Chapter 21 Chestnut Soup

It is rumored that someone once bumped into King An and Qin Nu's tryst in the water pavilion of the West Inner Garden, and Qin Nu's hair was scattered and her clothes were messy, etc., and so on, and she said it vividly, as if she had seen it in person.

Those rumors that Xiao Dong listened to as a joke. After the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, Qin Nu left the workshop and disappeared. I haven't heard that she married anyone, and she didn't make her own yard and raise a few apprentices to make money like other people who went out of the workshop.

In fact, those who are willing to leave the Department of Education and Workshop Division have earned enough money, and it is no problem to have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of their lives. It's just that they have been in this industry since they were children, and even if they get out of the country, they won't do anything else except this circle.

Xiao Dong felt that it was very good for Qin Nu to do this. It's time to retreat, save a handful of age and dusty and still roll around in the song and dance field. And if you want to retreat, you can retreat cleanly, saving the trouble and entanglement in the future.

Since Qin Nu left, there were rumors about King An and her, and no one mentioned them again. There is never a shortage of new things in the capital, and people's enthusiasm quickly shifts to other things.

The fifth princess's illness has not yet recovered, and Concubine Ming has fallen ill again. Since the fifth princess suffered from herpes, the mother and daughter are connected, not to mention the anxiety and sorrow of the Ming concubine, day and night, people have lost a lot of weight, when Xiaodong saw her in Changchun Palace, the clothes seemed to be hanging on the body, the person suddenly aged ten years old, and when he saw people, he habitually had a smile on his lips, but the smile also seemed tired and stiff.

No matter how many unfortunate things Concubine Ming has done to harm others, at least she is a good mother.

Xiao Dong read the scriptures for the Empress Dowager Shengci for a while, and saw that she seemed to be tired, and whispered: "The Empress Dowager will rely on her for a while to nourish her spirits." ”

The Empress Dowager Shengci nodded slightly at her, Cai Gu came to serve the Empress Dowager to remove the hairpin ring, spread the bedding, Xiaodong moved the pillow, and served the Empress Dowager Shengci to lie down before retreating.

Cai Gu said softly: "The county lord has read the scriptures for such a long time, can you eat a cup of tea and leave?" ”

Xiao Dong shook his head: "No, I'll go back to Jiyutang, and there will be a painting class in the afternoon." ”

"How is this Master Wei teaching now?"

Xiao Dong pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "Not bad." ”

Master He has already died of old age, and the replacement of this Master Wei is also an elderly master, with white teeth, leaky speech, and a good memory that is not forgetful, and he has taught the same penmanship for three days in a row, and every time he still thinks that he is the first time to speak. Some of the people below took the opportunity to make up for sleep, some deserted to do side work, and some copied the homework that was not copied in the morning.

Cai Gu instructed the two palace people to send Xiao Dong back to Jiyu Hall, when passing by the bottom of the Wangxian Tower, someone came in a hurry from the side of the road, walking very fast, Xiao Dong hurriedly avoided the side, the person walked to the front as if he saw that there were also people here, and he was busy standing still.

It is the second princess Shi. She greeted Xiao Dong in a hurry, didn't bother to speak, and left quickly.

Xiao Dong saw that her eyes were red and tears were shining, and she thought to herself that she didn't know who had wronged her. The second prince is in the bag, and the Shi family has also become a soft persimmon, and the people in the palace are the best at watching people put down dishes, worship high and low, not to mention the master, the powerful eunuch palace people probably dare to step on it.

didn't take two steps, and met the second prince again.

Before the person approached, he smelled a sour smell of wine, his clothes were disheveled, and his beard was stubble.

Xiao Dong couldn't help but cover his nose and stepped forward to greet him.

Although there is not much deep friendship, the two princes used to always smile at each other, but now they have a strange face, standing there neither politely nor making a sound.

Xiao Dong was a little scared in his heart, this person was probably drunk - when people are drunk, it is unpredictable what they will say and do, some people are usually docile as sheep, but when they drink alcohol, they are irritable and arrogant, as if they have changed people.

Fortunately, the second prince didn't have too much rudeness, hehe sneered twice, turned around and left. The two little eunuchs who followed behind him hurriedly saluted Xiao Dong, chased after him and wanted to support him, but were thrown away by the second prince.

