Chapter 33: Laughter

Gu Tingcheng and Feng Zuo Zhaoyi left Yikun Palace.

Gu Tingcheng asked Feng Zuo Zhaoyi:

"Auntie, the fragrance in the queen's palace smells so good, what kind of fragrance is it?"

"That's Long Yanxiang. Long Yanxiang is rare, and it is more expensive than gold. Feng Zuo Zhaoyi said.

"Oh, it's ambergris." Gu Qingcheng nodded silently.

"Ambergris is precious, even in the Imperial Palace, there are not many.

The queen has a high position and has received many rewards, but she is not often willing to burn it. Feng Zuo Zhaoyi said.

"Ambergris is so precious in the palace, let alone the people." Gu Qingcheng sighed.

No wonder the master never got ambergris.

Feng Zuo Zhaoyi patted Gu Qingcheng's hand and said:

"At this year's Spring Banquet, my aunt also got a little reward, and she has been reluctant to use it.

If Allure likes it, my aunt turned around and asked someone to make a sachet for Allure.

Once this incense is contaminated, the body will remain fragrant for a long time, and it will last for a long time. ”

"Auntie, never." Gu Tingcheng Road.

Feng Zuo Zhaoyi looked at Gu Qingcheng in astonishment:

"What, you don't like it?"

"Allure just asked casually, such a valuable Long Yanxiang, Allure's ordinary identity, will be criticized by the ladies if it is used.

thinks that Allure can afford to use Long Yanxiang, but they can't afford it, so they will make it difficult for Allure. ”

As soon as Gu Qingcheng said this, Feng Zuo Zhaoyi nodded and said:

"Also, in fact, although ambergris is precious, it doesn't smell as good as your body fragrance.

I didn't expect Allure to be young, but she thought more carefully than her aunt. ”

"Auntie, you make ambergris and other spices into sachets and carry them with you.

It is not only a rare spice in the world, but also can open the body and dissolve phlegm, invigorate blood and qi, cure dizziness and depression, and pain in the heart. ”

Gu Qingcheng said to Feng Zuo Zhaoyi.

"Okay." Feng Zuo Zhaoyi nodded with a reassuring smile.

Gu Tingcheng asked Feng Zuo Zhaoyi to go back to the palace to rest, and she went to the Wanshou Palace to make medicinal food for her ancestors.

Imperial Doctor Li ordered someone to boil the medicine early, and watched Gu Tingcheng make mille-feuille cakes from the side.

Shaking his head with a helpless smile:

"Miss Allure, this prescription is a prescription, I can ask myself.

But I still have no experience in making this medicinal diet.

The taste is unsatisfactory, no wonder the ancestors refused to eat it. ”

"Imperial Doctor Li, this medicinal diet is particular about the amount of excipients and honey.

It's not difficult at all, it's like making pastries.

If the patient is damp, Poria cocos powder is added with medicinal juice and honey.

If the blood is blocked, lotus root powder can be added.

If the body is weak, it can be combined with yam powder to strengthen the body.

These ingredients are beneficial to the body and are harmless to eat. ”

"The girl in Allure has a point." Imperial Doctor Li frequently bowed his head.

"Imperial Doctor Li has done it a few more times, and he has to do it better than Allure." Gu Qingcheng smiled again and said modestly.

Gu Qingcheng quickly presented the finished mille-feuille cake to the ancestor.

The old ancestor first tasted it lightly, and then nodded and said:

"Hmm...... Yes, yes, that's the taste. ”

So I ate the whole mille-feuille.

After eating mille-feuille cake, I took a break for a while.

Gu Tingcheng helped the old ancestor out of the courtyard veranda outside for a walk and told her jokes.

The verandah is covered with purple flowers, which is dreamy and gorgeous.

Tuoba Jun left the imperial study and went to the Wanshou Palace.

Most of the palace people in Wanshou Palace are serving the ancestors in the palace at the moment, and one or two want to report to the ancestors.

Tuoba Jun didn't have to report it.

was walking in the verandah of the garden of the Wanshou Palace, but saw a familiar figure helping the old ancestor out of the main hall.

Tuoba said in his heart, how could that little wild cat be in the Wanshou Palace, still with the old ancestor.

With a flash of thought, he suddenly pulled Zhan Ying to hide behind the rockery next to the garden.

The summer day is clear and cloudless.

The warm sun spreads out, like a gorgeous brocade robe for the earth, shining on the body and warm.

