Chapter 24: When I Was a Child

Good things don't go out, bad things spread thousands of miles, Xiao Mulin, who was sitting quietly in the house waiting for news, thought that he could finally come out of the days when he had never dared to raise his head in front of the prince for so many years, but when the little guy who was sent out to inquire about the situation around Dali Temple came back and told him that he had not summoned the prince for questioning, the emperor was furious and did not order the prince to be punished, but the Yang brothers and sisters were surrounded by the Yulin Army in the post house, and the idle people could not enter and leave the post house.

Xiao Mulin, who could hear the reply, was stunned with his hands and feet, the tea cup in his hand fell in response, he had no time to care about the boiling water watering his robe, staggered back and fell into the chair, and said blankly: "Failed, failed again." Then he looked up to the sky and sighed, "God doesn't bless me," and hid his face and wept.

After retiring from all the subordinates, Xiao Mulin finally covered his face with his hands, his shoulders shook violently, and muttered: "Mother, I'm tired of pretending to be brazen in front of everyone, pretending to be humiliated, pretending to be weak and incompetent, the child has had enough days like this, the child just wants to gamble, wants to give it a go, originally thought that there was finally a glimmer of hope, and he could bring down the prince who had been rejected by his father, and I originally thought that I could finally raise my eyebrows, but I didn't expect it to fall short, My high-ranking father has never taken me seriously, and the child's marriage is not up to his own decision, so he doesn't want to listen to my defense at all...... Anyway, it's already a lamb to be slaughtered, and it's just a big deal. A hint of determination flashed in Xiao Mulin's eyes.

"Mother, the child will be able to see you soon, and I will come to see you when the child has arranged everything" Xiao Mulin showed a soft smile as relieved as he was.

After coming out of Dali Temple, Xiao Mufeng did not go back to his Ning Wangfu, but got into the carriage and drove in the direction of the palace, it was too sudden, he saw the emperor caressing his forehead and knew that his head disease had another attack, so he had a stomach of doubts and wanted to go to Lin Qingzhi to ask clearly, but he was worried about his father's illness, so he had to enter the palace first to greet him, when he was about to step into the door of the Chengde Palace, Sun Jin hurriedly ran to stop him: "His Royal Highness King Ning stays, Mrs. Xun is waiting for the emperor in the inner hall to burn incense and massage, the emperor has a headache at the moment, and is taking a nap." , look at ......" Sun Jin looked embarrassed.

"It's hard for my father-in-law, after my father woke up, I asked my father-in-law to help tell me that I had come, and I will come back tomorrow morning to greet my father." Xiao Mufeng bowed his hand as a courtesy.

After Xiao Mufeng's words, Sun Jin immediately smiled, and the wrinkles on his white face were clustered.

Xiao Mufeng, who ate the closed door soup from the Chengde Palace, turned around and went to the Lin Mansion, nearly half an hour later when he arrived at the Zuo Xiang's Mansion, Lin Chengde and Lin Qingzhi and Lin Qingji were eating Chinese food in the flower hall, and learned that Xiao Mufeng had not eaten lunch and beckoned the little guy to add a pair of chopsticks, a few people beckoned Xiao Mufeng to sit down, and the little guy added a few more dishes and brought them up, only to see eight dishes and two soups on the Huanghuali Shixin painting table, and the three new dishes were the jade cabbage that Xiao Mufeng loved to eat when he was young, Ruyi roll and red plum beads, and added a tofu beef soup, Seeing these dishes made Xiao Mufeng think of Concubine Jin and evoked childhood memories. Concubine Jin's best dishes when she was alive were red plum beads and tofu beef soup, which were often made for Xiao Mufeng to eat, in fact, he didn't like to eat these two dishes very much, but his mother liked to cook them, and he didn't want to disappoint his mother, so he tried to eat as much as possible, and Concubine Jin thought that her son liked these two dishes.

