This bracelet is too valuable, I can't take it." ”
Yu Wenye smiled faintly: "This jade bracelet was worn by my own grandmother when she was a concubine, she loved it very much when she was alive, and it is perfect to pass it on to her future granddaughter-in-law." ”
Future granddaughter-in-law?
Shouldn't it be Ye Shiying......
With such an inherited object, how could he give it to her casually?
Bai Muguan became more and more surprised, stunned in place by his unprepared words, his cheeks were hot, and the eyes that looked at him were extremely pure. She suddenly noticed that his eyes seemed to be bottomless, but in fact, there was also a hidden light.
Yu Wenye knocked on her head lightly, reminding her to come back to her senses quickly. After that, she was no longer given room to refuse, and directly led to the topic: "Looking forward to your craftsmanship tonight." ”
The girl nodded, and a smile tugged at the corner of her mouth in response, "Okay." ”
Qingyun Pavilion is the dormitory that Yu Wenye ordered the royal power to rearrange, and the furnishings are not only in accordance with the rules of the girl's boudoir, but also show the royal style.
The hall is hung with a goose-yellow Tianluo veil, the veil is carefully dyed with the fragrance of lilies, whenever the breeze blows into the temple, the pleasant fragrance on the veil will always drift into the nose with the wind to refresh people's hearts. The small seven-door rosewood screen is painted with a picture of the landscape of the south of the Yangtze River, and the table with two ends upturned is neatly placed with pen, ink, paper and inkstone. There was a wall covered with swords of all kinds, most of which he had ordered to be collected for her.
There is also a courtyard outside the hall, because she likes pear blossoms, a few pear trees are specially planted in the southeast corner of the courtyard. There is a pond of koi in the northwest corner, and the koi have the beauty of pairs since ancient times, and these details show Yu Wenye's intentions.
Their relationship is getting closer and clearer.
When night fell, Bai Muguan ordered someone to light a bonfire in the middle of the courtyard and put the whole fat sheep that had been prepared and processed on the fire. The fat lamb's belly was stuffed with all kinds of spices, many of which were the ancient recipes she brought from Mobei that had been lost for a long time, and it was difficult for the imperial chefs in the capital to follow suit.
"Why don't you use a bronze oven?" Yu Wenye stood with his hands in his hands, standing on the marble steps outside the hall and watching Bai Muguan and a few maids busy and happy.
Hearing this, he stopped adding firewood in his hand, Bai Muguan raised his face and smiled mysteriously: "I know that the palace likes to use a bronze oven to make meat, which looks really exquisite, but it will lose the freshness of the meat itself." In the Mobei grassland, the herdsmen have used firewood to roast meat directly for generations, and the taste is even more delicious. ”
"Oh," Yu Wenye narrowed his eyes and deliberately dragged out his tail note, "If it's not as good as the barbecue I usually eat, I will punish you." ”
In the night, the bonfire illuminated Bai Muguan's cheeks, raised his eyebrows and smiled at him, and there was an indescribable heroic and charming: "If the taste is not delicious, but it is up to His Highness to dispose of it!" ”
Her smile was deeply reflected in Yu Wenye's heart, making him have the urge to immediately rush up and pick her up.
Yes, when she finally appeared, her smile was the appearance of the beloved in his heart.
After a short time, the mutton is cooked, Bai Muguan is skilled in grasping the heat, the outside is charred and the inside is tender, the skin is crispy and the meat is fragrant, this is the best time for the taste of roast mutton. Taking the dagger handed by Xiangyun, Bai Muguan personally cut a leg of mutton and ran to Yu Wenye with lotus leaves.
"Your Highness, please taste it." After saying that, she stared at him confidently.
There is no exquisite plating in the palace dining room, only a lotus leaf is held, Yu Wenye glanced at the steaming meaty leg of mutton, and looked down at the happy girl, and simply smiled: "You have been busy for a long time, how about tasting it first." ”
Bai Muguan glared at him and rolled his eyes, and said slightly angrily: "What, His Highness is worried that the taste is not good and it will be difficult to eat?" ”
"I'm afraid you'll be hungry." After speaking, he put the leg of mutton close to her mouth, Bai Muguan smiled coquettishly, and then stretched his mouth forward slightly and took a bite. In the past, she used to eat roast mutton on the grassland, but the taste of the entrance today is not the same as in the past.
The girl lowered her eyes slightly, and she wondered if her cheeks, which had just been heated by the bonfire, had not faded into crimson. When she looked up again, she was startled, he actually ate the remaining leg of mutton in two or three bites, regardless of the image.
In the past, he usually eats quite Sven!