The sunlight shines through the wisteria flowers and falls on Gu Qingcheng's black satin-like hair, shining with a moist luster.

Her young and immature face is like a peach in bloom, tender and soft.

Tuobajun, who was hiding behind the rockery and peeking, also had a sunny face.

"Ancestor, you should take more walks in the future and bask in the sun occasionally." Gu Tingcheng Road.

"After the small allure city, come more to accompany the ancestors, and the ancestors' health will naturally be better." The old ancestor smiled happily.

"Little Allure?" Tuoba muttered.

Tuoba Jun behind the rockery heard their conversation and looked at Zhan Ying, his eyebrows furrowed.

His guard Zhan Ying was also confused.

Tuoba Jun immediately gave Zhan Ying a look, and asked him to quietly go out to learn about the little allure city beside the ancestor.

Zhan Ying understood and left.

Everyone in the palace came and went, and Gu Tingcheng didn't notice that a person slipped out of the rockery.

Gu Qingcheng didn't know that there were still people hidden in the rockery next to the verandah.

Walking through the corridor with the ancestors, they began to tell jokes to the ancestors.

"It is said that there are two greedy people who are eating, and there is a bowl of spicy mustard on the table.

One of them thought it was sweet, scooped a full spoonful and put it in his mouth, and tears rained down in an instant.

But he kept his mouth shut.

A friend asked him what was wrong?

He cried and said, "I miss my father." Twenty years ago today, he hanged himself. ’

His friend comforted him.

Seeing that he had eaten a large spoonful of mustard, he refused to suffer.

So he also scooped a full spoonful and put it in his mouth, and suddenly tears rained down.

The first brother pretended to be concerned and asked, 'What's wrong with you?' ’

The friend said sadly, 'Your father died so miserably!' ’”

"Hahaha...... Those two greedy foodies did it themselves! The old ancestor laughed.

Mama Rong and the palace people beside her couldn't help but laugh.

When Gu Tingcheng was telling jokes, he didn't know that in front of the Wanshou Palace, the emperor was coming over to ask the ancestor for peace after watching the recital.

The laughter and laughter of the Wanshou Palace burst out.

A rare lively and joyful atmosphere.

Hearing the bursts of laughter in the courtyard, he asked why the little yellow door that followed him was so lively and why the ancestor was smiling so happily.

Xiao Huangmen probed for a while, and told the emperor that it was the doll of King Nan'an, who was telling jokes to his ancestors.

Xiao Huangmen was about to shout "Your Majesty has arrived", but the emperor stretched out his finger and "shhh

When everyone saw His Majesty, they stood outside the door, and they did not dare to make a noise.

The emperor listened to the laughter like silver bells inside, and the words that painted and colored, like the sound of heaven, listened to it outside.

The emperor couldn't help but laugh when he heard the joke.

"Your Majesty, why don't we go in, isn't Your Majesty going to ask your ancestors for peace?" Seeing that the emperor could hear it, Zong Ai asked in a low voice.

"When I go in now, they have to kneel and bow again, but it disturbs the emotions of the joke teller and the mood of the ancestors listening to the joke." The Emperor shook his head slightly.

At the end, I couldn't help but sigh:

"I didn't expect that girl from the Gu family to be a lovely person."

Tuoba Jun in the rockery also covered his mouth and smiled, but he didn't let himself make a sound, so as not to frighten the ancestors.

Gu Tingcheng helped the old ancestor, walked the corridor with her, and then said:

"There are two women who have nothing to do shopping, and one of them is as beautiful as a flower, but she is a pregnant woman who is about to give birth.

Just because she is wearing a loose coat, if you don't pay attention, you won't know that she is pregnant.

When he met a womanizer on the road, he walked towards them.

Seeing that the pregnant woman was as beautiful as a flower, she was already salivating and stretched out her hand to intercept it.

The womanizer squinted and said:

'Little lady, can you have a meal with your grandfather?' ’

The pregnant woman did not speak, but gently lifted her outer cloak to reveal her bulging belly.

The womanizer suddenly changed color, and said urgently:

'Yo! It's really unfortunate, the little lady is already full, so let's accompany my grandfather to eat next time. ’

In a hurry, he ran away.

The womanizer was frightened away, and the two women hugged their bellies and laughed. ”

Gu Tingcheng's jokes are vividly spoken, and the voice of the womanizer is vivid.

As soon as the words ended, everyone hugged their bells and laughed.

