The next day, Pei Zhao woke up early as usual, just got up lightly and put on his robe, and when he turned around, he saw Su Ying lazily nestled on the bed without moving, looking at her with a pair of eyes half-asleep, he sat down along the edge of the bed, brushed her hair hanging down, and said in a low voice:

"Sleepy?"

Su Ying lay on his knees and let out a muffled "um", Pei Zhao gently stroked her back and asked her in a low voice, "Was it because you were too tired last night?" ”

As soon as the words fell, he felt a slight itch on his fingertips, Su Ying bit him lightly, and said softly: "I won't go to the court with you today, I want to sleep well." ”

Pei Zhao touched her hair with a smile, and listened to her muttering in a daze: "Today is still the day when Ah Ming comes back, I'll pick him up when I wake up, this little fat man with no conscience, he doesn't know how to write a letter to me after going out for so long......"

He laughed and teased her: "Ah Ming, why do I think that in your heart, Ah Ming's weight seems to be far greater than mine?" ”

She raised her head with a smile and glanced at him: "You are such a big person, and you still eat the vinegar of a little doll, and you don't know how to be ashamed." ”

Pei Zhao lowered his head and kissed her ear, and said with a smile: "I eat my own lady's vinegar, what's the shame?" The two of them kept their ears and temples grinding for a while, because they heard Tong He whispering outside: "Your Majesty, it's been three quarters", Su Ying rubbed his legs: "Okay, you should go to the court!" ”

Pei Zhao nodded, helped her lie down, tucked the quilt for her, and got up to go out.

Su Ying was not there when he went to court today, don't say that Pei Zhao himself, even the civil and military officials under the rank are quite unaccustomed, and he only said in his heart that fortunately, there is nothing that will make His Majesty angry today, otherwise Niangniang is not there, if His Majesty is angry, I really don't know what to do.

The courtiers naturally remembered that ten days ago, the Ministry of Officials presented an excerpt, naming and impeaching an official who accepted bribes, His Majesty has always hated corruption the most, since he ascended the throne, everyone is in danger, almost no one dares to be greedy, this time there is such an incident, it can be said that it touched His Majesty's scales.

If it were in normal times, His Majesty would have been furious and would have pursued the joint and several crimes with iron and blood, but it was precisely because the Queen Mother was sitting behind the beaded curtain that His Majesty did not get angry, but ended the matter with an attitude that seemed to them to be "calm". After that, an old minister sighed: "Your Majesty is eloquent and skillful, and with the queen's mother by your side, it is in line with the way of yin and yang, which is really my great luck." ”

Today, the "great luck" is not there, and even if the courtiers know that the folds in their hands are written about the good things of the country and the people, they can't help but be afraid. Pei Zhao still listened carefully to each report as usual, and gave different wills, but his heart was always a little empty, and he always looked back behind him unconsciously, but he couldn't see the figure hidden behind the bead curtain.

Tong He was very alert, and when he saw that the music was almost folded, he quietly gestured to Yuan Lu and ordered him to go to prepare for Luan Driving first, and sure enough, Pei Zhao hurriedly walked out of the hall after the next court, and Tong He followed closely behind, panting. finally entered the Chaoyang Palace, but there was no trace of Su Jin, not even Duanniang, only a little Gong'e greeted him and said:

"Your Majesty, the queen took her aunt out on her birthday, and when she left, she instructed the slave maid to play Your Majesty, and asked Your Majesty to sit here quietly for a while."

Pei Zhao asked, "Where did she say she went?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Niangniang didn't tell the slave."

Pei Zhao said "um", as if he had thought of something, a hint of a smile overflowed from the corner of his lips, and Tong He said with a smile: "Your Majesty must know where Niangniang is, but do you want the old slave to send Yuanlu to find Niangniang back?" ”

"No need." He picked up the teacup and sat down.

This sitting is two hours, Pei Zhao is very calm, seeing that Su Ying has not come back, he ordered someone to take the fold to the palace to see, Tong He waited aside, but calculated the time to hint that Xiao Huangmen went out to see if Su Ming's Feng Yuan came, but Feng Yuan did not wait, but waited for the Shang Palace of the Food Bureau, she led the palace people into the stream, while setting the table, and said with a smile: "Please Your Majesty eat." ”

Pei Zhao silently criticized the fold, and the Shanggong invited him again, so he ordered without raising his head: "Let it go first." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard Su Jin's crisp voice coming from outside: "Why do you have to put such a delicious dish?" ”

Pei Zhao raised his head when he heard this, and saw her holding Pei Ming's hand and sitting at the table with a smile, Pei Ming's two short legs were swinging in the air, urging him urgently: "Brother Huang, come over and eat, Ah Ming is so hungry!" ”

Pei Zhao smiled, got up and walked to Su Ying's side and sat down, on the table was a porcelain bowl of Ru kiln azure porcelain, containing crisp yellow du, Buddha jumping over the wall, tangled flower cloud dream meat, plum blossom soup cake and deer burn, all of which were his favorite dishes in his daily life. His heart moved, and when he saw that Su Ying gave him a handful of vegetables, he smiled and said, "Try it." "I understood it when I got it.

He had already guessed that Su Ying would not go to the court with him today, and he would secretly run out, he must have done something to make him happy, but he never thought that it would be such a thing, that day she once said that after getting married, she would wash her hands and make soup for herself like every ordinary woman, and cook her favorite dishes, but she didn't expect it to happen so quickly. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Su Ying with a smile, and saw that she was looking at him expectantly, so he tasted it carefully, and said:

"This dish ......"