Bai Muguan couldn't help laughing, looking at the prince of a country in front of her, she laughed wildly.
"The taste is really good, very different from the roast lamb in the palace. Guan Guan has excellent cooking skills, next time we will roast some hares and roe deer. Yu Wenye swallowed his saliva, and his eyes involuntarily drifted to the remaining half of the roast fat sheep not far away.
Bai Muguan took the opportunity to blink his eyes and said coquettishly: "How can you eat roast mutton without good wine?" ”
Yu Wenye knew that she had a lot of wine, so he smiled and instructed the maid to take two pots of fine wine that had been hidden in the cellar of the East Palace for several years.
The waiter carried the table of the Eight Immortals and placed it on the steps outside the hall, cut off the roasted and delicate mutton and placed it on the tray, Bai Muguan and Yu Wenye sat opposite each other. Under the hazy moonlight, there are all kinds of food, wine and beautiful people, Yu Wenye suddenly realized why so many men linger for pleasure and do not do their jobs, this taste is indeed very arbitrary.
The girl brought the wine cup to her lips, dipped her lips, and then deliberately licked the corners of her lips, looking intoxicated.
After tasting the wine, Bai Muguan suddenly jumped up: "Your Highness, this is really good wine!" ”
Yu Wenye's fair-skinned face flashed a trace of indescribable crimson, although he was past the age of a weak crown, he was still like an ignorant boy in that aspect. was made by her unintentional teasing, and she couldn't help but feel ashamed. Fortunately, he has always been good at hiding his emotions, and he drank a glass of wine with a chuckle.
Bai Muguan was also busy drinking all the wine, and his demeanor was quite chic and not inferior to a man.
"Guanguan, a strange woman like you, I have only seen it in my life. You can hold a pen with both hands, you can open a bow, and you can even cook! After three rounds of drinking, Yu Wenye ate the large plate of mutton in front of him with both hands for the first time, and he was still unsatisfied at the end.
The reason why he is so unscrupulous is that there is no one around to serve him at the moment. And in front of Bai Muguan, there is no need to be pretentious.
"Wait!" Bai Muguan drank the person who was about to steal her mutton without warning, "I see that His Royal Highness usually eats very little, how can I ...... today?"
Yu Wenye interrupted her coldly: "Usually I am used to eating only three points. ”
Oh my God, what do you mean to eat only three points?
Bai Muguan was taken aback again, could it be that His Royal Highness the Prince Prince endured hunger every day, which was more miserable than the common people?
"Whether you are dining with your father and queen mother in the palace or in the East Palace, there are many people around you, and you will be full after a few bites at will."
There are too many royal rules, and there are far more rules during meals than dishes, and he has long been used to being restrained since he was a child.
"No wonder you ate so sweetly when we went to the restaurant last time."
Bai Muguan tried to think about being in a different place, and couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
Yu Wenye smiled: "Don't mention it, Guanguan, let's drink it once tonight." ”
"Good!"
The aged wine was drunk, Bai Muguan drank a few glasses in a row, and his little face was really like a peach blossom. Pretending to be slightly drunk, she suddenly pointed to the peony jade bracelet on her wrist and asked, "Brother Ye, is the bracelet you gave me the only one in the world?" ”
Unbelievable her question, it obviously amused Yu Wenye: "This peony flower jade bracelet is made by the craftsmen in the palace of the first emperor with the best mutton fat white jade that was paid tribute, and all bracelets must come in pairs." I heard that the other one was given to Concubine Rong, who was favored, and then Concubine Rong fell out of favor and now has no whereabouts. ”
Hearing this answer, Bai Muguan lowered his head and was silent for a long time.
Yu Wenye noticed her expression and hurriedly asked, "What, don't you like it?" ”
The girl shook her head, only to see that her eyes were like a clear sky, and she raised her chin and said proudly: "Since there is only one left, it can barely be regarded as unique." I, Bai Muguan, am the lady of the sky, as long as there is the only one in the world! ”
After she said that, Yu Wenye's heart surged.
He knows very well that there are few daughters with such a temperament as hers, but as a future son of heaven, the last thing he can give her in this life is the word "only". Whether he wants it or not, sooner or later he will open up the harem like his father. Counting the previous dynasties, whether it is a faint monarch or a bright monarch, no one has ever left a single person in the harem.
Since he is destined to not be the only one for her, he can only treat her honestly and try his best to protect her well, so as to make up for it a little.
Tonight, Yu Wenye didn't want to think about it anymore, raised his eyes to look at the sparse sky, and couldn't help but stare at the girl opposite. Only when he saw her could his lonely and cold heart gradually awaken.