The old ancestor is more like an old naughty boy, pointing to the slightly obese, quite like the pregnant Mama Rong, and said with a smile:

"Yo! Little lady, it turns out that you are already full, so let's accompany my grandfather to eat next time. ”

Everyone laughed and bent over.

"If you are less than 100 years old, you often have a thousand years of worries." The old ancestor sighed again, "Hongchen hurriedly flicked his fingers, and he was happy for a moment. I still have to have a good time. ”

"It is precisely because the ancestors have an open-minded heart that they will live a long and generous life." Gu Qingcheng said with a smile.

After listening to two jokes, the emperor silently chuckled before leaving.

"Your Majesty, why don't we go in and say goodbye?" Zong Ai bowed down again and asked in a low voice.

"Let's not bother them for the time being, let them have a good time." The Emperor smiled and left.

Gu Tingcheng told two more jokes, helping the old ancestor into the hall, and he was about to leave.

"Allure, you stay and have lunch with your ancestors." The ancestors are not satisfied, and they want to stay in the city for lunch.

“…… The old ancestor, originally the small allure city accompanied the ancestor to eat, which was something that the small allure city could not ask for.

But I just ate a lot of pastries at Feng Zuo Zhaoyi's mother, and I'm still full. Gu Tingcheng said truthfully.

The ancestor wanted to keep the meal, and Gu Tingcheng was really the most happy.

Besides, she felt extremely close to her ancestors.

But she really has a lot of birthday banquets scheduled now, and she hasn't been back for a few days.

Mama Rong, an old man beside the ancestor for many years, saw that the ancestor and Gu Chengcheng had a great relationship with their ancestors, but Xiao Chengcheng seemed to be embarrassed.

Then he smiled and said to the ancestor:

"Ancestor, you just ate mille-feuille cake, eat less and eat more, and then rest for a while.

Since Xiao Chengcheng is not hungry, don't force her.

And she has to be busy with the birthday banquet of her ancestors. ”

"What a real child, how many people try their best to accompany their ancestors to eat.

What about our little alluring city, when it is full, it is said that it is full, unlike those hypocritical people.

The small alluring city of the mourning family is the most heartfelt little padded jacket of the ancestors. The old ancestor stroked Gu Qingcheng's hair and said lovingly.

"Old ancestor, another day, Xiaoqingcheng will accompany the old ancestor every day."

Gu Qingcheng showed an innocent smile.

The old ancestor nodded with a smile, reluctantly retreated from the palace, and asked Mama Rong to go into the inner hall to get something.

"Xiao Chengcheng, do you know that among the surnames of your ancestors or maternal grandparents, there is a Gao family?" The old ancestor asked in a low voice.

Her face was full of hope, hoping that Xiao Chengcheng could give her an answer she was looking forward to.

Gu Qingcheng was slightly stunned, puzzled what he meant, looked at the old ancestor and frowned slightly, and then shook his head and said:

"My grandmother is Gu Qin, and I heard my father talk about this.

Allure was born without a mother, and there seems to be no close relatives in my grandfather's family.

I don't even know what my grandmother's last name is.

The nurse didn't mention it, and Allure didn't know it. ”

"Even your father doesn't know?" The old ancestor was slightly disappointed, and his eyes were gloomy.

"Old Ancestor, why did you ask about the ancestors of Little Allure?"

Gu Qingcheng faintly felt that something was wrong.

"Little Allure, every time the ancestor sees you, it's like seeing his own child, so he asks this question." The old ancestor smiled.

"The ancestors are too exalted to the city, where can the city have such good blessings, and the blessings that have been cultivated in a few lifetimes will be the children of the ancestors." Gu Qingcheng smiled softly.

Whoever has such a kind grandmother or grandmother as an ancestor in the heart of the Tao, but it is a blessing that anyone has cultivated for several lifetimes.

At this time, Mama Rong came out of the inner hall with an extra delicate jewelry box in her hand.

The box is a small boxwood with red lacquer peach blossoms, the corners are wrapped with brass, and a delicate small lock is embellished.

The small lock is a commonly used flat carved period lock, made of brass.

Mama Rong opened the small lock and respectfully handed it to the ancestor.

The old ancestor didn't make any gestures, and Mama Rong quietly retreated on her own.

In the palace, only the city and the ancestors remained.

The ancestor opened the lid, and then took out a delicate pink peach blossom bracelet from the box, and the bracelet was also connected with a pink peach blossom ring.

"Little Allure, this is an infatuation flower, let the ancestor put it on for you again, don't lose it again."