Concubine Jin used to be good friends with Princess Hechang, Princess Hechang often took Lin Qingzhi's brothers and sisters to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother and Concubine Jin, once went to Concubine Jin's palace, and when they had dinner together, Princess Hechang personally cooked a few dishes, including two jade cabbage and ruyi rolls Lin Qingzhi and Xiao Mufeng loved to eat, so the cook of the Lin Mansion often cooked some dishes that Lin Qingji brothers and sisters and Lin Chengde loved to eat according to the methods of Princess Hechang before her death, and these two dishes were also learned to be made.

At this time, seeing these dishes, Xiao Mufeng couldn't help but feel emotional, thinking of the good times in the past, his heart turned a thousand times, but he couldn't reveal half of it.

Lin Qingji kept giving Xiao Mufeng vegetables, and blinked while eating and asked, "How is it, is it still not the same recipe and the same taste?" ”

Xiao Mufeng rarely squeezed out a smile, "It's the same taste, as for the formula, it should be the same." ”

Lin Qingzhi and Lin Chengde on the side couldn't help but laugh when they saw the appearance of these two people, Lin Qingji is like a lubricant, he will never be embarrassed and cold in a place where he is, he is the most lively and joyful. During the banquet, Lin Qingji also described Xiao Mufeng's slightly exaggerated description of how his sister helped Xiao Mufeng find out the real murderer and let the truth be revealed, and also solved Xiao Mufeng's doubts, and after the meal, he took Xiao Mufeng to see the majestic and high-spirited Bai Yu, but Bai Yu didn't pay attention to the two of them, no matter how much he complimented and gave him something delicious, he just stared at the two of them with his head held high and stared at the two of them coldly.

In order to save the face of sweeping the floor, Lin Qingji pulled Xiao Mufeng to play more than a dozen games of chessboard, and finally won Xiao Mufeng with his eyebrows and let him go.

When Xiao Mufeng finally exhaled a breath and walked out of Nanyuan, it was already the sun hanging in the west, but the sky was still bright, and the glow in the distance covered most of the western sky like colorful brocade. When Xiao Mufeng walked into the arch of Yaxuan's hanging flowers, he saw Lin Qingzhi lying on the bamboo chair against the wall, her black waterfall-like hair hanging down on the green bricks, a scroll covering her face, and the dense acacia trees outside the wall stretched into the courtyard, and the light pink acacia flowers fell with the wind and fell on the goose-yellow dress under the tree, which looked even more pretty and dazzling.

Lin Qingzhi, who heard the sound, got up and shouted with a smile in her eyes when she saw Xiao Mufeng coming towards her, "Brother Mu"

Xiao Mufeng smiled softly, as dazzling as fireworks, sat on a small stool on the side, looked at Lin Qingzhi and said: "I remember that you were the most naughty when you were young, once you entered the palace with your aunt, we played a game of hide and seek together, you always hid the best, once in order not to be found, you hid on the rockery of the Imperial Garden, and in the end it was almost dark, we all panicked, and in the end it was my aunt who found you on the rockery of the Imperial Garden." ”

Hearing Xiao Mufeng's words, Lin Qingzhi also fell into memories, and said in a soft voice: "Yes, my mother beat me up, and said that she usually indulges me too much, and she becomes more and more selfish and does not think about others, which makes everyone worry about me." In fact, I was just lying on a slightly flat spot on the rockery and watching the sun through my fingers and the shadows of the trees, and I accidentally fell asleep. Lin Qingzhi looked at the brilliant sunset on the horizon, and her thoughts were sweet.

"You still like to put books on your face, and at that time you also took a picture book of the Book of Mountains and Seas from the imperial grandmother and fell asleep on your face, right?" Xiao Mufeng followed Lin Qingzhi's gaze to Xiaguang, his eyes were full of smiles.

"You still remember this, in fact, I just wanted to return it after reading it, but now I have learned to think about others and protect the people around me, but my mother can't see it anymore." Lin Qingzhi's eyes became mournful and deep.

"No, my aunt has been watching us from the sky, and I believe she will be proud of you now." Xiao Mufeng reached out to hold Lin Qingzhi's hand, and his voice was firm and powerful.