Su Ying became nervous: "What's the matter, isn't it delicious?" ”

"It's not." He wanted to tease her, so he looked at the Shang Palace of the Food Bureau: "Today's dishes are very good, very suitable for my appetite, let's go with Tong He to receive the reward." ”

Su Ying was really happy, pulled his sleeve and asked, "Guess who made such a delicious dish?" ”

He pretended not to care: "Naturally, it's someone from the Food Bureau." ”

"Not really!" She triumphantly declared, "I did all this!" ”

Pei Zhao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Why didn't I know you still had such skills?" While eating a spoonful of fish maw, he asked, "You make so many dishes alone?" ”

"Of course!" She was very proud, and after speaking, she saw Pei Ming waiting to be praised, and added: "However, Ah Ming also helped a lot by the side!" "What if...... Even if you pass the plate once and sprinkle a spoonful of salt.

Duan Niang smiled and said: "Your Majesty, these dishes are all made by Niangniang herself, and the slave maid has been watching from the side!" ”

Shang Gong of the Food Bureau also said: "Your Majesty, Niang Niang is doing all the affairs of the Food Bureau herself today, and the slaves and maids want to help Niang Niang wash rice and choose vegetables, but Niang Niang is not allowed." ”

Pei Zhao nodded and said, "Go down." ”

After the palace people retired one by one, he took Su Yin's hand and looked at it carefully, and sighed: "Actually, you don't have to work so hard, if you want to cook for me to eat, at least you have to let them clean the things, so many dishes, you are afraid of the cold, how can you wash them yourself?" ”

"It's okay, it's the first time I've done it today, and I think it's quite interesting!" Su Ying smiled and said, "Besides, I heard that you have to be alone to cook, don't you think it's delicious?" ”

Before Pei Zhao could answer, Pei Ming had already squeezed out a sentence from his bulging cheeks: "It's delicious...... The dishes made by the royal sister-in-law are the best! ”

Su Ying patted him lightly on the back and said with a smile: "Since Ah Ming likes it, then I will often cook it for you and your imperial brother in the future, okay?" ”

Pei Zhao looked at her with a smile, but he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, he held Su Yin's cold hand in his palm and warmed it, Fang Wen said: "You also taste it, after a hard morning, how can you not try your craft?" ”

"No hurry, no hurry." Su Ying looked at her with bright eyes: "Didn't you just say that the lunch of the catering bureau was done well, and you want to reward them?" Now that you know that I made these dishes, you are not allowed to deny them! ”

Pei Zhao glanced at her with a smile and asked, "What do you want?" ”

"Do you give whatever I want?" Su Ying looked at him with a smile: "Then what if I, like those adulterous concubines in the history books, let you tear the silk and show me, or use pearls to light the fire to roast taro?" ”

Pei Zhao said very seriously: "As long as you like it, why not?" ”

"I don't want to do such boring things!" Su Ying still had a smile on her face, but her expression was very serious: "I just want you to promise me, every meal you use in the future will be as happy as today, even if it is not made by me, you must eat it well, okay?" ”

In the past, when I was at home, the third sister-in-law would occasionally read a book that was not too thick, and she didn't like many of the poems in it, and always felt that it was miserable to read, and it made people sad, but she only remembered this sentence: Sijun makes people old, and the years are too late. Don't give up your donations, and try to add more food.

She knew that she really didn't live long, so before that, she had to tell Pei Zhao anyway how much she wanted him to live every day in peace and joy, even if at that time, she was no longer there.

She knew that Pei Zhao would definitely agree to her, no matter what she said, he would agree, and sure enough, Pei Zhao was only silent for a moment, and then said, "Okay." ”

After that, Su Ying went to the catering bureau from time to time to cook a few dishes, but she never made lunch again, because Pei Zhao didn't allow her to run out by herself, even if she went to the catering bureau, he also accompanied her, and the two of them still went to the court together, and went to the catering bureau in the afternoon, and then used dinner together.

But whenever you want to wash and cut vegetables, he will do it. The dishes cut out by the hands holding the sword and lowering the horse were very well-proportioned, and there was no difference between them and the craftsmanship of the catering bureau. Su Ying watched from the sidelines, she was simply dumbfounded, and she was even more surprised when she saw that Pei Zhao even skillfully lit the stove with fire:

"You're going to do this, huh?"

Pei Zhao was bowing down to add firewood to it, and smiled when he heard the words: "I learned it when I was fighting outside in the past." ”

She suddenly let out an "oh", and suddenly remembered that when she was in Kunlun Garden, Pei Zhao took her to the mountains to ride a horse, but when she came back, she got lost in the woods, and his arm was injured again, so she had to spend the night in the cave. At that time, he was like this, he made a fire and roasted two rabbits. She laughed at him, "Well, do you remember the night we were in the cave?" You've got an injured arm, and I'm still taking care of you! ”

While speaking, Pei Zhao had already made the stove, so he poured the cut mushrooms into the pot and stir-fried them, only smiled slightly when he heard the words, and said: "Ah Ming, there is one thing I haven't told you yet, in fact, that night, my arm was fine. ”

She stared at him with wide eyes, only to see him smile again and say, "I just want to stay with you a little longer." ”