The Patriarch wears the ring on the middle finger of Fluttershy's right hand and ties a peach bracelet around her wrist.

Gu Qingcheng's eyebrows frowned lightly, and there were ripples in his heart:

The old ancestor's tone was quite strange, as if he had lost the bracelet ring.

"Infatuated flowers?" Gu Qingcheng stroked the peach blossom bracelet and muttered.

I suddenly felt a sense of déjà vu in my heart, but I never had these jewelry?

"Do you like it?" The old ancestor lovingly stroked her head.

"I like it!" Gu Qingcheng said happily like a child.

"If you like it, it's fine." The old ancestor smiled.

Gu Tingcheng looked at the ring carefully, and said:

"Ancestor, this flower looks like a peach blossom? And the size of the ring is so coincidental, it just matches Allure's finger. ”

"It's fate, so remember not to lose it.

If you lose it again, the ancestor will have to beat the little ass of the little city. The old ancestor said with a smile.

The wise eyes of the ancestor at this moment are deep and bottomless.

Gu Qingcheng looked at it, and even felt a little dizzy.

"Yes, Ancestor. Thank you, ancestors. Gu Qingcheng smiled sweetly.

"The love of men and women in the world must have a peach blossom relationship.

As for whether it can blossom and bear fruit, it depends on the red line in the old man's hand and whether the three living stones are paired. ”

The old ancestor smiled slightly:

"The phoenix is nirvana, reborn from the fire, the infatuated flowers are blooming, and the dead wood is spring."

Gu Tingcheng seemed to understand whether he understood or not, so he had to thank his ancestors again and again.

Just as she was about to leave, the old ancestor stopped her again.

"Oh, Xiao Chengcheng, the mourning family is really old and confused, I forgot to ask you about the birthday banquet."

The old ancestor seemed to remember something.

Gu Qingcheng raised his eyes slightly, waiting for the old ancestor to ask.

"Little Allure, you are such a young child, but you have to do such a big thing, you must be busy, right?" The old ancestor patted Gu Qingcheng's hand.

"Allure is just a stretch of money, arranging the palace people to do things, Allure is not tired at all." Gu Qingcheng smiled.

"Little Allure, just do your best, don't put too much pressure on yourself." The old ancestor said softly.

Gu Qingcheng bowed slightly.

The old ancestor looked at Gu Qingcheng, his face was distressed, and then he looked a little unhappy, and sighed:

"The emperor only gave you 100,000 silver for a banquet, I really don't know if he has stopped taking the old woman of the mourning family in his eyes, or if he wants to kill Xiao Chengcheng.

Little Alluring City, the silver is not enough, the ancestor will give you as much as he wants.

Even if you can't do it well, Your Majesty, there is also an old ancestor there, and he won't be embarrassed for you. ”

"Don't worry, Ancestor, there's enough silver." Gu Tingcheng Road.

What she said was from her heart, she never thought that 100,000 silver would not be able to hold a birthday banquet.

"Ah Rong!"

The old ancestor raised his voice slightly, and Mama Rong walked back to her side quickly.

"Ah Rong, the emperor gave a birthday banquet for 100,000 yuan, which is far from enough.

You go and allocate 100,000 silver to Xiaoqingcheng, it's not enough to give it anymore! ”

The ancestor told Mama Rong to get the silver.

Gu Qingcheng hurriedly knelt down, and pulled Mama Rong to prevent her from going.

"Old Ancestor, Your Majesty doesn't pay attention to Old Ancestor, but Allure thinks that 100,000 silver is really enough.

Allure assured the ancestor that the birthday banquet would never lose the face of the ancestor. ”

"Really?" The old ancestor asked suspiciously.

"Really, 100,000 silver, Allure feels that it is too much, please relax your ancestors." Gu Qingcheng said again.

"W-okay."

The old ancestor looked at Gu Qingcheng and wanted to see this girl's ability.

Listening to Mama Rong's reply, Xiao Chengcheng's ability is not simple.

"Old Ancestor, Xiao Chengcheng retired first, and Xiao Chengcheng will come to accompany the old ancestor another day."

Gu Tingcheng was also reluctant to bid farewell to his ancestors and leave Wanshou Palace.

After Gu Qingcheng left, the old ancestor still did not give up and said to Mama Rong:

"It's not surprising that the mother's relatives in Allure died early, and they don't know their grandmother's surname.

If you send someone to investigate, Wang Xiaolian was rich back then, and there will always be people who know who his wife is. ”

"No, Ancestor." Mama Rong bowed in response.