Chapter 14: The Pheasant

Hearing Empress Dowager Zheng's words, Princess Huanyi hurriedly got up: "The Empress Dowager forgives her sins, Yuxiang didn't mean that." ”

Empress Dowager Zheng glanced at her: "The tea is already cold, and it's time to eat, so you can go back first." ”

Princess Huanyi gritted her teeth and responded: "Yes." Huanyi retired. ”

She turned her head and called Yuxiang, and the two of them turned to leave. Yuxiang was still a little unconvinced, and glanced back at the Empress Dowager Zheng between the pavilions: "How can there be such a thing?" I can't even talk properly. ”

"The Queen Mother has always defended the monarch, thinking that her only son can be worthy of being the first person in the East Corner Kingdom, and if you compare it with the Duke of Yan Guo, the Queen Mother will naturally be unhappy." Princess Huanyi said softly.

It is one thing to pamper a woman, but Yan Guogong is arrogant and lascivious, indulging in lust every day, sometimes drunk, sometimes lingering on the bed, and refuses to take care of any state affairs. Later, when the soldiers came to the city, Yan Guogong jumped off the city wall with his beloved wife in his arms and died in front of everyone.

Princess Huanyi frowned: "What you want to say next time, you have to think about whether it is appropriate or not." ”

Yuxiang pouted: "Then what should we do?" Your Royal Highness Princess, if we don't do something, I'm afraid we will be sent back to the Song Kingdom soon. ”

Princess Huanyi was silent and didn't reply, the two of them just walked out of the birthday hall, and met Jiang Zhi and Ye Zhaopei head-on. Princess Huanyi was slightly stunned, and hurriedly led Yuxiang to salute the two of them on the side.

Jiang Zhi didn't look at the two of them, his attention was on Ye Zhaopei.

When he passed by, Princess Huanyi heard Jiang Zhi say to Ye Zhaopei: "Accompany me more tomorrow, okay?" ”

It was a child-like tone, and Princess Huanyi was surprised. In her memory, Jiang Zhi has always been cold, whether it is to his subordinates, his courtiers, even to Princess Huanyi, to the king of the Song Kingdom, he is also indifferent.

It's not an expressionless indifference, it's a sense of alienation that everyone doesn't care about everything.

Naturally, this is inseparable from Jiang Zhi's noble status and the strong national strength of EAST. What Princess Huanyi didn't expect was that Jiang Zhi favored Ye Zhaopei to such a point. Facing Ye Zhaopei, Jiang Zhi didn't look like the king of a country at all, but like a teenager who fell in love.

I couldn't tell if I was jealous in my heart, Princess Huanyi frowned, and when Jiang Zhi and Ye Zhaopei entered the Birthday Palace, she turned away: "Let's go, Yuxiang." ”

"Your Royal Highness, you have seen ...... too"

"I see," Princess Huanyi interrupted, "I know what to do." But today I'm tired, let's go back. ”

Yuxiang wanted to say something more, but Princess Huanyi glanced at her: "No need to say, I know what you mean." Don't worry, I always remember the task given to me by my father, and I will not admit defeat easily, nor will I give up easily. ”

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After practicing the rites of the Empress Dowager Zheng's birthday hall for a few days, eating meals in the Empress Dowager Zheng's birthday hall for a few days, and being held by Jiang Zhi on the bed for several naps, Ye Zhaopei suddenly experienced a life different from that when he was a killer in the past.

The Queen Mother thought that she should be tired these days, so she granted her a free day. In fact, Ye Zhaopei doesn't need much free time, she still thinks about going to self-cultivation rituals, her mind is full of self-cultivation rituals, and she has to be qualified to marry Jiang Zhi.

So, when Yun Mang came to the wrong garden to face her face-to-face, she struggled for a while to think about who this person was.

Seeing her blank silence on her face, Yun Mang's heart was like a mirror: "I know, you are going to forget me now, see your friends, Zhao Pei, I can see through you." ”

He asked her again, "Zhao Pei, do you know what you should say to me now?" ”

Ye Zhaopei pondered for a moment, and then said thoughtfully: "You should call me the queen, not Zhaopei." ”

Yun Mang was slightly stunned, glanced at her deeply, and said, "Zhao Pei, you are really hurtful now." You and I have such a relationship, how can you bear to treat me like this? ”

Ye Zhaopei turned away: "Your Excellency doesn't need me to kill anymore, I'm not a beauty sword now." ”

Yun Mang gritted his teeth: "So you can't remember who I am?" ”

Ye Zhaopei said: "I don't remember who you are. ”

Yun Mang continued to grit his teeth: "Then why did you look confused when you saw me just now?" ”

Ye Zhaopei said: "I don't know what you came to me for, I'm not a killer now, is there any connection between us?" ”

Yun Mang's teeth were about to be crushed, and he said bitterly: "Zhao Pei, I thought you and I were friends, so you thought that there was only a killer deal between us?" ”

Ye Zhaopei nodded silently.

Yun Mang sighed: "Okay, then I'll go roast the pheasant by myself." Originally, I thought that the Queen Mother gave you a holiday today, and you finally had some leisure time of your own, and we could go and relax together......"

Ye Zhaopei's heart moved, and he asked him: "Where is the pheasant?" ”

Yun Mang habitually replied: "It's in the back garden, very close to here, I saw a pheasant there three days ago, very fat, and looks delicious." ”

He quickly reacted and said to her, "But I think you probably don't plan to go with me, so forget it." I'll ask Qingchen. ”

Ye Zhaopei said: "You Qingchen are not that kind of people, I suggest you still go with me." ”

"Didn't you say there was only a killer deal between us?" Yun Mang looked at her.

