Chapter 3 A bowl of spicy porridge
The mansions of the magnates of Chujing are all high-walled jade tiles, and the courtyards are heavy, and the style is extraordinary.
But this Lingwang Mansion is a little embarrassing, it is not big, but it is really small. Whether in terms of construction or technology, it is even slightly inferior to Chu Jing's magnates.
I heard that Emperor Chu didn't know why, he didn't like this son very much since he was a child, and when Song Yuanxi just turned fourteen, he hurriedly crowned the king and let him move from the Chu Palace to the Lingwang Mansion.
But small also has small benefits, at least the courtyards of King Ling and Princess Ling are very close.
In the past few days, Princess Ling, who has been praised by everyone in Chujing as a virtuous lady and a model woman, is sitting in the courtyard at the moment, dozing off with her cheeks propped.
The breeze passed over a large peach tree in the courtyard, and the peach blossoms on the tree rippled, and a few petals fluttered on her shoulders, corresponding to her bright and moving face.
For a while, I couldn't tell who was more beautiful than the flowers.
Not far away, there are two maidservants, who are the maids who accompany Princess Ling when she gets married.
A beautiful eyebrow, a steady demeanor, and a good doctor. The other has an apricot face and peach cheeks, looks younger, and is good at cooking. The two of them wore hairpin ring skirts, and they all wore the same makeup.
The younger maidservant kept peeking at Princess Ling, who was dozing under the tree, looking quite confused.
"Sister Peony...... Look at it...... Miss, she slept again......"
"Shhhh......h After pulling her farther away, she scolded softly: "Begonia, how many times have I told you, the young lady is married, and now it's time to change her name to the princess." The palace is not as good as the prime minister's mansion, so many pairs of eyes are staring at us, remember to be cautious in words and deeds, and pay more attention to everything. ”
Begonia let out an "oh", nodded and stopped.
After a moment of silence, she couldn't help but hesitate and said, "But...... Miss...... Ah no, Princess...... Princess, she seems to be drooling......"
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Peony's face did not change, and she reprimanded: "Nonsense, how can the princess be so indecent? If so, you're wrong......"
"But...... I've never seen a princess doze off in broad daylight before......"
"That's because the princess took care of Her Royal Highness for three whole days without sleep, and she was tired."
"That'...... Then she also asked us if any powerful family in Chujing had recently suffered a tragic death, or whether two unknown bodies of a man and a woman had been found on a mountain...... It's also weird......"
This peony is also a little speechless, it is indeed too strange.
She was silent, just about to speak. Suddenly, there was a commotion outside, and a maid ran to the courtyard gate in a panic with her skirt, and shouted when she opened her mouth: "Princess Niangniang...... Oh no, no, no, no......"
Xia Taozhi woke up from her dream, tilted her head, and almost fell off the stone bench.
Peony quickly helped her, frowned and reprimanded: "Presumptuous! What a system of yelling and screaming! Can you afford to disturb the princess? ”
The maid drank the peony so that her legs were weak, and she immediately knelt down, crying and chirping: "The princess forgives her sins, and the slave knows that she is wrong......
Xia Taozhi slept very sweetly this night, dreamed of an interesting story about practicing martial arts in Qingfeng when she was a child, and woke up in a daze, and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
The maid's face was very bad, and she snorted, "Your Highness, he is ...... again Again...... I won't eat again......"
Xia Taozhi suddenly sobered up.
What do you mean by refusing to eat again, what you say is too subtle! It's obvious that someone's prince is sick and upper, picking and choosing his prince's temper......
Ever since five days ago, she inexplicably went to the cave room of the Lingwang couple with the tsundere prince to spend candle nights, and she felt that her fate was developing in a dark direction......
Why did His Royal Highness King Ling, who has always been gentle and modest, change his temperament and behave perversely after being poisoned, and he lost his temper at every turn?
Others don't know, but she knows it clearly.
Because the current Song Yuanxi is not the deity at all, the one who lives in his body is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Xitu Kingdom.
People like spicy food and have multiple flavors. And the Chu people are more indifferent, although the chefs of the palace rack their brains every day to make nutritious delicacies that are conducive to the recovery of their Royal Highness's body, but a certain prince is still difficult to swallow in the face of clear soup and little water every day.
But he can't say anything about you idiots...... Lao Tzu is not a monk in the temple...... Lao Tzu is the noble crown prince of Xitu...... Lao Tzu wants to eat spicy ......
He could only pretend that the food was not appetizing, and he was angry.
The entire Ling Wangfu was tossed by him, and he could only come to ask Princess Ling for help.
For several days, every day, Xia Taozhi was annoyed.
If it weren't for the broken jade that connected their life and death, she would definitely have chopped up this tsundere prince with her own hands and fed it to the dog.
However, a moment later, she still took Peony to the rescue.
As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard Song Yuanxi's caustic voice coming: "Is this what people eat?" Take it down, and the king will not eat it. ”
Xia Taozhi walked in with a familiar car, and saw Song Yuanxi leaning on the head of the bed with a dark face, not looking at the food on the tray, and looking very impatient.
The servants and maids were as quiet as cicadas.
Everyone was relieved when they saw the princess coming, and they all saluted her and retreated.
Peony stepped forward and put a food box on the table, the expression on her face was inexplicably a little weird, and she bowed and withdrew.
The two of them were the only ones left in the room, staring at each other.
As soon as she saw the unspeakable depression of the tsundere prince, she was in a good mood, walked to the table and gloated: "Yo, the food is good." There is chicken porridge, winter melon and shrimp soup, and braised spinach with nuts...... It looks delicious......"