"County Lord, I'm afraid it's going to be too late if you don't leave."

"Oh."

The sneer of the second prince just now made Xiao Dong feel uncomfortable when he thought about it.

I didn't offend him in any way—

Belch...... Can't it be because of the triangular relationship between Qin Nu, King An, and the second prince, so he is angry with her?

Probably not......

Xiao Dong was a little absent-minded all afternoon, Zhao Zhi finished painting her own, came to see Xiao Dong's painting, and couldn't help laughing: "You are really, this beauty is wearing a summer shirt, and a plum blossom sticks out from the back." ”

Xiao Dong looked at it, didn't it, and drew it as soon as he was distracted.

"Okay, the paintings are good, but they don't have a lot of lining." Zhao Zhi thought about it with her pen and wrote a few words on the painting: "Look, this is the lining, right?" ”

Xiao Dong saw that she wrote "Dream Plum Picture", and interpreted looking at plum blossoms in summer clothes as seeing flowers in a dream, which made sense.

In fact, even if he couldn't hand in this name, Master Wei would definitely squint his eyes and say "good", but the master next to him was not so easy to fool. For example, playing the piano, if you play the piano wrongly, you play it wrongly, the whole room listens to it, not everyone is so easy to fool, even if the master wants to show favoritism, he can't be too indulgent, and he still has to train two sentences.

"By the way, I'll take a car with you when I come back, I want to eat the chestnut soup sold in Yuanlongfang, let's go buy it together?"

"Okay." Speaking of which, Xiaodong is also a little greedy. The new chestnuts have been tasted in Xiaodong as soon as they come, what chestnut powder steamed cake chestnut stewed chicken, but Yuanlongfang has an exclusive secret recipe, the chestnut soup is extremely delicious, and it is fragrant, sweet and glutinous in the mouth, and it does not lose the unique rustling taste of chestnuts, King An and Zhao Lu also like it.

Xiao Dong pondered about buying a few more copies—he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to catch up. Yuanlongfang business is very good, the number of daily is limited, and now it is in time for the new chestnuts to come down, and there are many people who buy them, and they are afraid that they will be snatched up when they are late.

It turned out that it was true, and when they arrived, the chestnut soup was sold out. Zhao Zhi said stupidly: "Ming'er asked people to come over early in the morning to buy it." ”

"Just for a bite to eat, you can hang the oil bottle when you see your little mouth pouting." There was no chestnut soup, so Xiao Dong ordered someone to buy some six-flavor crisp and mung bean cakes, which are also the signature snacks of this house.

Zhao Zhi glanced forward, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Hey, isn't that treasure of the four seas in front?" ”

Xiao Dong has heard many people talk about this these days, and he is a little puzzled: "The shops of the Hu merchants have all opened here?" ”

"Where, it wasn't opened by Hu Shang." Zhao Zhi tugged at her: "Why don't we go in and have a look?" I've heard that there are a lot of rare things in it. ”

Xiao Dong shook his head: "It's not early, it's time to go back." If you want to go shopping, come back the day after tomorrow, I'll call my brother along. ”

Zhao Zhi had no choice but to nod and agree, Xiao Dong divided half of the pastries she bought, she asked for mung bean cakes, and the six-flavor cake was only opened and eaten two pieces, and she didn't ask Xiao Dong for the package she prepared: "If those people in our family eat smoothly and let me piggyback every day, I can't stand it, so you should take it back." ”

After going around in such a circle, when he returned to King An's mansion, it was more than half an hour later than usual, and Xiaodong took out the pastries he bought: "I went late, I didn't buy chestnut soup." ”

Hu Shi smiled and took out a cardboard box: "It's a coincidence, just now Qin Gongzi asked someone to send a chestnut soup, saying that he was passing by there and bought it by the way." ”

As soon as the lid is lifted, a sweet aroma overflows. Xiao Dongmei smiled, and he didn't bother to wash his hands, so he took a piece to eat first.

"Well, it looks like I'm still blessed."

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I want to add another chapter, but it's too late for the bird...... I don't dare to stay up late late, and I'm afraid that I'm going to get sick when it's almost the New Year......

Tomorrow will be double-watched.