"I'm kidding you," Ye Zhaopei smiled, "Okay, let's go, let's go now." ”

She really missed the pheasant. When Ye Zhaopei was hungry, he basically went to catch pheasants. Most pheasants grow on their own in the mountains and fields, and the meat is extremely delicious, even if it is not seasoned with any seasoning, it is a delicious dish after a simple fire.

Now that he heard that there was a pheasant, Ye Zhaopei was looking forward to it.

Yun Mang asked her, "Aren't you worried about what kind of pheasant is that?" After eating that, I'm afraid someone will punish me. ”

Ye Zhaopei was extremely inflated for the first time: "What are you afraid of, am I not the queen?" I walked sideways in this palace, not afraid of punishment. ”

Yun Mang nodded: "Queen, please cover me." ”

Ye Zhaopei smiled: "It's easy to say." ”

The two soon arrived in the back garden. At that time, the second monarch of the Eastern Corner Kingdom built such a garden, with five acres of land and two acres of water. The strange stones in the garden are numerous, the branches and leaves are shallow, the pavilion arches and guards, the pavilion bridge flies across, and even raises all kinds of birds and beasts.

Ye Zhaopei didn't have the heart to look at the surrounding scenery, but just asked Yun Mang: "What about the pheasant?" ”

Yun Mang looked left and right, followed his memories to find, and introduced Ye Zhaopei to a purple building.

Behind the purple building, there is a green water, and the trees are flourishing at the water's edge, and under the trees, there is a pheasant with bright fur.

Ye Zhaopei had experience in eating pheasants, and he could see at a glance that the pheasant was unusually delicious. She blinked her eyes and whispered to Yun Mang: "You are righteous, you didn't eat the pheasant yourself, and you knew that you were coming to me." ”

Yun Mang touched his nose: "Actually, it's mainly because I can't catch it alone." This pheasant is running too fast. ”

He looked at Ye Zhaopei again: "You have to be careful, this pheasant runs fast, I have a suggestion, let the two of us fight separately, and attack left and right......"

While he was speaking, Ye Zhaopei had already bent down and sprinted towards the pheasant quickly. The pheasant quickly sensed the danger, got up and ran, flapping his wings and ready to fly, but it was not as fast as Ye Zhaopei's fast movements.

Ye Zhaopei stepped forward, grabbed the two feet of the pheasant, and lifted it up.

The pheasant refused to admit defeat, twisted his body and raised his head to peck her hand, Ye Zhaopei was not afraid of pain, but turned back and smiled at Yun Mang: "Let's eat together." ”

Yun Mang smiled.

Soon set up a fire, Yun Mang carried all kinds of short knives with him, quickly plucked and washed the pheasant, and then cut out the branches to skewer the pheasant, rolling back and forth on the fire and roasting it.

Ye Zhaopei sat in front of the fire and sighed with emotion: "It seems that I haven't eaten like this for a long time." ”

Yun Mang looked at her: "You have only been the queen for more than ten days, why do you seem to have passed more than ten years?" ”

Ye Zhaopei shook his head: "These ten days are indeed like years, many things I have thought about before, even I have never thought about, I am experiencing." It's like life isn't supposed to be mine. ”

Yun Mang was silent for a moment: "So it is the king who decides all this." ”

Ye Zhaopei was slightly stunned.

Yun Mang continued: "If the king wants to be good to you, you can be the queen and live the life that all women want. But if the king is not good to you, you may really have to marry the fifty-six-year-old Son of Heaven. ”

Ye Zhaopei sighed, changed the topic and asked him, "Then how is your pheasant roasted?" ”

Yun Mang was about to answer, but a familiar voice sounded behind the two people: "What are you doing here?" ”

Ye Zhaopei turned his head and saw the Empress Dowager Zheng, as well as Princess Huanyi and the maids beside the Empress Dowager Zheng. Ye Zhaopei actually heard the footsteps a long time ago, but she didn't care too much, she just regarded her as a person playing in the garden, even if she saw her eating pheasants, she was still a little dignified as a queen.

But now it is the Queen Mother who comes, and Ye Zhaopei is a little flustered.

"Queen Mother." Ye Zhaopei and Yun Mang got up together and saluted the Queen Mother. The aroma of pheasant fills the air.

"A queen of kings, roast pheasants here to eat? What kind of system is that? Yu Xiang snorted.

Ye Zhaopei frowned and glanced at Yuxiang indifferently. The latter was a little frightened by her eyes, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but still continued: "Queen Mother, the queen said that she was cultivating herself these days, how did she develop it like this?" ”

Ye Zhaopei looked at the Empress Dowager Zheng cautiously, and found that her face was ugly, so she suddenly became nervous, and called her softly: "The Empress Dowager ......"

Empress Dowager Zheng didn't speak, glanced at Ye Zhaopei more, turned away and left.

Princess Huanyi caught up with the Empress Dowager Zheng, Yuxiang stayed where she was, and sneered at Ye Zhaopei: "It's really a good queen of the East Corner Kingdom, look, but you can be bumped into by the Queen Mother, right?" Look what you're pretending to be in the future! ”

Ye Zhaopei smiled slightly, and his voice was cold: "You say it again?" ”

Yuxiang took a step back and trotted to catch up with the Queen Mother and Princess Huanyi.

Yun Mang turned his head and asked her, "Zhao Pei, what now?" ”

"Give me the pheasant first." Ye Zhaopei frowned, his expression serious.

Seeing her expression, Yun Mang thought so, and immediately handed her the pheasant. Ye Zhaopei took the pheasant, took a big bite on the softest abdomen, chewed a few times and swallowed it into his stomach.

Yun Mang was still waiting for her to answer, Ye Zhaopei took another bite of pheasant, and finally opened his mouth slowly: "Do you have any salt?" The taste is too light. ”