Every time she reported the name of a dish, Song Yuanxi's face darkened, and finally he fell on the bed depressed, looking loveless.
She resisted the urge to pound the table and laugh, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, and said, "Say something serious." ”
Song Yuanxi sat up again when he heard this, and sat cross-legged opposite her.
"Have you sent the people you sent to search for Mibai Mountain back? Did you find ...... Find ......", she wanted to say "our body", but she felt it was too weird to say.
Song Yuanxi shook his head: "It seems that we are going to go in person." ”
"When?"
"The sooner the better."
"Then let's go tonight, and we'll change it back as soon as we find it."
"And then?"
"Then they will go back to their respective homes, you go back to your Xitu to continue to be your Royal Highness the Prince, and I will go back to the Shilang Mansion to continue to be my little maid."
Song Yuanxi raised an eyebrow and said with a smile: "Yo, the good princess of this king is so anxious to leave this king...... It's really cruel to this king......"
“……”
Xia Taozhi was speechless for a moment and rolled her eyes at him.
Song Yuanxi smiled and said lazily: "I have to change it back immediately, this King Ling's poisoning is strange." In the past few days, I have paid attention to it, and there are quite a lot of cats in the Lingwang Mansion, it seems that Song Yuanxi's little white face is not having a good time...... I don't want to wade through this troubled water for him......"
When he said the little white face, his tone was mocking and disdainful, and he didn't expect that he was this little white face himself at this moment.
Xia Taozhi thought of something, hesitated for a moment, and said, "We can be regarded as sharing weal and sorrow together...... You won't kill me after you get it back......"
She said this very unconfidently, and always felt that the "fearless power, unyielding" taught to her by the master when she was a child was fed to the dog at the moment, and she really lost the face of Qingfengguan.
But she can't die, she has revenge.
Song Yuanxi took out the jade card from his chest and looked at her with disdain, with a clear expression on his face, "Are you mentally retarded?" I won't be able to live if I kill you."
Xia Taozhi saw that the two small blood beads on the jade plate were still lively, chasing after me, and kept circling in circles, choking, and forgetting this stubble in her heart. After thinking about it, he asked, "Then you won't kill Gu Shilang, right?" Master Gu is an honest official and has an upright character, and he is really a rare good official in Dongchu. ”
After speaking, I immediately thought that whether the officials of Dongchu were good or not, whether they were honest or not, seemed to have nothing to do with this prince of Xitu.
Sure enough, Song Yuanxi looked disdainful and sneered: "Is he a good official of Dongchu Guan Laozi...... Of course, I hope that the more chaotic you are in Eastern Chu, the better......"
Xia Taozhi: "......"
Song Yuanxi came over with a cheap smile on his face: "You like him?" ”
Xia Taozhi: "......"
Immediately denied: "Nothing! ”
Song Yuanxi laughed: "You women in Dongchu really like little white faces...... Hahahaha......"
He laughed and rolled around on the bed with the quilt.
In the end, Xia Taozhi was embarrassed and indignant, and bluntly said that if you laugh again, I will kill myself, and I will both die.
He stopped laughing and said, "If you want me to spare him...... As long as you promise me one thing......"
Xia Taozhi: "What's the matter?" ”
Song Yuanxi raised her eyebrows and made a very shy expression.
“…… You'll have to protect me from now until I change back into my body...... Because...... I've lost all my martial arts......"
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Xia Taozhi was very puzzled: "But didn't the imperial doctor say that the poison has been cured?" ”
Song Yuanxi sneered: "Do you think I only got one poison?" The residual poison in the body of this tomb king is varied, and there are many tricks. I'm afraid that his illness in the past two years is fake, and it is true that he was poisoned and assassinated. ”
……
It seems that His Royal Highness the King of Tombs is indeed not having a good time.
"Well, it's none of my business...... When the prince recaptures his body, he will immediately return to Xitu to organize an army to attack Eastern Chu......"
Seeing Xia Taozhi glaring at her angrily, he immediately changed into a ruffian and changed the topic with a smile: "Little Peach, what delicious food did you bring me?" With that, he couldn't wait to get up and get the food box.
As soon as it was revealed, a pungent spicy taste came to the face.
Song Yuanxi turned around in surprise with the food box in his hand, his eyes were shining.
Xia Taozhi tried her best to make a "good wife" appearance, and said sincerely: "The spicy porridge I made for you, the cooking skills are not good, don't dislike ......"
Before coming, she specially made a bowl of "secret spicy porridge" with peony and begonia in the kitchen, and all kinds of peppers, peppercorns, and peppercorns in the whole kitchen were added to the porridge this night.
Sample: Don't you love spicy food? Spicy doesn't kill you!
Song Yuanxi didn't feel that there was anything wrong at all, and ate happily.
After a bowl of belly, he touched his stomach with satisfaction: "Your Chujing's rice is really not eaten by people, how can people not eat spicy?" How can people live without eating spicy food? Someone who got what he wanted was in a good mood, and raised his eyebrows proudly at Xia Taozhi: "Little Peach, for the sake of you being so sincere in showing your goodwill to this prince...... Prince Ben decided to ......"
He stopped talking suddenly, and his thin lips slowly swollen, red and swollen, like two sausages hanging on his mouth.
"Huh? Your Royal Highness the Prince, what have you decided......? Xia Taozhi looked at him with a smile.
The two thick lips opened and closed, and they couldn't make a sound.
Song Yuanxi: "Hmm? ”
Song Yuanxi: "...... Huh? ”
Xia Taozhi laughed and left.